Radiation dose and fraction in immunotherapy: one-size regimen does not fit all settings, so how does one choose? by Marka Crittenden, Sandra Demaria, C Norman Coleman, Jonathan Schoenfeld, Arta Monjazeb, Samir Khleif, Seema Gupta, Andrew Sikora, Zachary Morris, Chandan Guha, Stephen Shiao, Silvia Chiara Formenti, Bhadrasain Vikram, Mansoor M Ahmed

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Advancements in 3D printing technologies for personalized treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head by Tingting Chen, Lincong Luo, Jiaying Li, Jiamin Li, Tao Lin, Mingrui Liu, Hang Sang, Xinyu Hong, Jiahao Pu, Wenhua Huang

“…Unlike traditional hip replacement surgery, which is often suboptimal for younger patients, 3D printing offers precise localization of necrotic areas and the ability to create personalized implants. …”
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Rationale and design for Healthy Hearts in Manufacturing (HHM): A pragmatic single-arm hybrid effectiveness-implementation study for hypertension management and tobacco cessation by Hanzi Jiang, Yao Tian, Jennifer Bannon, Amy E. Krefman, Lawrence C. An, Dustin D. French, Claude R. Maechling, Jane Holl, Richard Chagnon, Theresa L. Walunas, Christopher Burch, Anthony Musci, Darce Latsis, Dawn Carey, Megan McHugh

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Treatment of autonomous intestinal neuropathy in critical care by prucalopride and multistrain probiotic by A. L. Kovaleva, A. I. Ulyanin, O. Yu. Kiselyova, Ye. A. Poluektova, O. S. Shifrin, A. S. Tertychny, V. T. Ivashkin

“…In the past history patient underwent surgery for chronic left-side achillobursitis. In postoperative period antibacterial treatment was prescribed that included first-generation cephalosporin. …”
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The Multifaceted Roles of Myrrha in the Treatment of Breast Cancer: Potential Therapeutic Targets and Promises by Anwar Shams MD, MSc, PhD, Abdullah Ahmed Alzahrani, Taghreed A Ayash MSc, PhD, Shadi Tamur MD, FRCPC, FAAP, Majed AL-Mourgi MD, FRCS, FCCP, FACS

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The Identification of FN1 as an Early Diagnostic Marker for Recurrent Abortion by Single-Exosome Profiling by Wang C, Lu Z, She G, Chen K, Zhou H, Zhan X, Yu H, Pi L, Zuo L, Che D

“…Chenlu Wang,1,* Zhaojin Lu,1,* Guangpeng She,2 Kaining Chen,1 Huazhong Zhou,1 Xueli Zhan,3 Hongyan Yu,1 Lei Pi,1 Liandong Zuo,4 Di Che1 1Department of Clinical Biological Resource Bank, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510620, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510180, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510620, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Andrology, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510620, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Di Che, Department of Clinical Biological Resource Bank, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, No. 9 Jinsui Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510620, People’s Republic of China, Email chedi@gwcmc.org Liandong Zuo, Department of Andrology, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, 9 Jinsui Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510620, People’s Republic of China, Email zuold@163.comPurpose: Recurrent abortion(RA) is a prevalent adverse pregnancy event. …”
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Effects of nano-selenium and/or vitamin E supplementation on growth performance, antioxidant status, histopathology and resistance to Aspergillus flavus in Nile tilapia (Oreochromi... by Walaa K. Bazina, Wesam A. Tawfik, Nadia A. Abd Elghany, Saadea Saadony, Zulhisyam Abdul Kari, Muna Omer Alamoudi, Mohamed Y. M. Aly, Abuelhassan Elshazly Younis, Roshmon Thomas Mathew, Moaheda E. H. Eissa, Mohammad Bodrul Munir, Saadiah Ibrahim, Ismail Yousef, Yusuf O. H. Omar, El-Sayed Hemdan Eissa, Heba E. Abd Elnabi

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Dexmedetomidine versus Dexamethasone as Perineural Adjuvants in Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block: An Interventional Study by Charmi Hitenbhai Shah, Jinesh Pareshbhai Kothari, Nilesh Vrajmohan Shah, Rajsi Rajan Shah, Sara Mary Thomas

“…Introduction: Supraclavicular block is a common regional anaesthetic technique for upper limb surgeries. Adjuvants like dexamethasone and dexmedetomidine can enhance the block’s efficacy and prolong the duration of anaesthesia and analgesia. …”
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Impaired creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate in Thai individuals switching to dolutegravir: illustrating the role of cystatin C testing to aid clinical decision m... by Carlo Sacdalan, Curtis Austin, Aswathy Varma, Suteeraporn Pinyakorn, Eugène Kroon, Donn J. Colby, Phillip Chan, Orlanda Goh, Krittaporn Pornpaisakul, Jintana Intasan, Tassanee Luekasemsuk, Merlin L. Robb, Nitiya Chomchey, Nittaya Phanuphak, Jintanat Ananworanich, Sandhya Vasan, Denise Hsu, the SEARCH 010/RV254 study group

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Peroral endoscopic myotomy with fundoplication (POEM-F) for achalasia: Systematic review and meta-analysis by Harishankar Gopakumar, Eugene Annor, Ishaan Vohra, Iman Andalib, Amy Tyberg, Avik Sarkar, Haroon Shahid, Mine Carames, Juan Carlos Carames, Giovanna Porfilio Gularte, Abed Al-Lehibi, Resheed Alkhiari, Amol Bapaye, Carlos Robles-Medranda, Michel Kahaleh

“…POEM with fundoplication (POEM-F) is simultaneous fundoplication via pure natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES). In this study, we evaluated the efficacy and safety of POEM-F in mitigating post-POEM GER. …”
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Disturbed sleep after lung transplantation is associated with worse patient-reported outcomes and chronic lung allograft dysfunction by Aric A. Prather, PhD, Ying Gao, MS, Legna Betancourt, BS, Rose C. Kordahl, BS, Anya Sriram, BS, Chiung-Yu Huang, PhD, Steven R. Hays, MD, Jasleen Kukreja, MD, Daniel R. Calabrese, MD, Aida Venado, MD, Bhavya Kapse, PhD, John R. Greenland, MD, PhD, Jonathan P. Singer, MD, MS

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Longitudinal Utilization of Invasive Pain Treatment Procedures Among Veterans with Chronic Pain Following Use of Whole Health Services and Complementary and Integrative Health Ther... by Zeliadt SB, DeFaccio R, Carey EP, Etingen B, Rosser EW, Suri P, Chen JA, Bokhour BG, Coggeshall S

“…Propensity score matching was used to estimate expected rates of invasive pain treatment procedures 0– 3, 4– 12, and 13– 18 months after initiating Whole Health or CIH-only compared to similar Veterans who had not engaged in either.Results: Overall, 14% of the population were female, 11% had received prior spine injections, 3.3% had received surgery, and 0.4% had an implantable spinal stimulator. …”
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In vitro antitumor and immunomodulatory activities of 1,2,4-oxadiazole derivatives by Héverton Mendes Araújo, Gabriel Acácio de Moura, Yasmim Mendes Rocha, Cristian Vicson Pinheiro Gomes, Valentina Nascimento e Melo de Oliveira, Ronaldo Nascimento de Oliveira, Larissa Deadame de Figueiredo Nicolete, Emanuel Paula Magalhães, Ramon R.P.P.B. de Menezes, Roberto Nicolete

“…The main strategy for treating melanoma is surgery to completely remove the lesion and its margins. …”
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Development of a Sensitive Quantum Dot-Linked Immunoassay for the Multiplex Detection of Biochemical Markers in a Microvolumeric Format by Kalvaityte U, Bagdonas E, Kirdaite G, Kausaite-Minkstimiene A, Uzieliene I, Ramanaviciene A, Popov A, Butkiene G, Karabanovas V, Denkovskij J, Mobasheri A, Bernotiene E

“…Ursule Kalvaityte,1 Edvardas Bagdonas,1 Gailute Kirdaite,2 Asta Kausaite-Minkstimiene,3,4 Ilona Uzieliene,1 Almira Ramanaviciene,3,4 Anton Popov,3,4 Greta Butkiene,1,5 Vitalijus Karabanovas,1,5 Jaroslav Denkovskij,1 Ali Mobasheri,1,6– 8 Eiva Bernotiene1,9 1Department of Regenerative Medicine, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, Vilnius, LT-08406, Lithuania; 2Department of Personalised Medicine, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania; 3Department of Immunology and Bioelectrochemistry, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, Vilnius, LT-08406, Lithuania; 4NanoTechnas - Center of Nanotechnology and Materials Science, Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LT-03225, Lithuania; 5Biomedical Physics Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Baublio 3b, Vilnius, LT-08406, Lithuania; 6Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, 90014, Finland; 7World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Public Health Aspects of Musculoskeletal Health and Aging, Université de Liège, Liège, B-4000, Belgium; 8Department of Joint Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, People’s Republic of China; 9Faculty of Fundamental Sciences, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, LT-10223, LithuaniaCorrespondence: Eiva Bernotiene, Department of Regenerative Medicine, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, Santariskiu G. 5, Vilnius, LT-08406, Lithuania, Tel +37068377130, Email eiva.bernotiene@imcentras.ltPurpose: For the diagnosis of various diseases, simultaneous sensitive detection of multiple biomarkers using low sample volumes is needed. …”
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Development of quality indicators for hand osteoarthritis care – Results from an European consensus study by Daniel H. Bordvik, Yeliz Prior, Rachael Bamford, Francis Berenbaum, Mathilda Björk, Thalita Blanck, Barbara Slatkowsky Christensen, Krysia Dziedzic, John Edwards, Nazemin Gilanliogullari, Carol Graham, Ida K. Haugen, Margreet Kloppenburg, Hellen Laheij, Marco J.P.F. Ritt, Tanja Stamm, Anne Therese Tveter, Nina Østerås, Ingvild Kjeken

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Machine learning analysis of pathological images to predict 1-year progression-free survival of immunotherapy in patients with small-cell lung cancer by Hirotaka Matsumoto, Hiroaki Akamatsu, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Yuki Sato, Daichi Fujimoto, Yoshihiko Taniguchi, Motohiro Tamiya, Yasuhiro Koh, Junya Fukuoka, Hisashi Tanaka, Naoki Furuya, Ryota Shibaki, Tsukasa Nozawa, Akira Sano, Yuka Kitamura, Takashi Kijima, Toshihide Yokoyama, Satoru Miura, Akito Hata, Jun Sugisaka

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Cardiac repair using regenerating neonatal heart tissue-derived extracellular vesicles by Hanjing Li, Yining Liu, Yuqing Lin, Sijia Li, Chenlu Liu, Ao Cai, Wei Li, Wanyu Zhang, Xinlu Gao, Zhongyu Ren, Haoyu Ji, Yang Yu, Xiuxiu Wang, Wenya Ma, Ning Wang, Dan Zhao, Tianlong Li, Yu Liu, Benzhi Cai

“…Here, we report that EVs from regenerating neonatal heart tissues, after apical resection surgery (AR-Neo-EVs), exhibit stronger pro-proliferative, anti-apoptotic, and pro-angiogenesis activities than EVs from neonatal mouse cardiac tissues (Neo-EVs), effects which are absent in adult mouse heart-derived EVs (Adu-EVs). …”
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Breast cancers with neuroendocrine differentiation: Retrospective case studies series from a single institution based on the 2019 WHO classification by Youngkyung Jeon, Ji-Yeon Kim, Jin Seok Ahn, Young-Hyuck Im, Kyuehee Choi, Sun Young Jeong, Yeji Jung, Jaeyeon Jang, Dae-Ho Choi, Joohyun Hong, Hyo Jung Kim, Soo Youn Cho, Yeon Hee Park

“…All patients were treated with curative intent surgery; five patients received neoadjuvant chemotherapy, twelve patients received radiotherapy, six patients received adjuvant chemotherapy, and eight patients received hormone therapy. …”
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An oligodendrocyte silencer element underlies the pathogenic impact of lamin B1 structural variants by Bruce Nmezi, Guillermo Rodriguez Bey, Talia DeFrancesco Oranburg, Kseniia Dudnyk, Santana M. Lardo, Nathan Herdman, Anastasia Jacko, Sandy Rubio, Emanuel Loeza-Alcocer, Julia Kofler, Dongkyeong Kim, Julia Rankin, Emma Kivuva, Nicholas Gutowski, Katherine Schon, Jelle van den Ameele, Patrick F. Chinnery, Sérgio B. Sousa, Filipe Palavra, Camilo Toro, Filippo Pinto e Vairo, Jonas Saute, Lisa Pan, Murad Alturkustani, Robert Hammond, Francois Gros-Louis, Michael S. Gold, Yungki Park, Geneviève Bernard, Raili Raininko, Jian Zhou, Sarah J. Hainer, Quasar S. Padiath

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Implementation of model-informed precision dosing for tamoxifen therapy in patients with breast cancer: A prospective intervention study by Ruben Y.M. van Nijnatten, Sanne M. Buijs, Bram C. Agema, Raphaël M.J. Fischer, Inge Ghobadi Moghaddam-Helmantel, Caroline M.E. Contant, Felix E. de Jongh, Auke M.T. Huijben, Manon Kop, Annemieke van der Padt-Pruijsten, Hanneke J.M. Zuetenhorst, Ron H.N. van Schaik, Birgit C.P. Koch, A. Jager, Stijn L.W. Koolen, Ron H.J. Mathijssen

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