Insights in biomarkers complexity and routine clinical practice for the diagnosis of thyroid nodules and cancer by Maria de Lurdes Godinho de Matos, Mafalda Pinto, Ana Gonçalves, Sule Canberk, Maria João Martins Bugalho, Paula Soares

“…The overexpression of miRNAs is correlated with tumor aggressiveness, high tumor node metastasis (TMN) stage, and recurrence, representing a real signature of thyroid cancer, particularly PTC. …”
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Anthropometric and metabolic parameters associated with visceral fat in non-obese type 2 diabetes individuals by Ming Jiao, Jiaoli Chen, Xiaoling Wang, Wenyu Tao, Yunhua Feng, Huijun Yang, Haiying Yang, Shanshan Zhao, Ying Yang, Yiping Li

“…Abstract Background and Aim Visceral fat (VF) was proved to be a more precise predictor of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) than body mass index (BMI) itself. …”
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Short-stay thyroid surgery for older patients, is it safe? by Kalezić Marko, Živić Rastko, Đukić Vladimir, Milanović Miljan, Ostojić Milkica, Rančić Nemanja, Vekić Berislav

“…Patients with thyroid reoperations and simultaneous neck lymph node dissections were excluded from the study. The geriatric patients were divided into two groups: the HT group (33 patients) and the TT group (214 patients). …”
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Initial drainage‐related prognostic factors for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: A single‐center retrospective study by Katsuhiko Sato, Minoru Shigekawa, Kazuhiro Kozumi, Junya Okabe, Yu Sato, Takeshi Tamura, Teppei Yoshioka, Ryotaro Sakamori, Yoshifumi Iwagami, Daisaku Yamada, Yoshito Tomimaru, Takehiro Noda, Hidenori Takahashi, Shogo Kobayashi, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Tomohide Tatsumi, Tetsuo Takehara

“…Drainage‐related cholangitis increased pathological lymph node metastasis. Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage as final drainage was the only prognostic factor in unresectable chemotherapy‐treated patients. …”
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Relationships between temperature-light meteorological factors and seedcotton biomass per boll at different boll positions by You WU, Wen-qing ZHAO, Ya-li MENG, You-hua WANG, Bing-lin CHEN, Zhi-guo ZHOU

“…Mean daily radiation (MDR) affected seedcotton biomass per boll at all boll positions, except fruiting branch 2 (FB2) fruting node 1 (FN1). However, its influence was less than temperature factors, especially growing degree-days (GDD). …”
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Survival benefits of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in adults aged ≥ 80 years with locally advanced gastric cancer: insights from a population-based study by Fuhai Ma, Yangyang Zheng, Jian Cui, Zijian Li, Jinxin Shi, Tianming Ma, Xianglong Cao, Tao Yu, Guoju Wu, Gang Zhao, Jinghai Song, Qi An

“…However, as age approaches 90 years, the benefits of adjuvant chemotherapy may diminish, warranting more cautious application.…”
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Pengkontruksian Bidirected Overlap Graph untuk Perakitan Sekuens DNA by Wisnu Ananta Kusuma, Albert Adrianus

“…Using 2000 and 5000 reads, the proposed method (value comparison) could yield the perfect overlap graph, in which all reads and overlap could be represented as nodes and edges, respectively.    …”
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Geriatric nutritional risk index and body composition dictate the prognosis of elderly patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by Sheng Wang, Luo Cheng, Lei Dou, Yuanli Kuang, Yang Huang, Tao Wen, Lei Xiang, Wenyuan Xie, Cheng Zhang, Dewei Li, Hui Li

“…Recent studies suggest that the geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) is a more accurate determinant of prognosis in elderly patients than conventional body mass index (BMI). …”
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Arsenic Uptake and Distribution in Green Pea Plants Under Arsenite and Arsenate Treatments by Szilvia Várallyay, Éva Bódi, Andrea Balla Kovács, Áron Soós, Shaikh Ayaz Mukarram, Béla Kovács

“…The difference in the ratio of the total As content to the soluble As content was more evident at higher treatment levels (≥30 mg kg⁻¹). …”
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Mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinoma of the distal bile duct: a case report by Takashi Maeda, Kyohei Yugawa, Nao Kinjo, Hiroto Kayashima, Daisuke Imai, Koto Kawata, Shinichiro Ikeda, Keitaro Edahiro, Kazuki Takeishi, Tomohiro Iguchi, Noboru Harada, Mizuki Ninomiya, Shohei Yamaguchi, Kozo Konishi, Shinichi Tsutsui, Hiroyuki Matsuda

“…Three months postsurgery, postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 was started. More than 3 years postsurgery, he is alive without recurrence. …”
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Clinical outcomes of curative surgical resection of peritoneal metastasis in patients with colorectal cancer: A long‐term follow‐up study by Kyunghye Bang, Jeong Eun Kim, Tae Won Kim, Sun Young Kim, Seok‐Byung Lim, In Ja Park, Chan Wook Kim, Yong Sik Yoon, Yong Sang Hong

“…Compared with patients who underwent non‐curative operation, those with curative resection more often had a single PM on preoperative imaging (34.2% vs. 20.8%, p = 0.011) and postoperative results (59.4% vs. 22.7%, p < 0.001) and less often had concurrent metastasis (distant lymph node, liver, or lung) at the time of surgery (p < 0.001). …”
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Development and Analysis of a Non-Resonant Wide-Band Tri-Axial Electromagnetic Energy Harvester by Hamid Khan, Farid Ullah Khan

“…The devised VEMEH prototype, rectification circuitry, and rechargeable system are integrated with a wireless sensor node for real-time monitoring of a car engine compartment. …”
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On the academic ideology of “Transport is traffic” by Hongwei MA, Qinghua MAO, Xusheng XUE, Chuanwei WANG, Peng WANG, Zhen NIE, Youyou DUAN, Junlei SIMA, Jianquan CHAI, Yanzhang CHEN

“…The intelligent speed regulation model of continuous transportation equipment based on coal flow data is established, and the energy-saving speed regulation control strategy of “more coal in fast transportation, less coal in slow transportation, and no coal outage” is formulated. …”
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Oncological outcome audit of multivisceral resections for primary colorectal cancer: A single centre experience by Dimitrijević Ivan, Barišić Goran, Marković Velimir, Gavrilović Predrag, Bašić Marica, Krivokapić Zoran

“…In the cases with the node positive disease, or the R1 resection, the perspective is poor. …”
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The Clinical Value of the Combined Detection of Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index (SII), Systemic Inflammation Response Index (SIRI), and Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) in Ear... by Zheng J, Zheng L, Wang X, Mao X, Wang Q, Yang Y, Mo D

“…The correlation between hematological indicators and tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stage was assessed through Spearman’s analysis.Results: Eligible patients and healthy controls were grouped by gender. …”
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Effects of plant density on cotton yield components and quality by Xiao-yu ZHI, Ying-chun HAN, Ya-bing LI, Guo-ping WANG, Wen-li DU, Xiao-xin LI, Shu-chun MAO, Lu FENG

“…Cotton was hand harvested by node and fruiting position, and then seeds of the first fruiting position bolls from nodes 6–10 were separated by SPL. …”
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Peste des petits ruminants virus virulence is associated with an early inflammatory profile in the tonsils and cell cycle arrest in lymphoid tissue by Roger-Junior Eloiflin, Llorenç Grau-Roma, Vincent Lasserre, Sylvie Python, Stephanie Talker, Philippe Totte, Obdulio García- Nicolás, Artur Summerfield, Arnaud Bataille

“…As expected, MA08-infected goats exhibited higher clinical scores, pronounced lymphocyte depletion, and lesions affecting mucosal and lymphoid tissues. CD4 T cells were more affected in terms of depletion and infection in peripheral blood. …”
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NEDD4L contributes to ferroptosis and cell growth inhibition in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by facilitating xCT ubiquitination by Zhen Chen, Weilong Wang, Jinghan Hou, Can Gao, Meili Song, Zijun Zhao, Ruirui Guan, Jingsheng Chen, Huicheng Wu, Siti Razila Abdul Razak, Tao Han, Junbo Zhang, Lidong Wang, Nor Hazwani Ahmad, Xiumin Li

“…NEDD4L expression was declined in ESCC and was associated with tumor invasion, lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis. Silencing NEDD4L triggered ESCC tumor growth. …”
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Heterogeneity of breast cancer associations with five susceptibility loci by clinical and pathological characteristics. by Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Per Hall, Heli Nevanlinna, Karen Pooley, Jonathan Morrison, Douglas A Richesson, Stig E Bojesen, Børge G Nordestgaard, Christen K Axelsson, Jose I Arias, Roger L Milne, Gloria Ribas, Anna González-Neira, Javier Benítez, Pilar Zamora, Hiltrud Brauch, Christina Justenhoven, Ute Hamann, Yon-Dschun Ko, Thomas Bruening, Susanne Haas, Thilo Dörk, Peter Schürmann, Peter Hillemanns, Natalia Bogdanova, Michael Bremer, Johann Hinrich Karstens, Rainer Fagerholm, Kirsimari Aaltonen, Kristiina Aittomäki, Karl von Smitten, Carl Blomqvist, Arto Mannermaa, Matti Uusitupa, Matti Eskelinen, Maria Tengström, Veli-Matti Kosma, Vesa Kataja, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Amanda B Spurdle, Jonathan Beesley, Xiaoqing Chen, Australian Ovarian Cancer Management Group, Kathleen Cuningham Foundation Consortium for Research into Familial Breast Cancer, Peter Devilee, Christi J van Asperen, Catharina E Jacobi, Rob A E M Tollenaar, Petra E A Huijts, Jan G M Klijn, Jenny Chang-Claude, Silke Kropp, Tracy Slanger, Dieter Flesch-Janys, Elke Mutschelknauss, Ramona Salazar, Shan Wang-Gohrke, Fergus Couch, Ellen L Goode, Janet E Olson, Celine Vachon, Zachary S Fredericksen, Graham G Giles, Laura Baglietto, Gianluca Severi, John L Hopper, Dallas R English, Melissa C Southey, Christopher A Haiman, Brian E Henderson, Laurence N Kolonel, Loic Le Marchand, Daniel O Stram, David J Hunter, Susan E Hankinson, David G Cox, Rulla Tamimi, Peter Kraft, Mark E Sherman, Stephen J Chanock, Jolanta Lissowska, Louise A Brinton, Beata Peplonska, Jan G M Klijn, Maartje J Hooning, Han Meijers-Heijboer, J Margriet Collee, Ans van den Ouweland, Andre G Uitterlinden, Jianjun Liu, Low Yen Lin, Li Yuqing, Keith Humphreys, Kamila Czene, Angela Cox, Sabapathy P Balasubramanian, Simon S Cross, Malcolm W R Reed, Fiona Blows, Kristy Driver, Alison Dunning, Jonathan Tyrer, Bruce A J Ponder, Suleeporn Sangrajrang, Paul Brennan, James McKay, Fabrice Odefrey, Valerie Gabrieau, Alice Sigurdson, Michele Doody, Jeffrey P Struewing, Bruce Alexander, Douglas F Easton, Paul D Pharoah

“…This SNP was also more strongly related to PR-positive, low grade and node positive tumors (P = 10(-5), 10(-8), 0.013, respectively). …”
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Prognostic Impact of Klintrup–Mäkinen (KM) Score in Gastric Cancer and Its Association with Pathological Parameters by Andreea-Raluca Cozac-Szőke, Georgian-Nicolae Radu, Anca Negovan, Dan Alexandru Cozac, Sabin Turdean, Andreea-Cătălina Tinca, Emőke-Andrea Szász, Iuliu-Gabriel Cocuz, Adrian-Horațiu Sabău, Raluca Niculescu, Diana Maria Chiorean, Alexandru Nicușor Tomuț, Ovidiu Simion Cotoi

“…Patients with low KM grades demonstrated significantly more aggressive tumor features, including a higher prevalence of Borrmann classification types III-IV (75.8% vs. 54.9%, <i>p</i> = 0.01), poorly differentiated histology (74.1% vs. 33.8%, <i>p</i> < 0.0001), advanced T stage (93.5% vs. 80.2%, <i>p</i> = 0.04), and lymph node involvement (87% vs. 60.5%, <i>p</i> = 0.0008). …”
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