Cardiovascular Risk Markers in Adults With Adrenal Incidentaloma and Mild Autonomous Cortisol Secretion.

Context: Many adrenal adenomas exhibit mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS). Although MACS is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality, the underlying mechanisms are not fully defined.

Objective: To investigate mechanisms that may link MACS and cardiovascular mortality in adults with adrenal adenoma.

Artificial Intelligence for Pre-operative Diagnosis of Malignant Thyroid Nodules Based on Sonographic Features and Cytology Category.

Background: Current diagnosis and classification of thyroid nodules are susceptible to subjective factors. Despite widespread use of ultrasonography (USG) and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) to assess thyroid nodules, the interpretation of results is nuanced and requires specialist endocrine surgery input. Using readily available pre-operative data, the aims of this study were to develop artificial intelligence (AI) models to classify nodules into likely benign or malignant and to compare the diagnostic performance of the models.

Role of radiotherapy in women over the age of 65 after breast conserving surgery for breast cancer: A 5-year retrospective study.

Background/objective: This study aimed to analyse the local recurrence (LR) and breast cancer related mortality (BCRM) in older women who underwent breast-conserving surgery (BCS) with and without adjuvant radiotherapy (XRT).

Methods: This retrospective study included a total of 299 women who underwent BCS for early breast carcinoma, between the years of 2007 and 2011. Predictive risk factors, local recurrence (LR) and breast cancer related mortality (BCRM) were assessed with a mean follow-up period of 84 months.

Seasonal variation in AF-related admissions to a coronary care unit in a "hot" climate: fact or fiction?

Background: Seasonal variations in atrial fibrillation (AF)-related morbidity and mortality have been demonstrated in "cold" northern European climates, but there are few data describing such a phenomenon in a "hot" climate.

Research Objective: To examine the pattern of AF-related admissions to a coronary care unit (CCU) in South Australia operating within a Mediterranean climate, and to determine potential differences according to mean daily temperatures. PATIENT COHORT AND METHODS: A total of 144 admissions to the CCU during the 30 hottest and coldest days (60 days in total) during the calendar year 2001 were analyzed in respect to the absolute number of admissions and the profile of those admitted during "hot" and "cold" days.