Racial disparities persist in mortality after firearm assault injuries: A national analysis of the Trauma Quality Improvement Program database.

Objectives: It is unclear whether improvements in the delivery of trauma care over the last decade have diminished racial disparities in mortality after firearm injuries.

Methods: The American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program was queried for patients (≥18 years old) who experienced penetrating firearm assault injuries between 2008 and 2018. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the association between mortality and race, controlling for demographics, comorbidities, shock index, injury severity score injury location, and hospital characteristics.

Young Black Women May be More Likely to Have First Mammogram Cancers: A New Perspective in Breast Cancer Disparities.

Introduction: Black women are diagnosed with breast cancer at earlier ages and are 42% more likely to die from the disease than White women. Recommendations for commencement of screening mammography remain discordant. This study sought to determine the frequency of first mammogram cancers among Black women versus other self-reported racial groups.

Dipstick urinalysis does not predict post-urodynamic study morbidity.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Pre-procedure urinalysis may add unnecessary cost and inconvenience for patients undergoing urodynamics. The hypothesis of this study was that urinalysis would perform poorly when predicting complications following urodynamics.

Methods: Case-control study of women aged 18-89 undergoing urodynamics from 01 January2008 to 31 December 2017 at two tertiary medical centers.

An up-to-date predictive model for rectal cancer survivorship reflecting tumor biology and clinical factors.

Introduction: Our aim was to develop a nomogram taking into account factors such as tumor biology to predict overall and disease-free survival for patients with primary rectal adenocarcinoma undergoing curative intent surgical resection.

Methods: Patients undergoing resection for primary rectal adenocarcinoma (2007-2017) were included. Factors reflecting tumor biology and important clinical prognosticators were included in nomogram development.

Curative intent resection for loco-regionally recurrent colon cancer: Cleveland clinic experience.

Background: Locoregional colon cancer recurrence occurs in around 10% of patients following initial curative intent primary resection. We hypothesized oncological results can vary based on the recurrence site. Our aim was to determine outcomes for patients undergoing resection with curative intent for locally recurrent colon cancer.