Publications by authors named "B Montesino"
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- The study examines how the demographic match between medical students and their preceptors influences the students' specialty choices during their clinical clerkships.
- A survey of 84 graduating medical students showed that female and non-Caucasian students place significantly higher importance on gender and race/ethnicity concordance with their preceptors than their male and Caucasian counterparts.
- Results indicated that Caucasian females valued gender concordance most, while non-Caucasian females prioritized both gender and race/ethnicity concordance in their selection of medical specialties.
Intussusception is an uncommon cause of bowel obstruction in adults. Most cases are associated with a pathologic lead point, commonly attributable to benign or malignant tumors. Malignant skin melanoma can metastasize to the gastrointestinal tract and lead to significant morbidity and mortality if left undiagnosed or untreated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHead and neck cancer is the seventh most common cancer in the world, and most cases manifest as head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Despite the prominent role of fucosylated carbohydrate antigens in tumor cell adhesion and metastasis, little is known about the functional role of fucose-modified glycoproteins in head and neck cancer pathobiology. Inactivating polymorphisms of the fut2 gene, encoding for the α1,2-fucosyltransferase FUT2, are associated with an increased incidence of head and neck cancer among tobacco users.
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