Am I seeing myself, my friend or a stranger? The role of personal familiarity in visual distinction of body identities in the human brain.

Several brain regions appear to play a role in representing different body identities. The specific contribution of each of these regions is still unclear, however. Here we investigated which brain areas enable the visual distinction between self and other bodies of different familiarity, and between familiar and unfamiliar other individuals, and moreover, where identity-specific information on the three individuals was encoded.

Delay of adjuvant chemotherapy after elective mastectomy and immediate reconstruction in breast-conservation candidates: a matched-pair analysis.

Objectives: To analyze factors that influence the timing of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients who are candidates for breast-conservation therapy (BCT) but elect mastectomy with immediate reconstruction (M-IR).

Methods: We identified 35 consecutively treated patients with stage I or II breast cancer between 2004 and 2009 who underwent M-IR and adjuvant chemotherapy from the University of Louisville Cancer Registry. We matched these patients for age and AJCC stage to 35 controls who underwent BCT and adjuvant chemotherapy.

Increasing use of elective mastectomy and contralateral prophylactic surgery among breast conservation candidates: a 14-year report from a comprehensive cancer center.

Background: First-line surgical options for early-stage breast cancer include breast-conserving surgery (BCS) or mastectomy. We analyzed factors that influence the receipt of mastectomy and resultant trends over time.

Methods: We analyzed the rates of mastectomy and BCS for 1634 women who underwent upfront surgical treatment for AJCC stage 0, I, or II breast cancer between 1995 and 2008 using data from the University of Louisville James Graham Brown Cancer Center Tumor Registry.

Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy: clinical and pathological features from a prospective database.

Introduction: In keeping with recently documented national trends, a significant and increasing number of patients will have chosen contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) based on personal preference, without traditional clinical or pathological indication.

Methods: Women who underwent CPM at the University of Louisville from 2003 to 2009 were selected for this study. Descriptive factors were evaluated such as age, race, family history of breast cancer, laterality, hormone receptor status, stage, grade and histology of the index breast lesion.

Locoregional recurrence in patients with triple-negative breast cancer: preliminary results of a single institution study.

Purpose: To examine the impact of radiotherapy on breast cancer patients with triple-negative (ER-, PR-, HER2/neu-) disease.

Materials And Methods: A prospectively collected database of 152 triple negative breast cancer patients was initiated in 2004. A total of 77 patients who had all phases of their therapy (surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy) at our institution with a minimum of 2-months follow-up are included.

Evaluating strategies for changing acute care nurses' perceptions on end-of-life care.

Providing quality care to the dying has become a primary concern in the United States. Eighty percent of deaths still occur in the hospital even though nurses report they do not think that good deaths are routinely possible within a hospital setting due to lack of appropriate education on end-of-life care. The aim of this pilot study was to test the best method for changing acute nurse's perceptions about end-of-life care.

Humor and older adults: what makes them laugh?

Laughter, the physical response to perceived humor, has demonstrated positive effects on physical and psychological well-being. Studies that focus on effects of humor on health and well-being of older adults are scarce. No studies were found that examine what older adults find humorous.