At-Risk Tackling Techniques and Effectiveness in English Premiership Rugby.

Background: Head-down tackling has been associated with higher rates of head and neck injuries and less successful tackles compared with head-up tackling in American football. In rugby, head and neck injuries have been associated with tackling, with the tackler's head positioned in front of the ball carrier.

Purpose: To assess the success and risks of tackling techniques used in the English Rugby Premiership matches.

Sentinel lymph node positivity in melanoma: Which risk prediction tool is most accurate?

Background: Sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma determines treatment and prognostic factors and improves disease-specific survival. To risk-stratify patients for sentinel lymph node biopsy consideration, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Melanoma Institute Australia developed nomograms to predict sentinel lymph node positivity. We aimed to compare the accuracy of these 2 nomograms.

ATRX and Its Prognostic Significance in Soft Tissue Sarcoma.

Purpose: Recently, the association between ATRX and a more aggressive sarcoma phenotype has been shown. We performed a retrospective study of sarcomas from an individual institution to evaluate ATRX as a prognosticator in soft tissue sarcoma. .

Characterizing neck injuries in the national football league: a descriptive epidemiology study.

Background: Neck injury is a common and often debilitating injury among athletes participating in American football. Limited data exists regarding neck injuries among elite athletes in the National Football League (NFL). To characterize the epidemiology of non-season ending, season-ending, and career-ending neck injuries in the NFL from 2016 through 2021.