Publications by authors named "Caitlyn Truong"

Article Synopsis
  • Rates of cannabis initiation are rising among teenagers and young adults, with an increase in dual use of cannabis and nicotine.
  • There is limited understanding of the health effects of using both substances, especially concerning high-potency cannabis and its impact on future health outcomes.
  • A survey of 457 young people found that while sole cannabis users showed no significant dietary or activity differences, dual users consumed more unhealthy sugars, potentially raising concerns about metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease risks.
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Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has been a source of disruption, changing the face of medical education. In response to infection control measures at the University of California, San Diego, the hybrid in-person and recorded preclerkship curriculum was converted to a completely virtual format. The impact of this exclusive virtual teaching platform on the quality of trainee education is unknown.

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Background: Guidelines recommend sentinel lymph node dissection (SLND) for patients with clinical stage I/IIA/IIB breast cancer; however, a significant fraction of patients do not undergo this procedure. We sought to identify factors associated with noncompliance with the SLND benchmark in early-stage breast cancer.

Materials And Methods: All patients with an initial diagnosis of Stage I/IIA/IIB invasive breast carcinoma who were treated between 2004 and 2007 with records in the California Cancer Registry were evaluated.

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Background: Portal vein embolization (PVE) has been used to induce hypertrophy in future liver remnants (FLRs) in preparation for major hepatic resection. We report our initial experience with PVE and identify potential predictors of unresectability following PVE.

Methods: Patients with primary and metastatic hepatic malignancies (n = 20) who underwent PVE between 2004 and 2008 were categorized by surgical resection status and clinicopathologic factors were compared.

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We sought to examine the impact of hospital surgical volume on the number of nodes harvested and survival in colorectal cancer (CRC). Between January 1994 and December 2004, a total of 8567 patients with T1, 2, 3, and 4 primary tumors and N0, N1, or N2 disease were studied. Hospitals were stratified into very low volume (VLV) (<33 cases/year), low volume (LV) (33-56 cases/year), and medium volume (MV) (57-84 cases/year).

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Recent studies have shown that the functions of PTH-related protein (PTHrP) and its derived peptides cannot be attributed solely to PTH/PTHrP receptor binding. The present study focused on the identification of other proteins that might bind PTHrP at the cell surface. Using affinity chromatography, we applied extracts of cell-surface biotinylated proteins from cancer and normal cell lines over Sepharose beads coupled with different PTHrP-derived peptides.

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