Quality of Life and Appraisal Factors of Patients with Advanced Cancer and Their Family Caregivers.

Purpose: Few existing interventions have effectively improved the quality of life (QOL) for patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers, partly due to limited research on the factors associated with QOL. Guided by an adapted stress-coping model, this study aimed to examine the associations between the QOL of cancer patients and their caregivers and their primary and secondary appraisals. Primary appraisals involve perceptions and evaluations of advanced cancer and related caregiving, while secondary appraisals relate to their available resources and coping capabilities.

Associations of role, area deprivation index, and race with health behaviors and body mass index among localized prostate cancer patients and their partners.

Purpose: To examine the associations of role (localized prostate cancer (PCa) patient vs. their intimate partner), area deprivation index (ADI-higher scores indicating higher neighborhood deprivation levels), and race (Black/African American (AA) vs. White) with health behaviors and body mass index (BMI) among PCa patients and partners.

Symptom Experiences Among Individuals With Prostate Cancer and Their Partners: Influence of Sociodemographic and Cancer Characteristics.

Objectives: To determine if subgroups of individuals with prostate cancer and their partners could be identified based on their distinct symptom profiles and to identify and characterize subgroups based on sociodemographic and cancer characteristics.

Sample & Setting: 263 individuals with prostate cancer and 263 partners recruited from three academic cancer centers in the Midwest.

Methods & Variables: Latent class analysis was applied to divide individuals into subgroups based on symptom prevalence.

An eHealth symptom and complication management program for cancer patients with newly created ostomies and their caregivers (Alliance): a pilot feasibility randomized trial.

Background: Cancer patients with newly created ostomies face complications that reduce quality of life (QOL) and increase morbidity and mortality. This proof-of-concept study examined the feasibility, usability, acceptability, and initial efficacy of an eHealth program titled the "Patient Reported Outcomes-Informed Symptom Management System" (PRISMS) during post-ostomy creation care transition.

Methods: We conducted a 2-arm pilot randomized controlled trial among 23 patients who received surgical treatment with curative intent for bladder and colorectal cancer and their caregivers.

Role, race, and place: Prostate cancer disparities in Patients' and Partners' health outcomes and psychosocial factors.

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effects of participant role (patient vs. partner), race (white vs. non-white), and place (less vs.

[Micro-cultivation system in microbiology: frontiers and prospects].

Microbial cells cultivation is not only the origin, but also the foundation of microbiology. Researches in microbiology can only be carried out when the microbial cells can be cultured. However, conventional microbial cell cultivation is not only time consuming and labour intensive, but human error is also inevitable.

Gel microdroplet-based high-throughput screening for directed evolution of xylanase-producing Pichia pastoris.

Xylanases have useful applications in a wide range of industries. In this regard, Pichia pastoris has become one of the most attractive host platforms for large-scale production of xylanases. However, genomic engineering is still required for overexpression and efficient secretion.