Background: Hereditary cancer syndromes cause a high lifetime risk of early, aggressive cancers. Early recognition of individuals at risk can allow risk-reducing interventions that improve morbidity and mortality. Family health history applications that gather data directly from patients could alleviate barriers to risk assessment in the clinical appointment, such as lack of provider knowledge of genetics guidelines and limited time in the clinical appointment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA person's phenotypic sex (i.e., endogenous expression of primary, secondary, and endocrinological sex characteristics) can impact crucial aspects of genetic assessment and resulting clinical care recommendations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Craniofacial reconstructive surgery for craniosynostosis is associated with large blood loss and intraoperative transfusion. This blood loss may continue through the initial postoperative period, potentially resulting in transfusion postoperatively. The purpose of this study is to determine if there is an association between any modifiable intraoperative factors and postoperative blood transfusion in this patient population.
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