Publications by authors named "F M K Williams"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates disparities in treatment initiation times for lung cancer between Black and White patients in Tennessee, revealing that Black patients generally face delays.
- The analysis of 42,970 lung cancer cases identified that younger Black patients and married White patients had the highest risks for late treatment initiation.
- The findings suggest a need for further research to better understand the factors contributing to these disparities in treatment timing between racial groups.
Introduction: Back pain (BP) is a complex heritable trait with an estimated heritability of 40% to 60%. Less than half of this can be explained by known genetic variants identified in genome-wide association studies.
Objectives: We applied a powerful multi-trait and gene-based approach to association analysis of BP to identify novel genes associated with BP.
Evolutionary perspectives on obesity have been dominated by genetic frameworks, but plastic responses are also central to its aetiology. While often considered a relatively modern phenomenon, obesity was recorded during the Palaeolithic through small statuettes of the female form (Venus figurines). Even if the phenotype was rare, these statuettes indicate that some women achieved large body sizes during the last glacial maximum, a period of nutritional stress.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: The role of radiotherapy (RT) for inoperable gastric cancer (IGC) is commonly low-dose, given reactively for symptoms (e.g. bleeding), in contrast to the oesophagus, where high quality evidence exists for higher doses of RT.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground & Aims: Fatigue is a commonly reported symptom of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). We conducted a single-arm, open-label clinical trial to assess the efficacy of a physiotherapist-led home-based exercise programme (HBEP) in patients with PBC and moderate-to-severe fatigue (NCT04265235).
Methods: A 12-week individualised HBEP (aerobic + resistance based) was delivered to patients with a PBC-40 fatigue domain score ≥33.