Preferences of cancer survivors for follow-up care: a systematic review of discrete choice experiments.

Background: The unmet post-treatment needs and issues of cancer survivors for follow-up care are still significant, matching appropriate and acceptable follow-up care to cancer survivors' preferences, may increase adherence of survivors to health programs and quality of life. There is a knowledge gap about how cancer survivors measured their choices between different aspects of follow-up care. As discrete choice experiments (DCE) have been widely used in patient preference elicitation, we reviewed DCE on follow-up care for cancer survivors.

Meta-analysis of the association between dietary inflammation index and C-reactive protein level.

Background: There have been various clinical studies on the effect of dietary inflammatory index (DII) on circulating inflammatory biomarkers, but the findings from these are contradictory. The aim of the present study was to clarify any association.

Methods: The PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and Cochrane Library database were searched for relevant studies from inception February 2021.

Exploring the needs and barriers for death education in China: Getting answers from heart transplant recipients' inner experience of death.

Background: Promoting reflection about death may support better living, and how to carry out death education is an important issue to be addressed across the world. The purpose of the current study was to explore the attitude of heart transplant recipients toward death and their inner real experience to provide information for the development of death education strategies.

Methods: A phenomenological qualitative study was conducted using a snowball method.

Case Report: Primary Ovarian Leiomyoma: A Clinical Analysis of Case Series and Literature Review.

Ovarian leiomyoma accounts only for 0.5-1% of all benign ovarian tumors, and almost no preoperative diagnosis has been achieved. Commonly, these tumors are small in size and asymptomatic.

Pro-Inflammatory Signature in Decidua of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Regardless of Embryonic Chromosomal Abnormalities.

Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL), especially the unexplained RPL, is associated with the disruption of maternal immune tolerance. However, little is known about the immune status at the decidua of RPL with embryonic chromosomal aberrations. Herein, mass cytometry (CyTOF) was used to interrogate the immune atlas at the decidua which was obtained from 15 RPL women-six with normal chromosome and nine with chromosomal aberrations-and five controls.

Qualitative assessment of the intention of Chinese community health workers to implement advance care planning using theory of planned behavior.

Background: The aging population coupled with progressive medical technology has increased the demand for improved quality of end-of-life in China. However, implementation of an advance care planning (ACP) program in mainland China is still in its infancy owing to the significant influence of filial piety in Chinese culture. Research on implementation of ACP program among community health workers (CHWs) is limited.

Meta-analysis of the association between dietary inflammatory index (DII) and upper aerodigestive tract cancer risk.

Background: Epidemiological studies have reported an inconsistent relationship between dietary inflammatory index (DII) and upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) cancer risk. However, no systematic review or meta-analysis has been reported up to now. To quantify the association between DII and UADT cancer risk, we performed this meta-analysis.

Effects of clean intermittent self-catheterization on late bladder dysfunction after radical hysterectomy in cervical cancer.

Objective: To identify the benefits of clean intermittent self-catheterization in women who have late bladder dysfunction caused by radical hysterectomy in cervical cancer.

Methods: Thirty women who underwent radical hysterectomy with late bladder dysfunction were recruited. A nursing intervention program focusing on clean intermittent self-catheterization and a drinking plan was implemented.