Personalized treatment strategies for breast adenoid cystic carcinoma: A machine learning approach.

Background: Breast adenoid cystic carcinoma (BACC) is a rare subtype of breast cancer that accounts for less than 0.1 % of all cases. This study was designed to assess the efficacy of various treatment approaches for BACC and to create the first web-based tool to facilitate personalized treatment decisions.

Ancient and modern bone diagnosis: Towards a better understanding of chemical and structural feature alterations.

Chemical and structural alterations hold great importance in the field of diagenesis. Attenuated Total Reflectance - Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) is a valuable method for examining bio-apatite composition changes. Infrared spectroscopy (IR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were employed to analyze both modern and archaeological bone specimens.

ERCP-induced perforation: review and revisit after half a century.

Background: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is an invasive procedure. We aimed to investigate ERCP-induced perforations at our institution and conduct a comprehensive review of literature on ERCP-induced perforations (EIP) since the introduction of this procedure as a therapeutic intervention.

Methods: This was a case-control study, in which charts of all patients diagnosed with ERCP-induced duodenal perforation were reviewed and compared to a control group without perforation.

Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Northern Jordan: Seasonal Morbidity and Characteristics of Patients.

Purpose: This study aimed to characterize adult patients admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in northern Jordan.

Methods: The study examined medical records of patients diagnosed with DKA from January 2015 to April 2018. Variables analyzed included diabetes type, precipitating illness, admission month, hospital length of stay, and biochemical markers.

Evaluation of serum VIP and aCGRP during pulmonary exacerbation in cystic fibrosis: A longitudinal pilot study of patients undergoing antibiotic therapy.

Background: Objective monitoring of improvement during treatment of pulmonary exacerbation can be difficulty in children when pulmonary function testing cannot be obtained. Thus, the identification of predictive biomarkers to determine the efficacy of drug treatments is of high priority. The major aim of the current study was to investigate the serum levels of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and alpha calcitonin gene related peptide (aCGRP) of cystic fibrosis pediatric patients during pulmonary exacerbation and post-antibiotic therapy, and possible associations of their levels with different clinicopathological parameters.