Impact of Marital Status on Tumor Stage at Diagnosis and on Survival in Male Breast Cancer.

The effect of marital status (MS) on survival varies according to cancer type and gender. There has been no report on the impact of MS on survival in male breast cancer (MBC). This study aims to determine the influence of MS on tumor stage at diagnosis and survival in MBC.

The use of the pulse oximetric saturation to fraction of inspired oxygen ratio in an automated acute respiratory distress syndrome screening tool.

Purpose: To determine the relationship between the pulse oximetric saturation to fraction of inspired oxygen (SF) ratio and the arterial partial pressure of oxygen to the fraction of inspired oxygen (PF) ratio, and to assess the usefulness of the SF ratio in an automated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) screening tool.

Material And Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study using the Multiparameter Intelligent Monitoring in Intensive Care II database. The relationship was derived and validated in all patients ventilated for at least 24 hours.

Tumor size predicts long-term survival in colon cancer: an analysis of the National Cancer Data Base.

Background: American Joint Committee on Cancer uses tumor size for "T" staging of many solid tumors for its effect on prognosis. However, tumor size has not been incorporated in tumor (T), nodal status (N), metastasis (M) staging for colon cancer. Hence, the National Cancer Data Base was used to determine whether tumor size correlates with TNM staging and survival.