Identification of Symptom Profiles in Prostate Cancer Survivors.

Objectives: To identify symptom profiles (e.g., fatigue, sleep disturbance, depression, anxiety, cognitive impairment) among prostate cancer survivors, examine factors associated with the identified symptom profiles, and compare quality-of-life outcomes.

Cost-Effectiveness of Remote Tailored Risk Communication and Navigation for Hereditary Genetic Risk Assessment Uptake: Economic Evaluation From the Genetic Risk Assessment for Cancer Education and Empowerment Trial.

Purpose: The Genetic Risk Assessment for Cancer Education and Empowerment Project demonstrated that tailored counseling and navigation (TCN) substantially increased the rate of genetic evaluation (GE) in women with high-risk breast or ovarian cancer (odds ratio, 8.9 [95% CI, 3.4 to 23.

Electric-Field-Driven Redistribution of Carriers on Catalyst Particles to Improve Photocatalytic Performance.

The photocatalytic performance is primarily determined by carrier separation efficiency. Applying electric fields to enhance carrier separation efficiency and thereby boost catalytic performance has emerged as a promising approach. However, the carrier behavior on catalyst particles under electric fields was still hardly acknowledged.

The TELEhealth Shared decision-making COaching and navigation in Primary carE (TELESCOPE) intervention: a study protocol for delivering shared decision-making for lung cancer screening by patient navigators.

Background: Lung cancer screening (LCS) can reduce lung cancer mortality but has potential harms for patients. A shared decision-making (SDM) conversation about LCS is required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for LCS reimbursement. To overcome barriers to SDM in primary care, this protocol describes a telehealth decision coaching and navigation intervention for LCS in primary care clinics delivered by patient navigators.

Act or Wait? Presentation Delay in Symptomatic Breast Cancer in China.

Background: In Western countries, factors contributing to breast cancer presentation delay have been identified, but little is known about presentation delay in China, where culture and healthcare systems are quite different.

Objective: To describe the delay interval among newly diagnosed breast cancer patients in China and to identify factors influencing delay, including the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, we recruited 154 participants within 3 months of pathological diagnosis of breast cancer.

The TELEhealth Shared decision-making Coaching and Navigation in Primary carE (TELESCOPE) intervention: a study protocol for delivering shared decision-making for lung cancer screening by patient navigators.

Background: Lung cancer screening (LCS) can reduce lung cancer mortality but has potential harms for patients. A shared decision-making (SDM) conversation about LCS is required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for LCS reimbursement. To overcome barriers to SDM in primary care, this protocol describes a telehealth decision coaching intervention for LCS in primary care clinics delivered by patient navigators.

Randomized trial promoting cancer genetic risk assessment when genetic counseling cost removed: 1-year follow-up.

Purpose: Cancer genetic risk assessment (CGRA) is recommended for women with ovarian and high-risk breast cancer. However, the underutilization of CGRA has long been documented, and cost has been a major barrier. In this randomized controlled trial, a tailored counseling and navigation (TCN) intervention significantly improved CGRA uptake at 6-month follow-up, compared with targeted print (TP) and usual care (UC).

Racial/Ethnic disparities in exposure to neighborhood violence and lung cancer risk in Chicago.

Background: Despite the lower prevalence and frequency of smoking, Black adults are disproportionately affected by lung cancer. Exposure to chronic stress generates heightened immune responses, which creates a cell environment conducive to lung cancer development. Residents in poor and segregated neighborhoods are exposed to increased neighborhood violence, and chronic exposure to violence may have downstream physiological stress responses, which may explain racial disparities in lung cancer in predominantly Black urban communities.

Promoting informed approaches in precision oncology and clinical trial participation for Black patients with cancer: Community-engaged development and pilot testing of a digital intervention.

Background: Black patients with cancer are less likely to receive precision cancer treatments than White patients and are underrepresented in clinical trials. To address these disparities, the study aimed to develop and pilot-test a digital intervention to improve Black patients' knowledge about precision oncology and clinical trials, empower patients to increase relevant discussion, and promote informed decision-making.

Methods: A community-engaged approach, including a Community Advisory Board and two rounds of key informant interviews with Black patients with cancer, their relatives, and providers (n = 48) was used to develop and refine the multimedia digital intervention.

Identifying Mediators of Intervention Effects Within a Randomized Controlled Trial to Motivate Cancer Genetic Risk Assessment Among Breast and Ovarian Cancer Survivors.

Background: A theory-guided Tailored Counseling and Navigation (TCN) intervention successfully increased cancer genetic risk assessment (CGRA) uptake among cancer survivors at increased risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC). Understanding the pathways by which interventions motivate behavior change is important for identifying the intervention's active components.

Purpose: We examined whether the TCN intervention exerted effects on CGRA uptake through hypothesized theoretical mediators.

SERS reveals the route regulation mechanism mediated by bimetallic alloy nanocatalysts for the catalytic hydrogenation reaction.

Synthesizing arylamines with high selectivity hydrogenation of nitroaromatics is a long-standing challenge because of the complex reaction pathways. Revealing the route regulation mechanism is the key to obtain high selectivity of arylamines. However, the underlying reaction mechanism of route regulation is uncertain owing to a lack of direct spectral evidence of the dynamic transformation of intermediate species during the reaction process.

Perceived needs and health-related quality of life in women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: Women with breast cancer have different needs that are various in perceived importance and satisfaction. This study aimed to examine the relationship among perceived needs satisfaction, perceived needs importance with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in women with breast cancer and determine the intermediary role of perceived needs importance in the relationship between perceived needs satisfaction and HRQoL.

Design: Cross-sectional design.

Effectiveness of the COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Index in explaining COVID-19 deaths.

Objectives: To explore the effectiveness of a COVID-19 specific social vulnerability index, we examined the relative importance of four COVID-19 specific themes and three general themes of the COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Index (CCVI) in explaining COVID-19 mortality rates in Cook County, Illinois.

Methods: We counted COVID-19 death records from the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, geocoded incident addresses by census tracts, and appended census tracts' CCVI scores. Negative binomial regression and Random Forest were used to examine the relative importance of CCVI themes in explaining COVID-19 mortality rates.

Single-Molecule Imaging of Reactive Oxygen Species on a Semiconductor Nano-Heterostructure for Understanding Photocatalytic Heterogeneity in Aqueous.

We constructed a single-molecule fluorescence imaging technique to monitor the spatiotemporal distribution of the hydroxyl radical (•OH) on TiO-attached multiwalled carbon nanotubes (TiO-MWCNTs) in aqueous. We found the heterogeneous distribution of •OH is closely related to the composition and heterostructure of the catalysts. The dynamic •OH production rate was evaluated by counting the single-molecule fluorescent bursts.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular disease mortality in a major metropolitan area.

Background: The mortality from COVID-19 alone cannot account for the impact of the pandemic. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality has increased disproportionately in specific racial/ethnic populations.

Objective: This study aimed to characterize how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the association between CVD mortality and social and demographic factors as characterized by the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI).

A Critique of the Theory of Planned Behavior in the Cancer Screening Domain.

The theory of planned behavior (TPB) has been widely used to guide research in cancer screening-related behavior, but no critique of the TPB's application in this domain has been published. We used Fawcett and DeSanto-Madeya's 2013 framework to analyze and evaluate the theory. The theory was developed on the basis of antecedent knowledge regarding human behavior, and its concepts and propositions are comprehensively delineated.

Delayed Presentation, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Breast Cancer Among Chinese Women: An Integrative Literature Review.

Background: Delays before treatment initiation increase the likelihood of later-stage diagnosis of breast cancer and reduce survival. Among Chinese women living in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, the amount of time lost in delay and the factors influencing it are unclear.

Objective: This integrative review aimed to characterize delay intervals among Chinese women, identify factors contributing to delay, and develop a conceptual model of these factors.

Assessing the relationship between body image and quality of life among rural and urban breast cancer survivors in China.

Background: Breast cancer survivors experience altered body image and quality of life (QoL) due to the disease and its treatment. The multidimensional nature of body image and QoL makes their relationships complex. This study aimed to examine the associations between the two concepts in Chinese breast cancer survivors and test whether these associations are moderated by rural-urban residence.

Body image mediates the relationship between post-surgery needs and health-related quality of life among women with breast cancer: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Although body image (BI) disturbance is a common problem that often contributes to poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among women with breast cancer following surgery, the mediating role of BI (as a self-perceptive factor) in the relationship between needs and HRQoL after controlling for socio-demographic factors remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to identify the mediating role of BI between post-surgery needs and HRQoL after controlling for socio-demographic factors among women with breast cancer.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the primary outcome was HRQoL (as measured with the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey version 2 [SF-36v2] and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast version 4.

Benefits of a WeChat-based multimodal nursing program on early rehabilitation in postoperative women with breast cancer: A clinical randomized controlled trial.

Background: Primary treatments for early-stage breast cancer can cause adverse effects, such as pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbance, that can markedly affect the patients' health-related quality of life.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the benefits of a WeChat-based multimodal nursing program on early rehabilitation in postoperative women with breast cancer.

Design: Clinical randomized controlled trial.

Capping experiments reveal multiple surface active sites in CeO and their cooperative catalysis.

Understanding of surface active sites (SAS) of CeO is crucial to its catalytic applications. In the present study, we have employed capping experiments, DFT calculations, and spectroscopic characterization to study pristine CeO catalyst. We find that multiple SAS coexist on the CeO surface: oxygen vacancies as redox sites and the coordinately unsaturated Ce cations near the oxygen vacancies and the neighboring oxygen ions as Lewis acid-base sites.

Effects of Progressive Upper Limb Exercises and Muscle Relaxation Training on Upper Limb Function and Health-Related Quality of Life Following Surgery in Women with Breast Cancer: A Clinical Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of progressive upper limb exercises and muscle relaxation training (PULE-MRT) on upper limb function and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) following surgery in Chinese mainland women with breast cancer (BC).

Methods: Overall, 102 patients following surgery (i.e.

The Needs Self-Rating Questionnaire for Breast Cancer (NSQ-BC): Development of a tool for the needs assessment of women with breast cancer in mainland China.

Rationale, Aims, And Objectives: A needs assessment tool considering the cultural background of mainland China has not been reported. This study developed a Needs Self-rating Questionnaire for Breast Cancer (NSQ-BC) based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs for mainland Chinese patients.

Methods: The Delphi technique and pilot cross-sectional surveys (two rounds) were performed for item selection.

Reliability, validity, and sensitivity of the Chinese Short-Form 36 Health Survey version 2 (SF-36v2) in women with breast cancer.

Rationale, Aims, And Objectives: The psychometrics of the Short-Form 36 Health Survey version 2 (SF-36v2) in female breast cancer patients remains unknown. This study aimed to test the reliability, validity, and sensitivity of the Chinese SF-36v2 in women with breast cancer.

Methods: The sample included 326 eligible participants.

Selective production of phase-separable product from a mixture of biomass-derived aqueous oxygenates.

Selective conversion of an aqueous solution of mixed oxygenates produced by biomass fermentation to a value-added single product is pivotal for commercially viable biomass utilization. However, the efficiency and selectivity of the transformation remains a great challenge. Herein, we present a strategy capable of transforming ~70% of carbon in an aqueous fermentation mixture (ABE: acetone-butanol-ethanol-water) to 4-heptanone (4-HPO), catalyzed by tin-doped ceria (Sn-ceria), with a selectivity as high as 86%.