Assessing Sarcoma Awareness Among the General Population in Minnesota: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study from the Minnesota State Fair in 2015 and 2022.

Sarcomas are commonly misdiagnosed, and treatment delays negatively impact patient outcomes. The purpose of this study is to explore patient threshold for and timeline to medical evaluation, to identify providers most likely to be contacted first, and to assess general sarcoma knowledge in Minnesota's general population. Voluntary participants were recruited at the 2015 and 2022 Minnesota State Fair to complete a three-part survey.

Phototherapy Alters the Plasma Metabolite Profile in Infants Born Preterm with Hyperbilirubinemia.

Objective: To investigate the effects of gestational age (GA) and phototherapy on the plasma metabolite profile of preterm infants with neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (NHB).

Study Design: From a cohort of prospectively enrolled infants born preterm (n = 92), plasma samples of very preterm (VPT; GA, 28 + 0 to 31 + 6 weeks, n = 27) and moderate/late preterm (M/LPT; GA, 32 + 0 to 35 + 6 weeks, n = 33) infants requiring phototherapy for NHB were collected prior to the initiation of phototherapy and 24 hours after starting phototherapy. An additional sample was collected 48 hours after starting phototherapy in a randomly selected subset (n = 30; VPT n = 15; M/LPT n = 15).

Patient-reported health-related quality of life outcomes following mastectomy for breast cancer, with immediate, delayed or no breast reconstruction: Four-year follow-up from a prospective cohort study.

Background: Breast reconstruction (BR) improves women's health-related quality of life (HRQOL) following mastectomy for breast cancer, yet factors contributing to improved HRQOL remain unclear. This study aimed to explore the overall impact of mastectomy with or without BR on participants' perceptions of HRQOL over time in a cohort of women with high-risk breast cancer; to examine differences in mean HRQOL scores between immediate BR, delayed BR and no BR groups; to assess the influence of patient characteristics potentially associated with HRQOL scores; and to determine the feasibility of long-term collection of patient-reported outcome measures in clinical settings.

Methods: A prospective, longitudinal study of 100 women with high-risk breast cancer who underwent mastectomy with or without breast reconstruction and were likely to require post-mastectomy radiotherapy.

Does breast cancer policy meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia? a review.

Objective: To evaluate if existing Australian public policy related to screening, diagnosis, treatment and follow up care for breast cancer addresses the needs of and outcomes for Indigenous women?

Methods: This review of policy employed a modified Delphi method via an online panel of experts (n = 13), who were purposively recruited according to experience and expertise. A series of online meetings and online surveys were used for data collection. The aims of the study were to: Identify all existing and current breast cancer policy in Australia;  Analyse the extent to which consideration of Indigenous peoples is included in the development, design and implementation of the policy; and Identify policy gaps and make recommendations as to how they could be addressed.

Oxidative control over the morphology of Cu(HHTP), a 2D conductive metal-organic framework.

The morphology of electrically conductive metal-organic frameworks strongly impacts their performance in applications such as energy storage and electrochemical sensing. However, identifying the appropriate conditions needed to achieve a specific nanocrystal size and shape can be a time-consuming, empirical process. Here we show how partial ligand oxidation dictates the morphology of Cu(HHTP) (HHTP = 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexahydroxytriphenylene), a prototypical 2D conductive metal-organic framework.