Survival trends for left and right sided colon cancer using population-based SEER database: A forty-five-year analysis from 1975 to 2019.

Background: Survival differences between left-sided colon cancer (LSCC) and right-sided colon cancer (RSCC) has been previously reported with mixed results, with various study periods not accounting for other causes of mortality.

Purpose: We sought to assess the trends in colon cancer cause- specific survival (CSS) and overall survival (OS) based on sidedness.

Method: Fine-Gray competing risk and Cox models were used to analyze Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) population-based cohort from 1975 to 2019.

The impact of COVID-19 on mortality, length of stay, and cost of care among patients with gastrointestinal malignancies: A propensity score-matched analysis.

Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) pandemic have had a lasting impact on the care of cancer patients. The impact on patients with gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies remains incompletely understood. We aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on mortality, length of stay (LOS), and cost of care among patients with GI malignancies, and identify differences in outcomes based on primary tumor site.

Normoglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis in a type 2 diabetes patient on dapagliflozin: A case report.

A 48-year-old male patient with Type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2D), on insulin replacement therapy, glipizide, and dapagliflozin presented with generalized weakness with weight loss of 40 pounds in 6 months ever since he was started on dapagliflozin. He was hemodynamically stable on arrival with a finger stick glucose of 121 gm%. Physical examination was unremarkable except for dry mucus membranes.