Publications by authors named "M Abdelmalek"

Liver cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally, with incident cases expected to rise from 905,700 in 2020 to 1.4 million by 2040. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) accounts for about 80% of all primary liver cancers.

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Background: Viral hepatitis B and C are the leading causes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). With obesity, metabolic-related disorders are increasingly associated with a higher incidence of nonviral HCC. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics, tumor features, treatment outcomes, and survival of patients with viral versus nonviral HCC.

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CIC::DUX4 fusion sarcoma represents a rare and aggressive subtype of undifferentiated small round blue cell tumors. We report on a 23-year-old African male who developed a rapidly enlarging inferolateral left buttock nodule with ulceration. After debulking excision of the lesion, histologic sections demonstrated sheets and lobules of atypical round blue cells with significant cytologic atypia.

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Clinical decision support systems are software tools that help clinicians to make medical decisions. However, their acceptance by clinicians is usually rather low. A known problem is that they often require clinicians to manually enter a lot of patient data, which is long and tedious.

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