Publications by authors named "M MILETIC"

Background And Objectives: Penile cancer (PeCa) remains a challenge due to its rarity and the lack of prospective studies, leading to treatment challenges and controversies. Guidelines offer recommendations, but discrepancies with clinical practice persist. This study analyzed treatment practices among specialists managing high-risk PeCa in European reference centers.

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Pharmacogenetics (PGx) explores the influence of genetic variability on drug efficacy and tolerability. Synthetic Data Generation (SDG) has emerged as a promising alternative to the labor-intensive process of collecting real-world PGx data, which is required for high-qualitative prediction models. This study investigates the performance of two Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) models, CTGAN and CTAB-GAN+, in generating synthetic PGx data.

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  • Spinal muscular atrophy type 3 (SMA3) is a genetic disease mainly affecting motor neurons, but recent findings show metabolic issues like fatty acid and glucose metabolism irregularities in patients.
  • A study involving 23 adult SMA3 patients revealed that over 60% had lipid abnormalities, and a staggering 91.3% showed signs of insulin resistance, though none had full-blown diabetes.
  • The results indicate a significant connection between muscle, liver, and fat tissue functioning in SMA3 patients, emphasizing the need for focused metabolic care to manage potential health risks as these individuals age.
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  • - The study investigated the relationship between Tumor Mutational Burden (TMB) and Microsatellite Instability (MSI) status in patients with urothelial carcinoma (UC) receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI), focusing on overall survival (OS).
  • - Results showed that patients with a higher TMB (≥10 mut/Mb) generally experienced longer median OS compared to those with lower TMB, although these differences weren't always statistically significant.
  • - Notably, patients treated with maintenance avelumab had a significantly better OS when TMB was high (61 months vs. 17 months for low TMB), indicating potential benefits of ICI based on TMB and MSI status, warranting further investigation.
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Coding according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 and its clinical modifications (CM) is inherently complex and expensive. Natural Language Processing (NLP) assists by simplifying the analysis of unstructured data from electronic health records, thereby facilitating diagnosis coding. This study investigates the suitability of transformer models for ICD-10 classification, considering both encoder and encoder-decoder architectures.

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