Publications by authors named "Michael Petrich"
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- The study aimed to assess how the COVID-19 pandemic affected urgent and elective thoracic and abdominal aortic surgeries between January-May 2020 and the same period in 2019.
- Researchers found no significant change in the number of urgent procedures, but there was a notable 35% drop in elective surgeries during the pandemic, especially in countries like Italy.
- Patients with acute conditions still sought treatment, indicating that while elective cases decreased, emergency cases were managed as per the guidelines, warranting further investigation into the long-term effects of delayed elective surgeries.
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous condition with respect to onset, progression, and response to therapy. Incorporating clinical- and imaging-based features to refine COPD phenotypes provides valuable information beyond that obtained from traditional clinical evaluations. We characterized the spectrum of COPD-related phenotypes in a sample of former and current smokers and evaluated how these subgroups differ with respect to sociodemographic characteristics, COPD-related comorbidities, and subsequent risk of lung cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCancers are driven by a population of cells with the stem cell properties of self-renewal and unlimited growth. As a subpopulation within the tumor mass, these cells are believed to constitute a tumor cell reservoir. Pathways controlling the renewal of normal stem cells are deregulated in cancer.
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