Lymph node dissection in small-sized pulmonary metastasectomy: Impact on the long-term survival.

Introduction: Pulmonary metastasectomy has been clarified in improving long-term survival in most primary malignancies with pulmonary metastasis, while the role of additional lymph node dissection remained controversial. We aimed to investigate the prognosis of lymph node involvement and identify the role of lymph node dissection during pulmonary metastasectomy in a real-world cohort.

Methods: We identified patients diagnosed with pulmonary metastases with ≤3 cm in size and received pulmonary metastasectomy between 2004 and 2017 in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database.

Temperature-Dependent Biology and Population Performances of the Coffee Berry Borer (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) on Artificial Diet.

At different observation intervals of 1, 5, and 10 days during a trial period of 30 days, the mortality rates of were 100, 95, and 55%, and the fecundity rates were 0.55, 8.45, and 19.

Surgical resection versus radiotherapy for clinical stage IA lung cancer ≤1 cm in size: A population-based study.

Objective: With the increasing incidence of stage IA lung cancer ≤1 cm in size, the optimal primary treatment remains to be controversial, and thus, we compared the survival of these patients treated with radiotherapy, wedge resection, segmentectomy, or lobectomy in a large population.

Methods: We identified patients with stage IA lung cancer ≤1 cm in size between 2004 and 2015 in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. We compared the overall survival (OS) via Kaplan-Meier analysis and conducted Cox regression analysis via propensity score matching (PSM) method to identify the relative hazard ratio (HR) and difference of OS among these treatments in the subgroup stratified by four variables (age, total number of tumors, pathological grade, and histology).

Initial treatment of early-stage small-sized non-small cell lung cancer for octogenarians: a population-based study.

The objectives of this study is to figure out the appropriate initial treatment and criteria for clinical decision for early-stage small-sized non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) among octogenarians. Elderly patients (≥80 years) with stage I NSCLC (<3 cm) were identified between 2004 and 2015 in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. Patients were divided into four cohorts regarding treatment modalities, and overall survival and cancer-specific survival were evaluated via Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox proportional hazard model.

Treatment Modality for Stage IB Peripheral Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Visceral Pleural Invasion and ≤3 cm in Size.

Purpose: To compare the survival difference among lobectomy, segmentectomy, and wedge resection and investigate the role of adjuvant chemotherapy for early-stage small-sized non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with visceral pleural invasion (VPI).

Methods: Patients diagnosed with stage IB peripheral NSCLC with VPI and ≤3 cm in size in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database between 2004 and 2015 were included, and the pleural layer (PL) invasion status was identified to recognize the tumors with VPI, including PL1 and PL2. We conducted Cox proportional hazards model in multivariable analysis and subgroup analysis propensity score matching (PSM) method and Cox regression method to figure out the optimal therapy for these patients.

The complete mitochondrial genome of Bates, 1866 (Coleoptera: Vesperidae) and its phylogenetic implications.

We sequenced and assembled the complete mitochondrial genome of from Madou, Tainan County, Taiwan. The complete mitogenome of is 15,750 bp long, and contains 13 protein-coding, 22 tRNA and two rDNA genes. Nucleotide compositions of the mitogenome of are A: 38.

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of (Eichhoff, 1868) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and its phylogenetic implications.

In the present report, we described the complete mitochondrial genome of from Sindien, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The length of the complete mitogenome of is 15,743 bp and the mitogenome contains 13 protein-coding, 22 tRNA and two rDNA genes. Nucleotide compositions of the whole mitogenome are 39.

Temperature-dependent life history of Oligonychus mangiferus (Acari: Tetranychidae) on Mangifera indica.

The mango red spider mite, Oligonychus mangiferus (Rhaman and Sapra), is a major mango pest in Taiwan. This mite damages the leaves of the mango tree and affects the quality of the fruit. This study investigates the life history of the mango red spider mite on Mangifera indica L.

Clinical characteristics, treatment and prognostic factors of candidal meningitis in a teaching hospital in Taiwan.

The prognostic factors of candidal meningitis had rarely been studied owing to the rarity of this disease. We identified 17 patients with candidal meningitis at a teaching hospital in Taiwan over a 14-y period and give details of the clinical features, treatment, outcome and prognostic factors of this disease. 10 patients were children (1 was neonate) and 7 were adults.

Clinical significance of Candida species isolated from cerebrospinal fluid.

Candida species have only rarely been isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid. Some of these isolates are true pathogens with a high morbidity and mortality, while others are only colonizers or contaminants. Spontaneous recovery from Candida meningitis has also been reported.