Socio-economic factors associated with cancer stigma among apparently healthy women in two selected municipalities Nepal.

Introduction: Cancer is the primary cause of death globally, and despite the significant advancements in treatment and survival rates, it is still stigmatized in many parts of the world. However, there is limited public health research on cancer stigma among the general female population in Nepal. Therefore, this study aims to determine the prevalence of cancer stigma and its associated factors in this group.

Does Physician-Hospital Vertical Integration Affect Hospital Output?

Background: Physician-hospital vertical integration is gaining steam but it is unclear how they affect hospital output.

Objective: To examine the direct impact of vertical integration on hospital output.

Design: A pooled design with 6-year data using linear regressions was used.

The implications of removing race from interpretation of pulmonary function among persons with or without HIV.

Background: Studies suggest that the use of race-specific pulmonary function reference equations may obscure racial inequities in respiratory health. Whether removing race from the interpretation of pulmonary function would influence analyses of HIV and pulmonary function is unknown.

Setting: Pulmonary function measurements from 1,067 men (591 with HIV) in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) and 1,661 women (1,175 with HIV) in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) were analyzed.

Real-World Outcomes of Selective Inhibitor Selpercatinib in the United States: Descriptive, Retrospective Findings from Two Databases.

Objectives: This study described real-world patient characteristics and outcomes among selpercatinib-treated patients in the United States, using the Flatiron Health electronic health record-derived deidentified database (FHD) for advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (a/mNSCLC) and Optum's de-identified Clinformatics Data Mart Database (CDM).

Methods: Patients initiating selpercatinib treatment between 08MAY2020 and 30JUN2023 were included. We evaluated real-world time to selpercatinib treatment discontinuation or death (rwTTDd) and time to next treatment or death (rwTTNTd) using Kaplan-Meier analyses.

Rathke's cleft cyst apoplexy presented as pituitary apoplexy: A case report.

Introduction And Importance: Rathke's cleft cyst (RCC) are non-malignant lesions arising from remnants of Rathke's pouch in the pituitary gland. Apoplexy is seen commonly in pituitary macroadenomas but very rarely in RCCs.

Case Presentation: A 30-year-old male presented with a severe headache and vomiting.