Causal Effect Estimation on Imaging and Clinical Data for Treatment Decision Support of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage is a medical emergency of brain that has high mortality and poor prognosis. Causal effect estimation of treatment strategies on patient outcomes is crucial for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage treatment decision-making. However, most existing studies on treatment decision-making support of this disease are unable to simultaneously compare the potential outcomes of different treatments for a patient.

Being active or flexible? Role of control coping on quality of life among patients with gastrointestinal cancer.

Objectives: This study examined the link between coping and quality of life among patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. Two hypotheses were tested. The active-personality hypothesis states that quality of life is associated with the predominant use of primary control coping (PCC) in general.