Leveraging a rapid, round-the-clock HIV testing system to screen for acute HIV infection in a large urban public medical center.

Objective: To describe the prevalence and location of new and acute HIV diagnoses in a large urban medical center. Secondary objectives were to evaluate rapid HIV test performance, the added yield of acute HIV screening, and linkage-to-care outcomes.

Design: Cross-sectional study from November 1, 2008, to April 30, 2009.

Treatment of low-risk prostate cancer with radical hypofractionated accelerated radiotherapy with cytoprotection (HypoARC): an interim analysis of toxicity and efficacy.

Aim: Radiobiological analysis of clinical data suggests that prostate cancer has a low α/β ratio, implying that large radiotherapy fractions may better control the disease. Acceleration of radiotherapy may be also of importance in a subset of tumors. In this study we assessed the feasibility and efficacy of a highly accelerated and hypofractionated scheme of radiotherapy (HypoARC), for the treatment of localized low risk prostate cancer.

Testing and linkage to care outcomes for a clinician-initiated rapid HIV testing program in an urban emergency department.

The urban emergency department is an important site for the detection of HIV infection. Current research has focused on strategies to increase HIV testing in the emergency department. As more emergency department HIV cases are identified, there need to be well-defined systems for linkage to care.