Chemical identification and indexing in full-text articles: an overview of the NLM-Chem track at BioCreative VII.

The BioCreative National Library of Medicine (NLM)-Chem track calls for a community effort to fine-tune automated recognition of chemical names in the biomedical literature. Chemicals are one of the most searched biomedical entities in PubMed, and-as highlighted during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic-their identification may significantly advance research in multiple biomedical subfields. While previous community challenges focused on identifying chemical names mentioned in titles and abstracts, the full text contains valuable additional detail.

Delays in the assessment and management of primary lung cancers in South Auckland.

Aim: To determine the patient characteristics, referral patterns and delays in assessment and treatment of patients with primary lung cancer in South Auckland, New Zealand and compare with international standards.

Methods: Retrospective review of the clinical records of 80 patients referred to a secondary care respiratory service and diagnosed with primary lung cancer in 2004.

Results: Eighty-five percent of inpatient referrals and 48.