Publications by authors named "S Stasi"
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- The study examines the impact of smoking on the outcomes of nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) treated with BCG instillations, indicating that smokers may have poorer results.
- Approximately 1,313 patients were analyzed using a statistical model to correlate smoking history with disease progression, revealing that heavy smokers have over double the risk of disease progression compared to nonsmokers.
- The results highlight the importance of considering a patient's smoking history in NMIBC management and the necessity for tailored smoking cessation strategies in treatment plans.
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- The study investigates how parents of children with cancer receive information about tumor genomic sequencing (TGS) at the time of diagnosis, aiming to improve communication in pediatric oncology.
- Interviews with 20 parents revealed common themes: universal information needs among parents, diverse preferences for information delivery within families, and a desire for standard yet personalized communication.
- The findings suggest that as TGS becomes more integrated into childhood cancer treatment, clinicians might need to adapt their communication strategies to better support parents.
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- About 70% of bladder cancer cases are non-muscle invasive (NMIBC) and inflammation, influenced by factors like smoking, affects treatment outcomes with BCG therapy.
- A study analyzed data from 1,313 NMIBC patients to examine how smoking and systemic inflammation impact the effectiveness of BCG using a machine-learning algorithm.
- The results indicated that both smoking status and specific inflammatory markers can significantly predict the risk of disease progression, highlighting the need for tailored treatment strategies and further research to confirm the findings.
Objective: Urinary incontinence (UI) is common in women of all age groups, but postmenopausal women (MW) have a higher incidence of these symptoms. The International Continence Society suggests that women with UI should first try a conservative treatment, such as pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT), which aims to enhance the strength and rectify the activation patterns of the pelvic floor muscles. The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of PFMT, either on its own, or in conjunction with other physical therapy, in reducing the severity of UI symptoms in MW.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To assess sex differences in patient-reported quality of life, pain, and hernia recurrence after adjusting for confounding features of hernia disease in a large national registry one year after ventral hernia repair.
Methods: Data were analyzed retrospectively from the Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative national registry from pre-operatively until one year post-operatively. 3,172 patients undergoing elective ventral hernia repair with 1-year follow-up data were included for analysis after propensity score matching (1:1 match; females: mean [interquartile range] age, 60 [49, 68]; body mass index, 32 [27, 36]; males: age, 60 [52, 68]; 31 [28, 35].