Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2: a canary in the coal mine for public safety net hospitals.

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has exposed disproportionate health inequities among underserved populations, including refugees. Public safety net healthcare systems play a critical role in facilitating access to care for refugees and informing coordinated public health prevention and mitigation efforts during a pandemic.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence ratios of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection between refugee women and nonrefugee parturient patients admitted to the hospital for delivery.

Resection of primary mediastinal non-seminomatous germ cell tumors: a 28-year experience at memorial sloan-kettering cancer center.

Introduction: Surgical resection of residual tumor mass in responders to platinum-based chemotherapy has evolved as the preferred treatment of primary mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumors (PMNGCTs). We reviewed a single institution's operative experience with these rare tumors.

Methods: We reviewed charts of patients resected for PMNGCT at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center between July 1980 and April 2008.