Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation treatment for major depressive disorders: Consideration from a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Benefits of Continuous Outpatient Orthopedic Consultations for Both Upper and Lower Body on the Mortality Rates of Hemodialysis Patients.

Background: The purpose of the present observational study was to examine whether there is a difference in prognosis for hemodialysis patients with or without continued orthopedic outpatient visits over five years.  Methods: One hundred and thirteen hemodialysis patients who visited the dialysis center of Takagi Hospital, Okawa, Japan, as of December 2017 were included in this study. Data were collected from the medical records until December 2022.

Serum IL-6 concentration is a useful biomarker to predict the efficacy of atezolizumab plus bevacizumab in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background: This study aims to identify biomarkers for treatment response of atezolizumab plus bevacizumab (Atezo+Bev) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: 96 patients who received Atezo+Bev or lenvatinib as a first-line systemic therapy were enrolled as the training group after propensity score matching (PSM), and 42 patients treated with Atezo+Bev were enrolled as the validation group. 17 serum cytokines were measured by Luminex multiplex assay at the start of treatment.