Publications by authors named "T W Redding"
Recalibrating the Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium Environmental Risk Score for Use in US Veterans.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study focused on understanding how various environmental factors contribute to the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) and aimed to enhance screening methods by recalibrating an environmental risk score (e-Score) among U.S. Veterans.
- Data was collected from over 227,000 male participants from the Million Veteran Program, with significant relationships found between CRC risk and factors like age, education, lifestyle, and medication use.
- The new e-Score model outperformed the original one in predicting CRC risk, suggesting it could improve personalized screening and prevention efforts for colorectal cancer among veterans.
Background And Aims: Colorectal cancer (CRC) polygenic risk scores (PRS) may help personalize CRC prevention strategies. We investigated whether an existing PRS was associated with advanced neoplasia (AN) in a population undergoing screening and follow-up colonoscopy.
Methods: We evaluated 10-year outcomes in the Cooperative Studies Program #380 screening colonoscopy cohort, which includes a biorepository of selected individuals with baseline AN (defined as CRC or adenoma ≥10 mm or villous histology, or high-grade dysplasia) and matched individuals without AN.
Article Synopsis
- Gulf War illness (GWI) is a sickness that affects veterans who served in the Gulf War and is believed to be caused by harmful substances they were exposed to during their deployment.
- Many veterans also experience posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which may influence the symptoms of GWI.
- A study showed that veterans with both GWI and PTSD reported more military exposures compared to those without PTSD, highlighting how both GWI and PTSD can be connected to their experiences during the war.
Optimization of Subglottic View During Flexible Laryngoscopy With Patient Positioning.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
December 2023
Objective: Determine the ideal head position to optimize visualization of the subglottis using flexible laryngoscopy.
Study Design: Prospective cohort study.
Setting: Outpatient multidisciplinary airway clinic at a tertiary care center.
The Effect of Social Deprivation on Patient Satisfaction in Otolaryngology Clinics.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol
November 2023
Objectives: Multiple factors have been associated with lower satisfaction scores. We hypothesize that patients with a more deprived socioeconomic status will have different patient satisfaction scores than patients of higher socioeconomic status.
Methods: We reviewed Press Ganey satisfaction scores for new, outpatient visits between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2018.