Publications by authors named "Tarig Mabrouk"
Background: Survival differences between left-sided colon cancer (LSCC) and right-sided colon cancer (RSCC) has been previously reported with mixed results, with various study periods not accounting for other causes of mortality.
Purpose: We sought to assess the trends in colon cancer cause- specific survival (CSS) and overall survival (OS) based on sidedness.
Method: Fine-Gray competing risk and Cox models were used to analyze Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) population-based cohort from 1975 to 2019.
Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) pandemic have had a lasting impact on the care of cancer patients. The impact on patients with gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies remains incompletely understood. We aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on mortality, length of stay (LOS), and cost of care among patients with GI malignancies, and identify differences in outcomes based on primary tumor site.
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- Colorectal cancer (CRC) sidedness, with left-sided CRC linked to better survival rates than right-sided CRC (RsCC), is influenced by factors like obesity, race, age, and sex.
- A study analyzed data from nearly 25,000 CRC patients, revealing 13.6% were overweight and 49.9% were obese, predominantly non-Hispanic Whites, while overweight and obese individuals had a higher likelihood of developing RsCC.
- The findings highlight that obesity raises the risk of RsCC, particularly emphasizing significant racial disparities in CRC outcomes among obese patients.
In this report, we present a rare case of sarcoidosis presenting as fever of unknown origin with unilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, in contrast with the typical presentation of sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis presenting with asymmetric or isolated unilateral lymphadenopathy is highly unusual. Sarcoidosis is also an uncommon cause of fever of unknown origin.
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