Predictors of poor outcome following liver biopsy for the investigation of new hepatic space occupying lesion/s.

Background: Ultrasound-guided percutaneous liver biopsy (UPLB) is currently performed mainly to determine if new hepatic space occupying lesions (SOL) represent benign, primary malignant, or metastatic disease. This study sought to investigate the outcome of UPLB in this setting.

Methods: In a retrospective study, patients with a new hepatic SOL who underwent UPLB during 1/2006-12/2016 were included and followed to 12/2018.

Association between anemia at three different time points and new-onset diabetes after kidney transplantation--a retrospective cohort study.

Purpose: Anemia has been reported to be associated with diabetes, but the association between new-onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) and anemia has not been reported.

Methods: Patients who underwent kidney transplantation and did not have diabetes prior to transplantation were included in this study. Hemoglobin levels and the prevalence of anemia (hemoglobin <12 g/dL in females and <13 g/dL in males) were evaluated at three time points (prior to transplantation, 6 months following transplantation or 1 month before the development of NODAT, 2 years following transplantation, or following the development of NODAT) and were compared between those who developed NODAT and those who did not.

[CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MALE PATIENTS WITH OSTEOPOROSIS REFERRED TO THE ENDOCRINE CLINIC OF A TERTIARY HOSPITAL].

Introduction: Osteoporosis in men is underdiagnosed and undertreated. The prevalence of male osteoporosis increases with age and it becomes a significant public health burden. Currently, there are a few clinical studies on male osteoporosis with limited knowledge of effective therapeutic options.

Incidence of Nonthyroidal Primary Malignancy and the Association with (131)I Treatment in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.

Background: The occurrence of nonthyroidal primary malignancy (NTPM) and the potential association of with radioiodine (RAI) treatment are important concerns in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), but incidence data are conflicting. The aims of the present study were to investigate the incidence of NTPM and its association with RAI treatment in a cohort of DTC patients treated at a single tertiary medical center.

Methods: The data of 1943 patients with DTC recorded in the Rabin Medical Center Thyroid Cancer Registry were cross-matched with data from the Israeli National Cancer Registry to identify those diagnosed with an NTPM.

Papillary thyroid cancer: factors involved in restaging N1 disease after total thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine treatment.

Context: The presence of cervical lymph node metastases is a strong predictor of persistent disease in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC).

Objective: The objective of the study was to investigate factors associated with improved outcome in patients with PTC and lymph node metastases.

Design: Retrospective Cohort Setting: The study was conducted at a tertiary university-affiliated medical center.