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PLoS One
January 2025
Marie Curie Research Centre, Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
To undertake a mixed-methodology implementation study to improve the well-being of men with gastrointestinal late effects following radical radiotherapy for prostate cancer. All men completed a validated screening tool for late bowel effects (ALERT-B) and the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Score (GSRS); men with a positive score on ALERT-B were offered management following a peer reviewed algorithm for pelvic radiation disease (PRD). Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at baseline, 6 and 12 months; and healthcare resource usage (HRU) and patient, support-giver, staff experience and acceptability of staff training (qualitative analysis) were assessed.
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January 2025
Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA. Electronic address:
Artificial intelligence (AI) advancements have accelerated applications of imaging in clinical oncology, especially in revolutionizing the safe and accurate delivery of state-of-the-art imaging-guided radiotherapy techniques. However, concerns are growing over the potential for sex-related bias and the omission of female-specific data in multi-organ segmentation algorithm development pipelines. Opportunities exist for addressing sex-specific data as a source of bias, and improving sex inclusion to adequately inform the development of AI-based technologies to ensure their fairness, generalizability and equitable distribution.
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January 2025
Cancer Discovery Hub, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Introduction: Recent epidemiological data suggests a rising incidence of breast angiosarcoma (AS-B) in the Western population, with over two-thirds related to irradiation or chronic lymphedema. However, unlike head and neck angiosarcoma (AS-HN), AS-B disease characteristics in Asia remain unclear.
Methods: We examined clinical patterns of angiosarcoma patients (n = 176) seen in an Asiantertiary cancer center from 1999 to 2021, and specifically investigated the molecular and immune features of AS-B in comparison to AS-HN.
Clin Transl Immunology
January 2025
Infectious Diseases Group, Infection, Immunity and Global Health Theme Murdoch Children's Research Institute Parkville VIC Australia.
Objectives: Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination has off-target effects on disease risk for unrelated infections and immune responses to vaccines. This study aimed to determine the immunomodulatory effects of BCG vaccination on immune responses to vaccines against SARS-CoV-2.
Methods: Blood samples, from a subset of 275 SARS-CoV-2-naïve healthcare workers randomised to BCG vaccination (BCG group) or no BCG vaccination (Control group) in the BRACE trial, were collected before and 28 days after the primary course (two doses) of ChAdOx1-S (Oxford-AstraZeneca) or BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccination.
NPJ Vaccines
January 2025
Jiangzhong Cancer Research Center, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Tumor-derived exosomes (TDEs) mediate oncogenic communication, which modifies target cells to reinforce a tumor-promoting microenvironment. TDEs support cancer progression by suppressing anti-tumor immune responses, promoting metastasis, and conferring drug resistance. Thus, targeting TDEs could improve the efficacy of anti-cancer treatments and control metastasis.
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