Novel Predictive Strategy Using CA19-9 and Fecal Elastase Levels to Make Treatment Decisions for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: A Retrospective Study.

: Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) is used as a marker to predict recurrence and survival of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Recently, fecal elastase-1 (FE-1) has been shown to correlate with prognosis in patients with PDAC. : A total of 536 patients who underwent curative intent surgery between 2010 and 2019 were included in the study.

Reevaluating Anti-Inflammatory Therapy: Targeting Senescence to Balance Anti-Cancer Efficacy and Vascular Disease.

Modulating immune function is a critical strategy in cancer and atherosclerosis treatments. For cancer, boosting or maintaining the immune system is crucial to prevent tumor growth. However, in vascular disease, mitigating immune responses can decrease inflammation and slow atherosclerosis progression.

Blarcamesine for the treatment of Early Alzheimer's Disease: Results from the ANAVEX2-73-AD-004 Phase IIB/III trial.

Background: There are no approved oral disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess efficacy and safety of blarcamesine (ANAVEX®2-73), an orally available small-molecule activator of the sigma-1 receptor (SIGMAR1) in early AD through restoration of cellular homeostasis including autophagy enhancement.

Design: ANAVEX2-73-AD-004 was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 48-week Phase IIb/III trial.

Development of a prognostic nomogram and risk stratification system for elderly patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma undergoing definitive radiotherapy: a multicenter retrospective analysis (3JECROG R-03 A).

Background: Our goal is to develop a nomogram model to predict overall survival (OS) for elderly esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients receiving definitive radiotherapy (RT) or concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT), aiding clinicians in personalized treatment planning with a risk stratification system.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 718 elderly ESCC patients treated with RT or CRT at 10 medical centers (3JECROG) from January 2004 to November 2016. We identified independent prognostic factors using univariate and multifactorial Cox regression to construct a nomogram model.

Safety and Efficacy of Remote Ischemic Conditioning in Patients With Intravenous Thrombolysis: The SERIC-IVT Trial.

Background: Approximately half of the patients with acute ischemic stroke who receive intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) do not achieve an excellent outcome. Remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) as a promising neuroprotective treatment may improve clinical outcomes in this population. This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of RIC in patients with IVT.

Active-Targeted ICG for Surgical Navigation and Fluorescence-Guided Laparoscopic Photothermal Ablation in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive malignancy, but there is limited improvement in its treatment. Near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging could potentially address the clinical challenges of PDAC. Indocyanine green (ICG) has been widely used in clinical practice; however, its short half-life and lack of active targeting greatly limit its application in pancreatic surgery.

Important ultrasonography and CT findings and prognostic factors of incidentally detected gallbladder cancer.

Aims: To evaluate important imaging findings and prognostic factors of incidentally detected gallbladder cancer (IDGC). Materials and methods: Patients with surgically proven IDGC (n=85) and benign GB diseases (n=100) were retrospectively enrolled. All patients had preoperative CT and eighty-two patients had US images.

A cross-sectional study to estimate the prevalence of eating disorders and ascertain factors for eating disorder risk among senior college students in a metropolitan city.

Background: Eating disorders are more prevalent in Western countries and their prevalence is on the rise in India, mainly due to peer pressure and the influence of media. However, research on eating disorders is limited in India. The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of eating disorders among senior college students and to ascertain factors for eating disorder risk.

Repair Fails More Frequently Than Reconstruction in Acute Posterolateral Corner Knee Injuries: A Systematic Review of Outcomes Following Surgical Management.

Purpose: To synthesize the current literature on posterolateral corner (PLC) reconstruction and repair, focusing on a comparison of surgical techniques and outcomes based on injury chronicity in the setting of sports-related ligament tears.

Methods: A systematic review of the literature, including queries of the PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases, was performed in March 2024. Studies were included if they were of Level IV evidence or greater, reported PLC reconstruction or repair outcomes, and had a minimum 2-year follow-up.

Impact of diabetes on the progression of Alzheimer's disease via trajectories of amyloid-tau-neurodegeneration (ATN) biomarkers.

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the accumulation of abnormal proteins, such as β-amyloid and tau, in the brain, which precedes cognitive impairment. Although diabetes mellitus (DM) is a well-established risk factor for AD, few studies have investigated how the presence of DM affects the sequential pathogenesis of AD, specifically within the amyloid-tau-neurodegeneration (ATN) and cognition framework.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the trajectories of ATN biomarkers in relation to the presence of DM in the preclinical and prodromal stages of AD.

Association Between Time to Treatment and Outcomes of Endovascular Therapy vs Medical Management in Patients With Large Ischemic Stroke.

Background And Objectives: Randomized trials have proven the benefit of endovascular therapy (EVT) for acute large ischemic stroke. This study was to characterize the effect of time to treatment on benefit of EVT vs medical management (MM) among patients with large ischemic stroke.

Methods: This was a post hoc analysis of the Endovascular Therapy in Acute Anterior Circulation Large Vessel Occlusive Patients with a Large Infarct Core randomized trial.

Efficacy and safety of weekly liquid alendronate in Korean postmenopausal women with osteoporosis: a 12-month, multi-center, randomized trial.

Unlabelled: This study compared liquid and tablet forms of alendronate for osteoporosis treatment. After 12 months, both forms increased bone density to a similar degree with no significant differences in side effects. New low-volume liquid alendronate is as effective as tablets, offering an alternative treatment option for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.

Evaluation of Risk Factors, and Development and Validation of Prognostic Prediction Models for Distant Metastasis in Patients With Rectal Cancer: A Study Based on the SEER Database and a Chinese Population.

Purpose: This study aimed to construct a prediction model regarding risk factors and prognostic factors for distant metastasis of T1-T3 stage rectal cancer. For this purpose, a population-based retrospective cohort study was conducted.

Methods: Data on 7872 patients diagnosed with rectal cancer between 2004 and 2020 were obtained from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database, of whom 746 had distant metastases at diagnosis.

A Tandem-Locked Fluorescent Probe Activated by Hypoxia and a Viscous Environment for Precise Intraoperative Imaging of Tumor and Instant Assessment of Ferroptosis-Mediated Therapy.

Noninvasive fluorescence detection of tumor-associated biomarker dynamics provides immediate insights into tumor biology, which are essential for assessing the efficacy of therapeutic interventions, adapting treatment strategies, and achieving personalized diagnosis and therapy evaluation. However, due to the absence of a single biomarker that effectively reflects tumor development and progression, the currently available optical diagnostic agents that rely on "always-on" or single pathological activation frequently show nonspecific fluorescence responses and limited tumor accumulation, which inevitably compromises the accuracy and reliability of tumor imaging. Herein, based on intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) and twisted intramolecular charge-transfer (TICT) hybrid mechanisms, we report a tandem-locked probe, , for simultaneously specific imaging-guided tumor resection and ferroptosis-mediated tumor ablation evaluation under the coactivation of nitro reductase (NTR)/viscosity.

Association of achieving clinical disease control criteria and patient-reported outcomes in bimekizumab-treated patients with active psoriatic arthritis: results from two phase III studies.

Background: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that causes pain and fatigue, reduces physical function, and negatively impacts health-related quality of life (HRQoL). In the phase III BE OPTIMAL and BE COMPLETE studies, bimekizumab demonstrated clinical efficacy and meaningful improvements in patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures in biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (bDMARD)-naïve patients, and those who had prior inadequate response/intolerance to tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi-IR).

Objectives: To examine the association between achieving increasingly stringent clinical disease control criteria and improvements in PRO measures in patients with active PsA receiving bimekizumab.

Valuing the importance of sex differences in prodromal Alzheimer's disease based on structural magnetic resonance imaging.

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) can be optimally managed from a healthcare point of view if detected at a prodromal stage. Amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is known as prodromal AD, has attracted extensive attention and research.

Objective: To identify the differences in cognitive function and structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features between men and women with MCI on the basis of A/T/N classification system ("A" means amyloid-β biomarker, "T" means tau biomarker, and "N" means neurodegeneration biomarker as determined by clinical imaging (e.

Perivascular space enlargement accelerates in ageing and Alzheimer's disease pathology: evidence from a three-year longitudinal multicentre study.

Background: Perivascular space (PVS) enlargement in ageing and Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the drivers of such a structural change in humans require longitudinal investigation. Elucidating the effects of demographic factors, hypertension, cerebrovascular dysfunction, and AD pathology on PVS dynamics could inform the role of PVS in brain health function as well as the complex pathophysiology of AD.

Methods: We studied PVS in centrum semiovale (CSO) and basal ganglia (BG) computationally over three to four annual visits in 503 participants (255 females; mean = 70.

Genetic associations of polymorphisms with clinicopathologic characteristics of prostate cancer in Taiwanese males.

The most general cancer in men is prostate cancer (PCa), with its risk increasing due to age and obesity. Visfatin, a member of adipokines, is related to cancer progression and metastasis, but its relationship in PCa remains undetermined. In addition, no knowledge is available regarding relations between polymorphisms and clinicopathological characteristics in PCa.