Cardiovascular

Classifying cancer genome aberrations by their mutually exclusive effects on transcription.

BACKGROUND: Malignant tumors are typically caused by a conglomeration of genomic aberrations-including point mutations, small insertions, small deletions, and large copy-number variations. In some cases, specific chemotherapies and targeted drug treatments are effective against tumors that harbor certain genomic aberrations. However, predictive aberrations (biomarkers) have not been identified for...

Non-Islet Cell Tumor Hypoglycemia: A Rare Cause of Hypoglycemia in Pulmonary Sarcomatoid Cancer.

Non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia (NICTH) is a rare paraneoplastic condition caused most commonly by metastatic mesenchymal tumors. A 74-year-old non-diabetic male with an eight-year history of metastatic sarcomatoid lung cancer presented with altered mental status. His previous treatment included a lobectomy and radiation. Laboratory investigations were significant for blood glucose of 28 mg/dL, ...

Breast Volume Measurement by Recycling the Data Obtained From 2 Routine Modalities, Mammography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Preoperative prediction of breast volume is important in the planning of breast reconstructive surgery. In this study, we prospectively estimated the...

Identification of the functional alteration signatures across different cancer types with support vector machine and feature analysis.

Cancers are regarded as malignant proliferations of tumor cells present in many tissues and organs, which can severely curtail the quality of human li...

5-fluorouracil combined with cisplatin and mitomycin C as an optimized regimen for hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in gastric cancer.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Optimized drug regimens for hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) have not been standardized completely in pati...

Chest wall dose reduction using noncoplanar volumetric modulated arc radiation therapy for lung stereotactic ablative radiation therapy.

PURPOSE: Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) to lung tumors close to the chest wall can cause rib fractures or chest wall pain. We evaluate...

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by fast-track cytoreductive surgery plus short-course hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in advanced ovarian cancer: preliminary results of a promising all-in-one approach.

PURPOSE: Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) has been considered a promising treatment option for advanced or recurrent ovarian cancer, ...

Serum Vitamin D Levels Affect Pathologic Complete Response in Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy for Operable Breast Cancer.

INTRODUCTION: There has been increasing interest in the potential benefit of vitamin D in improving breast cancer outcome. Preclinical studies suggest...

extract inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma via induction of caspase-dependent apoptosis.

INTRODUCTION: Cancer is a disease with a global burden and is a major and increasing threat to public health. The demand for new modalities to treat a...

An Assay Using Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance and Gold Nanorods Functionalized with Aptamers to Sense the Cytochrome-c Released from Apoptotic Cancer Cells for Anti-Cancer Drug Effect Determination.

To determine the degree of cancer cell killing after treatment with chemotherapeutic drugs, we have developed a sensitive platform using localized sur...

First Report of NRG Oncology/Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0622: A Phase 2 Trial of Samarium-153 Followed by Salvage Prostatic Fossa Irradiation in High-Risk Clinically Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy.

PURPOSE: To investigate the utility of Sm lexidronam (Quadramet) in the setting of men with prostate cancer status post radical prostatectomy who deve...

Deep reinforcement learning for automated radiation adaptation in lung cancer.

PURPOSE: To investigate deep reinforcement learning (DRL) based on historical treatment plans for developing automated radiation adaptation protocols ...

First Ever Use of Proton Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Delivered with Curative Intent to Bilateral Synchronous Primary Renal Cell Carcinomas.

Limited therapeutic options exist for inoperable bilateral kidney tumors. We report the first ever use of proton therapy to treat primary renal cell c...

Synthesis of poly(1,2-glycerol carbonate)-paclitaxel conjugates and their utility as a single high-dose replacement for multi-dose treatment regimens in peritoneal cancer.

Current chemotherapeutic dosing strategies are limited by the toxicity of anticancer agents and therefore rely on multiple low-dose administrations. A...

A successful case of a para-aortic lymphocele treated with autologous peripheral blood injection.

A lymphocele is one of the complications of systematic pelvic or para-aortic lymphadenectomy. Although most patients are entirely asymptomatic, our pa...

Impact of pixel-based machine-learning techniques on automated frameworks for delineation of gross tumor volume regions for stereotactic body radiation therapy.

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of pixel-based machine learning (ML) techniques, i.e., fuzzy-c-means clustering method (FCM), and ...

Validation of a Machine Learning Approach for Venous Thromboembolism Risk Prediction in Oncology.

Using kernel machine learning (ML) and random optimization (RO) techniques, we recently developed a set of venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk predictor...

Predicting Ascospore Release of Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi of Blueberry with Machine Learning.

Mummy berry, caused by Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi, causes economic losses of highbush blueberry in the U.S. Pacific Northwest (PNW). Apothecia devel...

Robotics in percutaneous cardiovascular interventions.

The fundamental technique of performing percutaneous cardiovascular (CV) interventions has remained unchanged and requires operators to wear heavy lea...

Automated Analysis of Unregistered Multi-View Mammograms With Deep Learning.

We describe an automated methodology for the analysis of unregistered cranio-caudal (CC) and medio-lateral oblique (MLO) mammography views in order to...