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Two -stage contrastive learning framework for vertebral compression fracture screening in frontal chest X-ray.

Vertebral Compression Fractures (VCFs) are early signs of osteoporosis and the most common type of osteoporotic fracture. In clinical practice, the pipeline of VCFs diagnosis consists of two examinations while most only routinely perform the first examination when the absence of clinical manifestations, leading to an underdiagnosis. In this study, we aim to explore the potential of VCFs screening ...

Assessing surrogate heterogeneity in real world data using meta-learners.

Surrogate markers are most commonly studied within the context of randomized clinical trials. However, the need for alternative outcomes also extends to real-world public health and social science research, where randomized trials are often impractical. While standard methods for evaluating surrogate markers largely rely on the assumption of randomized treatment, there is a significant gap in appl...

Immunotherapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: From Molecular Mechanisms to Precision Medicine-Overcoming Resistance and Optimizing Clinical Outcomes.

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most violent type of breast cancer, in which estrogen receptors (ER), progesterone receptors (PR), and hum...

Multiparametric MRI-Based Deep Learning and Radiomics for Predicting Progression-Free Survival Benefit in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy Plus Transarterial Chemoembolization: A Bicentric Study.

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The non-invasive biomarkers for predicting progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) t...

Skin deep: dermatologic challenges in PCOS through the female lifespan.

INTRODUCTION: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a lifelong endocrine-metabolic condition with prominent dermatologic manifestations such as hirsutis...

Advancements in ex vivo bone biomechanics: multimodal technologies and their integration with artificial intelligence.

Bone biomechanics is essential for understanding how bone structure, composition, and mechanical function interact in healthy and diseased states. Con...

Lesion-level dual-tracer PET biomarkers predict prognosis in multiple myeloma treated with CXCR4-directed radiopharmaceutical therapy.

BACKGROUND: C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4)-directed radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) represents a promising option for hematologic malignan...

A machine learning model for optimizing treatment of patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes.

BACKGROUND: Cardiorenal-protective sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) lack se...

Exploring estrogen synthesis and metabolism related markers and immune dynamics in osteoporosis-insights from single-cell RNA sequencing and Mendelian randomization.

BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis (OP) is characterized by decreased bone mineral density and an increased fracture risk, often due to declining sex hormone le...

Multimodal Cross-Attentive Graph-Based Framework for Predicting In Vivo Endocrine Disruptors.

Endocrine hazard assessment needs models that are accurate and mechanistically transparent. We present a multimodal cross-attentive graph framework th...

An allostatic load domain-specific metabolic profile in young adults: The African-PREDICT study.

Allostatic load scores (ALSs) quantify the cumulative physiological burden of sustained stress across neuro-endocrine, metabolic, cardiovascular and i...

Global spatiotemporal analysis of interactions between urban heat islands and extreme heat waves.

Extreme heat waves (HWs), defined here as periods when daily maximum temperature exceeds the 98th percentile for three or more consecutive days, pose ...

Late distant recurrence prediction model in premenopausal women with ER-positive/HER 2-negative breast cancer: A multicenter retrospective study.

BACKGROUND: Late distant recurrence (DR) remains a significant challenge in estrogen receptor (ER)-positive/Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (...

Computational discovery and prioritization of ribose-5-phosphate isomerase A as a mitochondrial target for reversing senescence in mesenchymal stem cells.

Age-related osteoporosis is increasingly recognized as a disease of stem cell dysfunction, hallmarked by the skewed lineage commitment of mesenchymal ...

Spatiotemporal Remodeling of Bone as a Reversibly Adaptive Biological Material in Djungarian Hamsters under Regulated Photoperiod Conditions.

Bone loss in humans is typically progressive and difficult to reverse, posing challenges for both pharmacological therapy and the long-term performanc...

Multimodal MRI reveals hypothalamic structural-functional alterations associated with bone mineral density loss in postmenopausal women.

Emerging evidence implicates central nervous system dysregulation in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis. However, the role of hypothalamic subregions - ...

Comparison and validation of multiple machine learning algorithms for predicting MDRO infection in catheter-related bloodstream patients: a multicenter cohort study.

UNLABELLED: Early identification of patients at high risk for multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infection in catheter-related bloodstream infection ...

Clinical impact of adopting an AI-driven opportunistic bone health screening software using routine X-ray.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the clinical impact of an artificial intelligence device, Rho, that opportunistically screens X-rays for low bone mineral dens...

Artificial intelligence on opportunistic computed tomography for predicting vertebral fracture risk in women undergoing estrogen deprivation therapy for breast cancer.

PURPOSE: Fracture risk prediction in women exposed to hormone deprivation therapies (HDTs) for breast cancer is challenging, since bone mineral densit...

Predicting total knee replacement in knee osteoarthritis using a machine learning-guided approach in patients of the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI).

OBJECTIVE: To develop a pragmatic model to predict total knee replacement (TKR) in knee osteoarthritis using non-imaging clinical, genetic and lifesty...