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Sex-specific impact of dietary patterns on liver cancer incidence: updated results from two population-based cohort studies in China
The associations between dietary patterns and liver cancer risk have received much attention, but evidence among the Chinese population is scarce. This study aims to update the results of two cohort studies an...
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Open AccessResidential mobility and liver cancer risk: findings from a prospective cohort study in Chinese women
Residential mobility is believed to influence the occurrence and development of cancer; however, the results are inconclusive. Furthermore, limited studies have been conducted on Asian populations. This study ...
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A diet-wide association study for liver cancer risk: findings from a prospective cohort study in Chinese men
Dietary factors have been extensively investigated as possible risk factors for liver cancer, but the evidence is inconclusive. Our study systematically assessed the association between 142 foods and nutrients...
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Cross-sectional relationships between general and central adiposity and plasma amino acids in Chinese adults
Adiposity is an important determinant of blood metabolites, but little is known about the variations of blood amino acids according to general and central adiposity status among Chinese population. This study ...
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Open AccessComparison between the long-axis in-plane and short-axis out-of-plane approaches for ultrasound-guided arterial cannulation: a meta-analysis and systematic review
The two most common methods for ultrasound-guided arterial cannulation are the long-axis in-plane (LA-IP) and short-axis out-of-plane (SA-OOP) approaches. However, it is uncertain which method is more advantag...
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Open AccessIncidence, Mortality Features and Lifetime Risk Estimation of Digestive Tract Cancers in an Urban District of Shanghai, China
Digestive tract cancers are the common cause of cancer deaths in both China and worldwide. This study aimed to describe the burden, recent trends and lifetime risks in the incidence and mortality of digestive ...
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Dietary glycemic index, glycemic load, and cause-specific mortality: two population-based prospective cohort studies
Epidemiological studies on the relationship between dietary glycemic index (GI), glycemic load (GL) and all-cause and cause-specific mortality yielded conflict results. We aimed to assess these associations in...
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Open AccessCoffee drinking and cancer risk: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of observational studies
Epidemiological studies on the association between coffee intake and cancer risk have yielded inconsistent results. To summarize and appraise the quality of the current evidence, we conducted an umbrella revie...
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Human metabolic correlates of body mass index
A high body mass index (BMI) is a major risk factor for several chronic diseases, but the biology underlying these associations is not well-understood. Dyslipidemia, inflammation, and elevated levels of growth...
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Serum C-reactive protein as an important prognostic variable in patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma
C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute-phase reactant that is a promising biomarker in patients with cancer of many kinds. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate significant changes in CRP levels as...
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Comparison of clinicopathological characteristics and prognoses between bilateral and unilateral breast cancer
The clinical significance of bilateral breast cancer is unclear and its influence on prognosis is controversial. We compared the characteristics and prognosis of bilateral breast cancer and unilateral breast c...
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Comparison of overall survival between the early use and delayed use of Trastuzumab therapy groups: a retrospective analysis of 128 patients with HER-2-positive advanced breast cancer
Trastuzumab has been the standard treatment in first-line treatment of HER-2-positive advanced breast cancer (H2ABC). This study explored whether the delayed and repeated use of trastuzumab could influence ove...
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Zoledronic acid combined with chemotherapy bring survival benefits to patients with bone metastases from nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Bone is the most common site of metastases from nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Zoledronic acid (ZA) used to prevent skeletal-related events (SREs) of bone metastases has shown anti-tumor effects; yet, no repo...
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Heart Failure with a Normal Ejection Fraction
It has been increasingly recognized that there are many patients, mainly elderly women, who have symptoms of heart failure but their hearts are not enlarged and echocardiography shows a relatively normal left ...
