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Open AccessDiabetes mellitus and risk of breast cancer: a large-scale, prospective, population-based study
The objective of this study was to evaluate associations of diabetes overall, type 1 diabetes (T1D), and type 2 diabetes (T2D) with breast cancer (BCa) risk.
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With increasing competency demands within limited training opportunities, instruction must be efficient. We compared intern performance and faculty expectations to identify opportunities to optimize basic surg...
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Open AccessBivRec: an R package for the nonparametric and semiparametric analysis of bivariate alternating recurrent events
Bivariate alternating recurrent event data can arise in longitudinal studies where patients with chronic diseases go through two states that occur repeatedly, e.g., care periods and break periods. However, the...
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Open AccessConsent to organ offers from public health service “Increased Risk” donors decreases time to transplant and waitlist mortality
The Public Health Service Increased Risk designation identified organ donors at increased risk of transmitting hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and human immunodeficiency virus. Despite clear data demonstrating a low...
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Open AccessAssociation between exposure to radioactive iodine after the Chernobyl accident and thyroid volume in Belarus 10-15 years later
While there is a robust literature on environmental exposure to iodine-131 (131I) in childhood and adolescence and the risk of thyroid cancer and benign nodules, little is known about its effects on thyroid volum...
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Open AccessCholesterol lowering drug use and breast cancer survival: the Multiethnic Cohort Study
Prior studies conducted primarily in white populations have suggested that pre-diagnostic cholesterol lowering drugs (CLDs) improved survival among women with breast cancer (BC). However, this association had ...
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This paper evaluates the effectiveness of motivational enhancement therapy plus cognitive behavioural therapy on depressive symptoms, glycosylated haemoglobin, fasting glucose, body mass index (BMI), and heal...
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Open AccessErratum: IGHV1-69 polymorphism modulates anti-influenza antibody repertoires, correlates with IGHV utilization shifts and varies by ethnicity
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Open AccessIGHV1-69 polymorphism modulates anti-influenza antibody repertoires, correlates with IGHV utilization shifts and varies by ethnicity
IGHV polymorphism provides a rich source of humoral immune system diversity. One important example is the IGHV1-69 germline gene where the biased use of alleles that encode the critical CDR-H2 Phe54 (F-alleles) t...
