Background International migrants experience increased mortality from hepatocellular
carcinoma compared to host populations, largely due to undetected chronic hepatitis B infection (…

Background & Aims Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant global health issue that
leads to 350,000 preventable deaths annually due to associated cirrhosis and …

Background. Cancer is a known risk factor for developing active tuberculosis. We determined
the incidence and relative risk of active tuberculosis in cancer patients compared to the …

Purpose We summarize published data on associations between cavernous neurovascular
bundle preservation (nerve sparing) during prostatectomy and positive surgical margins, …

Background The American College of Surgeons’ National Surgical Quality Improvement
Program (NSQIP) is the first nationally validated, risk-adjusted, outcomes-based program to …

Methods: Patients receiving both TRUS and MRI prior to radical prostatectomy at one academic
institution were retrospectively analyzed. TRUS and MRI volumes were estimated using …

Objective To determine if repeating a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test in men with an
elevated PSA level is associated with a decreased risk of prostate biopsy and cancer diagnosis. …

Purpose Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the leading cause of noncancer death following
major cancer surgery. Current thromboprophylaxis guidelines do not address procedure-…

Lysine analogues are effective agents used for the reduction of blood loss and transfusion.
However, the safety of lysine analogues in cancer patients remains in question due to a …

Successful pregnancy requires coordinated maternal–fetal cross‐talk to establish vascular
connections that support conceptus growth. In pigs, two waves of spontaneous fetal loss …