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At the organizational-level, themes included health insurance, provider characteristics, school-based interventions, and provider/practice-based interventions. The only community/societal factor examined related to a social marketing campaign. Conclusion Additional research is needed on interpersonal, organizational, and community/societal factors, as well as an expanded focus on rural males. Future studies should account for rural heterogeneity by expanding the geographic areas studied. Our findings detailing factors found to be associated with HPV vaccine uptake will help inform future clinical, health services, and community research, as well as interventions and policy efforts.Introduction In the present study, we aimed to explore the functional role of Pellino-1 (Peli1) in inducing neovascularization after myocardial infarction (MI) and hindlimb ischemia (HLI) using Peli1 global knockout mice (Peli1-/-). Recently we have shown that Peli1, an E3 ubiquitin ligase, induce angiogenesis and improve survivability, with decreased necrosis of ischemic skin flaps. Methods Peli1fl/fl and Peli1-/- mice were subjected to either permanent ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) or sham surgery (S). Tissues from the left ventricular risk area were collected at different time points post-MI. In addition, Peli1fl/fl and Peli1-/- mice were also subjected to permanent ligation of the right femoral artery followed by motor function scores, Doppler analysis for blood perfusion and immunohistochemical analysis. Results Global Peli1 knockout exacerbated myocardial dysfunction, 30 and 60 days after MI compared to wild type (WT) mice as measured by echocardiogram. In addition, Peli1-/- mice also showed decreased motor function scores and perfusion ratios compared with Peli1fl/fl mice 28 days after the induction of HLI. The use of Peli1 in adenoviral gene therapy following HLI in CD1 mice improved the perfusion ratio at 28 days compared to Ad.LacZ-injected mice. Conclusion These results suggest new insights into the protective role of Peli1 on ischemic tissues and its influence on survival signaling.Background Diverting stomata (DS) have been shown to mitigate the clinical impact of anastomotic leakage (AL) but not without complications, and their routine use remains a matter of international debate. The objective of this study was to examine the association between stomata and the clinical consequences of AL. Methods This was a nationwide retrospective cohort study including all patients suffering from AL after low anterior resection from 2001 to 2010. Results Four thousand sixty-three patients were treated in the period of whom 581 (11.9%) developed AL. In case of AL, patients without a diverting stoma had a slightly higher 90-day mortality rate (13.5% versus 8.7%, p = 0.089). Patients suffered more complications due to AL, both surgical (52% versus 28%, p less then 0.001) and non-surgical (48% versus 35%, p = 0.004) with a higher Clavien-Dindo score. Twenty percent of patients developed stoma-related complications prior to stoma reversal. Mortality related to stoma reversal was 2.4%. Factors associated with a risk of a permanent stoma were age (HR 1.04, 95% CI 1.01-1.08), blood transfusion during primary surgery (HR 2.35, 95% CI 1.16-4-78), conserved anastomosis after AL (HR 0.019, 95% CI 0.009-0.04), and a diverting stoma fashioned at the index operation (HR 0.50, 95% CI 0.26-0.97). Conclusion The use of diverting stomata during low anterior resection mitigates the clinical impact of AL. However, this benefit needs to be balanced against the risk of stoma-related complications, seen in 20%, and mortality with stoma reversal (2.4%). Where practical, the decision to divert should be made pre-operatively in a multidisciplinary setting.Purpose of review This review summarizes the effects of prehabilitative exercise interventions on the physical, psychosocial, and biological outcomes among patients with cancer. Current gaps and future directions in prehabilitative exercise research will be addressed. Recent findings Prehabilitative exercise mitigates the detrimental impact of cancer surgery on physical fitness, noted by increases in maximal oxygen consumption and 6-min walk distance. Beneficial effects on psychosocial and biological outcomes remain inconclusive. Aerobic exercise interventions were often prescribed and included low-, moderate-, or high-intensity exercise. Resistance exercise interventions were often performed in conjunction with aerobic exercise. Prehabilitative exercise elicits robust improvements in physical fitness; however, effect on psychosocial and biological outcomes remains inconclusive. Exercise prescription parameters varied greatly by frequency, intensity, time, and type across multiple cancer diagnoses. Future investigations are needed to systematically dose exercise for a wider variety of outcome measures, with an overall goal to set forth pre-operative exercise guidelines.Introduction To investigate the potential prognostic value of image analysis of pelvic bone metastasis in newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients. Methods Data from 69 patients with both bone scintigraphy and pelvic CT images were selected for this analysis. Open source software (3D Slicer version 4.8.1.) was used for image analysis. Metastatic pelvic bone lesions were manually contoured, and radiomic features were extracted. As risk factors for overall survival (OS) and cause-specific survival (CSS), 105 radiomic features and clinical risk factors including age, initial prostate-specific antigen, Gleason score, TNM stage, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), hemoglobin (Hb), alkaline phosphatase, extent of disease, visceral metastases, and radiotherapy were assessed by uni- and multivariate analyses. Results Median follow-up was 41 months (range 0-157 months). Five-year overall survival and cause-specific survival rate were 37.9% and 43.5%, respectively. After multivariate analysis, LDH, Hb, and "maximum 2D diameter" defined as maximum tumor size in the axial plane were detected as risk factors for OS. Gleason sum, LDH, and maximum 2D diameter were detected as risk factors for CSS. Conclusion Maximum 2D diameter was detected as a significant prognostic factor for metastatic prostate cancer patients.Although 1st and 2nd generation supraglottic airway devices (SADs) have many desirable features, they are nevertheless inserted in a similar 'blind' way as their 1st generation predecessors. Clinicians mostly still rely entirely on subjective indirect assessments to estimate correct placement which supposedly ensures a tight seal. Malpositioning and potential airway compromise occurs in more than half of placements. Vision-guided insertion can improve placement. In this article we propose the development of a 3rd generation supraglottic airway device, equipped with cameras and fiberoptic illumination, to visualise insertion of the device, enable immediate manoeuvres to optimise SAD position, verify whether correct 1st and 2nd seals are achieved and check whether size selected is appropriate. We do not provide technical details of such a '3rd generation' device, but rather present a theoretical analysis of its desirable properties, which are essential to overcome the remaining limitations of current 1st and 2nd generation devices. We also recommend that this further milestone improvement, i.e. ability to place the SAD accurately under direct vision, be eligible for the moniker '3rd generation'. Blind insertion of SADs should become the exception and we anticipate, as in other domains such as central venous cannulation and nerve block insertions, vision-guided placement becoming the gold standard.Previous studies documented the effectiveness and benefits of capnography monitoring during propofol-based sedation for colonoscopy to reduce the incidence of hypoxemia. However, the performance of capnography during longer duration endoscopic therapy of upper gastrointestinal tract cancers under CO2 insufflation it is not well known. In this study, we compare a new device with acoustic monitoring technology to standard capnography monitoring. We retrospectively analyzed 49 patients who underwent endoscopic resection of early upper gastrointestinal tract cancer between December 2013 and October 2014. All 49 patients were monitored using both acoustic monitoring technology and standard capnography. We investigated the duration of the periods with unmeasurable respiratory rate during the overall procedure. When comparing standard capnography monitoring to the new acoustic monitoring technology, the ratio of the unmeasurable time was significantly lower in RRa (36.9% vs. 21.6%, p less then 0.01). The ratio of unmeasurable respiratory rate by capnography was strongly correlated to the ratio of unmeasurable PETCO2 level by capnography (R2 = 0.847). There were no severe events or adverse events (grade 2 or more) during all 49 procedures. ARS853 The acoustic monitoring technology provides a more reliable respiratory monitoring when compared to standard capnography during endoscopic resection of upper gastrointestinal tract cancers under CO2 insufflation, even if the procedures were prolonged and complex.Background Clinical evidence supports the use of genetic counselling and BRCA1/2 testing for women at risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. Currently, screen-and-treat strategies are not reimbursed in the Brazilian Unified Healthcare System (SUS). The aim of this modelling study was to evaluate the cost effectiveness of a gene-based screen-and-treat strategy for BRCA1/2 in women with a high familial risk followed by preventive interventions compared with no screening. Methods Adopting the SUS perspective, a Markov model with a lifelong time horizon was developed for a cohort of healthy women aged 30 years that fulfilled the criteria for BRCA1/2 testing according to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guideline. For women who tested positive, preventive options included intensified surveillance, risk-reducing bilateral mastectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. The Markov model comprised the health states 'well', 'breast cancer', 'death' and two post-cancer states. Outcomes were the rt the inclusion of BRCA1/2 testing for women at high-risk of cancer in the SUS. The ICER calculated for the provision of genetic testing for BRCA1/2 approximates the cost-effectiveness threshold proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for low- and middle-income countries.Background and objective The EORTC Quality of Life Utility Measure-Core 10 Dimensions (QLU-C10D) is a new multi-attribute utility instrument derived from the EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 (QLQ-C30), a widely used cancer-specific quality-of-life questionnaire. It covers ten dimensions physical, role functioning, social, emotional functioning, pain, fatigue, sleep, appetite, nausea and bowel problems. To allow national health preferences to be reflected, country-specific valuations are being performed through collaboration between the Multi-Attribute Utility Cancer (MAUCa) Consortium and the EORTC. The aim of this study was to determine the utility weights for health states in the French version of the QLU-C10D. Methods Valuations were run in a web-based setting in a general population sample of 1033 adults. Utilities were elicited using a discrete-choice experiment (DCE). Data were analyzed by conditional logistic regression and mixed logits. Results The sample was representative of the general French population in terms of gender and age.