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Hyperbaric Treatment of Air or Gas Embolism: Current Recommendations.

Moon RE, Mitchell SJ · 2025 · Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc

Gas can enter arteries (arterial gas embolism) due to alveolar-capillary disruption (caused by pulmonary overpressurization, e.g. breath-hold ascent by divers), veins (venous gas embolism, VGE) as a result of tissue bubble formation due to…

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No survival benefit is associated with pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy in lymph node-negative early-stage endometrioid endometrial cancer.

Yalcin Y, Yalcin SE, Demir BC et al. · 2026 · BMC surgery

OBJECTIVE: The therapeutic role of lymphadenectomy in endometrial cancer remains controversial. Although systematic pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy (PPLND) has been suggested to improve survival in certain patients, randomized…

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Adjuvant therapy for renal cell carcinoma: lessons from past failures and new opportunities in the era of immune checkpoint inhibition.

Liu Z, Cong X, Liu Z et al. · 2026 · Frontiers in immunology

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has historically posed a significant therapeutic challenge in the adjuvant setting. Although surgical resection remains the cornerstone of curative-intent treatment for localized disease, a substantial proportion…

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<i>In vitro</i> and <i>in vivo</i> anthelmintic activity of <i>Artemisia absinthium</i> against gastrointestinal nematodes of free-grazing goats from Ayacucho, Peru.

Flores-Prado V, Godoy-Padilla D, Limaymanta-Zavala M et al. · 2025 · Journal of advanced veterinary and animal research

Objective The study assessed the anthelmintic activity of Artemisia absinthium ethanolic extract for controlling gastrointestinal nematodes in goats, both in vitro using infective larvae and in vivo in naturally infected goats under…

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Magnesium sulfate in the management of acute ischemic stroke: A review of the literature and future directions.

Feygin MS, Brenner A, Tanweer O · 2025 · Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association

Background The management of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) was revolutionized within the last 15 years with the introduction of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) to standard of care. Despite the success of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) in…

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Five-year oncological outcomes after enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) compared to conventional care for colorectal cancer: a retrospective cohort of 981 patients.

Tidadini F, Trilling B, Sage PY et al. · 2024 · Techniques in coloproctology

Background The enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol has been introduced over the past three decades for patients undergoing colorectal surgery. However, the effect of this program on long-term survival is poorly studied. We…

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Plasma clearance of 5-fluorouracil is more influenced by variations in glomerular filtration rate than by uracil concentration.

Matheux A, Collas L, Grisard M et al. · 2024 · Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

Objectives The use of plasma uracil measurements to detect dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency is one of the methods for preventing toxicities associated with fluoropyrimidines, including 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU). Unfortunately,…

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Cannabidiol as a treatment for cocaine use disorder: a scoping review.

Dos Santos LC, da Cunha VB, Ribeiro JM et al. · 2026 · Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology

Cocaine use disorder (CUD) remains a major public health challenge with limited effective therapeutic options. Cannabidiol (CBD) has been proposed as a potential treatment due to its neuroprotective and anti-craving properties. This…

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The promise of IL-1β modulation in NSCLC clinical context.

Ghiringhelli F, Rébé C · 2026 · Frontiers in immunology

Emerging preclinical evidence challenges the long-standing assumption that Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) uniformly promotes non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We show that, in the context of chemo-immunotherapy, IL-1β enhances anti-tumor…

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Evaluation of the utility of cardiac biomarkers for risk stratification in patients with lower extremity artery disease: A retrospective study.

Schweiger L, Raggam RB, Toth-Gayor G et al. · 2025 · PloS one

Critical limb threatening ischemia (CLTI) is associated with a one-year mortality rate of up to 25% making prompt diagnosis essentially. This study aims to investigate if cardiac biomarkers may serve as an effective tool for risk…

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No difference in revision rate in patella-friendly total knee arthroplasty with or without patella resurfacing at 5 years' follow-up. A database analysis.

Massardier E, Manchec O, Bérard E et al. · 2025 · Journal of experimental orthopaedics

Purpose Numerous studies have been published on the optimal management of the patella during total knee arthroplasty (TKA), but controversy remains. The aim of this study was to compare survivorship and functional outcomes with or without…

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Predictive Performances of ACEF, ACEF II, Updated ACEF II, and EuroSCORE II Risk Scores in Patients Undergoing Isolated Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

Jung JC, Ju JW, Chang HW et al. · 2024 · Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia

Objectives This study evaluated the performances of the age, creatinine, and ejection fraction (ACEF) I and II scores and compare them with that of the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) II score in patients…

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Limited predictive value of pretreatment P-glycoprotein immunostaining for chemotherapy efficacy and survival in long-follow-up osteosarcoma patients.

Higuchi T, Igarashi K, Miwa S et al. · 2025 · Medicine

The clinical utility of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) in osteosarcoma remains controversial. This retrospective cohort study aimed to investigate the association between P-gp expression and clinicopathological factors, chemotherapy (CTx) response,…

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Standard-Dose Versus High-Dose Cisplatin for Intermediate/Poor-Risk Extracranial Malignant Germ Cell Tumors: Re-Analysis of Pediatric Oncology Group 9049 and Children's Cancer Group 8882 Trial Using Updated MaGIC Risk Stratification.

Prior D, Yang J, Nuño MM et al. · 2025 · Pediatric blood & cancer

Background Cisplatin, etoposide, and bleomycin (PEb) have been the standard of care for patients with germ cell tumors (GCT). In the 1990s, an intergroup trial (POG9049/CCG8882) randomized patients with high-risk GCT, as defined by the…

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Domesticated pennycress is a self-pollinated crop

Lavaire T, McLaughlin D, Liu S et al. · 2026 · Preprint

CoverCress is a new winter annual oilseed crop developed from field pennycress within the past 20 years. Field pennycress is commonly considered to be self-pollinated but little basic research has been published and there is some…

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