Medicine
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Meta Analysis
Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of SOX9 expression in gastric cancer patients: A meta-analysis.
SOX9 is a potential prognostic marker in gastric cancer (GC) patients. This meta-analysis aimed to highlight the clinicopathological and prognostic implications of SOX9 expression in GC patients. ⋯ SOX9 overexpression might be related to poor prognosis and could serve as a potential predictive marker of poor clinicopathological prognosis factor in GC patients.
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Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial
Effect of two combinations of low-dose oral contraceptives on adolescent bone mass: A clinical trial with 2 years follow-up.
Most contraceptive combinations can interfere with the processes of bone formation and resorption. ⋯ Bone mass acquisition was compromised in adolescent users of combined hormonal contraceptives. The negative impact was more pronounced in adolescents using contraceptives that contain 30 µg EE/3 mg drospirenone.
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A meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the effect of acupoint herbal patching as an add-on to asthma medication during Sanfu days, as the hottest days in summer, on the acute attack, immunological response, and the pulmonary function in asthmatic children. ⋯ Acupoint herbal patching as an add-on to asthma medication during Sanfu days had a significantly lower frequency of acute attack, lower asthma relapse, higher forced expiratory volume in 1 second, higher peak expiratory flow rate, and higher interferon-gamma after treatment in asthmatic children compared to asthma medication only in asthmatic children.
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Nodular fasciitis (NF) can be misdiagnosed as a sarcoma because of its rapid growth and pathological features, such as nuclear atypia and mitoses. ⋯ NF grows rapidly and has pathological features similar to sarcoma, making differential diagnosis difficult at the time of incisional biopsy. Further studies should be conducted to determine the clinical and pathological features of this tumor.
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Radiation enteritis (RE) caused by radiation therapy, can seriously affect human health. Recently, studies on RE have been growing rapidly, but there are no bibliometric studies on RE. This study aims to explore the development trends and research hotspots of RE. ⋯ Future research in the field of RE will focus on double-blind clinical trials of RE, and the related mechanisms, such as oxidative stress and apoptosis.