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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 25-Hydroxyvitamin D levels and survival in advanced pancreatic cancer: findings from CALGB 80303 (Alliance). 
  • 3-year follow-up of the SISR (Sirolimus-Eluting Stents Versus Vascular Brachytherapy for In-Stent Restenosis) trial. 
  • 5-year outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement compared with standard treatment for patients with inoperable aortic stenosis (PARTNER 1): a randomised controlled trial. 
  • 5-year survival in patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia in a randomized, phase III trial of fludarabine plus cyclophosphamide with or without oblimersen. 
  • A Fully Magnetically Levitated Circulatory Pump for Advanced Heart Failure. 
  • A Histomorphologic Grading System That Predicts Overall Survival in Diffuse Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma With Epithelioid Subtype. 
  • A Molecular Model for Predicting Overall Survival in Patients with Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma: Results from CALGB 90206 (Alliance). 
  • A Randomized Trial of Long-Term Oxygen for COPD with Moderate Desaturation. 
  • A Review of Outcomes for Stage Ta Bladder Tumors. 
  • A Trial of Wound Irrigation in the Initial Management of Open Fracture Wounds. 
  • A branching process model of ovarian cancer. 
  • A change in the apparent diffusion coefficient after treatment with bevacizumab is associated with decreased survival in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. 
  • A comparative analysis of bronchial stricture after lung transplantation in recipients with and without early acute rejection. 
  • A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of four fixed rate infusion regimens of phenylephrine for hemodynamic support during spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery. 
  • A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of ruxolitinib for myelofibrosis. 
  • A genetic risk score based on direct associations with coronary heart disease improves coronary heart disease risk prediction in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC), but not in the Rotterdam and Framingham Offspring, Studies. 
  • A genome-wide association study of overall survival in pancreatic cancer patients treated with gemcitabine in CALGB 80303. 
  • A map of human cancer signaling. 
  • A multiple imputation method for sensitivity analyses of time-to-event data with possibly informative censoring. 
  • A new algorithm for predicting time to disease endpoints in Alzheimer's disease patients. 
  • A new era of prospective real-world safety evaluation primary report of XIENCE V USA (XIENCE V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System condition-of-approval post-market study). 
  • A phase 2 multimodality trial of docetaxel/prednisone with sunitinib followed by salvage radiation therapy in men with PSA recurrent prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy. 
  • A phase I dose escalation study of Ad GV.EGR.TNF.11D (TNFerade™ Biologic) with concurrent chemoradiotherapy in patients with recurrent head and neck cancer undergoing reirradiation. 
  • A phase I trial of the farnesyl transferase inhibitor, SCH 66336, with temozolomide for patients with malignant glioma. 
  • A phase II study of O6-benzylguanine and temozolomide in pediatric patients with recurrent or progressive high-grade gliomas and brainstem gliomas: a Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium study. 
  • A phase II study of isoflavones, erlotinib, and gemcitabine in advanced pancreatic cancer. 
  • A phase II, multicenter trial of rindopepimut (CDX-110) in newly diagnosed glioblastoma: the ACT III study. 
  • A pilot study: 131I-antitenascin monoclonal antibody 81c6 to deliver a 44-Gy resection cavity boost. 
  • A practical molecular assay to predict survival in resected non-squamous, non-small-cell lung cancer: development and international validation studies. 
  • A promising approach for treatment of tumor-induced bone diseases: utilizing bisphosphonate derivatives of nucleoside antimetabolites. 
  • A prospective study of the herpes zoster severity of illness. 
  • A randomised non-comparative phase II trial of cixutumumab (IMC-A12) or ramucirumab (IMC-1121B) plus mitoxantrone and prednisone in men with metastatic docetaxel-pretreated castration-resistant prostate cancer. 
  • A randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for initiation of labor in nulliparous women. 
  • A randomized trial of glutamine and antioxidants in critically ill patients. 
  • A seven-gene signature can predict distant recurrence in patients with triple-negative breast cancers who receive adjuvant chemotherapy following surgery. 
  • ABCA transporter gene expression and poor outcome in epithelial ovarian cancer. 
  • ABCB1 (MDR1) polymorphisms and ovarian cancer progression and survival: a comprehensive analysis from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium and The Cancer Genome Atlas. 
  • ABO non-O type as a risk factor for thrombosis in patients with pancreatic cancer. 
  • AJAP1 is dysregulated at an early stage of gliomagenesis and suppresses invasion through cytoskeleton reorganization. 
  • ALK-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma is a genetically heterogeneous disease with widely disparate clinical outcomes. 
  • APOL1 Genotype and Kidney Transplantation Outcomes From Deceased African American Donors. 
  • Abiraterone acetate for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer progressing after chemotherapy: final analysis of a multicentre, open-label, early-access protocol trial. 
  • Acetaminophen versus Ibuprofen in Young Children with Mild Persistent Asthma. 
  • Activity of single-agent bevacizumab in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma previously treated with vascular endothelial growth factor tyrosine kinase inhibitors. 
  • Actual 10-year survival following hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma. 
  • Acute decline in renal function, inflammation, and cardiovascular risk after an acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Adjuvant Chemotherapy After Lobectomy for T1-2N0 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Are the Guidelines Supported? 
  • Adult primitive neuroectodermal tumors: the prognostic value of supratentorial location. 
  • Advanced heart failure treated with continuous-flow left ventricular assist device. 
  • Afatinib induces apoptosis in NSCLC without EGFR mutation through Elk-1-mediated suppression of CIP2A. 
  • Age-specific differences in oncogenic pathway dysregulation and anthracycline sensitivity in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. 
  • Albuminuria and cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndromes: Results from the TRACER trial. 
  • Alemtuzumab in the treatment of refractory acute rejection and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after human lung transplantation. 
  • Amplification and high-level expression of heat shock protein 90 marks aggressive phenotypes of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative breast cancer. 
  • An initial report of a radiation dose-escalation trial in patients with one to five sites of metastatic disease. 
  • An integrated genomic-based approach to individualized treatment of patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer. 
  • An outcomes analysis of over 200 revision surgeries for penile prosthesis implantation: a multicenter study. 
  • Analysis of primary CD30+ cutaneous lymphoproliferative disease and survival from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. 
  • Analysis of wntless (WLS) expression in gastric, ovarian, and breast cancers reveals a strong association with HER2 overexpression. 
  • Anemia and associated clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure due to reduced left ventricular systolic function. 
  • Angiosarcomas arising in the viscera and soft tissue of children and young adults: a clinicopathologic study of 15 cases. 
  • Antegrade versus retrograde cerebral perfusion for hemiarch replacement with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest: does it matter? A propensity-matched analysis. 
  • Apixaban versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation. 
  • Apixaban with antiplatelet therapy after acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Apolipoprotein B improves risk assessment of future coronary heart disease in the Framingham Heart Study beyond LDL-C and non-HDL-C. 
  • Application of the Seattle Heart Failure Model in ambulatory patients presented to an advanced heart failure therapeutics committee. 
  • Are discordant positron emission tomography and pathological assessments of the mediastinum in non-small cell lung cancer significant? 
  • Assessment of activity status and survival according to the Canadian Cardiovascular Society angina classification. 
  • Assessment of advanced gastric cancer management in the United States. 
  • Association Between Comorbidities and Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients With and Without an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator for Primary Prevention. 
  • Association Between Results of a Gene Expression Signature Assay and Recurrence-Free Interval in Patients With Stage II Colon Cancer in Cancer and Leukemia Group B 9581 (Alliance). 
  • Association Between Very Low Levels of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Long-term Outcomes of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Treated Without Revascularization: Insights From the TRILOGY ACS Trial. 
  • Association between AKI and long-term renal and cardiovascular outcomes in United States veterans. 
  • Association between APOE epsilon4 allele and vascular dementia: The Cache County study. 
  • Association between adrenergic receptor genotypes and beta-blocker dose in heart failure patients: analysis from the HF-ACTION DNA substudy. 
  • Association between angiographic complications and clinical outcomes among patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: an EARLY ACS (Early Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibition in Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome) angiographic substudy. 
  • Association between bariatric surgery and long-term survival. 
  • Association between frequency of atrial and ventricular ectopic beats and biventricular pacing percentage and outcomes in patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy. 
  • Association between myocardial substrate, implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks and mortality in MADIT-CRT. 
  • Association between percentage of tumor involvement and Gleason score upgrading in low-risk prostate cancer. 
  • Association between periprocedural bleeding and long-term outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention in older patients. 
  • Association between preoperative erectile dysfunction and prostate cancer features--an analysis from the Duke Prostate Center Database. 
  • Association between reproductive factors and breast cancer survival in younger women. 
  • Association between surgical indications, operative risk, and clinical outcome in infective endocarditis: a prospective study from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis. 
  • Association of a 4-Tiered Classification of LV Hypertrophy With Adverse CV Outcomes in the General Population. 
  • Association of arginine vasopressin levels with outcomes and the effect of V2 blockade in patients hospitalized for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: insights from the EVEREST trial. 
  • Association of metabolic syndrome and its individual components with outcomes among patients with high-risk non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Associations between atrial fibrillation and early outcomes of patients with heart failure and reduced or preserved ejection fraction. 
  • Associations between published quality ratings of skilled nursing facilities and outcomes of medicare beneficiaries with heart failure. 
  • Auto-SCT for AML in second remission: CALGB study 9620. 
  • Autologous or reduced-intensity conditioning allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for chemotherapy-sensitive mantle-cell lymphoma: analysis of transplantation timing and modality. 
  • B-type natriuretic peptide level and postdischarge thrombotic events in older patients hospitalized with heart failure: insights from the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry. 
  • Baseline Hemodynamics and Response to Contrast Media During Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization Predict Adverse Events in Heart Failure Patients. 
  • Benefit of facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention in high-risk ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients presenting to nonpercutaneous coronary intervention hospitals. 
  • Bevacizumab alone and in combination with irinotecan in recurrent glioblastoma. 
  • Beyond mere obesity: effect of increasing obesity classifications on hysterectomy outcomes for uterine cancer/hyperplasia. 
  • Biomarkers of vascular calcification and mortality in patients with ESRD. 
  • Bioprosthetic pulmonary valve replacement: contemporary analysis of a large, single-center series of 170 cases. 
  • Bispectral index monitoring, duration of bispectral index below 45, patient risk factors, and intermediate-term mortality after noncardiac surgery in the B-Unaware Trial. 
  • Blood Pressure and Arterial Load After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis. 
  • Blood urea nitrogen-to-creatinine ratio in the general population and in patients with acute heart failure. 
  • Body Mass Index Is Prognostic in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Pooled Analysis of Patients From First-Line Clinical Trials in the ARCAD Database. 
  • Bone marrow transplantation augments the effect of brain- and spinal cord-directed adeno-associated virus 2/5 gene therapy by altering inflammation in the murine model of globoid-cell leukodystrophy. 
  • Brain metastases in patients with EGFR-mutated or ALK-rearranged non-small-cell lung cancers. 
  • Bridging Locoregional Therapy Prolongs Survival in Patients Listed for Liver Transplant with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. 
  • CD40L-adjuvanted DNA/modified vaccinia virus Ankara simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) vaccine enhances protection against neutralization-resistant mucosal SIV infection. 
  • CRIM-negative infantile Pompe disease: characterization of immune responses in patients treated with ERT monotherapy. 
  • Calcium upregulation by percutaneous administration of gene therapy in patients with cardiac disease (CUPID 2): a randomised, multinational, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2b trial. 
  • Carbohydrate restriction, prostate cancer growth, and the insulin-like growth factor axis. 
  • Cardiac troponin T concentrations above the 99th percentile value as measured by a new high-sensitivity assay predict long-term prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing routine early invasive strategy. 
  • Cardiac-resynchronization therapy for the prevention of heart-failure events. 
  • Cardiovascular Disease Among Survivors of Adult-Onset Cancer: A Community-Based Retrospective Cohort Study. 
  • Carotid-wall intima-media thickness and cardiovascular events. 
  • Case-Only Survival Analysis Reveals Unique Effects of Genotype, Sex, and Coronary Disease Severity on Survivorship. 
  • Cause of Death and Predictors of All-Cause Mortality in Anticoagulated Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: Data From ROCKET AF. 
  • Cementless porous-coated anatomic total hip arthroplasty at Duke: 18- to 24-year follow-up. 
  • Changes in renal function during hospitalization and soon after discharge in patients admitted for worsening heart failure in the placebo group of the EVEREST trial. 
  • Changes in tumour expression of programmed death-ligand 1 after neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy in patients with squamous oesophageal cancer. 
  • Characterising and predicting bleeding in high-risk patients with an acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Characteristics of missed or interval colorectal cancer and patient survival: a population-based study. 
  • Chemoradiation versus chemotherapy or radiation alone in stage III endometrial cancer: Patterns of care and impact on overall survival. 
  • Chemotherapy With or Without Maintenance Sunitinib for Untreated Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Study-CALGB 30504 (Alliance). 
  • Chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil and a platinum compound improves outcomes in metastatic small bowel adenocarcinoma. 
  • Cigarette smoking is associated with an increased risk of biochemical disease recurrence, metastasis, castration-resistant prostate cancer, and mortality after radical prostatectomy: results from the SEARCH database. 
  • Circulating Kidney Injury Molecule-1 Levels in Acute Heart Failure: Insights From the ASCEND-HF Trial (Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure). 
  • Clinical Effectiveness of Hydralazine-Isosorbide Dinitrate Therapy in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: Findings From the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. 
  • Clinical Presentation, Long-Term Follow-Up, and Outcomes of 1001 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy Patients and Family Members. 
  • Clinical Trial Participants With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Differ From Patients Treated in Real-World Practice. 
  • Clinical activity of abiraterone acetate in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer progressing after enzalutamide. 
  • Clinical and molecular markers of long-term survival after oligometastasis-directed stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). 
  • Clinical characteristics associated with poor long-term survival among patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing saphenous vein graft interventions. 
  • Clinical course of atrial fibrillation in older adults: the importance of cardiovascular events beyond stroke. 
  • Clinical effectiveness of posaconazole versus fluconazole as antifungal prophylaxis in hematology-oncology patients: a retrospective cohort study. 
  • Clinical epidemiology of 960 patients with invasive aspergillosis from the PATH Alliance registry. 
  • Clinical implications of chronic heart failure phenotypes defined by cluster analysis. 
  • Clinical outcome as a function of the PR-interval-there is virtue in moderation: data from the Duke Databank for cardiovascular disease. 
  • Clinical outcomes after long-term treatment with alglucosidase alfa in infants and children with advanced Pompe disease. 
  • Clinical outcomes and survival surrogacy studies of prostate-specific antigen declines following enzalutamide in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer previously treated with docetaxel. 
  • Clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation according to sex during anticoagulation with apixaban or warfarin: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Clinical outcomes in real-world patients with bifurcation lesions receiving Xience V everolimus-eluting stents: Four-year results from the Xience V USA study. 
  • Clinical outcomes of patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors: safety and efficacy in a worldwide treatment-use trial of sunitinib. 
  • Clinical outcomes with rivaroxaban in patients transitioned from vitamin K antagonist therapy: a subgroup analysis of a randomized trial. 
  • Clinical predictors of larynx preservation after multiagent concurrent chemoradiotherapy. 
  • Clinical profile and prognostic value of low systolic blood pressure in patients hospitalized for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: insights from the Efficacy of Vasopressin Antagonism in Heart Failure: Outcome Study with Tolvaptan (EVEREST) trial. 
  • Clinicopathologic study of 85 cases of melanoma of the female genitalia. 
  • Clomiphene, metformin, or both for infertility in the polycystic ovary syndrome. 
  • Combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma: a population-level analysis of an uncommon primary liver tumor. 
  • Combined-modality therapy for rectal cancer: analysis of potential differences in disease presentation, treatment adherence, and treatment outcome according to race. 
  • Combining Diuretic Response and Hemoconcentration to Predict Rehospitalization After Admission for Acute Heart Failure. 
  • Common genetic variation and the control of HIV-1 in humans. 
  • Common minor histocompatibility antigen discovery based upon patient clinical outcomes and genomic data. 
  • Comorbidity, chemotherapy toxicity, and outcomes among older women receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer on a clinical trial: CALGB 49907 and CALGB 361004 (alliance). 
  • Comparable effectiveness of caudal vs. trans-foraminal epidural steroid injections. 
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Among Patients With Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation: Findings From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry's Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Registry. 
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators for Primary Prevention in Women. 
  • Comparison of Bilateral vs. Staged Unilateral Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in Parkinson's Disease in Patients Under 70 Years of Age. 
  • Comparison of Outcomes Between Preoperatively Potent Men Treated with Focal Versus Whole Gland Cryotherapy in a Matched Population. 
  • Comparison of attachment site endoleak rates in Dacron versus native aorta landing zones after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Comparison of risk scores for the prediction of stroke in African Americans: Findings from the Jackson Heart Study. 
  • Comparison of survival among patients with connective tissue disease and cardiomyopathy (systemic sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and undifferentiated disease). 
  • Comparison of visual assessment of coronary stenosis with independent quantitative coronary angiography: Findings from the Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain (PROMISE) trial. 
  • Complementary effects of thienopyridine pretreatment and platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa integrin blockade with eptifibatide in coronary stent intervention; results from the ESPRIT trial. 
  • Complementary roles of open and hybrid approaches to thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. 
  • Comprehensive, Integrative Genomic Analysis of Diffuse Lower-Grade Gliomas. 
  • Computer-extracted MR imaging features are associated with survival in glioblastoma patients. 
  • Concentrations of highly sensitive cardiac troponin-I predict poor cardiovascular outcomes and adverse remodeling in chronic heart failure. 
  • Contemporary incidence and predictors of stent thrombosis and other major adverse cardiac events in the year after XIENCE V implantation: results from the 8,061-patient XIENCE V United States study. 
  • Contributors to and impact of residual shunting after device closure of atrial septal defects. 
  • Coronary artery bypass surgery compared with percutaneous coronary interventions for multivessel disease: a collaborative analysis of individual patient data from ten randomised trials. 
  • Coronary bypass surgery with or without surgical ventricular reconstruction. 
  • Coronary intervention for persistent occlusion after myocardial infarction. 
  • Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy. 
  • Coronary-artery bypass surgery in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. 
  • CpG island methylator phenotype is associated with response to adjuvant irinotecan-based therapy for stage III colon cancer. 
  • Creation of a quantitative recipient risk index for mortality prediction after cardiac transplantation (IMPACT). 
  • Cumulative duration of "triple low" state of low blood pressure, low bispectral index, and low minimum alveolar concentration of volatile anesthesia is not associated with increased mortality. 
  • Cystatin C-based CKD-EPI equations and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide for predicting outcomes in acutely decompensated heart failure. 
  • DNA methylation profiling in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study defines cancer subclasses differing in clinicopathologic characteristics and survival. 
  • Daily intake of antioxidants in relation to survival among adult patients diagnosed with malignant glioma. 
  • Darapladib for preventing ischemic events in stable coronary heart disease. 
  • Deceased donor multidrug resistance protein 1 and caveolin 1 gene variants may influence allograft survival in kidney transplantation. 
  • Definitive dose thoracic radiation therapy in oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer: A hypothesis-generating study. 
  • Depressive Symptoms and Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Blacks: Findings From the Jackson Heart Study. 
  • Depressive symptoms in middle age and the development of later-life functional limitations: the long-term effect of depressive symptoms. 
  • Deterioration of regional wall motion immediately after coronary artery bypass graft surgery is associated with long-term major adverse cardiac events. 
  • Development and validation of insulin-like growth factor-1 score to assess hepatic reserve in hepatocellular carcinoma. 
  • Diagnostic and prognostic performance of a novel high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T assay compared to a contemporary sensitive cardiac troponin I assay in patients with acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Differences in short-term versus long-term outcomes of older black versus white patients with myocardial infarction: findings from the Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes with Early Implementation of American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines (CRUSADE). 
  • Differential outcomes with early and late repeat transplantation in the era of the lung allocation score. 
  • Disease progression in hemodynamically stable patients presenting to the emergency department with sepsis. 
  • Diuretic strategies in patients with acute decompensated heart failure. 
  • Documenting the natural history of patients with resected stage II adenocarcinoma of the colon after random assignment to adjuvant treatment with edrecolomab or observation: results from CALGB 9581. 
  • Does age predict outcome in patients with inflammatory breast cancer? 
  • Drotrecogin alfa (activated) in adults with septic shock. 
  • Dual Antiplatelet Therapy and Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Acute Coronary Syndromes Managed Medically Without Revascularization: Insights From the TRILOGY ACS Trial. 
  • Durability of clinical benefit with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in the treatment of pharmacoresistant major depression: assessment of relapse during a 6-month, multisite, open-label study. 
  • Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging as a predictor of clinical outcome in canine spontaneous soft tissue sarcomas treated with thermoradiotherapy. 
  • Dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI measures of relative cerebral blood volume as a prognostic marker for overall survival in recurrent glioblastoma: results from the ACRIN 6677/RTOG 0625 multicenter trial. 
  • Dyspnoea and worsening heart failure in patients with acute heart failure: results from the Pre-RELAX-AHF study. 
  • Early treatment with alglucosidase alpha prolongs long-term survival of infants with Pompe disease. 
  • Early venous thromboembolic events are associated with worse prognosis in patients with lung cancer. 
  • Early versus delayed invasive intervention in acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Early versus delayed, provisional eptifibatide in acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Early worsening heart failure in patients admitted with acute heart failure--a new outcome measure associated with long-term prognosis? 
  • Echocardiographic Findings Predict In-Hospital and 1-Year Mortality in Left-Sided Native Valve Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis: Analysis From the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Echo Cohort Study. 
  • Edifoligide and long-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting: PRoject of Ex-vivo Vein graft ENgineering via Transfection IV (PREVENT IV) 5-year results. 
  • Effect of B-type natriuretic peptide-guided treatment of chronic heart failure on total mortality and hospitalization: an individual patient meta-analysis. 
  • Effect of CYP3A-inducing anti-epileptics on sorafenib exposure: results of a phase II study of sorafenib plus daily temozolomide in adults with recurrent glioblastoma. 
  • Effect of Early Everolimus-Facilitated Reduction of Tacrolimus on Efficacy and Renal Function in De Novo Liver Transplant Recipients: 24-Month Results for the North American Subpopulation. 
  • Effect of First-Line Chemotherapy Combined With Cetuximab or Bevacizumab on Overall Survival in Patients With KRAS Wild-Type Advanced or Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Effect of Sitagliptin on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes. 
  • Effect of Ularitide on Cardiovascular Mortality in Acute Heart Failure. 
  • Effect of aerobic exercise on tumor physiology in an animal model of human breast cancer. 
  • Effect of aliskiren on post-discharge outcomes among diabetic and non-diabetic patients hospitalized for heart failure: insights from the ASTRONAUT trial. 
  • Effect of bucindolol on heart failure outcomes and heart rate response in patients with reduced ejection fraction heart failure and atrial fibrillation. 
  • Effect of dipyridamole plus aspirin on hemodialysis graft patency. 
  • Effect of hemoglobin target on progression of kidney disease: a secondary analysis of the CHOIR (Correction of Hemoglobin and Outcomes in Renal Insufficiency) trial. 
  • Effect of home testing of international normalized ratio on clinical events. 
  • Effect of nateglinide on the incidence of diabetes and cardiovascular events. 
  • Effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiation and surgical technique on recurrence of localized pancreatic cancer. 
  • Effect of peripheral arterial disease on functional and clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure (from HF-ACTION). 
  • Effect of prior clopidogrel use on outcomes in medically managed acute coronary syndrome patients. 
  • Effect of sensitization in US heart transplant recipients bridged with a ventricular assist device: update in a modern cohort. 
  • Effect of tilarginine acetate in patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock: the TRIUMPH randomized controlled trial. 
  • Effectiveness of Transarterial Embolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma as a Bridge to Transplantation. 
  • Effects of C5 complement inhibitor pexelizumab on outcome in high-risk coronary artery bypass grafting: combined results from the PRIMO-CABG I and II trials. 
  • Effects of Cancer Stage and Treatment Differences on Racial Disparities in Survival From Colon Cancer: A United States Population-Based Study. 
  • Effects of serelaxin in acute heart failure patients with renal impairment: results from RELAX-AHF. 
  • Efficacy and safety of apixaban compared with warfarin according to age for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: observations from the ARISTOTLE trial. 
  • Efficacy of high-dose chemotherapy or standard salvage therapy in patients with recurrent medulloblastoma. 
  • Efficacy of remission-induction regimens for ANCA-associated vasculitis. 
  • Ejection fraction assessment and survival: an analysis of the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT). 
  • Emerging trends in transplantation of inherited metabolic diseases. 
  • Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting in coronary-artery bypass surgery. 
  • Establishment of a Novel Histopathological Classification of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma Correlated with Prognostically Distinct Gene Expression Subtypes. 
  • Estimated glomerular filtration rate, inflammation, and cardiovascular events after an acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Evaluation of early percutaneous coronary intervention vs. standard therapy after fibrinolysis for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: contribution of weighting the composite endpoint. 
  • Evaluation of risk indices in continuous-flow left ventricular assist device patients. 
  • Everolimus versus sunitinib for patients with metastatic non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ASPEN): a multicentre, open-label, randomised phase 2 trial. 
  • Evolving practice pattern changes and outcomes in the era of hybrid aortic arch repair. 
  • Exercise capacity and mortality in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction randomized to coronary artery bypass graft surgery or medical therapy: an analysis from the STICH trial (Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure). 
  • Exploring the Clinical Benefit of Docetaxel or Enzalutamide After Disease Progression During Abiraterone Acetate and Prednisone Treatment in Men With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. 
  • Extensions of net reclassification improvement calculations to measure usefulness of new biomarkers. 
  • Extent of preoperative false lumen thrombosis does not influence long-term survival in patients with acute type A aortic dissection. 
  • Extrapyramidal side-effects of antipsychotics in a randomised trial. 
  • Ezetimibe Added to Statin Therapy after Acute Coronary Syndromes. 
  • Facilitated PCI in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Factors associated with survival in pediatric adrenocortical carcinoma: An analysis of the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB). 
  • Factors associated with survival in the National Registry of Veterans with ALS. 
  • Familial idiopathic interstitial pneumonia: histopathology and survival in 30 patients. 
  • Fibrinolysis or primary PCI in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Five-Year Outcomes after On-Pump and Off-Pump Coronary-Artery Bypass. 
  • Five-year results for endovascular repair of acute complicated type B aortic dissection. 
  • Five-year survival in a Program of All-inclusive Care for Elderly compared with alternative institutional and home- and community-based care. 
  • Frailty and risk in proximal aortic surgery. 
  • Frailty predicts some but not all adverse outcomes in older adults discharged from the emergency department. 
  • Frequency and Predictors of Internal Mammary Artery Graft Failure and Subsequent Clinical Outcomes: Insights From the Project of Ex-vivo Vein Graft Engineering via Transfection (PREVENT) IV Trial. 
  • Frequency and intensity of postoperative surveillance after curative treatment of pancreatic cancer: a cost-effectiveness analysis. 
  • Functional gait outcomes for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus after primary endoscopic third ventriculostomy. 
  • Functional organ preservation with definitive chemoradiotherapy for T4 laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. 
  • GPR54 is a target for suppression of metastasis in endometrial cancer. 
  • Gastrointestinal bleeding in high risk survivors of myocardial infarction: the VALIANT Trial. 
  • Gender does not affect postdischarge outcomes in patients hospitalized for worsening heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (from the Efficacy of Vasopressin Antagonism in Heart Failure Outcome Study with Tolvaptan [EVEREST] Trial). 
  • Gene expression markers of efficacy and resistance to cetuximab treatment in metastatic colorectal cancer: results from CALGB 80203 (Alliance). 
  • Gene expression profiles of tumor biology provide a novel approach to prognosis and may guide the selection of therapeutic targets in multiple myeloma. 
  • Generalizability of trial results to elderly Medicare patients with advanced solid tumors (Alliance 70802). 
  • Genetic and epigenetic inactivation of Kruppel-like factor 4 in medulloblastoma. 
  • Genetic variants in ABCG1 are associated with survival of nonsmall-cell lung cancer patients. 
  • Genome-wide Analysis Identifies Novel Loci Associated with Ovarian Cancer Outcomes: Findings from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium. 
  • Gentamicin-collagen sponge for infection prophylaxis in colorectal surgery. 
  • Glaucoma following cataract surgery in children: surgically modifiable risk factors. 
  • Glioblastoma in the elderly: the effect of aggressive and modern therapies on survival. 
  • Glioma Groups Based on 1p/19q, IDH, and TERT Promoter Mutations in Tumors. 
  • Glucocorticoid treatment for the prevention of scoliosis in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: long-term follow-up. 
  • Grading of well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors is improved by the inclusion of both Ki67 proliferative index and mitotic rate. 
  • Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor use and medical costs after initial adjuvant chemotherapy in older patients with early-stage breast cancer. 
  • HIV Diagnoses, Prevalence and Outcomes in Nine Southern States. 
  • Hazard-rate analysis and patterns of recurrence in early stage melanoma: moving towards a rationally designed surveillance strategy. 
  • Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: comparison of patients with and without angina pectoris (from the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Disease). 
  • Heart transplantation for adults with congenital heart disease: analysis of the United network for organ sharing database. 
  • Hemocompatibility-Related Outcomes in the MOMENTUM 3 Trial at 6 Months: A Randomized Controlled Study of a Fully Magnetically Levitated Pump in Advanced Heart Failure. 
  • Hemodynamic outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement and medical management in severe, inoperable aortic stenosis: a longitudinal echocardiographic study of cohort B of the PARTNER trial. 
  • Hepatorenal correction in murine glycogen storage disease type I with a double-stranded adeno-associated virus vector. 
  • High poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase expression and poor survival in advanced-stage serous ovarian cancer. 
  • High-normal albuminuria and risk of heart failure in the community. 
  • High-risk myocardial infarction in the young: the VALsartan In Acute myocardial iNfarcTion (VALIANT) trial. 
  • Higher risk of death and stroke in patients with persistent vs. paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: results from the ROCKET-AF Trial. 
  • Hip arthroplasty after previous arthrodesis. 
  • Home use of automated external defibrillators for sudden cardiac arrest. 
  • Homocysteine-lowering and cardiovascular disease outcomes in kidney transplant recipients: primary results from the Folic Acid for Vascular Outcome Reduction in Transplantation trial. 
  • Hospital Readmissions in Patients With Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. 
  • How to interpret a small increase in AUC with an additional risk prediction marker: decision analysis comes through. 
  • Hyperbaric oxygen treatment and bisphosphonate-induced osteonecrosis of the jaw: a case series. 
  • Hypochloremia, Diuretic Resistance, and Outcome in Patients With Acute Heart Failure. 
  • I-CLIP: improved stratification of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma patients by integrating plasma IGF-1 into CLIP score. 
  • IDH1 and IDH2 mutations in gliomas. 
  • IGF-1 predicts survival in chronic heart failure. Insights from the T.O.S.CA. (Trattamento Ormonale Nello Scompenso CArdiaco) registry. 
  • Immunologic and prognostic factors associated with overall survival employing a poxviral-based PSA vaccine in metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer. 
  • Immunophenotype and molecular characterisation of adenocarcinoma of the small intestine. 
  • Impact of ABO compatibility on outcomes after heart transplantation in a national cohort during the past decade. 
  • Impact of Human Development Index on the profile and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Impact of Increasing Age on Outcomes of Spinal Fusion in Adult Idiopathic Scoliosis. 
  • Impact of Positive Margins on Survival in Patients Undergoing Esophagogastrectomy for Esophageal Cancer. 
  • Impact of Retrograde Arch Extension in Acute Type B Aortic Dissection on Management and Outcomes. 
  • Impact of chronic kidney disease on long-term ischemic and bleeding outcomes in medically managed patients with acute coronary syndromes: Insights from the TRILOGY ACS Trial. 
  • Impact of concurrent surgical valve procedures in patients receiving continuous-flow devices. 
  • Impact of donor cardiac arrest on heart transplantation. 
  • Impact of donor-to-recipient weight ratio on survival after heart transplantation: analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing Database. 
  • Impact of impaired fasting glucose on cardiovascular disease: the Framingham Heart Study. 
  • Impact of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, amiodarone, and placebo on the mode of death in stable patients with heart failure: analysis from the sudden cardiac death in heart failure trial. 
  • Impact of liver-directed therapy in colorectal cancer liver metastases. 
  • Impact of nerve sparing on surgical margins and biochemical recurrence: results from the SEARCH database. 
  • Impact of patient selection and treatment strategies on outcomes after lobectomy for biopsy-proven stage IIIA pN2 non-small cell lung cancer. 
  • Impact of preoperative moderate/severe mitral regurgitation on 2-year outcome after transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement: insight from the Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valve (PARTNER) Trial Cohort A. 
  • Impact of thienopyridine administration prior to primary stenting in acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Impact of tricuspid valve regurgitation in patients treated with implantable left ventricular assist devices. 
  • Impact of weighted composite compared to traditional composite endpoints for the design of randomized controlled trials. 
  • Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death in CKD: a meta-analysis of patient-level data from 3 randomized trials. 
  • Implantation of mouse embryonic stem cell-derived cardiac progenitor cells preserves function of infarcted murine hearts. 
  • Implication of right ventricular dysfunction on long-term outcome in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting with or without surgical ventricular reconstruction. 
  • Importance of biomarkers for long-term mortality prediction in acutely dyspneic patients. 
  • Important role of mechanical circulatory support in acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock. 
  • Improved Detection of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Functional Parameters in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. 
  • Improved survival but marginal allograft function in patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after lung transplantation. 
  • Improved time to progression for transarterial chemoembolization compared with transarterial embolization for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. 
  • In the Modern Treatment Era, Is Breast Conservation Equivalent to Mastectomy in Women Younger Than 40 Years of Age? A Multi-Institution Study. 
  • In-hospital switching between adenosine diphosphate receptor inhibitors in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights into contemporary practice from the TRANSLATE-ACS study. 
  • Increased HMGB1 and cleaved caspase-3 stimulate the proliferation of tumor cells and are correlated with the poor prognosis in colorectal cancer. 
  • Induction chemoradiation therapy prior to esophagectomy is associated with superior long-term survival for esophageal cancer. 
  • Infectious complications after pulsatile-flow and continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation. 
  • Influence of Clinical Trial Site Enrollment on Patient Characteristics, Protocol Completion, and End Points: Insights From the ASCEND-HF Trial (Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure). 
  • Influence of documented history of coronary artery disease on outcomes in patients admitted for worsening heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in the EVEREST trial. 
  • Iniparib plus paclitaxel and carboplatin as initial treatment of advanced or recurrent uterine carcinosarcoma: a Gynecologic Oncology Group Study. 
  • Initial testing (stage 1) of the polyamine analog PG11047 by the pediatric preclinical testing program. 
  • Initial testing of the aurora kinase A inhibitor MLN8237 by the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program (PPTP). 
  • Insights from the STICH trial: change in left ventricular size after coronary artery bypass grafting with and without surgical ventricular reconstruction. 
  • Insulin-like growth factor axis gene polymorphisms and clinical outcomes in pancreatic cancer. 
  • Interruptions of once-daily thoracic radiotherapy do not correlate with outcomes in limited stage small cell lung cancer: analysis of CALGB phase III trial 9235. 
  • Interstage mortality after the Norwood procedure: Results of the multicenter Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial. 
  • Intracranial hemorrhage in patients with atrial fibrillation receiving anticoagulation therapy. 
  • Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: an international multi-institutional analysis of prognostic factors and lymph node assessment. 
  • Intranasal fluticasone associated with delayed tympanostomy tube placement in children with eustachian tube dysfunction. 
  • Intraoperative pelvic brachytherapy for treatment of locally advanced or recurrent colorectal cancer. 
  • Intrapericardial Left Ventricular Assist Device for Advanced Heart Failure. 
  • Intrathoracic subclavian artery aneurysm repair in the thoracic endovascular aortic repair era. 
  • Intratumor heterogeneity and precision of microarray-based predictors of breast cancer biology and clinical outcome. 
  • Inverse correlation between body mass index and clinical outcomes in men with advanced castration-recurrent prostate cancer. 
  • Irradiation for locoregionally recurrent, never-irradiated oral cavity cancers. 
  • Is rhythm-control superior to rate-control in patients with atrial fibrillation and diastolic heart failure? 
  • Is there a role for adjuvant therapy in resected adenocarcinoma of the small intestine. 
  • Ischemia change in stable coronary artery disease is an independent predictor of death and myocardial infarction. 
  • Isolated tumor cells in the sentinel node affect long-term prognosis of patients with melanoma. 
  • Ki-67, p53, and p16 expression, and G691S RET polymorphism in desmoplastic melanoma (DM): A clinicopathologic analysis of predictors of outcome. 
  • Lack of efficacy of bevacizumab + irinotecan in cases of pediatric recurrent ependymoma--a Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium study. 
  • Laminin alpha 2 enables glioblastoma stem cell growth. 
  • Late morbidity and mortality in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma treated during adulthood. 
  • Late recurrences of Cushing's disease after initial successful transsphenoidal surgery. 
  • Late safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of a zotarolimus-eluting stent compared with a paclitaxel-eluting stent in patients with de novo coronary lesions: 2-year follow-up from the ENDEAVOR IV trial (Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Medtronic Endeavor Drug [ABT-578] Eluting Coronary Stent System Versus the Taxus Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System in De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions). 
  • Late toxicity and biochemical recurrence after external-beam radiotherapy combined with permanent-source prostate brachytherapy: analysis of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group study 0019. 
  • Late-term clinical outcomes with zotarolimus- and sirolimus-eluting stents. 5-year follow-up of the ENDEAVOR III (A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Medtronic Endeavor Drug [ABT-578] Eluting Coronary Stent System Versus the Cypher Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System in De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions). 
  • Left ventricular dysfunction as a risk factor for cardiovascular and noncardiovascular hospitalizations in African Americans. 
  • Leiomyosarcoma of the somatic soft tissues. 
  • Link between decisions regarding resuscitation and preferences for quality over length of life with heart failure. 
  • Local recurrence after surgery for non-small cell lung cancer: a recursive partitioning analysis of multi-institutional data. 
  • Long term disease-free survival and T cell and antibody responses in women with high-risk Her2+ breast cancer following vaccination against Her2. 
  • Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Silzone Era St. Jude Medical Mechanical Heart Valves. 
  • Long-term Survival in Glioblastoma with Cytomegalovirus pp65-Targeted Vaccination. 
  • Long-term catheter angiography after aneurysm coil therapy: results of 209 patients and predictors of delayed recurrence and retreatment. 
  • Long-term effects of percutaneous coronary intervention of the totally occluded infarct-related artery in the subacute phase after myocardial infarction. 
  • Long-term efficacy and safety of Zotarolimus-eluting stent in patients with diabetes mellitus: pooled 5-year results from the ENDEAVOR III and IV trials. 
  • Long-term follow-up assessment of a phase 1 trial of angiogenic gene therapy using direct intramyocardial administration of an adenoviral vector expressing the VEGF121 cDNA for the treatment of diffuse coronary artery disease. 
  • Long-term outcomes after invasive management for older patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Long-term outcomes after lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer when unsuspected pN2 disease is found: A National Cancer Data Base analysis. 
  • Long-term outcomes after stress urinary incontinence surgery. 
  • Long-term outcomes associated with hospital acquired thrombocytopenia among patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Long-term outcomes in elderly survivors of in-hospital cardiac arrest. 
  • Long-term outcomes of 176 patients with X-linked hyper-IgM syndrome treated with or without hematopoietic cell transplantation. 
  • Long-term survival following open versus thoracoscopic lobectomy after preoperative chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer. 
  • Long-term survival in patients presenting with type B acute aortic dissection: insights from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection. 
  • Long-term survival of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy treated by coronary artery bypass grafting versus medical therapy. 
  • Long-term survivors of childhood Ewing sarcoma: report from the childhood cancer survivor study. 
  • Longitudinal Changes in Depression Symptoms and Survival Among Patients With Lung Cancer: A National Cohort Assessment. 
  • Longitudinal Follow-up of Lung Cancer Resection From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database in Patients 65 Years and Older. 
  • Losmapimod, a novel p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor, in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a randomised phase 2 trial. 
  • Loss of phosphatase and tensin homolog expression is associated with recurrence and poor prognosis in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. 
  • Loss of β-catenin triggers oxidative stress and impairs hematopoietic regeneration. 
  • Lysyl hydroxylase 2 induces a collagen cross-link switch in tumor stroma. 
  • Malignant (Diffuse) Mesothelioma in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies: A Clinicopathologic Study of 45 Cases. 
  • Malignant struma ovarii: an analysis of 88 cases, including 27 with extraovarian spread. 
  • Management and outcomes in patients with moderate or severe functional mitral regurgitation and severe left ventricular dysfunction. 
  • Management of 1- to 2-cm Carcinoid Tumors of the Appendix: Using the National Cancer Data Base to Address Controversies in General Surgery. 
  • Marital status improves survival after orthotopic heart transplantation. 
  • Maximizing survival benefit with primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in a heart failure population. 
  • Medullary thyroid cancer: are practice patterns in the United States discordant from American Thyroid Association guidelines? 
  • Merkel cell carcinoma: identification of prognostic factors unique to tumors located in the head and neck based on analysis of SEER data. 
  • Meta-analysis of concomitant versus sequential radiochemotherapy in locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. 
  • Metabolic profiles predict adverse events after coronary artery bypass grafting. 
  • Metabolic syndrome is not associated with increased mortality or cardiovascular risk in nondiabetic patients with a new diagnosis of coronary artery disease. 
  • Metabolomic profiling for the identification of novel biomarkers and mechanisms related to common cardiovascular diseases: form and function. 
  • Metformin use is associated with better survival of diabetic patients with pancreatic cancer. 
  • Mibefradil, a novel therapy for glioblastoma multiforme: cell cycle synchronization and interlaced therapy in a murine model. 
  • Mid-regional pro-atrial natriuretic peptide and pro-adrenomedullin testing for the diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of patients with acute dyspnoea. 
  • Midterm results with thoracic endovascular aortic repair for chronic type B aortic dissection with associated aneurysm. 
  • Mild donor liver steatosis has no impact on hepatitis C virus fibrosis progression following liver transplantation. 
  • Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: integrating evidence into clinical practice. 
  • Mitochondrial dysfunction in ataxia-telangiectasia. 
  • Mitotic rate in melanoma: a reexamination. 
  • Modeling RAS phenotype in colorectal cancer uncovers novel molecular traits of RAS dependency and improves prediction of response to targeted agents in patients. 
  • Modest advances in survival for patients with colorectal-associated peritoneal carcinomatosis in the era of modern chemotherapy. 
  • Modest improvement in overall survival for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer: a trend analysis using the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results registry from 1988 to 2008. 
  • Modular nanotransporters: a multipurpose in vivo working platform for targeted drug delivery. 
  • Mortality before or during treatment among tuberculosis patients in North Carolina, 1993-2003. 
  • Mortality reduction in relation to implantable cardioverter defibrillator programming in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-Reduce Inappropriate Therapy (MADIT-RIT). 
  • Motivational enhancement therapy for African American substance users: a randomized clinical trial. 
  • Multi-institutional validation of the CAPRA-S score to predict disease recurrence and mortality after radical prostatectomy. 
  • Multifaceted oncolytic virus therapy for glioblastoma in an immunocompetent cancer stem cell model. 
  • Multisite analysis of 177 consecutive primary breast augmentations: predictors for reoperation. 
  • Myeloablative Versus Reduced-Intensity Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes. 
  • Myocardial viability and impact of surgical ventricular reconstruction on outcomes of patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: results of the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure trial. 
  • N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentrations in hemodialysis patients: prognostic value of baseline and follow-up measurements. 
  • NADiA ProsVue prostate-specific antigen slope, CAPRA-S, and prostate cancer--specific survival after radical prostatectomy. 
  • NOX2 protects against prolonged inflammation, lung injury, and mortality following systemic insults. 
  • Nanostring-based multigene assay to predict recurrence for gastric cancer patients after surgery. 
  • Natural history and clinical effect of aortic valve regurgitation after left ventricular assist device implantation. 
  • Neighborhood socioeconomic status, race, and mortality in young adult dialysis patients. 
  • Nivolumab for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Results of a Randomized Phase II Trial. 
  • Non-vena cava venous leiomyosarcomas: a review of the literature. 
  • Novel ICD Programming and Inappropriate ICD Therapy in CRT-D Versus ICD Patients: A MADIT-RIT Sub-Study. 
  • Novel adenoviral vector induces T-cell responses despite anti-adenoviral neutralizing antibodies in colorectal cancer patients. 
  • Obesity and survival among women with ovarian cancer: results from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium. 
  • Obesity, surgical site infection, and outcome following renal transplantation. 
  • On the C-statistics for evaluating overall adequacy of risk prediction procedures with censored survival data. 
  • On-pump versus off-pump coronary-artery bypass surgery. 
  • Optimal estimation for regression models on τ-year survival probability. 
  • Optimal surgical management of well-differentiated thyroid cancer arising in struma ovarii: a series of 4 patients and a review of 53 reported cases. 
  • Outcome of transplantation for acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children with Down syndrome. 
  • Outcomes after treatment of 17,378 patients with locally advanced (T3N0-2) non-small-cell lung cancer. 
  • Outcomes associated with warfarin use in older patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation and a cardiovascular implantable electronic device: findings from the ADHERE registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Outcomes following resection of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. 
  • Outcomes in Patients Bridged With Univentricular and Biventricular Devices in the Modern Era of Heart Transplantation. 
  • Outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. 
  • Outcomes of anatomical versus functional testing for coronary artery disease. 
  • Outcomes of transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement in high-risk patients with aortic stenosis and left ventricular dysfunction: results from the Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves (PARTNER) trial (cohort A). 
  • Overall survival benefit with lapatinib in combination with trastuzumab for patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer: final results from the EGF104900 Study. 
  • PR interval identifies clinical response in patients with non-left bundle branch block: a Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy substudy. 
  • Paget disease of the vulva: a study of 56 cases. 
  • Parasite clearance following treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment in Burkina-Faso and Mali: 42-day in vivo follow-up study. 
  • Partial thrombosis of the false lumen in patients with acute type B aortic dissection. 
  • Pathologic and molecular features correlate with long-term outcome after adjuvant therapy of resected primary GI stromal tumor: the ACOSOG Z9001 trial. 
  • Pathologic stage T2a and T2b prostate cancer in the recent prostate-specific antigen era: implications for unilateral ablative therapy. 
  • Pathway discovery in mantle cell lymphoma by integrated analysis of high-resolution gene expression and copy number profiling. 
  • Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score and adverse cardiac outcomes in patients hospitalized for acute cardiac disease. 
  • Patients with follicular and Hurthle cell microcarcinomas have compromised survival: a population level study of 22,738 patients. 
  • Patterns of GRP78 and MTJ1 expression in primary cutaneous malignant melanoma. 
  • Patterns of recurrence after trimodality therapy for esophageal cancer. 
  • Pembrolizumab versus investigator-choice chemotherapy for ipilimumab-refractory melanoma (KEYNOTE-002): a randomised, controlled, phase 2 trial. 
  • Percent tumor involvement and risk of biochemical progression after radical prostatectomy. 
  • Percentage of tumor and tumor length in prostate biopsy specimens: a study of American veterans. 
  • Percentage of tumor in prostatectomy specimens: a study of American Veterans. 
  • Percutaneous interventions in high-risk patients following Mustard repair of transposition of the great arteries. 
  • Percutaneous interventions on the hemodialysis reliable outflow vascular access device. 
  • Perineural and intraneural invasion in posttherapy pancreaticoduodenectomy specimens predicts poor prognosis in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. 
  • Peripheral artery disease is a coronary heart disease risk equivalent among both men and women: results from a nationwide study. 
  • Peripheral blood stem cell support for multiple cycles of dose intensive induction therapy is feasible with little risk of tumor contamination in advanced stage neuroblastoma: a report from the Childrens Oncology Group. 
  • Periprocedural Anticoagulation Management of Patients with Thrombophilia. 
  • Peritoneal carcinomatosis in patients with gastric cancer, and the role for surgical resection, cytoreductive surgery, and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. 
  • Persistent N2 disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer. 
  • Persistent pulmonary subsolid nodules with solid portions of 5 mm or smaller: Their natural course and predictors of interval growth. 
  • Pharmacologic prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism and 30-day outcomes among older patients hospitalized with heart failure: an analysis from the ADHERE national registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Phase 1 clinical trial of HER2-specific immunotherapy with concomitant HER2 kinase inhibition [corrected]. 
  • Phase 2 study of erlotinib in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. 
  • Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of 3'-C-ethynylcytidine (TAS-106), an inhibitor of RNA polymerase I, II and III,in patients with advanced solid malignancies. 
  • Phase II study of Gleevec® plus hydroxyurea (HU) in adults with progressive or recurrent meningioma. 
  • Phase II study of capecitabine and oxaliplatin for advanced adenocarcinoma of the small bowel and ampulla of Vater. 
  • Phase II study of induction cisplatin and irinotecan followed by concurrent carboplatin, etoposide, and thoracic radiotherapy for limited-stage small-cell lung cancer, CALGB 30206. 
  • Phase II study of metronomic chemotherapy with bevacizumab for recurrent glioblastoma after progression on bevacizumab therapy. 
  • Phase II trial of dasatinib in patients with metastatic breast cancer using real-time pharmacodynamic tissue biomarkers of Src inhibition to escalate dosing. 
  • Phase III Trial to Compare Adjuvant Chemotherapy With Capecitabine and Cisplatin Versus Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Gastric Cancer: Final Report of the Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Stomach Tumors Trial, Including Survival and Subset Analyses. 
  • Phase III study of pasireotide long-acting release in patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors and carcinoid symptoms refractory to available somatostatin analogues. 
  • Phase III trial of bevacizumab plus interferon alfa versus interferon alfa monotherapy in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma: final results of CALGB 90206. 
  • Phase III, randomized, placebo-controlled study of docetaxel in combination with zibotentan in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. 
  • Phase III, randomized, placebo-controlled study of once-daily oral zibotentan (ZD4054) in patients with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. 
  • Plasma C-reactive protein levels are associated with improved outcome in ARDS. 
  • Platelet Counts, Acute Kidney Injury, and Mortality after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery. 
  • Polymorphism in the TOMM40 gene modifies the risk of developing sporadic inclusion body myositis and the age of onset of symptoms. 
  • Polymorphisms in NAT2 and GSTP1 are associated with survival in oral and oropharyngeal cancer. 
  • Polyvascular disease and long-term cardiovascular outcomes in older patients with non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Poor drug distribution as a possible explanation for the results of the PRECISE trial. 
  • Postdischarge international normalized ratio testing and long-term clinical outcomes of patients with heart failure receiving warfarin: findings from the ADHERE registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Postoperative prostate-specific antigen nadir improves accuracy for predicting biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy: Results from the Shared Equal Access Regional Cancer Hospital (SEARCH) and Duke Prostate Center databases. 
  • Prasugrel versus clopidogrel for acute coronary syndromes without revascularization. 
  • Prasugrel vs. clopidogrel in acute coronary syndrome patients treated with prasugrel. 
  • Preclinical episodes of orofacial pain symptoms and their association with health care behaviors in the OPPERA prospective cohort study. 
  • Predicting biopsy-proven prostate cancer recurrence following cryosurgery. 
  • Predicting disease progression after regional therapy for in-transit melanoma. 
  • Prediction of all-cause mortality by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Optimism-Pessimism Scale scores: study of a college sample during a 40-year follow-up period. 
  • Predictive and prognostic analysis of PIK3CA mutation in stage III colon cancer intergroup trial. 
  • Predictive value of low relative lymphocyte count in patients hospitalized for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: insights from the EVEREST trial. 
  • Predictors and clinical outcomes of permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the PARTNER (Placement of AoRtic TraNscathetER Valves) trial and registry. 
  • Predictors of attrition from a clinical pediatric obesity treatment program. 
  • Predictors of mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease and an implantable defibrillator: an EPGEN substudy. 
  • Predictors of outcome and the lack of effect of percutaneous coronary intervention across the risk strata in patients with persistent total occlusion after myocardial infarction: Results from the OAT (Occluded Artery Trial) study. 
  • Predictors of survival, neurologic death, local failure, and distant failure after gamma knife radiosurgery for melanoma brain metastases. 
  • Prednisone, azathioprine, and N-acetylcysteine for pulmonary fibrosis. 
  • Preexposure prophylaxis for HIV infection among African women. 
  • Preoperative gemcitabine and cisplatin followed by gemcitabine-based chemoradiation for resectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head. 
  • Preoperative gemcitabine-based chemoradiation for patients with resectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head. 
  • Preoperative predictors of pathologic stage T2a and pathologic Gleason score ≤ 6 in men with clinical low-risk prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy: reference for active surveillance. 
  • Preoperative weight change and risk of adverse outcome following radical prostatectomy: results from the Shared Equal Access Regional Cancer Hospital database. 
  • Prevention of Bleeding in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing PCI. 
  • Primary Cryotherapy for High-Grade Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: Oncologic and Functional Outcomes from the COLD Registry. 
  • Primary tumor location as a prognostic factor in metastatic colorectal cancer. 
  • Prior cardiovascular interventions are not associated with worsened clinical outcomes in patients with symptomatic atherothrombosis. 
  • Prior chemoradiotherapy adversely impacts outcomes of recurrent and second primary head and neck cancer treated with concurrent chemotherapy and reirradiation. 
  • Prognosis of primary thyroid lymphoma: demographic, clinical, and pathologic predictors of survival in 1,408 cases. 
  • Prognostic Value of Baseline and Changes in Circulating Soluble ST2 Levels and the Effects of Nesiritide in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. 
  • Prognostic and predictive blood-based biomarkers in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer: results from CALGB80303 (Alliance). 
  • Prognostic impact of blood transfusion after primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: analysis from the CADILLAC (Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Complications) Trial. 
  • Prognostic impact of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. 
  • Prognostic implications of left ventricular mass and geometry following myocardial infarction: the VALIANT (VALsartan In Acute myocardial iNfarcTion) Echocardiographic Study. 
  • Prognostic importance of defibrillator shocks in patients with heart failure. 
  • Prognostic marker analysis in pediatric intracranial ependymomas. 
  • Prognostic model predicting metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer survival in men treated with second-line chemotherapy. 
  • Prognostic significance of bleeding location and severity among patients with acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Prognostic significance of circulating tumor cells in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. 
  • Prognostic significance of depression in blacks with heart failure: insights from Heart Failure: a Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training. 
  • Prognostic significance of maspin in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: tissue microarray analysis of 223 surgically resected cases. 
  • Prognostic significance of serum total cholesterol and triglyceride levels in patients hospitalized for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (from the EVEREST Trial). 
  • Prognostic utility of novel biomarkers of cardiovascular stress in patients with aortic stenosis undergoing valve replacement. 
  • Prognostic value of computed tomography texture features in non-small cell lung cancers treated with definitive concomitant chemoradiotherapy. 
  • Prognostic value of left ventricular apical tissue removed for HeartMate II left ventricular assist device placement. 
  • Prognostic value of monocyte count in patients hospitalized for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (from the EVEREST Trial). 
  • Prognostic value of routine cardiac magnetic resonance assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction and myocardial damage: an international, multicenter study. 
  • Prognostic value of serial B-type natriuretic peptide measurement in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (from the PARTNER Trial). 
  • Prognostic value of the diagnostic criteria distinguishing endometrial stromal sarcoma, low grade from undifferentiated endometrial sarcoma, 2 entities within the invasive endometrial stromal neoplasia family. 
  • Prophylactic implantable defibrillator in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia and no prior ventricular fibrillation or sustained ventricular tachycardia. 
  • Prospective analysis of TEL gene rearrangements in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a Children's Oncology Group study. 
  • Prospective assessment of the prognostic value of circulating tumor cells and their clusters in patients with advanced-stage breast cancer. 
  • Prostate-specific antigen changes as surrogate for overall survival in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer treated with second-line chemotherapy. 
  • Psychotic experiences and risk of death in the general population: 24-27 year follow-up of the Epidemiologic Catchment Area study. 
  • Quadriceps tendon rupture: a biomechanical comparison of transosseous equivalent double-row suture anchor versus transosseous tunnel repair. 
  • Quantifying discrimination of Framingham risk functions with different survival C statistics. 
  • Quantitative ST-depression in acute coronary syndromes: the PLATO electrocardiographic substudy. 
  • Race and gender variation in the QT interval and its association with mortality in patients with coronary artery disease: results from the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Disease (DDCD). 
  • Race and recurrence in women who undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. 
  • Racial differences in the characteristics of patients admitted for acute decompensated heart failure and their relation to outcomes: results from the OPTIME-CHF trial. 
  • Randomized Phase II Trial of Gemcitabine Plus TH-302 Versus Gemcitabine in Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer. 
  • Randomized Trial of Lenalidomide Alone Versus Lenalidomide Plus Rituximab in Patients With Recurrent Follicular Lymphoma: CALGB 50401 (Alliance). 
  • Randomized clinical trial of quick-release bromocriptine among patients with type 2 diabetes on overall safety and cardiovascular outcomes. 
  • Randomized phase III trial of fludarabine plus cyclophosphamide with or without oblimersen sodium (Bcl-2 antisense) in patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia. 
  • Randomized phase III trial of weekly compared with every-3-weeks paclitaxel for metastatic breast cancer, with trastuzumab for all HER-2 overexpressors and random assignment to trastuzumab or not in HER-2 nonoverexpressors: final results of Cancer and Leukemia Group B protocol 9840. 
  • Randomized trial of acetylcysteine in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 
  • Randomized trial of primary PCI with or without routine manual thrombectomy. 
  • Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III trial comparing docetaxel and prednisone with or without bevacizumab in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: CALGB 90401. 
  • Rate versus rhythm control and outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and chronic kidney disease: data from the GUSTO-III Trial. 
  • Rationale and design of Apo-I Event Reduction in Ischemic Syndromes I (AEGIS-I): A phase 2b, randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging trial to investigate the safety and tolerability of CSL112, a reconstituted, infusible, human apoA-I, after acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Reassessing hepatocellular carcinoma staging in a changing patient population. 
  • Recovery and survival from aging-associated diseases. 
  • Recreational physical activity and ovarian cancer risk and survival. 
  • Recurrence after operative management of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. 
  • Recurrence of rectal prolapse following rectopexy: a pooled analysis of 532 patients. 
  • Recurrence patterns across medulloblastoma subgroups: an integrated clinical and molecular analysis. 
  • Recurrent venous thromboembolism in anticoagulated patients with cancer: management and short-term prognosis. 
  • Relation of Angina Pectoris to Outcomes, Quality of Life, and Response to Exercise Training in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure (from HF-ACTION). 
  • Relation of serum magnesium levels and postdischarge outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure (from the EVEREST Trial). 
  • Renal function and risk stratification of diabetic and nondiabetic patients undergoing evaluation for coronary artery disease. 
  • Renal outcomes of simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation compared to liver transplant alone for candidates with renal dysfunction. 
  • Reoperative sternotomy is associated with increased mortality after heart transplantation. 
  • Repeat lumbar punctures in infants with meningitis in the neonatal intensive care unit. 
  • Repeat revascularization after contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention: an evaluation of staged, target lesion, and other unplanned revascularization procedures during the first year. 
  • Resection of large hepatocellular carcinoma (≥10 cm): a unique western perspective. 
  • Resection or transplant-listing for solitary hepatitis C-associated hepatocellular carcinoma: an intention-to-treat analysis. 
  • Resolution and severity in decompression illness. 
  • Response to inhaled nitric oxide predicts survival in patients with pulmonary hypertension. 
  • Response to preventive cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with ischaemic and nonischaemic cardiomyopathy in MADIT-CRT. 
  • Results of a prospective multicentre myeloablative double-unit cord blood transplantation trial in adult patients with acute leukaemia and myelodysplasia. 
  • Results of an international randomized phase III trial of the mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor ridaforolimus versus placebo to control metastatic sarcomas in patients after benefit from prior chemotherapy. 
  • Results with a selective revascularization strategy for left subclavian artery coverage during thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Results with an algorithmic approach to hybrid repair of the aortic arch. 
  • Retinal arteriolar narrowing and subsequent development of CKD Stage 3: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). 
  • Retinal microvascular signs and risk of stroke: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). 
  • Ribociclib as First-Line Therapy for HR-Positive, Advanced Breast Cancer. 
  • Rilonacept for gout flare prevention in patients receiving uric acid-lowering therapy: results of RESURGE, a phase III, international safety study. 
  • Risk factors for mortality in patients with mucormycosis. 
  • Risk factors for rehospitalization for acute coronary syndromes and unplanned revascularization following acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Risk of thromboembolism in heart failure: an analysis from the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT). 
  • Risk stratification in patients with pulmonary hypertension undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement. 
  • Risk-adjusted survival after tissue versus mechanical aortic valve replacement: a 23-year assessment. 
  • Role of Adjuvant Therapy in a Population-Based Cohort of Patients With Early-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer. 
  • Rolofylline, an adenosine A1-receptor antagonist, in acute heart failure. 
  • Root replacement surgery versus more conservative management during type A acute aortic dissection repair. 
  • ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes in the Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes (PLATO) trial: insights from the ECG substudy. 
  • ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction patients randomized to a pharmaco-invasive strategy or primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Strategic Reperfusion Early After Myocardial Infarction (STREAM) 1-year mortality follow-up. 
  • Safety and pharmacokinetics of dose-intensive imatinib mesylate plus temozolomide: phase 1 trial in adults with malignant glioma. 
  • Salvage-targeted kidney cancer therapy in patients progressing on high-dose interleukin-2 immunotherapy: the UCLA experience. 
  • Second Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Patients with Fanconi Anemia and Bone Marrow Failure. 
  • Second-generation modular acetabular components provide fixation at 10 to 16 years. 
  • Second-line dovitinib (TKI258) in patients with FGFR2-mutated or FGFR2-non-mutated advanced or metastatic endometrial cancer: a non-randomised, open-label, two-group, two-stage, phase 2 study. 
  • Serelaxin in acute heart failure patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction: results from the RELAX-AHF trial. 
  • Serum alkaline phosphatase changes predict survival independent of PSA changes in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer and bone metastasis receiving chemotherapy. 
  • Severity of Remodeling, Myocardial Viability, and Survival in Ischemic LV Dysfunction After Surgical Revascularization. 
  • Sex differences in the association of the apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele with incidence of dementia, cognitive impairment, and decline. 
  • Short- and long-term outcomes of coronary stenting in women versus men: results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services cohort. 
  • Significant Reduction of Late Toxicities in Patients With Extremity Sarcoma Treated With Image-Guided Radiation Therapy to a Reduced Target Volume: Results of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group RTOG-0630 Trial. 
  • Significant associations of mismatch repair gene polymorphisms with clinical outcome of pancreatic cancer. 
  • Similar survival with single-agent capecitabine or taxane in first-line therapy for metastatic breast cancer. 
  • Single-incision mini-sling compared with tension-free vaginal tape for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Single-nucleotide polymorphisms of DNA damage response genes are associated with overall survival in patients with pancreatic cancer. 
  • Smoking history predicts for increased risk of second primary lung cancer: a comprehensive analysis. 
  • Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas: clinicopathologic and survival analyses of 64 cases from a single institution. 
  • Soluble CXCL16 and long-term outcome in acute ischemic stroke. 
  • Spliced arm vein grafts are a durable conduit for lower extremity bypass. 
  • Spontaneously Breathing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support Provides the Optimal Bridge to Lung Transplantation. 
  • Staged total abdominal debranching and thoracic endovascular aortic repair for thoracoabdominal aneurysm. 
  • Stereotactic body radiation therapy for curative treatment of adrenal metastases. 
  • Stereotactic body radiotherapy for the treatment of oligometastatic renal cell carcinoma. 
  • Stop and go FOLFOX plus bevacizumab chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. 
  • Strategic lessons from the clinical event classification process for the Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction (APEX-AMI) trial. 
  • Stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging provides effective cardiac risk reclassification in patients with known or suspected stable coronary artery disease. 
  • Stromal gene signatures in large-B-cell lymphomas. 
  • Surgery Versus Optimal Medical Management for N1 Small Cell Lung Cancer. 
  • Surgical Resection of the Primary Tumor in Stage IV Colorectal Cancer Without Metastasectomy is Associated With Improved Overall Survival Compared With Chemotherapy/Radiation Therapy Alone. 
  • Surgical revascularization is associated with maximal survival in patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation: a 20-year experience. 
  • Surgically placed left ventricular leads provide similar outcomes to percutaneous leads in patients with failed coronary sinus lead placement. 
  • Survival After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation in Patients Undergoing Bridge to Transplantation With the HeartWare HVAD Versus the Heartmate II. 
  • Survival Outcomes of Sipuleucel-T Phase III Studies: Impact of Control-Arm Cross-Over to Salvage Immunotherapy. 
  • Survival after primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement among patients with chronic kidney disease. 
  • Survival benefit of the primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator among older patients: does age matter? An analysis of pooled data from 5 clinical trials. 
  • Survival of patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery for metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the targeted-therapy era. 
  • Synuclein-γ in uterine serous carcinoma impacts survival: An NRG Oncology/Gynecologic Oncology Group study. 
  • TERT promoter mutations contribute to IDH mutations in predicting differential responses to adjuvant therapies in WHO grade II and III diffuse gliomas. 
  • Targeting slow-proliferating ovarian cancer cells. 
  • Technical performance score is associated with outcomes after the Norwood procedure. 
  • The "final" 5-year follow-up from the ENDEAVOR IV trial comparing a zotarolimus-eluting stent with a paclitaxel-eluting stent. 
  • The Aspergillus fumigatus P-type Golgi apparatus Ca2+/Mn2+ ATPase PmrA is involved in cation homeostasis and cell wall integrity but is not essential for pathogenesis. 
  • The Benefit of Chemotherapy in Esophageal Cancer Patients With Residual Disease After Trimodality Therapy. 
  • The Contemporary Safety and Effectiveness of Lower Extremity Bypass Surgery and Peripheral Endovascular Interventions in the Treatment of Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease. 
  • The Effect of Receiving Treatment Within a Clinical Trial Setting on Survival and Quality of Care Perception in Advanced Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. 
  • The HVAD Left Ventricular Assist Device: Risk Factors for Neurological Events and Risk Mitigation Strategies. 
  • The IRAD classification system for characterizing survival after aortic dissection. 
  • The Impact of Graft-versus-Host Disease on the Relapse Rate in Patients with Lymphoma Depends on the Histological Subtype and the Intensity of the Conditioning Regimen. 
  • The addition of erlotinib to gemcitabine and cisplatin does not appear to improve median survival in metastatic pancreatic cancer. 
  • The age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index as an outcome predictor of patients with acute mesenteric ischemia. 
  • The association between biventricular pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator efficacy when compared with implantable cardioverter defibrillator on outcomes and reverse remodelling. 
  • The association of in-hospital major bleeding with short-, intermediate-, and long-term mortality among older patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • The association of transcatheter aortic valve replacement availability and hospital aortic valve replacement volume and mortality in the United States. 
  • The diastolic pulmonary gradient does not predict survival in patients with pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease. 
  • The effect of aprotinin on outcome after coronary-artery bypass grafting. 
  • The effect of gender and age on kidney cancer survival: younger age is an independent prognostic factor in women with renal cell carcinoma. 
  • The effect of intermittent atrial tachyarrhythmia on heart failure or death in cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator versus implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients: a MADIT-CRT substudy (Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy). 
  • The effect of mixing 1.5% mepivacaine and 0.5% bupivacaine on duration of analgesia and latency of block onset in ultrasound-guided interscalene block. 
  • The effect of prior pneumonectomy or lobectomy on subsequent lung transplantation. 
  • The effectiveness of locoregional therapies versus supportive care in maintaining survival within the Milan criteria in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. 
  • The effects of baseline characteristics, glycaemia treatment approach, and glycated haemoglobin concentration on the risk of severe hypoglycaemia: post hoc epidemiological analysis of the ACCORD study. 
  • The efficacy and safety of short- and long-term dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with mild or moderate chronic kidney disease: results from the Clopidogrel for the Reduction of Events During Observation (CREDO) trial. 
  • The expression of PTEN is associated with improved prognosis in patients with ampullary adenocarcinoma after pancreaticoduodenectomy. 
  • The high-grade (WHO G3) pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor category is morphologically and biologically heterogenous and includes both well differentiated and poorly differentiated neoplasms. 
  • The impact of activated p-AKT expression on clinical outcomes in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a clinicopathological study of 262 cases. 
  • The impact of antibodies on clinical outcomes in diseases treated with therapeutic protein: lessons learned from infantile Pompe disease. 
  • The impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients hospitalized for worsening heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: an analysis of the EVEREST Trial. 
  • The impact of donor-recipient sex matching on survival after orthotopic heart transplantation: analysis of 18 000 transplants in the modern era. 
  • The impact of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia on health-related quality of life: a prospective study. 
  • The impact of portal vein resection on outcomes for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: a multi-institutional analysis of 305 cases. 
  • The impact of preoperative anxiety and education level on long-term mortality after cardiac surgery. 
  • The influence of clinical and genetic factors on patient outcome in small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type. 
  • The influence of institutional volume on the incidence of complications and their effect on mortality after heart transplantation. 
  • The link between heightened thrombogenicity and inflammation: pre-procedure characterization of the patient at high risk for recurrent events after stenting. 
  • The prognostic value of peripheral CD4+CD25+ T lymphocytes among early stage and triple negative breast cancer patients receiving dendritic cells-cytokine induced killer cells infusion. 
  • The relationship of body mass index and serum testosterone with disease outcomes in men with castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer. 
  • The role of multi-modality adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation in women with advanced stage endometrial cancer. 
  • The spectrum of complications following left ventricular assist device placement. 
  • The use of GTX as second-line and later chemotherapy for metastatic pancreatic cancer: a retrospective analysis. 
  • The utility of preoperative six-minute-walk distance in lung transplantation. 
  • Thrombin-receptor antagonist vorapaxar in acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Thymus transplantation in complete DiGeorge anomaly. 
  • Ticagrelor versus Clopidogrel in Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease. 
  • Tokuhashi score is predictive of survival in a cohort of patients undergoing surgery for renal cell carcinoma spinal metastases. 
  • Torsemide versus furosemide in heart failure patients: insights from Duke University Hospital. 
  • Total knee arthroplasty using cementless keels and cemented tibial trays: 10-year results. 
  • Trade-off in the effects of the apolipoprotein E polymorphism on the ages at onset of CVD and cancer influences human lifespan. 
  • Trade-offs in the effects of the apolipoprotein E polymorphism on risks of diseases of the heart, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders: insights on mechanisms from the Long Life Family Study. 
  • Trajectory of care and use of multimodality therapy in older patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. 
  • Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement with a self-expanding prosthesis. 
  • Transfusion and mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Trastuzumab plus vinorelbine or taxane chemotherapy for HER2-overexpressing metastatic breast cancer: the trastuzumab and vinorelbine or taxane study. 
  • Treatment outcomes of patients with tardive dyskinesia and chronic schizophrenia. 
  • Treatment sequencing for resectable pancreatic cancer: influence of early metastases and surgical complications on multimodality therapy completion and survival. 
  • Treatment trends and survival effects of chemotherapy for hypopharyngeal cancer: Analysis of the National Cancer Data Base. 
  • Tumor location is an independent prognostic factor in head and neck Merkel cell carcinoma. 
  • Understanding the type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease risk paradox. 
  • Unexpected abrupt increase in left ventricular assist device thrombosis. 
  • Unrelated donor umbilical cord blood transplantation for inherited metabolic disorders in 159 pediatric patients from a single center: influence of cellular composition of the graft on transplantation outcomes. 
  • Updated prognostic model for predicting overall survival in first-line chemotherapy for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. 
  • Use and impact of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer. 
  • Use of amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide to guide outpatient therapy of patients with chronic left ventricular systolic dysfunction. 
  • Use of the Instantaneous Wave-free Ratio or Fractional Flow Reserve in PCI. 
  • Usefulness of combining galectin-3 and BIVA assessments in predicting short- and long-term events in patients admitted for acute heart failure. 
  • Usefulness of β-trace protein and cystatin C for the prediction of mortality in non ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Using inverse probability-weighted estimators in comparative effectiveness analyses with observational databases. 
  • Validated Risk Score for Predicting 6-Month Mortality in Infective Endocarditis. 
  • Validation and potential mechanisms of red cell distribution width as a prognostic marker in heart failure. 
  • Validation of an atrial fibrillation risk algorithm in whites and African Americans. 
  • Value of surgical resection in children with high-risk neuroblastoma. 
  • Variant ASGR1 Associated with a Reduced Risk of Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Vascular surgery collaboration during pancreaticoduodenectomy with vascular reconstruction. 
  • Vascularized fibular grafts for avascular necrosis after slipped capital femoral epiphysis: is hip preservation possible? 
  • Vorapaxar in acute coronary syndrome patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: subgroup analysis from the TRACER trial (Thrombin Receptor Antagonist for Clinical Event Reduction in Acute Coronary Syndrome). 
  • We need better figures! 
  • stpm: an R package for stochastic process model. 
  • αB-crystallin: a novel regulator of breast cancer metastasis to the brain. 
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  • Alexander, John Hunter Peel, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology
  • Allen, Nancy Bates, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology
  • Berchuck, Andrew, James M. Ingram Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology
  • Charles, Hal Cecil, Associate Professor of Radiology, Radiology
  • Craciunescu, Oana, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology
  • Curtis, Lesley H., Professor in Population Health Sciences, Duke Clinical Research Institute
  • Granger, Christopher Bull, Professor of Medicine, School of Nursing
  • Halabi, Susan, Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Juvvadi, Praveen Rao, Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
  • MacFall, James R., Adjunct Professor in the Department of Radiology, Radiology
  • McLendon, Roger Edwin, Professor of Pathology, Pathology
  • Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
  • Moon, Richard Edward, Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
  • Moorman, Patricia Gripka, Professor in Community and Family Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute
  • Myers, Evan Robert, Walter L. Thomas Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the School of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Parikh, Suhag H., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Blood and Marrow Transplantation
  • Sampson, John Howard, Robert H., M.D. and Gloria Wilkins Professor of Neurosurgery, in the School of Medicine, Immunology
  • Stinnett, Sandra Sue, Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Swaminathan, Madhav, Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic
  • Tsalik, Ephraim, Associate Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
  • Uronis, Hope Elizabeth, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology
  • Yan, Hai, Henry S. Friedman Professor of Neuro-Oncology in the School of Medicine, Pathology
  • Zafar, Syed Yousuf, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology