Background: Cartilage damage is challenging to treat due to its limited self-healing capacity caused by its avascular and aneural nature. However, 3D tissue engineering approaches that utilize biomaterials, additives, and cells offer a promising...
Background: The burden of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) is growing in sub-Saharan Africa. In Tanzania, uptake of diagnostic testing and evidence-based therapy for AMI is suboptimal. We aimed to describe current gaps in evidence-based AMI care...
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Historically, the burden of myocardial infarction (MI) in sub-Saharan African nations has been limited, mostly due to the overwhelming impact of communicable diseases on early death. However, with improved access to treatment of...
Background: Despite improvements, patients with advanced cancer often do not receive goal-concordant care at the end of life (EOL). Challenges with prognostication contribute to delays ACP conversations and result in more aggressive care, gaps in...
Background: There are numerous risk factors that affect breast cancer (BC) incidence and mortality, including, but not limited to, age, race, income, insurance status, reproductive patterns, breast density, and germline genetic mutations....
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Goals of care (GOC) discussions during advanced serious illness and end-of-life (EOL) care are critical. Institutions are increasingly tracking the frequency and timing of GOC documentation, but large-scale content assessments have...
Background BRAF mutations are common in melanoma, with more than 50% harboring activating BRAF mutations. Though BRAF inhibitors are highly efficacious for nearly half of patients with this BRAF-mutant melanoma, many developing secondary...
Background: Vestibular neuritis and labyrinthitis (VNL) are common causes of vertigo and dizziness. While multiple treatment strategies have been proposed, no established consensus for the optimal way to manage VNL exists. Moreover, no research...
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Long acting injectable (LAI) preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has the potential to increase PrEP uptake and adherence. However, the majority of studies investigating opinions about LAI PrEP were theoretical, done prior to its approval....
Background: New childhood cancer diagnoses require timely, multi-specialty care coordination, imposing considerable burdens for families. To better understand these challenges and optimize care delivery, this study aims to 1) track the trajectory...