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INTRODUCTION: This study investigates comments that prostate cancer patients spontaneously write in the margins of the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Short Form (EPIC-26) questionnaire. We aim to show the possible barriers ...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate digital rectal examination (DRE) as a predictor of prostate cancer (PC) at serum PSA level 3.0-3.9 ng/ml. We compared the PC incidence rates of men with different screening test results in this PSA ...

Increased number of overweight and obese women are seeking breast reconstruction. Studies have demonstrated that obese experience increased rates of complications, but less data is available considering overweight patients. ...

Importance: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer has resulted in a slight reduction in prostate cancer mortality but also a concomitant overdiagnosis of low-risk tumors. Prostate-specific antigen ...

BACKGROUND: Developmental dysplasia of the hip is a common condition, which varies in severity. Abduction treatment is widely used to correct the development of the hips, but mild forms of DDH can also recover spontaneously. ...

Objective: To assess the impact of social restrictions due to COVID-19 on the number of tympanostomies and tonsillar surgeries in children. Methods: Incidences were calculated per 100 000 children for tonsillar surgery and ...

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to investigate the potential impact of prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) -related interreader variability on a population-based randomized prostate cancer screening trial ...

Diabetic men have decreased risk for prostate cancer (PCa) overall and lower PSA compared to non-diabetics. This may affect the outcomes of PSA-based screening. We investigated the effect of PSA-based screening at 4-year ...

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of early warning systems is to detect deterioration of the patient and to enable timely intervention to prevent possible severe illness. The most common causes of maternal morbidity and mortality ...