This systematic literature review identified and summarized 35 studies that investigated the
relationship between multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) and health care utilization …

Obesity has substantially increased in recent decades and is now one of the major global
health problems. The large obesity-related health burden negatively impacts many relevant …

Background Most psychiatric disorders present symptom patterns that cause severe impairment
on the emotional, cognitive and social level. Thus, adolescents who suffer from a mental …

Background Percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty is a safe and effective treatment
for nonostial stenoses of the renal arteries, but it has proved to be disappointing for ostial …

Microplastics may enter the soil in a wide range of shapes and polymers. However, little is
known about the effects that microplastics of different shapes, polymers, and concentration …

Objective To review a single-center experience with 201 multivisceral resections for primary
colorectal cancer to determine the accuracy of intraoperative prediction of potential curability…

One of the key challenges in two-dimensional (2D) materials is to go beyond graphene, a
prototype 2D polymer (2DP), and to synthesize its organic analogues with structural control at …

Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity and distress
among 189 consecutively recruited cancer patients upon admission to surgical oncology …

The majority of patients with colorectal cancer present at a stage when the primary cancer
can be resected with curative intent. However, despite the high resectability rate, about 30-50…

Background. Patients with neuroendocrine carcinoma often present with liver metastases
not amenable to hepatic resection. For them, liver transplantation has been considered a …