Annals of surgery
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The aim of this study was to determine the interaction of full thickness excisional wounds and tumors in vivo. ⋯ Full thickness excisional wounds have the ability to inhibit tumor growth in vivo. Further research may provide an exact mechanism for this remarkable finding and new advances in wound healing and tumor biology.
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To understand the role of racial residential segregation on Black-White disparities in breast cancer presentation, treatment, and outcomes. ⋯ Our data suggest that residential racial segregation has a significant association with Black-White racial disparities in breast cancer. These findings illustrate the importance of addressing structural racism and residential segregation in efforts to reduce Black-White breast cancer disparities.
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To evaluate the impact of clinical and pathological parameters, including resection margin (R) status, on survival in patients undergoing pancreatic surgery after neoadjuvant treatment for initially unresectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). ⋯ In patients undergoing resection after neoadjuvant therapy for initially unresectable PDAC, preoperative CA 19-9 levels, lymph node involvement, metastasis category, and vascular involvement, but not the R status, were independent prognostic factors of overall survival.