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Clinico-pathological features predicting indication to mastectomy in breast cancer patients achieving complete response after neoadjuvant therapy: a retrospective analysis of the EUSOMA database (2025)
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Catanuto, G., Gentile, D., Martorana, F., Tomatis, M., Ponti, A., Marotti, L., Aristei, C., Cardoso, M. J., Cheung, K. L., Curigliano, G., De Vries, J., Karakatsanis, A., Santini, D., Sardanelli, F., Van Dam, P., Rubio, I. T., & EUSOMA Working Group. (2025). Clinico-pathological features predicting indication to mastectomy in breast cancer patients achieving complete response after neoadjuvant therapy: a retrospective analysis of the EUSOMA database. EJSO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 51(6), Article 109643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2025.109643

Aims: We investigated factors related to the type of surgery, i.e. mastectomy versus breast conserving surgery (BCS), in breast cancer (BC) patients with complete pathologic response in the breast (ypT0) after neoadjuvant therapy (NAT). Methods: A re... Read More about Clinico-pathological features predicting indication to mastectomy in breast cancer patients achieving complete response after neoadjuvant therapy: a retrospective analysis of the EUSOMA database.

The impact of an educational intervention on undergraduate students’ knowledge, acceptability, and willingness to pay for dapivirine vaginal ring in Nigeria's first indigenous university: a single-arm, non-randomized study (2025)
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Isah, A., Ezenri, G., Obi, O., Okibe, N. A., Ma’aji, H. U., Ugochukwu, E. J., Eze, C. C., Amoke, C. M., Ezeodimegwu, A., Idabor, C. C., Abubakar, M. M., Iloabuchi, F., Ugwu, I. J., Asogwa, C. M., Ukwe, C. V., & Ukoha-kalu, B. O. (2025). The impact of an educational intervention on undergraduate students’ knowledge, acceptability, and willingness to pay for dapivirine vaginal ring in Nigeria's first indigenous university: a single-arm, non-randomized study. Discover Social Science and Health, 5(1), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44155-025-00153-0

Background: This study aimed to assess the impact of an educational intervention on knowledge, acceptability, and willingness to pay (WTP) for dapivirine vaginal ring (DPV-VR) by undergraduate female students at the University of Nigeria (UNN). Metho... Read More about The impact of an educational intervention on undergraduate students’ knowledge, acceptability, and willingness to pay for dapivirine vaginal ring in Nigeria's first indigenous university: a single-arm, non-randomized study.

Updates and Future Directions for the Nottingham Research Programme on Primary Breast Cancer in Older Women (2025)
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Parks, R. M., & Cheung, K.-L. (2025). Updates and Future Directions for the Nottingham Research Programme on Primary Breast Cancer in Older Women. Cancers, 17(3), Article 346. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17030346

The global population is ageing and the risk of breast cancer increases with age. Therefore, we can expect an increase in the number of cases of breast cancer worldwide in the next 20 years. Currently, there are few age-specific guidelines for the ma... Read More about Updates and Future Directions for the Nottingham Research Programme on Primary Breast Cancer in Older Women.

Chlorpyrifos Acts as a Positive Modulator and an Agonist of N-Methyl-d-Aspartate (NMDA) Receptors: A Novel Mechanism of Chlorpyrifos-Induced Neurotoxicity (2025)
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Sherif, M. A., Carter, W. G., & Mellor, I. R. (2025). Chlorpyrifos Acts as a Positive Modulator and an Agonist of N-Methyl-d-Aspartate (NMDA) Receptors: A Novel Mechanism of Chlorpyrifos-Induced Neurotoxicity. Journal of Xenobiotics, 15(1), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/jox15010012

Chlorpyrifos (CPF) is a broad-spectrum organophosphate insecticide. Long-term exposure to low levels of CPF is associated with neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. The mechanisms leading to these effects are still not fully understood... Read More about Chlorpyrifos Acts as a Positive Modulator and an Agonist of N-Methyl-d-Aspartate (NMDA) Receptors: A Novel Mechanism of Chlorpyrifos-Induced Neurotoxicity.

Patient-Reported Outcomes in Geriatric Oncology—Balancing Quality of Life and Therapeutic Effectiveness Using Primary Breast Cancer as a Model (2024)
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Francis, J., Baxter, M., Giza, D., Cheung, K.-L., & Parks, R. (2024). Patient-Reported Outcomes in Geriatric Oncology—Balancing Quality of Life and Therapeutic Effectiveness Using Primary Breast Cancer as a Model. Drugs and Aging, 42(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40266-024-01167-0

Breast cancer remains the most prevalent cancer worldwide, necessitating advancements in its management. Surgery remains the recommended primary treatment although neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatments, such as chemotherapy, may also be indicated. Howev... Read More about Patient-Reported Outcomes in Geriatric Oncology—Balancing Quality of Life and Therapeutic Effectiveness Using Primary Breast Cancer as a Model.

Pharmacists’ knowledge, attitude and practice of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis: a cross-sectional comparative study in two Nigerian teaching hospitals (2024)
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Isah, A., Abubakar, M. M., Igboeli, N. U., Ugochukwu, E. J., Aguiyi‑Ikeanyi, C. N., Akunne, M. O., Ma’aji, H. U., & Ukoha‑Kalu, B. O. (2024). Pharmacists’ knowledge, attitude and practice of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis: a cross-sectional comparative study in two Nigerian teaching hospitals. Discover Public Health, 21, Article 237. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-024-00357-w

Introduction Pharmacists play an important role in HIV post-exposure prophylaxis. This study compared the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) among pharmacists practicing in two Nigerian teaching hospitals.... Read More about Pharmacists’ knowledge, attitude and practice of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis: a cross-sectional comparative study in two Nigerian teaching hospitals.

Well-being interventions for emergency department staff: ‘necessary’ but ‘inadequate’ – a phenomenographic study (2024)
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Beckham, A., & Cooper, N. (2024). Well-being interventions for emergency department staff: ‘necessary’ but ‘inadequate’ – a phenomenographic study. Emergency Medicine Journal, 42(1), 9-13. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2023-213852

Introduction: Stress and burnout are prevalent among emergency department (ED) staff in the UK. The concept of well-being interventions for ED staff is a growing area of interest and research worldwide. Various interventions are described in the lite... Read More about Well-being interventions for emergency department staff: ‘necessary’ but ‘inadequate’ – a phenomenographic study.

The Use of Virtual Patients to Provide Feedback On Clinical Reasoning : A Systematic Review (2024)
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Jay, R., Sandars, J., Patel, R., Leonardi-Bee, J., Ackbarally, Y., Bandyopadhyaya, S., Faraj, D., O'Hanlon, M., Brown, J., & Wilson, E. (2025). The Use of Virtual Patients to Provide Feedback On Clinical Reasoning : A Systematic Review. Academic Medicine, 100(2), 229-238. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000005908

Purpose: Virtual patients (VPs) are increasingly used across the continuum of medical education to support the development of clinical reasoning (CR). However, the extent to which feedback is given across the components of CR is unknown, and there is... Read More about The Use of Virtual Patients to Provide Feedback On Clinical Reasoning : A Systematic Review.

Challenges and opportunities of sustained public involvement in maternal health research: a practice case study with reflections from researchers and public contributors (2024)
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Roberts, J., Sunney, C., Ekeh, J. I., Tchuissi, C. N., Norman, R., & Spiby, H. (2024). Challenges and opportunities of sustained public involvement in maternal health research: a practice case study with reflections from researchers and public contributors. Research for All, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.14324/rfa.08.1.08

It is widely agreed that collaboration with people with lived experience of specific health conditions or health services is both a moral imperative and a utility to improve research quality, validity and impact. However, there is little agreement ab... Read More about Challenges and opportunities of sustained public involvement in maternal health research: a practice case study with reflections from researchers and public contributors.

Computational prediction of a phage cocktail active against multidrug-resistant bacteria [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] (2024)
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Nawaz, R., Husnain, A., Arif, M. A., Hassan, Z., Ahad, A., Amat, H., Rasool, U., Shahid, M., Mehmood, U., Razzaq, A., Idrees, M., & Carter, W. G. (2024). Computational prediction of a phage cocktail active against multidrug-resistant bacteria [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. F1000Research, 13, Article 1292

Background
Antibiotic misuse and overuse have contributed to the emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria, posing a serious public health problem across the globe. Phage cocktails, which combine multiple phages, provide an efficient method t... Read More about Computational prediction of a phage cocktail active against multidrug-resistant bacteria [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review].