Background: The 2015 American Thyroid Association (ATA) thyroid nodule guidelines
recommend selecting nodules for biopsy based on a sonographic pattern classification. These …

Ipilimumab is a promising new immunotherapeutic antineoplastic agent with clinical activity
in the treatment of metastatic melanoma and renal cell carcinoma. With advances in …

Background Adrenal lesions are commonly identified in patients with extra-adrenal cancer.
When lesions are present, it is important to identify if the lesion is a metastasis of the primary …

OBJECTIVES. Postpartum discharge of mothers and infants who are not medically or
psychosocially ready may place the family at risk. Most studies of postpartum length of stay, …

Background Although most thyroid cancer patients have an excellent prognosis, 10% of low-risk
cancers and 25% of high-risk cancers recur, with mortality rates in excess of 50% at 3 …

Introduction Temozolomide (TMZ) is an oral alkylating agent that has been used over the past
8 years to treat aggressive pituitary tumors resistant to conventional therapy. To date, only …

Background: Adolescent depression causes appreciable morbidity and is underdiagnosed
in primary care. This study investigated whether a quality improvement collaborative (QIC) …

We present two new microfabricated cantilever-beam force transducers. The transducers
were fabricated from thin silicon-nitride films, and were used respectively to measure forces …

We present TIR-PTD spectroscopy, an IR-pump/VIS-probe method for the measurement of
IR absorption spectra by means of photothermal deflectometry (PTD) enhanced by total …

… an increase of the blood glucose level over approximately 1 h to values >200 mg/dL with a
subsequent decrease to normal values over 2–3 h. For diabetes patients, the OGTT leads to …