The impact of 3-tesla breast MRI on the choice of the surgical plan in patients with multiple ipsilateral breast cancer by Bustan Mohamed Anwer, AlaaEldine AbdelHamid Mostafa, Eman ElBakoury, M. A. Elhussini, Hebatallah H. M. Hassan

“…DCE-MRI showed a higher correlation coefficient (r = 0.97, p < 0.001) compared to SM (r = 0.58, p = 0.001), higher sensitivity, positive predictive value, and accuracy (96.3%, 92.8%, 91%) compared to SM (74%, 90.9%, 73.5%) in assessing MIBC. …”
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Association Between Microcalcification Patterns in Mammography and Breast Tumors in Comparison to Histopathological Examinations by Iqbal Hussain Rizuana, Ming Hui Leong, Geok Chin Tan, Zaleha Md. Isa

“…Results</b>: Our study showed that features with a high positive predictive value (PPV) of breast malignancy were heterogeneous (75%), fine linear/branching pleomorphic microcalcifications (66.7%), linear (100%), and segmental distributions (57.1%). …”
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Exploring the role of autistic traits in treatment-resistant and clozapine-resistant schizophrenia: a comparative study by Ahmet Selim Başaran, Nur Nihal Türkel, Buket Koparal, Aslı Kuruoğlu

“…Multinomial logistic regression models were used to determine the predictive value of autistic traits for TRS and CRS.ResultsStatistically significant differences were identified between the groups in PAUSS (p&lt;0.001) and AQ (p&lt;0.001) scores, indicating variations in autistic traits. …”
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Prediction of Grade 4 radiation-induced lymphopenia during chemoradiation therapy for lung cancer patients: Insights from two past trials by Serena Monti, Giuseppe Palma, Ting Xu, Radhe Mohan, Zhongxing Liao, Laura Cella

“…The relative volume of healthy lungs receiving at least 5 Gy (V5Gy) and baseline ALC were selected as predictors in an NTCP model, with good discriminative performances (cross validated ROC-AUC: 0.68). The predictive value of V5Gy was confirmed in the RTOG0917-cohort (ROC-AUC: 0.67), although its validation was limited with suboptimal calibration, potentially due to discrepancies between cohorts. …”
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The Ankle-brachial Index as a Predictor of Multivess el Coronary Disease in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Peripheral Arterial Disease by Tessa Negrín Valdés, Ailed Elena Rodríguez Jiménez, Raikel Fardales Rodríguez, Luis Alberto Castellanos Gallo, José Carlos Meneses Jiménez, Magda Alina López Callejas

“…The two-predictor variables were: NSTEACS and ABI≤0.9, which showed a high positive predictive value in the prognosis of multivessel coronary artery disease.…”
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Cervical vertebral body segmentation in X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging based on YOLO-UNet: Automatic segmentation approach and available tool by Hongyan Wang, Jie Lu, Song Yang, Yin Xiao, Liangliang He, Zhi Dou, Wenxing Zhao, Liqiang Yang

“…The evaluation metrics included the Dice coefficient, Hausdorff distance, intersection over union, positive predictive value, and sensitivity. Results The YOLO-UNet model combined the advantages of the YOLO and U-Net models and demonstrated excellent vertebral body segmentation capabilities on both X-ray and MRI datasets, which were closer to the ground truth images. …”
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SmartSense-D: A safety, feasibility, and acceptability pilot study of digital phenotyping in young people with major depressive disorder by Andres Camargo, Scott D Tagliaferri, Simon D’Alfonso, Tianyi Zhang, Zamantha Munoz, Pemma Davies, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Niels van Berkel, Vassilis Kostakos, Lianne Schmaal

“…This study assessed the safety, feasibility, acceptability, and potential predictive value of passive and active sensing in young people with major depressive disorder (MDD). …”
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What we can and cannot see from the surveillance for drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Findings from the evaluation of a surveillance system for multidrug-resistant P. aerugino... by Shogo Otake, Takuya Yamagishi, Takayuki Shiomoto, Manami Nakashita, Hitomi Kurosu, Chiaki Ikenoue, Hirofumi Kato, Munehisa Fukusumi, Tomoe Shimada, Takuri Takahashi, Motoi Suzuki, Teruo Kirikae, Yoshichika Arakawa, Kandai Nozu, Tomimasa Sunagawa, Motoyuki Sugai

“…False reporting and underreporting of MDRP infections were common, resulting in a positive predictive value of 0.45 and a sensitivity of 0.65 for the reports of MDRP infections to the surveillance system. …”
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Role of stimulating growth factor 2 and galectin-3 in predicting the ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy by T. A. Atabekov, R. E. Batalov, S. I. Sazonova, A. M. Gusakova, S. N. Krivolapov, M. S. Khlynin, S. V. Popov

“…An increase in the concentration of both ST-2 &gt;22,48 ng/ml and galectin-3 &gt;10,95 ng/ml had a high predictive value in assessing the VTA risk in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. …”
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Employing urinary biomarkers to infer the absence of acute kidney disease in outpatients with a single serum creatinine measurement by Shih-Ping Hsu, Chiang-Ting Chien

“…The sensitivity of UNGAL was 0.867 (0.849–0.884), with a positive predictive value of 0.917 (0.902–0.932) and an accuracy of 0.808 (0.788–0.827). …”
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Identification of DCAF5 as a novel cancer prognostic and immunotherapy biomarker through pan-cancer analysis and renal clear cell carcinoma clinical data validation by Huaqing Yan, Liqi Zhang, Fan Xu, Tieding Chen, Rubing Li

“…Conclusion Our findings reveal that DCAF5 exhibits context-dependent dual roles across cancers and demonstrates superior predictive value over traditional biomarkers like TMB in immunotherapy. …”
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Attachment styles and sense of coherence as indicators of treatment adherence and completion among individuals with substance use disorder by Nóra Kerekes, Kourosh Bador, Carro Smedeby, Linus Hansen, Sofie Lundström, Monica Eriksson

“…The aims of the present study were to examine attachment styles (secure, insecure-avoidant, and insecure-anxious) and SOC (overall and dimensional - comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness- scores) in individuals with SUD; to explore potential correlations between these constructs ; and to assess their predictive value for treatment completion. Methods Clinical data were collected between 2014 and 2023 from 164 clients at a Swedish outpatient clinic for addiction who initiated the intensive, integrated treatment program. …”
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Failed Spinal Anesthesia Status in Cesarean Section; A Report from a Teaching by Fatemeh Hosseinzadeh, Arezoo Mansouri, Soheil Soltanipour, Zahra Rafiei Sorouri, Gelareh Biazar

“…Several risk factors have been proposed, but their predictive value remains unknown. Objectives: The main objective of this prospective study was to evaluate the incidence of FSA for cesarean deliveries in an academic obstetric hospital, and the secondary objective was to determine its predictive factors. …”
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The surprise question: predictive accuracy in an unselected emergency department population – a prospective study in nurses and physicians by Maurice Theunissen, Sacha Lardenoye, Marieke H. J. van den Beuken-van Everdingen, Patricia M. Stassen

“…AU-ROC, sensitivity, specificity, and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated.Kappa values and absolute agreement were calculated.Results In total, 1958 patients were assessed. …”
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Correlation of Imaging Characteristics of Carotid Plaque with Clinical and Histopathological Features and Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Identifying Carotid D... by G. Satyendra Ramnadh, Pritee Sharma, Vamsi Krishna Yerramsetty, Y. V. Satish Kumar, Rahul Agarwal, Prem Chand Gupta

“…Based on the US, 53/60 (88%) symptomatic patients had VP. 56/60 (93%) were confirmed VP on histology. Positive predictive value (PPV) for VP was highest for DU (95%), followed by MRA (89%) and CTA (73%). …”
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Assessment of nutritional indices for predicting clinical outcomes in critically ill elderly patients: a prospective cohort study by Ugur Balaban, Nadir Yalcin, Esat Kivanc Kaya, Ebru Ortac Ersoy, Kutay Demirkan

“…Conclusions The mNUTRIC score was identified as the strongest prognostic tool, with GNRI also demonstrating considerable predictive value for mortality outcomes, enhancing nutritional risk screening and clinical decision-making in elderly ICU patients.…”
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Influential factors related to feeding disorders in preterm infants and the construction of predictive models by Lishan Chen, Lishan Chen, Huichang Zhou, Zhiming Tang, Haiyin Deng, Zhihao Li

“…Multifactorial Logistic regression analysis of the occurrence of feeding disorders related to the influence of factors, and the use of subjects to make a work characteristic curve to analyze the predictive value of the relevant factors on feeding disorders.ResultsMultifactorial logistic regression analysis suggested that lower birth gestational age, birth weight, white blood cell count, absolute value of monocytes, blood calcium value, Apgar score at 1 min after birth, and longer duration of noninvasive ventilation were risk factors for feeding disorders in preterm infants. …”
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Predictive immunonutritional biomarkers for the severity and recovery of sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a prospective clinical study by Xu Zhang, Weixun Guo, Bing Guan, Chunping Yang

“…At the same time, we constructed logistic regression analysis to explore the predictive value of PNI and SII on the prognosis of SSNHL patients, and used ROC curves to verify the prognostic model. …”
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Life’s crucial 9 is inversely and linearly associated with female infertility prevalence: a cross-sectional analysis from NHANES 2013–2018 by Bianfang Li, Han Zhai

“…However, LC9 did not demonstrate a significant improvement in its predictive value for infertility when compared to LE8.This study indicate that LC9 is associated with a decreased likelihood of female infertility, suggesting its potential as a comprehensive cardiovascular health metric in this context. …”
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Are depression, anxiety, and fear-avoidance predictors of outcomes after digital care for chronic musculoskeletal pain? by Dora Janela, Xin Tong, Anabela C. Areias, Diogo Pires, Fabíola Costa, Hélder Fonseca

“…Structural equation models evaluated their predictive value on pain outcomes, with or without including potential demographic and clinical confounders. …”
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