First Look

• Statins After Diagnosis May Protect From Breast Cancer Mortality A large review found a protective effect, but many confounders exist. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, September 30, 2022
• Image-Guided Superficial Radiation as First-line in Skin Cancer? For non-melanoma skin cancer, image-guided superficial radiation therapy offered comparable disease control to Mohs surgery. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, September 30, 2022
• Post-Transplant Diabetes Can Be Predicted in Kidney Recipients Combined family history and early postoperative plasma glucose, but not glycated albumin, predicted post-transplant diabetes mellitus in kidney recipients in a new study.
  First Look, September 27, 2022
• Preventing Doxorubicin-Induced Hand-Foot Syndrome Dexamethasone plus wrist and ankle cooling may prevent hand-foot syndrome from doxorubicin in patients with ovarian cancer. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, September 27, 2022
• Frankincense Extract May Counter Breast Cancer Cell Spread Given the findings, the authors say evaluating the herbal supplement for an overall survival benefit would be worthwhile. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, September 26, 2022
• Distinguishing Primary Progressive Aphasia Subtypes: New Data High levels of brain total creatine (tCr) are associated with worse primary progressive aphasia (PPA) symptom severity, and brain metabolite levels of tCr differed between PPA subtypes.
  First Look, September 23, 2022
• Risk Prediction Models Identify Presymptomatic Alzheimer's Disease Risk models based on noncognitive measures may predict presymptomatic Alzheimer's disease.
  First Look, September 23, 2022
• Children With Mild TBI at Risk for Behavioral and Emotional Problems Behavioral and brain MRI data show further evidence of a significant association between mild traumatic brain injury and impaired mental health.
  First Look, September 23, 2022
• Can Brain Waves Predict Cognitive Dysfunction in Parkinson's? Cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease is associated with increased response time latencies and decreased midfrontal delta power on electroencephalogram.
  First Look, September 21, 2022
• Best Use of Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy in HR-low Breast Cancer? The findings shed light on a contentious debate. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, September 20, 2022
• Impaired Awareness of Hypoglycemia Poses T1D Threat Impaired awareness of hypoglycemia among people with type 1 diabetes makes severe hypoglycemia episodes more likely. Some measures can mitigate the risk.
  First Look, September 20, 2022
• An EEG Marker of Balance and Cognition in Parkinson's The study covered in this summary was published on BioRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, September 19, 2022
• What Separates ICI-Induced Appendicitis From Appendicitis The study suggests there is considerable overlap between immune-checkpoint inhibitor–induced appendicitis and conventional appendicitis. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, September 19, 2022
• Risk Index Better Predicts Brain Tumor Resection Complications The Risk Analysis Index is better at forecasting in-hospital complications than the often-used frailty index. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, September 13, 2022
• Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Both Surged in US Kids In 2002-2018, pediatric incidence rates for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes kept rising, especially among racial and ethnic minority youth.
  First Look, September 13, 2022
• Local Excision Safe, Effective for Stage II Rectal Cancer The investigation supports less invasive surgery for select patients with stage II disease. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, September 12, 2022
• Added Dietary Sugar Poses No Prediabetes Risk Cross-sectional review of more than 5000 US adults showed no apparent link between added dietary sugar and prevalent prediabetes.
  First Look, September 11, 2022
• Spectrum of CV Effects of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Defined They take a range of forms and are an increasingly common clinical issue with the growing list of cancers for which the immunologic agents are indicated.
  First Look, September 09, 2022
• BMI, Sex Linked to Roux Stasis Syndrome After Gastrectomy The investigation identifies patients who need preventive measures. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, September 02, 2022
• Symptoms Predict Therapy Failure, Death in Oropharyngeal Cancer Specifically, shortness-of-breath and dysphagia can help guide surveillance after radiotherapy. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, September 02, 2022