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Ann Epidemiol ; 23(8): 521-3, 2013 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23830934

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Electronic invitations may improve physician response rates to participate in internet surveys administered by public health agencies. METHODS: Following an increase in reported HIV/syphilis co-infection diagnoses among men-who-have-sex-with-men in Rhode Island, we invited the state's 700 adult primary care and emergency medicine physicians via e-mail to participate in an online, multiple choice survey covering their knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding sexually transmitted diseases and HIV testing and prevention. Survey invitations were released in three waves over 28 days, triggered by declining daily response rates. RESULTS: Among 53% (n = 372) who agreed to participate, 68% (n = 252) completed all questions. Response was higher among internal medicine physicians than either family medicine or emergency medicine physicians (63% vs. 20% and 19%, respectively; P<0.0001). Daily response rates were highest in the first 48 hours after sending a reminder e-mail. CONCLUSION: This approach supported the Rhode Island Department of Health in rapidly gathering useful physician practice information during an outbreak. Internet-based survey tools coupled with increased prevalence of mobile communication devices and social media could greatly decrease the time and cost of shoe-leather epidemiology.


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Coinfection/epidemiology , Cooperative Behavior , Epidemics , Health Care Surveys/methods , Practice Patterns, Physicians' , Sexually Transmitted Diseases/epidemiology , Adult , Electronic Mail , Emergency Service, Hospital , Homosexuality, Male , Humans , Internet , Male , Practice Patterns, Physicians'/statistics & numerical data , Primary Health Care , Rhode Island , Syphilis Serodiagnosis/statistics & numerical data
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Pathol Res Pract ; 208(1): 15-21, 2012 Jan 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22088254

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Locoregional therapy (LRT) is used as a bridge to orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. Liver explants in OLT patients with HCC were studied regarding both tumor stage, histology, and immunohistochemical staining for cytokeratin (CK)7, CK19, P53, Ki-67, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Patients receiving no LRT (control) (n=30) were compared with LRT treatment groups with conventional transarterial chemoembolization (cTACE) (n=25) or drug-eluting bead transarterial chemoembolization (DEB TACE) (n=17). Tumor stage and histology were similar between treatment and control groups. The mean percent necrosis was significantly higher for treatment groups versus the control group (p<0.0001 for both groups versus control) and was significantly higher in the cTACE group versus the DEB TACE group. Only the DEB TACE group showed peritumoral CK19 positivity, and tumors were all CK19-negative. Using a threshold of 50% of tumoral cells, tumoral VEGF was significantly different between groups, with the control group having the highest degree of positivity; however, peritumoral VEGF was not significantly different between the groups. The Ki-67 proliferation fraction was higher in the treated groups with a statistically significant difference between the DEB-treated group and those without treatment (p=0.02). There were no statistically significant differences in tumoral or peritumoral CK7 or p53. Percent necrosis and percent Ki-67 positivity were higher with LRT, with a significant difference between groups for percent necrosis, confirming that LRT causes necrosis and suggesting that treatment leads to increased proliferation and decreased tumoral VEGF.


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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/pathology , Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/therapy , Liver Neoplasms/pathology , Liver Neoplasms/therapy , Neovascularization, Pathologic/therapy , Adult , Aged , Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage , Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis , Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/blood supply , Chemoembolization, Therapeutic/methods , Female , Humans , Immunohistochemistry , Ki-67 Antigen/analysis , Liver Neoplasms/blood supply , Male , Middle Aged , Necrosis , Neoplasm Staging , Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/analysis , Young Adult
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