Article
Oncology
Michelle Yin, Cong Wang, Kai Gu, Pingping Bao, Xiao-Ou Shu
Summary: This study found that chronic pain is highly prevalent among long-term breast cancer survivors in China and is associated with obesity, physical inactivity, and several clinical factors.
JOURNAL OF CANCER SURVIVORSHIP
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Catalina Bonet, Marta Crous-Bou, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis, Marc J. Gunter., Rudolf Kaaks., Matthias. B. Schulze, Renee T. Fortner, Christian S. Antoniussen, Christina C. Dahm, Lene Mellemkjaer, Anne Tjonneland, Pilar Amiano, Eva Ardanaz, Sandra M. Colorado-Yohar, Miguel Rodriguez-Barranco, Sandar Tin Tin, Claudia Agnoli, Giovanna Masala, Salvatore Panico, Carlotta Sacerdote, Anne M. May, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Charlotta Rylander, Guri Skeie, Sofia Christakoudi, Dagfinn Aune, Elisabete Weiderpass, Laure Dossus, Elio Riboli, Antonio Agudo
Summary: The study aimed to assess the association between body fatness and weight changes and overall mortality and BC-specific mortality among BC survivors. The results showed that excess body fatness is linked to poorer survival in women with BC, and substantial weight changes postdiagnosis may contribute to poorer survival.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Audrey Y. Jung, Anika Huesing, Sabine Behrens, Julia Krzykalla, Nadia Obi, Heiko Becher, Jenny Chang-Claude
Summary: Weight maintenance for up to 5 years in long-term breast cancer survivors may help improve survival and prognosis. Postdiagnosis fluctuations in body weight of greater than 10% may lead to increased mortality.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Tao Wang, Yu-Yan Huang, Xian-Liang Liu, Alex Molassiotis, Li-Qun Yao, Si-Lin Zheng, Jing-Yu (Benjamin) Tan, Hou-Qiang Huang
Summary: This cross-sectional study in China focused on joint pain in breast cancer survivors receiving AI treatment. The study found that Chinese breast cancer survivors commonly experience joint pain, particularly in the knees. Factors such as poorer physical well-being/functioning, previous use of AI treatment, presence of osteoarthritis, and receiving physiotherapy were identified as correlates of greater severity of pain and pain interference.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Alejandro Alvarez-Bustos, Cristina G. de Pedro, Maria Romero-Elias, Javier Ramos, Pablo Osorio, Blanca Cantos, Constanza Maximiano, Miriam Mendez, Carmen Fiuza-Luces, Marta Mendez-Otero, Silvia Martin, Hector Cebolla, Ana Ruiz-Casado
Summary: This study aimed to identify potential correlates of cancer-related fatigue after curative breast cancer treatment, and found some factors that may be associated with fatigue. The results showed that weight, resting and recovery heart rate were positively associated with fatigue, while age and time from diagnosis were negatively associated. However, previous therapies, objectively assessed weekly physical activity, cardiorespiratory condition, muscular strength, and adherence to Mediterranean diet were not associated with CRF.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Tamara L. Jones, Lara Edbrooke, Jonathan C. Rawstorn, Sandra C. Hayes, Ralph Maddison, Linda Denehy, Camille E. Short
Summary: The purpose of this analysis was to explore the associations between exercise behavior and three behavioral constructs from different theories among breast cancer survivors. The results showed that identified motivation and habits were significantly associated with total activity, while identified motivation and coping self-efficacy were significantly associated with resistance training. The findings suggest that incorporating strategies that support identified motivation, habits, and coping self-efficacy could promote increased exercise behavior among breast cancer populations.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Siew Juan Kiew, Nur Aishah Mohd Taib, Tania Islam, Hazreen Abdul Majid
Summary: This study evaluated the dietary intake changes in Malaysian breast cancer survivors post-diagnosis, finding that many were overweight or obese and did not meet recommended nutrient intakes for fat, fiber, and calcium, with significant decreases in overall intake of various nutrients observed over a three-year period. The study suggests the need for more proactive dietary interventions and continuous monitoring among breast cancer survivors for their survivorship care.
NUTRITION AND CANCER-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Mohammed Al Maqbali
Summary: Sleep disturbance is common among Arabic women post-treatment for breast cancer, with poor sleepers more likely to have comorbidities and receive multiple treatments. Poor sleep was associated with lower quality of life in cancer patients, highlighting the importance of addressing sleep disturbances in clinical settings and developing interventions for management.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Elisa V. Bandera, Bo Qin, Yong Lin, Nur Zeinomar, Baichen Xu, Dhanya Chanumolu, Adana A. M. Llanos, Coral O. Omene, Karen S. Pawlish, Christine B. Ambrosone, Kitaw Demissie, Chi-Chen Hong
Summary: In this prospective population-based cohort study, central obesity and higher adiposity were associated with higher all-cause and breast cancer-specific mortality among Black breast cancer survivors. Simple measures of body fat distribution and body composition were found to be useful tools for identifying Black women with a higher risk of death after a breast cancer diagnosis.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Hari S. Iyer, Nur Zeinomar, Angela R. Omilian, Marley Perlstein, Melissa B. Davis, Coral O. Omene, Karen Pawlish, Kitaw Demissie, Chi-Chen Hong, Song Yao, Christine B. Ambrosone, Elisa V. Bandera, Bo Qin
Summary: This study aimed to examine the relationship between African genetic ancestry, social environment, and survival in Black breast cancer survivors. The study found that higher African ancestry was associated with aggressive tumor subtypes, while socioeconomic status was related to survival.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yuxin Zhang, Jie Zhao, Nan Jiang, Yongyi Liu, Ting Wang, Xi Yu, Jiwei Wang, Jinming Yu
Summary: This study aimed to explore the association between types and numbers of comorbidities and stigma among breast cancer survivors. The results showed that participants with stroke, digestive diseases or musculoskeletal diseases had significantly higher stigma, and stigma was also higher among survivors with a greater number of comorbidities.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Minjung Cheon, Minsung Chung, Yongsoon Park
Summary: The intake of flavonoids and flavonoid-rich foods is negatively associated with cancer recurrence in overweight and obese breast cancer survivors according to this study. Overweight and obese patients who had cancer recurrence consumed less flavonoids and flavonoid-rich foods compared to those without recurrence and normal-weight patients.
Article
Oncology
Garazi Ruiz de Azua, Isabelle Kousignian, Ines Vaz-Luis, Antonio Di Meglio, Elsa Caumette, Julie Havas, Elise Martin, Anne-Laure Martin, Ophelie Querel, Laurence Vanlemmens, Barbara Pistilli, Charles Coutant, Paul Henri Cottu, Asma Dhaini Merimeche, Florence Lerebours, Olivier Tredan, Christelle Jouannaud, Christelle Levy, Agnes Dumas, Gwenn Menvielle
Summary: A high number of breast cancer survivors have periods of sick leave or unemployment after returning to work. The determinants differ between sick leave and unemployment.
Article
Oncology
Rachel A. Freedman, Naomi Y. Ko, Ruth Lederman, Haley Gagnon, Tsion Fikre, Daniel A. Gundersen, Anna C. Revette, Ashley Odai-Afotey, Olga Kantor, Dawn L. Hershman, Katherine D. Crew, Nancy L. Keating
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and understanding of breast cancer and treatment among breast cancer survivors. The research found significant variability in knowledge among the survivors, with some individuals having limited knowledge despite feeling well-informed. Black and Hispanic women had less knowledge about their cancers compared to White women. Understanding treatment rationale was associated with treatment initiation.
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Chiranjeev Dash, Jiachen Lu, Vicky Parikh, Stacey Wathen, Samay Shah, Ruchi Shah Chaudhari, Lucile Adams-Campbell
Summary: The study compared colorectal cancer screening rates among breast and prostate cancer survivors in Southern Maryland, finding that factors such as living in metropolitan areas and comorbidities like obesity and diabetes were associated with lower screening rates for breast cancer survivors.
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Wenjie Wang, Zeping Wu, Donghui Wang, Pengyu Wang, Weihua Zhang, Patrick N. Okolo, Gareth J. Bennett
Summary: The article introduces an adaptive parallel infill strategy to balance exploration and exploitation in the optimization process of SBO. It uses an inaccurate search strategy to optimize surrogate models and incorporates an elite archive and customized batch size determination strategy. The proposed SBO method shows excellent performance and better stability in various analytical cases and a tower truss system optimization.
ENGINEERING OPTIMIZATION
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Peng Dai, Chenxiao Li, Yufei Li, Yuchuan Zhu, Peng Teng, Yu-Cheng Gu, Wei-Hua Zhang
Summary: A novel transition metal- and oxidant-free visible light-photoinduced protocol for direct C(sp(2))-H difluoromethylation of heterocycles was reported, providing difluoromethyl heterocycles in good yields with broad substrate tolerance. The representative products exhibited potential drug activity, and one product showed good antifungal activities against Rhizoctorzia solani (62.7%).
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Pathology
Haiyan Shi, Lei Ye, Weiguo Lu, Bingjian Lu
Summary: The study demonstrates that the grading system based on tumor budding activity and cell cluster size is robust in prognostic assessment that outperforms the conventional FIGO grading and Silva pattern classification in EAC. The novel grading system provides useful information for clinical decision-making and could be applicable in routine pathologic descriptions of EAC if further validated.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Qingquan Liu, Xinchao Zhao, Chenlu Li, Xinglei Zhou, Yu Chen, Shaowei Wang, Wei Lu
Summary: In this article, a coupled Tamm plasmon polaritons induced transmission theory was proposed to design high-efficiency narrow bandpass filters (NBPFs) with ultra-wide deep stopbands. An experiment with an NBPF at 1.55 mu m demonstrated a wider stopband and stronger restraint ability compared to traditional filters. This provides a powerful method for capturing specific narrowband optical signals from ultra-wide strong ambient light, particularly useful for daytime quantum communications.
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Kuan Jiang, Xingyan Fan, Yang Hu, Shengyu Yao, Yu Liu, Changyou Zhan, Weiyue Lu, Gang Wei
Summary: This study achieved effective tumor inhibition and prevention of metastases through topical instillation by conjugating a cell-penetrating peptide, 89WP, with melphalan. The conjugated melphalan and other small molecules were absorbed by the eye via a non-corneal pathway, resulting in a prolonged residence duration in the retina.
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Tian Li, Deng Qin, Ning Zhou, Weihua Zhang
Summary: In this paper, the unsteady flow and far-field noise of a high-speed train are simulated and analyzed using numerical methods and acoustic models. The study proposes a step-by-step calculation method to predict the noise of high-speed trains and verifies the reliability of numerical calculations through experiments. The research results contribute to a better understanding of the generation mechanism and control methods of high-speed train noise.
CHINESE JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Nan Zhao, Kunyuan Liu, Chao He, Dongye Zhao, Ling Zhu, Chuanfang Zhao, Weihua Zhang, Wen-Da Oh, Weixian Zhang, Rongliang Qiu
Summary: This study synthesized iron carbide-loaded activated biochar with a high surface area, which exhibited higher removal rate and capacity for bisphenol A (BPA) compared to traditional zero valent iron-loaded biochar. The adsorption and degradation mechanisms were explored, showing that hydrogen bonds were formed between the COOH groups and BPA and that 1O2 was the major reactive species in the degradation process. Density functional reactivity theory also revealed the preference of ROS attacking degradation pathway 2 of BPA. Therefore, this iron carbide-loaded biochar can be a cost-effective and efficient alternative for contaminant removal.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Liyuan Zhou, Qiongzi Qiu, Qing Zhou, Jianwei Li, Mengqian Yu, Kezhen Li, Lingling Xu, Xiaohui Ke, Haiming Xu, Bingjian Lu, Hui Wang, Weiguo Lu, Pengyuan Liu, Yan Lu
Summary: This study investigates the molecular mechanisms of cervical carcinogenesis caused by HPV DNA integration into the human genome. By analyzing 16 HPV16-positive cervical tumors, the authors identify distinct integration types, structural variations, and potential driver genes. The findings provide insights into the role and mechanism of HPV integration in cervical cancer.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Kang Qian, Xiaoyan Bao, Yixian Li, Pengzhen Wang, Qian Guo, Peng Yang, Shuting Xu, Fazhi Yu, Ran Meng, Yunlong Cheng, Dongyu Sheng, Jinxu Cao, Minjun Xu, Jing Wu, Tianying Wang, Yonghui Wang, Qiong Xie, Wei Lu, Qizhi Zhang
Summary: Mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease has shown promise as a therapeutic target. This study developed a multifunctional hybrid peptide HNSS and a suitable peptide delivery system to repair and protect mitochondria, leading to improved outcomes in disease-related damage.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Weiren Zhang, Fan Yang, Siyuan Zhang, Yijie Bian, Peng Wang, S. A. Meguid
Summary: This paper presents a new multicellular design for effective energy absorption. Extensive experiments, simulations, and analysis were conducted to evaluate the performance of this design. The results show that a face centered square layout with an appropriately selected taper angle has excellent energy absorption and crashworthiness properties.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL STABILITY AND DYNAMICS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Weiping Lu, Wen Cui, Xiaogang Zhang, Yali Zhang, Shu Yang, Jian Pu, Junyan Li, Zhongmin Jin
Summary: The friction and wear behaviors between cartilage replacement materials and articular cartilage are crucial for the function and performance of the replacements. This study investigated the difference between cross-shear motion and reciprocal linear motion on the frictional and wear behaviors of cartilage, as well as the effect of bearing surface roughness. The results showed that there was no significant difference between the two motion types. The water contact angle of the bearing surface affected the friction and wear behaviors for low roughness implants, while the surface roughness of the material affected the behaviors for high roughness implants. PEEK was found to be a suitable material for osteochondral implants.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART J-JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING TRIBOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Nan Zhao, Xiaofei Tan, Juan Xiong, Nan Chen, Jia Gao, Rui Wang, Xixiang Yang, Weihua Zhang, Weixian Zhang, Rongliang Qiu
Summary: Fe-based materials have been widely used for the removal of Cr(VI) and As(III) in wastewater, but the quantitative understanding of their removal mechanism and the functions of Fe is still lacking. This study prepared three types of iron carbide based biochar composites with different Fe dosages and found that the Fe dosage has a positive effect on the removal of Cr(VI) and As(III). X-ray absorption near-edge structure analysis and pickling experiment revealed the important role of Fe in the removal process. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy provided insights into the adsorption mechanism, while quenching experiment, electron spin resonance analysis, and XPS analysis contributed to the understanding of the reduction and oxidation process. These quantitative mechanisms improve our understanding of the removal of Cr(VI) and As(III) and can guide the preparation and application of Fe/C composites for the removal of redox-active contaminants.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Physics, Applied
Wuyang Lei, Jun Zheng, Zhichuan Huang, Weihua Zhang, Zigang Deng
Summary: This paper conducted a long-time dynamic experiment using a self-developed HTS dynamic maglev measurement device to explore the long-time evolution of the high-temperature superconducting (HTS) maglev levitation force (LF). Based on the simulation model, it was found that there is no direct relationship between LF and frequency in the self-oscillation frequency range of HTS maglev. The LF decay was found to follow a logarithmic decay regularity with time. The preload method was carried out to investigate the influencing factors and improve the LF decay.
PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Optics
Guo Jia-Xiang, Xie Run-Zhang, Wang Peng, Zhang Tao, Zhang Kun, Wang Hai-Lu, He Ting, Li Qing, Wang Fang, Chen Xiao-Shuang, Lu Wei, Hu Wei-Da
Summary: The infrared photodetector with its unique ability to obtain IR radiation from the target plays a crucial role in various fields including national defense, communications, remote sensing, and aerospace. Traditional infrared photodetectors have been slow in meeting future demands, but the development of multidimensional infrared photodetectors provides new routes to enhance device performance.
JOURNAL OF INFRARED AND MILLIMETER WAVES
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Jian Chen, Jiuxu Wang, Xin Li, Jin Chen, Feilong Yu, Jiale He, Jian Wang, Zengyue Zhao, Guanhai Li, Xiaoshuang Chen, Wei Lu
Summary: Infrared photodetectors, with the ability to detect longer wavelengths, have wide applications in military and daily life. However, the limitations of material growth and device manufacturing hinder the further improvement of infrared detectors. Artificial microstructures, especially metasurfaces, offer potential solutions with their strong light field enhancement and multifunctional properties. This paper reviews conventional and emerging two-dimensional material-based infrared photodetectors, and discusses the progress of integrating metasurfaces to improve device performance.