Efficacy and safety of cytoreductive nephrectomy combined with thrombectomy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma with venous tumor thrombus: a real-world study based on inverse probability of treatment weighting

World J Urol. 2026 Jul 19;44(1):504. doi: 10.1007/s00345-026-06616-6.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) combined with thrombectomy remains controversial for metastatic renal cell carcinoma with venous tumor thrombus (mRCC-VTT), and optimal patient selection remains undefined.METHODS:

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Cardiovascular risk assessment in oncologic patients. A narrative review

Hell J Nucl Med. 2026 Jan-Apr;29 Suppl:43-52.ABSTRACTSystematic cardiovascular risk assessment and stratification across the entire cancer care continuum is essential among cancer patients, largely due to potential cardiotoxic effects of oncologic therapeutic regiments. Prior to initiation of cancer

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Accuracy and stability of DeepSeek-R1 and GPT-4o on pediatric questions

Digit Health. 2026 Jul 17;12:20552076261456893. doi: 10.1177/20552076261456893. eCollection 2026 Jan-Dec.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Large language models are increasingly applied in medical education and clinical decision support. However, comparative evaluations of their performance on pediatric content-s

Q Qibo Hu

Assessing the efficacy of a single-cycle measurement and adjustment strategy for direct oral anticoagulants in frail older patients: rationale and design of the DOAC-FRAIL randomized controlled trial

Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2026 Jun 17;10(4):106800. doi: 10.1016/j.rpth.2026.106800. eCollection 2026 May.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Frail older patients are at high risk of both thromboembolism and bleeding, making anticoagulant therapy challenging. Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have largely replaced

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