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Igwe E, Woodburn J, Davolos J, Shollenberger C, Miller SM, Hernandez E, Ferriss JS. Patient perceptions and willingness to participate in clinical trials. Gynecol Oncol 2016; 142:520-4. [PMID: 27372403 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Revised: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/25/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate gynecologic oncology patients' perceptions and willingness to participate in randomized clinical trials (RCT) among an inner city population. METHODS Informed consent was obtained. Demographics were collected and willingness to participate in a RCT was measured by the Attitudes on Randomized Trials Questionnaire (ARTQ). The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale estimated levels of anxiety and depression. A Perception Survey was created and tested as a screening tool for patients considering RCTs. Standard statistical tests were used. RESULTS One hundred and one women participated, 54 (53.5%) were black, 31 (30.7%) were white, non-Hispanic and 15 (14.9%) were Hispanic. Screening for anxiety and depression revealed an 18.8% rate of moderate to severe anxiety and an 11.9% rate of moderate to severe depression. Willingness to participate in a RCT as measured by ARTQ scores was not significantly associated with race, levels of anxiety or depression. Twenty-eight percent of women would agree to participate in a clinical trial at baseline. An additional, 33 (32.7%), for a total of 61.4%, indicated agreement after targeted education with no statistical differences by race or psychological stressor. However, sixty-one percent of these women were black. The Perception Survey approximated the results of the ARTQ with reasonable accuracy (AUC 0.758, p<0.001) CONCLUSIONS: Neither race nor psychological stressor were significant indicators of willingness to participate in a RCT. Targeted education resulted in a majority of patients indicating willingness to participate in trials, especially among black women. Additionally, a novel screening tool was tested and performed well in this setting.
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Affiliation(s)
- Elena Igwe
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University & Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
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- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center/ Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University & Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University & Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Diffuse large B cell lymphoma of the cervix is a very rare gynecologic malignancy and difficult to diagnose. This case is the youngest reported occurrence of cervical DLBCL with interesting considerations of GI involvement and fertility.
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- Elena Igwe
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Uppal S, Igwe E, Rice LW, Spencer RJ, Rose SL. Frailty index predicts severe complications in gynecologic oncology patients. Gynecol Oncol 2015; 137:98-101. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2015.01.532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2014] [Revised: 01/06/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Igwe E, Hernandez E, Rose S, Uppal S. Resident Participation in Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: Impact of Trainee Involvement on Operative Times and Surgical Outcomes. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2013.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Chauhan SP, Beydoun H, Chang E, Sandlin AT, Dahlke JD, Igwe E, Magann EF, Anderson KR, Abuhamad AZ, Ananth CV. Prenatal detection of fetal growth restriction in newborns classified as small for gestational age: correlates and risk of neonatal morbidity. Am J Perinatol 2014; 31:187-94. [PMID: 23592315 DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1343771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We examined the rate of detecting small for gestational age (SGA; birth weight < 10%) as intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) prenatally at four centers and determined risks of composite neonatal morbidity (CNM) and mortality among detected versus undetected (no antenatal diagnosis of IUGR). A multicenter cohort study of 11,487 nonanomalous, singleton live births with sonographic exam before 22 weeks was performed. Of 11,487 births, 8% (n = 929) were SGA that met the inclusion criteria, with 25% of them being prenatally detected. The CNM among SGA births that were prenatally detected as IUGR was higher (23.3%) than undetected SGA (9.7%), but this difference was no longer significant following adjustments for confounding factors. Among preterm births (< 37 weeks), undetected SGA had significantly higher CNM (risk ratio [RR] 10.0, 95% confidence interval [CI] 6.3, 16.1) for deliveries at 24 to 33 weeks and RR 3.0, 95% CI 1.7, 5.4 for 34 to 36 weeks). In summary, only a quarter of SGA births were detected prenatally as IUGR and among preterm SGA, the CNM is significantly higher when SGA births are undetected as IUGR.
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- Suneet P Chauhan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
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- Graduate Program in Public Health, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York
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The use of technology to deliver health care over a distance has drawn considerable attention and shown dramatic growth over the last decade because of the possibility it has to reduce cost and improve access to modern medical care. Diabetes in pregnancy, which requires tight glycemic control in order to reduce perinatal complications, is a prime telemedicine intervention target. A review of the literature suggests that telemedicine, although not perfect, can potentially play a role in reducing patient visits and could improve quality of life without jeopardizing the outcome.
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- Dimitrios S Mastrogiannis
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, 3401 N. Broad Street, 7th fl zone B, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
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Chang E, Sullivan S, Chauhan S, Sandlin A, Dahlke J, Igwe E, Magann E, Anderson K, Abuhamad A. 343: Small-for-gestational age, cesarean delivery for non-reassuring fetal heart status and composite neonatal morbidity. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.10.361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Chauhan S, Chang E, Igwe E, Sandlin A, Dahlke J, Beydoun H, Magann E, Ananth C, Anderson K, Abuhamad A. 698: Detected vs undetected small-for-gestational-age: a multicenter retrospective study at tertiary centers. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.10.716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Putzki N, Kollia K, Woods S, Igwe E, Diener HC, Limmroth V. Natalizumab is effective as second line therapy in the treatment of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis. Eur J Neurol 2009; 16:424-6. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02519.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Drake RR, White KY, Fuller TW, Igwe E, Clements MA, Nyalwidhe JO, Given RW, Lance RS, Semmes OJ. Clinical collection and protein properties of expressed prostatic secretions as a source for biomarkers of prostatic disease. J Proteomics 2009; 72:907-17. [PMID: 19457353 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2009.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2008] [Revised: 12/25/2008] [Accepted: 01/04/2009] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The prostate gland secretes many proteins in a prostatic fluid that combines with seminal vesicle derived fluids to promote sperm activation and function. Proximal fluids of the prostate that can be collected clinically are seminal plasma and expressed-prostatic secretion (EPS) fluids. EPS represents the fluid being secreted by the prostate following a digital rectal prostate massage, which in turn can be collected in voided urine post-exam. This collection is not disruptive to a standard urological exam, and it can be repeatedly collected from men across all prostatic disease states. A direct EPS fluid can also be collected under anesthesia prior to prostatectomy. While multiple genetic assays for prostate cancer detection are being developed for the shed epithelial cell fraction of EPS urines, the remaining fluid that contains many prostate-derived proteins has been minimally characterized. Approaches to optimization and standardization of EPS collection consistent with current urological exam and surgical practices are described, and initial proteomic and glycomic evaluations of the of EPS fluid are summarized for prostate specific antigen and prostatic acid phosphatase. Continued characterization of the prostate specific protein components of EPS urine combined with optimization of clinical collection procedures should facilitate discovery of new biomarkers for prostate cancer.
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- Richard R Drake
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Center for Biomedical Proteomics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia 23507, USA.
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Woods S, Igwe E, Kollia K, Katsarava Z, Diener HC, Putzki N. Wirksamkeit und Sicherheit von Natalizumab in der Eskalationstherapie. Akt Neurol 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-988002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Iwobi A, Heesemann J, Garcia E, Igwe E, Noelting C, Rakin A. Novel virulence-associated type II secretion system unique to high-pathogenicity Yersinia enterocolitica. Infect Immun 2003; 71:1872-9. [PMID: 12654803 PMCID: PMC152056 DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.4.1872-1879.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Yersinia enterocolitica strains comprise an important group of bacterial enteropathogens that cause a broad range of gastrointestinal syndromes. Three groups are distinguishable within this bacterial species, namely, the nonpathogenic group (biotype 1A strains), the low-pathogenicity, non-mouse-lethal group (biotypes 2 to 5), and the high-pathogenicity, mouse-lethal group (biotype 1B). To date, the presence of the high-pathogenicity island (HPI), a chromosomal locus that encodes the yersiniabactin system (involved in iron uptake), defines essentially the difference between low-pathogenicity and high-pathogenicity Y. enterocolitica strains, with the low-pathogenicity strains lacking the HPI. Using the powerful tool of representational difference analysis between the nonpathogenic 1A strain, NF-O, and its high-pathogenicity 1B counterpart, WA-314, we have identified a novel type II secretion gene cluster (yts1C-S) occurring exclusively in the high-pathogenicity group. The encoded secreton, designated Yts1 (for Yersinia type II secretion 1) was shown to be important for virulence in mice. A close examination of the almost completed genome sequence of another high-pathogenicity representative, Y. enterocolitica 8081, revealed a second putative type II secretion cluster uniformly distributed among all Y. enterocolitica isolates. This putative species-specific cluster (designated yts2) differed significantly from yts1, while resembling more closely the putative type II cluster present on the genome of Y. pestis. The Yts1 secreton thus appears to have been additionally acquired by the high-pathogenicity assemblage for a virulence-associated function.
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- A Iwobi
- Max von Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Pettenkoferstrasse 9a, 80336 Munich, Germany
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Mirold S, Rabsch W, Rohde M, Stender S, Tschäpe H, Rüssmann H, Igwe E, Hardt WD. Isolation of a temperate bacteriophage encoding the type III effector protein SopE from an epidemic Salmonella typhimurium strain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:9845-50. [PMID: 10449782 PMCID: PMC22298 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.17.9845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Salmonella typhimurium employs the specialized type III secretion system encoded in pathogenicity island 1 (SPI1) to translocate effector proteins into host cells and to modulate host cell signal transduction. The SPI1 type III system and the effector proteins are conserved among all salmonellae and are thought to be acquired by horizontal gene transfer. The genetic mechanisms mediating this horizontal transfer are unknown. Here, we describe that SopE, a SPI1-dependent translocated effector protein, is present in relatively few S. typhimurium isolates. We have isolated a temperate phage that encodes SopE. Phage morphology and DNA hybridization, as well as partial sequence information, suggest that this phage (SopEPhi) is a new member of the P2 family of bacteriophages. By lysogenic conversion this phage can horizontally transfer genes between different S. typhimurium strains. Strikingly, most of the isolates harboring SopEPhi belong to the small group of epidemic strains of S. typhimurium that have been responsible for a large percentage of human and animal salmonellosis and have persisted for a long period of time. Our data suggest that horizontal transfer of type III dependent effector proteins by lysogenic infection with bacteriophages (lysogenic conversion) may provide an efficient mechanism for fine-tuning the interaction of Salmonella spp. with their hosts.
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- S Mirold
- Max von Pettenkofer-Institut, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Pettenkoferstrasse 9a, 80336 Munich, Germany
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