… Neil Accortt's primary responsibilities were data collection, data interpretation, statistical
analysis, and paper preparation. Christian Stone's primary responsibilities were statistical …

Background: The late Dr. Vincent McGovern (1915 to 1983) was an international authority
on melanoma pathology and one of the first to suggest that assessment of tumor mitotic rate (…

Background: Patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) frequently develop renal failure
after liver transplantation. Objective: To describe renal histologic characteristics and …

Objective To estimate prevalence and incidence of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors of
hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and obesity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (…

Background The value of follow-up surveillance for patients with cutaneous melanoma
remains uncertain. In this prospective study the frequency of detection of first melanoma …

Background . Health care expenditures for persons infected with human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) in the United State determined on the basis of actual health care use have not …

In a comparison of rates of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)–defining malignancies
(ADMs) for 1989–1996 versus 1997–2002, we found a decrease in ADMs (rate ratio, …

Objective Information on prognosis for patients with cutaneous melanoma after locoregional
or distant recurrence is sparse and controversial. The aim of this study was to analyze …

Objective To determine the impact of sentinel lymph node (SLN) status and other risk factors
on recurrence and overall survival in head and neck melanoma patients. Design The SLN …

The purpose of this study was to characterize the relation between smokeless tobacco use
and the risk of all-cause and disease-specific mortality. Using data from the First National …