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Original research

• Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer incidence and mortality among adults younger than 50 years in the USA: a SEER-based analysis with comparison to other young-onset cancers (18 November, 2016) Free

  Abhishek Bhandari, Melissa Woodhouse, Samir Gupta
• Proposal of a Dukes-MAC-like staging system for gastric cancer (15 September, 2016)

  Simona Gurzu, Haruhiko Sugimura, Janina Orlowska, Janos Szederjesi, Zoltan Szentirmay, Tivadar Bara, Tivadar Bara, Ananmaria Fetyko, Ioan Jung
• Use of the triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio to identify cardiometabolic risk: impact of obesity? (16 September, 2016)

  M R Salazar, H A Carbajal, W G Espeche, M Aizpurúa, A G Marillet, C E Leiva Sisnieguez, B C Leiva Sisnieguez, R N Stavile, C E March, G M Reaven
• Association of passive and active smoking with pre-diabetes risk in a predominantly Hispanic population (18 October, 2016)

  Jose R Bucheli, Ahmad Manshad, Mark D Ehrhart, Jenny Camacho, Mark R Burge
• Assessment of serum CX3CL1/fractalkine level in Han Chinese girls with anorexia nervosa and its correlation with nutritional status: a preliminary cross-sectional study (22 September, 2016)

  Shengkang Zhang, Hanfeng Tang, Cai Gong, Jiang Liu, Jindong Chen
• Establishing a gradient between partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide and end-tidal carbon dioxide in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (14 October, 2016)

  Tariq Yousuf, Taylor Brinton, Ghulam Murtaza, Daniel Wozniczka, Khansa Ahmad, Joy Iskandar, Raju Mehta, Hesam Keshmiri, Tabassum Hanif
• Association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and postresection lung cancer survival: a systematic review and meta-analysis (21 October, 2016)

  Lan-Eng Tan, Razak A M, Chor-Shen Lim
• Clostridium difficile infection in dialysis patients

  (13 October, 2016)

  Ankita Tirath, Sandra Tadros, Samuel L Coffin, Kristina W Kintziger, Jennifer L Waller, Stephanie L Baer, Rhonda E Colombo, Lu Y Huber, Mufaddal F Kheda, N Stanley Nahman
• High serum soluble α-Klotho levels in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (12 October, 2016)

  Funda Sari, Ayca Inci, Suleyman Dolu, Hamit Yasar Ellidag, Ramazan Cetinkaya, Fettah Fevzi Ersoy
• Histopathological evaluation and expression of the pluripotent mesenchymal stem cell-like markers CD105 and CD44 in the synovial membrane of patients with primary versus secondary hip osteoarthritis (1 November, 2016)

  Sabin Gligore Turdean, Ioan Jung, Simona Gurzu, Ancuta Zazgyva, Annamaria Fetyko, Ciprian Oliviu Roman, Mihai Turcu, Tudor Sorin Pop
• Trend of nocturnal enuresis in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a nationwide population-based study in Taiwan (12 October, 2016)

  Jeng-Dau Tsai, I-Chung Wang, Hsuan-Ju Chen, Ji-Nan Sheu, Tsai-Chung Li, Henry J Tsai, Chang-Ching Wei
• Calcipotriol inhibits proliferation of human keratinocytes by downregulating STAT1 and STAT3 signaling (24 October, 2016)

  Wenli Liang, Zigang Lin, Li Zhang, Xuan Qin, Yuan Zhang, Ledong Sun
• Scientific retreats with ‘speed dating’: networking to stimulate new interdisciplinary translational research collaborations and team science (2 November, 2016)

  Damayanthi Ranwala, Anthony J Alberg, Kathleen T Brady, Jihad S Obeid, Randal Davis, Perry V Halushka