A5027746941- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation
- Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Lymphatic System and Diseases
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Oral health in cancer treatment
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning
- Community Health and Development
- Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
- Advanced Image Processing Techniques
- Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
2019-2023
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2022-2023
Washington University in St. Louis
2019
PurposeCardiotoxicities induced by cancer therapy can negatively affect quality of life and survival. We investigated whether high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) levels could serve as biomarker for early detection adverse events (CAEs) after chemoradiation (CRT) non-small cell lung (NSCLC).Methods MaterialsThis study included 225 patients who received concurrent platinum taxane-doublet chemotherapy with thoracic radiation to a total dose 60 74 Gy NSCLC. All were evaluated CAEs; 190...
Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) has been associated with increased incidence of cardiovascular (CV) adverse events (CVAE). Coronary artery calcium scoring (CAC) shown to predict coronary beyond the traditional CV risk factors. This study examines whether CAC, measured on standard care, non-contrast chest CT (NCCT) imaging, predicts development CVAE in patients non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated CRT.Patients NSCLC CRT at MD Anderson Cancer Center from 7/2009 until 4/2014 and who had least one...
Purpose: Hispanic/Latino adults on the Texas-Mexico border have high rates of chronic disease. Neighborhoods can influence health, though there is a limited research neighborhood environment and health in Hispanics/Latinos. The purpose this study was to assess relation with variables adults, including physical activity [PA], depression, anxiety, lab-assessed conditions (type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, inflammation). Methods: Participants were randomly-selected from cohort border....
Diffusion probabilistic models have recently achieved remarkable success in generating high quality image and video data. In this work, we build on class of generative introduce a method for lossy compression resolution images. The resulting codec, which call DIffuson-based Residual Augmentation Codec (DIRAC), is the first neural codec to allow smooth traversal rate-distortion-perception tradeoff at test time, while obtaining competitive performance with GAN-based methods perceptual quality....
We examined how breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) affects health-related quality of life (HRQOL), productivity, and compliance with therapeutic interventions to guide structuring BCRL screening programs.
This randomized controlled trial investigated community-clinical intervention strategies for a Mexican American population who had not demonstrated control of their diabetes. We tested program (Salud y Vida 1.0) supporting diabetes management versus an enhanced version 2.0) reductions in HbA1c at 12 months. Adults with uncontrolled (n=353) were enrolled if they HbA1c≥9.0% during or doctor's visit between 6 and 36 months receipt SyV 1.0 services, patients one two clinics local counties,...
Objectives This study helps to fill the existing research gap related participant engagement in behavioural interventions and diabetes management. We examined type 2 control over time among Mexican Americans by level of a chronic care management (CCM) program that included community health worker (CHW)-delivered multilevel interventions. The programme complemented clinical promoted behaviour changes improve self-management. Design Quasiexperimental study. Setting was implemented Rio Grande...
Pain during Radiation Therapy (RT) for oral cavity/oropharyngeal cancer (OC/OPC) is a clinical challenge due to its multifactorial etiology and variable management. The objective of this study was define complex pain profiles through temporal characterization descriptors, physiologic state, RT-induced toxicities trajectories understanding.
Public health impacts can be achieved when evidence-based interventions are implemented to those most in need. Too often implementation never or slowly occurs. The community-wide campaign intervention Tu Salud ¡Si Cuenta! has evidence of improving outcomes related chronic disease among low-income, Latinos. Using the RE-AIM Framework, this study examined if scaled-up version is associated with improvements hypertension and obesity 12 locations. Each element framework was examined. For...
Abstract Objective To investigate changes in whole body pain during urologic chronic pelvic syndrome (UCPPS) flares. Materials and Methods UCPPS participants at one site of the multidisciplinary approach to study research network reported their daily flare status levels 7 pelvic/genital 42 extrapelvic areas (scale = 0‐10) for 10 days baseline first flare. Linear mixed models conditional logistic regression were used symptom Analyses stratified by overlapping condition (COPC) status. Results...
This study evaluated the dissemination and implementation of a culturally tailored community-wide campaign (CWC), Tu Salud ¡Si Cuenta! (TSSC), to augment fruit vegetable (FV) consumption physical activity (PA) engagement among low-income Latinos Mexican descent living along U.S.-Mexico Border in Texas. TSSC used longitudinal community health worker (CHW) home visits as core vehicle enact positive change across all socioecological levels induce behavioral change. TSSC’s reach, effectiveness,...
The choice between single-arm designs versus randomized double-arm has been contentiously debated in the literature of phase II oncology trials. Recently, as a compromise, single-to-double arm transition design was proposed, combining two into one trial over stages. Successful implementation two-stage requires suspension period at end first stage to collect response data already enrolled patients. When evaluation primary efficacy endpoint is overly long, between-stage may unfavorably prolong...
Background: Clinical data collection related to prostate cancer (PCa) care is often unstructured or heterogeneous among providers, resulting in a high risk for ambiguity its meaning when sharing analyzing data. Ontologies, which are shareable formal (i.e., computable) representations of knowledge, can address these challenges by enabling machine-readable semantic interoperability. The purpose this study was identify PCa-specific key elements (KDEs) standardization clinic and research....
You have accessJournal of UrologyInfections/Inflammation/Cystic Disease the Genitourinary Tract: Interstitial Cystitis1 Apr 2018MP39-12 CHANGES IN WHOLE BODY PAIN INTENSITY AND WIDESPREAD-NESS DURING UROLOGIC CHRONIC PELVIC SYNDROME SYMPTOM (UCPPS) FLARES – FINDINGS FROM ONE SITE OF THE MAPP STUDY Tianlin Xu, H Henry Lai, Ratna Pakpahan, Gerald Andriole, Catherine Bradley, Graham Colditz, and Siobhan Sutcliffe XuTianlin Xu More articles by this author , LaiH Lai PakpahanRatna Pakpahan...