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Mortality rates for hiatal hernia repairs vary significantly between elective (1.3%) and emergency (8%) procedures, emphasizing the importance of timely intervention when complications arise.

Bevacizumab therapy demonstrated marked improvement in both epistaxis severity and abdominal symptoms, despite unchanged radiographic appearance of hepatic AVMs, suggesting therapeutic benefit at the microvasculature level.

AI-assisted diagnosis of lung cancer showed 87% sensitivity and 87% specificity in a meta-analysis, suggesting potential for improved accuracy in interpreting chest CT scans.

Informed consent in breast cancer screening can lead to different choices: 20% of women in their 40s may choose to delay mammograms when presented with comprehensive risk-benefit information.