Cross‐sectional studies serve many purposes, and the cross‐sectional design is the most
relevant design when assessing the prevalence of disease, attitudes and knowledge among …

Radiation therapy (RT) continues to play an important role in the treatment of cancer.
Adaptive RT (ART) is a novel method through which RT treatments are evolving. With the …

Despite widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), most hospitals are not
ready to implement data science research in the clinical pipelines. Here, we develop …

Self-selection into prospective cohort studies and loss to follow-up can cause biased
exposure-outcome association estimates. Previous investigations illustrated that such …

Background Participation in epidemiologic studies is steadily declining, which may result in
selection bias. It is therefore an ongoing challenge to clarify the determinants of participation …

Background The extent to which physical and social attributes of neighborhoods play a role
in childhood asthma remains understudied. Objective To examine associations of …

背景高血压是我国常见的慢性非传染性疾病之一, 也是冠状动脉粥样硬化,
脑卒中等多种心脑血管疾病的危险因素. 近年来, 高血压患病率不断增高, 而治疗率和控制率却 …

Purpose: The Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) version 2 (v2)
categorizes the likelihood of clinically significant prostate cancer on magnetic resonance …

Introduction The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of dysmenorrhea
among adolescents and its effect on daily life. Material and methods A web‐based …

Abstract Information bias occurs when any information used in a study is either measured or
recorded inaccurately. This paper describes some of the most common types of information …