Abstract Aim The aim of this retrospective study was to analyse the discrepancy between preoperative MRI staging and post-operative histopathology rectal cancer patients who had primary surgery. Methods A cohort analysed records 47 with histology confirmed over period 5 years from 2017 2022. Data collected hospital database. Results Forty-seven were evaluated. mean age presentation 72 years. Ou...

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OBJECTIVE To examine the performance of chromosome-selective sequencing of cell-free (cf) DNA in maternal blood for assessment of fetal sex chromosome aneuploidies. METHODS This was a case-control study of 177 stored maternal plasma samples, obtained before fetal karyotyping at 11-13 weeks of gestation, from 59 singleton pregnancies with fetal sex chromosome aneuploidies (45,X, n = 49; 47,XXX...