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Using Machine Learning to advance primary care: an example of predictive modeling of hypertension risk to impact outcomes [Hypertension]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: While hypertension is the most common chronic disease cared for during adult primary care visits, it is challenging to know which hypertensive patients have the highest risk of cardiovascular complications in the future. A total of 269,411 patients were used for model training.

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A Case of HPV / Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx as Seen from a CBCT

CDOCS

Some patients have no symptoms.</p> </p> <p>The overall 5-year survival rate in patients with oropharyngeal cancer is about 52%. However, prognosis for HPV positive survival rate is &gt;80% whereas HPV negative patients have a survival rate of &lt;50%. He hadn&rsquo;t felt well for a while.

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