Does support vector machine-based nomogram predict postoperative distant metastasis for patients with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma?
The SVM-based models integrating clinicopathological features and molecular markers as variables are helpful in selecting the patients of OSCC with high risk of postoperative distant metastasis.
Gonorrhea and syphilis rates were high for rural parts of North Carolina; however, no core areas were identified exclusively for small towns or rural areas. The main pathway of rural sexually transmitted disease (STI) transmission may be through the interconnectedness of urban, micropolitan, small town, and rural areas. Directly addressing STIs in urban and micropolitan communities may also indirectly help address STI rates in rural and small town communities.