Case fatality of stroke and day of the week: is the weekend effect an artifact?
Stroke fatality rates based on the day of admission were higher during the weekend than weekdays, although the difference did not reach statistical significance. However, this trend disappeared when the fatality rate was based on the day of onset.
The volume of DCIS associated with an invasive breast cancer in the final lumpectomy specimen is a strong predictor of positive surgical margins. Future analyses will focus on the ability of core pathology to provide this information for intraoperative surgical decision making.