"Retrospective Studies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.
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D012189
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.760.500.500.500 E05.318.760.500.750.750 N05.715.360.775.175.200.710 N05.715.360.775.175.250.815 N06.850.520.450.500.500.500 N06.850.520.450.500.750.825
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| 1997 | 0 | 55 | 55 |
| 1998 | 0 | 67 | 67 |
| 1999 | 0 | 57 | 57 |
| 2000 | 0 | 62 | 62 |
| 2001 | 0 | 65 | 65 |
| 2002 | 0 | 77 | 77 |
| 2003 | 0 | 127 | 127 |
| 2004 | 0 | 135 | 135 |
| 2005 | 0 | 166 | 166 |
| 2006 | 0 | 157 | 157 |
| 2007 | 0 | 217 | 217 |
| 2008 | 0 | 223 | 223 |
| 2009 | 0 | 218 | 218 |
| 2010 | 0 | 258 | 258 |
| 2011 | 0 | 311 | 311 |
| 2012 | 0 | 334 | 334 |
| 2013 | 0 | 418 | 418 |
| 2014 | 0 | 430 | 430 |
| 2015 | 0 | 528 | 528 |
| 2016 | 0 | 501 | 501 |
| 2017 | 0 | 614 | 614 |
| 2018 | 0 | 655 | 655 |
| 2019 | 0 | 647 | 647 |
| 2020 | 0 | 745 | 745 |
| 2021 | 1 | 762 | 763 |
| 2022 | 0 | 694 | 694 |
| 2023 | 0 | 731 | 731 |
| 2024 | 0 | 714 | 714 |
| 2025 | 0 | 620 | 620 |
| 2026 | 0 | 161 | 161 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Retrospective Studies" by people in Profiles.
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Dosimetric comparison of high dose rate interstitial brachytherapy and stereotactic body radiotherapy as alternative treatment methods for advanced-stage cervical cancer. Biomed Phys Eng Express. 2026 Jun 19; 12(3).
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MDASI-HN Symptom Profiling for Early-Risk Stratification of Hypoglossal Neuropathy in Survivors of Oropharyngeal Cancer. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2026 Jun 01; 152(6):586-594.
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Malaria in Children at 9 US Hospitals: 2016-2023. Pediatrics. 2026 Jun 01; 157(6).
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Trajectories of Treatment Disruption for Chronic Outpatient Medications for U.S. Veterans During Drug Shortages. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2026 Jun; 35(6):e70393.
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Prognostic Value of Inflammatory Biomarkers as Continuous Variables in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Linearity Assessment, Proportional Hazards Assumption Testing, and Time-Varying Effects. Int J Urol. 2026 Jun; 33(6):e70536.
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Dementia in Severe Schizophrenia. JAMA Psychiatry. 2026 Jun 01; 83(6):590-600.
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Effect of the initial combination approach vs initial monotherapy approach on 1-year trajectories of adherence in drug-naive patients with type 2 diabetes. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2026 Jun; 32(6):717-734.
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Clinical behavior and predictors of survival in major salivary gland secretory carcinoma. Oral Oncol. 2026 Aug; 179:108036.
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Identifying Early Predictive Factors of Unexpected Clinical Deterioration in Postoperative Pediatric Surgical Patients. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2026 Jul-Aug 01; 45(4):176-180.
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CD19 CAR T-cell outcomes in relapsed/refractory extramedullary B-ALL: a multisite, retrospective cohort review. Blood Adv. 2026 May 26; 10(10):3467-3479.