In Romania, as in many other Eastern European countries, the early 1990s were marked by a significant emigration from the countryside as a consequence of the transition from a centralised economy to an open one and due to key changes in the political framework.The permanent emigration has predominantly been concentrated in rural areas where multipl
Introduction: Past research has demonstrated that, separately, sexual minorities (SMs) and rural-dwelling populations are each at elevated risk for chronic diseases relative to heterosexuals and urban-dwelling populations, respectively.Little research, however, has assessed whether rural SM populations may experience even further chronic disease ri
Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), the most prevalent form of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), remains a leading cause of cancer-related death globally, including in India, with a 5-year survival rate below 10%.Despite these grim statistics, recent advances in the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) for identifying genetic alterations and the emerg