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Active surveillance for prostate cancer [PDF]

International Journal of Urology, 2015
AbstractIt is worth distinguishing between the two strategies of expectant management for prostate cancer. Watchful waiting entails administering non‐curative androgen deprivation therapy to patients on development of symptomatic progression, whereas active surveillance entails delivering curative treatment on signs of disease progression.
Romero-Otero, Javier, García-Gómez, Borja, Duarte-Ojeda, José M, Rodríguez-Antolín, Alfredo, Vilaseca, Antoni, Carlsson, Sigrid V, Touijer, Karim A   +6 more
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Prostate cancer: a review of active surveillance

Research and Reports in Urology, 2014
Lars Lund,1,2 Niels Svolgaard,1 Mads Hvid Poulsen1 1Department of Urology, Odense University Hospital, 2Clinical Institute, Southern University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Abstract: The objective of this paper is to review the current ...
Lund L, Svolgaard N, Poulsen MH
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Prostate cancer “super-active surveillance” era opened by vascular targeted photodynamic therapy

Research and Reports in Urology, 2019
Renato B Corradi,1,2 Thiago C Travassos,1,2 Leonardo O Reis1,21UroScience, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil; 2University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, BrazilAbstract: The “super-active surveillance” concept ...
Corradi RB, Travassos TC, Reis LO
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Contemporary Role of Active Surveillance in Prostate Cancer: To Whom, When, How? [PDF]

Bulletin of Urooncology
Due to the widespread use of prostate-specific antigen testing and the increase in the elderly population, many asymptomatic patients have started to be diagnosed with prostate cancer (PCa). This leads to the reality of overdiagnosis and overtreatment of
Günal Özgür, Yılören Tanıdır, Haydar Kamil Çam   +2 more
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Active Surveillance—Is It Feasible for Intermediate-risk Localised Prostate Cancer? [PDF]

, 2021
Background Although active surveillance (AS) is a well-recognised treatment option for localised low-risk prostate cancer (LRPC), its role in the management of localised intermediate-risk prostate cancer (IRPC) is not clear yet and the available ...
Dafader Hossain, Neophytos Petrides, Subhabrata Mukherjee, Ioannis Promponas, Jayasimha Abbaraju, Sanjeev Madaan   +5 more
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An Assessment of Epidemiology Capacity in a One Health Team at the Provincial Level in Thailand

Veterinary Sciences, 2016
A multi-sectoral core epidemiology capacity assessment was conducted in provinces that implemented One Health services in order to assess the efficacy of a One Health approach in Thailand.
Soawapak Hinjoy, Arthicha Wongkumma, Somkid Kongyu, Punnarai Smithsuwan, Paphanij Suangtho, Thitipong Yingyong, Sunicha Chanvatik, Soledad Colombe   +7 more
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Defining Clinical Malaria: The Specificity and Incidence of Endpoints from Active and Passive Surveillance of Children in Rural Kenya. [PDF]

, 2010
Febrile malaria is the most common clinical manifestation of P. falciparum infection, and is often the primary endpoint in clinical trials and epidemiological studies.
Olotu Ally, Bejon, P., Bejon, P, Fegan, G., Fegan, Gregory, Edna Ogada, Williams, TN, Borrmann Steffen, Wambua, J., Evasius Bauni, Ogada, E., Bejon, Philip, Borrmann, S, Marsh Kevin, Sasi, P, Fegan, G, Olotu, Ally, Juliana Wambua, Bauni, E, Fegan Gregory, Ogada Edna, Wambua, Juliana, Marsh, K., Sasi Philip, Ogada, E, Gregory Fegan, Sasi, P., Thomas N. Williams, Kevin Marsh, Thomas N Williams, Greg Fegan, Philip Sasi, Bauni, Evasius, Wambua, J, Sasi, Philip, Philip Bejon, Marsh, K, Wambua Juliana, Borrmann, S., Bauni Evasius, Bauni, E., Bejon Philip, Williams, Thomas N, Ogada, Edna, Borrmann, Steffen, Ally Olotu, Williams, Thomas, Marsh, Kevin, Olotu, A, Steffen Borrmann, Olotu, A., Williams, T.N., Williams Thomas N.   +52 more
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School sociodemographic characteristics and obesity in schoolchildren: does the obesity definition matter?

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Existing evidence on the role of sociodemographic variables as risk factors for overweight and obesity in school-aged children is inconsistent. Furthermore, findings seem to be influenced by the obesity definition applied.
Silvia Bel-Serrat, Mirjam M. Heinen, John Mehegan, Sarah O’Brien, Nazih Eldin, Celine M. Murrin, Cecily C. Kelleher   +6 more
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The future of active surveillance [PDF]

Translational Andrology and Urology, 2018
Active surveillance (AS) consists of four elements, each of which is amenable to improvement and will likely change over the next decade. These are (I) the diagnostic algorithm leading to the initial finding of favorable risk prostate cancer; (II) establishing the indolent nature of the patient’s known disease and ensuring there is no co-existent ...
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Proportion of preschool-aged children meeting the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines and associations with adiposity: results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background New Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years have been released in 2017. According to the guidelines, within a 24-h period, preschoolers should accumulate at least 180 min of physical activity (of which at least 60 min is ...
Jean-Philippe Chaput, Rachel C. Colley, Salomé Aubert, Valerie Carson, Ian Janssen, Karen C. Roberts, Mark S. Tremblay   +6 more
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