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Cost–benefit analysis and ‘next best’ methods to evaluate the efficiency of social policies: As in pitching horseshoes, closeness matters

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Many policymakers are unwilling, or think that it is infeasible, to perform comprehensive cost–benefit analysis (CBA) of programmes in social policy arenas. What principles actually underlie CBA? An understanding is necessary to assess whether other evaluation methods are close enough to CBA to provide useful information on social efficiency ...
Aidan R. Vining, Anthony E. Boardman
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Near‐Infrared Photoimmunotherapy Targeting Esophagogastric Junction Adenocarcinoma With Fully Human Anti‐EpCAM Antibody

Cancer Science, EarlyView.
Photoimmunotherapy (PIT) in vitro. OE19 cells formed blisters 3 h after laser illumination using adecatumumab‐IR700. ABSTRACT Near‐infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR‐PIT) is a tumor‐specific treatment using monoclonal antibody (mAb) photosensitizer conjugates, followed by near‐infrared light irradiation.
Maasa Sasabe, Kenji Takashima, Shingo Sakashita, Yoshikatsu Koga, Takahiro Anzai, Shiqi Yang, Shinji Saijou, Akihiro Ishikawa, Toru Yamaguchi, Hideki Tanaka, Yusuke Yoda, Takeo Fujita, Shuichi Mitsunaga, Masahiro Yasunaga, Tomonori Yano   +14 more
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New Mechanisms of Barrett's Esophagus Development [PDF]

Ķazaķstannyṇ Klinikalyķ Medicinasy
Barrett's esophagus is a pathological condition that develops as a result of metaplastic transformation of the stratified squamous non-keratinized epithelium of the mucous membrane of the distal esophagus into columnar epithelium of the intestinal type ...
Madina Temirbek, Venera Rakhmetova, Adina Beisenbekova, Madina Kalimullina, Agzhan Aldabergenova   +4 more
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Beyond BMI: Practical Guide for Clinicians to Integrate the Lancet Commission's Obesity Framework and King's Obesity Staging System

Clinical Obesity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Body mass index (BMI) on its own is a poor diagnostic and staging tool for obesity because it does not measure health status. The newly published Lancet Clinical Obesity Criteria (LCOC) for defining clinical obesity distinguish preclinical and clinical obesity based on organ or tissue dysfunction.
Tak Ying Louise Ko, Alexander D. Miras, Dimitri J. Pournaras, Carel W. Le Roux   +3 more
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Barrett's esophagus and eosinophilic esophagitis in a young pediatric patient with esophageal atresia

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2015
We report the case and follow up of a 4 year old girl who was born with esophageal atresia and was found to have concomitant Barrett's esophagus and eosinophilic esophagitis.
Li-Zsa Tan, Andrew J. Gifford, Cathy M. Clarkson, Guy M. Henry, Usha Krishnan   +4 more
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Histopathology in Barrett Esophagus and Barrett Esophagus-Related Dysplasia

Clinical Endoscopy, 2014
Pathologic specimens, both biopsies and endoscopic mucosal resections, for Barrett esophagus and Barrett-associated dysplasia and malignancy are common for pathologists in North America, and the incidence in South Asian countries seems to be increasing.
Andrea Grin, Catherine J. Streutker
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Weight loss interventions and obesity‐associated cancers in people with type 2 diabetes and overweight/obesity: A real‐world observational study

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims To evaluate whether weight‐loss interventions are associated with obesity‐associated cancers (OAC) in individuals with overweight/obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Materials and Methods This retrospective cohort study utilised the TriNetX federated research network.
Testimony Ipaye, Jonathan Goldney, Thomas J. Wilkinson, Francesco Zaccardi, Thomas Yates, Melanie J. Davies, Karen Brown, Dimitris Papamargaritis   +7 more
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Comparative efficacy of sleeve gastrectomy with fundoplication versus standard sleeve gastrectomy in obesity and gastroesophageal reflux disease: A randomised trial

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims This randomised controlled trial compared the efficacy of modified laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with fundoplication (LSGFD) versus standard laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in achieving weight loss and alleviating gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in patients with obesity.
Pierdiwasi Maimaitiyusupu, Aikebaier Aili, Maimaiti Yisireyili, Yiliang Li, Kelimu Abudureyimu, Xin Li   +5 more
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WHAT IS THE REAL IMPAIRMENT ON ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY IN PATIENTS WITH GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE?

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2013
Context Impairment of esophageal motility is a common finding in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as reduced lower esophageal sphincter (LES) basal pressure.
Angela FALCÃO, Ary NASI, Jeovana BRANDÃO, Rubens SALLUM, Ivan CECCONELLO   +4 more
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The Milan Score Predicts Objective Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Patients With Type 2 Esophagogastric Junction

Neurogastroenterology &Motility, EarlyView.
The novel manometric parameter Milan Score could be useful in predicting which patients with type 2 EGJ have a high likelihood of objective GERD, therefore discriminating which patients may need escalation of GERD investigation and management. ABSTRACT Introduction High‐resolution manometry (HRM) allows assessment of esophagogastric junction (EGJ ...
Davide Ferrari, Stefano Siboni, Marco Sozzi, Pierfrancesco Visaggi, Ivan Kristo, Salvatore Tolone, Elisa Marabotto, Daniele Bernardi, Sebastian F. Schoppmann, Benjamin D. Rogers, Anthony Hobson, Jordan Haworth, Yeong Yeh Lee, Brian E. Louie, Takahiro Masuda, Megan L. Ivy, Pamela Milito, Erica Centorrino, Dimitrios Theodorou, Tania Triantafyllou, Andrea Pasta, Francesco Calabrese, Vincent Tee, Lorenzo Cusmai, Roberto Penagini, Marina Coletta, Edoardo Savarino, Emanuele Asti, C. Prakash Gyawali, Nicola De Bortoli   +29 more
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