Barriers to mammography screening in Iranian women: a pilot study [PDF]
Background. In Iran, the low rate of breast cancer (BC) screening and late diagnosis are among the main reasons for the increase in BC mortality. Various factors can affect the low rate of BC screening.
Shayesteh Shirzadi, Hamid Allahverdipour
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A Case of Accessory Brest Cancer.
Cancer of the accessory brest tissue is rare. We report a 73-year-old women with a tumor on the right axillary area. There was no other primary malignant lesion by general examination. Physical and histopathological findings offered a suspection of accessory brest cancer.A wide local resection with lymph node dissection was performed.
Saori HONJO +5 more
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Inhibition of NF-κB-mediated signaling by the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor CR8 overcomes pro-survival stimuli to induce apoptosis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells [PDF]
Purpose: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is currently incurable with standard chemotherapeutic agents, highlighting the need for novel therapies. Overcoming proliferative and cytoprotective signals generated within the microenvironment of lymphoid ...
Alison M. McCaig +14 more
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The evidence for automated grading in diabetic retinopathy screening [PDF]
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Fleming, Alan D +5 more
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Multiple gene aberrations and breast cancer: lessons from super-responders. [PDF]
BackgroundThe presence of multiple molecular aberrations in patients with breast cancer may correlate with worse outcomes.Case presentationsWe performed in-depth molecular analysis of patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative, hormone ...
Atkins, Johnique T +6 more
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Background: The objective of this study was to assess the therapeutic and prognostic impact of integrating18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) into work-up (WU) at initial staging of patients with ...
Jean-Christophe Leclere +17 more
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Rheumatological features of Whipple disease
Whipple disease (WD) is a rare infectious systemic disease. Rheumatologists are at the frontline of WD diagnosis due to the early rheumatological manifestations. An early diagnosis is crucial, as usual anti-rheumatic drugs, especially TNF inhibitors, may
Alice Tison +16 more
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Acute respiratory failure in patients with hematological malignancies : outcomes according to initial ventilation strategy : a Groupe de recherche respiratoire en réanimation onco-hématologique (Grrr-OH) study [PDF]
Background: In patients with hematological malignancies and acute respiratory failure (ARF), noninvasive ventilation was associated with a decreased mortality in older studies. However, mortality of intubated patients decreased in the last years. In this
Azoulay, Elie +14 more
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Automatic delineation of functional lung volumes with 68Ga-ventilation/perfusion PET/CT
Background Functional volumes computed from 68Ga-ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) PET/CT, which we have shown to correlate with pulmonary function test parameters (PFTs), have potential diagnostic utility in a variety of clinical applications, including ...
Pierre-Yves Le Roux +7 more
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Introduction: Areas of high uptake on pre-treatment 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), denoted as “hotspots”, have been identified as preferential sites of local relapse in locally advanced ...
François Lucia +8 more
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