Treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) has drastically improved overall survival (OS) of patients with advanced GIST. The aim of this study is to evaluate the results of treatment with different TKIs on advanced GIST and identify prognostic factors for OS.
Ninna Aggerholm-Pedersen +7 more
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Caffeine′s Vascular Mechanisms of Action
Caffeine is the most widely consumed stimulating substance in the world. It is found in coffee, tea, soft drinks, chocolate, and many medications. Caffeine is a xanthine with various effects and mechanisms of action in vascular tissue. In endothelial cells, it increases intracellular calcium stimulating the production of nitric oxide through the ...
Darío Echeverri +5 more
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Interleukin‐12 (IL‐12) is an important cytokine for maintainence of normal systemic defense and bioregulation. The Japanese herbal medicine Sho‐saiko‐to (TJ‐9) has been administered to 1.5 million Japanese patients with chronic liver diseases. TJ‐9 is known to significantly suppress cancer development in the liver and has macrobiotic effects.
Masayoshi Yamashiki +5 more
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Intestinal colonization due to Escherichia coli ST131: Risk factors and prevalence [PDF]
Background Escherichia coli sequence type 131 (ST131) is a successful clonal group that has dramatically spread during the last decades and is considered an important driver for the rapid increase of quinolone resistance in E. coli.
A Talaminos +10 more
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Caracterización de los pacientes trasplantados por Cirrosis Criptogénica. Estudio comparativo de la evolución post-trasplante hepático de las Cirrosis secundarias a EHDG y las Cirrosis Enólicas [PDF]
Nuestro objetivo es comparar la evolución post-trasplante hepático de los pacientes con cirrosis por una enfermedad hepática por depósito de grasa (EHDG) y los pacientes trasplantados por cirrosis enólica desde el punto de vista de supervivencia y ...
Aguilera Sancho-Tello, Victoria +5 more
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Fecal extracellular vesicles (fEVs) from DILI patients have a distinct bacterial profile. This study provides evidence that bacterial EVs enter the bloodstream. DILI and MASLD F≥3 fEVs increase the pro‐inflammatory response and hepatocyte steatosis. FEVs from DILI patients enhance the hepatotoxic potential of diclofenac.
Antonio J. Ruiz‐Malagón +16 more
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The Economics of Liver Fibrosis Diagnosis: Systematic Review of Non‐Invasive Test Cost‐Effectiveness
ABSTRACT Hepatic diseases progress silently, leading to fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Although liver biopsy remains the gold standard for fibrosis assessment, it is limited by invasiveness and sampling variability. Non‐invasive liver tests (NILTs) can mitigate biopsy‐related risks.
Marilia Mastrocolla de Almeida Cardoso +7 more
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Cirrosis, la nueva problemática que afecta a niños y adolescentes.
RESUMEN Antecedentes: La cirrosis es la etapa final de una alteración crónica presentada a nivel del hígado, cuya supervivencia es menor a los 3 años una vez que esta se encuentre descompensada, es la consecuencia de múltiples factores, entre los ...
Diego Andrade +4 more
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La cirrosis alcohólica y las afectaciones en el comportamiento de los pacientes ingresados, en la sala de medicina interna del Hospital César Amador Molina, municipio de Matagalpa, II Semestre 2014 – I Semestre 2015 [PDF]
La cirrosis hepática es causa importante de morbilidad y mortalidad en el mundo. Se estiman 800.000 muertes cada año a nivel mundial. Siendo el estadio final de todas las enfermedades hepáticas crónicas progresivas.
Mairena Tercero, Jiur Bellys +1 more
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Cirrosis por Esteatohepatitis No Alcohólica (NASH)
Objetivo: La EHGNA (enfermedad de hígado graso no alcoholica)/NAFLD (Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease) incluye dos trastornos anatomopatológicamente diferentes, que tienen pronósticos distintos: hígado graso no alcohólico (HGNA) y esteatohepatitis no ...
Karla Villegas , Lucy Dagher
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