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Plasma levels of the proangiogenic protein CXCL16 remains elevated for 1 month after minimally invasive colorectal cancer resection

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2018
Background Inflammation-induced endothelial precursor cell recruitment and angiogenesis are thought to be associated with CXCL16-CXCR6 pair activity.
H. M. C. Shantha Kumara, Erica Pettke, Abhinit Shah, Xiaohong Yan, Vesna Cekic, Melissa Alvarez Downing, Nipa Dilip Gandhi, Richard L. Whelan   +7 more
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Rectal stenosis due to solitary pelvic recurrence of hilar cholangiocarcinoma

JGH Open, 2020
An 85‐year‐old woman was admitted to a hospital with abdominal pain. Five years prior to admission, she had a history of hilar cholangiocarcinoma of pStage IIIC. Contrast‐enhanced computed tomography showed a mass between the rectum and uterus as well as
Ikuma Shioi, Yusuke Yamaoka, Akio Shiomi, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Hitoshi Hino, Shoichi Manabe, Daisuke Aizawa   +6 more
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A Multilayer Monte Carlo Model for the Investigation of Optical Path and Penetration Depth at Different Perfusion States of the Colon [PDF]

, 2019
There is a great interest in monitoring the oxygen supply delivered to the colon. Insufficient oxygen delivery may lead to hypoxia, sepsis, multiorgan dysfunction and death.
Chatterjee, S., Kyriacou, P. A., Patel, Z., Thaha, M. A.   +3 more
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Survival analysis of local excision vs total mesorectal excision for middle and low rectal cancer in pT1/pT2 stage and intermediate pathological risk

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2019
Background Local excision (LE) is a feasible treatment approach for rectal cancers in stage pT1 and presents low pathological risk, whereas total mesorectal excision (TME) is a reasonable treatment for more advanced cancers. On the basis of the pathology
I-Li Lai, Jeng-Fu You, Yih-Jong Chern, Wen-Sy Tsai, Jy-Ming Chiang, Pao-Shiu Hsieh, Hsin-Yuan Hung, Chien-Yuh Yeh, Sum-Fu Chiang, Cheng-Chou Lai, Rei-Ping Tang, Jinn-Shiun Chen, Yu-Jen Hsu   +12 more
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Is preoperative chemoradiotherapy warranted in magnetic resonance imaging-based clinically T3N0 rectal cancer? [PDF]

Korean Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2014
Purpose: Preoperative chemoradiotherapy (PCRT) has been widely adopted. However, benefit of PCRT for patients with clinically T3N0 (cT3N0) rectal cancer is doubtful.
Jee Yeon Kim, In Ja Park, Chang Sik Yu, Seok-Byung Lim, Jong Lyul Lee, Yong Sik Yoon, Chan Wook Kim, Jin Cheon Kim   +7 more
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Fluorescent-Antibody Targeting of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Receptor Visualizes Metastatic Human Colon Cancer in Orthotopic Mouse Models. [PDF]

, 2016
Fluorescent-antibody targeting of metastatic cancer has been demonstrated by our laboratory to enable tumor visualization and effective fluorescence-guided surgery.
Bouvet, Michael, Hoffman, Robert M, Lee, Jin Young, Murakami, Takashi, Park, Jeong Youp, Zhang, Yong   +5 more
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Development and Implementation of a Comprehensive Quality Assurance Program at a Community Endoscopy Facility

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011
Quality assurance (QA) is a process that includes the systematic evaluation of a service, institution of improvements and ongoing evaluation to ensure that effective changes were made.
Robert J Hilsden, Alaa Rostom, Catherine Dubé, Darlene Pontifex, S Elizabeth McGregor, Ronald J Bridges   +5 more
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Protective loop ileostomy or colostomy? A risk evaluation of all common complications [PDF]

Annals of Coloproctology
Purpose Protective ileostomy and colostomy are performed in patients undergoing low anterior resection with a high leakage risk. We aimed to compare surgical, medical, and daily care complications between these 2 ostomies in order to make individual ...
Yi-Wen Yang, Sheng-Chieh Huang, Hou-Hsuan Cheng, Shih-Ching Chang, Jeng-Kai Jiang, Huann-Sheng Wang, Chun-Chi Lin, Hung-Hsin Lin, Yuan-Tzu Lan   +8 more
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The Great ETF Tax Swindle: The Taxation of In-Kind Redemptions [PDF]

, 2017
Since the repeal of the General Utilities doctrine over 30 years ago, corporations must recognize gain when distributing appreciated property to their shareholders.
Colon, Jeffrey
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Effective operator contributions to the oblique parameters

, 1998
We present a model and process independent study of the contributions from non-Standard Model physics to the oblique parameters S, T and U. We show that within an effective lagrangian parameterization the expressions for the oblique parameters in terms ...
Sanchez-Colon, G., Wudka, J.
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