Genetic testing in epithelial ovarian cancer includes both germline and tumor‐testing. This approach often duplicates resources. The current prospective study assessed the feasibility of tumor‐first multigene testing by comparing tumor tissue with germline testing of peripheral blood using an 18‐gene NGS panel in 106 patients.
Elisabeth Spenard +12 more
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Costs of acute otitis media in children in a city of the Colombian Caribbean coast
Introduction: Acute otitis media is the main cause of consultation, antibiotic use, and ambulatory surgery in developed countries; besides, it is associated with an important economic burden.
Wilfrido Coronell-Rodríguez +3 more
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Shared sorrow, shared costs: cost-effectiveness analysis of the Empowerment group therapy approach to treat affective disorders in refugee populations [PDF]
Michael Strupf +19 more
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Evaluation of the Costs and Benefits of Water and Sanitation Improvements at the Global Level [PDF]
This study estimated the economic costs and benefits of a range of selected interventions to improve water and sanitation services. The entire analysis is based on changes in water and sanitation service levels. For developing countries, the World Health
Guy Hutton, Laurence Haller
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Screening for lung cancer: A systematic review of overdiagnosis and its implications
Low‐dose computed tomography (CT) screening for lung cancer may increase overdiagnosis compared to no screening, though the risk is likely low versus chest X‐ray. Our review of 8 trials (84 660 participants) shows added costs. Further research with strict adherence to modern nodule management strategies may help determine the extent to which ...
Fiorella Karina Fernández‐Sáenz +12 more
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"Mitigation, Adaptation, Suffering": In Search of the Right Mix in the Face of Climate Change [PDF]
The usually assumed two categories of costs involved in climate change policy analysis, namely abatement and damage costs, hide the presence of a third category, namely adaptation costs.
Henry Tulkens, Vincent van Steenberghe
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Liquid biopsy epigenetics: establishing a molecular profile based on cell‐free DNA
Cell‐free DNA (cfDNA) fragments in plasma from cancer patients carry epigenetic signatures reflecting their cells of origin. These epigenetic features include DNA methylation, nucleosome modifications, and variations in fragmentation. This review describes the biological properties of each feature and explores optimal strategies for harnessing cfDNA ...
Christoffer Trier Maansson +2 more
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Cost-of-illness study in a retrospective cohort of patients with dementia in Lima, Peru
Dementia is a major cause of dependency and disability among older persons, and imposes huge economic burdens. Only a few cost-of-illness studies for dementia have been carried out in middle and low-income countries.
Nilton Custodio +7 more
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OBJECTIVE The present study was conducted to analyze the current prescription pattern and cost analysis of antihypertensive drugs in hypertensive patients in a tertiary care hospital.
Rachana Pr, Anuradha Hv, M. Shivamurthy
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Cost stickiness revisited: Empirical aplication for farms [PDF]
This article reviews previous research regarding cost stickiness and performs an empirical analysis applied to a sample of farms. It recognizes that modelization of cost stickiness is a particular case of representation of cost variations as a function ...
Josep Garcia Blandon +1 more
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