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Development and validation of the novel subclassification of pN3 for patients with esophageal cancer
BackgroundPatients with stage pN3 esophageal cancer (EC) have a large number of metastatic lymph nodes (mLNs) and have poor prognosis. This study was to elucidate whether subclassification of pN3 according to the number of mLNs could improve the ...
Keru Ma+4 more
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Background Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is correlated with worse clinical prognosis and lacks available targeted therapy. Thus, identification of reliable biomarkers is required for the diagnosis and treatment of ESCC.
Jinfeng Zhang+3 more
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Healthy Even through Cancer: What Are the Assumptions and Outcomes for Psychological Intervention?
Cancer remains a highly fatal disease, a major cause of mortality and a huge health burden around the world, requiring increased primary prevention efforts, screenings and treatments [...]
Eleonora Pinto
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Osimertinib, a mutant-specific third-generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), is emerging as the preferred first-line of treatment for EGFR-mutant lung cancer. However, osimertinib resistance inevitably develops
Meihui Li+5 more
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Factors affecting successful esophageal foreign body removal using a Foley catheter in pediatric patients [PDF]
Objective This study aimed to determine the factors that affect successful esophageal foreign body (FB) removal using a Foley catheter and to identify methods to increase the success rate. Methods In this retrospective, cross-sectional study, we included
Donghoon Lim+7 more
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EMT Participates in the Regulation of Exosomes Secretion and Function in Esophageal Cancer Cells
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a key step in tumor invasion and distant metastasis. Abundant evidence has documented that exosomes can mediate EMT of tumor cells and endow them with the ability of invasion and migration.
Chuangui Chen MD+2 more
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Purpose This study examines prognostic value of preoperative serum bilirubin, including unconjugated bilirubin (UCB), conjugated bilirubin (CB), and total bilirubin (TB), in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients who underwent curative ...
Xiancong Huang+4 more
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Objective: To efficiently store, transfer, and analyze whole slide imaging (WSI), we developed an image-processing algorithm to remove the unneeded background in a WSI and assemble tissue-containing parts into smaller WSIs without any change in tissue ...
Shahriar Faghani, MD+4 more
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Nipped-B-like protein plays a pivotal role as a cohesin loading factor in the segregation of chromosomes when cells divide. Accumulating evidence indicates that alterations of this protein are involved in human carcinogenesis, especially in the ...
Shengjie Zhang PhD+8 more
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There is a high postoperative morbidity rate after cancer surgery, that impairs patients’ self-management, job condition and economic strength. This paper describes the results of a peculiar psychological intervention on patients undergoing surgery for ...
Eleonora Pinto+11 more
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