Follow-up after curative resection for gastric cancer. Is it time to tailor it? [PDF]
, 2017 There is still no consensus on the follow-up frequency and regimen after curative resection for gastric cancer. Moreover, controversy exists regarding the utility of follow-up in improving survival, and the recommendations of experts and societies vary ...
Antolino, L +5 more
core +1 more source
Melanoma inhibitory activity in Brazilian patients with cutaneous melanoma [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2015 BACKGROUND: Melanoma inhibitory activity is a protein secreted by melanoma cells and has been used as a tumor marker. Increased Melanoma inhibitory activity serum levels are related to metastatic disease or tumor recurrence.
Macanori Odashiro +6 more
doaj +2 more sources
Treatment of atherosclerotic renovascular hypertension: review of observational studies and a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. [PDF]
, 2015 open9Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis can cause ischaemic nephropathy and arterial hypertension. We herein review the observational and randomized clinical trials (RCTs) comparing medical and endovascular treatment for control of hypertension and ...
Caielli, P +8 more
core +1 more source
Stress relaxation and elastic follow-up using a stress range-dependent constitutive model [PDF]
, 2012 Despite the availability of detailed nonlinear finite element analysis, some aspects of high temperature design can still be best addressed through more simplified methods.
Boyle, James
core +1 more source
BMI and all cause mortality: systematic review and non-linear dose-response meta-analysis of 230 cohort studies with 3.74 million deaths among 30.3 million participants [PDF]
, 2016 To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies of body mass index (BMI) and the risk of all cause mortality, and to clarify the shape and the nadir of the dose-response curve, and the influence on the results of confounding from ...
Aune, D +7 more
core +2 more sources
Analysis of Patients with Facial Lacerations Repaired in the Emergency Room of a Provincial Hospital
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2015 Background Facial laceration is the most common injury encountered in the emergency room in the plastic surgery field, and optimal treatment is important.
Joon Ho Lee +4 more
doaj +1 more source
COMORBIDITY IMPACT ON SOCIAL FUNCTIONING AFTER HIP FRACTURE: THE ROLE OF REHABILITATION [PDF]
Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, 2016 Objective: To analyze the impact of rehabilitation treatment on social functioning in elderly patients after hip fracture during a rehabilitation program. Methods: This study included 203 patients with hip fracture.
Natasa Radosavljevic +4 more
doaj +2 more sources
Occurrence of gastric cancer and carcinoids in atrophic gastritis during prospective long-term follow up [PDF]
, 2015 Objective. Atrophic gastritis (AG) is a risk condition for gastric cancer and type I gastric carcinoids. Recent studies assessing the overall risk of gastric cancer and carcinoids in AG at long-term follow up are lacking.
Annibale, Bruno +6 more
core +2 more sources
Risk of basal cell carcinoma after Hodgkin's disease [PDF]
, 2000 Background: Basal cell cancer is a common skin cancer, yet studies of second tumors after Hodgkin's disease tend to exclude basal cell cancers as second malignant tumors from analysis.
Aydemir, Ü. +5 more
core +1 more source
Iatreia, 2021 Objective: To determine the use of avidity testing in the follow up of patients diagnosed with congenital toxoplasmosis, through the observation of its behavior in time.
Jesús David Caro-Garzón +4 more
doaj +1 more source