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A formal theory for spatial representation and reasoning in biomedical ontologies [PDF]

, 2006
Objective: The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how a formal spatial theory can be used as an important tool for disambiguating the spatial information embodied in biomedical ontologies and for enhancing their automatic reasoning capabilities ...
Bittner, Thomas, Donnelly, Maureen, Rosse, Cornelius   +2 more
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Extent of Lymph Node Dissection for cStage I Siewert Type I/II Cancers Based on Lymph Node Metastasis Risk Stratification

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim The optimal surgical strategy and extent of lymph node (LN) dissection for clinical Stage I (cStage I) adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (AEG) remain controversial. This study aimed to evaluate surgical outcomes and clarify the prevalence and distribution of LN metastasis according to tumor characteristics in cStage I Siewert ...
Masayoshi Terayama, Akihiko Okamura, Tomoyuki Irino, Naoki Takahashi, Jun Kanamori, Yu Imamura, Masaru Hayami, Motonari Ri, Souya Nunobe, Masayuki Watanabe   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mediastinal mass [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2010
Umar Imran, Hamid, J Mark, Jones
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Diagnosis and management of a mediastinal ectopic thyroid laying on the right bronchus: case report and review of literature

BMC Surgery, 2018
Background The mediastinal ectopic thyroid is very rare, accounting for less than 1% of all cases of ectopic thyroid tissue. The differential diagnoses with other diseases such as lymphomas, thymic tumors and dermoid cysts is mandatory, in fact each one,
Alessio Metere, Tiziano De Giacomo, Massimo Vergine, Marco Biffoni, Laura Giacomelli   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) in pancreatic cancer diagnosis. doing more with less [PDF]

, 2015
Rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) in pancreatic cancer diagnosis: Doing more with ...
Carico, Elisabetta, Carnuccio, Antonella, DI GIULIO, Emilio, Galasso, Domenico, Giarnieri, Enrico, Mancini, Rita, Rosaria Giovagnoli, Maria   +6 more
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Potential Survival Benefit of Neoadjuvant Docetaxel, Cisplatin and 5‐Fluorouracil Therapy in Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma With Multiple Lymph Node Metastases: A Single‐Institute Propensity Score Analysis

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Although neoadjuvant chemotherapy with fluorouracil, cisplatin, and docetaxel (NAC‐DCF) is the current standard neoadjuvant regimen for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, its substantial toxicity underscores the need to identify patients who derive the greatest benefit.
Eiji Higaki, Tetsuya Abe, Hironori Fujieda, Shigenori Kadowaki, Tsutomu Tanaka, Masahiro Tajika, Koji Komori, Seiji Ito, Isao Oze, Kei Muro   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Unusual Cause of Mediastinal Mass — A Case Report and Literature Review of Intrathoracic Kidney

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2012
Posterior mediastinal mass is not an uncommon condition seen in clinical practice. It often generates anxiety among healthcare providers, as the most common cause of a posterior mediastinal mass is a neurogenic tumour which potentially can be malignant ...
Siew Le Chong MRCPCH (UK), Sing Ming Chao MMED (Paeds), FAMS   +1 more
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False positive diagnosis of malignancy in a case of cryptogenic organising pneumonia presenting as a pulmonary mass with mediastinal nodes detected on fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography: a case report [PDF]

, 2009
Introduction We report the case of a patient with positive findings on a lung emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan, with possible contra lateral mediastinal involvement, which strongly suggested an inoperable lung carcinoma.
Aravind Ponnuswamy, Neeraj Mediratta, Iain D Lyburn, James P Finnerty, GA Silvestri, PF Roberts, RJ Downey, JF Cordier, L Shin, C Althoff Souza   +9 more
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A Comparative Study on the Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer 
between Mediastinoscopy and EBUS-TBNA

Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2013
Background and objective Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) has been gradually universal application, but its value in the preoperative staging of lung cancer and mediastinal mass biopsy remains to be explored ...
Liang ZHANG, Feng MAO, Minghui CAI, Yang SHEN-TU   +3 more
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Differential responsiveness of MET inhibition in non-small-cell lung cancer with altered CBL. [PDF]

, 2017
Casitas B-lineage lymphoma (CBL) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase and a molecule of adaptor that we have shown is important for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We investigated if MET is a target of CBL and if enhanced in CBL-altered NSCLC.
Batra, Surinder K, Husain, Aliya N, Mirzapoiazova, Tamara, Salgia, Ravi, Sharma, Sherven, Srivastava, Minu K, Tan, Yi-Hung Carol, Vokes, Everett E, Won, Brian M, Zhu, Li   +9 more
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