Tumor budding in tumor tissue among operatively treated patients with lung adenocarcinoma [PDF]
Background/Aim. The histological phenomenon of tumor budding is being recognized as an important determinant of disease progression and poor prognosis in various types of carcinoma.
Vasilijević Milena+2 more
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Breast cancer survival and the health system in Brazil: an analysis of public and private healthcare
BackgroundThe incidence of breast cancer is increasing globally; however, survival outcomes vary and are lower in developing countries.MethodsWe analyzed the 5- and 10-year survival rates for breast cancer according to the type of healthcare insurance ...
Adriana de Souza Sérgio Ferreira+14 more
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ObjectiveWe aimed to develop the tumor budding (TB) score and to explore the association between the TB score and overall survival (OS) in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).MethodsIn this retrospective study, 130 consecutive patients ...
Hui Jiang+6 more
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Survival, Recurrence, and Clinicopathological Characteristics in Multifocal and/or Multicentric versus Unifocal Locoregional Breast Cancers: Results of a Large Breast Cancer Registry [PDF]
Background: Much is still unknown regarding the clinicopathology and prognosis of patients with multifocal/multicentric breast cancer (MMBC). We herein compared the clinicopathology and prognosis of patients with unifocal and MMBCs.Method: This cross ...
Mojtaba Omidvar+9 more
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Computed tomographic staging of anterior mediastinal neoplasms. [PDF]
Sixty patients with anterior mediastinal neoplasms undergoing computed tomography before surgical exploration were entered in a prospective study to assess the value of computed tomography in the preoperative staging of anterior mediastinal tumours. Correct prediction of location, size, and tissue density was obtained in all 60 cases.
RENDINA, Erino Angelo+6 more
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Objective:To describe the clinical stage in women diagnosed with breast cancer and the association between clinical stage and Health-related quality of life (HRQoL).Materials and Methods:This was a cross-sectional study involving women diagnosed with ...
Julia de Mello Ramirez Medina+7 more
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High rates of advanced prostate cancer in the Middle East: Analysis from a tertiary care center
Objectives: Prostate cancer incidence is increasing in the Middle East (ME); however, the data of stage at the diagnosis and treatment outcomes are lacking. In developed countries, the incidence of de novo metastatic prostate cancer ranges between 4% and
Marilyne Daher+18 more
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Computational Intelligence Approach to Improve the Classification Accuracy of Brain Neoplasm in MRI Data [PDF]
Automatic detection of brain neoplasm in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is gaining importance in many medical diagnostic applications. This report presents two improvements for brain neoplasm detection in MRI data: an advanced preprocessing technique is proposed to improve the area of interest in MRI data and a hybrid technique using Convolutional ...
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Background: The treatment of neuroblastoma is dependent on exquisite staging; is performed postoperatively and is dependent on the surgeon’s expertise.
Ana Cláudia Soares PENAZZI+5 more
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Towards Understanding the Survival of Patients with High-Grade Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: An Investigation of Ensemble Feature Selection in the Prediction of Overall Survival [PDF]
Determining the most informative features for predicting the overall survival of patients diagnosed with high-grade gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms is crucial to improve individual treatment plans for patients, as well as the biological understanding of the disease. Recently developed ensemble feature selectors like the Repeated Elastic
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