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Predictors of response to BCG therapy in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2022
Intravesical BCG (Bacillus Calmette–Guerin) therapy represents the therapy of choice for intermediaryand high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancers after transurethral resection.
Radovanović Milan, Petrović Miloš, Šantrić Veljko, Zubelić Aleksa   +3 more
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Morbidity and Mortality Due to Schistosoma mansoni Related Periportal Fibrosis: Could Early Diagnosis of Varices Improve the Outcome Following Available Treatment Modalities in Sub Saharan Africa? A Scoping Review

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
Schistosomiasis affects about 240 million people worldwide and Schistosoma mansoni alone affects over 54 million people leaving 400 million at-risk especially in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). About 20 million people are currently suffering from complications
Daniel W. Gunda, Semvua B. Kilonzo, Paulina M. Manyiri, Robert N. Peck, Humphrey D. Mazigo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predictive Value of Red Cell Volume Distribution Width-to-Platelet Ratio in Staging Liver Fibrosis in Chronic HCV-Infected Patients [PDF]

Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2020
Background and study aim: The gold standard investigation to stage hepatic cirrhosis is liver biopsy. Being invasive with several major and minor procedure-related complications, liver biopsy is not universally-applied in all the indicated population. In
Ali Nada, Nashwa Shebl, Ahmed El-Gazzarah, Warda Othman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying wildlife reservoirs of neglected taeniid tapeworms : non-invasive diagnosis of endemic Taenia serialis infection in a wild primate population [PDF]

, 2017
Despite the global distribution and public health consequences of Taenia tapeworms, the life cycles of taeniids infecting wildlife hosts remain largely undescribed.
Beehner, Jacinta C, Bergman, Thore J, Chastain, Holly M, Dorny, Pierre, Gomery, Megan A, Griffin, Randi H, Handali, Sukwan, Noh, John C, Nunn, Charles L, Schneider-Crease, India, Snyder-Mackler, Noah, Wilkins, Patricia P   +11 more
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Non-invasive predictors of ICU admission and mortality in initially asymptomatic COVID-19 patients [PDF]

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology, 2022
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can present with pulmonary and non-pulmonary manifestations, or it may be asymptomatic. Asymptomatic patients have a major impact on transmission of the disease, and prediction of their outcome and prognosis
Raafat R, Alboraie M, Elkhadry S, Abdelnasier M, Hashish M, Almansoury Y, Yousef N, Elshaarawy O, Madkour A.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A simple nomogram for predicting failure of non-invasive respiratory strategies in adults with COVID-19: a retrospective multicentre study

The Lancet Digital Health, 2021
Background Non-invasive respiratory strategies (NIRS) including high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) and non-invasive ventilation (NIV) have become widely used in patients with COVID-19 who develop acute respiratory failure. However, use of these therapies, if
Ling Liu, Jianfeng Xie, Wenjuan Wu, Hui Chen, Shusheng Li, Hongli He, Yuetian Yu, M. Hu, Jin-xiu Li, R. Zheng, Xu-yan Li, H. Qiu, Z. Tong, B. Du, E. Fan, Yi Yang, Arthur S Slutsky   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Performance of non-invasive fibrosis scores in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with and without morbid obesity

International Journal of Obesity, 2021
Non-invasive scores, such as the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) Fibrosis Score (NFS), are increasingly used for liver fibrosis assessment in patients with NAFLD.
A. Drolz, S. Wolter, M. Wehmeyer, F. Piecha, T. Horvatits, J. Schulze zur Wiesch, A. Lohse, O. Mann, J. Kluwe   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Independent predictors of breast malignancy in screen-detected microcalcifications: biopsy results in 2545 cases [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Mammographic microcalcifications are associated with many benign lesions, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive cancer. Careful assessment criteria are required to minimise benign biopsies while optimising cancer diagnosis.
Downey, P., Farshid, G., Gill, P., Pieterse, S., Sullivan, T.   +4 more
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Predicting invasive breast cancer versus DCIS in different age groups. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundIncreasing focus on potentially unnecessary diagnosis and treatment of certain breast cancers prompted our investigation of whether clinical and mammographic features predictive of invasive breast cancer versus ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS ...
Alagoz, Oguzhan, Ayvaci, Mehmet US, Burnside, Elizabeth S, Chhatwal, Jagpreet, Kerlikowske, Karla, Munoz del Rio, Alejandro, Nassif, Houssam, Sickles, Edward A   +7 more
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The predictive and prognostic potential of plasma telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) RNA in rectal cancer patients [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by surgery is the standard care for locally advanced rectal cancer, but tumour response to CRT and disease outcome are variable.
A Celeghin, A Habr-Gama, AL Appelt, Alessandro Perin, AM Mandard, Angela Buonadonna, Anita De Rossi, Antonino De Paoli, C Alix-Panabières, C Belluco, Caterina Boso, Claudio Belluco, D Beddy, D Hanahan, D Lin, D Tural, E Rampazzo, E Rampazzo, E Rampazzo, EH Blackburn, Elisa Palazzari, Enrica Rampazzo, Francesca Bergamo, G Saretzki, G Spolverato, Giovanna Spiro, I Gingras, J Buijsen, J Maláska, JA March-Villalba, JF Bosset, JM Lewis, JP Gerard, K Bujko, K Kojima, L Moureau-Zabotto, L Terrin, L Terrin, LA Torre, M Maas, M Spornraft, MB Amin, MS Roh, N Miura, N Tani, P Boscolo-Rizzo, Paola Del Bianco, R Bertorelle, R Bertorelle, R Sauer, R Siegel, RK Deblakshmi, Roberta Bertorelle, S Giunco, S Pucciarelli, S Pucciarelli, Salvatore Pucciarelli, Sara Leonardi, SB Edge, SH Lim, SM Lledó, T El-Hefnawy, Y Kang   +62 more
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