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Clinical-pathological features of an occult mixed mucinous male breast cancer. a case report [PDF]

, 2017
Mucinous carcinoma of the male breast is an uncommon malignant breast neoplasm and its diagnoses remain difficult. It is probably due to such a low rate of breast cancer cases that men tend to be diagnosed at an older age than women and with a later ...
Bonifacino, Adriana, Carico, Elisabetta, Giarnieri, Enrico, Giovagnoli, Maria Rosaria, Lamberti, Ilaria, Mancini, Rita, Scarpino, Stefania, Villani, Sandra   +7 more
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Engineering a Sonotherapeutic RBC Membrane‐Derived Nanoparticle Platform for the Treatment of Liver Cancer

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Herein, an RBC membrane‐derived nanoparticle (CMN‐ICG) is engineered to efficiently deliver a sonosensitizing agent, indocyanine green (ICG), for sonotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). CMN‐ICG exhibits excellent cytocompatibility, significantly enhances hepatocyte uptake, and produces excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon ultrasound ...
Alap Ali Zahid, Aishik Chakraborty, Wei Luo, Juhi Bora, John Joseph Kelly, John Andrew Ronald, Arghya Paul   +6 more
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A rare cause of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: Chronic enteropathy associated with SLCO2A1 mutation in a case from India

International Journal of Gastrointestinal Intervention
A 13-year-old boy presented with an 8-year history of repeated episodes of anemia. Laboratory investigations confirmed iron deficiency anemia due to occult blood loss from the gastrointestinal tract.
Shivani Chopra, Vikramaditya Rawat, Meghraj Ingle, Saiprasad Lad, Mit Shah, Deepak Sasikumar, Vinay Borkar, Yatin Lunagariya, Somraj Patil   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fecal Occult Blood Test and Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infection

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2010
Stool specimens of 1238 workers in western region of Saudi Arabia were examined for infection with intestinal parasites and for fecal occult blood (FOB) to investigate the possibility that enteroparasites correlate to occult intestinal bleeding.
Majed H. Wakid
doaj   +1 more source

Factors Predicting Fecal Occult Blood Testing among Residents of Bushehr, Iran, Based on the Health Belief Model [PDF]

, 2016
Colorectal cancer is a major cause of mortality worldwide. Fecal occult blood testing has proven a very effective screening tool for early detection and mortality reduction.
Ghobadi Dashdebi, Kamel, Noroozi, Azita, Tahmasebi, Rahim   +2 more
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Faecal haemoglobin and faecal calprotectin as indicators of bowel disease in patients presenting to primary care with bowel symptoms [PDF]

, 2015
OBJECTIVE: In primary care, assessing which patients with bowel symptoms harbour significant disease (cancer, higher-risk adenoma or IBD) is difficult.
Allison, Allison, Atkin, Callum G Fraser, Castro, Chiang, Craig Mowat, Cubiella, Duffy, Francis A Carey, Fraser, Fraser, Hazazi, Högberg, Jayne Digby, Jellema, Judith A Strachan, Kaul, Kok, Lieberman, McDonald, McDonald, NICE Diagnostics guidance (DG11), Parente, Pavlidis, Rapi, Robert J C Steele, Robyn Wilson, Roseth, Sipponen, Terhaar sive Droste, van Rheenen, Young   +32 more
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Impact of fecal occult blood on obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: observational study.

World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2015
AIM To elucidate the association between small bowel diseases (SBDs) and positive fecal occult blood test (FOBT) in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB).
Yuka Kobayashi, H. Watabe, Atsuo Yamada, Hirobumi Suzuki, Y. Hirata, Y. Yamaji, H. Yoshida, K. Koike   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Dual‐Layer Living Hydrogel Enables On‐Demand Delivery of Phages and Probiotics for Synergistic Wound Infection Therapy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A dual‐layer living hydrogel, ProΦGel, integrates bacteriophages and probiotics for synergistic wound infection therapy. The outer gelatin‐based matrix releases phages on demand in response to P. aeruginosa infections, while inner alginate beads sustain probiotic delivery.
Siyuan Tao, Darine D'Adam, Anna Hu, Sixuan Zhang, Josua Roduner, Katharina Maniura‐Weber, Qun Ren   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays for Detection of Respiratory Viruses in Nasopharyngeal Specimens

Annals of Clinical Microbiology, 2019
Background: Respiratory tract infections are major public health threats, and the identification of their causative microbes helps clinicians to initiate timely and appropriate antimicrobial therapy and prevent the secondary spread of infection. The main
, Min Kyung Kim, Daewon Kim, Jung-Hyun Byun, Dongeun Yong   +4 more
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Ultrasound‐Triggered Gelation for Restoring Biomechanical Properties of Degenerated Functional Spinal Units

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces an innovative approach to treating intervertebral disc degeneration using ultrasound‐triggered in situ hydrogel formation. Proof‐of‐concept experiments using optimized biomaterial and ultrasound parameters demonstrate partial restoration of biomechanical function and successful integration into degenerated disc tissue, offering a ...
Veerle A. Brans, Anna P. Constantinou, Matthew J. Kibble, Valeria Nele, Daniel Reumann, Luca Bau, Sebastien J. P. Callens, James P. K. Armstrong, Nicolas Newell, Constantin C. Coussios, Molly M. Stevens, Michael D. Gray   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source