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A prospective randomized trial of FK506-based immunosuppression after renal transplantation [PDF]

, 1995
A group of 204 adult patients was entered into a prospective, randomized trial comparing FK506/pred-nisone with FK506/azathioprine/prednisone after renal transplantation between August 1, 1991 and October 11,1992.
Demetris, AJ, Fung, JJ, Hakala, TR, Irish, W, Jordan, ML, McCauley, J, Mitchell, S, Randhawa, P, Scantlebury, VP, Shapiro, R, Simmons, RL, Starzl, TE, Vivas, C   +12 more
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Generation time measures the trade-off between survival and reproduction in a life cycle [PDF]

, 2019
Survival and fertility are the two most basic components of fitness, and they drive the evolution of a life cycle. A trade-off between them is usually present: when survival increases, fertility decreases?and vice versa.
Giaimo, S., Traulsen, A.
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The effects of dexmedetomidine on postoperative tumor recurrence and patient survival after breast cancer surgery: a feasibility study

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Science, 2023
Purpose Dexmedetomidine (Dexmed) is a highly selective alpha 2 adrenoceptor (α2-AR) agonist with excellent sedation and analgesic effects and is frequently used in breast cancer surgery.
Jiamei Luo, Wei Xuan, Jiaxin Sun, Xiaoqiang Wang, Yumiao Shi, Yiqi Zhang, Wenjin Yin, Huigang Shu, Jinsong Lu, Jie Tian   +9 more
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Comparison of 10-year overall survival between patients with G1 and G2 grade Ta bladder tumors [PDF]

, 2018
To compare long-term overall survival (OS) in patients with G1 and G2 grade Ta bladder cancer after transurethral resection of bladder tumors (TURBTs).
Balan, Daniel, Borda, Angela, Busetto, Gian Maria, Chibelean, Calin Bogdan, Cioffi, Antonio, De Berardinis, Ettore, Del Giudice, Francesco, Ferro, Matteo, Lucarelli, Giuseppe, Martha, Orsolya, Matei, Victor Deliu, Porav-Hodade, Daniel, Pytel, Akos, Sin, Anca, Tataru, Sabin, Vartolomei, Mihai Dorin, Voidezan, Septimiu   +16 more
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Diffusion MR Characteristics Following Concurrent Radiochemotherapy Predicts Progression-Free and Overall Survival in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma. [PDF]

, 2015
The standard of care for newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM) is surgery, then radiotherapy (RT) with concurrent temozolomide (TMZ), followed by adjuvant TMZ. We hypothesized patients with low diffusivity measured using apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)
Chang, Warren, Cloughesy, Timothy F, Ellingson, Benjamin M, Hardy, Anthony J, Harris, Robert J, Lai, Albert, Leu, Kevin, Mody, Reema R, Nghiemphu, Phioanh L, Pope, Whitney B   +9 more
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Improved estimation of overall survival and progression-free survival for state transition modeling

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research, 2023
Aim: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance (Technical Support Document 19) highlights a key challenge of state transition models (STMs) being their difficulty in achieving a satisfactory fit to the observed within-trial endpoints ...
Peter C Wigfield, Bart Heeg, Mario Ouwens   +2 more
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Real-world efficacy and safety of nivolumab in previously-treated metastatic renal cell carcinoma, and association between immune-related adverse events and survival: the Italian expanded access program [PDF]

, 2019
Background: The Italian Renal Cell Cancer Early Access Program was an expanded access program that allowed access to nivolumab, for patients (pts) with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) prior to regulatory approval.
Buti, S, Cappuzzo, F, Cartenì, G, Cognetti, F, Cortesi, E, De Giglio, A, De Giorgi, U, Giannarelli, D, Panni, S, Pazzola, A, Porta, C, Procopio, G, Raimondi, A, Rastelli, F, Rossetti, S, Sabbatini, R, Sobrero, A, Sternberg, Cn, Surico, G, Tassinari, D, Tortora, G, Turci, D, Verzoni, E   +22 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Progression-free survival versus post-progression survival and overall survival in WHO grade 2 gliomas

Acta Oncologica
Background and purpose: Progression-free survival (PFS) remains to be validated as an outcome measure for diffuse WHO grade 2 gliomas, and knowledge about the relationships between PFS, post-progression survival (PPS), and overall survival (OS) in this ...
Lisa Millgård Sagberg, Øyvind Salvesen, Asgeir Store Jakola, Erik Thurin, Eddie de Dios, Noah L.A. Nawabi, John L. Kilgallon, Joshua D. Bernstock, Vasileios K. Kavouridis, Timothy R. Smith, Ole Solheim   +10 more
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Epidemiology, diagnostics and long-term overall survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer in the Brest Region

Studia Medyczne, 2013
Introduction: Lung cancer has been the most common cancer in the world and in Belarus. Aim of the research: To evaluate the epidemiology of non-small cell lung cancer and improvements in diagnostics and treatment for the past 11 years in the Brest ...
Siarhei Panko, Aleksandr Karpitski, Konstantin Shelepen, Mikalaj Kazarez, Denis Vakulich, Rostislaw Boufalik, Andrej Shestiuk, Genadz Zhurbenka, Alaksandr Ignatiuk   +8 more
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