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The relation between prediction model performance measures and patient selection outcomes for proton therapy in head and neck cancer [PDF]

, 2023
Background: Normal-tissue complication probability (NTCP) models predict complication risk in patients receiving radiotherapy, considering radiation dose to healthy tissues, and are used to select patients for proton therapy, based on their expected ...
Hoebers, Frank Jozef Pieter, Hoogland, Jeroen, Langendijk, Johannes Albertus, Leeuwenberg, Artuur Marijn, Moons, Karel Gerardus Maria, Reitsma, Johannes Bernardus, Schuit, Ewoud, Van den Bosch, Lisa Griet Lydia Jozef, van der Schaaf, Arjen, Wijers, Oda Bemadette   +9 more
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Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Patient Selection and New Perspectives

Nature and Science of Sleep, 2020
Hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HNS) is an increasingly widespread OSA treatment. It is a non-anatomical modifying surgery able to achieve an adequate objective and subjective result with a reasonable complication rate.
P. Baptista, A. Costantino, A. Moffa, V. Rinaldi, M. Casale   +4 more
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Selection of patients [PDF]

Journal of Medical Ethics, 1982
The author joins the discussion on selection of patients in the face of life-saving resources initiated in the Journal by Parsons and Lock, Mooney and the editorial in the December 1980 issue. In this article several selection systems are discussed. The author is in favour of a `criteria-system'. The criteria for such a system are elaborated.
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Patient involvement in selection of immunosuppressive regimen following transplantation. [PDF]

, 2014
Transplantation has made a considerable difference to the lives of many patients. However, feedback from patients indicates that although having a transplant is a hugely positive experience, having to take medications indefinitely is one of the biggest ...
Greene, H, Kyegombe, M, MacPhee, IA, Popoola, J   +3 more
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Non-Operating Room Anesthesia: Patient Selection and Special Considerations

Local and Regional Anesthesia, 2020
Non-operating room anesthesia (NORA) represents a growing field of medicine with an increasing trend in the number of cases performed over the previous decade.
Timothy Wong, Paige Georgiadis, R. Urman, Mitchell H. Tsai   +3 more
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Patient Selection in Cervical Disc Arthroplasty

The International Journal of Spine Surgery, 2020
Background: Patient selection for cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) in the United States remains a topic of debate among surgeons. Many surgeons base US patient selection for CDA implantation on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) indications ...
P. Nunley, Kelly A. Frank, M. Stone
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A Tractography-Based Grading Scale of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations Close to the Corticospinal Tract to Predict Motor Outcome After Surgery

Frontiers in Neurology, 2019
Background: Surgical decision-making for brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) close to the corticospinal tract (CST) is always challenging. The purpose of this study was to develop a tractography-based grading scale to improve preoperative risk ...
Maogui Li, Maogui Li, Maogui Li, Maogui Li, Pengjun Jiang, Pengjun Jiang, Pengjun Jiang, Pengjun Jiang, Rui Guo, Rui Guo, Rui Guo, Rui Guo, Qingyuan Liu, Qingyuan Liu, Qingyuan Liu, Qingyuan Liu, Shuzhe Yang, Shuzhe Yang, Shuzhe Yang, Shuzhe Yang, Jun Wu, Jun Wu, Jun Wu, Jun Wu, Yong Cao, Yong Cao, Yong Cao, Yong Cao, Shuo Wang, Shuo Wang, Shuo Wang, Shuo Wang   +31 more
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Robotic Pancreatoduodenectomy: Patient Selection, Volume Criteria, and Training Programs

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery, 2020
Introduction: There has been a rapid development in minimally invasive pancreas surgery in recent years. The most recent innovation is robotic pancreatoduodenectomy. Several studies have suggested benefits as compared to the open or laparoscopic approach.
L. Jones, M. Zwart, I. Molenaar, B. Koerkamp, Melissa E Hogg, M. A. Hilal, M. Besselink   +6 more
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Recombination rate and selection strength in HIV intra-patient evolution [PDF]

, 2009
The evolutionary dynamics of HIV during the chronic phase of infection is driven by the host immune response and by selective pressures exerted through drug treatment.
A Eyre-Walker, A Jung, AE Jetzt, AR Templeton, AS Perelson, B Asquith, C Charpentier, C Kuiken, C Neuhauser, Christophe Fraser, CL Althaus, CTT Edwards, D Shriner, D Shriner, DJ Wilson, DN Levy, E Jones, E Simon-Loriere, G McVean, GA Bazykin, HY Lee, IM Rouzine, IM Rouzine, J Archer, J Chen, J Hunter, J Zhuang, JH Gillespie, L Chen, M Kimura, N Barton, N Barton, R Nielsen, R Shankarappa, RA Kaslow, RA Neher, RC Edgar, RC Griffiths, Richard A. Neher, RR Hudson, S Duffy, SA Seibert, SL Liu, T Leitner, T Nora, T Oliphant, Thomas Leitner, WJ Ewens, Y Yamaguchi   +48 more
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Insights into Molecular Classifications of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Improving Patient Selection for Treatment.

Cancer Discovery, 2019
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains the most challenging breast cancer subtype to treat. To date, therapies directed to specific molecular targets have rarely achieved clinically meaningful improvements in outcomes of patients with TNBC, and ...
A. Garrido-Castro, N. Lin, K. Polyak
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