British Society of Gastroenterology position statement on serrated polyps in the colon and rectum
Gut, 2017 Serrated polyps have been recognised in the last decade as important premalignant lesions accounting for between 15% and 30% of colorectal cancers. There is therefore a clinical need for guidance on how to manage these lesions; however, the evidence base
J. East +11 more
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Fecal incontinence: the quality of reported randomized, controlled trials in the last ten years. [PDF]
, 2008 This study was designed to analyze the characteristics and the quality of reporting of randomized, controlled trials published during the last ten years on fecal ...
Chelvanayagam, Sonya +2 more
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Is preoperative bowel preparation necessary for gynecological oncology surgery?
Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2016 Objective: We investigated the necessity of preoperative bowel preparation for gynecological oncology surgery. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients who underwent gynecological oncology surgery with ...
Wei-Tin Liu +10 more
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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, 2020 Aim To investigate the effectiveness of the institutional medical structure and of the implemented clinical practice guidelines for improving colon cancer surgical outcomes.
Hirotoshi Kobayashi +8 more
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The dynamics of vaginal and rectal Lactobacillus spp. flora in subsequent trimesters of pregnancy in healthy Polish women, assessed using the Sanger sequencing method [PDF]
, 2018 Background Lactobacilli play an important role in maintaining vaginal health and protection against bacterial infections in the genital tract. The aim of this study is to show the dynamics of changes of the vaginal and rectal Lactobacillus flora during ...
Bodaszewska-Lubaś, Małgorzata +6 more
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Use of radiobiological modeling in treatment plan evaluation and optimization of prostate cancer radiotherapy [PDF]
, 2011 There are many tools available that are used to evaluate a radiotherapy treatment plan, such as isodose distribution charts, dose volume histograms (DVH), maximum, minimum and mean doses of the dose distributions as well as DVH point dose constraints ...
Baltas, Dimos +3 more
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Human Reproduction, 2017 STUDY QUESTION Is there a difference in functional outcome between conservative versus radical rectal surgery in patients with large deep endometriosis infiltrating the rectum 2 years postoperatively?
H. Roman +7 more
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Association of perioperative blood pressure with long-term survival in rectal cancer patients
Chinese Journal of Cancer, 2016 Background Several studies suggested that hypertension is positively related to cancer incidence and mortality. In this study, we investigated the association between perioperative blood pressure (BP) and long-term survival outcomes in patients with ...
Hui-Chuan Yu +8 more
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Outlier identification in radiation therapy knowledge-based planning: A study of pelvic cases. [PDF]
, 2017 PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to apply statistical metrics to identify outliers and to investigate the impact of outliers on knowledge-based planning in radiation therapy of pelvic cases.
Aggarwal +23 more
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Spinal Afferent Innervation of the Colon and Rectum
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2018 Despite their seemingly elementary roles, the colon and rectum undertake a variety of key processes to ensure our overall wellbeing. Such processes are coordinated by the transmission of sensory signals from the periphery to the central nervous system ...
S. Brierley, T. Hibberd, N. Spencer
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