Prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Validation and ranking of established staging-systems in a large western HCC-cohort. [PDF]
HCC is diagnosed in approximately half a million people per year, worldwide. Staging is a more complex issue than in most other cancer entities and, mainly due to unique geographic characteristics of the disease, no universally accepted staging system ...
Straub, Gundula +35 more
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Assessment of multiple displacement amplification in molecular epidemiology
Well-characterized epidemiological resources are generated with great effort, yet associated patient DNA samples can be limiting. The efficacy of the whole genome amplification (WGA) method, termed multiple displacement amplification (MDA), was assessed ...
Jin Yan +3 more
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Clinical and Subtypes of Breast Cancer in Indonesia
Background: Breast cancer is still a global public health problem, especially in women and is the second leading cause of death after lung cancer. Indonesia is a country with a high incidence of breast among women.
I Ketut Widiana, Hendry Irawan
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(1) Background: Early-stage glottic cancer is easily missed on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) may improve diagnostic accuracy.
Stephan Schleder +6 more
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Staging Investigations in Breast Cancer: Collective Opinion of UK Breast Surgeons [PDF]
Introduction. Certain clinicopathological factors are associated with a higher likelihood of distant metastases in primary breast cancer. However, there remains inconsistency in which patients undergo formal staging for distant metastasis and the most ...
R. I. Cutress +7 more
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Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of endobronchial and endoscopic ultrasound relative to surgical staging in potentially resectable lung cancer: results from the ASTER randomised controlled trial [PDF]
Copyright @ Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2012. This work was produced by Sharples et al. under the terms of a commissioning contract issued by the Secretary of State for Health.Objective: To assess the clinical effectiveness and cost ...
E Wheaton +37 more
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Spring migration of Ruffs Philomachus pugnax in Fryslân: estimates of staging duration using resighting data [PDF]
Seasonal bird migration involves long flights, but most time is actually spent at intermediate staging areas. The duration of stay at these sites can be evaluated with mark–recapture methods that employ day-to-day local encounters of individually marked ...
Yvonne I. Verkuil +11 more
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Scenography in the Staging / on the Stage / in the Mind of the Audience [PDF]
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Christensen-Scheel, B., Lindgren, C., & Pettersen, A. T. (2013). Scenography in the Staging/on the Stage/in the Mind of the Audience. Performance Research, 18(3), 126-134.[copyright Taylor & Francis], available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13528165.2013.818323.
Christensen-Scheel, Boel +2 more
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Imaging Alzheimer’s pathology stage by stage
Tau neuropathology is a defining feature of Alzheimer’s disease. For decades, its progression throughout the cortex has been captured post mortem using Braak stages. A new study replicated Braak staging in living patients using positron emission tomography, showing associations with other biomarkers and clinical deficits.
Malpetti, Maura, La Joie, Renaud
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A novel community health worker tool outperforms WHO clinical staging for assessment of antiretroviral therapy eligibility in a resource-limited setting. [PDF]
The accuracy of a novel community health worker antiretroviral therapy eligibility assessment tool was examined in community members in Blantyre, Malawi. Nurses independently performed World Health Organization (WHO) staging and CD4 counts.
Webb, Emily L +31 more
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