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 +25 more
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Radio-chemotherapy as a preoperative treatment for advanced rectal cancer. Evaluation of down-staging and morbidity [PDF]
Background: The standard therapy for patients with clinically resectable rectal cancer is generally considered to be surgery, If the patient is diagnosed with advanced disease, postoperative radiochemotherapy (RCT) is usually recommended. In our study we
Wilkowski, R. +4 more
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Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease. The purpose of adjuvant therapy for early-stage breast cancer is to provide maximum benefit with minimum side effects and not to under-treat or over-treat.
E. Nilüfer Güler
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Sentinel lymphnode for endometrial cancer: where are we? [PDF]
Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common cancer of all gynecological malignancies. Most women are diagnosed with an earlystage disease, which generally has a good prognosis.
Sarah Sghaier +6 more
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The IASLC Mesothelioma Staging Project: Improving Staging of a Rare Disease Through International Participation [PDF]
For nearly 40 years, there was no generally accepted staging system for malignant pleural mesothelioma. In 1994, members of the International Mesothelioma Interest Group, in collaboration with the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer ...
Rice, David +31 more
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Summary: In this protocol, we present a facile nanoscale thermal mapping technique for electronic devices by use of atomic force microscopy and a phase change material Ge2Sb2Te5.
Qilong Cheng +7 more
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Cervical vertebrae staging in pre-orthodontic patients in Benin City, Nigeria
Objective: To determine the prevalence of the various stages of skeletal maturation of the cervical vertebrae in pre-orthodontic patients in Benin City, Nigeria.
I.N. Ize-Iyamu
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BackgroundThis study aims to analyze the prognostic significance of the metastatic lymph node (mLN) size in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients receiving chemoradiotherapy (CRT) to provide some information for the optimization of clinical nodal ...
Yanan Zhang +5 more
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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 +20 more
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Air Pollution Effects to the Subtype and Severity of Lung Cancers
The correlation between lung cancer incidence and air pollution has been established in previous research, but the other detail impact of air pollution to lung cancer is still under investigation. This study aimed to explore if air pollution affected the
Hung-Chi Lee +9 more
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