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BackgroundTo explore the efficacy and toxicity of simultaneous modulated accelerated radiotherapy (SMART) concurrently with cisplatin (CDDP) and S1 (tegafur/gimeracil/oteracil) in elderly patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC ...
SuPing Guo +50 more
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Background: Pretherapeutic discussion in the head and neck tumor board (HNT) has been mandatory at the University Medical Center Freiburg since 01/2015, and it is intended to contribute to a survival benefit through interdisciplinary decision making ...
Katharina El-Shabrawi +2 more
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The association of cancer survival with four socioeconomic indicators: a longitudinal study of the older population of England and Wales 1981-2000. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Many studies have found socioeconomic differentials in cancer survival. Previous studies have generally demonstrated poorer cancer survival with decreasing socioeconomic status but mostly used only ecological measures of status and analytical
Harriet Young +9 more
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On Causal Mediation Analysis with a Survival Outcome [PDF]
Suppose that having established a marginal total effect of a point exposure on a time-to-event outcome, an investigator wishes to decompose this effect into its direct and indirect pathways, also known as natural direct and indirect effects, mediated by a variable known to occur after the exposure and prior to the outcome.
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ObjectiveThis study investigated the curative effect of adding nimotuzumab (NTZ) in patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) who were treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) and explored significant prognostic factors of NPC.
Lili Wang +4 more
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Surgical Compliance and Survival Outcomes for Patients with Stage T1-2 Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Siben Wang,1,* Weipu Mao,2,* Yi Wang,3,* Xiuquan Shi,4 Wei Wang,3 Lili Dai,3 Wenping Zhang1 1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Heping Hospital Affiliated to Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, Shanxi Province 046000, People’s Republic of China ...
Wang S +6 more
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Treatment Heterogeneity for Survival Outcomes
A chapter of the 'Handbook of Matching and Weighting Adjustments for Causal Inference'
Xu, Yizhe +5 more
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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 +23 more
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Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Children and Adolescents: Expert Recommendations
ABSTRACT Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas (SPN) is a rare low‐grade malignant exocrine pancreatic tumor, mostly discovered during the second decade of life in females, with a very good prognosis, provided microscopically complete surgical excision is achieved.
Sabine Irtan +18 more
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ObjectiveWe aimed to evaluate the clinicopathological characteristics and survival outcomes of patients with second primary ovarian carcinomas after a breast cancer diagnosis.Materials and methodsWe reviewed the medical reports of 23 patients at Sichuan ...
Hong Liu +6 more
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