Variations in the Uptake of Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer and Its Impact on Outcomes
European Urology Open Science, 2023 Background: Regional differences in active surveillance (AS) uptake for prostate cancer (PC) illustrate an inequality in treatment strategies. Objective: To examine the association between regional differences in AS uptake and transition to radical ...
Mats S. Ahlberg +3 more
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The effect of watchful waiting compared to immediate test ordering instructions on general practitioners' blood test ordering behaviour for patients with unexplained complaints; a randomized clinical trial (ISRCTN55755886)
Implementation Science, 2012 Background Immediate blood testing for patients presenting with unexplained complaints in family practice is superfluous from a diagnostic point of view. However, many general pracitioners (GPs) order tests immediately.
van Bokhoven Marloes A +6 more
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Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2019 Background: The present study aimed to compare the long-term clinical and functional outcomes of patients with clinically localized prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy compared to the watchful waiting.
Mojtaba NOUHI +4 more
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Current status of active surveillance in prostate cancer [PDF]
Investigative and Clinical Urology, 2016 Active surveillance (AS) is a management strategy involving close monitoring the course of disease with the expectation to intervene if the cancer progress, in a super-selected group of low-risk prostate cancer (PCa) patients.
Mun Su Chung, Seung Hwan Lee
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Management Strategies Following Slightly Out of Range INRs: Watchful Waiting vs. Dose Changes
, 2022 Patients\u27 international normalized ratios (INRs) often fall slightly out of range. In these cases, the American College of Chest Physician (ACCP) guidelines suggest maintaining the current warfarin dose and retesting the INR within the following two ...
Krol, Gregory D +17 more
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High Caveolin-1 Expression in Tumor Stroma Is Associated with a Favourable Outcome in Prostate Cancer Patients Managed by Watchful Waiting. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 In the present study we have investigated whether Caveolin-1 expression in non-malignant and malignant prostate tissue is a potential prognostic marker for outcome in prostate cancer patients managed by watchful waiting.
Peter Hammarsten +8 more
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Rapid maxillary expansion versus watchful waiting in pediatric OSA: A systematic review. [PDF]
, 2022 [EN] Spontaneous resolution of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may stand behind the observed benefit of rapid maxillary expansion (RME), mainly supported by uncontrolled case series. We aimed to review the controlled, ideally randomized, evidence
Fernández Barriales, Marcos +3 more
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, 2021 Purpose: One-third of patients presenting with inguinal hernia are asymptomatic and the best treatment for these patients is unclear. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of applying a watchful waiting strategy for asymptomatic or ...
Reistrup, Hugin +2 more
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Trials, 2012 Background Incisional hernia is a frequent complication in abdominal surgery. This article describes the development of a prospective randomized clinical trial designed to determine whether watchful waiting is an acceptable alternative to surgical repair
Lauscher Johannes C +7 more
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The shape of the urine stream — from biophysics to diagnostics [PDF]
, 2012 We develop a new computational model of capillary-waves in free-jet flows, and apply this to the problem of urological diagnosis in this first ever study of the biophysics behind the characteristic shape of the urine stream as it exits the urethral ...
Wheeler, Andrew P.S. +21 more
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