c reactive protein and risk of lung cancer
Role of C-Reactive Protein and Procalcitonin in Differentiation of Tuberculosis from Bacterial Community Acquired Pneumonia potx
... non-AIDS immunocompromised patients. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2003;7: Kang YA, et al. C- reactive protein and procalcitonin for the diagnosis of tuberculosis 341 Role of C- Reactive Protein and Procalcitonin ... CRP concentration had a Kang YA, et al. C- reactive protein and procalcitonin for the diagnosis of tuberculosis 339 Table 1. Clinical and laboratory characteristics of the participants Bacterial ... percentages. Figure 2. C- reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) concentration according to the pneumonia severity index in bacterial community-acquired pneumonia. Patients in risk classes...
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Lung cancer - The diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer pdf
... Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death for men, who account for 60% of lung cancer cases. In women, lung cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death after breast cancer. ... those of the USA. Lung cancers are classified into two main categories: small-cell lung cancers (SCLC), which account for about 20% of cases, and non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLC), which account ... Non-small-cell lung cancers include squamous cell carcinomas (35% of all lung cancers), adenocarcinomas (27%) and large cell carcinomas (10%). Contents Introduction 4 Patient-centred care...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 00:20
Statin Therapy, LDL Cholesterol, C-Reactive Protein, and Coronary Artery Disease pot
... Clinical application of C- reactive protein for cardiovascular disease detection and prevention. Circulation 2003; 107:363-9. 9. Ridker PM, Hennekens CH, Buring JE, Rifai N. C- reactive protein and ... Stryer DB, Clancy CM. Practical clinical trials: increasing the value of clinical research for decision making in clinical and health policy. JAMA 2003;290:1624-32. Copyright â 2007 Massachusetts ... particular characteristics of this population. Although patients with ischemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction have high rates of adverse outcomes, their risk of ischemic cardio- vascular...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Incidental thyroid lesions detected by FDG-PET/CT: prevalence and risk of thyroid cancer" ppsx
... sus- pected cancer, the primary site of malignancy was 893 suf- fered from breast cancer, 428 from head and neck cancers excluding thyroid cancer, 311 from gastrointestinal can- cers, 306 from lung cancer, ... purely cystic nodules, hyperechoic nodules, sharp margination, coarse calcification and peripheral vascularity [13]. US features associated with malignancy are microcalcifications, hypoechoic nodules, irregular ... evaluation of suspected or known cancer or cancer screening without any history of thyroid cancer between November 2003 and December 2005. Medical records related to the FDG-PET/CT findings including maximum SUV(SUV max )...
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báo cáo khoa học: "Clinical significance of preoperative serum interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein level in breast cancer patients" pot
... Stenkvist B: Breast cancer: prognostic significance of c- erb-B2 and int-2 amplification compared with DNA ploidy, S-phase fraction, and conventional clinicopathological features. Breast Cancer Res Treat ... Lin MT, Lin BR, Chang CC, Chu CY, Su HJ, Chen ST, Jeng YM, Kuo ML: IL-6 induces AGS gastric cancer cell invasion via activation of the c- Src/ RhoA/ROCK signaling pathway. Int J Cancer 2007, 120:2600-2608. doi:10.1186/1477-7819-9-18 Cite ... advanced non- small cell lung cancer. Oncol Rep 1998, 5:649-652. 7. Erlinger TP, Platz EA, Rifai N, Helzlsouer KJ: C- reactive protein and the risk of incident colorectal cancer. JAMA 2004, 291:585-590. 8....
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:24
báo cáo hóa học: " Value of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in low risk chest pain observation unit patients" doc
... Amsterdam 2 Abstract Objective: High-sensitivity C- reactive protein (hs-CRP) rises with cardiac injury/ischemia. We evaluated its efficacy in aiding in the identification of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) ... (ED) with chest pain is a continuing challenge. Of primary concern is recognition or exclu- sion of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), which is initiated with risk stratification that encompasses ... (57.7) ACS, acute coronary syndrome; SD, standard deviation; CAD, coronary artery disease; ECG, electrocardiogram 0 50 100 150 hsCRP No ACS ACS Figure 1 hs-CRP values in presence of acute coronary...
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Báo cáo y học: "Plasmatic B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and C-Reactive Protein in Hyperacute Stroke as Markers of Ct-Evidence of Brain Edema." pptx
... C- reactive protein in atherosclerosis: A causal factor? Cardiovasc Res. 2006; 71: 30-39. 24. Yip HK, Sun CK, Chang LT, Chen MC, Liou CW. Time course and prognostic value of plasma levels of ... ischemic stroke in patients with cerebrovascular disease. Arch Neurol. 2006; 63: 60-65. 10. Rost NS, Wolf PA, Kase CS, et al. Plasma concentration of C- reactive protein and risk of ischemic stroke ... Among ischemic strokes 6 were cardioembolic, 7 were lacunar, and the remainder (16) were ischemic non-cardioembolic (11 atherosclerotic and 5 of undetermined cause). The location of stroke...
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Báo cáo y học: " C-reactive protein in critically ill cancer patients with sepsis: influence of neutropenia" doc
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21
Factors infl uencing the risk of breast cancer – established and emerging ppt
... effect modifiers of the association of fat intake and risk of breast cancer. Cancer Causes Control, 8, pp49-56. 18 Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer (1997). Breast cancer ... J Cancer, 87(11), pp1234-1245. 37 Johnson KC. (2005). Accumulating evidence on passive and active smoking and breast cancer risk. Int J Cancer. , 117(4), pp619-628. Factors infl uencing the risk ... effects? 4 Factors infl uencing the risk of breast cancer – established and emerging Established Risk Factors 1. The established risk factors for breast cancer may increase a woman’s chances...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 01:20
The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: A Nested Case–Control Study of Lung Cancer and Diesel Exhaust pptx
... jnci.oxfordjournals.org JNCI | Article 5 Table 1. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) by potential risk factors for lung cancer* Potential risk factor Case subjects Control subjects OR (95% CI) Employment ... mining facilities, which included 198 lung cancer deaths and 562 incidence density–sampled control subjects. For each case subject, we selected up to four control subjects, individually matched ... rates are high because of unvented indoor burning of coal for heating and cooking in homes (22). The effect of tobacco on lung cancer risk in that study was weak in the presence of heavy indoor...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Altered expression of tumor protein D52 regulates apoptosis and migration of prostate cancer cells potx
... leading cancer death, next to lung and colo- rectal cancer. In the present study, we demonstrate the physiological consequences of TPD52 expression in the androgen responsive prostate cancer cell ... real-time PCR. Transfection of LNCaP cells with a speci c small hairpin RNA giving efficient knockdown of TPD52 resulted in significant cell death of the carcinoma LNCaP cells. As demonstrated by activation ... is overexpressed and a gene amplification target in ovarian cancer. Int J Cancer 117, 1049–1054. 12 Scanlan MJ & Jager D (2001) Challenges to the devel- opment of antigen-speci c breast cancer vaccines. Breast...
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