... 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-guided transbronchial lung biopsy in a man with long- term survival: a case report Tomiharu Niida1, Kikuo Isoda1*, Koji Miyazaki1, Soichiro Kanoh2, ... The median overall survival of IVL is 10 months, even after chemotherapy [12] However, systemic chemotherapy at an early stage might improve the long- term prognosis of patients with IVL [13,14] ... 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographyguided transbronchial lung biopsy in a man with long- term survival: a case report Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:295 Submit your next manuscript...
... associated with long- termsurvival exclusively in adult patients with active leukemia at allo-HCT Therefore, we comprehensively evaluated the pre- and post-transplant factors which contribute to long- term ... associated with long- term disease control in patients who have active leukemia at transplant The results of the current study showed that GVL effects mediated by cGVHD may play a crucial role in long- term ... cases [2-8] However, the factors contributing to long- termsurvival have not been established because the follow-up periods of these studies were not long enough at less than five years Importantly,...
... unresectable ESCC with T4 or M1a [5,6], and a long- term evaluation of efficacy and toxicity with 139 patients resulted in a complete response (CR) rate of 56%, along with a 5-year survival rate of ... response with overall survival after the treatment with a definitive 5-FU/CDDP-based CRT in 49 patients with ESCC The survival depended on the response, i.e., CR or non-CR 1.0 Survival rate 0.8 With ... 5-FU were proven to correlate with long- termsurvival [16,18] Milano et al examined patients with head and neck cancer [16], and Di Paolo et al studied patients with colorectal cancer [18], and...
... malignant potential of this tumor, additional case reports with long- term follow-up are required Secondly, she received extensive chemotherapy with substantial associated morbidity, we believe on the ... 2000, 86:419-421 doi:10.1186/1752-1947-4-346 Cite this article as: Clarke and Helft: Long- termsurvival of a woman with well differentiated papillary mesothelioma of the peritoneum: a case report ... as a clinically benign tumor, several case reports have described more aggressive behavior with long- term follow-up In one case, a patient died five years following diagnosis He was found at autopsy...
... after the operation Few reports described long- termsurvival after resection of pulmonary metastases from HCC [18] Our case report suggests that for a patient with HCC and pulmonary metastases, surgical ... tomography showing lung metastasis with Chest computed tomography showing lung metastasis with pleural seeding 80 months after hepatectomy The patient presented with mild hemoptysis 30 months after ... eosinophilic cytoplasm, ratio than normal, with higher N/C and an area of giant cell 2a: Polygonal with coarse chromatin(nucleus-to-cytoplasm) 2a: Polygonal cells with higher N/C (nucleus-to-cytoplasm)...
... which the incidence of sARF was determined [8,33,34], and all these studies are limited as none were able to assess for risk factors, long- termsurvival or long- term renal recovery prognosis [8,9,33] ... [28,29], with the exception of the prevalence of chronic kidney disease, which was determined by United States survey data [30] Long- term renal outcome and RRT dependence status was determined ... in-hospital mortality with our study, it remains prone to selection bias and provided no long- term follow-up Morgera et al reported survival in a cohort of critically ill patients with sARF of 77%...
... after transplantation into mice with liver injury Stem Cells 2008, 26:2705-2712 Sun CK, Zhang XY, Zimmermann A, Davis G, Wheatley AM: Effect of ischemia- reperfusioninjury on the microcirculation ... mean ± SD NQO = NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase Group = Normal control; Group = Ischemia reperfusion; Group = Ischemiareperfusion + adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells Symbols (*, †, ‡) indicate ... after ischemia/ reperfusioninjury Circulation 2010, 121:2211-2220 doi:10.1186/1479-5876-9-51 Cite this article as: Chen et al.: Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Protects Kidneys against Ischemia- Reperfusion...
... cooperatively protected heart against ischemia- reperfusioninjury by removing OFR Ischemia- reperfusioninjury induces myocardial apoptosis [28,29] OFR produced during the reperfusion turns on mitochondrial ... PEP-1-SOD1 and PEP-1CAT protect myocardial ischemia- reperfusioninjury in Page of 11 vivo, we established the model of myocardial ischemiareperfusion injury in rats 240-280 g male Sprague-Dawley ... first few minutes of reperfusion is considered as a key event About 25% of cell death in cardiomyocytes after reperfusion of acute myocardial infarction is caused by reperfusioninjury [3] OFR includes...
... may not represent patients with long- term pain in general Like life satisfaction, it has repetitively been shown that HRQL is comparatively low among patients with longterm pain, and also that ... associated only with higher satisfaction with somatic health and psychological health The patients in the present study were probably more affected by pain than patients withlongterm pain in general, ... considerably lower in patients with long- term pain than in a larger reference group from the general population In addition to low life satisfaction and physical impairments, long- term pain is in general...
... able to obtain long- lasting objective responses, neither in terms of local control, nor in terms of systemic efficacy We herein present a case of PSCC of the prostate treated with a combined ... resected with similar modalities to comparably staged adenocarcinoma of the prostate and long- term survivors in this setting have been reported [10,17-19] Little et al treated patients with an ... chemoradiotherapeutic approach, resulting in a prolonged disease-free survival of years Moreover, we provide a systematic overview of all reported cases available within the medical literature http://www.ro-journal.com/content/2/1/15...
... HIV-infected patients treated with long- term cART with or without ABC In the current study, we hypothesized that VEGF, an important factor in the repair system of endothelial injury, might play a pathogenic ... not significantly different between patient groups treated with or without ABC [8,9] We focussed on HIVinfected patients with long- term use of cART Our findings showed no differences in inflammation ... and decreased anticoagulation was observed compatible with a prothrombotic state Furthermore, 33% of the patients withlongterm use of cART with undetectable or very low levels of viral replication...
... in terms of long- term clinical outcomes Hannan and colleagues reported a large scale observational study using New York cardiac registries [4] In their study, CABG was associated with better survival ... deteriorate the potential CABG target vessels, which may lead to less number of graft vessels with worse longtermsurvival There are limitations in the present study related to its design The present ... analysis revealed that age was an independent risk factor for survival, hemodialysis for survival, cardiac death, and cardiac event, LVEF for survival and cardiac death, number of PCI for cardiac death,...
... intervals), and then hours of ischemiawith hours of reperfusion Part 2: Long time effetcs of I/R and IP Group 1- I/R withlong duration (7dR):4 hours of ischemia and days of reperfusion Group 2- Preconditioning ... Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2006, 1:2 withreperfusion [6] An aggrevated reperfusioninjury in Streptozocine induced diabetic rats could be seen with less severe ischemic times [7] ... Group 2- Preconditioning plus I/R withlong duration (7dR+IP): The same preconditioning protocol with the group IV, and then, hours of ischemiawith following days of reperfusion In both groups, sciatic...
... replacement via right thoracotomy approach for prevention of mediastinitis in a female patient with long- term uncontrolled diabetes mellitus: a case report Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010, ... Surgeons, mediastinitis accounted for a quarter of patients with major infections, and the most common clinical predictors associated with mediastinitis were a body mass index of 30 to 40 kg/m2 ... of cold blood cardioplegia Mitral valve replacement with a prosthetic valve (Mosaic Ultra Porcine Valve, 27 mm) and tricuspid annuloplasty with a prosthetic ring (Duran Ancore Annuloplasty Band,...
... method for sciatic nerve ischemia- reperfusioninjury Microsurg 2007, 27(3):206-207 Iida H, Schmelzer JD, Schmeichel AN, et al.: Peripheral nerve ischemia: reperfusioninjury and fiber degeneration ... of peripheral nerve of rats from ischaemia -reperfusion injury Brain 1999, 122(Pt 1):161-169 Saray A, Can B, Akbiyik F, et al.: Ischemia- Reperfusioninjury of the peripheral nerve: an experimental ... group days reperfusion (right panel) at light Slides stained with tri-chrome gomori from control group Slides stained with tri-chrome gomori from control group (left panel) and group days reperfusion...
... oligodendroglia, distant to the site of injury, appears to be unique in acute spinal cord ischemia and contributes to axonal demyelination and dysfunction with long- term neurological deficits On the ... was demonstrated that the mechanism of spinal cord injury after ischemia- reperfusion consists of progressive loss of motor neurons accompanied with a steady decline of motor function [3] The complexity ... as scavenger of free radicals in spinal cord after ischemiareperfusion injury have been proved, we have planned the extension of the experiment with focus to the post operative neurological status...