... risk characteristics, such as beta, marketability, firm size, and earnings growth variability They find a positive and significant association between forecast dispersion and the traditional market-based ... hard to distinguish between intentional manipulation and unintentional misinterpretation in some cases AICPA Professional Standards, AU @ 420.15 (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants ... and dividend growth of the firm as a risk variable, and he compares this risk variable with other risk variables such as beta, inflation risk, interest rate risk, and economic activity risk with...
... other hand, pronominal noun phrases play a role in indicating and realizing topic continuity in a dialogue Since new topics are introduced at the beginning of new subdialogues and developed in the ... representation and use of focus in dialogue understanding Technical Report 151, Artificial Intelligence Center, SRI International Grosz, B.J., Joshi, A.K., Weinstein, S 1983 Providing a Unified Account ... previous work in linguistics and psychology Because this analysis was performed independently of the dialogue segmentation and subordination, it is a converging analysis and it supports the derived...
... with termination of the immune response, which is indicative of a regulated anti-tumour immune response in the cancer patient, in a homeostatic fashion, similarly to inflammation from infection ... Oscillation and Other Diseases Further clinical evidence for homeostatic immune oscillations is found in autoimmunity, especially associated with lymphodepletion or immunotherapy (eg thyroiditis ... 14(3):710-4 Williams DK, Muddiman C: Absolute Quantification of C-Reactive Protein in Human Plasma Derived from Patients with Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Utilizing Protein Cleavage Isotope Dilution Mass...
... of this line of research is that of potentially providing clinicians with a more accurate picture of the patient's prognostic profile, hence possibly further improving accuracy of prognosis and ... quality of life at baseline assessment may live longer Thus it is not surprising that, in addition to clinical measures, quality of life data are predictive of survival duration This hypothesis ... Bruning PF, Klijn JG, van Hoorebeeck I, Paridaens R: Identification and interpretation ofclinicaland quality of life prognostic factors for survival and response to treatment in firs-line chemotherapy...
... regions, as well as some "strong" WHO-step III opioids, making it difficult for physicians the appropriate prescription of drugs and creating variability in drugs utilization across different Italian ... aimed at making available to treating physicians, patients and families valid information about pain management in cancer Two main lines of activities were identified as necessary: information ... participating centers during the study inception period will be screened, and if considered eligible included, registered and monitored over time After a check of the eligibility and inclusion in...
... efficacy of ultrasound-guided insertional CVC in patients with hematological and solid tumors, to confirm the utility of this procedure in clinical practice, and to evaluate local or systemic infection, ... symptomatic vein thrombosis of upper limbs (early or late), infections, malfunctioning and lifespan of the CVC Page of In cases ofclinical suspicion of venous thrombosis evidenced by progressive ... mediastinum CVC dislocation in (0.1%), vein collapse in (0.48%) and no efficacious “eco window” in (0.1%) There were no differences in mechanical complications, malposition and malfunctioning of...
... post-operative severity of immunosuppressive sequelae and the patient's susceptibility to infectious complications However, it is difficult to predict the occurrence of postoperative complications ... Figure Changes5in Th1/Th2 ratio in surgical patients with malignancy from the viewpoint of postoperative complications Changes in Th1/Th2 ratio in surgical patients with malignancy from the viewpoint ... nature and risk of this study, and written informed consent was obtained The criteria for inclusion were major surgical tumor resection (digestive tract or liver cancers) and expected duration of...
... (AT) in 1988 AT is an inherited recessive disorder associated with neurological dysfunction, growth abnormalities, extreme radio-sensitivity, immunological deficiency and increased risk of malignancy ... binding domains, Leucine zipper, ATP-binding domains, FAT domain and PI3K domain [17] together with exonic information (The size of the exons and the distance between them are not indicative of ... the PI3K domain, substrate binding domains and ATPbinding domains, is illustrated in Figure Single marker associations Risk for developing breast cancer The association between any variant in the...
... prophylaxis in their cancer patients [52] Trials investigating thromboprophylaxis in medical patients hospitalized for acute medical illnesses have reported clinical benefits in terms of a significant ... the risk of VTE outweighs the risk of bleeding in most cancer patients [30,31], the use of antithrombotic agents which provide stable anticoagulation while minimizing bleeding complications is ... VTE in this high-risk population Prophylaxis in medical cancer inpatients There is a growing awareness of the risks of VTE in hospitalized medical patients Medical patients account for approximately...
... official organizations (for example, the National Institutes of Health, which indeed needs reshuffling of its priorities) These initial data on Phytalgic® would seem to justify such action If these ... Competing interests The funding agencies (The Oak Foundation and The Danish Rheumatism Association) had no role in writing the report or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication Neither ... Pharmavie (Ivry-sur-Seine, France), Pfizer Inc (New York, NY, USA), Roche (Basel, Switzerland), sanofi-aventis (Paris, France), Scandinavian Clinical Nutrition (Stockholm, Sweden), and Wyeth (Madison,...
... SAPS II and APACHE II in 242 ICU cancer patients [17] In that study, the ability of SAPS II to discriminate between survivors and nonsurvivors (AUROC = 0.825) was superior to those of APACHE II ... to ICUs Although none of these models should be used to predict individual outcomes, they can assist physicians in discussions of prognosis and in clinical decision making to improve allocation ... hospital for referral ofcancer patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Its ICU is a 10bed medical/surgical unit exclusively for oncological patients, with full-time medical and nurse directors, and...
... complication of cytoreductive therapy and develops in 20% to 40% of BMT recipients [47] Amphotericin during conditioning Acyclovir during conditioning Vancomycin during conditioning The main site ... association with ARF and haemorrhagic cystitis [50] Finally, adenovirus is associated with disseminated infections, encephalitis, pneumonitis and ARF [51] To allow either a prompt reduction in immunosuppression ... sepsis and druginduced toxicity Prevention of ARF is mandatory in CICPs Fluid expansion and uricolytic treatment in patients with a high risk of acute TLS, prevention of contrast nephropathy, elimination...
... cubic millimeter); infection category (clinically documented infection or microbiologically documented infection); severity -of- illness scores using Simplified Acute Physiology Score II at admission ... stay; and time from sepsis diagnosis to ICU admission and time from ICU admission to septic shock diagnosis and ICU mortality Early prognostic factors were defined as easy-to-collect, clinicaland ... [14,41,44] In addition, patients considered to benefit significantly from immediate ICU admission were managed systematically and daily by both the intensivist and the hematologist/ oncologist until ICU...
... of the manuscript 15 Authors’ information PP is coordinator of the Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit and president of the Antibiotic Commission of São Francisco Xavier Hospital PP is Professor of ... and C-reactive protein At ICU admission, temperature in septic critically ill cancer patients was not significantly different in those presenting neutropenia in comparison with non-neutropenic ... started in all septic cancer patients upon ICU admission Page of according to to local guidelines and in accordance with the Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines [2] The prescription...
... 3Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital of Udine, Udine, Italy 4Biostatistics/ Scientific Direction, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Roma, Italy Institut Multidisciplinaire d’Oncologie, ... (definition of the question the analysis was designed to answer), definition of the trial selection criteria, definition of the search strategy, and a detailed description of the statistical ... metastatic breast cancer [32,33] in over 3,000 patients in three randomized trials showing a statistically significant increase in PFS, resulting in a reduced risk ofprogressionof about 30% In the...
... Table of Contents ii Summary viii List of Figures ix List of tables xi Abbreviations xii List of publications xiv PART 1 INTRODUCTION Oncogenesis and the development ofcancer therapies 2 Nuclear ... domain which has sufficient variation to allow for ligand selectivity and possesses a ligand induced activation function called AF2 which is important in transcriptional coregulator interactions ... transport and elimination (Chawla et al., 2001) RXRs are activated by dietary lipids like docosahexaenoic acid, phytanic acid which is a toxic plant lipid, and methoprene acid an insecticide derivative...
... transcription factors, Inhibitor of differentiation (Id) proteins, of which Id2 is known to interact with pRb, p107 and p130, might be involved in the differentiation of PNECS, since Id2 and Id4 ... 2001) In summary, pRb is able to repress gene transcription by means of direct inhibition of the transcription machinery, direct binding and inhibition of E2F transactivation capacity or by recruiting ... accompanies pRb inactivation in vivo For example, conditional inactivation of Rb in the pituitary gland revealed that tumorigenesis is preceded by induction of apoptosis and proliferation (Vooijs...
... charges • Immediate publication on acceptance • Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar • Research which is freely available for redistribution Submit your manuscript at www.biomedcentral.com/submit ... D, Mayer R: Phase III trial of trimodality therapy with cisplatin, fluorouracil, radiotherapy, and surgery compared with surgery alone for esophageal cancer: CALGB 9781 J Clin Oncol 2008, 26(7):1086-92 ... 5134 doi:10.1186/1477-7819-9-41 Cite this article as: Cafarotti et al.: Chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery versus surgery alone in esophageal cancer patients: is it time for additional evidence?...
... 4.5 Primary tumor location Lata Lat Lat Medb Med Lat Histology IDCc IDC ILC IDC IPDd IDC Nuclear Grade II I II III II II Histologic Grade II I II II II I Receptor - + + + - - Lymphatic invasion ... give us better information the role of PMRT in this patient group [6] Radiation oncologists often confront patients with 1-3 positive lymph nodes following MRM in their routine clinical practice ... the role of PMRT for women with to positive lymph nodes remains uncertain and is being examined in a randomized clinical trial” Many surgeons and radiation oncologist are not recommending PMRT...
... and their cytotoxicity against survivin-positive cancer cell lines Induction Induction of survivin-C58 peptide-specific CTLs and their cytotoxicity against survivin-positive cancer cell lines CTLs ... splicing variants of human survivin have been described, including survivin-2α, survivin-2B, survivin-ΔEx3, and survivin-3B [12-15] While survivin-2α and survivin-3B are truncated forms, survivin2B ... Peptides and Cytokines Wild type survivin-derived peptides carrying HLA-A24 binding motif Survivin-C58 (amino acid sequence FFCFKELEGW), a splicing variant survivin-2B-derived peptide Survivin-2B80-88...