transarterial embolization for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

... 34.4% for the patients with tumors within UCSF criteria which were superior to those of the patients with tumors beyond UCSF criteria (Figure 2) However, these treatment results of the patients with ... recurrence For the patients without or with limited risk factors of tumor recurrence, hepatectomy rather than liver transplantation will be the first choice of treatment For the patients with risk ... survival (OS) rates for all the patients were 59.0%, 46.4%, and 27.7% Hospital mortality was 5.6% When the patients were further divided into the patients with the tumors within UCSF or beyond...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:24

... after liver resection in patients with solitary hepatocellular carcinoma J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2005, 12:399-404 Suh KS: Systematic hepatectomy for small hepatocellular carcinoma in Korea J ... outcome in patients with cirrhosis and small hepatocellular carcinoma Surgery 2002, 131:311-7 31 Lau H, Fan ST, Ng IO, Wong J: Long term prognosis after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: ... Surveillance of cirrhosis for hepatocellular carcinoma: systematic review and economic analysis Health Technol Assess 2007, 11:1-206 Sherman M: Screening for hepatocellular carcinoma Hepatol Res...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:21

... survival rate for patients without lymph node metastases (N-) and for patients with lymph node metastases (N+) The majority of patients (12/22) received SRS treatment as outpatients with curative ... Surviving patients † Additional non-recurrent patients treated, data presented for recurrent patients only unless otherwise noted ‡ Includes non-recurrent patients § Includes patients with non-squamous ... rT3N0M0 1 rT3N1M0 rT3N2M0 rT4N0M0 rT4N1M0 rT4N2M0 (A) Tumor response for patients without lymph node metastases (N-) and for patients with lymph node metastases (N+) (B) Tumor response based on clinical...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... 142.8~240.0 Gy) in 24 patients with tumor size of 3~5 cm, 165.5 Gy (range, 142.8~212.2 Gy) in 10 patients with tumor size of 5~7 cm and 144.0 Gy (range, 142.8~184.8 Gy) in patients with tumor size ... first SBRT was mild 22 of 25 patients with local recurrence had the second SBRT After the treatment, patients achieved CR; 15 patients Figure The local control of patients with different tumor sizes ... mortality of the patients with stage II was 4.064 times higher than that of the patients with stageI (p = 0.015) Systemic chemotherapy increased the risk of death of the patients with early stage...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... pulsed with autologous tumor cell lysates with or without intratumoral Gliadel wafer recently were closed for accrual At Duke University (NCT00890032), recurrent GBM patients are treated with autologous ... (NCT00293423) or newly diagnosed (NCT00905060) patients with GBM Enrolled patients are being vaccinated with the heat shock protein peptide complex (HSPPC)-96 with or without concurrent TMZ therapy Heat ... involves patient treatment with CMVALT with or without CMV-DCs pulsed with pp65 mRNA Patients will also receive standard of care radiotherapy and TMZ Interestingly, patients whose tumor recurs...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... the burden of TB among people living with HIV/ AIDS are therefore urgently needed [3] HIV counseling and testing of patients with TB and care for co-infected patients are key activities in the ... (page number not for citation purposes) Human Resources for Health 2009, 7:23 TB diagnosis, counseling strategies for patients who refuse to accept their HIV status, management of patients who default ... post-training score by type of HCW (p = 0.19), with a mean post-training score of 87% for nurses, 86% for laboratory technicians, 89% for physicians and 92% for district supervisors The mean posttraining...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:55 discriminate between levels of severity, with satisfaction shown to be higher for patients with lower symptom ... impact of BPH on patients' general well-being It measures aspects of physical discomfort, worry, bother, and interference with everyday activities The items about physical discomfort have a 4-point ... score for all items, ranging from to 13, with higher scores indicating a greater impact on patients' general well-being Validity of the BII has been previously demonstrated (e.g [10]) Patients...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... versions was developed for diabetes patients (n = 14) Five respectively four instruments referred to asthma and arthritis patients and three to patients with COPD Aim of instrument For approximately ... included for patients with heart failure The 25 papers covered 23 different self-efficacy instruments For three instruments, different versions were developed: for the Self-Efficacy Score for Diabetes ... in combination with input from experts (4 instruments [22,30,35,36]), followed by input from experts and patients without literature searches (for instruments [21,28,33]) Overall, for the development...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Simulation of patients with topographical disorientation A connected graph with 10 nodes and different weights for the links was constructed as shown in Figure We simulated patients with five different ... in a uniform manner In the present case, however, we intend to route patients, each with unique characteristics The minimum distance route assuming uniformly processed packets is therefore not ... patients with physical disabilities This experiment intended to demonstrate how the proposed routing scheme accommodates patients with different abilities We defined three different virtual patients, ...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... applicable in both patients with hip or knee OA However, we have based our study only on patients undergoing total hip replacement, and therefore, further validation studies in patients with different ... test for multiple comparisons at P< 0.05 based on the Rasch model but used a very small sample of patients with hip OA (n = 57) Given that our target population is composed of patients with hip ... independent sample of patients with hip OA and in different languages Besides, the original WOMAC has been used in patients with hip or knee OA, consequently this 11items short form could probably...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... versions was developed for diabetes patients (n = 14) Five respectively four instruments referred to asthma and arthritis patients and three to patients with COPD Aim of instrument For approximately ... included for patients with heart failure The 25 papers covered 23 different self-efficacy instruments For three instruments, different versions were developed: for the Self-Efficacy Score for Diabetes ... in combination with input from experts (4 instruments [22,30,35,36]), followed by input from experts and patients without literature searches (for instruments [21,28,33]) Overall, for the development...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... function in AD patients receiving galantamine 24 mg/day for 12 months or placebo for months followed by galantamine 24 mg/day for months [51] Although patients who took galantamine 24 mg/day for 12 months ... of 1,000 IU of vitamin E twice daily for patients with moderate AD Additional trials are needed to test the benefits of vitamin E in patients with milder forms of AD Other alternative treatment ... to perform ADL at baseline levels [51] Patients who had received placebo for the first months and then switched to galantamine never achieved the level of function seen in patients treated with...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 20:23

... Figure 18 month follow before and after CRT intervention and at BMI of patients – up BMI of patients – before and after CRT intervention and at 18 month follow up Age of the patients and duration ... was for patients An aspect of the intervention that seemed appealing for patients was that the exercises and reflection on them involved thought processes and not thought content In the patients' ... intervention for AN patients This was done in a number of ways from adding new tasks to adjusting the delivery of the intervention For example, a monitoring form was used to report patient performance...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... once, range: to times), for restoring bowel continuity (in patients) , infection (3 patients) , abdominal pain (3 patients) , bowel occlusion (2 patients) and renal failure (1 patients) Complications ... followed-up patients MC performed intra-peritoneal chemotherapy and followed-up patients VL included patients, followedup patients and participate to the data collection MD included patients, followed-up ... included patients, performed data analysis and interpretation, followed-up patients and write the manuscript DD included patients, performed surgery and intra-peritoneal chemotherapy, followed-up patients...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:21

... respectively (p = 0.035) Likewise, patients with good performance status lived significantly longer The estimated 6-month OS was 66.9% and 37.5% for patients with a KPS of 90-100 and 70-80, respectively ... hypofractionated SIB approach for the treatment of patients with - BMs would be a safe alternative to WBRT with or without radiosurgery The observed toxicity was minimal Less than one third of patients had alopecia ... questionnaire (Table 4) The treatment of patients with BM can consist of best supportive care, surgery or radiosurgery with or without WBRT We have included patients with one BM in our treatment protocol...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... to 46Gy as compared to 66.5Gy in 2D radiotherapy in NPC patients with T4N2M0 disease[47] Additionally, replanning for patients with NPC before the 25th fraction during IMRT further helps to ensure ... abscess formation [8, 64] Previously, conflicting outcomes have been obtained with neurosurgery, with good outcomes in some[65] while poor in others[9] Recently, Mou et al performed surgery for 14 patients ... and even guide the management of patients as reported by Smith et al [27] Patients with a Cho/NAA ratio of less than 1.1 were assigned for imaging follow-up; those with a higher ratio of more than...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:21

... among patients with SLE Guidelines are in place recommending the influenza vaccine and pneumococcus vaccine for patients with rheumatoid arthritis but similar guidelines have not been developed for ... not been developed for SLE With the exception of the live attenuated vaccines, other vaccinations should be kept up-to-date in patients with SLE Caring for patients with SLE includes commonsense ... likely to be prescribed to patients with milder disease drugs as standard of care for all patients with SLE without contraindications Competing interests The author declares that they have no...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... different for patients with systolic CHF compared to patients with a preserved systolic heart function, so called diastolic CHF (See Table 1) Finally, new recommendations on the use of devices were formulated ... educational materials for the professionals and patients There is a recommended protocol for multidisciplinary management and a template for clinical care presented as a guiding registration form Furthermore, ... for primary care GPs will be informed about the project, and when they agree to participate they will be instructed to send in an admission form with data on practice organization necessary for...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... recommend anticoagulation with warfarin for patients with a CHADS2 score of or higher, aspirin or warfarin for patients with a CHADS2 score of 1, and aspirin for patients with a CHADS2 score of ... generalised estimating equations (GEEs), with information sandwich (’robust) estimates of standard error to allow for within-cluster (within-general practice) correlation for dichotomous outcomes [40] An ... physicians were less likely to prescribe warfarin for patients with NVAF after any one of their patients receiving warfarin was admitted to a hospital for a haemorrhage Physicians were no more or...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... combination of doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide followed by paclitaxel for patients with TNBC, in the adjuvant setting For patients with metastatic disease, there is no standard first line agent to ... high PARP1 expression was associated with higher incidence of pCR (26.5%) in patients in with high PARP1 expression compared to 19.1% and 8.9% in patients with medium or low expression respectively ... single agent with only of 31 patients achieving a PR When used in combination with carboplatin, it led to a PR in 13 patients and overall clinical benefit (CR+PR+ Standard disease for more than...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 22:21