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... transplantation and percutanous radiation treatment afterwards Two patients with pineoblastoma were treated for tumor recurrence Both had previously undergone interstitial brachytherapy in other departments ... seeding 11 months later and died shortly afterwards Toxicity There were no severe early or late side effects due to fractionated local radiation therapy observed in the patients with pineocytoma ... patients treated with lesser doses have been observed by Schild et al [22] But his study not only included PB patients, but also patients with PPT with intermediate differentiation, mixed tumors and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... tags and a posterior fissure with no obvious abscess Colonoscopy revealed severe segmental colitis with multiple ulcers in the sigmoid colon (Figure 1) and numerous deep ulcers in the terminal ... 109/L) and no signs of hemorrhagic diathesis were observed However, platelets were small in size (MPV 8fL) Platelet aggregation tests (PFA with collagen/ ADP and collagen/epinephrine) were within ... segments, included those from ulcer bases, were negative for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Over the next two weeks her symptoms progressed with increased pain with defecation and bloody diarrhea During...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:22

... 2) In order to eradicate the cause of her varices, the extramedullary hematopoiesis was treated by chemotherapy (hydroxycarbamide, prednisolone and melphalan) After the chemotherapy, her Tamaki ... ligation (EVL) with one rubber band was carried out successfully on the first day of her admission Another endoscopic ligation was performed for the remaining varices 41 days after her admission ... Authors’ contributions KT, MO, NS and KM analyzed and interpreted the patient data regarding the gastroenterological disease and the endoscopic therapy MO, SY and SW performed the endoscopic examination...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... staining), otherwise negative Statistical analysis Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis and Fisher’s exact test were performed to select IHC Polpositive value with highest accuracy ... incubation with rabbit anti- polh (1:100; Abcam) overnight at 4°C After washing, tissue sections were treated with horseradish peroxidaselabeled secondary antibody for 30 minutes The sections were developed ... gastric cancer cell lines and the significance of that in predicting treatment response and survival of metastatic gastric cancer patients treated with oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy Materials and methods...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... significantly greater percentage of subjects treated with tolterodine ER showed improvement in PPBC scores (58%; 30% with ≥ 2-point improvement) than did subjects treated with placebo (45%; 21% with ≥ 2-point ... Limitations, Sleep/Energy, Severity/Coping, and Symptom Severity compared with subjects receiving placebo (Table 2) Among subjects treated with tolterodine ER, the change in every KHQ domain score ... except Symptom Severity and General Health Perceptions exceeded MID criteria for improvement [23] The MID criteria were met for the Emotions domain in the tolterodine ER group; however, Table 1: Baseline...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... often be treated with simple curettage with or without bone grafting [4,14], or with other adjuvant therapies including alcohol, cryotherapy and methylmethacrylate bone cementing [4,15], however these ... admixed with rare giant cells and chondroid stroma The cells varied in both size and shape, with large nuclei, and were occasionally multinucleated Up to mitotic figures were present per highpower ... and MB managed and operated the patient HDA, AL and MB wrote the manuscript ST, JS and ZR assisted with the literature review and manuscript preparation All authors have read and approved the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... our analysis, which compared LAV-1 isolates from both treated and untreated patients The RT and PR enzymes are the most important targets of antiretroviral therapy, and mutations at different ... PI -treated patients AG was even more prevalent Thus, patterns of nucleotide substitutions in the pol gene are different in treated vs untreated individuals Further biochemical and clinical analysis ... needed to understand the full importance of these different patterns of nucleotide substitutions in HIV-1 isolated from both treated and untreated individuals Page of (page number not for citation...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... anchored with ‘‘nil’’ for zero and ‘‘high’’ for 10 were used, except for the gill colour descriptor, for which the anchors were ‘‘white’’ and ‘‘brown’’ 2.9 Statistical analysis Experiments were performed ... mushrooms treated with CGC and chitosan coatings could be due to their higher antifungal activity, and covering of the cuticle and lenticels, thereby reducing infection, respiration and other senescence ... plastic containers at room temperature After opening polyethylene bags, mushrooms were placed in plastic containers and evaluations were performed within h, in order to avoid loss of off-odours...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 11:20

... pigs were vaccinated with ml of attenuated live hog cholera virus vaccine intramuscularly at 28-32 days old and boostered at 63-68 days old T-1; pigs treated with a basic diet sprayed with PowerFeelTM ... to the maternal antibody derived from sows, it may have potentials to interfere with specific viral replication after vaccination with a live virus [7] In this experiment, variable maternal antibody ... intervals from peripheral bloods and hog cholera virus-specific antibodies were detected by an indirect immunofluorescent assay (IFA) [17] For the IFA test, PK15 cell monolayers infected with...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 14:23

... Immune parameters after treatment were normalized (Additional File 1) The treatment course was uneventful; there were no adverse effects Around years after the primary limbsparing surgery the patient ... Figure Post-operative radiation fields Post-operative radiation fields in shrinking field technique lateral opposed field with 15-degree wedge filter and mm bolus to surgical scar and tumor bed ... Discussion and conclusions Combining limb-sparing surgery and postoperative radiotherapy with > 65 Gy is standard treatment for patients with high grade large MFH [1] Treatment of local recurrence...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:20

... Figure The ulcerated mass originating from the sternum The ulcerated mass originating from the sternum yses and hematological parameters including the tumor markers were normal The lateral x-rays ... fewer polygonal cells There were marked nuclear pleomorphism and common mitosis Atypical mitoses and tumor giant cells with bizarre nuclei were not infrequent Necrotic areas were present With ... material showed a tumor growth of mesenchymal character with cellular appearance The tumor consisted of cells with spindle character forming non-marked storiform pattern at certain places and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:22

... chemotherapy and IMRT The results are reported here Methods Patients Between May 2005 and September 2006, 94 consecutive locally advanced NSCLC patients were treated with concurrent chemotherapy and ... (symptomatic, interfering with activities of daily living, O2 indicated) and graded according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 3.0 [24] Dosimetric parameters/NTCP models ... evaluated clinical and dosimetric factors associated with SARP in patients after concurrent chemoradiotherapy The following clinical parameters were considered: gender, age, smoking and diabetes history,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... considerably Initially, patients with LABC were treated with radical mastectomy [1,2]; thereafter, systemic therapy was subsequently incorporated along with surgery and radiotherapy (RT) [3] However, ... assay and flow cytometry RIA analyses were performed as previously reported [21,22] PBL were irradiated with 0, 1, and Gy After irradiation, samples were incubated for 24 hours at 37°C and 5% CO2 ... breast cancer CMAJ 2004, 170:983-994 Budach W, Hehr T, Budach V, Belka C, Dietz K: A meta -analysis of hyperfractionated and accelerated radiotherapy and combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy regimens...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... number of resting and terminally differentiated NK cells correlated with several dosimetric parameters, and GI and GU toxicity Table summarizes the Pearson’s correlations between the immune and ... patient characteristics and main disorders are summarized in Table Acute and late GI and GU toxicities were studied in order to identify the treatment-related, clinical and patient characteristics ... cellular stress Conclusion Our RT series included 197 patients who were treated in one center and may serve as a basis for comparison with other oncology centers, particularly in the Czech Republic...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... M, Jo P, Obermeyer C, Wolff HA, Herrmann MK, Beissbarth T, Becker H, et al: KRAS and BRAF mutations in patients with rectal cancer treated with preoperative chemoradiotherapy Radiother Oncol 2010, ... patients treated with chemoradiotherapy, KRAS mutation was not associated with lesser response to chemoradiotherapy or worse OS While both p-AKT and pERK expression were correlated with better response ... copy number and KRAS mutation in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer treated with preoperative chemoradiotherapy Br J Cancer 2010, 103:1019-1024 Gaedcke J, Grade M, Jung K, Schirmer M,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:21

... serum total and free prostate specific antigen (PSA), and testosterone levels, complete blood count and serum biochemistry, and pelvic MRI every months At each visit, detailed genitourinary and ... were assessed The patients were first seen weeks after the completion of RT and every months or more frequently, if necessary, thereafter Statistical Analysis The dosimetric variables considered ... Peeters ST, Heemsbergen WD, van Putten WL, Slot A, Tabak H, Mens JW, Lebesque JV, Koper PC: Acute and late complications after radiotherapy for prostate cancer: results of a multicenter randomized...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:22

... position and to mark the area to be treated Methods and materials Case series with planned data collection performed by the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and the Department of Oncology/Radiotherapy ... treated exclusively with radiotherapy [9] Within a 4.5-year period of follow up, they observed that the auditory alterations began soon after the end of the radiotherapy After two years, 40% of ... presented smaller and larger auditory alteration (respectively), bilaterally The cumulative dose of chemotherapy > 300 mg/m2, the dose by cycle > 50 mg/m2 and the total dose of radiotherapy > 70.2...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... characteristics of HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative patients and whether the outcome in respect of treatment toxicity and survival after standard curative 3-D conformal RT with or without ... conformal RT Standard RT was administered over a fiveweek period to a dose of 45 Gy in 1.8 Gy per fraction followed either directly by an external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) boost or an interstitial ... 10 years and most of them were male gender (90 %) (Table 3) All 10 HIV-seropositive patients were in good health In patients with HIV-infection, median and mean CD4 counts were 266/μl and 303/μl...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... implantation, and biopsies obtained longer than 18 months after surgery The biopsies taken after a longer follow-up period showed a higher percentage of hyaline cartilage (45.4% hyaline cartilage versus ... regenerated tissues between the two treated groups of patients (biopsies obtained longer than 18 months after surgery and biopsies obtained within 18 months of surgery) P < 0.05 was considered ... Advanced Biopolymers, Abano Terme, Italy) were very favourable, with more than 90% of patients expressing an improvement in knee symptoms and function and a very limited number of complications [15,16]...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... 120 meters and walk up a flight of stairs PO = postoperative; CPAP = continuous positive airway pressure days and 30 for the CAD group, and preoperation and postoperative days 3, 6, 15 and 30 ... measures The main factors were time and groups (control, CABG and CAD) When differences were found, the Bonferroni post-hoc analysis was used, and p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant ... pleura, and the left phrenic nerve descends between the subclavian artery and left common carotid lateral to the vagus nerve and anterior to the left lung root Proposed mechanisms for phrenic nerve...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21