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Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients With Performance Status 1 Deserve New Classification and Treatment Algorithm in the BCLC System
(Medicine, 2015)Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with performance status (PS) 1 or 2 are considered similar in the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) system. The rationales are not fully studied. A total of 693 and 335 HCC patients ... -
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Hong Kong Liver Cancer Staging System Is Associated With Better Performance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Special Emphasis on Viral Etiology
(Medicine, 2015)Hong Kong Liver Cancer (HKLC) staging system was developed for prognostic and treatment evaluation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) but is not externally validated. We aimed to evaluate and compare HKLC system with ... -
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Hospital library closures and consolidations: a case series
(2019)Health sciences libraries are being closed or are under threat of closure, but little is published that looks at context and causes or alternative library service delivery models such as affiliations or consolidations. ... -
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Impact of gout on in-hospital outcomes of acute coronary syndrome-related hospitalizations and revascularizations: Insights from the national inpatient sample
(2019)Previous studies have established a role of gout in predicting risk and prognosis of cardiovascular diseases. However, large-scale data on the impact of gout on inpatient outcomes of acute coronary syndrome (ACS)-related ... -
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Impact of tumor burden on prognostic prediction for patients with terminal stage hepatocellular carcinoma: A nomogram study
(2017)The recently proposed nomogram of Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) lacks predictive accuracy for patients with stage D hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Tumor burden is crucial in prognostic prediction but is not included ... -
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Mesalamine-Induced Myopericarditis: A Case Report and Literature Review
(2019)Inflammation of the myocardium (myocarditis) or pericardium (pericarditis) or both (myopericarditis) as side effects of mesalamine, a drug widely used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, is a rare, but potentially ... -
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Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Presenting as Gastric Ulcer: Case Report and Literature Review
(Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2017)Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for approximately 3% of all adult malignancies. True gastrointestinal metastases, specifically to gastric wall, have been rarely observed. Herein we describe a case of delayed metastasis ... -
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Optimization of the Oertli CataRhex 3 (R) phacoemulsification machine
(2019)The aim of this study was to determine optimal bottle height, vacuum, aspiration rate, and power settings of the Oertli CataRhex 3 (R) phacoemulsification machine. Methods: Porcine lens nuclei were hardened with formalin ... -
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Osteoma Cutis Associated with Nevus Sebaceus: Case Report and Review of Cutaneous Osteoma-associated Skin Tumors (COASTs)
(2019)Osteoma cutis is a benign cutaneous lesion characterized by the presence of bone within the dermis or subcutaneous fat. It most often develops in association with other skin lesions such as cutaneous tumors. Nevus sebaceus ... -
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Palisaded Encapsulated Neuroma of the Trunk: A Case Report and Review of Palisaded Encapsulated Neuroma
(2016)Palisaded encapsulated neuroma is a rare, benign cutaneous tumor. It most commonly presents as a solitary, flesh-colored, dome-shaped nodule affecting the face. However, albeit rarely, palisaded encapsulated neuroma may ... -
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Participation of the elderly, women, and minorities in pivotal trials supporting 2011-2013 US Food and Drug Administration approvals
(2016)Pivotal trials, the clinical studies that inform U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval decisions, provide the foundational evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of novel therapeutics. We determined the ... -
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Platelet phosphorylated TDP-43: an exploratory study for a peripheral surrogate biomarker development for Alzheimer's disease
(2017)Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other forms of dementia create a noncurable disease population in world's societies. To develop a blood-based biomarker is important so that the remedial or disease-altering therapeutic ... -
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Polydactylous Transverse Erythronychia: Report of a Patient with Multiple Horizontal Red Bands Affecting the Fingernails
(2017)Redness of the nail plate-erythronychia-is a common condition involving one or multiple digits. It may affect the entire nail or present as longitudinal red bands that extend from the proximal nail fold to the distal tip ... -
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Prevalence of Nasal Colonization by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Persons Using a Homeless Shelter in Kansas City
(2016)Nasal colonization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) plays an important role in the epidemiology and pathogenesis of disease. Situations of close-quarter contact in groups are generally regarded as a ... -
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Prognostic impact of diabetes mellitus on hepatocellular carcinoma: Special emphasis from the BCLC perspective
(2017)Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with higher incidence and poorer prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The influence of DM on patient survival in different HCC stages is not known. Methods A prospective ... -
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Prognostic Performance of Ten Liver Function Models in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Undergoing Radiofrequency Ablation
(2018)Liver functional capacity is a crucial survival determinant for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Noninvasive models were proposed to assess hepatic reserve, but their performance in outcome prediction is unclear. We aimed ... -
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Prognostic role of noninvasive liver reserve markers in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing transarterial chemoembolization
(2017)Background Various noninvasive liver reserve markers were proposed to indicate the severity of liver damage. However, the role and feasibility of these markers to predict the prognosis of patients with hepatocellular ... -
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis After Gastric Bypass: A Very Rare Complication
(2018)Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is the most commonly performed bariatric surgical procedure with successful outcomes. RYGB has multiple positive outcomes, including sustained weight reduction, resolution of ... -
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Randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial evaluating simethicone pretreatment with bowel preparation during colonoscopy
(2019)The presence of small air bubbles and foam are an impediment to a successful colonoscopy. They impair an endoscopist's view and diminish the diagnostic accuracy of the study. This has been particularly noted to be of concern ... -
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Small-cell lung carcinoma and acute onset of antiglial nuclear antibody-positive limbic encephalitis
(Clinical Case Reports, 2017)Limbic encephalitis (LE) can present as a nonspecific manifestation preceding neoplastic disease. Having high clinical suspicion and using newer onconeural antibodies, like antiglial nuclear antibody (AGNA), can lead to ...
