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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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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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When to Perform Surgical Resection or Radiofrequency Ablation for Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma? A Nomogram-guided Treatment Strategy
(Medicine, 2015)Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is indicated for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but the comparative efficacy between RFA and surgical resection (SR) is inconclusive. We aim to develop a prognostic nomogram for ... -
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Acute Kidney Injury Risk Prediction in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography in a National Veterans Health Administration Cohort With External Validation
(Journal of the American Heart Association, 2015)Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs frequently after cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention. Although a clinical risk model exists for percutaneous coronary intervention, no models exist for both ... -
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Gastric and Duodenal Pseudomelanosis: An Extended Unusual Finding in a Patient with End Stage Kidney Disease
(2016)Gastric and duodenal pseudomelanosis is a rare endoscopic mucosal finding, characterized by the accumulation of iron in macrophages of the lamina propria of the stomach and duodenum. The clinical significance and long term ... -
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Chronic hepatitis B virus in the Philippines
(2016)Multiple studies have shown a high prevalence of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection in the Philippines, not only in high-risk populations but also in the general population. The most recent national study estimated HBsAg ... -
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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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Generation of electrophysiologically functional cardiomyocytes from mouse induced pluripotent stem cells
(2016)Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can efficiently differentiate into the three germ layers similar to those formed by differentiated embryonic stem(ES) cells. This provides a new source of cells in which to establish ... -
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Solitary Large Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Staging and Treatment Strategy
(2016)Background & Aims Controversies exist on staging and management of solitary large (>5 cm) hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study aims to evaluate the impact of tumor size on Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging ... -
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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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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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A Case of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage as a Possible Complication of Bivalirudin Therapy
(2017)Rare complication/disease Background: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a rare but potentially fatal complication of anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy. Bivalirudin is a specific and reversible direct thrombin inhibitor ... -
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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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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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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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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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Diagnostic approaches and treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis. A review article
(2017)Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) is a condition that involves eosinophilic influx into the esophageal epithelium. It affects both children and adults -
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Comment on 'Transarterial chemo-embolisation of hepatocellular carcinoma: impact of liver function and vascular invasion'
(2017)We read the paper ‘Transarterial chemo-embolisation of hepatocellular carcinoma: impact of liver function and vascular invasion’ with interest, which was published in a recent issue of British Journal of Cancer(Waked et ... -
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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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A peculiar case of asymptomatic spontaneous pneumomediastinum
(2017)To present a case of asymptomatic spontaneous pneumomediastinum and review available evidence-based workup and management. Case presentation: A young Caucasian adult male with a history of inhalational drug use was admitted ...
