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BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer remains a major health issue and a leading cause of death worldwide. This study presented a long-term survival data of gastric cancer registered in Shanghai of China from 1972-2003, with aims to describe the trends as well as the age, sex, stage and tumor sites specific characteristics. METH…

BACKGROUND: Lipoxygenases are a family of enzymes which catalyse the hydroperoxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids with a cis, cis-1,4-pentadiene to form conjugated hydroperoxydienes. Lipoxygenase-1 (LOX-1) in barley worsens the flavour and foam stability of beer. It has become a major selection criteria for malting…

Content of phosphorus (TP) and three species (NaOH-P, OP and HCl-P) in the sediment core from the central region of west Chaohu Lake and surface sediments of the lake were determined. TP exhibited three stages variation in the sediment core over the last 150 years, which was with relatively constant values in 1850-1950…

OBJECTIVES: To examine trends in the numbers of women and underrepresented minority (URM) pharmacy faculty members over the last 20 years, and determine factors influencing women faculty members' pursuit and retention of an academic pharmacy career. METHODS: Twenty-year trends in women and URM pharmacy faculty represe…

BACKGROUND: The feasibility and validity of Web-based assessments in Parkinson's disease is unknown. The objectives of this study were to develop and to compare home Web-based assessments with office-based assessments. METHODS: We tested feasibility and validity using a longitudinal, randomized crossover design. Patie…

The clinical application of the pure beta emitter (90)Y constitutes a fundamental advancement in non-invasive medicine. Nowadays, mainly three oncological therapies exploit the intrinsic emissive characteristic of (90)Y. Radionuclide therapies include peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) in neuroendocrine tumou…

INTRODUCTION: Kidney transplantation is the best treatment for end-stage renal disease patients. Delayed graft function (DGF) remains one of the major problems after cadaveric kidney transplantation. This study has reported the risk factors and outcomes of DGF using data from Thai Transplant Registry Database. METHODS…

PURPOSE: To prospectively evaluate long-term effects of repeated botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) injections in children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS: Repeated injections of BTX-A were offered to children with CP, according to clinical indications, for a maximum of four injections within a period of two years. Injection…

OBJECTIVE: To assess prior cervical cancer screening, stage at time of diagnosis and outcome in women sixty years of age and over with cervical cancer. METHODS: A retrospective review of cervical cancer patients evaluated at the University of Washington identified a cohort of women age sixty and older with cervical ca…

INTRODUCTION: The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the plasma sprayed, combined porous titanium alloy/HA coating in promoting bony ingrowth and mechanical stabilization of total hip implants. The performance of the titanium alloy/HA type coated hip prostheses and the one of the same shape but w…

PURPOSE: Although infrequent, reconstruction of the internal carotid artery due to recurrent or extensive disease, tumor, or difficulty in completing the endarterectomy, may be necessary. Few studies evaluate the type of material used as conduit in regard to outcome. In this report we detail our results using both pros…

PURPOSE: Malignant germ cell tumors account for 3% of childhood cancers. Endodermal sinus tumor, the most common malignant germ cell tumor, requires treatment primarily with chemotherapy and surgery is reserved as a last resort. It is rare for the vagina to be the primary site of endodermal sinus tumor, and we report o…

UNLABELLED: Pubertal development after total-body irradiation (TBI) was investigated in 40 children (21 boys) treated with allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for haematological malignancies at a mean age of 11.3 years. The mean age at the last visit was 19.0 years. Twenty-five patients (15 boys) were prepuber…

In the classical form of congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD), subclinical brain involvement is frequent. In order to establish the natural evolution of CNS alterations in this type of CMD, the cerebral functions of 12 cases were examined longitudinally for a mean period of 8 years. There were 7 boys and 5 girls, with a…

Occurrences of malignancy in 308 patients who were clinically free of cancer 60 months or more after surgical treatment of T1 N0 non-small-cell lung cancer are summarized. At last report, 210 patients remained alive with no evidence of malignant disease, 43 patients died of nonmalignant causes, and 55 patients had 59 o…

Tataouine (South Tunisia) has been subject to several viral hepatitis epidemics during these last years. Prospective study has been conducted to define the prevalence of HVB infection. It has examined 511 cases, the age of whom was between 1 month and 70 years, reported in groups through the OMS recommendations, taking…

Coronary allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is a leading cause of allograft failure in pediatric heart transplant recipients. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is performed to manage atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. However, there is currently limited data regarding use and long-term benefit of PCI due to the…

BACKGROUND: Frameless image-guided radiosurgery (IGRS) is an effective and non-invasive method of treating patients who are unresponsive to medical management for trigeminal neuralgia (TN). This study evaluated the use of frameless IGRS to treat patients with medically refractory TN. METHODS: We performed a retrospect…

PURPOSE: Report the outcomes following chondrectomy of scapholunate (SL) joint, temporary stabilization of the SL joint using Kirshner wires and extensor carpi radialis longus (ECRL) transfer to dorsal scaphoid pole to restore normal SL gap and correct dorsal intercalated ligament instability deformity. MATERIALS AND…

The aim of the study was to explore trajectories of breathlessness intensity by function and life-limiting illness diagnosis in the last 3 weeks of life in palliative care patients.A prospective, consecutive cohort study obtained point-of-care data of patients of Silver Chain Hospice Care Service (Perth, Austral…