... GTVgating within GTVall phases, and (iii) residual GTV mobility within gating windows, derived from displacement of the GTVsingle phase within GTVgating Treatment planning and dosimetric analysis ... reduction in PTV with gating and reductions in both in V20 and MLD values (Figure and 3) Esophageal and spinal dose parameters With the use of involved-field radiotherapy, only 11 patients received ... middle of the gating window Similarly, the spinal cord and esophagus were also contoured in this specific 'gating bin' In six patients, the primary tumor and the hilus were contoured as a single...
... Cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix: an incidental imaging finding in a patient with adenocarcinomas of the ascending and the sigmoid colon BMC Gastroenterol 2003, 3:30 Lyda MH, Noffsinger A, Belli ... difficulty in diagnosis of appendiceal tumors and the certain risk of synchronous and metachronous neoplasm of the appendix [5,7] Little is known about the incidence of appendiceal neoplasm in CRC patients ... neoplasms in CRC patients could vary among various ethnic and geographic backgrounds Lastly, in view of the examination of the specimens, different protocols of tissue section and methods of histopathological...
... review of literature, in the interviews with medical staff, andin the interpretation of the results JMMA participated in data analysisand interpretation, as well as in writing the initial and final ... variety of prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes in the body [7] Anti-inflammation and pain decrease with the effects of NSAIDs, resulting from the inhibition of COX-2-mediated prostaglandin ... pain Control joint pain without adverse events Nonselective NSAIDs Control joint pain Control joint pain without adverse events Acetaminophen Control joint pain Control joint pain without adverse...
... discriminatory values of HA according to the severity ofliver fibrosis in the training and validation sets For the discrimination of fibrosis, severe fibrosis, and cirrhosis in the training set, ... Only biopsy lengths of 25 mm or more were included in the training group, in accordance with a recent study [25]; the remaining patients were included in the validation set None of the patients ... separating patientswithand without cirrhosis [18] Taking in consideration this cut-off in our cohort of patients, a misclassification of cirrhotic patients was observed in 23% (3/13) (sensitivity of...
... should be altered in both forms This has been confirmed with the cloning of the VHL gene and the identification of germline and somatic mutations of this gene in VHL patientsand sporadic RCC ... aliquots were used in a 10 µL final reaction volume comprising 1X Q solution and buffer with 15 mM of MgCl2, 0.8 mM of dNTP mix, 0.3 µM of each forward and reverse primers and 0.5 U of HotStarTaq® ... levels of TCE and increased risk of RCC [6,11,12] Thus it seemed to be of interest to further expand this case-control study with a molecular analysis to confirm or not the specific pattern of VHL...
... General feelings about injections domain (items and 2) was expanded to include item from the hypothetical Feelings about giving self-injections domain and was renamed Feelings about injections in the ... sensitivity in discriminating between patientswith lower and higher scores in the PRE module Selfconfidence and Feelings about injections domains or in any of the POST module causal domains at SIV-1 ... were conducted with a new group ofpatients Five patientswith CD and five patientswith RA took part in these cognitive debriefing interviews Six of these participants were female, and the mean...
... immature and mature In 13 , a stage-structured model of population growth consisting of immature and mature individuals was analyzed, where the stage-structured was modeled by introduction of a constant ... y t be the solution of system 2.3 with initial conditions 2.4 and x2 ζ ϕ2 ζ ζ ∈ ϕ2 ζ ζ ∈ −τ1 , , y t is the solution of system 4.12 with initial conditions z ζ Incorporating −τ1 , By the comparison ... with Applications in Population Dynamics, vol 191 of Mathematics in Science and Engineering, Academic Press, Boston, Mass, USA, 1993 X Liu and L Chen, “Complex dynamics of Holling type II Lotka-Volterra...
... Laboratory of Economic System Simulation, Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, 550004 Guiyang, P R China Institute of Mathematics, Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, 100080 Beijing, ... Dynamical analysisof a biological resource management model with impulsive releasing and harvesting Jianjun Jiao∗1 , Lansun Chen2 and Shaohong Cai1 School of Mathematics and Statistics, ... models with harvesting (or dispersal and competition) are investigated by many articles [5–8] In general, the exploitation of population should be determined by the economic and biological value of...
... while according to one study it is associated with alexythymia in cases of panic disorder [21] Suicidal ideation and thinking of death is nonetheless a common feature of the thinking of depressives ... obvious role of antidepressants in the background of declining suicide rates, the US Food and Drug Administration recently issued a warning concerning the use of antidepressants in children and adolescents, ... (most of whom were treated with antidepressants) among patients having suicidal ideation at baseline, the decline in suicidal ideation was predicted by preceding declines in the levels of both...
... glucocorticoid induced insulin-like growth factor 1(IGF1) resistence without influencing myoglobin and IGF1 binding proteins and Ann Rhuem Dis 2006, 65:301-305 Fraser R, Ingram MC, Anderson NH, ... participated in the conception and design of the project andin the analysisand interpretation of data and contributed substantially to the drafting of the manuscript VFP participated in the acquisition, ... TG, HDL in males of less than 1.0 mmol/L andin females of less than 1.3 mmol/L or on drug treatment for a low HDL, and waist circumferences in males of greater than 102 cm andin females of greater...
... placebo and activeβ drug arms of a trial of interferon-β-1a inpatientswith rheumatoid arthritisa Response, according to ACR criteria, of subjects in a trial of β interferon-β-1a inpatientswith ... Diarrhea Infections Upper respiratory infection Sinus infection Other (single reports only) immunomodulation of RA and potentially lead to a reduction in symptoms and increase in function inpatients ... modifiers, patients concerns regarding self-administration of an intramuscular injection, and perception on the part ofpatientsand referring physicians that patients would develop side effects in...
... carrying groceries; climbing several flights of stairs; climbing one flight of stairs; bending, kneeling or stooping; walking more than a mile; walking several blocks; walking one block; and bathing ... impairments such as the amount of pain and the number of tender, swollen, and deformed joints; and measures of physical disability, including the MHAQ, SF36PF, and Steinbrocker functional class, ... 'arthritisspecific' instrument which asks respondents to rate the amount of difficulty they experience performing eight activities (dressing, getting out of bed, lifting a cup, walking, bathing, bending, turning...
... treatment Of the 42 patients, 10 had to be retreated within 12 weeks after discontinuation of infliximab infusions, 37 within 24 weeks, and 38 within 36 weeks By week 48, of the 42 patients had not ... retreatment and 41 were again receiving infliximab inpatientswith AS Several important observations were made First, we found that discontinuation of long-term therapy with infliximab inpatientswith ... a cut- Therapy with infliximab has definite long-term clinical efficacy and safety inpatientswith AS Patients who discontinue therapy are likely to have a clinical relapse within several weeks...
... receiving maintenance doses of corticosteroid whereas 13 out of the 16 patientswith active SLE considered in the analysisof ICOS expression were examined before institution of any treatments and ... biotinylated using FluoReporter® Mini-biotin-XX Protein Labeling Kit (Invitrogen Japan K.K., Tokyo, Japan), in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions Biotinylation was confirmed by coating ... (6.25 µg/test) and streptavidin-FITC in the presence of various amounts of nonbiotinylated JTA009 (thick line: µg/test; thin line: µg/test; thick broken line: 10 µg/test; thin broken line: 25 µg/test)...
... squamous cell carcinoma is a definite concurrent platinum-based radiochemotherapy In the daily routine, guidelines regarding the optimal treatment of the patients, including those with DM, are warranted ... (tobacco) abuse Local recurrence occurred in 28 patients (62%) in addition to their DM There was no significant difference regarding OS ofpatientswith DM alone compared to patientswith LR and DM ... at our institution as well as patterns of failure and help finding ways to improve prognosis, morbidity and mortality inpatientswith advanced HNSCC The treatment regime used in our patients...
... competing interests Authors' contributions JM was in charge of most of the experimental work, data analysisand drafting of the manuscript KL was in charge of the recruitment ofpatientsand their ... Caspase 8L binds to the Fas-associating protein with death domain (FADD) and blocks the binding of caspase to FADD by competiive inhibition [39] Indeed, in hematopoietic stem cells and leukemic ... participated in the design and coordination of the study and helped to draft the manuscript MB provided the clinical background, was in charge of the recruitment ofpatientsand participated in design and...
... glucocorticoid induced insulin-like growth factor 1(IGF1) resistence without influencing myoglobin and IGF1 binding proteins and Ann Rhuem Dis 2006, 65:301-305 Fraser R, Ingram MC, Anderson NH, ... participated in the conception and design of the project andin the analysisand interpretation of data and contributed substantially to the drafting of the manuscript VFP participated in the acquisition, ... TG, HDL in males of less than 1.0 mmol/L andin females of less than 1.3 mmol/L or on drug treatment for a low HDL, and waist circumferences in males of greater than 102 cm andin females of greater...
... CD28 and binds to CD80 and CD86 with a higher affinity Membrane bound CTLA-4 acts by interfering with CD28/CD80-CD86 interactions by competitive binding and also by mediating a negative signal interfering ... Ankylosing Correlationand clinical index of disease T Lymphocyte Antigen- 4Spond(sCTLA-4) and clinical index of disease activity Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index in 165 patientswith ... expression of the full length and the spliced form of CTLA-4 transcripts inpatientswith SpA andinpatientswith RA Spearman's r-test was used to calculate correlations between sCTLA-4 and indices of...