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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"SEER"”.
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Seer: Maximum likelihood regression for learning-speed curves
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Case-control studies of vaginal and vulvar cancers and gynecologic screening: A SEER-Medicare analysis
… Epidemiology and End Results Registries (SEER) data set sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The study cases included female Medicare beneficiaries with invasive vaginal and vulvar cancers diagnosed between 1991 and 1999 by the SEER Registries (representing approximately 14% …
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The Incidence and Prevalance of Cervical Cancer in Vietnamese Women (1993-1995): A Analysis of SEER Reported Cases
… Indians, and other Asian subgroups. Methods: SEER data of cervical cancers diagnosed from 1993-1995 (n = 37,790) was utilized. Using SPSS, chi-square statistics assessed whether Vietnamese women were older and more likely to be married or diagnosed at a later stage. Logistic regression …
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Examination of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Ovarian Cancer Stage of Diagnosis, Surgery Treatment and Survival: Multilevel Analysis of 2001-2012 SEER Data
<p><em>Context.</em> Racial/ethnic disparities in cancer outcomes are major public health concerns. Ovarian cancer is the tenth most common cancer and the fifth leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women. Identifying individual- and contextual-level factors contributing to racial/ethnic …
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An Analysis of the Efficacy of Cervical Cancer Screening in Elderly Women
… the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program registries that were diagnosed between 1991 and 1999. Population controls (N=10,137) were matched on age and geographical location to cases and were identified through a random 5% sample of Medicare beneficiaries living in regions of …
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Forge of Myths and Legends
… become a Viking. Instead, Erika is chosen as a Seer and is thrust into the world of the gods as she and Loki must face the same enemy, finding worth in themselves to obtain freedom. The story contains interlacing stories in the perspective of the Norse god of mischief, Loki, navigating through …
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Trend Analysis of Sub-Site Specific Primary Colorectal Cancer in One-Half Million Patients in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database, 1973-2007: Implications for Targeted Colonoscopy Screening
… proximal cancer (cross-sectional data from the SEER from 1973 to 2007 from 17 registries (n=505,141)). There were 204,168 cases of proximal tumors (40.4%), 146,011 cases of distal tumors (28.9%), and 154,962 cases of rectal tumors (30.7%). The proportion of proximal cancers increased from 35.6% …
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Cancer patients' need for financial assistance and its related factors
… 숙지한 조사자에 의해 면담조사 하였다. 또한 각 암 환자의 암종과 암의 진단 병기(SEER stage)에 대해서는 각 센터의 의무기록사가 의무기록지를 재조사하여 확인하였다. 본 연구는 국립암센터 연구윤리위원회의 승인을 얻어 실시하였다. Result : 연구대상자가 느끼는 경제적 부담을 파악하기 위해 측정한 경제적 지원 필요 정도는 조금이라도 필요하다고 대답한 대상자가 69.0%였으며, 그 중 ‘많이’가 36.9%로 가장 높았다. 각 변수들과 경제적 지원 필요의 연관성을 분석한 결과, 월 평균 소득은 300만 원 이상인 …
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Outcome after breast cancer in Singapore and Malaysia
… they can achieve survival rates seen for the SEER (USA) patients which can partly be achieved by early detection / presentation. Lastly, based on the results from the Lymph Node Ratio (LNR) studies, it is clear that LNR does not add any prognostic value over the current nodal staging system …
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Population-based outcomes in pancreatic cancer: Improvements in survival, underutilization of surgical resection for early stage disease, and regionalization of care
… the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) population-based tumor registry, demonstrated that survival in patients with pancreatic cancer has improved over the last decade. The improvement in survival can be, in part, attributed to the increased resection rates seen over the same time …
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Joseph Smith's View of His Own Calling
… He held positions of translator, prophet, seer and revelator. He was taught the responsibilities of his calling as he translated ancient scripture - the Book of Mormon and the Bible. He was further instructed concerning his calling as he received revelations contained in the Doctrine and …
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Intimations
… set in 1920s Houston. Vasily Bayramian is a Seer who often knows the future and is tormented by visions, forced to cover himself from head to toe in hopes of avoiding a constant assault of Sight. Vasily and his partner, Dashkov, work for OMEGA, an agency of nonhumans called Shadowbairn. They …
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Diagnostic Procedures Using Radiation and Risk of Thyroid Cancer: Causal Association or Detection Bias? An Examination of Population Cancer Trends and Data from the NYC Fire Department
… Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) data and Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) data. Using age-period-cohort analyses of SEER data (1973-2011), trends in TC incidence in the United States were decomposed into the effects of age, period and cohort in the context of …
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Combined Relaxation and Cognitive Restructuring Skills in the Control of Borderline Essential Hypertension
… in the literature (Chesney & Black, 1986; Seer & Raeburn, 1980) have targeted the borderline hypertensive population, and most are confounded by the concurrent use of anti-hypertensive medication. In the present study, 16 individuals, diagnosed by their physicians as borderline essential …
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Kimberlites of the central Cape Province, RSA [Vol.2]
… only highly altered, calcretized kimberlite is seer.., relatively abundant green orthoand clinopyroxene and ilmenite.(up to 2 mm. in size) can be sampled. Garnets are rare. One garnet gran~lite xenolith was found. 2) Doorskuilen (30°38' S, 23°19' E) A pipe feature situated on the eastern side of …
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The naked eye: vision and risk in the work of Gerard Manley Hopkins
… enquirer, the voyeur or the enlightened seer. This chapter argues that the dynamic nature of this relationship between perceiver and object, the seer and the seen, is central to his endlessly complex dialectic of vision and visuality. It closes by moving to consider the ultimate unseen …
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John Dimond - the wizard of Marblehead a miniature opera in five vignettes
… Revolution, the 1760s. John Dimond was a Seer whose home and property were adjacent to the town cemetery. Legend has it that John Dimond would scream and holler to the ships at sea from atop Old Burial Hill during inclement weather. If you were his friend, he would guide you safely through …
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Statistical Modeling of Longitudinal Medical Cost Data
… the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare linked database.</p>
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Increasing Awareness of Fertility Preservation Options in Cancer Patients & Survivors
… fertility, are important to these young adults (SEER Cancer Statistics Review 2010). The American Society of Clinical Oncology recommends that oncologists address fertility issues prior to cancer treatment, offering available preservation options to all patients or refer interested patients to …
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An Operational Value Stream Analysis for Developmental Excellence
… programs: A and B. A Monte Carlo analysis using SEER-H estimation software quantifies the financial and schedule impacts of engineering requirements, revealing a 10–30% cost increase due to volatility in air vehicle development design parameters. Moreover, a game-theoretic contract negotiation …
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