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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"advanced Lung Cancer"”.
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Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer: Quality of Life and Perception of Dyspnea
… common and distressing symptom in patients with advanced lung cancer and decreases one's quality of life (QOL) (Smith et al., 2001). Furthermore, dyspnea has been found to interfere with physical activities such as walking, work, and psychological activities such as disposition, taking pleasure …
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Mouse models of lung cancer : understanding the molecular and cellular basis of lung tumorigenesis
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Patients are typically diagnosed with advanced disease and have a high fatality:case ratio. Despite its prevalence, the identity of the cell of origin, precursor lesions and stages of disease progression have not been well characterized …
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Dyspnea: Effect of Auricular Acupressure in End Stage Lung Cancer Patients, a Pilot Feasibility Study
… Dyspnea is a debilitating symptom, common in advanced lung cancer patients, and poorly controlled. The National Institutes of Health has promoted the need for research regarding end of life care symptom control. Purpose: Conduct a feasibility study evaluating auricular acupressure effects on …
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Neutrophils in advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK; 87% are histologically nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). At the time of diagnosis, patients frequently have advanced disease, with poor one-year survival due to metastatic burden. The immune system should act as a key line of defence; …
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Outcome and prognostic factors of palliative chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer patients at single institution: 2002-2011
… characteristics of non-small cell lung cancer patients who received palliative chemotherapy, overall survival, and factors that affect the survival rates. The study subjects were 402 non-small cell lung cancer patients who received palliative chemotherapy during 10 years from …
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Development of computer-based algorithms for unsupervised assessment of radiotherapy contouring
… reference delineations in the setting of advanced lung cancer. The novelty of this project is in the use of the initial clinician outline as a prior for image segmentation. METHODS: Automated segmentation processes were developed for stage II and III non-small cell lung cancer using the …
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Study of prognostic markers in advanced cancer
… to the clinical management of patients with advanced cancer. This skill is exercised to guide appropriate clinical decisions, plan supportive services and allocate resource utilisation. Prognostication by clinicians is often erroneous, optimistic, informal and subjective. Clinicians base …
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Targeting T Cells for the Immune-Modulation of Human Diseases
… of a myriad of human diseases ranging from cancer to autoimmunity. As coordinators, executers and sentinels of host immunity, T cells represent a compelling target population for immune-modulation. In fact, the antigen-specificity, cytotoxicity and promise of long-lived of immune-protection …
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Identifying mutational landscape and inflammatory pathways associated with lung squamous premalignant lesion progression
Lung cancer is the leading cause of death among all cancer types, and a subtype of lung cancer known as lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) is the second most predominant subtype accounting for ~30% of all lung cancer cases. Lung cancer is typically diagnosed at advanced stages, resulting in poor …