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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"prognostic factor"”.
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Protein Kinase C as an Apoptosis Regulator and a Potential Prognostic Factor in Breast Cancer
… with PKCα-negative tumors independently of other factors. We also observed that PKCα favored proliferation and migration in cultured breast cancer cells. Since mechanisms that mediate apoptosis resistance are attractive therapeutic targets for cancer, we also investigated the involvement of PKC …
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Prognostic Factor Analysis of Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Palliative Chemotherapy
… of disease control(p=0.001) were independent prognostic factors for poor OS. CONCLUSIONS: High expression of ERCC1 may be a useful predictor of poor outcome in advanced NSCLC patients treated with platinum-based third-generation doublet chemotherapy.
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Cxcr2 Expression In Tumor Cells Is A Poor Prognostic Factor and Promotes Invasion and Metastasis In Lung Adenocarcinoma
… transition and resistance to epidermal growth factor inhibition (i.e., gefitinib). We studied promoter methylation in 70 human non-small cell lung cancer cell lines and discovered that <em>CXCL5</em> was regulated by promoter methylation. We concluded that the <em>CXCR2 </em>axis may be an …
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A study to investigate the role of P27 and Cyclin E immunoexpression as a prognostic factor in early breast carcinoma
… role of p27 and cyclin E immunoexpression as a prognostic factor in early breast carcinoma. Cyclin E and p27 immunohistochemistry was performed on sixty six cases of breast carcinoma submtted over a five year period to the Division of Anatomical Pathology, Groote Schuur hospital; Whittaker and …
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Pre-operative determination of Carcinoembryonic Antigen (p-CEA) as an independent prognostic factor of Disease Free Survival (DFS) in patients treated for colorectal carcinoma
… (p-CEA) possa avere una valenza prognostica e costituire un fattore di rischio indipendente in relazione al disease free survival. BACKGROUND: Il p-CEA sembra essere correlato sia alla stadiazione della neoplasia colorettale, sia alla prognosi del paziente, sebbene ciò non sia …
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The Role of Drug Resistance-Related Proteins as Prognostic Factor in Patients with Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy
"국문요약 차례 그림차례 표 차례 서론 연구 대상 및 방법 결과 고찰 결론 참고문헌 ABSTRACT"
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Pretreatment Serum CYFRA 21-1 Level Correlates Significantly with Survival of Cervical Cancer Patients: A Multivariate Analysis of 506 Cases
… pretreatment CYFRA 21-1 levels can be a useful prognostic indicator in cervical cancer with reference to squamous cell carcinoma-antigen (SCC-Ag). We retrospectively analyzed data on 506 consecutive cervical cancer patients who were treated by radical hysterectomy or primary concurrent …
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Clinical and Pathologic Characteristics of Hepatocellular Carcinoma following Resection according to the Tumor Size
… (HCC) has been known to be an important prognostic factor after resection and it is considered to be closely correlated with vascular invasion of HCC. We aimed this study to elucidate the outcomes according to some previously studied size criteria and the relationship between the size …
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Comprehensive Analysis of Lung Cancer Prognostic Factors
… and highly variable in prognosis. Analysis of prognostic factor is anticipated to guide clinicians for treatment selection, enhance patient care, and help understanding biological mechanism of tumor progression. To extend current knowledge about lung cancer prognosis, this dissertation analyzed …
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Adjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy in Gallbladder Cancer
… therapy was added or not. The clinicopathologic factors, recurrence and survival were retrospectively analyzed. Patients with gallbladder cancer at T2N0M0, T2N1M0, T3N0M0 and T3N1M0 stages were enrolled in this study. Among the 4 stages, the 2 lymph node-negative stages (T2N0M0 and T3N0M0) did …
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CT Evaluation of Acut Abdominal Painin Patientswit Acute Leukemia
… to find out any CT feature that can be used as a prognostic factor, we analyzed the CT findings seen in these patients and sought any correlation between each CT feature and mortality. Material and Methods: This retrospective study was approved by our institutional review board which waived the …
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Ureteroskopijos ir ekstrkorporinės litotripsijos efektyvumo bei rizikos veiksnių palyginimasis tyrimas šalinant akmenis iš viršutinio šlapimtakio trečdalio /
… risks. An impacted ureter stone is a prognostic factor of the ureter stricture in the stone location. Ureteroscopy single use devices are more expensive than the payment for ureteroscopy and flexible ureteropyeloscopy from the compulsory health insurance fund in Lithuania nowadays.
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Statistical modelling for the prognostic classification of patients with pancreatic cancer for optimisation of treatment allocation
… death and is difficult to diagnose and treat. A prognostic index can be used in clinical practice to predict survival. Thirty six prognostic factor studies were identified but size and statistical methods were inappropriate. Continuous variables are often simplified incorrectly i) assuming linear …
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Breast cancer in the West Midlands: an evaluation of screening, treatment and survival
… study identified stage as the most significant prognostic factor for breast cancer patients, and the favourable staging characteristics of screen detected cancers thus suggest that improved survival should result. The study also found that only 31.6% of cancers in eligible women were screen …
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Hypoxia and Hypoxia-Inducible Factors in Normal and Malignant Breast Epithelium
… treatment is based on tumor and patient related factors such as tumor stage, grade, hormonal status, HER2 status, patient age, and family history to name a few. It is today widely acknowledged that hypoxia and hypoxia-inducible factors (HIF:s) contribute to tumor progression. We therefore set out …
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Pathologic Markers of Prognosis In Ampullary Carcinoma
… classification. In this study, I confirmed the prognostic value of advanced T-stage, nodal metastases, and lymphovascular invasion. Patients whose tumors had “high risk” features had a significantly worse overall survival (p=.002). Furthermore, my research highlighted the importance of histology …
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Mechanisms and Consequences of Chromosomal Instability in Malignant tumours
… and Wilms tumour and could be an important prognostic factor in Wilms tumours.
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The comparative study of effectiveness and risk factors of ureteroscopy and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in the upper part of ureter /
… risks. An “impacted” ureter stone is a prognostic factor of the ureter stricture in the stone location. Ureteroscopy single use devices are more expensive than the payment for ureteroscopy and flexible ureteropyeloscopy from the compulsory health insurance fund. in Lithuania nowadays.
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