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Preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic predictor after curative-intent surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma: experience from a developing country
... Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate a prognostic value of preoperative neutrophil- to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) on long-term survival of cirrhotic and noncirrhotic hepatocellular cancer (HCC) patients managed by a ...
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A curative-intent endoscopic surgery for postradiation nasopharyngeal necrosis in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma
... novel curative-intent endoscopic surgery comprising of radical endoscopic necrectomy and reconstruction of the nasopharyngeal defect using the nasal septum and floor mucoperiosteum flap to treat the PRNN ...
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Smoking and timing of cessation on postoperative pulmonary complications after curative-intent lung cancer surgery
... clearly above those of the other smoking categories especially after the first 12 months of follow up, suggest- ing a likely more favorable outcome even though this did not reach statistical significance. This may be in ...
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Results of adjuvant radiation therapy for locoregional perihilar cholangiocarcinoma after curative intent resection
... radiotherapy plans, or whether radiotherapy courses were completed after initiation of therapy were not obtained. A sec- ond issue that may have inhibited the influence of radiation was whether radiation was given alone ...
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Surgical treatment of esophageal carcinoma with curative intent: analysis of a single center experience
... with curative intent and accomplished via right fifth intercostal space thoracot- omy in the majority of the cases; right video-assisted thoracoscopy was employed in selected case of early-stage esophageal ...
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Short course palliative radiotherapy followed by chemoradiation with curative intent in advanced and unresectable head and neck cancer
... Ali My et al 44. conducted a study comprising 30 locally advanced SCCHN patients who were treated initially by palliative radiotherapy 30 Gy in 3 Gy per fractions. Patients attaining more than 50% symptomatic relief and ...
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The effectiveness of a nurse-led intervention with the distress thermometer for patients treated with curative intent for breast cancer: design of a randomized controlled trial.
... improving the quality of life of patients who are treated for breast cancer with curative intent. The results will contribute to the actual knowledge and the current dis- cussion about using the DT in daily ...
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The CHOLEGAS study: multicentric randomized, blinded, controlled trial of gastrectomy plus prophylactic cholecystectomy versus gastrectomy only, in adults submitted to Gastric cancer surgery with curative intent
... a curative intent, in terms of morbidity, mortality, operation time, hospital stay, postoperative pain, return to normal activity, quality of life, and development of bil- iary symptoms after 5 years from ...
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The economic burden of cancer in the UK: a study of survivors treated with curative intent
... Self-reported resource utilisation data were obtained via the electronic Patientreported Outcomes from Cancer Survivors ePOCS system and included community-based health and social care, [r] ...
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Rectal cancer level significantly affects rates and patterns of distant metastases among rectal cancer patients post curative intent surgery without neoadjuvant therapy
... WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY Chiang et al World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2014, 12 197 http //www wjso com/content/12/1/197 RESEARCH Open Access Rectal cancer level significantly affects rate[.] ...
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The economic burden of cancer in the UK: a study of survivors treated with curative intent.
... Self-reported resource utilisation data were obtained via the electronic Patientreported Outcomes from Cancer Survivors ePOCS system and included community-based health and social care, [r] ...
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Lessons From Pediatric HIV: A Case for Curative Intent in Pediatric Cancer in LMICs
... comprehensive curative therapy, equivalent to standards in HICs, to all children with cancer throughout the world, following the successful model of pediatric HIV treatment now in place in many ...
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Quality of Life determinants in women with breast cancer undergoing treatment with curative intent
... The study sample consisted of 504 breast cancer patients who were undergoing or had undergone curative treat- ment at our centre. The tool was administered either at the beginning of the treatment or at follow-up ...
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Predictive value of chemotherapy-related high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) elevation in patients with colorectal cancer receiving adjuvant chemotherapy: an exploratory analysis of 851 cases
... Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common malignancy and the fourth leading cause of cancer worldwide. During the past 10 years, the incidence of CRC in China has increased 4-6% annually, representing 376.3 and ...
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Improved outcome in acute myeloid leukemia patients enrolled in clinical trials: A national population-based cohort study of Danish intensive chemotherapy patients
... with curative intent by intensive chemotherapy within phase III clinical trials in Denmark with patients treated off-protocol according to clinical characteristics, known prognostic factors, complete ...
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Hodgkin lymphoma detection and survival: findings from the Haematological Malignancy Research Network
... Three- year relative survival estimates for all patients and those treated curatively were 86.7% (95% CI = 84.0 to 89.0) and 90.1% (95% CI = 87.5 to 92.1), respectively (Supplementary Table 2). As expected, given the ...
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Vol 30, No 9 (2017)
... Early detection of recurrence in the asymptomatic phase in most patients allowed curative intent treatment strategies for more than one third of patients (n = 21, 40.3%). The pattern of recurrence was ...
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<p>Laparoscopic surgery facilitates administration of adjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced colon cancer: propensity score analyses</p>
... In this cohort study, four prospectively maintained data- bases of the University Hospital Leuven, the Dutch (teach- ing) St. Antonius Hospital, and two Dutch university medical centers (Radboud UMC and Amsterdam UMC) ...
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Study protocol of the SWORD-study: a randomised controlled trial comparing combined online and face-to-face cognitive behaviour therapy versus treatment as usual in managing fear of cancer recurrence
... (with curative intent) for breast, colorectal or prostate cancer at least 6 months and not more than 5 years ago; (2) are disease-free at the moment of study inclusion, as defined by the ab- sence of ...
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A single institution report of 19 hepatocellular carcinoma patients with bile duct tumor thrombus
... with curative intent, while two patients underwent removal of BDTT combined with biliary decompression and another patient received only palliative care as his liver reserve and general condition could not ...
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