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Open AccessThe validation study on a three-dimensional burn estimation smart-phone application: accurate, free and fast?
Accurate total body surface area burned (TBSAB) estimation is a crucial aspect of early burn management. It helps guide resuscitation and is essential in the calculation of fluid requirements. Conventional met...
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Multicenter phase II study of the AKT inhibitor MK-2206 in recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma from patients in the mayo phase II consortium and the cancer therapeutics research group (MC1079)
Background This study investigated the activity of MK-2206, an AKT inhibitor, in metastatic or recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Method Oral MK-2206 at a dose of 200 mg was admini...
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Functions of TAp63 and p53 in restraining the development of metastatic cancer
Many tumours harbour mutations in the p53 tumour-suppressor gene that result in the expression of a mutant p53 protein. This mutant p53 protein has, in most cases, lost wild-type transcriptional activity and c...
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Open AccessGraft-vs-tumor effect in patients with advanced nasopharyngeal cancer treated with nonmyeloablative allogeneic PBSC transplantation
While nonmyeloablative peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (NST) has shown efficacy against several solid tumors, it is untested in nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). In a phase II clinical trial, 21 patients...
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Control of emsis by intravenous granisetron in breast cancer patients treated with 5-FU, epirubicin and cyclophosphamide
Granisetron, a potent and selective 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor (5-HT3) antagonist was reported to be an effective antiemetic agent both in animal studies and in patients given highly emetogenic chemotherapy. A ...