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Safety of Thread Embedding Acupuncture Therapy: A Systematic Review
To evaluate the safety of thread embedding acupuncture therapy (TEAT) and discuss the prevention and treatment of some adverse events (AEs).
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Open AccessALK-1-positive inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the thyroid complicated by Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: report of a rare case and a literature review
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) of the thyroid are extremely rare soft-tissue tumors. In the literature, IMTs are sometimes called plasma cell granulomas (PCGs) or inflammatory pseudotumors, which o...
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Aurora B induces epithelial–mesenchymal transition by stabilizing Snail1 to promote basal-like breast cancer metastasis
Aurora B is a serine/threonine kinase that has been implicated in regulating cell proliferation in distinct cancers, including breast cancer. Here we show that Aurora B expression is elevated in basal-like bre...
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Open AccessPrognostic values of interim and post-therapy 18F-FDG PET/CT scanning in adult patients with Burkitt’s lymphoma
The prognostic values of interim and post-therapy fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) and PET/computed tomography (CT) scanning have been confirmed in several subtypes of l...
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Expression of BAFF-R, but not BAFF, is an independent prognostic factor in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients treated with R-CHOP
B-cell activating factor (BAFF) and BAFF-receptor (BAFF-R) play crucial roles in the progression of malignant B-cells. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the expression profiles and the clinical sign...
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Radiotherapy and PGEMOX/GELOX regimen improved prognosis in elderly patients with early-stage extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma
The optimal treatment strategy for elderly patients with natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (NKTCL) remains to be established. A total of 63 elderly patients with newly diagnosed NKTCL were retrospectively reviewe...
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The extent of local tumor invasion predicts prognosis in stage IE nasal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma: a novel T staging system for risk stratification
A heterogeneous treatment response and prognosis exists among patients with Ann Arbor stage IE natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (NKTCL), and further risk stratification is required to identify high-risk patients. H...
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Treatment outcome of patients with advanced stage natural killer/T-cell lymphoma: elucidating the effects of asparaginase and postchemotherapeutic radiotherapy
The prognosis of advanced stage natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (NKTCL) remains relatively disappointing, and the optimal treatment strategy for this disease has yet to be discovered. Seventy-three patients wit...
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High APRIL but not BAFF serum levels are associated with poor outcome in patients with follicular lymphoma
Elevated B cell activation factor (BAFF) and a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) serum levels have been reported to correlate with worse prognosis in B cell-derived malignancies. However, limited informati...
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Open AccessPrognostic significance of peripheral monocyte count in patients with extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma
Extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (ENKL) has heterogeneous clinical manifestations and prognosis. This study aims to evaluate the prognostic impact of absolute monocyte count (AMC) in ENKL, and provide...
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Three prognostic factors influence clinical outcomes of primary testicular lymphoma
The standard treatment of primary testicular lymphoma (PTL) has not been well established. Our study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the prognostic factors and clinical outcomes of PTL. We retrospec...
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A novel prognostic model for extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma
Natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma is a rare neoplasm with heterogeneous clinical behaviors. This study aimed to devise a prognostic model specifically for extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, providing risk strati...
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Serum beta2-microglobin is a predictor of prognosis in patients with upper aerodigestive tract NK/T-cell lymphoma
Upper aerodigestive tract natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma (UNKTL) is the most common type of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type. Serum beta2-microglobulin (β2-M) was found to be a predictor in some ...
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Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors in Chinese patients with Hodgkin’s lymphoma
The aim of our study is to investigate the clinical characteristics and prognostic factors in Chinese Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients. It is known that clinical characteristics and epidemiology of Hodgkin’s lympho...
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Schedule-dependent inhibition of T-cell lymphoma cells by cotreatment with the mTOR inhibitor everolimus and anticancer drugs
Objective Everolimus (RAD001) is a novel mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor, and anti-proliferative activity in various malignancies has been reported. This study evaluated th...
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Clinical characterization and prognostic factors of primary lymphoma of bone in case of Chinese patients
Primary lymphoma of bone (PLB) is a very rare neoplasm. Many aspects of this entity have not been well defined or reported in Chinese population. The purpose of our study is to identify the prognostic factors ...
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Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMLBCL) in Chinese patients: clinical characteristics and prognostic factors
Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMLBCL) is a unique clinico-pathological subtype, for which there is no optimal therapy yet. We evaluated clinical characteristics and prognostic factors in 39 consec...
