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Associations of prognostic-awareness-transition patterns with end-of-life care in cancer patients’ last month
Cancer patients heterogeneously develop prognostic awareness, and end-of-life cancer care has become increasingly aggressive to the detriment of patients and healthcare sustainability. We aimed to explore the ...
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Prevalence of severe depressive symptoms increases as death approaches and is associated with disease burden, tangible social support, and high self-perceived burden to others
Terminally ill cancer patients experience progressive functional decline, accelerating symptom severity, deteriorating social support, and self-perceived burden to others (SPB), predisposing them to depressive...
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Trajectory and predictors of quality of life during the dying process: roles of perceived sense of burden to others and posttraumatic growth
Quality of life (QOL) at end of life (EOL) is related to important themes, e.g., “sense of burden to others” and “perceived posttraumatic growth,” which have never been investigated concurrently. The purposes ...
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Effect of a carbon additive on the TbCu7-type melt-spun Sm(Co, M)7 (M=Ti, Zr, Hf, V and Ge) ribbons
The effect of a carbon additive on the microstructure and the magnetic properties of melt-spun SmCo7−x M x C y (M=Ti, Z...
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Open AccessSputter-prepared (001) BiFeO3 thin films with ferromagnetic L10-FePt(001) electrode on glass substrates
Highly textured BiFeO3(001) films were formed on L10-FePt(001) bottom electrodes on glass substrates by sputtering at reduced temperature of 400°C. Good electric polarization 2Pr = 80 and 95 μC/cm2, comparable to...
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The Role of Ca2+ on the DADS-induced Apoptosis in Mouse–Rat Hybrid Retina Ganglion Cells (N18)
Diallyl disulfide (DADS), a component of garlic, has been shown to induce growth inhibition and apoptosis in human cancer cell types. The present studies were designed to investigate the effects of DADS on mou...
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Chemotherapy using 5-fluorouracil, mitoxantrone, and cisplatin for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: an analysis of 63 cases
We evaluated the anti-tumor efficacy and toxicity of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), mitoxantrone, and cisplatin (FMP) in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and conducted an analysis of the prognost...
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Increased expression of iNOS and c-fos via regulation of protein tyrosine phosphorylation and MEK1/ERK2 proteins in terminal bronchiole lesions in the lungs of rats exposed to cigarette smoke
Epidemiological evidence suggests that smoking is a major cause of human lung cancer. However, the mechanism by which cigarette smoke induces the cancer remains unestablished. To evaluate the effects of cigar...