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Laparoscopic skill assessment of practicing surgeons prior to enrollment in a surgical trial of a new laparoscopic procedure
Outcomes of surgical trials hinge on surgeon selection and their underlying expertise. Assessment of expertise is paramount. We investigated whether surgeons’ performance measured by the fundamentals of laparo...
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Predicting Pathological Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Using 18FDG-PET/CT
Pathologic complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemoradiation (CRT) has been observed in 15–30% of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). The objective of this study was to determine whethe...
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Open AccessInterleukin-1β induced vascular permeability is dependent on induction of endothelial Tissue Factor (TF) activity
IL-1β is a pleotropic cytokine that may mediate increased procoagulant activity and permeability in endothelial tissue during inflammatory conditions. The procoagulant effects of IL-1β are mediated through ind...