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Negative Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Merkel Cell Carcinoma is Associated with a Low Risk of Same-Nodal-Basin Recurrences
Controversy exists regarding the predictive ability of a negative sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and the use of adjuvant radiation in Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC).
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Natural History of Merkel Cell Carcinoma Following Locoregional Recurrence
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive cutaneous neuroendocrine malignancy with an ill-defined natural history following locoregional recurrence.
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A prospective psychological evaluation of patients with dysphagia of various etiologies
We hypothesized that patients who complain of dysphagia without demonstrable organic abnormality may have an underlying psychological dysfunction. We thus conducted a comprehensive assessment in three groups o...
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Impact of functional dyspepsia on quality of life
Little information on functional status and well-being is available in patients with functional gastrointestinal disease. We aimed to evaluate whether quality of life is poorer in patients with functional dysp...
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Surgeon's role in the management of solitary renal cell carcinoma metastases occurring subsequent to initial curative nephrectomy: An institutional review
Background: Solitary metastases from a primary renal cell carcinoma (RCC) occur in <10% of patients with metastatic RCC. To date, the benefit of surgically resecting such apparently solitary lesions has not been ...
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Effect of viscosity on oropharyngeal and esophageal emptying in man
The effect of bolus viscosity on oropharyngeal and esophageal emptying is not known. We investigated this question in 38 healthy volunteers by measuring the transit of five semisolid boluses of varying viscosi...