17 Result(s)

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Is one brachytherapy fraction of 7 Gy similar to more fractions after external beam irradiation in postoperative endometrial carcinoma?

To determine whether brachytherapy with a single hypofractionated dose of 7 Gy provides the similar vaginal-cuff relapses and safety profile in terms of complications compared to schedules of 2 or 3 fractions ...

Y. Zhang, C. Ascaso, A. Herreros, J. Sánchez… in Clinical and Translational Oncology (2020)

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Are endometrial cancer radiotherapy results age related?

To analyze the impact of age on radiotherapy results based on cancer-specific survival (CSS), vaginal-cuff relapses (VCR) and complications analysis in 438 patients with endometrial carcinoma (EC) receiving po...

Á. Rovirosa, K. S. Cortés, C. Ascaso, A. Glickman… in Clinical and Translational Oncology (2018)

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Vaginal-cuff control and toxicity results of a daily HDR brachytherapy schedule in endometrial cancer patients

To analyze the vaginal-cuff local control (VCC) and toxicity in postoperative endometrial carcinoma patients (EC) underwent high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) administered daily.

I. Ríos, A. Rovirosa, C. Ascaso, I. Valduvieco… in Clinical and Translational Oncology (2016)

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Three or four fractions per week in postoperative high-dose-rate brachytherapy for endometrial carcinoma. The long-term results on vaginal relapses and toxicity

High-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) is an accepted part of treatment for endometrial carcinoma and is usually performed in 1–2 fractions per week using different total doses and doses per fraction. To reduce...

I. Valduvieco, Á. Rovirosa, A. Herreros, I. Romera… in Clinical and Translational Oncology (2013)

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Laboratory-Induced Endolithic Growth in Calcarenites: Biodeteriorating Potential Assessment

This study is aimed to assess the formation of photosynthetic biofilms on and within different natural stone materials, and to analyse their biogeophysical and biogeochemical deterioration potential. This was ...

A. Z. Miller, M. A. Rogerio-Candelera, L. Laiz, J. Wierzchos… in Microbial Ecology (2010)

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Renal Expression of Adhesion Molecules in Anca-Associated Disease

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA)-associated disease among other manifestations can underlie rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN), with crescentic and necrotizing GN. Differences in pa...

P. Arrizabalaga, M. Solé, R. Abellana, C. Ascaso in Journal of Clinical Immunology (2008)

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New approaches to the study of Antarctic lithobiontic microorganisms and their inorganic traces, and their application in the detection of life in Martian rocks

Microbial life in the harsh conditions of Antarctica's cold desert may be considered an analogue of potential life on early Mars. In order to explore the development and survival of this epilithic and endolit...

C. Ascaso, J. Wierzchos in International Microbiology (2002)

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Microhabitats and Chemical Microenvironments under Saxicolous Lichens Growing on Granite

A. Ríos, J. Wierzchos, C. Ascaso in Microbial Ecology (2002)

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Long-term responses of the green-algal lichen Parmelia caperata to natural CO₂ enrichment

Acclimation to elevated CO₂ was investigated in Parmelia caperata originating from the vicinity of a natural CO₂ spring, where the average daytime CO₂ concentration was 729 ± 39 μmol mol⁻¹ dry air. Thalli showed...

L. Balaguer, E. Manrique, A. de los Rios, C. Ascaso, K. Palmqvist, M. Fordham… in Oecologia (1999)

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Influence of smoking in the glutathione-S-transferase M1 deficiency - associated risk for squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder in schistosomiasis patients in Egypt

In this study we show an effect of the glutathione-S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) null phenotype on the risk for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the bladder among male smokers in Egypt, with an adjusted odds ratio ...

A Lafuente, MM Zakahary, MAA el-Aziz, C Ascaso, MJ Lafuente… in British Journal of Cancer (1996)

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The weathering action of saxicolous lichens in maritime Antarctica

Xanthoria elegans (Link) Th Fr. and Lecidea lapicida (Ach.) were studied on volcanic andesite, and Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC. and Bacidia stipata Lamb on a volcanigenic sediment, using light microscopy, i...

C. Ascaso, L. G. Sancho, C. Rodriguez-Pascual in Polar Biology (1990)

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Ultrastructural changes in the pyrenoid of the lichenParmelia sulcata stored under controlled conditions

Observations have been made on ultrastructural changes in pyrenoids of the algal cells in the lichenParmelia sulcata subjected to a range of controlled desiccation and rehydration regimes. Weaker staining of part...

D. H. Brown, C. Ascaso, S. Rapsch in Protoplasma (1987)

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Finger-print patterns in parents of children with Down Syndrome

Finger-prints of the parents of thirty four Down children were compared with thirty four couples with two or more normal children without a family history of genetic problems.

A. De Izuzquiza, C. Ascaso, E. Fernandez… in International Journal of Anthropology (1986)

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Ultrastructural Studies of Desiccated Lichens

The association of fungi and algae to produce the unique lichen thallus involves morphological and physiological modifications to both partners (Ahmadjian and Jacobs, 1983). Establishment of the symbiotic rela...

C. Ascaso, D. H. Brown, S. Rapsch in Lichen Physiology and Cell Biology (1985)