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Open AccessA new analytical approach to investigate the influence of wood extracts on the curing properties of phenol-resorcinol–formaldehyde (PRF) adhesives
In this study, the interactions between a phenol–formaldehyde resorcinol (PRF) adhesive and water-extractable wood constituents were investigated using combined in-situ FTIR spectroscopy and rheology analysis for...
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Do programmed death 1 (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1) play a role in patients with non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma?
Clinical trials targeting programmed death 1 (PD-1) and its ligand PD-L1 (PD-L1) for metastatic renal cell cancer (RCC) are ongoing. The aim of this study is to validate their roles as prognostic markers in no...
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Clinical behavior of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma is less aggressive than that of clear cell renal cell carcinoma, independent of Fuhrman grade or tumor size
Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (chRCC) is the third most common subtype of RCC, after clear cell (ccRCC) and papillary RCC. Its lower incidence and frequent exclusion from clinical trials might be why chRCC ...
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Open AccessSurvival advantage of partial over radical nephrectomy in patients presenting with localized renal cell carcinoma
Partial nephrectomy (PN) preserves renal function and has become the standard approach for T1a renal cell carcinoma (RCC). However, there is still an ongoing debate as to which patients will actually derive gr...
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Age—an independent prognostic factor of clinical outcome in renal malignancies: results of a large study over two decades
Age has been linked to outcome in renal cancer patients, but mainly in North American cohorts. In this study, we hypothesized that age is correlated with metastasis and cancer-specific survival in a German coh...
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Long-term results of a prospective randomized trial evaluating G-CSF priming in intensive induction chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia
Few studies have evaluated granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) priming in elderly patients with intensively treated acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and no data are available for genetically defined AML...
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Open AccessElevated C-reactive protein values predict nodal metastasis in patients with penile cancer
The nodal status is a strong predictor for cancer specific death in patients with penile carcinoma, and the C-reactive protein (CRP) level at diagnosis has recently been shown to be associated with poor clinic...
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Age Distribution for Partial and Radical Nephrectomy: Whose Nephrons are Being Spared?
Nephron sparing surgery (NSS) is recommended for patients with T1 renal cell carcinoma (RCC) whenever surgically feasible. By analyzing data from all urological clinics in the whole state of Lower Saxony, Germ...
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Serum C-reactive protein: a prognostic factor in metastatic urothelial cancer of the bladder
Until today, there is no reliable prognostic or predictive parameter for the prognosis of patients with metastatic urothelial cancer of the bladder prior to chemotherapy. Recently, serum C-reactive protein (CR...
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Open AccessIncidence of synchronous and metachronous adrenal metastases following tumor nephrectomy in renal cell cancer patients: a retrospective bi-center analysis
Synchronous adrenalectomy has become dispensable since retrospective studies have demonstrated no survival benefit when preoperative imaging was normal. The aim of this large bi-institutional study was to dete...
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Production process of wood-based materials for SiC Ceramics
The possibility of fabricating SiC ceramics using special wood-based materials has been shown in previous research. To form accurate SiC bodies from wood-based green templates, special sha** techniques are...
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Open AccessHigh CRP values predict poor survival in patients with penile cancer
High levels of circulating C-reactive protein (CRP) have recently been linked to poor clinical outcome in various malignancies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of the preopera...
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Open AccessPreoperative serum C- reactive protein: a prognostic marker in patients with upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma
To analyse the prognostic significance of preoperative C-reactive protein (CRP) serum level in patients with upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UUT-UC).
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Classification of thermally modified wood by FT-NIR spectroscopy and SIMCA
Quality assessment of thermally modified wood has evolved as one of the major fields in the research on thermal modification of wood. This study investigates NIR spectroscopy in combination with the pattern re...
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Open AccessValidation of CRP as prognostic marker for renal cell carcinoma in a large series of patients
To evaluate the prognostic significance of the pre-operative C-reactive protein (CRP) serum level in patients with renal cell cancer (RCC).
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Open AccessSquamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and the oropharynx in patients less than 40 years of age: a 20-year analysis
Squamous cell carcinoma mainly afflicts patients older than 40 years of age however, few cases are seen in younger patients. The aim of this study therefore was to determine the incidence of squamous cell carc...
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Characterizing of abnormal formation in hardwood
Anatomical differences were seen between tumorous and normal wood whereas noticeable differences were not detected in the chemical composition.
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Open AccessPrognostic significance of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) in patients with oral cancer
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is characterized by an aggressive growth pattern, local invasiveness, and spread to cervical lymph nodes. Overall survival rates have not improved, primarily due to locoregi...
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Obesity is associated with improved survival in patients with organ-confined clear-cell kidney cancer
Obesity increases the risk of develo** renal cell carcinoma (RCC); however, it remains unclear whether obesity is associated with RCC aggressiveness and survival. We assessed whether different body mass inde...
