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Open AccessCurrent status of integrating oncology and palliative care in Japan: a nationwide survey
Palliative care (PC) is increasingly recognized as essential for oncology care, and several academic societies strongly recommend integrating oncology and palliative care (IOP) in daily practice. Similarly, th...
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Role of contrast-enhanced ultrasound to define prognosis and predict response to biotherapy in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
The incidence of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) is progressively increasing. Most cases arise from the digestive system, where ileum, rectum and pancreas represent the commonest site of origin. Liver metastases ...
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Erratum to: Training guidelines for endovascular stroke intervention: an international multi-society consensus document
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Photochemical migration of liquid column in a glass tube
A light-induced migration of liquid columns in a 2.5-mm glass capillary by photochemical isomerization was demonstrated. The isomerization of a surfactant AZTMA, which was added into ultrapure water, occurred...
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Open AccessTraining guidelines for endovascular stroke intervention: an international multi-society consensus document
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Proton pump inhibitor after endoscopic resection for esophageal squamous cell cancer: multicenter prospective randomized controlled trial
Whether proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) relieve heartburn or precordial pain after endoscopic resection (ER) for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains unclear. The aim of this study was to investigat...
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Statement of ESMINT and ESNR regarding recent trials evaluating the endovascular treatment at the acute stage of ischemic stroke
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Comparison of robot-assisted total laparoscopic hysterectomy and total abdominal hysterectomy for treatment of endometrial cancer in obese and morbidly obese patients
The objective of our study was to compare clinical and pathologic outcomes of robot-assisted and open abdominal techniques for treatment of uterine cancer in obese patients. Institutional review board approval...
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939 Participant Feedback From the Japanese Version of the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: NCPR Course)
Background: The Japanese version of the neonatal resuscitation program (Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: NCPR course) was implemented in July 2007 sponsored by the Japanese Society of Perinatal and Neon...
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Vertebroplasty as treatment of aggressive and symptomatic vertebral hemangiomas: up to 4 years of follow-up
This study aimed to illustrate the validity of the treatment with vertebroplasty (VP) in patients with aggressive or symptomatic vertebral hemangioma (VH) with or without epidural extension.
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Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty: friends or foes?
This paper aims to compare vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty by illustrating the two techniques, analysing the results and discussing the indications in relation to the type of fracture.
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Low back pain and sciatica: treatment with intradiscal-intraforaminal O2-O3 injection. Our experience
This paper describes discolysis by intradiscal, periganglionic and periradicular oxygen-ozone (O2-O3) injection, a minimally invasive percutaneous technique for the treatment of lumbar disk herniation.
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Haplotype structures of the UGT1A gene complex in a Japanese population
Genetic polymorphisms of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) are involved in individual and ethnic differences in drug metabolism. To reveal co-occurrence of the UGT1A polymorphisms, we first analyzed haplotype s...
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Association between elevated serum antibody levels to streptococcal M12 protein and susceptibility to dermatomyositis
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Intraosseous pneumatocyst of the ilium: CT findings in two cases and literature review
Intraosseous pneumatocyst of the ilium is a rare lesion of uncertain origin. It predilects male subjects and may be associated or not with sacroiliac joint degenerative disease, intra-articular gas, sacral pne...
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Imaging of the augmented and reconstructed breast: a retrospective study
The records of 71 patients with cosmetic breast implants or reconstructed breast following surgery for cancer were reviewed restrospectively. Of these 47 (66%) had cosmetic augmentation and 24 (33%) had recons...
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The reaction γ +d → π+ + π− +p + n between 570 and 850 MeV andΔ ++ Δ − production
The reaction γ+d → π++π− +p + n has been measured in a kinematically complete way at incident photon energies from 570 to 850 MeV in steps of 40 MeV. From detailed comparison of measured data with results of even...
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Correlation between HLA-A2-Bw46-DRw8 haplotype and increased levels of complement components (C4 and C4a) in patients with psoriatic arthritis
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An automatic gamma-ray spectrometer equipped with a micro-robot for sample changing
An automatic gamma-ray spectrometer equipped with a micro-robot for sample changing has been developed and constructed. The facility is comprised of a commercially available micro-robot, sample changer for up ...
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HLA-Linked Immune Suppression Gene Maps Within HLA-DQ Subregion
HLA-linked immune suppression genes (Is-genes) for streptococcal cell wall antigen (SCW), cryptomeria pollen antigen (CP), schistosomal antigen (Sj) and antigen from mycobacterium leprae (ML) control the low o...