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Open AccessComputer-aided design and fabrication of nasal prostheses: a semi-automated algorithm using statistical shape modeling
This research aimed to develop an innovative method for designing and fabricating nasal prostheses that reduces anaplastologist expertise dependency while maintaining quality and appearance, allowing patients ...
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Open AccessThe impact of vestibular schwannoma and its management on employment
Employment is an important factor in quality of life. For vestibular schwannoma (VS) patients, employment is not self-evident, because of the sequelae of the disease or its treatment and their effects on daily...
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Cognition: development of a cognitive testing battery on the iPad for the evaluation of patients with brain Mets
To make assessment of neurocognitive decline in patients with brain metastases more reliable and feasible, Brainlab AG developed an application ‘Cognition’ for the iPad by gamifying validated paper and pencil ...
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Health-related quality of life, emotional burden, and neurocognitive function in the first generation of metastatic melanoma survivors treated with pembrolizumab: a longitudinal pilot study
The aim of this study was to assess the evolution of health-related quality of Life (HRQoL), emotional burden, and neurocognitive function in the first-generation metastatic melanoma survivors treated with pem...
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Pulmonary function changes following helical tomotherapy in patients with inoperable, locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
To evaluate alterations in pulmonary function indices after helical tomotherapy and explore potential associations with biologically corrected dosimetric parameters.
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The feasibility of prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography(PSMA PET/CT)-guided radiotherapy in oligometastatic prostate cancer patients
To investigate the efficacy and toxicity of 68Ga-PSMA-HBED-CC (68Ga-PSMA) PET-CT-guided RT in the treatment of oligometastatic prostate cancer retrospectively.
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Use of antihistamines and risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmia: a nested case-control study in five European countries from the ARITMO project
After regulatory restrictions for terfenadine and astemizole in ‘90s, only scarce evidence on proarrhythmic potential of antihistamines has been published. We evaluate the risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmia (...
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The impact of cumulative dose of cisplatin on outcome of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Despite the wide use of cisplatin-based concomitant chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), data on the optimal regimen and cumulative dose are scarce and frequently conflic...
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Recurrent oropharyngeal cancer after organ preserving treatment: pattern of failure and survival
The objectives is to thoroughly analyze the pattern of failure and oncologic outcome in recurrent oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) after (chemo)radiotherapy and correlate the site of failure to the planned radiation...
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A critical evaluation of lymph node ratio in head and neck cancer
In head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), the search for better prognostic factors beyond TNM-stage is ongoing. Lymph node ratio (LNR) (positive lymph nodes/total lymph nodes) is gaining interest in vi...
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Open AccessRisk of cardiac valvulopathy with use of bisphosphonates: a population-based, multi-country case-control study
Analyses of healthcare data from 30 million individuals in three countries showed that current use of bisphosphonates may be associated with a small increased risk of cardiac valvulopathy (vs. those not expose...
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Feasibility of markerless tumor tracking by sequential dual-energy fluoroscopy on a clinical tumor tracking system
Real-time tumor tracking (RTTT) through adaptation of the treatment beam has been reported to significantly reduce the treatment uncertainties related to respiratory induced motion in thoracic and abdominal tu...
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Open AccessNF-κB inhibition impairs the radioresponse of hypoxic EMT-6 tumour cells through downregulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase
Hypoxic EMT-6 tumour cells displayed a high level of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and an increased radiosensitivity after a 16 h exposure to lipopolysaccharide, a known activator of nuclear factor-κB (N...
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Open AccessChronic hypoxia modulates tumour cell radioresponse through cytokine-inducible nitric oxide synthase
Chronic hypoxia up-regulated the mRNA and protein expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in EMT-6 tumour cells exposed to interferon (IFN)-gamma and interleukin (IL)-I beta. Low concentrations of...
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Contribution to the study of african rotifers: rotifers from Mali
In samples collected from different parts of the Republic of Mali (W-Africa), ninety-two taxa of rotifers were identified. Some were present in different forms; 56% were cosmopolitan, 19% thermophilous with a ...
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Rotifers from Western Sudan
145 rotifer species were previously known from Sudan, mostly from the Nile valley and the NE of the country. In the present paper planktonic, periphytic and benthic samples from the Western provinces of Darfur...
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Contributions to the knowledge of African rotifers: Rotifers from Mauritania (W.-Africa)
The number of Rotifer taxa known from Mauritania, is raised from 8 to 90. 61% of these are cosmopolitan, 1 is temperate — boreal, 18% are thermophilic and 20% are tropicopolitan. Most of them are widely distri...
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Rotifers from Turkey
Seventy-eight rotifer species are reported from 19 localities in Turkey. About half are first records for that country. Some interesting species are illustrated and the composition of the regional fauna is dis...
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Distribution of rotifers in African fresh and inland saline waters
The distribution of rotifers in African fresh and inland saline waters is discussed in the light of historical expeditions and modern limnological research. Number of papers published and number of rotifer spe...