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Open AccessPhase I study of capecitabine combined with radioembolization using yttrium-90 resin microspheres (SIR-Spheres) in patients with advanced cancer
This was a prospective single-centre, phase I study to document the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), dose-limiting toxicity (DLT), and the recommended phase II dose for future study of capecitabine in combination...
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Open AccessRelationship of increased aurora kinase A gene copy number, prognosis and response to chemotherapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
Increased Aurora kinase A gene copy number (AURKA-CN) has been reported in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), with unknown relationship to clinical outcome. We correlated increased AURKA-CN in mCRC tumours with...
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The Quality of Life of Older Adults with Urinary Incontinence: Determining Generic and Condition-Specific Predictors
Urinary incontinence (UI) is an unpleasant problem for many adults. This study determined the importance of demographic, health and incontinence variables for the generic and incontinence-specific quality of l...
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Grey Theory Approach to Quantifying the Risks Associated with General Circulation Models
Assessing the risk to water resources facilities under climate change is difficult because the uncertainty associated with 2xCO2 climate scenarios cannot be readily quantified. Grey systems theory is used to deve...
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Ureteroceles in infancy and childhood: in search of the correct surgical approach
Between 1967 and 1986, 61 patients with 63 ureteroceles were treated; 53 ureteroceles were associated with duplex, 10 with single collecting systems. Antenatal and postnatal presentation and the means and limi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Reconstruction of Foreskin in Distal Hypospadias Repair
In the period between 1980 and 1985 101 one-stage repairs for distal hypospadias were carried out. Fifty-five patients were operated on using the Magpi technique as originally described by Duckett (1981). The ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Regional Study of Impacts on Residential Heating Energy Requirements Due to C02 Induced Climate Change in Ontario
Seasonal space heating energy requirement per household or per customer in Ontario for different fuels were computed for two 2 × C02 climate scenarios and it was found that there will be a decrease in consumption...