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Open AccessEffects of base plate temperature on microstructure evolution and high-temperature mechanical properties of IN718 processed by laser powder bed fusion using simulation and experiment
Base plate preheating is a relatively new strategy to influence the mechanical properties and microstructure of IN718. Base plate preheating was studied to reduce Niobium (Nb) segregation in the interdendritic...
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Predictive Factors for Oral Intake Recovery After Acute Stroke: Analysis of a Japanese Nationwide Inpatient Database
It remains unclear which factors contribute to dysphagia recovery after an acute stroke. This study aimed to identify factors associated with complete oral intake recovery in patients with post-stroke dysphagia.
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Prediction of pathological fracture in patients with lower limb bone metastasis using computed tomography imaging
Lower limb pathological fractures caused by bone metastases can severely impair activities of daily living, so recognizing fracture risk is essential. Medial cortical involvement (MCI) in the proximal femur ha...
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Open AccessPrognostic factors of metastatic myxoid liposarcoma
Myxoid liposarcoma (MLS) has the tendency to metastasize extrapulmonary. Although prognostic factors at the initial diagnosis of MLS have been reported, those at diagnosis of metastasis remain unclear. The pur...
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Factors related to the quality of life in patients with bone metastases
Treatment for bone metastases aims to preserve patients’ quality of life (QOL). Therefore, assessment of patients’ reported QOL is important, especially in this field. This cross-sectional study sought to inve...
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Open AccessPredictive factors for complications after surgical treatment for schwannomas of the extremities
Schwannomas are well-encapsulated, benign neoplasms, and enucleation is a standard operation procedure. The incidence of neurological complications after surgical treatment for schwannomas of the extremities v...
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Body composition as a predictor of toxicity after treatment with eribulin for advanced soft tissue sarcoma
Despite the clinical benefits of eribulin on overall survival of advanced soft tissue sarcoma (STS) patients, treatment-related toxicity reduces their QOL. Body composition metrics (BCMs) are associated with p...
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Open AccessThe outcomes and prognostic factors in patients with osteosarcoma according to age: a Japanese nationwide study with focusing on the age differences
Few reports have described clinical features, prognosis and prognostic factors of osteosarcoma patients according to age.
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio after pazopanib treatment predicts response in patients with advanced soft-tissue sarcoma
Pazopanib is a multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitor that is used to treat advanced soft-tissue sarcoma, and its efficacy has been confirmed in several clinical trials, although no clinically useful biomarkers have ...
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Prevalence and clinical outcomes of hip fractures and subchondral insufficiency fractures of the femoral head in patients with tumour-induced osteomalacia
Tumour-induced osteomalacia (TIO) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome usually caused by phosphaturic mesenchymal tumours, leading to great distress due to bone pain and affecting quality of life (QoL). This stud...
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Skeletal-related events and prognosis in urothelial cancer patients with bone metastasis
The aim of the present study was to elucidate the details of bone metastasis (BM) and the resulting skeletal-related events (SREs), and survival and prognostic factors, in urothelial cancer (UC) patients with BM.
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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Japanese version of the Toronto Extremity Salvage Score (TESS) for patients with malignant musculoskeletal tumors in the lower extremities
Before this work a Japanese version of the Toronto Extremity Salvage Score (TESS), a disease-specific patient-completed questionnaire widely used to assess the physical function of patients with musculoskeleta...
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Neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy with modified mesna, adriamycin, ifosfamide, and dacarbazine (MAID) regimen for adult high-grade non-small round cell soft tissue sarcomas
Good local control of high-grade non-small round cell soft tissue sarcomas (NSRCSTSs) has been achieved with significant advances in surgical techniques and radiotherapy. However, the role of chemotherapy rema...
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Bone radiofrequency ablation combined with prophylactic internal fixation for metastatic bone tumor of the femur from hepatocellular carcinoma
A 64-year-old man with 6-year history of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was referred to us regarding bone metastasis to the right proximal femur. Although he underwent radiotherapy for pain palliation and loca...
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Periosteal osteoblastoma of the distal femur: a case report and a review of the literature with special emphasis on the MR features
Osteoblastoma is an uncommon benign bone-forming tumor that accounts for fewer than 1% of all bone neoplasms. Its periosteal subtype, “periosteal osteoblastoma”, is extremely rare, and the rarity of this tumor...
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Recurrent epithelioid hemangioma: therapeutic potential of tranilast and indomethacin
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Administration of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs accelerates spontaneous healing of osteoid osteoma
It has been reported that osteoid osteoma may heal spontaneously.
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Serum acid phosphatase can be a useful tumour marker for giant cell tumour of bone
The purpose of this study was to elucidate the clinical significance of acid phosphatase in giant cell tumour of bone.
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Juxtacortical chondroma of the sacrum
