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1 Case management vocational rehabilitation for women with breast cancer after surgery: a feasibility study incorporating a pilot randomised controlled trial Full Text Trials, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
2 Effectiveness of stereotactic body radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein and/or inferior vena cava tumor thrombosis PLOS ONE, June 17, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article
3 Use of multiple endpoints and approval paths depicts a decade of fda oncology drug approvals Clinical Cancer Research, June 17, 2013 Review Article
4 Subsequent brain tumors in patients with autoimmune disease Neuro-Oncology, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
5 Physical Activity and Risk of Lymphoma: A Meta-Analysis Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, June 17, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article
6 Meat-Related Mutagens and Pancreatic Cancer: Null Results from a Clinic-Based Case–Control Study Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
7 Social environment, secondary smoking exposure, and smoking cessation among head and neck cancer patients Cancer, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
8 Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors as initial therapy for non-small cell lung cancer: Focus on epidermal growth factor receptor mutation testing and mutation-positive patients Cancer Treatment Reviews, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
9 Cancer control and prevention: nutrition and epigenetics Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care, June 17, 2013 Review Article
10 Survival of hepatocellular carcinoma patients may be improved in surveillance interval not more than 6 months compared with more than 6 months: a 15-year prospective study Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
11 miR-223: infection, inflammation and cancer Journal of Internal Medicine, June 17, 2013 Review Article
12 Immunological abnormalities associated with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia Journal of Internal Medicine, June 17, 2013 Review Article
13 Hypomethylation of the CTGF gene locus is a common feature of paediatric pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukaemia British Journal of Haematology, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
14 Phase II clinical trial for the evaluation of bortezomib within the reduced intensity conditioning regimen (RIC) and post-allogeneic transplantation for high-risk myeloma patients British Journal of Haematology, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
15 JAK3 deregulation by activating mutations confers invasive growth advantage in extranodal nasal-type natural killer cell lymphoma Leukemia, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
16 Leukemia-initiating cell activity requires calcineurin in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia Leukemia, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
17 Gene expression profiling of solitary fibrous tumors PLOS ONE, June 17, 2013 Review Article
18 Msh3 mismatch repair protein regulates sensitivity to cytotoxic drugs and a histone deacetylase inhibitor in human colon carcinoma cells PLOS ONE, June 17, 2013 Review Article
19 Long-term exposure to cigarette smoke extract induces hypomethylation at the runx3 and igf2-h19 loci in immortalized human urothelial cells PLOS ONE, June 17, 2013 Review Article
20 A methodology for dosimetry audit of rotational radiotherapy using a commercial detector array Radiotherapy & Oncology, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
Among 130 patients requiring mechanical ventilation, 107 were vitamin D-deficient (< 20 ng/ml). Of the patients who did not survive, the length of survival was shorter in the vitamin D-deficient patients (15.3 vs. 24.2 days, respectively).
Read the article summaryResearchers at Tel-Aviv University have conducted a study to determine the value of coronary artery calcium (CAC) measurements in cardiovascular risk stratification in patients with T2DM and HTN. The study involved 423 patients enrolled in the International Nifedipine Study: Intervention as Goal for Hypertension Therapy. The patients had baseline CT scans for CAC measurement at baseline and were shown to be free of disease. Follow-up CT scans were performed at 3 and 15 years. Cardiovascular events (CVEs) occurred in 41 of 423 patients at 3 years and 111 of 268 patients at 15 years of follow-up. CVEs occurred in 15% and 52% (CAC+) and 7% and 32% (CAC-) of patients with T2DM at 3 and 15 years of follow-up, respectively. Compared to patients without T2DM and no CAC, the HRs for a CVE were 6.6 and 3.9 in T2DM patients with and without CAC, respectively.
Read the article summaryResearchers at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam have evaluated 12 measures (N-terminal fragment of prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide levels, von Willebrand factor antigen levels, fibrinogen levels, chronic kidney disease, leukocyte count, C-reactive protein levels, homocysteine levels, uric acid levels, coronary artery calcium [CAC] scores, carotid intima–media thickness, peripheral arterial disease, and pulse wave velocity), in addition to Framingham risk scores for predicting coronary heart disease. Only the CAC was shown to add significantly to the Framingham risk score in predicting coronary heart disease.
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