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1. Therapeutic experience of a pancreatic mixed serous neuroendocrine neoplasm invading peripancreatic vessels: A case report

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Zhang, Zongming, Liu, Limin, Li, Youwei, Liu, Zhuo, Zhang, Chong, Zhao, Yue, Zhu, Mingwen, Wan, Baijiang, Deng, Hai, Xie, Xiyuan, Tian, Kun, Guo, Zhentian, Yang, Haiyan, Liao, Jiahong, Zhu, Hongyan, Liu, Lili, Wang, Man, Ma, Xiaoting, Liu, Tiantian, Huang, Niuniu, Gao, Yujiao, Zhao, Jing, Liao, Fang, Li, Fengyuan, Wang, Xueting, Yuan, Ruijiao, Liu, Xinying, and Chang, Lidan

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2022
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35. Pretreatment Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Improves Prediction of Early Distant Metastases in Patients With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

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Chin, Shy-Chyi, Lin, Chien-Yu, Huang, Bing-Shen, Tsang, Ngan-Ming, Fan, Kang-Hsing, Ku, Yi-Kang, Hsu, Cheng-Lung, Chan, Sheng-Chieh, Huang, Shiang-Fu, Li, Cheng-He, Tseng, Hsiao-Jung, Liao, Chun-Ta, Liu, Ho-Ling, and Sung, Kyunghyun

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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Biomedical Imaging, Cancer, Clinical Research, Detection, screening and diagnosis, 4.2 Evaluation of markers and technologies, Adenocarcinoma, Papillary, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Carcinoma, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, Child, Contrast Media, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Gadolinium, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms, Pilot Projects, Predictive Value of Tests, ROC Curve, Retrospective Studies, Young Adult
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The identification of early distant metastases (DM) in patients with newly diagnosed, previously untreated nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) plays an important role in selecting the most appropriate treatment approach. Here, we sought to investigate the predictive value of distinct MRI parameters for the detection of early DM.Between November 2010 and June 2011, a total of 51 newly diagnosed NPC patients were included. All of the study participants were followed until December 2014 at a single institution after completion of therapy. DM was defined as early when they were detected on pretreatment FDG-PET scans or within 6 months after initial diagnosis. The following parameters were tested for their ability to predict early DM: pretreatment FDG-PET standardized uptake value (SUV), MRI-derived AJCC tumor staging, tumor volume, and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) values. The DCE-derived ve was defined as the volume fraction of the extravascular, extracellular space.Compared with patients without early DM, patients with early DM had higher SUV, tumor volume, DCE mean (median) ve, ve skewness, ve kurtosis, and the largest mean ve selected among sequential slices (P

Published
2016

36. A Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing Stroke Recurrence Rate in Ischemic Stroke Patients With and Without Acupuncture Treatment

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Shih, Chun-Chuan, Liao, Chien-Chang, Sun, Mao-Feng, Su, Yi-Chang, Wen, Chi-Pang, Morisky, Donald E, Sung, Fung-Chang, Hsu, Chung Y, and Lin, Jaung-Geng

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Neurosciences, Brain Disorders, Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities, Prevention, Mind and Body, Complementary and Integrative Health, Aging, Patient Safety, Clinical Research, Stroke, Acupuncture Therapy, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Comorbidity, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Recurrence, Retrospective Studies, Clinical Sciences, Arthritis & Rheumatology
Abstract

Little was known about the effects of acupuncture on stroke recurrence. The aim of this study is to investigate whether ischemic stroke patients receiving acupuncture treatment have a decreased risk of stroke recurrence. A retrospective cohort study of 30,058 newly diagnosed cases of ischemic stroke in 2000 to 2004 was conducted based on the claims of Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. The use of acupuncture treatment and stroke recurrence were identified during the follow-up period from 2000 to 2009. This study compared the risk of stroke recurrence between ischemic stroke cohorts with and without acupuncture treatment by calculating adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of acupuncture associated with stroke recurrence in the Cox proportional hazard model. The stroke recurrence rate per 1000 person-years decreased from 71.4 without to 69.9 with acupuncture treatment (P < 0.001). Acupuncture treatment was associated with reduced risk of stroke recurrence (HR 0.88; 95% CI 0.84-0.91). The acupuncture effect was noted in patients with or without medical treatment for stroke prevention but its impact decreased with aging of stroke patients. Compared with stroke patients without acupuncture treatment and medication therapy, the hazard ratios of stroke recurrence for those had medication therapy only, acupuncture only, and both were 0.42 (95% CI 0.38-0.46), 0.50 (95% CI 0.43-0.57), and 0.39 (95% CI 0.35-0.43), respectively. This study raises the possibility that acupuncture might be effective in lowering stroke recurrence rate even in those on medications for stroke prevention. Results suggest the need of prospective sham-controlled and randomized trials to establish the efficacy of acupuncture in preventing stroke.

Published
2015

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