BACKGROUND Hepatic resection has become the preferred treatment of choice for colorectal liver metastasis(CLM)*** To identify the prognostic factors and to formulate a new scoring system for management of *** Clinicop...
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BACKGROUND Hepatic resection has become the preferred treatment of choice for colorectal liver metastasis(CLM)*** To identify the prognostic factors and to formulate a new scoring system for management of *** Clinicopathologic and long-term survival data were analyzed to identify the significant predictors of survival by univariate and multivariate analyses with the Cox model.A clinical score was constructed based on the analysis *** Three factors of worse overall survival were identified in the multivariate *** were number of liver metastases≥5,size of the largest liver lesion≥4 cm,and the presence of nodal metastasis from the primary *** three factors were chosen as criteria for a clinical risk score for overall *** clinical score highly correlated with median overall survival and 5-year survival(P=0.002).CONCLUSION Priority over surgical resection should be given to the lowest score groups,and alternative oncological treatment should be considered in patients with the highest score.
Dear Editor, The current standard 12-core systematic transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided biopsy in prostate cancer diagnosis has the disadvantages of overdetecting indolent tumors, while failing to identify clinic...
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Dear Editor, The current standard 12-core systematic transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided biopsy in prostate cancer diagnosis has the disadvantages of overdetecting indolent tumors, while failing to identify clinically significant cancers in up to 35%.1 Advances in imaging techniques, notably the multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI), allow clinically significant prostate cancers to be detected with more precise localization) Fusion of MRI and real-time TRUS enables targeted biopsy of suspicious lesions, overcoming human error, and inability of biopsy site tracking in cognitive fusion? Multiple Western series have suggested a higher detection rate, higher specificity, and better risk stratification with fusion biopsy.
Background Asthma is a significant chronic health problem worldwide. management aims at disease control by reducing functional impairment and exacerbations and improving quality of life (QoL). We report a multi-center...
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Background Asthma is a significant chronic health problem worldwide. management aims at disease control by reducing functional impairment and exacerbations and improving quality of life (QoL). We report a multi-center study to survey asthma control and QoL in four cities in the Pearl River Delta. Methods The conjoint survey involved ten Hong Kong pediatric hospitals/units, two Shenzhen hospitals, two Macao hos-pitals, and two Guangzhou hospitals on asthma control (using Asthma Control Test) and QoL (Pediatric Allergic Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire, PADQLQ). Acceptability of a treatment is graded as very good/good/fair/poor. Results Good asthma control was only reported in 80% subjects in Hong Kong, but higher in sister cities (85–94%, P<0.001). Allergic rhinitis, 'incense burning', and 'smoker in family' were prevalent among the four cities. Logistic regres-sion showed better control of asthma was associated with better PADQLQ (B=?0.029, P < 0.001), better acceptability of bronchodilator (B=?1.488, P = 0.025), negatively with 'smoker in family' (B=?0.83, P = 0.015) and various PADQLQ domains. Conversely, worse PADQLQ was associated with allergic rhinitis severity (B=4.77, P <0.001), poor control of asthma (B=7.56, P <0.001), increased frequency of traditional Chinese medicine use (B=1.7, P < 0.05), increased fre-quency of bronchodilator usage (B=1.05, P < 0.05), 'smoker in family' (B=4.05, P < 0.05), and incense burning at home (B=3.9, P < 0.05). Conclusions There are some clinical and cultural differences among the four southern Chinese cities within the Guangdong province. This study identifies potentially modifiable environmental and treatment factors associated with poor asthma control and QoL for health-care interventions. Having a smoker in the family is independently associated with poor asthma control and QoL.
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