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Blood pressure and bladder cancer risk in men by use of survival analysis and in interaction with NAT2 genotype, and by Mendelian randomization analysis
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Public Library of Science
, 2020 , Article)
The association between blood pressure (BP) and bladder cancer (BC) risk remains unclear with confounding by smoking being of particular concern. We investigated the association between BP and BC risk among men using ...
Co-presence of Epstein-Barr virus and high-risk human papillomaviruses in Syrian colorectal cancer samples.
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Taylor & Francis
, 2020 , Article)
We recently performed two studies exploring the presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) types 16, 18, 31, 33 and 35 in human colorectal cancers from the Syrian population. Herein, ...
Avoidability of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) in an elderly hospital cohort with cases assessed for causality by the updated RUCAM score
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BMC
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 The Author(s). Background: Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) represents an increasing morbidity in the general population, but more so in the elderly cohort of patients. Despite this, the concept of its prevention ...
Duration of symptoms is the only predictor of testicular salvage following testicular torsion in children: A case-control study
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
ObjectiveTesticular torsion (TT) is an emergency requiring a prompt diagnosis and surgery to avoid irreversible changes and a complete loss of testis. The present study aimed to identify potential factors that may be predict ...
Islam and Mental Disorders of the Older Adults: Religious Text, Belief System and Caregiving Practices.
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Springer
, 2020 , Article)
This paper illustrates the impact of Islamic religious texts on dementia care in the Middle East. It examines how old age and older adults mental disorders are framed in the Quran and Hadith, and how these texts are ...
Molecular Profiling Reveals Limited Targetable Biomarkers in Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Cervix.
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Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
, 2020 , Article)
Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix (NEC) is a rare and highly aggressive cervical malignancy. Given that no targeted therapy has been approved specifically to NEC, we investigated the presence of novel, potentially ...
Typical and atypical carcinoid tumors of the lung: A Clinicopathological correlation of 783 cases with Emphasis on histological features
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
ABSTRACT We present 783 surgical resections of typical and atypical carcinoid tumors of the lung identified in the pathology files of 20 different pathology departments. All cases were critically reviewed for clinical and ...
High expression of immune checkpoints is associated with the TIL load, mutation rate and patient survival in colorectal cancer.
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Spandidos Publications
, 2020 , Article)
Adoptive cell therapy with the use of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) is a very promising immunotherapeutic approach for the treatment of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). However, within the tumor microenvironment, ...
Macrophage responses associated with COVID-19: A pharmacological perspective
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
COVID-19 has caused worldwide death and economic destruction. The pandemic is the result of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which has demonstrated high rates of infectivity leading to great ...
Development and diagnostic validation of the Brisbane Evidence-Based Language Test.
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Taylor & Francis
, 2020 , Article)
To describe the development and determine the diagnostic accuracy of the Brisbane Evidence-Based Language Test in detecting aphasia. Consecutive acute stroke admissions ( = 100; mean = 66.49y) participated in a single ...