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A midpoint assessment of the American Cancer Society challenge goal to halve the U.S. cancer mortality rates between the years 1990 and 2015 See related editorial on pages 000-000, this issue.
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006-07-15)
BACKGROUND. The American Cancer Society has challenged the U.S. to reduce cancer mortality rates 50% over the 25 years from 1990 to 2015. The current report is an analysis and commentary on progress toward that goal through ...
Measuring Surgical Quality: What’s the Role of Provider Volume?
(Springer-Verlag; Société Internationale de Chirurgie, 2005-10)
Although not ideal for all situations, provider volume is particularly suited for measuring surgical quality in certain contexts. Specifically, we believe that for uncommon operations with a strong volumes–outcome effect, ...
The Search for Occult Metastatic Disease in Breast Cancer Patients: How Far Should We Go?
(Springer-Verlag; The Society of Surgical Oncology, Inc., 2006-05)
Efficacy of sentinel lymph node biopsy in male breast cancer
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2004-05-01)
Background Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is rapidly becoming the standard of care in the treatment of women with early stage breast cancer. Male breast cancer although relatively rare, has typically been treated with ...
Injectable microparticle-gel system for prolonged and localized lidocaine release. I. In vitro characterization
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2004-09-01)
Current treatment protocol for postoperative pain is to infuse anesthetic solution around nerves or into the epidural space. This clinical practice is beset by the short duration of the anesthetic effect unless the infusion ...
An academic health center cost analysis of screening mammography
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2004-09-01)
BACKGROUND The current study sought to determine the institutional financial impact of a screening mammography (SM) program in the context of an integrated cancer center. METHODS Using administrative databases, 10,048 ...
Intratumoral IL-12 and TNF-α–Loaded Microspheres Lead To Regression of Breast Cancer and Systemic Antitumor Immunity
(Springer-Verlag; The Society of Surgical Oncology, Inc., 2004-01)
Background: Local, sustained delivery of cytokines at a tumor can enhance induction of antitumor immunity and may be a feasible neoadjuvant immunotherapy for breast cancer. We evaluated the ability of intratumoral ...
Severe and Refractory Peptic Ulcer Disease: The Diagnostic Dilemma
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2005-11)
The recognition of Helicobacter pylori infection as a cause of peptic ulcer disease, medical regimens to eradicate the organism, and the widespread use of proton pump inhibition to suppress gastric acid secretion have ...
Efficient tumour formation by single human melanoma cells
(Nature Publishing Group, 2008-12-04)
A fundamental question in cancer biology is whether cells with tumorigenic potential are common or rare within human cancers. Studies on diverse cancers, including melanoma, have indicated that only rare human cancer cells ...