The Clinical Application of Raman Spectroscopy for Breast Cancer Detection by Pin Gao, Bing Han, Ye Du, Gang Zhao, Zhigang Yu, Weiqing Xu, Chao Zheng, Zhimin Fan

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INDIVIDUAL APPROACHES TO THE CHOICE OF CHEMOTHERAPY REGIMENS FOR RESPIRATORY TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN EXPOSED TO MULTIPLE DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOUS INFECTION by M. F. Gubkina, Yu. Yu. Khokhlova, N. V. Yukhimenko, I. Yu. Petrakova

“…Goal of the study: to develop individual approaches to the choice of chemotherapy regimens for respiratory tuberculosis in children exposed to multiple drug resistant tuberculous infection. Materials and methods. Totally 39 children (3-12 years old) with tuberculosis of chest lymph nodes or pulmonary tuberculosis. …”
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Pattern of T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a tertiary care center in North East India by Debanwita Mahanta, Jagannath Dev Sharma, Anupam Sarma, Lopamudra Kakoti, Amal Chandra Kataki, Shiraj Ahmed

“…Context: The non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs) are lymphoid neoplasms that arise primarily in the lymph nodes. They are classified into B-cell, T-cell, and natural killer cell types and are subtyped on the basis of morphologic and immunohistochemical studies. …”
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Prevalence of Clinically Significant Extraosseous Findings on Unenhanced CT Portions of 18F-Fluoride PET/CT Bone Scans by Chao-Jung Chen, Shih-Ya Ma

“…Most of the extraosseous findings were small pulmonary metastases or enlarged metastatic lymph nodes. Conclusion. It is not rare to identify new clinically significant extraosseous findings from the unenhanced CT of 18F-fluoride PET/CT studies. …”
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COMPARATIVE IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF E-CADHERIN AND Β-KATENIN EXPRESSION IN METASTATIC AND NON-METASTATIC BREAST CANCER OF NON-SPECIFIC TYPE by M. V. Mnikhovich, L. V. Kakturskiy, T. V. Bezuglova, K. Yu. Midiber, K. V. Bun’kov, A. G. Erzieva

“…Objective: an immunohistochemical analysis of the features of expression, distribution and interaction of E-сadherin and β-сatenin proteins in primary mammary tumors. Materials and methods. The study group consisted of 148 relevant patients with breast cancer (BC), including patients with metastases in lymph nodes (n = 12) and liver (n = 45). …”
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Clinical and laboratory differences between primary acute and reactivation of chronic Epstein-Barr viral infection in children (systematic review and meta-analysis) by M. M. Kulikova, T. V. Solomay, T. A. Semenenko

“…Distinctive signs of primary acute EBV infection are fever, generalized lymphadenopathy, enlargement of cervical lymph nodes, acute tonsillitis, exanthema, excess of ALT reference values, leukocytosis, the presence of atypical mononuclears. …”
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Features of Breast Cancer Progression after Comprehensive Treatment, Prognosis of Metastatic Spread by Yu. Chuprovska, V. Bodiaka, O. Ivashchuk, Ch. Tsagkaris

“…An expert system was built to predict the metastatic spread of breast cancer using the following prognostic criteria: active proliferation marker, duration of the disease history, progesterone receptor expression, size of the primary neoplasm, estrogen receptor expression, epidermal growth factor Her/2new, regional lymph nodes (N2, N1), the specificity and sensitivity of which are respectively (Se = 69.0 %, Sp = 69.0 %).…”
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Feasibility and Safety of ArtiSential for Minimally Invasive Surgery in Early-stage Gynecologic Cancer: Results from the KGOG 4002/GYANT Study by Ok-Ju Kang, Kidong Kim, Keun Ho Lee, Min Kyu Kim, Jong Ha Hwang, Taehun Kim, Nak Woo Lee, Kyoung Chul Chun, Seok Ju Seong, Tae-Joong Kim, Dasol Oh, Jeong-Yeol Park

“…The average operation time was 187.0 ± 49.2 min, with no complications encountered during surgery. Pelvic lymph nodes were assessed in 34 patients, with the ArtiSential device utilized in 22 (64.7%) of these patients, at an average assessment time of 40.3 ± 19.4 min. …”
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Retrospective study of post-treatment 131I SPECT/CT imaging for personalizing therapy of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer by Sonya Sergieva, Teodor Sofiyanski, Bozhil Robev, Milena Dimcheva, Albena Fakirova

“…Enlarged cervical and mediastinal lymph nodes were visualized in 141 (25%) cases. Forty-eight (8.5%) patients had pulmonary metastases, 14 had osteolytic bone lesions and 6 (1.4%) had brain metastases detected on the SPECT/CT images. …”
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Clinicoradiological Manifestations of Melioidosis with Pulmonary Involvement in a Tertiary Hospital Setup by P Prem Ananth, R Anand, R Prathipa, S Raghul Raj, N Nagarajan

“…Systemic involvement of melioidosis shows isolated pulmonary (Lung plus Pleura) involvement at up to 38% followed by disseminated melioidosis at 33% (more than two or more organs involved), with liver and lymph nodes both accounting for 9%. The most common pulmonary presentation was a cavity (50%), followed by lobar infiltrates (46.6%) and atelectasis (33.3%). …”
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Comparison of Surgical Outcomes for Finsterer and the Roux-en-Y Reconstruction after Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Carcinoma by Pham Hoang Ha, Nguyen Xuan Hoa

“…The average operation time was 155.7±25.9 (90-200) minutes for group 1 and 170.3±22.3 (120-215) minutes for group 2 (p=0.007). The number of lymph nodes was 19.1±4.8 (13-37) for group 1 and 20.3±4.5 (12– 33) for group 2 (p=0.243). …”
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Mucocutaneous lymphonodular syndrome (Kawasaki) in a three-year-old child (the clinical case description) by A. P. Pakhomov, E. V. Saveleva, I. V. Zorin, R. A. Gumirova

“…The purpose of the work is to present the features of the course of a case of Kawasaki syndrome in a 3-year-old child based on clinical observation.Materials and methods. Analysis of the medical record of an inpatient f.003/u, clinical and genealogical method, functional research methods (ultrasound of the abdominal organs, lymph nodes, electrocardiography, heart ultrasound), clinical and biochemical analysis of blood and urine. …”
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Specific Myocardial Lesion in a Patient with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (a Case Report) by D. D. Sakaeva, T. V. Raevskaya, Ch. Kh. Valiakhmetova, A. I. Iskhakova

“…II with the involvement of myocardium, cervical and mediastinal lymph nodes, and the right palatine tonsil. The patient received six courses of R-CEOP chemotherapy.Results and discussion. …”
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound and tissue elastography in the differential diagnosis of primary and metastatic ovarian tumors in uterine cancer patients: our experience by M. A. Chekalova, M. I. Borisova

“…Ovarian tumors in metastasis group were both bilateral and unilateral, represented by solid formations with clear, even contours, ovarian size did not exceed 6 cm, disseminated process was revealed in half of the cases (metastases in the greater omentum and in the retroperitoneal lymph nodes). With tissue elastography solidformations in the structure of the ovaries were mapped mainly by type 5 elastograms. …”
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Combined Tuberculosis of the Larynx and Lungs in a Tender-age Infant by Tatiana I. Danilko, Ekaterina S. Hohrina, Olga K. Kiselevich, Anna N. Yusubova

“…Tuberculosis of the intrathoracic lymph nodes of all groups on the left, paratracheal group on the right, bifurcation group, infiltration phase with calcification elements. …”
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Protein expression of cancer stem cell markers ABCG2, podoplanin, and CD44 predicts early recurrence of oral squamous cell carcinoma: A study from Western India by Trupti I. Trivedi, Toral H. Mandaliya, Priti P. Trivedi

“…ABCG2, PDPN, and CD44 show linear correlation with T3/T4 tumors, presence of metastatic lymph nodes (LNs), and advanced-stage disease. Cox multivariate regression analysis for progression-free survival (PFS) demonstrated that in early-stage patients, CD44 at step 1 (P = 0.007) followed by ABCG2 (P = 0.037) at step 2 was associated with reduced PFS. …”
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Intraoperative conversion from thoracoscopy to thoracotomy in anatomical lung resections by A. L. Akopov, R. P. Mishra, S. Yu. Dvoreckiy, A. S. Agishev, M. G. Kovalev

“…The reasons for conversions were: absence of an interlobar fissure – 5 (31 %), bleeding – 4 (25 %), discrepancy between the CT and intraoperative situation – 2 (13 %), intrapleural adhesions – 2 (13 %), variant anatomy of pulmonary vessels and bronchi – 2 (13 %), lymph nodes invasion into the main vessels – 1 (6 %). …”
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Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Compressed Sensing Technique Accelerates Magnetic Resonance Imaging Simulation for Head and Neck Cancer Radiation Therapy by Shu-han Zhou, MB, Mao-shen Lin, MB, Yu Luo, MB, Hao-qiang He, MB, Shao-jin Wang, MB, Lin-tao Shang, MB, Tian-you Dong, MB, Wen-jun Fan, MD, Feng Chi, MM

“…Mean tumor target volume of both primary tumors and metastatic lymph nodes acquired from fusion images by ACS were also comparable to those from fusion images by PI (P > .05 for all). …”
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Safety of Mechanically Fibrillated Cellulose Nanofibers (CNFs) by Inhalation Exposure Based on TG412 by Yoshihiro Yamashita, Akinori Tokunaga, Koji Aoki, Tamotsu Ishizuka, Satoshi Fujita, Shuichi Tanoue

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Pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome or Kawasaki disease - continuous challenges in Pediatrics - case report by Nicoleta-Ana Tomsa, Cristina Oana Marginean, Daniela Ciobanu, Monica Cucuiet, Cristina Blesneac, Gheorghe-Flavius Tomsa, Lorena Elena Melit

“…On admission, the patient exhibited a poor general condition, pale skin, non-pruritic erythematous rash, and enlarged, non-painful lymph nodes. Laboratory tests showed elevated inflammatory markers, leukocytosis with neutrophilia, hypoalbuminemia, liver enzyme abnormalities, altered cardiac markers, and elevated D-dimers, but no initial echocardiographic changes. …”
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