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years and older. 1 – 3 Nodules are even more prevalent when the thyroid gland is examined at autopsy or surgery, or when using ultrasonography, and 50% of these have nodules, which are almost always benign. 2 , 4 New nodules develop at a rate of
Saber Amin, Michael Baine, Jane Meza, and Chi Lin
, with a median survival time of 4 to 16 months, depending on the primary site. 4 – 6 Current treatment modalities available for the treatment of BMs are surgery, whole-brain radiation therapy (RT), and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). 7 , 8 The most
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vivo tumor cellularity. Patients are evaluated for surgery 6 weeks after chemoradiotherapy. Patients with resectable disease proceed to surgery; those with unresectable disease may receive oral vorinostat once daily and oral capecitabine twice daily
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.1%, indicating that the interventions were effective ( Table 2 ). 23 A total of 39% of patients were able to undergo bilateral nephron-sparing surgery and only 1% (n=2) became anephric; 84% of patients underwent definitive surgical treatment (partial or complete
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most patients treated up to the day before surgery), and the estimated overall survival at 3 years was 84%. 15 The low response rates in this study may be a function of declaring the appropriate imaging modality or response criteria. Choi et al 16
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.5 billion, the initial phase of care (12 months) following BC diagnosis represented 37% of the cost, the continuing phase of care 41%, and the last year of life accounted for 22%. BC costs are substantially higher for the initial phase of care due to surgery
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Despite continual efforts to improve prognosis and decrease treatment-related toxicities, non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains a major health epidemic worldwide. NSCLC is commonly treated with upfront surgery with or without prior induction
