anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
There is a current need to develop a split-dose cisplatinum regimen in combination with pemetrexed with high efficacy, excellent treatment compliance, administration convenience and the possibility to open up easier outpatient administration of the chemotherapy protocol. Dosing of cisplatinum at 40 mg/m2 d 1 and day 8 seems to be very effective and useful for this strategy. The current trial will address this issue within a prospective randomized phase-II trial. Treatment will be given on day 1 and 8 in the split-dose arm. A comparator arm of the current three-weekly higher cisplatinum schedule will be added to this study. For evaluation of this strategy observation of the toxicity/efficacy ratio within this trial will be of major importance. Efficacy will be analyzed by objective response rate, symptom control and life-quality. Toxicity will be looked at with treatment toxicity, treatment compliance and adherence to protocol.
Since the first case of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy was reported in 1994, the number of patients undergoing the laparoscopic procedure has gradually increased. The latest Japanese gastric cancer treatment guideline recommends laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) as an optional treatment for cStage I gastric cancer (GC). Based on the experience of early GC, most experienced surgeons have applied the laparoscopic procedure in patients with locally advanced gastric cancer (AGC). According to the results of large-scaled retrospective studies and ongoing randomized controlled trials (RCTs), LG treating AGC can gain better short-term outcomes and comparable long-term oncologic results.

To minimize the limitations of laparoscopic surgery, robot systems have been introduced to treat GC providing technical advantages. Though the feasibility and safety of robotic gastrectomy (RG) have been well accepted, the benefits of RG remain controversial. A recent meta-analysis including eleven studies of 3503 patients demonstrated that RG indicated potentially favorable outcomes in terms of blood loss compared with LG. Furthermore, it has been confirmed that robotic system could provide an advantage over LG in the dissection of the N2 area lymph nodes, especially around the splenic artery area. Our previous study demonstrated that the RG had less intraoperative blood loss and more lymph nodes dissection compared with the laparoscopic procedure. However, the only prospective study reported that RG is not superior to LG in terms of perioperative surgical outcomes. Nevertheless, the following subgroup analysis found that patients with GC undergoing D2 lymph node dissection can benefit from less blood loss when a robotic surgery system is used. Take together, RG with D2 nodal dissection may be superior laparoscopic surgery in terms of blood loss and retrieved lymph nodes. However, lack of high-level evidence-based medical researches, we can't drew a conclusion that patients with AGC may benefit from RG with D2 nodal dissection.

With regard to a new surgical approach, oncologic safety has attracted more attention. Although some retrospective studies have demonstrated that RG with lymphadenectomy for GC had non-inferior oncologic outcome relative to LG, there is no prospective RCT to evaluate the long-term outcomes of RG. Therefore, the Chinese Robotic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study (CRASS) Group launched a multicenter prospective RCT to verify the short-term and long-term outcomes of RG in AGC. The primary objective of this study is to assess whether robot-assisted distal gastrectomy is comparable to laparoscopic approach in terms of long-term oncologic outcomes without compromising relapse-free survival. The secondary research objectives are to compare robotic and laparoscopic approach in terms of morbidity, mortality, quality of life, cost-effectiveness, and overall survival.
PURPOSE: We performed animal and organoid study to evaluate the anti-fibrotic effect of steroid on biliary atresia (BA) and the underlying patho-mechanism.
METHODS: BA animal models were created by inoculation of mice on post-natal day 1 with rhesus rotavirus (RRV). They received either 20 µl phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) or steroid from day 21 to day 34. On day 34, their serum samples were collected for hormonal markers. Necrosis, fibrosis and CK 19 expression in the liver were evaluated. Liver organoids were developed and their morphology as well as bulk RNA sequencing data were analyzed.
RESULTS: Twenty-four mice developed BA features after RRV injection and were equally divided into steroid and PBS groups. On day 34, the weight gain of steroid group increased significantly than PBS group (p < 0.0001). All mice in the PBS group developed liver fibrosis but only one mouse in the steroid group did. Serum bilirubin and liver parenchymal enzymes were significantly lower in steroid group. The morphology of liver organoids were different between the two groups. A total of 6359 differentially expressed genes were found between steroid group and PBS group.
CONCLUSION: Based on our findings obtained from RRV-induced BA animal and organoid models, steroid has the potential to mitigate liver fibrosis in BA.
The aim of this study was to describe manifestations of diseases of the oral mucosa of patients in the Adjara region during the COVID-19 pandemic. We recruited 55 patients, 25 women (45.5%) and 30 men (54.5%), aged between 18 and 89 years with confirmed COVID-19 at different stages of severity. After obtaining informed consent, we examined their mouths and recorded clinical findings. Forty percent of the patients had at least 1 oral lesion. The most common lesions were candidiasis and ulcers (7 patients each); 2 patients had enanthems. Geographic tongue and caviar tongue were also observed. Altered taste, dry mouth, and painful/burning mouth were noted in 60%, 27.3%, and 36.4% of patients, respectively. Oral mucosal alterations and lesions were prevalent in this series of COVID-19 patients. An altered taste and a painful/burning mouth were common symptoms. For the first time, we performed a description of the oral cavity of patients diagnosed with COVID 19 in the Adjara region. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The variable "age" was compared using the Student's t-test and P-values <0.05 were considered statistically significant.
OBJECTIVE: Physical activity is recommended for recipients of a kidney transplant. However, ADHERE BRAZIL study found a high prevalence (69%) of physical inactivity in Brazilian recipients of a kidney transplant. To tackle this behavior, a broad analysis of barriers is needed. This study aimed to identify factors (patient and transplant center levels) associated with physical inactivity among recipients of a kidney transplant.
METHODS: This was a subproject of the ADHERE BRAZIL study, a cross-sectional, multicenter study of 1105 recipients of a kidney transplant from 20 kidney transplant centers. Using a multistage sampling method, patients were proportionally and randomly selected. Applying the Brief Physical Activity Assessment questionnaire, patients were classified as physically active (≥150 min/wk) or physically inactive (<150 min/wk). On the basis of an ecological model, 34 factors associated with physical inactivity were analyzed by sequential logistic regression.
RESULTS: At the patient level, physical inactivity was associated with smoking (odds ratio = 2.43; 95% CI = 0.97-6.06), obesity (odds ratio = 1.79; 95% CI = 1.26-2.55), peripheral vascular disease (odds ratio = 3.18; 95% CI = 1.20-8.42), >3 posttransplant hospitalizations (odds ratio = 1.58; 95% CI = 1.17-2.13), family income of >1 reference salary ($248.28 per month; odds ratio = 0.66; 95% CI = 0.48-0.90), and student status (odds ratio = 0.58; 95% CI = 0.37-0.92). At the center level, the correlates were having exercise physiologists in the clinical team (odds ratio = 0.54; 95% CI = 0.46-0.64) and being monitored in a teaching hospital (undergraduate students) (odds ratio = 1.47; 95% CI = 1.01-2.13).
CONCLUSIONS: This study identified factors associated with physical inactivity after kidney transplantation that may guide future multilevel behavioral change interventions for physical activity.
IMPACT: In a multicenter sample of recipients of a kidney transplant with a prevalence of physical inactivity of 69%, we found associations between this behavior and patient- and center-level factors. At the patient level, the chance of physical inactivity was positively associated with smoking, obesity, and patient morbidity (peripheral vascular disease and hospitalization events after kidney transplantation). Conversely, a high family income and a student status negatively correlated with physical inactivity. At the center level, the presence of a dedicated professional to motivate physical activity resulted in a reduced chance of physical inactivity. A broad knowledge of barriers associated with physical inactivity can allow us to identify patients at a high risk of not adhering to the recommended levels of physical activity.
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1. Technical Result Enhancement of therapeutic effect and widening of assortment of medicinal and preventive means at respiratory tract disorders. 2. Essence A medicinal means comprises syrup of althaea roots Althaea officinalis L., spirit tincture of pine cones Pinus, spirit extract of propolis and natural honey. 3. Field of Application Medicine, therapy.
Carcinogenicity studies were not performed with mobocertinib. Mobocertinib was not mutagenic in an in vitro bacterial reverse mutation (Ames) assay and did not induce chromosomal aberrations in an in vitro chromosome aberration assay in human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Mobocertinib was not clastogenic in an in vivo bone marrow micronucleus test in rats.

Fertility, early embryonic development, and pre- and post-natal toxicology studies were not conducted with mobocertinib; however, in 4- and 13-week repeat-dose toxicology studies in rats and dogs, there were generally reversible changes that included decreases in organ weights affecting multiple reproductive organs (including ovaries, seminal vesicle/prostate gland, and/or uterus) at exposures ≥0.3 times the AUC observed at the recommended clinical dose of 160 mg once daily, as well as microscopic changes of decreased epithelial thickness/inflammation of the cervix/vagina and atrophy of the uterus, prostate gland, or mammary gland (males only) at exposures ≥0.2 times the AUC at the 160 mg once daily clinical dose in rats and/or dogs. Based on these findings, mobocertinib may impair fertility in males and females of reproductive potential. These effects may be reversible.
A new test substance for use in skin testing for tuberculosis, which substance is produced from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb.) culture filtrate or bacillary extract. The culture filtrate or extract is first fractionated by means of chromatography. Resultant fractions are then further fractionated so as to produce subfractions which contain at least one M.tb. specific antigen and are substantially free of antigens crossreactive with atypical mycobacteria. At least two of these subfractions may then be combined to produce a mix or new test substance, containing a plurality of M.tb. specific antigens only, capable of stimulating lymphocytes in individuals previously sensitized to M. tuberculosis antigens.
The present invention provides a method of treating Wilms' tumor in a mammal by providing exogenous PEDF. The invention further provides a method of determining the severity of Wilms' tumor by assaying for the presence of PEDF within a tumor removed from tissue afflicted by Wilms' tumor. The invention provides a method of treating prostate cancer in a mammal by providing exogenous PEDF. PEDF may be provided in conjunction with another antiangiogenic factor or within a composition. The invention further provides a method of determining the severity of prostate cancer by assaying for the presence of PEDF within a cancerous prostate tumor. Also provided by the invention is a method of inducing differentiation in a prostate epithelial cell by administering PEDF to the cells.
The goldfish (Carassius auratus) is known for its physiologic ability to survive even long periods of oxygen limitation (hypoxia), adapting the cardiac performance to the requirements of peripheral tissue perfusion. We here investigated the effects of short-term moderate hypoxia on the heart, focusing on ventricular adaptation, in terms of hemodynamics and structural traits. Functional evaluations revealed that animals exposed to 4 days of environmental hypoxia increased the hemodynamic performance evaluated on ex vivo cardiac preparations. This was associated with a thicker and more vascularized ventricular compact layer and a reduced luminal lacunary space. Compared to normoxic animals, ventricular cardiomyocytes of goldfish exposed to hypoxia showed an extended mitochondrial compartment and a modulation of proteins involved in mitochondria dynamics. The enhanced expression of the pro-fission markers DRP1 and OMA1, and the modulation of the short and long forms of OPA1, suggested a hypoxia-related mitochondria fission. Our data propose that under hypoxia, the goldfish heart undergoes a structural remodelling associated with a potentiated cardiac activity. The energy demand for the highly performant myocardium is supported by an increased number of mitochondria, likely occurring through fission events.
Patients will receive 25mg Cetuximab-IRDye800cv I.V. four days prior to surgery.
The invention discloses a Chinese-herb health-care pillow used for alleviation of cervical spine ankylosis and recurvatum. The Chinese-herb health-care pillow comprises a pillow inner and a pillowslip matching the pillow inner. The pillow inner is filled with a Chinese-herb bag formed in such a way that gauze is adopted for wrapping Chinese herbal medicine. The Chinese-herb bag is located at the middle position of the pillow inner. Two end portions of the pillow inner are filled with memory foam. The Chinese-herb bag is internally provided with a heating wire connected with a power interface. By plugging in a power source, the heating wire is heated for heating the Chinese-herb bag and medicine is heated for displaying the property of medicine such that a fumigant effect is exerted to the neck. The Chinese-herb health-care pillow used for alleviation of cervical spine ankylosis and recurvatum has following beneficial effects: the Chinese-herb health-care pillow is featured by being simple in structure and novel in design and is soft and breathable with purposes of restoring consciousness and easing mental stress, alleviating fatigue, sleeping with smell fragrance and invigorating pulse-beat; and uncomfortable symptoms such as the sore and stiff neck, inconvenience of movement, coldness and pains, insomnia and emotioal lability are effectively improved.
PCT No. PCT/EP86/00466 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 22, 1987 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 22, 1987 PCT Filed Aug. 7, 1986 PCT Pub. No. WO87/01033 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 26, 1987.In a process for the oxidative dyeing of human or animal hair, a hair dyeing agent is prepared immediately before use from at least one oxidation dye and an oxidizing agent, applied to the hair to be dyed, and made to act for a given period of time, whereupon the hair dyeing agent is washed out. The hair dyeing agent that is to be used is prepared from an oxidation dye and the oxidizing agent with the concomitant use of manganese dioxide in powder form, while the finished hair dyeing agent is adjusted to a weakly acid pH in the range from 5.9 to 6.9.
All patients were treated with favipiravir for a week. At the same time, the patients in this arm received Estradiol patch (Climara 7.8 mg patch/week, Bayer, Germany) for 14 days.
Metastasis accounts for the major cause of colorectal cancer (CRC) related mortality due to the lack of effective treatments. In this study, we integrated the single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) and bulk RNA-seq data and identified the transcriptional coactivator SUB1 homolog (Sac-Saccharomyces cerevisiae)/PC4 (positive cofactor 4) associated with CRC metastasis. Elevated SUB1 expression was correlated with advanced tumor stage and poor survival in CRC. In vivo and vitro assays showed that SUB1 depletion could inhibit the invasive and metastatic abilities of CRC cells. SUB1 activated NF-κB signaling and its transcriptional target genes CXCL1 and CXCL3 to drive CRC metastasis. Mechanistically, SUB1 integrated with the E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase UBR5 and increased its protein level in CRC cells. Subsequently, the increased UBR5 mainly mediated Lys11-linked polyubiquitination and degradation of NF-κB negative regulator UBXN1, thus to activate the NF-κB signaling. Overall, our study demonstrated that SUB1 promoted CRC progression by modulating UBR5/UBXN1 and activating NF-κB signaling, providing a new therapeutic strategy for treating metastatic CRC through targeting SUB1.
INTRODUCTION: Depressive and anxious symptoms and maladaptive eating behaviors fluctuate with stressful events for patients seeking bariatric surgery. These associations are less clear for patients postoperatively. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a frame, we examined associations between changes in depressive and anxious symptoms and maladaptive eating behaviors between up to four years postoperatively.
METHODS: Participants (N = 703) who underwent surgery between 2018 and 2021 completed web-based questionnaires between 2021 and 2022. Demographic and surgical data were obtained from electronic health records. Participants reported whether depressive and anxious symptoms increased or were stable/decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, and completed eating behavior measures.
RESULTS: Many participants reported increased depressive (27.5%) and anxious (33.7%) symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared to those who reported stable or decreased symptoms, these participants were as follows: (1) more likely to endorse presence of binge, loss-of-control, graze, and night eating; (2) reported higher emotional eating in response to anger and frustration, depression, and anxiety; and (3) reported higher driven and compulsive eating behaviors. Frequency of binge, loss-of-control, graze, and night eating episodes did not differ between groups (e.g., increased vs. stable/decreased anxious symptoms) among participants who endorsed any episodes.
CONCLUSION: A large portion of the sample reported increased depressive and anxious symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic, and these increases were associated with maladaptive eating behaviors. Depressive and anxious symptoms and eating behaviors should be assessed postoperatively as significant stressors may be associated with increased distress and maladaptive eating behaviors that can affect postoperative outcomes. Postoperative interventions may be useful at simultaneously targeting these concerns.
PURPOSE:To provide a new compound having excellent lipoxygenase inhibitory activity, useful as an antiasthematic agent, antiallergic agent, anti-inflammatory/ analgesic agent, antirheumatic agent, or a medicine for dermatosis. CONSTITUTION:The compound of the formula, which can be obtained by a process wherein a dried resin from Magnolia officinalis belonging to Magnolia liliflora is extracted with a solvent (e.g. methanol), the resulting liquid extract is filtered, and the filtrate is concentrated to give the primary extract, which is then put to isolation taking advantage of solubility difference, adsorption affinity difference using an adsorbent, or partition coefficient difference between two liquid phases. The acetyl modification of the compound can be obtained by reaction of the compound with acetic anhydride or acetyl chloride. The compound of the formula has excellent inhibitory activity on esp. 5-lipoxygenase.
After screening and randomization for either the eccentric orientated intervention group or the concentric orientated intervention group, all measurements will be made for the first time by investigators at point A1. An observational phase for six weeks will follow to achieve an intern acceptance sampling for the measurements which will be used.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical effectiveness of Arthroscopic-assisted Uni-portal Spinal Surgery (AUSS) in the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis.
METHODS: A total of 475 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis from January 2019 to January 2023 were included in this study. Among them, 240 patients were treated with AUSS (AUSS group); the other 235 patients were treated with unilateral bi-portal endoscopy treatment (UBE group). The differences in surgery-related clinical indicators, pain degree before and after surgery, Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), CT imaging parameters of spinal stenosis, and clinical efficacy were compared between the two groups.
RESULTS: Patients in the AUSS group had a shorter operative time than those in the UBE group, and the length of incision and surgical bleeding were less than those in the UBE group, with statistically significant differences (P < 0.05). Before operation, there was no significant difference in the VAS score of low back pain and leg pain between the two groups (P > 0. 05). After operation, patients in both groups showed a significant reduction in low back and leg pain, and their VAS scores were significantly lower than before the operation (P < 0.05). Three months after surgery, the results of CT re-examination in both groups showed that the spinal stenosis of the patients was well improved, and the measurements of lumbar spinal interspace APDC, CAC, ICA, CAD and LAC were significantly higher than those before surgery (P < 0. 05). Besides, the lumbar function of patients improved significantly in both groups, and ODI measurements were significantly lower than those before surgery (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Both AUSS and UBE with unilateral laminotomy for bilateral decompression can achieve good clinical results in the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis, but the former has the advantages of simpler operation, shorter operation time, shorter incision length, and less surgical blood loss.