Browsing by Subject "Diagnostic accuracy"
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Carcinoma of unknown primary: Natural history and treatment. Analysis of 30 cases and review of the literature
(1990)In this study, the natural history and therapeutic management of 30 patients with carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP syndrome) is presented. Despite detailed laboratory investigations, the primary occult tumor was not ...
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Clinical value of CA 15-3, mucin-like carcinoma-associated antigen, tumor polypeptide antigen, and carcinoembryonic antigen in monitoring early breast cancer patients
(1996)A total of 209 postsurgical breast cancer patients were prospectively monitored with simultaneous serum level estimations of CA 15-3, mucin-like carcinoma-associated antigen (MCA), tumor polypeptide antigen (TPA), and ...
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Management of leptomeningeal malignancy
(2005)Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is defined as malignant infiltration of the pia matter and arachnoid membrane. Leukaemias and lymphomas, lung, breast cancer and melanoma are the primary tumours commonly associated with ...
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Perfusion sensitive contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour: A new neuroimaging finding
(2012)Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumours (DNTs) are benign lesions affecting young people and are associated with epilepsy. There have been described more than 300 cases in the literature and the clinical, pathological and ...
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Personalized medicine in sepsis: The coming of age
(2013)"a there is both the need to discover specific and clinically useful biomarkers in order to diagnose sepsis, define the hosta s immune status, monitor treatment and define prognosis and to develop medications that would ...