Browsing by Subject "Clinical trials as topic"
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Developing the evidence base for cancer chemoprevention: Use of meta-analysis
(2011)Meta-analysis is a quantitative approach for systematically combining the results of previous studies in order to arrive at conclusions about the body of research. It answers a specific research question, includes an ...
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Effects of hormonal treatment on lipids in patients with cancer
(2009)Patients with malignant disease may need hormonal therapy as primary or adjuvant treatment or for palliation. Oestrogens usually decrease serum levels of total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol ...
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Immunomodulatory therapy for sepsis: An update
(2011)Currently the treatment mainstay of sepsis is early and appropriate antibiotic therapy, accompanied by aggressive fluid administration, the use of vasopressors when needed and the prompt initiation of measures to support ...
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Integrating trastuzumab in the neoadjuvant treatment of primary breast cancer: Accumulating evidence of efficacy, synergy and safety
(2008)Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is used in non-metastatic breast cancer in order to eradicate micrometastatic deposits early during disease course, as well as in order to decrease tumour bulk and render surgery feasible or ...
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Major depressive disorder in breast cancer: A critical systematic review of pharmacological and psychotherapeutic clinical trials
(2014)Background: While women with breast cancer often face varying levels of psychological distress, there is a subgroup whose symptomatology reaches a threshold for diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD). Major depressive ...
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Molecular assignment of tissue of origin in cancer of unknown primary may not predict response to therapy or outcome: A systematic literature review
(2009)Background: Gene expression profiling platforms were recently shown to accurately assign cancer of unknown primary (CUP) to a primary tissue of origin, with unknown impact on patient outcome. We examined chemotherapy ...