Is there a place for quantitative risk assessment?

Is there still a place for thrombectomy?

Malignancy is known to be a prothrombotic condition , and some antitumor drugs may amplify the hyper-coagulable tendency. We present a female patient with cancer, who developed acute coronary syndrome (ACS) due to occlusive intracoronary thrombus without underlying atherosclerosis. A 59-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer diagnosed 2 years ago, paraneoplastic syndrome and steroid diabe...

Is there a place for animal experiments?

is there a role for genetic information in risk assessment and decision making in prostate cancer?

results a total number of 43 specimens were studied, from which 9 were obtained from patients with metastatic prostate cancer. the expression of five examined genes had no correlation with psa level and gleason score. the expression of amacr decreased in metastatic prostate cancer (p = 0.02). the expression of other genes showed no difference between metastatic and non-metastatic tumors (p > 0....

Is There a Place for Post-method Pedagogy in the Educational Context of Iran: Voices of EFL Teachers

In an attempt to liberate teachers from deficiencies of the conventional methods, Kumaravadivelu (1994) proposed the concept of “post method condition” to overcome the challenges caused by the very nature of methods. The literature regarding post-method pedagogy has indicated that most of the studies focus on its theoretical aspect, while the practical realization has been largely untouched. To...

Is There a Role for Qualitative Risk Assessment?

Classically, risk is characterised by a point value probability indicating the likelihood of occur­ rence of an adverse effect. However, there are domains where the attainability of objective numerical risk characterisations is increasingly being questioned. This paper reviews the argu­ ments in favour of extending classical techniques of risk assessment to incorporate meaningful qualitative an...