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Current state of bone scintigraphy protocols and practice in Japan

Objective(s): Nuclear medicine technologists in Japan often perform additional single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with or without computed tomography (CT) after whole-body imaging for bone scintigraphy. In this study, we wanted to identify the bone scanning protocols used in Japan, together with the current clinical practices. Methods:...

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Health Related Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Current Chemotherapy Protocols

Background & Aims: Health related quality of life is one of the important concepts that nowadays is considered along with other quantitative criteria like life expectancy and survival in health service systems, but its significance is more obvious in degenerative diseases and long term treatments such as cancers. In this study we compared health related quality of life in breast cancer patients...

I-27: ART Protocols in Endometriosis

Treatment strategies for the infertile couple with endometriosis must be based on the specific situation. Traditional medical therapy for endometriosis, such as progestins, danazol, and GnRH agonists, have been shown to have little impact on enhancing spontaneous pregnancy rates despite well described beneficial effects on reducing pain. For the young women with only minimal or mild endometrios...

Massive transfusion protocols: current best practice

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