[1] A recent analysis of recurrence properties of small repeating earthquakes on a creeping oblique thrust fault in eastern Taiwan reveals a weak variation in recurrence interval (Tr) with seismic moment (Mo). Compared to the scaling of Tr with Mo from repeating earthquake data near Parkfield in California, the repeating data from eastern Taiwan has recurrence intervals that are 2 times shorter...

Local recurrence is common after radical surgery. However, the factors that contribute to survival after local recurrence remain unclear. In this retrospective study we analyzed the relationship between time to recurrence and survival after recurrence in 74 patients with locally recurrent gastric cancer. All patients received palliative radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy. The patients we...

OBJECTIVE To determine the clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical predictors of the persistence/recurrence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) after cervical conization. METHODS Medical records of 502 patients who received cervical conization treatment of CIN between 2005 and 2012 were reviewed. The clinicopathologic parameters were analyzed using Cox hazard regression. Fifty patie...

OBJECTIVES To determine if the length of interval between breast conserving surgery and start of radiotherapy affects local recurrence and to identify factors that might be associated with delay in older women with breast cancer. DESIGN Retrospective cohort analysis with Cox proportional hazards models to study the association between time to radiotherapy and local recurrence, and propensity ...

An immediate recurrence of AF may occur after restoration of sinus rhythm. Although pulmonary vein (PV) isolation has been shown to prevent immediate recurrence of AF, the specific trigger for immediate recurrence of AF has not been described. In 89 consecutive patients (mean age 53 +/- 11 years) who had sinus rhythm restored by spontaneous or transthoracic cardioversion in the course of a PV i...

Background: PR interval prolongation has recently been shown to associate with advanced left atrial remodeling and atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after catheter ablation. While different genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have implicated 13 loci to associate with the PR interval as an AF endophenotype their subsequent associations with AF remodeling and response to catheter ablation ar...

Summary Background/objective Some locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) prior to total mesorectal excision (TME) show early recurrence a short disease-free interval. This is unacceptable for and their families, necessitating re-evaluation of the treatment process. We aimed evaluate risk factors prognostic impact in who received preoperat...

Background & Aims: Osteosarcoma is one of the most prevalent malignant bone tumors . This study is designed to assess the prognostic effect of pathologic fracture and treatment options on survival of patients with osteosarcoma. Materials & Methods: In this study, prognosis of 106 patients with limb osteosarcoma, which were treated at three  hospitals in Tehran from April to August 2012 ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify factors causing rupture recurrence after surgical repair of postinfarction ventricular septal rupture and to evaluate the indication for reoperation. PATIENTS Recurrence of rupture was analysed in 25 out of a series of 109 patients who underwent surgical repair for postinfarction ventricular septal rupture between 1980 and 1992 in our instituti...