PURPOSE The aims of this study were to compare the 7th and 8th editions of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging manuals on tumor, node, and metastasis (TNM) staging systems and to evaluate whether the 8th edition represents a better refinement of the 7th staging system, when applied for the classification of gastric cancers. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 5,507 gastric canc...

An accurate TNM staging system is crucial for treatment guidance and prognosis prediction in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients. In this retrospective study, we evaluated the 8th edition of the Union for International Cancer Control/American Joint Committee on Cancer (UICC/AJCC) staging system for NPC treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). A total of 608 patients with biopsy...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of intra-articular hyaluronic acid (IAHA) injection for hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP) after stroke. METHODS Thirty-one patients with HSP and limited range of motion (ROM) without spasticity of upper extremity were recruited. All subjects were randomly allocated to group A (n=15) for three weekly IAHA injection or group B (n=16) for a single intra-articular ...

The three day conference on Antimicrobial Resistance: A Cause for Global Concern was organized from 6-8th February, 2012 by the Department of Microbiology and Fermentation Technology, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHIATS) [Deemed-to-be-University], Allahabad, India. The conference received an overwhelming response from three hundred participants including s...

S OF THE PATHOLOGY & HYGIENE SECTION PRESENTED DURING THE “8TH WORLD RABBIT CONGRESS” PUEBLA, MEXICO 7-10, 2004. The 8th World Rabbit Congress was organized in Puebla (Mexico) by the American Branch of WRSA. The proceedings containing the full text of all communications are available at www.dcam.upv.es\8wrc. DOMESTIC RABBIT ENTEROPATHIES. LICOIS D. INRA, BioAgresseurs, Santé, Environnement, Nou...

Oral Presentations 881 Sponsored Sessions 900 Poster Presentations 902 Index 912 8th World Congress on Itch (WCI) 2015 September 27–29, 2015 at the Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA, Nara, Japan N A RA JA PA N 2 015 8th World Co ng re ss o n I t c h

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to identify muscle atrophy in critically ill patients on ventilators. A comparison was made between limb circumferences and muscle areas on the day of admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) and on the 8th day after admission. METHODS The data were collected from 30 critically ill patients using ventilators at S hospital ICU in Seoul during the period f...

disodium hemiphthalate glycyrrhetinic acid (dhga) possesses anti-inflammatory and analgestic activities. in our research, this agent was injected intraperitoneally to mice, according to the following schedule.1) 25 mg/kg, 50mg/kg & 75mg/kg at 7th day of pregnancy.2) 50 mg/kg & 75mg/kg at 8th day of pregnancy.3) 50mg/kg & 75mg/kg at 9th day of pregnancy.dhga with doses of 50mg/kg and 75mg/kg at ...

The recent study of botanical macro-remains from the Late Sasanian and Early Islamic (5th to 8th century) fort Fulayj (Batinah, Sultanate Oman) provides a unique opportunity discuss food fuel acquisition strategies in an arid environment document periods that are little known archaeobotanical perspective Eastern Arabia. Seed assemblages include first well-identified directly radiocarbon dated e...