Thrombocytopenia is a common occurrence (20%) in sick neonates. but the causes have not been well studied. In this report we demonstrate that thrombocytopenia in the neonate is characterized by increased platelet destruction as shown by shortened homologous “In-oxine-labeled platelet life spans. Thirty-one prospectively studied thrombocytopenic neonates were investigated by measuring the “In-la...

PURPOSE To explore the value of radiotherapy in C-SCLC patients, especially in those receiving a radical resection. RESULTS The differences of survivals between the postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) and non-PORT groups were not statistically significant. But analyzing the benefits in subgroups, PORT significantly improved OS (p = 0.015), DFS (p = 0.026), LRFS (p = 0.008) and DMFS (p = 0.030) ...

Background: Repetitive long-term Vaccinia Melanoma Cell Lysate (VMCL) vaccination schedules have proved clinically effective in producing Complete Responses and strong durable survivals for up to 6.1 years in a previous study of patients with advanced Stage IV and Stage IIIc melanoma. These studies were expanded to include 54 patients for further evaluation of these findings. Methods: 54 patien...

BACKGROUND Repetitive long-term Vaccinia Melanoma Cell Lysate (VMCL) vaccination schedules have proved clinically effective in producing Complete Responses and strong durable survivals for up to 6.1 years in a previous study of patients with advanced Stage IV and Stage IIIc melanoma. These studies were expanded to include 54 patients for further evaluation of these findings. METHODS 54 patien...

The Vaccine and Related Biologic Products Advisory Committee meets at least once a year to decide the composition of the influenza vaccine in the U.S. Past evidence suggests that the Committee could use a more systematic approach to incorporate observed information and to quantify the risks associated with different options. There are two key tradeoffs involved in this decision. One, if the Com...

Standard models of choice assume that the weight given to information from different sources depends exclusively on its diagnosticity. In this paper we study whether the same piece of information is weighted more heavily simply because it was directly experienced rather than merely observed. We investigate this possibility by conducting repeated game experiments in which groups of players are r...