Background: In this study, we explored the relationship between                  neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and grade 3 or higher treatment related small bowel toxicity and treatment outcome of patients with rectal cancer undergoing capecitabine and concurrent intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). Materials and Methods: From the year of 2012 to 2013, 117 rectal cancer patients who ...

Chiefly thanks to the studies by Lester King and Karl Eduard Rothschuh, historians have been broadly informed about the iatromechanical system of Friedrich Hoffmann. More recently, Ingo W Muller has examined the influential Halle professor's main work Medicina rationalis systematica (1718-40), including its parts on therapeutics, in greater detail, critically comparing it with examples of modem...

background: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is a chronic functional bowel disorder that up to 20% of the population is suffering from it. also benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph) is a common problem that approximately 90 percent of men may be affected by this condition until the eighth decade of their life. prostatectomy as a surgery and pelvic intervention can cause ibs. methods: it was a case-c...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders presented by bowel habit change and abdominal pain without any structural defect. prevalence of ibs in iran was reported between 4.2-18.4%. although the etiology is still unknown but many factors such as motility diso...

background: migraine and irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) are chronic conditions that seem to share common pathophysiological aspects. objectives: our study aimed to estimate the prevalence of ibs in an iranian migraine population, investigate its association with headache's characteristics and depression. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was done in a tertiary hospital clin...

aim : the purpose of this study was to describe the occurrence of self report bloating and related factors in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (ibs). background : bloating symptoms are common in patients with ibs and have significant impact on normal daily function. patients and methods : this study was a community-based cross-sectional survey that conducted using a valid questionnaire ba...

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