Lin P.P., Patel S. (Eds.): MD Anderson cancer care series: bone sarcoma

Expedition Medicine (Revised Edition), D. Warrell and S. Anderson, eds. New York, Fitzroy Dearborn, 2003. 398 pp, hardbound. Price: $55.

Henry M. Stanley, in his second trans-Africa expedition of 1874– 1877, lost 68% of his 356 men. Among the casualties, 58 died in battle or were murdered (several were cannibalized), 45 died of smallpox, 21 from dysentery, 14 drowned, and 1 was killed by a crocodile; several others died of starvation (all of this from the preface to this book). Modern-day expeditions—defined as organized and usu...

Impactful analytics: MD Anderson Cancer Center’s drive for better insights MD Anderson’s transition to a next-generation data environment

Patel Recipient of Nation ’ s Highest Science Honor

“In the old era, it was almost unquestioningly accepted that science would improve the lives of American citizens and make us safe in the dangerous world of the Cold War, but those certainties have now disappeared,” Michels said of his reasons for applying for the APS Congressional Fellowship. “The present is an uncomfortable transition period where fundamental questions are being asked about t...

Primary intraosseous mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the jaw: Reappraisal of The MD Anderson Cancer Center experience.

BACKGROUND Mucoepidermoid carcinoma arises from major or minor salivary glands, making up 10% of salivary gland tumors. Intraosseous mucoepidermoid carcinomas are rare, and make up only 2% to 3% of all mucoepidermoid carcinomas. The t(11;19) and its CRTC1-MAML2 fusion gene transcript have been identified in mucoepidermoid carcinoma and are associated with a subset of mucoepidermoid carcinomas. ...

Jignesh Patel

The thesis work is about the investigation of different handovers in the 3G UMTS network which is the vital issue to the network to maintain the user's connection during in the ongoing session with the user's movement. The investigation is based on the UMTS QoS traffic classes. For this purpose the soft and the hard handovers techniques are analyzed in different scenarios implemented in the OPN...