STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional retrospective study designed to assess interobserver agreement. PURPOSE To investigate if interobserver agreement using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the evaluation of lumbar spinal canal stenosis and root compression can be improved upon combination with magnetic resonance myelography (MRM). OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE The interpretation of lumbar spinal MRI, ...

BACKGROUND US Asian women with early-stage breast cancer are more likely to receive a modified radical mastectomy (MRM) than White women, contrary to clinical recommendations regarding breast conserving treatment (BCT). METHODS We surveyed physicians regarding treatment decision-making for early-stage breast cancer, particularly as it applies to Asian patients. Physicians were identified thro...

References 1. Boada et al. Curr Top Dev Biol 2005;70:77-101. 2. Nagel et al. MRM. doi:10.1002/mrm.22157 (2009) 3. Stobbe and Beaulieu. MRM 2005;54(5):1305-1310 Fig. 1. Images of a glioblastoma patient. a) contrast-enhanced T1-MPRAGE b) T2-FLAIR c) Na-DA-3DPR-conc. d) Na-FLAIR (TE/TR = 0.75/124 ms; TI = 34 ms; resolution: (5 mm); Hamming-filtering; TAQ = 10 min 20 s). One part of the lesion is s...

A latent transition analysis (LTA) model was described with a mixture Rasch model (MRM) as the measurement model. Unlike the LTA, which was developed with a latent class measurement model, the LTA-MRM permits within-class variability on the latent variable, making it more useful for measuring treatment effects within latent classes. A simulation study indicated that model recovery using the LTA...

INTRODUCTION Male breast cancer (MBC) is a rare disease that accounts for <1% of breast cancer cases. The most common treatment is modified radical mastectomy (MRM). Recently, breast conservative surgery (BCS) is getting popular for MBC treatment. We report a case and reviewed the literature to investigate whether emerging BCS can be considered as an alternative of a more radical surgery. PRE...