BACKGROUND Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important measure to evaluate a child's reported treatment experience. Although there are numerous studies of HRQoL in children undergoing curative cancer treatment, there is limited literature on factors that influence this. OBJECTIVE To review published studies that describe the HRQoL and associated factors in children undergoing curat...

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer found in women and today represents a significant challenge to public health. With the latest breakthroughs in molecular biology and immunotherapy, very specific targeted therapies have been tailored to the specific pathophysiology of different types of breast cancers. These recent developments have contributed to a more efficient and specific tre...

Cervical cancer (CC) is potentially the most preventable and treatable cancer in human but it is a leading cause for cancer morbidity and mortality in women around the world. Therefore, more innovative prevention and treatment protocols need to be developed and implemented. With better understanding of the etiology of the disease, specific prevention protocols that involve life-style modificati...

Allergen specific immunotherapy (SIT) using house dust mite (HDM) extracts has been performed mainly with patients of asthma and allergic rhinitis. In the meanwhile, there has been a long debate on the efficacy of SIT in atopic dermatitis (AD) with only a few double-blind placebo-controlled trials. However, several randomized controlled trials of SIT in AD revealed significant improvement of cl...

Glioblastomas (GBMs) containing foci that resemble oligodendroglioma are defined as GBM with oligodendroglioma component (GBMO). However, whether GBMO is a distinct clinicopathological variant of GBM or merely represents a divergent pattern of differentiation remains controversial. We investigated 219 consecutive primary GBMs, of which 40 (18.3%) were confirmed as GBMOs. The clinical features an...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate routine use of antimicrobial drugs for treatment and prevention of cholera with special regards to the evolution of the antimicrobial drug resistance patterns of V. cholerae strains. DESIGN Retrospective population-based descriptive study. SUBJECTS Four thousand nine hundred and forty one notified cholera cases, their 15,381 patients' guards and their 159,263 househol...

Aim: The aim of this case report was to evaluate the clinical performance of a onepiece implant in a partially edentulous anterior mandible. Introduction: Osseointegration being an accepted and welldocumented concept, attention is nowdirected toward simplification of the mechanical design of implants and toward achieving biomechanical success. Case report: This case report demonstrates the imme...

some very interesting alternative treatment options. This paper covers two case reports of women with infertility and laparoscopically diagnosed endometriosis who were unsuccessfully treated with current treatment protocols including oral contraceptive pills, medical menopause, and laparoscopic fulgaration of chocolate cysts. When these women presented to our office, a novel treatment approach ...

PURPOSE Facial esthetics play an important role in social interactions. However, children with a repaired complete unilateral cleft lip and palate usually show some disfigurement of the nasolabial area. To date, few studies have assessed the nasolabial appearance after different treatment protocols. The aim of the present study was to compare the nasolabial esthetics after 1- and 3-stage treatm...

BACKGROUND Pseudomeningoceles are a rare complication after spinal surgery, and studies on these complex formations are few. METHODS Between October 2000 and March 2008, 11 patients who developed symptomatic pseudomeningoceles after spinal surgery were recruited. In this retrospective study, we reported our experiences in the management of these complex, symptomatic pseudomeningoceles after s...