patient-centered model of care (pcmc) is a philosophy and mindset that requires a high level of commitment and significant adjustments in organizational structures. the patient-centered care (pcc) concept is based upon communication and involvement of both patients and their families in the treatment options and the potential outcome, thus empowering the patient and family. the pcc is a quality...

conclusions the data from this cohort indicates that most of patients diagnosed with hcc present at late tumor and liver disease stages, when prognosis is usually dismal. regular cancer surveillance in cirrhotic patients might change the outcomes. further studies with results of treatment outcomes in this community are needed. background hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) is one of the leading caus...

1 College of Engineering, Salman Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Riyadh 11942, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; E-Mails: [email protected] (A.M.I.); [email protected] (A.S.S.) 2 Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan; E-Mail: [email protected] 3 Tecnológico de Monterrey–Escuela Nacional de Posgrado en Cie...

BACKGROUND This study describes epidemiological data of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) diagnosed from 2001 to 2008 among Saudi men. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective data from all NHL cancer cases among Saudi men recorded in the Saudi Cancer Registry (SCR) between January 2001 and December 2008 were used. Descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, Poisson regression, and simple linear regr...

The only variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) patient identified in the United States died in 2004, and the diagnosis was confirmed by analysis of autopsy tissue. The patient likely acquired the disease while growing up in Great Britain before immigrating to the United States in 1992. Additional vCJD patients continue to be identified outside the United Kingdom, including 2 more patients in...

1. School of Clinical Dentistry. University of Sheffield. Sheffield S10 2TA. UK. ([email protected]) 2. Cancer Dentistry, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles CA 3. Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Al-Farabi College for Dentistry and Nursing, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 4. Department of Pathology. University of Chicago. USA 5....

BACKGROUND The progress test was initiated by Qassim University in 2000 as a tool to evaluate the educational process among Saudi medical colleges. Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University (PNU) College of Medicine is a new medical college established in 2012 that implemented the same innovative reformed curriculum of King Saud University College of Medicine. OBJECTIVES The objective of t...

Web usability is important for users who depend on the websites they use, such as online distance education students. Accordingly, universities and educational websites need to determine the types of usability problems that occur on their websites. However, far too little attention has been paid to providing detailed information regarding the types of specific usability problems that occur on e...

Saudi Arabia in recent years has seen drastic increase in traffic related crashes. With population of over 29 million, Saudi Arabia is considered as a fast growing and emerging economy. The rapid population increase and economic growth has resulted in rapid expansion of transportation infrastructure, which has led to increase in road crashes. Saudi Ministry of Interior reported more than 7,000 ...