background:the present study compared the differences between survivals of patients with colorectal cancer according to their ethnicity adjusted for other predictors of survival. methods: in this prospective cohort study patients were followed up from definite diagnosis of colorectal cancer to death. totally, 2431 person-year follow-ups were undertaken for 1127 colorectal cancer patients once e...

Purpose: Transscleral contect-cyclophotocoagulation has been used more end more in the treatment of therapy-refractive glaucomas, in recent years. A less pain sensation, reported by the patients, during b-eatment in comparison with cycle-cryocoagulatio was one important reason for increased usuage. The dose-effect correlation for exposure time, energy used and number of the laser impacts variou...

M e t h o d s Design: Randomized placebo-controlled trial (Women’s Health Initiative [WHI] calcium with vitamin D trial). Allocation: Unclear allocation concealment.* Blinding: Blinded (clinicians, participants, and outcome assessors).* Follow-up period: Mean 7 years. Setting: 40 centers in the United States. Participants: 36 282 healthy postmenopausal women 50 to 79 years of age (mean age 62 y...

This review article addresses the different chiral capillary electrophoretic methods used to study and characterize foods and beverages through the enantiomeric separation of different food compounds such as amino acids, pesticides, polyphenols, etc. This work intends to provide an updated overview on the main applications of such enantioselective procedures together with their main advantages ...

A total of 2431 fine needle aspirates of symptomatic breast lumps was performed on 2096 patients over the last three years at the weekly head, neck and breast clinic at the Belfast City Hospital Trust. Diagnostic accuracy was achieved within the recommended standards although the "insufficient" rate was high at 31.8%. False negative and positive rates were low and the positive predictive value ...

Background: Beginning with the 2004–05 influenza season, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) strengthened their existing encouragement that children aged 6–23 months receive influenza vaccination by creating a formal recommendation. Methods: Well-functioning sentinel project immunization information systems (IIS) in Arizona (AIIS) and Michigan (MIIS) were used to calculate v...