acute renal failure (arf) is defined as a sudden and continuous decrease of glomerular function associated with azotemia, and may be followed by decreased urinary output. there is a high incidence of arf in icu patients with a high mortality rate. many factors can promote arf development or influence its outcome. this study was done to assess the incidence, risk factors, outcome and treatment o...

aim : the aim of this study was to compare prognostic factors between colon and rectal cancers. background : prognosis of colorectal cancer (crc) may depend on the anatomical site. patients and methods : a total of 1219 patients with crc diagnosis according to the pathology report of rcgld cancer registry, from 1 january 2002 to 1 october 2007, were entered into the study. demographic and clini...

background: diabetes is a well-known risk factor for acute ischemic stroke (ais). some recent studies point to hemoglobin a1c (hba1c) may have prognostic value in nondiabetic and diabetic patients with ischemic stroke (is). the aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of hba1c on mortality and morbidity in ais patients with and without diabetic. methods: in this prospective observ...

background and aims: immunohistochemical tests are one of the most important tests, which are under study to determine the prognosis of the cancers such as transitional cell carcinoma. by the time, flexible cystoscopy and urine cytology are the routine tests for following up the patients with transitional cell carcinoma, which are both operator dependent. on the other hand, cystoscopy is an inv...

AIM Physical activity offers a variety of health benefits to cancer survivors, both during and post-treatment. The aim here is to review: the preferences of cancer survivors regarding exercise counselling and participation in a physical activity programme; adherence rates among cancer survivors to physical activity programmes; and predictors of adherence to exercise training. METHODS Two elec...

This paper uses a short 'Christmas fairy-story for oncologists' sent by Christopher Andrewes with a 1935 letter to Peyton Rous as the centrepiece of a reflection on the state of knowledge and speculation about the viral aetiology of cancer in the 1930s. Although explicitly not intended for public circulation at the time, the fairy-story merits publication for its significance in the history of ...

The incidence of oral cancer is high for those of Indian ethnic origin in Malaysia. Various clinical and pathological data are usually used in oral cancer prognosis. However, due to time, cost and tissue limitations, the number of prognosis variables need to be reduced. In this research, we demonstrated the use of feature selection methods to select a subset of variables that is highly predicti...