conclusions psa, psa density, and gleason score should be considered together in order to more accurately predict the adverse pathologic features of prostate cancer. methods we conducted a cross-sectional study of 105 patients with localized prostate cancer who underwent radical prostatectomy between 2006 and 2013. we recorded gleason scores and psa levels, in addition to the results of patholo...

user-generated medical messages on internet contain extensive information related to adverse drug reactions (adrs) and are known as valuable resources for post-marketing drug surveillance. the aim of this study was to find an effective method to identify messages related to adrs automatically from online user reviews.we conducted experiments on online user reviews using different feature set an...

the red mite of poultry, dremanyssus gallinae, is the most important hematophagous ectoparasite of poultry. in this study, pathologic changes of its biting on the poultry skin have been investigated. thirty-two (control = 16 and treatment = 16) four weeks old ross broilers (308) were infested with the mite on skin of hock joins. samples were collected after 1, 24, 72 hours and 10 days. the skin...

The red mite of poultry, Dremanyssus gallinae, is the most important hematophagous ectoparasite of poultry. In this study, pathologic changes of its biting on the poultry skin have been investigated. Thirty-two (Control = 16 and Treatment = 16) four weeks old Ross broilers (308) were infested with the mite on skin of hock joins. Samples were collected after 1, 24, 72 hours and 10 days. The skin...

Background & Aims: Osteosarcoma is one of the most prevalent malignant bone tumors . This study is designed to assess the prognostic effect of pathologic fracture and treatment options on survival of patients with osteosarcoma. Materials & Methods: In this study, prognosis of 106 patients with limb osteosarcoma, which were treated at three  hospitals in Tehran from April to August 2012 ...

invasive apocrine carcinoma (iac) of the breast is a rare subtype of breast malignancy. its incidence is not well known, but it is approximately less than 1% to 4%. for these reasons, there are few reports and little information on the radiologic appearance of iac. furthermore, most of the case reports show malignant features which are similar to invasive ductal carcinoma (idc). we present a ra...