BACKGROUND The correct clinical staging of soft tissue sarcomas (STS) is critical for the selection of treatments. The staging system consists of histological grade of the tumors and French Federation of Cancer Center (FNCLCC) system based on mitotic count is widely used for the grading. In this study, we compared the validity and usefulness of Ki-67 grading system with FNCLCC system in JCOG030...

The redefinition of neuropathic pain as "pain arising as a direct consequence of a lesion or disease affecting the somatosensory system," which was suggested by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Special Interest Group on Neuropathic Pain (NeuPSIG) in 2008, has been widely accepted. In contrast, the proposed grading system of possible, probable, and definite neuropathic ...

BACKGROUND The objective of this research is the computed axial tomography (CT) imaging grading of radiation induced pneumonitis (RP) and its correlation with clinical and radiotherapeutic parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS The chest CT films of 20 patients with non-small cell lung cancer who have undergone three- dimensional conformal radiation therapy were reviewed. The proposed CT grading o...

Objective: To assess the clinical validity of a new grading system based on T2weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for lumbar disc degeneration Study Design: Retrospective study Overview of the Literature: Various MRI classification criteria have been widely used for evaluation of intervertebral disc pathology. However, there is still considerable controversy regarding the MRI factors that...

The rationale of co-rank • The co-rank tool is designed to facilitate the grading process in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). • Goal: implement an efficient grading system to evaluate the performance of the students. • Problem: the number of students attending a course is huge, while the number of available professional graders is limited. • Suggestion: peer grading; each student acts as a ...