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Pan Afr Med J    

Elimination of Leprosy as a public health problem by 2000 AD: an epidemiological perspective.

Nsagha DS, Bamgboye EA, Assob JC, Njunda AL, Kamga HL, Zoung-Kanyi Bissek AC, Tabah EN, Oyediran AB, Njamnshi AK

Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.

Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium leprae and manifests as damage to the skin and peripheral nerves. The disease is dreaded because it causes deformit... Read More

Source: PubMed

PLoS ONE    

Ambulatory Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in a Cohort of HIV-Infected Patients in a Slum Setting in Mumbai, India.

Isaakidis P, Cox HS, Varghese B, Montaldo C, Da Silva E, Mansoor H, Ladomirska J, Sotgiu G, Migliori GB, Pontali E, Saranchuk P, Rodrigues C, Reid T

Médecins Sans Frontičres, Mumbai, India.

India carries one quarter of the global burden of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and has an estimated 2.5 million people living with HIV. Despite th... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Antihypertensive Prescribing Patterns for Adolescents With Primary Hypertension.

Yoon EY, Cohn L, Rocchini A, Kershaw D, Freed G, Ascione F, Clark S

aGeneral Pediatrics, Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Unit.

BACKGROUND:Hypertension is an increasingly common problem in adolescents yet current medical management of primary hypertension in adolescents has not... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

MEK 1/2 Inhibitor selumetinib (AZD6244) Inhibits Growth of Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma in a PEA-15-dependent Manner in a Mouse Xenograft Model.

Oishi T, Bartholomeusz C, Saso H, Akar U, Liu P, Kondo K, Kazansky A, Krishnamurthy S, Lee J, Esteva FJ, Kigawa J, Ueno NT

1Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tottori University.

Clear cell carcinoma (CCC) of the ovary has a tendency to show resistance to standard chemotherapy, which results in poor survival for patients with C... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma of the salivary gland responding to cetuximab plus weekly paclitaxel after no response to weekly paclitaxel alone.

Caballero M, E Sosa A, Tagliapietra A, Grau JJ

Otorhinolaryngology Department, University of Barcelona. Hospital Clínic. IDIBAPS (Augusto Pi Sunyer Institute for Biomedical Research). mcaba@clinic.ub.es.

BACKGROUND: Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the salivary gland frequently develops lung metastases. In cases in which chemotherapy is indicated, res... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Emergence of central nervous system myeloma in the era of novel agents.

Gangatharan SA, Carney DA, Prince HM, Wolf MM, Januszewicz EH, Ritchie DS, Harrison SJ

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia. shane.gangatharan@gmail.com.

Although multiple myeloma (MM) remains an incurable disease, considerable improvements in survival have been made with the introduction of autologous ... Read More

Source: PubMed

Int Forum Allergy Rhinol    

Early postoperative care following endoscopic sinus surgery: an evidence-based review with recommendations.

Rudmik L, Soler ZM, Orlandi RR, Stewart MG, Bhattacharyya N, Kennedy DW, Smith TL

Division of Rhinology and Sinus Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR.

Early postoperative care following endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) has been suggested to minimize avoidable complications and optimize long-term outcom... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

A single-nucleotide polymorphism in the MTHFR (methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase) gene is associated with risk of radiation pneumonitis in lung cancer patients treated with thoracic radiation therapy.

Mak RH, Alexander BM, Asomaning K, Heist RS, Liu CY, Su L, Zhai R, Ancukiewicz M, Napolitano B, Niemierko A, Willers H, Choi NC, Christiani DC

Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Boston, Massachusetts.

BACKGROUND: This study examined the association between functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms in candidate genes from oxidative stress pathways a... Read More

Source: PubMed

    

Oncogenic EGFR signaling activates an mTORC2-NF-?B pathway that promotes chemotherapy resistance.

Tanaka K, Babic I, Nathanson D, Akhavan D, Guo D, Gini B, Dang J, Zhu S, Yang H, de Jesus J, Amzajerdi AN, Zhang Y, Dibble CC, Dan H, Rinkenbaugh A, Yong WH, Vinters HV, Gera JF, Cavenee WK, Cloughesy TF, Manning BD, Baldwin AS, Mischel PS

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Although it is known that mTOR complex 2 (mTORC2) functions upstream of Akt, the role of this protein kinase complex in cancer is not well understood.... Read More

Source: PubMed

Emerg Med Int    

Current pharmacological advances in the treatment of cardiac arrest.

Papastylianou A, Mentzelopoulos S

Intensive Care Unit, Evagelismos Hospital, 45-47 Ipsilantou Street, Athens 10676, Greece.

Cardiac arrest is defined as the sudden cessation of spontaneous ventilation and circulation. Within 15 seconds of cardiac arrest, the patient loses c... Read More

Source: PubMed

Emerg Med Int    

Current pharmacological advances in the treatment of cardiac arrest.

Papastylianou A, Mentzelopoulos S

Intensive Care Unit, Evagelismos Hospital, 45-47 Ipsilantou Street, Athens 10676, Greece.

Cardiac arrest is defined as the sudden cessation of spontaneous ventilation and circulation. Within 15 seconds of cardiac arrest, the patient loses c... Read More

Source: PubMed

Pan Afr Med J    

Elimination of Leprosy as a public health problem by 2000 AD: an epidemiological perspective.

Nsagha DS, Bamgboye EA, Assob JC, Njunda AL, Kamga HL, Zoung-Kanyi Bissek AC, Tabah EN, Oyediran AB, Njamnshi AK

Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.

Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium leprae and manifests as damage to the skin and peripheral nerves. The disease is dreaded because it causes deformit... Read More

Source: PubMed

PLoS ONE    

Ambulatory Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in a Cohort of HIV-Infected Patients in a Slum Setting in Mumbai, India.

Isaakidis P, Cox HS, Varghese B, Montaldo C, Da Silva E, Mansoor H, Ladomirska J, Sotgiu G, Migliori GB, Pontali E, Saranchuk P, Rodrigues C, Reid T

Médecins Sans Frontičres, Mumbai, India.

India carries one quarter of the global burden of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and has an estimated 2.5 million people living with HIV. Despite th... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Antihypertensive Prescribing Patterns for Adolescents With Primary Hypertension.

Yoon EY, Cohn L, Rocchini A, Kershaw D, Freed G, Ascione F, Clark S

aGeneral Pediatrics, Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Unit.

BACKGROUND:Hypertension is an increasingly common problem in adolescents yet current medical management of primary hypertension in adolescents has not... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

MEK 1/2 Inhibitor selumetinib (AZD6244) Inhibits Growth of Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma in a PEA-15-dependent Manner in a Mouse Xenograft Model.

Oishi T, Bartholomeusz C, Saso H, Akar U, Liu P, Kondo K, Kazansky A, Krishnamurthy S, Lee J, Esteva FJ, Kigawa J, Ueno NT

1Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tottori University.

Clear cell carcinoma (CCC) of the ovary has a tendency to show resistance to standard chemotherapy, which results in poor survival for patients with C... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma of the salivary gland responding to cetuximab plus weekly paclitaxel after no response to weekly paclitaxel alone.

Caballero M, E Sosa A, Tagliapietra A, Grau JJ

Otorhinolaryngology Department, University of Barcelona. Hospital Clínic. IDIBAPS (Augusto Pi Sunyer Institute for Biomedical Research). mcaba@clinic.ub.es.

BACKGROUND: Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the salivary gland frequently develops lung metastases. In cases in which chemotherapy is indicated, res... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Emergence of central nervous system myeloma in the era of novel agents.

Gangatharan SA, Carney DA, Prince HM, Wolf MM, Januszewicz EH, Ritchie DS, Harrison SJ

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia. shane.gangatharan@gmail.com.

Although multiple myeloma (MM) remains an incurable disease, considerable improvements in survival have been made with the introduction of autologous ... Read More

Source: PubMed

Int Forum Allergy Rhinol    

Early postoperative care following endoscopic sinus surgery: an evidence-based review with recommendations.

Rudmik L, Soler ZM, Orlandi RR, Stewart MG, Bhattacharyya N, Kennedy DW, Smith TL

Division of Rhinology and Sinus Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR.

Early postoperative care following endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) has been suggested to minimize avoidable complications and optimize long-term outcom... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

A single-nucleotide polymorphism in the MTHFR (methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase) gene is associated with risk of radiation pneumonitis in lung cancer patients treated with thoracic radiation therapy.

Mak RH, Alexander BM, Asomaning K, Heist RS, Liu CY, Su L, Zhai R, Ancukiewicz M, Napolitano B, Niemierko A, Willers H, Choi NC, Christiani DC

Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Boston, Massachusetts.

BACKGROUND: This study examined the association between functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms in candidate genes from oxidative stress pathways a... Read More

Source: PubMed

    

Oncogenic EGFR signaling activates an mTORC2-NF-?B pathway that promotes chemotherapy resistance.

Tanaka K, Babic I, Nathanson D, Akhavan D, Guo D, Gini B, Dang J, Zhu S, Yang H, de Jesus J, Amzajerdi AN, Zhang Y, Dibble CC, Dan H, Rinkenbaugh A, Yong WH, Vinters HV, Gera JF, Cavenee WK, Cloughesy TF, Manning BD, Baldwin AS, Mischel PS

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Although it is known that mTOR complex 2 (mTORC2) functions upstream of Akt, the role of this protein kinase complex in cancer is not well understood.... Read More

Source: PubMed


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