Vol. 19, Issue 1
2025
ID: dnkrO
Khairia Gawish, Safinaz H. El-Shorbagy, Rasha Abd El-Ghany Khedr
Background: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is characterized by the absence of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and HER2neu expression. It is a high-risk group of breast cancers, classified into aggressive basal and less aggre...
Vol. 18, Issue 7
2024
ID: hs7Dg
Jülide Sedef Göçmen, Osman Çağlayan, Alpay Azap
The turbidimetric method we developed is based on different growth rates of S. aureus in two media, with or without oxacillin. After 2 hours of incubation, the difference of turbidity produced by bacteria in the media with or without oxacillin is les...
Vol. 16, Issue 9
2022
ID: QUHBv
Gideon Charach, Ori Argov, Olga Rubalsky, Lior Charach, Ori Rogowski, Karyn Geiger, Itamar Grosskopf
Objective internal thoracic impedance (ITI) was previously shown to be a sensitive method for detecting pulmonary edema and pleural effusion at their preclinical stage. The current study describes the usefulness of this noninvasive method in geriatri...
Vol. 16, Issue 7
2022
ID: nI5nF
Milica Knezevic, Aleksandar Perovic, Sanvila Raskovic, Aleksandra Peric Popadic, Vojislav Djuric, Zikica Jovicic, Zoran Ognjanovic
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a lifelong disease that requires careful diagnosis, therapy, and monitoring through various medical parameters. These parameters and their interrelations serve as indicators of shifts in the disease's progression...
Vol. 16, Issue 7
2022
ID: 0qkIB
Branka F. Filipović, Nikola Milinić, Olivera Marković, Marija Zdravkovic, Svetlana Jelic, Nemanja Milisavljević, Ivan Ranković, Branislav R. Filipović
Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a chronic, heterogeneous, multifactorial functional gastrointestinal disorder that has a significant impact on quality of life and imposes a substantial economic burden on society. The Rome III Consensus has proposed the ...
Vol. 16, Issue 3
2022
ID: lT5FN
Pius Mbuya Nina, Mugisha Samuel, Herwig Leirs, Richard Apecu
This article reports the results of an investigation on the prevalence of neglected zoonotic brucellosis in humans, within the context of changing land use between livestock and wild animals. Uganda, like most countries on the African continent, has ...
Vol. 15, Issue 5
2021
ID: KevFq
Martin H. Ellis, Tsipora Neuman, Haim Bitterman, Sari Greenberg Dotan, Ariel Hammerman, Erez Battat, John W Eikelboom, Jeffrey S Ginsberg, Jack Hirsh
Randomized controlled trials have indicated similar bleeding rates for dabigatran, rivaroxaban, and warfarin. This study aims to evaluate the real-world incidence of bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) initiating treatment with these a...
Vol. 14, Issue 11
2020
ID: phDBC
Bahadır OZTURK, Harun CIFTCI, Husamettin VATANSEV, Fatma Gul GUN, Guven Sami SUNAM, Murat ONCEL, Pinar KARABAGLI
The synthesis of neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL) is known to be induced in neoplasms, potentially aiding in the assessment of carcinogenesis and tumor progression. This study investigates NGAL expression in lung cancer patients and ...
Vol. 14, Issue 4
2020
ID: ihXHR
Rasha Abd El-Ghany Khedr, Mohamed Fathy Sheta
BACKGROUND: The addition of docetaxel to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) as a first-line treatment has shown significant improvement in overall survival for patients with high volume metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC). The CHAART...
Vol. 10, Issue 2
2016
ID: X65Pe
Ghada Morshed, Laila Rashed
Obesity represents a global epidemic and is characterized as a chronic low-grade inflammatory condition due to adipose tissue inflammation, leading to the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines and subsequent systemic inflammation. This state enhanc...