Management of bacteraemia (SAB) in the oncology patient: Further evidence supports prompt removal of central venous catheters and shorter duration of intravenous antimicrobial therapy.

Background: bacteraemia (SAB) is associated with relatively high risk of complications and high levels of mortality. Internationally, SAB management guidelines lack consensus and especially so regarding oncology patients. This is likely a reflection of insufficient randomised control trials (RCT) and the diversity of SAB patient populations.

Lymph Node Ratio in Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Era: Are We Losing Prognostic Information?

Background: The number of involved axillary lymph nodes (LNs) found pathologically is regarded as a significant prognostic factor in early-stage breast cancer (EBC). Recently, there is speculation that LN ratio (LNR) may be a better surrogate at predicting cancer-specific outcome than number of involved LNs. This study investigated prognostic value of LNR, using predetermined cutoff values.

Correlation between Nottingham Prognostic Index and Adjuvant! Online prognostic tools in patients with early-stage breast cancer in Mid-Western Ireland.

Background: Prognostic tools are widely used in the practice of oncology and have been developed to help stratify patients into specific risk-related grouping. We sought to apply tool such tools used for patients with early-stage breast cancer (EBC) and correlate them to actual outcomes.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was designed to include EBC cases seen at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital from January 1, 2002, to December 31, 2002.

An optical counting technique with vertical hydrodynamic focusing for biological cells.

A BARRIER IN SCALING LABORATORY PROCESSES INTO AUTOMATED MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES HAS BEEN THE TRANSFER OF LABORATORY BASED ASSAYS: Where engineering meets biological protocol. One basic requirement is to reliably and accurately know the distribution and number of biological cells being dispensed. In this study, a novel optical counting technique to efficiently quantify the number of cells flowing into a microtube is presented.