Publications by authors named "F A Dressler"

The prognostication of individual disease trajectory and selection of optimal therapy in patients with localized, low-grade prostate cancer often presents significant difficulty. The phosphatase and tensin homolog on chromosome 10 (PTEN) has emerged as a potential novel biomarker in this clinical context, based on its demonstrated prognostic significance in multiple retrospective studies. Incorporation into standard clinical practice necessitates exceptional diagnostic accuracy, and PTEN's binary readout-retention or loss-suggests its suitability as a biomarker.

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  • Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a genetic condition marked by inflammation episodes, usually treated with colchicine to prevent complications like amyloid A amyloidosis, but its necessity for heterozygous patients is debated.* -
  • A study analyzed 747 FMF patients' demographic and inflammatory biomarker data, revealing that heterozygous patients generally exhibited lower inflammatory markers compared to those with more severe genetic variants.* -
  • The findings suggest that certain biomarkers (S100A8/A9 and S100A12) can indicate disease activity, and some heterozygous patients may be eligible to safely stop colchicine treatment.*
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Background: Regular physical activity (PA) has been proven to help prevent non-communicable diseases and is beneficial for disease management in chronically ill populations. Physical inactivity and recreational screen-based media (SBM) use are related to poor health outcomes and common among youth. This study aimed to (1) investigate PA levels and recreational SBM use of adolescents with JIA over time and (2) compare these behaviours with those of their peers.

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