The Feasibility and Utility of Cystoscopy-Guided Hydrogel Marker Placement in Patients With Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer.

Purpose: Fiducial markers at the borders of bladder tumors are useful to facilitate target delineation radiation therapy (RT) and offer the possibility of image guided RT for a focal boost. Our purpose was to evaluate the feasibility and technical performance of cystoscopy-guided placement of hydrogel markers in patients with bladder cancer referred for RT.

Methods And Materials: Ours was a prospective, multicenter, feasibility, and utility study.

Validation of a visual analogue score (LRTI-VAS) in non-CF bronchiectasis.

Background And Aim: Quality of life in patients with non-cystic fibrosis (non-CF) bronchiectasis is largely defined by respiratory symptoms. To date, no disease-specific tool for symptom measurement in this patient group was available. We developed the lower respiratory tract infections - visual analogue scale (LRTI-VAS) in order to quickly and conveniently quantify symptoms in non-CF bronchiectasis.

The practice of reporting transfusion-related acute lung injury: a national survey among clinical and preclinical disciplines.

Background: Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is hypothesized to be a "two-hit" entity, in which an inflammatory condition (e.g., sepsis) predisposes to TRALI.