Incision of AP sites in lung cancer patients: a pilot study.

DNA base excision repair (BER) removes frequent DNA lesions of either endogenous or exogenous origin. Some indications point to BER defects in lung cancer patients. We have investigated the ability of ten lung cancer patients to repair natural AP sites, the most frequent genetic lesion, using an in vitro assay in which peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) extracts incise randomly depurinated plasmid DNA.

Musculoskeletal MRI: dedicated systems.

The "dedicated" MRI units have characteristics of high diagnostic accuracy and lower installation and management costs as compared with whole-body systems. The dedicated MRI units are easy to install. The low weight allows their installation also under unfavorable circumstances.

[New prospects in the assessment of the knee extensor complex with dynamic magnetic resonance].

Introduction: Altered patellofemoral biomechanics may result in pain, instability and early involutive processes. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), with its panoramic capabilities, has proved to be an effective technique in the study of knee extensor complex changes. The diagnostic advantages of dynamic studies of patellofemoral kinetics are reported in the recent scientific literature.

[Technologic advances in magnetic resonance imaging: permanent low-field magnets dedicated to the study of the joints. Clinical results].

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has had a significant impact on the diagnosis of musculoskeletal conditions. Technologic advances in the last years allowed the development of cost-effective, compact and easy-to-install MR systems. After an early phase to optimize the units, a 14-month multicentric study was performed to define the possible clinical applications of the system.