Publications by authors named "Liana Abramova"
Mental health and psychological education activities are being carried out in Moscow (the Russian Federation), along with measures aimed at prevention of social stigma in mental health care. The medical, social and educational project has been developed by a group of experts from the Mental-health clinic No. 1 named after N.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) is a newly described disorder occurring in persons with renal failure. Gadolinium-based contrast used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been suggested as a cause. A cluster of patients with NSF was investigated to identify risk factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: No rosacea-specific quality-of-life (QOL) instrument exists.
Objective: We sought to develop a validated, reliable rosacea-specific instrument.
Methods: From 6 in-depth interviews, we composed 21 rosacea-specific items.
Background: Patients with thick (Breslow>4 mm) primary melanoma and/or regional nodal metastasis have a high risk of tumor recurrence. High-dose adjuvant interferon (IFN) alfa-2b offers
Objective: The objective was to determine which prognostic factors and patient characteristics are significant in the decision to undergo IFN therapy.
Article Synopsis
- Urogenital melanoma is a rare and aggressive cancer, traditionally managed with extensive surgical procedures, but recent studies suggest that less invasive methods like sentinel lymph node biopsy could be effective.
- Six patients with vulvar or vaginal melanomas successfully underwent sentinel lymph node mapping and biopsy, showing no tumor invasion in the extracted nodes and indicating high localization success rates.
- Overall, the findings support the feasibility of using sentinel lymph node biopsy as a staging procedure for urogenital melanomas, potentially leading to improved patient outcomes with lower morbidity.
Background: The delineation of radial and vertical growth phases in primary cutaneous malignant melanomas has contributed to our understanding of melanoma progression and has enhanced the ability of pathologists to provide clinicians with meaningful prognostic information. Vertical growth phase (VGP) lesions have the potential to metastasize, but radial growth phase (RGP) melanomas are believed to lack competence for metastasis.
Methods: We have identified three cases in which metastasis occurred in association with lesions initially interpreted as RGP melanomas.