Publications by authors named "Mathieu Mckinnon"
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- The study investigates the effectiveness of abdominal ultrasounds in diagnosing appendicitis, noting that a significant number (45-82%) of ultrasounds yield inconclusive results, requiring further testing like CT scans.
- Researchers analyzed health records of patients with right lower quadrant pain and indeterminate ultrasounds, focusing on determining factors that could help rule out appendicitis without needing a CT scan.
- The findings indicate that a high neutrophil count and certain ultrasound signs correlate with appendicitis; however, not having these indicators allows for a reliable rule-out strategy, with a negative predictive value of 97%.
Background: The use of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) has recently allowed significant improvements in cancer treatment. Foundation Medicine (FM) provides a genomic profiling test based on NGS for a variety of cancers. However, it is unclear if the Foundation Medicine test would result in a better outcome than the standard on-site molecular testing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) commonly presents at advanced stage. We previously reported systemic treatment uptake in stage IV NSCLC climbing from 55% (2009-2012) to 62% (2015-2017). Since then, first-line immunotherapy and 2nd/3rd generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have emerged as standards of care.
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