Publications by authors named "Meryem Zerrik"

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a cause of death in 75% of patients with diabetes. Its often asymptomatic nature delays diagnosis. In aeronautics, it can cause in-flight incapacitation, beyond which it represents a major fear for the medical expert.

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High blood pressure is a major cardiovascular risk factor closely linked to serious cardiovascular events. A real public health problem affecting more than one in three adults. Aircrew does not escape this pathology, despite very strict medical selection and rigorous and regular medical monitoring by the aircrew doctor during revision visits.

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Purpose: The primary aim of this study is to determine the relationship between tumor-stroma ratio (TSR) and traditional prognostic factors in luminal early breast cancer in women treated at the medical oncology department of the military hospital of Rabat in Morocco.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed on primary invasive ER+/HER2- breast cancer in the period from January 1st, 2019 to December 31st, 2019. Prognostic factors included age, tumour size, lymph nodes status, Scarff-Bloom-Richardson grading, lymphovascular invasion (LVI), Ki67 and the stage of the disease.

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Background: ''Cannon ball'' opacities on chest X-rays are a common manifestation of hematogenous dissemination of a malignant tumor in the lungs. They indicate an advanced stage of disease with a very grim prognosis in terms of cure and survival. In aerospace medicine, this aspect means the patient is unfit for flight duties.

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Gallbladder small-cell carcinoma (SCC) is an extremely rare cancer characterized by early metastases and associated with poor survival outcomes. The therapeutic options are limited in this indication and dedicated prospective trials are difficult to achieve. Maintenance chemotherapy is an evolving concept in medical oncology whose goal is to prolong chemotherapy-induced response.

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