Long-term Survival in Patients Treated with a Robotic Radiosurgical Device for Liver Metastases.

Purpose: The treatment of liver metastases with local procedures is a fast progressing field. For the most, long-term survival data is missing raising questions with regard to the efficacy of such modalities when compared to surgical resection. Radiosurgery using the CyberKnife device enables the treatment of liver lesions with a single-session approach.

The usage of phage mini-antibodies as a means of detecting ferritin concentration in animal blood serum.

Mini-antibodies that have specific ferritin response have been produced for the first time using sheep's phage libraries (Griffin.1, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, UK). Produced phage antibodies were used for the first time for the development of diagnostic test kits for ferritin detection in the blood of cattle.

Influence of dietary factors, age and nickel contact dermatitis on nickel excretion.

Background: Nickel is a frequently detected cause of allergic contact dermatitis. Ingestion of nickel may lead to flares of nickel contact dermatitis.

Methods: We examined nickel excretion in the urine of 164 female patients with and without nickel contact dermatitis.