Publications by authors named "Ralph Drosten"

Despite recent advances in screening methods, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. By the time lung cancer becomes symptomatic and patients seek treatment, it is often too advanced for curative measures. Low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening has been shown to reduce mortality in patients at high risk of lung cancer.

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Background: Conflicting recommendations exist regarding lymph node (LN) surgery in microMTC (
Methods: Patients with elevated basal (bCT:>or=10pg/ml) and pentagastrin-stimulated calcitonin levels (sCT:>100pg/ml) were selected for initial surgery.

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Store-and-forward telemedicine, using e-mail to send clinical data and digital images, offers a low-cost alternative for physicians in developing countries to obtain second opinions from specialists. To explore the potential usefulness of this technique, 91 chest X-ray images were photographed using a digital camera and a view box. Four independent readers (three radiologists and one pulmonologist) read two types of digital (JPEG and JPEG2000) and original film images and indicated their confidence in the presence of eight features known to be radiological indicators of tuberculosis (TB).

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