Publications by authors named "Shelby Frantz"

Background: To evaluate overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS) and toxicity after resin Yttrium-90 (Y-90) radioembolization in Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer B (BCLC B) hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients using the Bolondi subgroup classification.

Methods: A total of 144 BCLC B patients were treated between 2015-2020. Patients were broken into 4 subgroups by tumor burden/liver function tests with 54, 59, 8 and 23 in subgroups 1, 2, 3 and 4.

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Purpose: To evaluate whether same-day discharge increased the incidence of 30-day readmission (30dR) after conventional transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) at a single institution.

Materials And Methods: In this retrospective study, 253 patients with HCC underwent 521 transarterial chemoembolization procedures between 2013 and 2020. TACE was performed with 50-mg doxorubicin/10-mg mitomycin C/5-10-mL ethiodized oil/particles.

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Purpose: To determine overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and toxicity in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in a multicenter, real-world data registry using transarterial radioembolization (TARE) with resin microspheres.

Materials And Methods: A total of 448 patients with HCC were treated at 36 centers between 2015 and 2019. Treatment history, baseline laboratory and imaging, and treatment goal were assessed.

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Develop a highly accurate deep learning model to reliably classify radiographs by laterality. Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) data for nine body parts was extracted retrospectively. Laterality was determined directly if encoded properly or inferred using other elements.

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Purpose: To retrospectively assess the efficacy and safety of radioembolization with yttrium-90 (Y) resin microspheres as a second-line option in patients with liver metastases from pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-three patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma that progressed despite systemic chemotherapy and other treatments directed at primary tumors and metastases were treated with Y radioembolization at 1 of 3 institutions from 2011 through 2017. Data from laboratory and imaging studies at 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks after treatment were analyzed.

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Purpose: To review the initial imaging responses after drug-eluting embolic trans-arterial chemoembolization (DEE-TACE) delivered with the Surefire Infusion System ® for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: Single center retrospective evaluation of patients who underwent DEE-TACE for HCC, delivered with SIS. Information was gathered from available medical records.

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Background: Acellular dermal matrix has enjoyed extensive use in primary and secondary alloplastic breast aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. The objective of this study was to examine clinical outcomes between available acellular dermal matrix products: DermACELL (LifeNet Health, Virginia Beach, Va.) and AlloDerm Ready To Use (LifeCell Corp.

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Routine clinical judgment is often relied upon to detect client deterioration. How reliable are therapists' judgments of deterioration? Two related studies were conducted to investigate therapist detection of client deterioration and therapist treatment decisions in situations of deterioration. The first study examined therapists' ability to detect client deterioration through the review of therapy progress notes.

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