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Curr Oncol
August 2023
Asserta Global Healthcare Solutions, Sant Quirze del Vallés, E-08192 Barcelona, Spain.
Background: Cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. Its growing incidence and prevalence, as well as the advances in diagnostic and treatment tools, motivate an open debate about the economic burden it may place on health systems and have raised concerns about access to this technological innovation. There is a lack of information on the detailed costs of pharmacological treatment of cancer in our health setting.
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June 2020
Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, CAN.
An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a serious medical condition that requires invasive surgery or endovascular treatment with stent grafts. This procedure is primarily carried out by vascular surgeons and interventional radiologists. Current methods of educating patients about their procedure have been inadequate, causing unnecessary stress in patients who have this condition and seek treatment.
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May 2020
Department of Surgical Affairs, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Objective: Concerns about the long-term durability of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair and the requirement for explantation of stents in the case of infection demonstrate the continued need for open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. However, with the increased complexity and decreasing volume of open cases performed, maintenance of skills and training of younger surgeons are challenging. The aim of this review was to identify and to examine studies pertaining to open AAA simulation, with focus on methods and outcomes.
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July 2012
Department of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, University of Chicago MC6098, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
The present study tested predictions derived from the Risk as Feelings hypothesis about the effects of prior patients' negative treatment outcomes on physicians' subsequent treatment decisions. Two experiments at The University of Chicago, U.S.
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