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Background: Application of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) model parameters, including: true diffusion (D), pseudodiffusion (D*), and perfusion fraction (F), for differentiation between metastatic and non-metastatic head and neck lymph nodes.

Material/methods: Diffusion-weighted images/apparent diffusion coefficient (DWI/ADC) images of 86 lymph nodes from 31 cancer patients were analyzed. DWI images were obtained with a 1.

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Clinical Use of Cancer Biomarkers in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: Updated Guidelines From the European Group on Tumor Markers.

Int J Gynecol Cancer

January 2016

*Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Copenhagen North Zealand Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark; †Clinical Research Centre, St Vincent's University Hospital and UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, Conway Institute of Bimolecular and Biomedical, Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; ‡Department of Gynecological Oncology, University Medical, Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; §Department of Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology Unit, Uppsala, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden; ∥Division of Cancer Medicine, Department of Gynecologic Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; ¶Department of Gynecology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; #Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; **Senior Expert Clinical Laboratories, PUM Netherlands Senior Experts, Heemstede, the Netherlands; ††Norwegian Quality Improvement of Primary Care Laboratories (NOKLUS), Section for General Practice, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; ‡‡Emeritus Scientist from Abbott, Limburg, Germany; §§Consultant, Centro Ippocrate, Bogliasco, Italy; ∥∥Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Center of Oncology - M. Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Institute, Cracow Division, Poland; ¶¶Department of Oncology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark; and ##Laboratory of Biochemistry, Hospital Clinico, Barcelona, Spain.

Objective: To present an update of the European Group on Tumor Markers guidelines for serum markers in epithelial ovarian cancer.

Methods: Systematic literature survey from 2008 to 2013. The articles were evaluated by level of evidence and strength of recommendation.

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The aim of the study was to analyze the clinical course and therapy in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) diagnosed in Poland within the year 1995. The group of 478 patients with thyroid cancer (57.7% of all thyroid cancer cases diagnosed this year in Poland) was analyzed.

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Purpose: The aim of this paper is to evaluate efficacy of radiotherapy for giant cell tumor of bone given either postoperatively or as sole treatment, and to assess prognostic factors for treatment outcome.

Methods And Materials: The study includes 37 patients. In 9 cases, soft tissue involvement was noted.

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The micronucleus test (MNT) was applied in the epithelial cells from the bladder of mice treated with benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), 2-acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF) and cyclophosphamide (CP). Micronuclei (MN) were scored at different time on Feulgen and fast green stained smear preparations of exfoliated cells. These cells were obtained by scraping the internal surface of the bladder.

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