2 results match your criteria: "Institute of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering and I-Shou University[Affiliation]"
Evaluation of a rapid quantitative determination method of PSA concentration with gold immunochromatographic strips.
BMC Urol
November 2015
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan.
Background: Prostate cancer remains the most common cancer in men. Qualitative or semi-quantitative immunochromatographic measurements of prostate specific antigen (PSA) have been shown to be simple, noninvasive and feasible. The aim of this study was to evaluate an optimized gold immunochromatographic strip device for the detection of PSA, in which the results can be analysed using a Chromogenic Rapid Test Reader to quantitatively assess the test results.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPretreatment circulating monocyte count associated with poor prognosis in patients with oral cavity cancer.
Head Neck
July 2014
Division of Neurology, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Medical Nutrition, Institute of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering and I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the pretreatment total and differential leukocyte counts can predict the prognosis of patients with oral cavity cancer.
Methods: In a retrospective analysis of patients treated between 2004 and 2011, medical records of 202 patients with oral cavity cancer were evaluated.
Results: Patients with oral cavity cancer, the peripheral total white blood cell (WBC) count, monocyte, and neutrophil counts and neutrophil lymphocyte ratio increased with the advancement of clinical stage.