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  • The study investigates ultrasound features of adnexal masses that are challenging to classify as benign or malignant, using various ultrasound scoring systems.
  • A total of 133 adnexal masses were analyzed, revealing that 66.2% were benign and 33.8% malignant, with ultrasound assessments correctly identifying malignant lesions in all cases.
  • Some borderline tumors and specific malignant types were not consistently detected across ultrasound scores, leading to misclassification of several benign lesions due to certain features like solid areas or papillae.
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Chagas disease (CD) is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Although it is endemic in many Latin American (LA) countries, mother-to-child transmission has caused it to expand to other countries and continents. In places where vector transmission is controlled or absent, the epidemiological importance of T.

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Complete clinical response of liver metastasis after chemotherapy: To resect or not?

World J Gastrointest Oncol

July 2011

Jose M Ramia-Angel, Roberto De la Plaza, Jose E Quiñones, HPB Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery, Universitary Hospital of Guadalajara, Guadalajara 19002, Spain.

This paper aims to update the therapeutical strategies in liver metastasis with complete clinical response (CCR) after chemotherapy and to determine if surgery is always necessary after CCR. The aim of chemotherapy is to achieve a good clinical response rather than CCR of liver metastasis. The CCR of liver metastasis after chemotherapy cannot be considered synonymous with a cure.

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