Chinese Medical Association guideline for clinical diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer (2022 edition) has been published this year. The 2022 edition has been updated in the aspects of lung cancer screening, pathology, standards of thoracic surgery, treatment of metastatic lung cancer. In this st...
Diagnosis, staging, risk assessment and supportive care Diagnosis should be made on the basis of a gastroscopic or surgical biopsy reviewed by an experienced pathologist, and histology should be reported according to the WHO criteria. Upper GI endoscopy is mandatory not only to describe the details...
(SICJ) and a patient support group were founded.1,2 Subsequently the International Consultation on Interstitial Cystitis Japan (ICICJ) was held in Kyoto in 2003.3 On the other hand, the etiology of IC has not been well clarified, which complicates its diagnosis and treatment at clinical ...
Comment on «2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines Developed in Collaboration With the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American...
S3). Semi-structured interviews identified three additional attributes including (i) use of machine learning to automate biomarker assessment, (ii) being able to apply the biomarker to a close member of the family and (iii) the ability of a biomarker to be reimbursed. These attributes were ...
This article introduces the updated version of the Iranian guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in adults. The initial version of the national guideline was developed in 2011 and updated in 2014. Among the reasons necessitating the u
The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Task Force), whose charge is to develop, update, or revise practice guidelines for cardiovascular diseases and procedures, directs this effort. Writing committees are charged with the task of performing an assessment of the evidence and acting as an...
Development and validation of a protocol for optimizing the use of paraffin blocks in molecular epidemiological studies: The example from the HPV-AHEAD study Worldwide use of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded blocks (FFPE) is extensive in diagnosis and research. Yet, there is a lack of optimized/...
In order to reduce the major adverse of CVD events, ACC/AHA has recommended a lower threshold of SBP and DBS (130/80 mm Hg) for diagnosis of HTN compared to what had been suggested earlier (140/90 mm Hg); however, there are debates about the proposed HTN cut-off and CVD benefit. ...
This clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis (AHO) in children was developed by a multidisciplinary panel representing Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). This guideline is intended for...