In explaining the distinction from the similar common term “personalised medicine”, the National Research Council explained, ‘Precision medicine tailors medical treatment to the personalised characteristics of each patient and does not mean creating a unique drug or medical device for each p...
We used to discuss, "Does it matter if you have a 1-log difference or 2-log difference in your BCR-ABL?" Whereas now, who cares about that? You're just going to get to major molecular remission and maybe complete molecular remission. Hopefully, we'll get to have a biomarker like ...
Anatomical Terms - Body Cavities:Body cavities are hollow spaces within the body. The body has multiple cavities including the cranial cavity (contains the brain), the vertebral cavity (contains the vertebral column), thoracic cavity (further subdivided into the pleural cavity, pericardial cavity, ...
Table 1. Characteristics of studies included in this review ReferenceStudy designIDEAL stageType of ablationBiopsyImagingPatients (n)Age (yr), mean (SD) aPreprocedural PSA (ng/ml), median (IQR) aGleason, n (%)Risk stratification, n (%) FLA (n = 8) Al-Hakeem et al (2019) [55...
Define the following medical term: Hemiglossectomy What are nociceptors? What is deamination? What is the difference between epimorphism and morphallaxis? Regarding label reading, what does it mean when something is listed first on the label? What is a BCR? What does it stand for? What do ...
Goldman JM, Gale RP . What does MRD in leukemia really mean?Leukemia2014;28: 1131. ArticleCASPubMedGoogle Scholar Löwenberg B, Ossenkoppele GJ, van Putten W, Schouten HC, Graux C, Ferrant Aet al. High-dose daunorubicin in older patients with acute myeloid leukemia.N Engl J Med2009;36...
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What Does It Mean When Your Uvula Is Swollen? A swollenuvula, also known asuvulitis, occurs when the uvula (the bell-shaped organ hanging from your soft palate at the back of the mouth) becomes inflamed. This can happen because of an infection, allergic reaction, irritation, or illness....
In clinical prac- tice, this interval is commonly between 4 and 6 weeks; however, the advantages of longer recovery intervals in terms of complication risk must be balanced against the potentially detrimental impact on survival, as demonstrated in a retrospective review of outcomes among more than...