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Gontero P, Soria F, Babjuk M, Burger M, Comperat E, Mostafid H, Palou Redorta J, Roupret M, Van Rhijn B, Zigeuner R, Shariat S, Cohen D, Masson-Lecomte A, Hernandez V, Xylinas E, Capoun O, Thalmann G, Pradere B, Linares E, Soukup V, Seisen T, Dominguez-Escrig J, Liedberg F, Sylvester R. Do current definitions of BCG failure/ BCG unresponsive NMIBCs correlate with disease progression? Results of an individual patient data validation international multi-center retrospective study. Eur Urol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(23)01043-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Hernandez V, Angerud A, Bogaert E, Hussein M, Lemire M, García-Miguel J, Saez J. Challenges in modeling the Agility multileaf collimator in treatment planning systems and current needs for improvement. Med Phys 2022; 49:7404-7416. [PMID: 36217283 PMCID: PMC10092639 DOI: 10.1002/mp.16016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Agility multileaf collimator (MLC) mounted in Elekta linear accelerators features some unique design characteristics, such as large leaf thickness, eccentric curvature at the leaf tip, and defocused leaf sides ('tilting'). These characteristics offer several advantages but modeling them in treatment planning systems (TPSs) is challenging. PURPOSE The goals of this study were to investigate the challenges faced when modeling the Agility in two commercial TPSs (Monaco and RayStation) and to explore how the implemented MLC models could be improved in the future. METHODS Four linear accelerators equipped with the Agility, located at different centers, were used for the study. Three centers use the RayStation TPS and the other one uses Monaco. For comparison purposes, data from four Varian linear accelerators with the Millennium 120 MLC were also included. Average doses measured with asynchronous sweeping gap tests were used to characterize and compare the characteristics of the Millennium and the Agility MLCs and to assess the MLC model in the TPSs. The FOURL test included in the ExpressQA package, provided by Elekta, was also used to evaluate the tongue-and-groove with radiochromic films. Finally, raytracing was used to investigate the impact of the MLC geometry and to understand the results obtained for each MLC. RESULTS The geometry of the Agility produces dosimetric effects associated with the rounded leaf end up to a distance 20 mm away from the leaf tip end measured at the isocenter plane. This affects the tongue-and-groove shadowing, which progressively increases along the distance to the tip end. The RayStation and Monaco TPSs did not account for this effect, which made trade-offs in the MLC parameters necessary and greatly varied the final MLC parameters used by different centers. Raytracing showed that these challenging leaf tip effects were directly related to the MLC geometry and that the characteristics mainly responsible for the large leaf tip effects of the Agility were its tilting design and its small source-to-collimator distance. CONCLUSIONS The MLC models implemented in RayStation and Monaco could not accurately reproduce the leaf tip effects for the Agility. Therefore, trade-offs are needed and the optimal MLC parameters are dependent on the specific characteristics of treatment plans. Refining the MLC models for the Agility to better approximate the measured leaf tip and tongue-and-groove effects would extend the validity of the MLC model, reduce the variability in the MLC parameters used by the community, and facilitate the standardization of the MLC configuration process.
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- V Hernandez
- Department of Medical Physics, Hospital Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Tarragona, Spain.,Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, Spain
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- RaySearch Laboratories AB, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Ghent University Hospital and Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Metrology for Medical Physics Centre, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics, CIUSSS de l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Saez J, Bar-Deroma R, Bogaert E, Cayez R, Chow T, Esposito M, Feygelman V, Monti A, Garcia-Miguel J, Gershkevitsh E, Goossens J, Herrero C, Hussein M, Khamphan C, Lechner W, Lemire M, Nevelsky A, Nguyen D, Paganini L, Passler M, Ramos Garcia L, Russo S, Shakeshaft J, Vieillevigne L, Hernandez V. OC-0120 MLC modelling assessment with a set of standardized tests: Results from a multicentric study. Radiother Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(22)02496-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Masi L, Doro R, Hernandez V, Saez J, Bellosi N, Cassinelli M, Pazzaglini S, Tempobono M, Livi L. Modulation complexity metrics for Robotic MLC plans: predictors of quality assurance results? Phys Med 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s1120-1797(22)00116-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Yacobitti A, Otero L, Arrubarrena VD, Arano J, Lage S, Silberman M, Zubieta M, Erbetta I, Danei P, Baeck G, Vallejos V, Cavalli F, Calderón N, Di Gregorio M, Hernandez V, Bruno D, Rodera B, Macherett I, Parisi M, Gallastegui M, Paz A, Bernardi R, Azcárate S, Hraste A, Caridi I, Boechi L, Salgado P, Kochen S. Publisher Correction: Clinical characteristics of vulnerable populations hospitalized and diagnosed with COVID-19 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sci Rep 2021; 11:17554. [PMID: 34453078 PMCID: PMC8390981 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-96120-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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- A Yacobitti
- Network Patient Management, Hospital El Cruce N Kirchner, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Planning Area, Hospital El Cruce N Kirchner, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Planning Area, Hospital El Cruce N Kirchner, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- General Ward, Hospital El Cruce N Kirchner, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Intensive Therapy Unit, Hospital El Cruce N Kirchner, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Planning Area, Hospital El Cruce N Kirchner, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory, Hospital El Cruce, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Administrative Area, Hospital Module N° 11, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Administrative Area, UPA N° 11, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Patient Admission, Hospital Mi Pueblo, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Prompt Attention Unit, UPA N° 5, A. Brown, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Administrative Area, UPA N°, 5 and Module N° 9, A. Brown, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Administrative Area, Hospital L. Meléndez, A. Brown, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Administrative Area, Hospital L. Meléndez, A. Brown, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Statistics, Hospital Oñativia, A. Brown, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Administrative Area, Hospital Oñativia, A. Brown, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Medical Clinic, Iriarte Hospital, Quilmes, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Intensive Therapy Unit, Iriarte Hospital, Quilmes, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Intensive Therapy Unit, Iriarte Hospital, Quilmes, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Intensive Therapy Unit, Iriarte Hospital, Quilmes, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Oller HospitalOller Hospital, Quilmes, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Administrative Area, UPA N° 17, Quilmes, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Intensive Therapy Unit, Evita Pueblo Hospital, Berazategui, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Patient Management, Evita Pueblo Hospital, Berazategui, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Institute of Calculation, FCEN, UBA and CONICET, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Institute of Calculation, FCEN, UBA and CONICET, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Public Health Research Institute, University of Buenos Aires, Caba, Argentina
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- Neurosciences and Complex Systems Unit (EnyS), CONICET‑ Hosp. El Cruce "N. Kirchner" ‑ Univ. National A. Jauretche, Fac. Med, Univ. Buenos Aires, Av Calchaqui 5401, CP B1888AAE, F. Varela, Province Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Villaggi E, Russo S, Hernandez V, Moustakis C, Blanck O, Esposito M, Hardcastle N, de Blas Piñol R, Saez J, Doro R, Masi L, Strigari L, Strolin S, Falco M, Silvestri V, Nardiello B, Broggi S, Savini A, Stasi M, Mancosu P. PD-0789 A global quality index for prostate SBRT with and without SIB: a multiplanning study. Radiother Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)07068-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hernandez V, Rønn Hansen C, Widesott L, Jornet N. SP-0452 Treatment plan quality assessment. Radiother Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)08589-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Vieillevigne L, More M, Arnaud F, Khamphan C, Saez J, Hernandez V. PO-1850 On the link between the aperture shape controller and plan complexity metrics. Radiother Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)08301-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hussein M, Angerud A, Saez J, Bogaert E, Barry M, Silvestre Patallo I, Shipley D, Clark C, Hernandez V. PD-0900 Improving the modelling of Elekta Agility MLC in RayStation. Radiother Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)07179-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Kaplan L, Placidi L, Bäck A, Hussein M, Canters R, Hernandez V, Fusella M, Piotrowski T, Vaniqui A, Hansen C, Widesott L. OC-0307 Results of the ESTRO plan quality assessment 2020 online survey. Radiother Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)06854-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Russo S, Della Gala G, Bettarini S, Ghirelli A, Esposito M, Pini S, Ghafour H, Hernandez V. PD-0901 Is it possible to predict QA failures using plan complexity metrics? Radiother Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)07180-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Yacobitti A, Otero L, Doldan Arrubarrena V, Arano J, Lage S, Silberman M, Zubieta M, Erbetta I, Danei P, Baeck G, Vallejos V, Cavalli F, Calderón N, Di Gregorio M, Hernandez V, Bruno D, Rodera B, Macherett I, Parisi M, Gallastegui M, Paz A, Bernardi R, Azcárate S, Hraste A, Caridi I, Boechi L, Salgado P, Kochen S. Clinical characteristics of vulnerable populations hospitalized and diagnosed with COVID-19 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sci Rep 2021; 11:9679. [PMID: 33958604 PMCID: PMC8102488 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87552-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
There is not in Argentina publications regarding the presentation of patients with COVID-19 requiring hospitalized and emergency care in vulnerable populations (lower incomes and less education tend at greater risk for poor health status and healthcare access), and it has few reports in developing countries. The objective is to determine whether in the care of vulnerable patients, to succeed against COVID-19, multiple public health tools and interventions will be needed to minimize morbidity and mortality. The study is a prospective cohort investigation of patients with lab-confirmed COVID-19, who required to any of the Health Centers response from April 8, 2020, to August 18, 2020. In Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA), April 8, 2020 the virus was identified in patients hospitalized in the "Southeast Network" (SN), AMBA. SN covering an area of 661 square kilometers, with 1.8 million inhabitants residing in urban, and rural areas. A total of 14 health centers with different levels of care complexity provide care to patients in the region. The information of each patient with COVID-19 evaluated by SN, was incorporated in an Epidemiological Dashboard. The investigation was designed and reported with consideration of observational studies in epidemiology. We describe the hospitals presentation and care of persons who required SN response and were ultimately diagnosed with COVID-19. From April 8, 2020, to August 18, 2020, were included 1495 patients with lab-confirmed COVID-19 in SN. A total of 58% patients were men, and the mean age (SD) was 48.9 (15.59) years. Eighty one percent patients with pre-existing diseases, most frequent hypertension and diabetes, but hypertension, chronic lung disease, and cardiovascular disease presented higher risk. A total of 13% were hospitalized in Intensive Therapy Unit. The mortality of the cohort was 9.77%. Mortality was higher for patients aged 65 or more (OR 5.09), and for those had some pre-existing disease (OR 2.61). Our observations are consistent with reports demonstrating older persons, and those with comorbidities have the highest risk of mortality related to COVID-19. However, unlike other reports from developed or some developing countries, the mortality in our study is lower. This finding may be related to age of our cohort is younger than other published. Also, the health system was able to respond to the demand.
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- A Yacobitti
- Network Patient Management, Hospital El Cruce N Kirchner, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Planning Area, Hospital El Cruce N Kirchner, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Planning Area, Hospital El Cruce N Kirchner, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- General Ward, Hospital El Cruce N Kirchner, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Intensive Therapy Unit, Hospital El Cruce N Kirchner, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Planning Area, Hospital El Cruce N Kirchner, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory, Hospital El Cruce, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Administrative Area, Hospital Module N° 11, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Administrative Area, UPA N° 11, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Patient Admission, Hospital Mi Pueblo, F. Varela, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Prompt Attention Unit, UPA N° 5, A. Brown, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Administrative Area, UPA N° 5 and Module N° 9, A. Brown, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Administrative Area, Hospital L. Meléndez, A. Brown, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Administrative Area, Hospital L. Meléndez, A. Brown, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Statistics, Hospital Oñativia, A. Brown, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Administrative Area, Hospital Oñativia, A. Brown, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Medical Clinic, Iriarte Hospital, Quilmes, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Intensive Therapy Unit, Iriarte Hospital, Quilmes, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Intensive Therapy Unit, Iriarte Hospital, Quilmes, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Intensive Therapy Unit, Iriarte Hospital, Quilmes, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Oller HospitalOller Hospital, Quilmes, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Administrative Area, UPA N° 17, Quilmes, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Intensive Therapy Unit, Evita Pueblo Hospital, Berazategui, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Patient Management, Evita Pueblo Hospital, Berazategui, Pcia Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Institute of Calculation, FCEN, UBA and CONICET, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Institute of Calculation, FCEN, UBA and CONICET, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Public Health Research Institute, University of Buenos Aires, Caba, Argentina
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- Neurosciences and Complex Systems Unit (EnyS), CONICET- Hosp. El Cruce "N. Kirchner" - Univ. National A. Jauretche, Fac. Med, Univ. Buenos Aires, Av Calchaqui 5401, CP B1888AAE, F. Varela, Province Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Russo S, Gala GD, Hernandez V, Esposito M, Pini S, Ghirelli A, Saez J, Ghafour H, Zatelli G. PD-0183: Does the detector resolution influence correlations between complexity metrics and VMAT QA results? Radiother Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)00207-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bruins H, Veskimae E, Hernandez V, Neuzillet Y, Rouanne M, Cathomas R, Compérat E, Cowan N, Gakis G, Espinós E, Lorch A, Ribal M, Thalmann G, Yuan Y, Van Der Heijden A, Witjes J. Radical cystectomy: The significance of hospital volume and surgeon volume. A systematic review and recommendations by the EAU MIBC Guideline Panel. EUR UROL SUPPL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(20)33803-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Rodriguez-García SC, Sánchez-Piedra C, Castellanos-Moreira R, Ruiz-Montesinos D, Hernandez V, Pombo M, Sánchez-Alonso F, Carmona L, Gómez-Reino JJ. SAT0063 THE COMBINED VACCINATION SCHEME AGAINST STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE IS EFFECTIVE IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS TREATED WITH DMARD: DATA FROM BIOBADASER 3.0. Ann Rheum Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Respiratory tract infections are among the leading causes of hospitalization in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Streptococcus Pneumoniae (Sp) is one of the most frequent pathogens involved. For these patients, the CDC recommends a combined vaccination scheme (CVS) using two types of Sp vaccines but evidence on its effectiveness remains insufficient.1Objectives:To assess the impact of the combined vaccination scheme on the incidence of Sp infections in patients with RA treated with DMARD.Methods:A cohort was nested in a register including patients with RA who were prescribed a bDMARD or tsDMARD -either naïve or switch- from 2000 to March 2019.The target outcomes were invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and all-cause community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), as defined by relevant MedDRA codes. Demographic and clinical features were also retrieved. Each participant centre informed about the date when they implemented a systematic Sp vaccination protocol and whether they were using the CVS. Those not adopting this practice were excluded from the analysis.Crude incidence rates (IRs) were calculated for each outcome as well as for its combination (combined variable defined as “Sp infections”). Exposure was split into two periods, considering the date when the CVS was officially recommended in Spain (May 2015). The incidence rate ratio (IRR) comparing pre and post implementation periods was estimated with a Poisson regression model adjusted for sex, age and comorbidities (Charlson Index).Results:1704 patients were included, their characteristics are shown in table 1. One centre was excluded for not using any Sp vaccination protocol while the remaining ones reported using the CVS. Crude IRs by periods (pre and post CVS implementation) and age groups are shown in table 2. The IRR of the post-vaccination period after adjusting for age, sex and comorbidities (Charlson index) was 0.40 (95% CI: 0.29 - 0.56), p<0.001.Table 1.Baseline features of the cohort.DemographicsAge, years *60.6 (12.5)Female1356 (79.6%)Current smoking287 (16.8%)RA clinical characteristicsDisease duration, years*9.1 (7.9)RF positive875 (74%)ACPA positive831 (71%)DAS28*4.6 (1.4)Other clinical characteristicsBody Mass Index*27.5 (5.2)Charlson index*2.3 (1.5)Chronic pulmonary Disease125 (9.3%)Diabetes mellitus147 (9%)*Data presented as mean (standard deviation).Table 1Characteristics of patients with RA at time of RA diagnosis and patients with SAB with/without RA at time of SAB diagnosisCharacteristic, n (%)At RA diagnosisAt first-time SABRA (n=34,627)RA (n=228)Non-RA (n=25,268)Age, years (IQR)59.8 (48.8-70.3)71.8 (62.3-79.2)69.7 (57.7-79.7)Female, %69%59%38%Diabetes mellitus2,467 (7.1%)51 (22.4%)5,678 (22.5%)Heart failure1,018 (2.9%)42 (18.4%)4,718 (18.7%)Liver disease454 (1.3%)12 (5.3%)2,189 (8.7%)Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease1,677 (4.8%)36 (15.8%)3,412 (13.5%)Cancer2,124 (6.1%)60 (26.3%)6,742 (26.7%)HIV11 (0.0%)0 (0%)127 (0.5%)Solid organ transplant8 (0.0%)0 (0%)357 (1.4%)Alcohol abuse642 (1.9%)12 (5.3%)3,356 (13.3%)Chronic dialysis29 (0.1%)11 (4.8%)2,256 (8.9%)Orthopedic implant3,807 (11.0%)89 (39.0%)5,422 (21.5%)Cardiac or vascular implant731 (2.1%)18 (7.9%)1,940 (7.7%)Glucocorticoid (0-90 days prior)7,062 (20.4%)99 (43.4 %)2,911 (11.5%)Invasive surgery (0-30 days prior)1,962 (5.7%)62 (27.2%)8,451 (33.5%)Table 2.Crude IRs (95% CI) of the outcomes of interest split by age.Overall<65≥65PrePostPrePostPrePostSP-Infections33 (27.4-39.9)12.7 (9.8-16.4)28 (22.4-35)11.8 (8.9-15.6)60.3 (42.4-85.8)19.5 (10.8-35.2)IPD–0.4 (0.1-1.6)–0.4 (0.1-1.8)––All cause CAP23.6 (19.0-29.3)11.5 (8.8-15)18.7 (14.4-24.4)10.4 (7.7-14)50.8 (34.8-74)19.5 (10.8-35.2)Conclusion:The incidence of Sp infections experienced a decrease in RA patients taking bDMARD or tsDMARD after the introduction of the stepwise combined vaccination scheme that is not related to age, sex or comorbidities.References:[1] Furer V,et al.Ann Rheum Dis2019;0:1–14Disclosure of Interests:Sebastian C Rodriguez-García Speakers bureau: Novartis Farmaceutica, S.A., Merck Sharp & Dohme España, S.A., Sanofi Aventis, UCB Pharma, Carlos Sánchez-Piedra: None declared, Raul Castellanos-Moreira Speakers bureau: Lilly, MSD, Sanofi, UCB, Dolores Ruiz-Montesinos: None declared, Victoria Hernandez: None declared, Manuel Pombo: None declared, Fernando Sánchez-Alonso: None declared, Loreto Carmona Grant/research support from: Novartis Farmaceutica, SA, Pfizer, S.L.U., Merck Sharp & Dohme España, S.A., Roche Farma, S.A, Sanofi Aventis, AbbVie Spain, S.L.U., and Laboratorios Gebro Pharma, SA (All trhough institution), Juan Jesús Gómez-Reino: None declared
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Horwich A, Babjuk M, Bellmunt J, Bruins HM, De Reijke TM, De Santis M, Gillessen S, James N, Maclennan S, Palou J, Powles T, Ribal MJ, Shariat SF, Van Der Kwast T, Xylinas E, Agarwal N, Arends T, Bamias A, Birtle A, Black PC, Bochner BH, Bolla M, Boormans JL, Bossi A, Briganti A, Brummelhuis I, Burger M, Castellano D, Cathomas R, Chiti A, Choudhury A, Compérat E, Crabb S, Culine S, De Bari B, DeBlok W, De Visschere PJL, Decaestecker K, Dimitropoulos K, Dominguez-Escrig JL, Fanti S, Fonteyne V, Frydenberg M, Futterer JJ, Gakis G, Geavlete B, Gontero P, Grubmüller B, Hafeez S, Hansel DE, Hartmann A, Hayne D, Henry AM, Hernandez V, Herr H, Herrmann K, Hoskin P, Huguet J, Jereczek-Fossa BA, Jones R, Kamat AM, Khoo V, Kiltie AE, Krege S, Ladoire S, Lara PC, Leliveld A, Linares-Espinós E, Løgager V, Lorch A, Loriot Y, Meijer R, Carmen Mir M, Moschini M, Mostafid H, Müller AC, Müller CR, N'Dow J, Necchi A, Neuzillet Y, Oddens JR, Oldenburg J, Osanto S, Oyen WJG, Pacheco-Figueiredo L, Pappot H, Patel MI, Pieters BR, Plass K, Remzi M, Retz M, Richenberg J, Rink M, Roghmann F, Rosenberg JE, Rouprêt M, Rouvière O, Salembier C, Salminen A, Sargos P, Sengupta S, Sherif A, Smeenk RJ, Smits A, Stenzl A, Thalmann GN, Tombal B, Turkbey B, Vahr Lauridsen S, Valdagni R, Van Der Heijden AG, Van Poppel H, Vartolomei MD, Veskimäe E, Vilaseca A, Vives Rivera FA, Wiegel T, Wiklund P, Williams A, Zigeuner R, Witjes JA. EAU-ESMO consensus statements on the management of advanced and variant bladder cancer-an international collaborative multi-stakeholder effort: under the auspices of the EAU and ESMO Guidelines Committees†. Ann Oncol 2019; 30:1697-1727. [PMID: 31740927 PMCID: PMC7360152 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although guidelines exist for advanced and variant bladder cancer management, evidence is limited/conflicting in some areas and the optimal approach remains controversial. OBJECTIVE To bring together a large multidisciplinary group of experts to develop consensus statements on controversial topics in bladder cancer management. DESIGN A steering committee compiled proposed statements regarding advanced and variant bladder cancer management which were assessed by 113 experts in a Delphi survey. Statements not reaching consensus were reviewed; those prioritised were revised by a panel of 45 experts before voting during a consensus conference. SETTING Online Delphi survey and consensus conference. PARTICIPANTS The European Association of Urology (EAU), the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), experts in bladder cancer management. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Statements were ranked by experts according to their level of agreement: 1-3 (disagree), 4-6 (equivocal), 7-9 (agree). A priori (level 1) consensus was defined as ≥70% agreement and ≤15% disagreement, or vice versa. In the Delphi survey, a second analysis was restricted to stakeholder group(s) considered to have adequate expertise relating to each statement (to achieve level 2 consensus). RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS Overall, 116 statements were included in the Delphi survey. Of these, 33 (28%) statements achieved level 1 consensus and 49 (42%) statements achieved level 1 or 2 consensus. At the consensus conference, 22 of 27 (81%) statements achieved consensus. These consensus statements provide further guidance across a broad range of topics, including the management of variant histologies, the role/limitations of prognostic biomarkers in clinical decision making, bladder preservation strategies, modern radiotherapy techniques, the management of oligometastatic disease and the evolving role of checkpoint inhibitor therapy in metastatic disease. CONCLUSIONS These consensus statements provide further guidance on controversial topics in advanced and variant bladder cancer management until a time where further evidence is available to guide our approach.
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- A Horwich
- Emeritus Professor, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK; Emeritus Professor, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
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- Depatment of Urology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Motol, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- IMIM-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
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- Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Urology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester; The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK; Division of Oncology and Haematology, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham; Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham
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- Academic Urology Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- The Royal Free NHS Trust, London; Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Uro-Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Depatment of Urology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Motol, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York; Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA; Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris; Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah (NCI-CCC), Salt Lake City, USA
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- Urology Department, Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- 2nd Propaedeutic Dept of Internal Medicine, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester; Rosemere Cancer Centre, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, Preston, UK
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- Department of Urologic Sciences, Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York; Urology Service, Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
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- Emeritus Professor of Radiation Oncology, Grenoble - Alpes University, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Urology, Urological Research Institute, Milan; Vita-Salute University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
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- Department of Urology, Caritas-St. Josef Medical Center, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Medical Oncology Department, 12 de Octubre University Hospital (CIBERONC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department Innere Medizin, Abteilung Onkologie und Hämatologie, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan; Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester; The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Tenon Hospital, HUEP, Paris; Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Cancer Sciences Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Cancer Medicine, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire "Jean Minjoz" of Besançon, INSERM UMR 1098, Besançon, France; Radiation Oncology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Urology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Division of Genitourinary Radiology and Mammography, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent
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- Department of Urology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Urology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
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- Servicio de Urología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Policlinico S Orsola, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Radiotherapy Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology and Paediatric Urology, University Hospital of Würzburg, Julius-Maximillians University, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Saint John Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
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- Division of Urology, Molinette Hospital, University of Studies of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London; Department of Clinical Oncology, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, University of California, San Diego Pathology, La Jolla, USA
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- Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Urology, UWA Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Leeds Institute of Medical Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Fundación de Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Urology Service, Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester; The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK; Mount Vernon Centre for Cancer Treatment, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, University of Milan, Milan; Division of Radiotherapy, IEO European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Cancer Sciences, College of Medicine, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Urology - Division of Surgery, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
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- Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London; Department of Clinical Oncology, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Urology, Pediatric Urology and Urologic Oncology, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Georges François Leclerc, Dijon, France
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- Department of Oncology, Hospital Universitario San Roque, Canarias; Universidad Fernando Pessoa, Canarias, Spain
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- Department of Urology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev and Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Département de Médecine Oncologique, Gustave Roussy, INSERM U981, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- UMC Utrecht Cancer Center, MS Oncologic Urology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Servicio de Urología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland
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- Department of Urology, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany
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- Cancer Treatment Centre, Sorlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Academic Urology Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; Department of Urology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Foch, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Suresnes, France
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- Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Oncology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog; Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan; Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto; Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Urology, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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- EAU Guidelines Office, Arnhem, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Rechts der Isar Medical Center, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton; Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK
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- Department of Urology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg
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- Department of Urology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Marien Hospital, Herne, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York; Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA
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- Department of Urology, Sorbonne Université, GRC n°5, ONCOTYPE-URO, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service d'Imagerie Urinaire et Vasculaire, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon; Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Faculté de Médecine Lyon Est, Lyon, France
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Europe Hospitals Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Surgery, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Urology and Andrology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
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- Department of Urology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Berne, Switzerland
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- Division of Urology, IREC, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, UCL, Brussels, Belgium
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- Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, USA
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- Department of Urology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Urology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, Targu Mures, Romania
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- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Uro-Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinica HematoOncologica Bonadona Prevenir, Universidad Metropolitana, Clinica Club de Leones, Barranquilla, Colombia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York City, USA; Department of Urology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Urology, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Urology, Medizinische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
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Saez Beltran J, Alba L, Clara B, Vieillevigne L, Khamphan C, Hernandez V. EP-1793 Verification and Measurement of the Tongue and Groove Effect in an Electronic Portal Imaging Device. Radiother Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(19)32213-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Loo A, Bivins A, John V, Becker S, Evanchec S, George A, Hernandez V, Mullaney J, Tolentino L, Yoo R, Nagarnaik P, Labhasetwar P, Brown J. Development and field testing of low-cost, quantal microbial assays with volunteer reporting as scalable means of drinking water safety estimation. J Appl Microbiol 2019; 126:1944-1954. [PMID: 30884047 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Revised: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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AIMS To evaluate a low-cost water quality test for at-scale drinking water safety estimation in rural India. METHODS AND RESULTS Within a longitudinal study to characterize variability in household drinking water safety in rural Maharashtra, we piloted a low-cost presence-absence (LCPA) microbial test designed to be used by volunteer residents in rural areas. In comparing the LCPA results with standard laboratory methods for enumeration of Escherichia coli, we found that LCPA tests using modified mTec media were highly sensitive in detecting drinking water of moderate risk (88% of tests were positive at E. coli counts of 11-100 CFU per 100 ml) and high risk (96% of tests were positive at E. coli counts of 101 + CFU per 100 ml). The LCPA tests demonstrated low specificity for E. coli specifically, due to concurrent detection of Klebsiella: 38% of LCPA tests were positive even when E. coli was not detected in a 100 ml sample by membrane filtration, suggesting the test would be conservative in risk estimation. We also found that 47% of participants in rural villages in India were willing to conduct tests and return results after a brief training, with 45% of active participants sending their water testing results via short message service. CONCLUSIONS Given their low cost (~US$0.50 as piloted) and open-source format, such tests may provide a compelling alternative to standard methods for rapid water quality assessments, especially in resource-limited settings. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The lack of availability of water quality data constrains efforts to monitor, evaluate and improve the safety of water and sanitation infrastructure in underserved settings. Current water testing methods are not scalable because of laboratory and cost constraints. Our findings indicate the LCPA or similar low-cost microbial tests could be useful in rapid water safety estimation, including via crowdsourcing.
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- A Loo
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, India
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, India
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- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, India
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Cartwright R, Venema A, Hernandez V, Wyels C, Cesere J, Cesere D. Fluctuating reproductive rates in Hawaii's humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, reflect recent climate anomalies in the North Pacific. R Soc Open Sci 2019; 6:181463. [PMID: 31032006 PMCID: PMC6458358 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.181463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Alongside changing ocean temperatures and ocean chemistry, anthropogenic climate change is now impacting the fundamental processes that support marine systems. However, where natural climate aberrations mask or amplify the impacts of anthropogenic climate change, identifying key detrimental changes is challenging. In these situations, long-term, systematic field studies allow the consequences of anthropogenically driven climate change to be distinguished from the expected fluctuations in natural resources. In this study, we describe fluctuations in encounter rates for humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, between 2008 and 2018. Encounter rates were assessed during transect surveys of the Au'Au Channel, Maui, Hawaii. Initially, rates increased, tracking projected growth rates for this population segment. Rates reached a peak in 2013, then declined through 2018. Specifically, between 2013 and 2018, mother-calf encounter rates dropped by 76.5%, suggesting a rapid reduction in the reproductive rate of the newly designated Hawaii Distinct Population Segment of humpback whales during this time. As this decline coincided with changes in the Pacific decadal oscillation, the development of the NE Pacific marine heat wave and the evolution of the 2016 El Niño, this may be another example of the impact of this potent trifecta of climatic events within the North Pacific.
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- R. Cartwright
- The Keiki Kohola Project, Kihei, HI 96753, USA
- Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, California State University Channel Islands, One University Drive, Camarillo, CA 93012, USA
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- The Keiki Kohola Project, Kihei, HI 96753, USA
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- The Keiki Kohola Project, Kihei, HI 96753, USA
- Department of Mathematics, California State University Channel Islands, One University Drive, Camarillo, CA 93012, USA
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- The Keiki Kohola Project, Kihei, HI 96753, USA
- Fine Art Photography, Paia, HI 96779, USA
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- The Keiki Kohola Project, Kihei, HI 96753, USA
- Fine Art Photography, Paia, HI 96779, USA
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Russo S, Esposito M, Hernandez V, Saez J, Rossi F, Paoletti L, Bastiani P, Tomatis S, Mancosu P. 3. Is DIBH VMAT in left breast related to lower plan complexity than Free Breathing? A multicenter experience. Phys Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2018.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Villaggi E, Esposito M, Marino C, Hernandez V, Saez J, Bruschi A, Borzì G, Carbonini C, Consorti R, Fedele D, Moretti E, Nardiello B, Russo S, Stasi M, Mancosu P. PO-1012: Can re-planning improve standardization? A multi-institutional SBRT prostate comparison. Radiother Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(18)31322-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kazantsev P, Hernandez V, Luketin L, Izewska J. EP-2194: Analysis of treatment planning feasibility of the multinational end-to-end IMRT audit methodology. Radiother Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(18)32503-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Bergmann MM, Hernandez V, Bernigau W, Boeing H, Chan SSM, Luben R, Khaw KT, van Schaik F, Oldenburg B, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Overvad K, Palli D, Masala G, Carbonnel F, Boutron-Ruault MC, Olsen A, Tjonneland A, Kaaks R, Katzke V, Riboli E, Hart AR. Erratum: No association of alcohol use and the risk of ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease: data from a European Prospective cohort study (EPIC). Eur J Clin Nutr 2017; 71:566. [DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2017.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Beltrán-Catalán E, Fernandez C, Blanco R, Calvo-Río V, Hernandez M, Mesquida M, Adan A, Hernandez V, Diaz D, Diaz G, Calvo I, Atanes A, Linares L, Modesto C, Gonzalez-Gay M. FRI0486 Tocilizumab Treatment for Uveitic Cystoid Macular Edema Refractory To Other Synthetic and Biological Immunosuppressive Drugs. Multicentre Study of 23 Patients. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.6143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Pato E, Martin-Martinez A, Castellό A, Méndez-Fernandez R, Muñoz-Fernández S, Cordero-Coma M, Martinez-Costa L, Valls E, Reyes M, Francisco F, Esteban M, Fonollosa A, Sanchez-Alonso F, Fernandez-Espartero C, Diaz-Valle T, Carrasco J, Beltran-Catalan E, Hernandez-Garfella M, Hernandez V, Pelegrin L, Blanco R, Diaz-Valle D. AB0999 Development of An Activity Disease Score in Patients with Uveitis (UVEDAI). Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Puxeu Vaqué J, Hernandez V, Saez J, Saldaña P, Nailon W, Sankar A, Duch M. PV-0329: Modulation indexes for predicting interplay effects in lung SABR treatments. Radiother Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(16)31578-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Haland T, Neglia L, Mas-Stachurska A, Malanin D, Baruteau AE, Pontnau F, Capotosto L, Hristova K, Sevilla T, Wojtkowska A, Almaas VM, Hasselberg NE, Saberniak J, Leren IS, Hopp E, Edvardsen T, Haugaa KH, Piazza R, Doronzo A, Leonelli V, Morosin M, Leiballi E, Pecoraro R, Lutman C, Dragos A, Cassin M, Sitges M, Meirelles T, Hernandez V, Egea G, Bijnens B, Poggio D, Ferrazzi P, Spirito P, Specchia G, Grillo M, Amigoni P, Bersano C, Pisani M, Chioffi M, Hascoet S, Piot D, Lambert V, Petit J, Ladouceur M, Ferreira A, Iserin L, Mousseaux E, D'angeli I, Conde Y, Ashurov R, Miraldi F, Vitarelli A, Dasheva A, Marinov R, Lasarov S, Mitev I, Mitev P, Konstantinov G, Kaneva A, Katova TZ, Revilla-Orodea A, Uruena-Martinez N, Fuertes-Alija JJ, Rodriguez-Velasco M, Gomez-Salvador I, San Roman-Calvar JA, Tomaszewski A, Czekajska-Chehab E, Wysokinski A, Adamczyk P, Siek E, Zakoscielna M. Moderated Posters session: advanced echo techniques in congenital heart diseaseP526Systolic function by strain echocardiography is related to cardiac fibrosis and arrhythmias in hypertrophic cardiomyopathyP527Natural history of bicuspid aortic valve valvulo-aortopathy in affected patients followed in a single centerP528Postsystolic thickening as a likely sign of altered deformation due to pressure overload in a Marfan murine model.P529Strain rate echocardiography in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy undergoing surgical myectomy.P530Transthoracic echocardiography is a safe alternative for assessment and guidance of transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defect in childrenP531Aortic root dilatation and stiffness assessed by magnetic resonance imaging in adults with repaired tetralogy of FallotP532Assessment of biventricular and vascular function using three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in adult patients with surgical repair of tetralogy of FallotP533A study of functional anatomy of aortic-mitral valve coupling using 3D echocardiography in patients with double orifice mitral valveP534Evaluation of bicuspid aortic valve and its repercussion in the left ventricle with cardiovascular magnetic resonanceP535Echocardiographic assessment of anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jev252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Vegh Z, Burisch J, Pedersen N, Kaimakliotis I, Duricova D, Bortlik M, Vinding KK, Avnstrøm S, Olsen J, Nielsen KR, Katsanos KH, Tsianos EV, Lakatos L, Schwartz D, Odes S, D'Incà R, Beltrami M, Kiudelis G, Kupcinskap L, Jucov A, Turcan S, Barros LF, Magro F, Lazar D, Goldis A, de Castro L, Hernandez V, Niewiadomski O, Bell S, Langholz E, Munkholm P, Lakatos PL. Treatment Steps, Surgery, and Hospitalization Rates During the First Year of Follow-up in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases from the 2011 ECCO-Epicom Inception Cohort. J Crohns Colitis 2015; 9:747-53. [PMID: 26055976 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjv099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The ECCO-EpiCom study investigates the differences in the incidence and therapeutic management of inflammatory bowel diseases [IBD] between Eastern and Western Europe. The aim of this study was to analyse the differences in the disease phenotype, medical therapy, surgery, and hospitalization rates in the ECCO-EpiCom 2011 inception cohort during the first year after diagnosis. METHODS Nine Western, five Eastern European centres and one Australian centre with 258 Crohn's disease [CD], 380 ulcerative colitis [UC] and 71 IBD unclassified [IBDU] patients [female/male: 326/383; mean age at diagnosis: 40.9 years, SD: 17.3 years] participated. Patients' data were registered and entered in the web-based ECCO-EpiCom database [www.epicom-ecco.eu]. RESULTS In CD, 36 [19%] Western Europe/Australian and 6 [9%] Eastern European patients received biological therapy [p = 0.04], but the immunosuppressive [IS] use was equal and high in these regions [Eastern Europe vs Western Europe/Australia: 53% vs 45%; p = 0.27]. Surgery was performed in 17 [24%] CD patients in Eastern Europe and 13 [7%] in Western Europe/Australia [p < 0.001, pLogRank = 0.001]. Of CD patients from Eastern Europe, 24 [34%] were hospitalized, and 39 [21%] from Western Europe/Australia, [p = 0.02, pLogRank = 0.01]. In UC, exposure to biologicals and colectomy rates were low and hospitalization rates did not differ between these regions during the 1-year follow-up period [16% vs 16%; p = 0.93]. CONCLUSIONS During the first year after diagnosis, surgery and hospitalization rates were significantly higher in CD patients in Eastern Europe compared with Western Europe/Australia, whereas significantly more CD patients were treated with biologicals in the Western Europe/Australian centres.
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- Z Vegh
- First Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Gastrounit, Medical Section, Hvidovre University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Gastroenterology Department, Slagelse University Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
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- IBD Centre ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- IBD Centre ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Amager Hospital, Amager, Denmark
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- Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- First Division of Internal Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- First Division of Internal Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Medicine, Csolnoky F. Province Hospital, Veszprem, Hungary
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- First Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Centre and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- UO Gastroenterologia, Azienda Ospedaliera-Università di Padova, Padova, Italy On behalf of the EpiCom Northern Italy centre based in Crema, Cremona, Firenze, Forlì & Padova and Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Degenza Breve Internistica e Centro M.I.C.I.-Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy On behalf of the EpiCom Northern Italy centre based in Crema, Cremona, Firenze, Forlì & Padova and Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Hospital de Vale de Sousa, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Oporto Medical School, Porto, Portugal MedInUP-Centre for Drug Discovery and Innovative Medicines, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Grupo de Investigación en Patología Digestiva, Instituto de Investigación Biomedica [IBI], Xerencia de Xestión Integrada de Vigo, SERGAS, Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Grupo de Investigación en Patología Digestiva, Instituto de Investigación Biomedica [IBI], Xerencia de Xestión Integrada de Vigo, SERGAS, Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department C, Gastroenterology Section, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Gastro Unit, Medical Section, North Zealand Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- First Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Saez J, Hernandez V, Carrasco P, Beltran M, Calvo J, Escudé L, Quera J, Jornet N. EP-1581: Extending multicenter audits by including complexity of IMRT plans: application to TG119. Radiother Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)41573-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hernandez V, Abella R, Calvo JF, Jurado-Bruggemann D, Sancho I, Carrasco P. Determination of the optimal tolerance for MLC positioning in sliding window and VMAT techniques. Med Phys 2015; 42:1911-6. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4915541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Vegh Z, Burisch J, Pedersen N, Kaimakliotis I, Duricova D, Bortlik M, Avnstrøm S, Vinding KK, Olsen J, Nielsen KR, Katsanos KH, Tsianos EV, Lakatos L, Schwartz D, Odes S, Lupinacci G, De Padova A, Jonaitis L, Kupcinskas L, Turcan S, Tighineanu O, Mihu I, Barros LF, Magro F, Lazar D, Goldis A, Fernandez A, Hernandez V, Niewiadomski O, Bell S, Langholz E, Munkholm P, Lakatos PL. Incidence and initial disease course of inflammatory bowel diseases in 2011 in Europe and Australia: results of the 2011 ECCO-EpiCom inception cohort. J Crohns Colitis 2014; 8:1506-15. [PMID: 24998983 DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2014.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Revised: 06/07/2014] [Accepted: 06/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The aim of the present study was to validate the IBD (inflammatory bowel diseases) incidence reported in the 2010 ECCO-EpiCom (European Crohn's and Colitis Organization-Epidemiological Committee) inception cohort by including a second independent inception cohort from participating centers in 2011 and an Australian center to investigate whether there is a difference in the incidence of IBD between Eastern and Western European countries and Australia. METHODS Fourteen centers from 5 Eastern and 9 Western European countries and one center from Australia participated in the ECCO-EpiCom 2011 inception cohort. Patients' data regarding disease type, socio-demographic factors, extraintestinal manifestations and therapy were entered into the Web-based EpiCom database, www.ecco-epicom.eu. RESULTS A total of 711 adult patients were diagnosed during the inclusion year 2011, 178 (25%) from Eastern, 461 (65%) from Western Europe and 72 (10%) from Australia; 259 (37%) patients were diagnosed with Crohn's disease, 380 (53%) with ulcerative colitis and 72 (10%) with IBD unclassified. The mean annual incidence rate for IBD was 11.3/100,000 in Eastern Europe, 14.0/100,000 in Western Europe and 30.3/100,000 in Australia. Significantly more patients were diagnosed with complicated disease at diagnosis in Eastern Europe compared to Western Europe (43% vs. 27%, p=0.02). CONCLUSION Incidence rates, disease phenotype and initial treatment characteristics in the 2011 ECCO-EpiCom cohort were not significantly different from that reported in the 2010 cohort.
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- Z Vegh
- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- IBD Centre ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- IBD Centre ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine, Amager Hospital, Amager, Denmark
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- 1st Division of Internal Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- 1st Division of Internal Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Centre and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Centre and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- U.O.Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia, Ospedale Maggiore di Crema, Crema, Italy; On behalf of the EpiCom Northern Italy centre based in Crema, Cremona, Firenze, Forlì & Padova and Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- On behalf of the EpiCom Northern Italy centre based in Crema, Cremona, Firenze, Forlì & Padova and Reggio Emilia, Italy; U.O. Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia Digestiva, University of Ioannina, Forlì, Italy
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Centre of Mother and Child, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Centre of Mother and Child, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Hospital de Vale de Sousa, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal; Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Oporto Medical School, Porto, Portugal; MedInUP-Centre for Drug Discovery and Innovative Medicines, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Gastroenterology Department, POVISA Hospital, Vigo, Spain
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- Gastroenterology Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Burisch J, Pedersen N, Cukovic-Cavka S, Turk N, Kaimakliotis I, Duricova D, Bortlik M, Shonová O, Vind I, Avnstrøm S, Thorsgaard N, Krabbe S, Andersen V, Dahlerup JF, Kjeldsen J, Salupere R, Olsen J, Nielsen KR, Manninen P, Collin P, Katsanos KH, Tsianos EV, Ladefoged K, Lakatos L, Ragnarsson G, Björnsson E, Bailey Y, O'Morain C, Schwartz D, Odes S, Giannotta M, Girardin G, Kiudelis G, Kupcinskas L, Turcan S, Barros L, Magro F, Lazar D, Goldis A, Nikulina I, Belousova E, Martinez-Ares D, Hernandez V, Almer S, Zhulina Y, Halfvarson J, Arebi N, Tsai HH, Sebastian S, Lakatos PL, Langholz E, Munkholm P. Environmental factors in a population-based inception cohort of inflammatory bowel disease patients in Europe--an ECCO-EpiCom study. J Crohns Colitis 2014; 8:607-16. [PMID: 24315795 DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2013.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2013] [Revised: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing in Eastern Europe possibly due to changes in environmental factors towards a more "westernised" standard of living. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in exposure to environmental factors prior to diagnosis in Eastern and Western European IBD patients. METHODS The EpiCom cohort is a population-based, prospective inception cohort of 1560 unselected IBD patients from 31 European countries covering a background population of 10.1 million. At the time of diagnosis patients were asked to complete an 87-item questionnaire concerning environmental factors. RESULTS A total of 1182 patients (76%) answered the questionnaire, 444 (38%) had Crohn's disease (CD), 627 (53%) ulcerative colitis (UC), and 111 (9%) IBD unclassified. No geographic differences regarding smoking status, caffeine intake, use of oral contraceptives, or number of first-degree relatives with IBD were found. Sugar intake was higher in CD and UC patients from Eastern Europe than in Western Europe while fibre intake was lower (p<0.01). Daily consumption of fast food as well as appendectomy before the age of 20 was more frequent in Eastern European than in Western European UC patients (p<0.01). Eastern European CD and UC patients had received more vaccinations and experienced fewer childhood infections than Western European patients (p<0.01). CONCLUSIONS In this European population-based inception cohort of unselected IBD patients, Eastern and Western European patients differed in environmental factors prior to diagnosis. Eastern European patients exhibited higher occurrences of suspected risk factors for IBD included in the Western lifestyle.
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- J Burisch
- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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- IBD Center ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- IBD Center ISCARE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine, Amager Hospital, Amager, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Amager Hospital, Amager, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Herning Central Hospital, Herning, Denmark
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- Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark
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- Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark; Organ Centre, Hospital of Southern Jutland, Aabenraa, Denmark; Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine V (Hepatology and Gastroenterology), Aarhus University Hospital, Arhus, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Division of Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Medical Department, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- 1st Division of Internal Medicine and Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit, University Hospital, Ioannina, Greece
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- 1st Division of Internal Medicine and Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit, University Hospital, Ioannina, Greece
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- Medical Department, Dronning Ingrids Hospital, Nuuk, Greenland
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- 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, TCD, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, TCD, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- U.O. Gastroenterologia, Azienda Ospedaliera - Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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- Hospital de Vale de Sousa, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal; Institute of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Oporto Medical School, Porto, Portugal; Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Gastroenterology Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Gastroenterology Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Gastroenterology/UHL, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden; School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- St. Mark's Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Hull and York Medical School, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
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- Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Hull and York Medical School, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
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- Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Bruins H, Hernandez V, Veskimae E, Imamura M, Lam T, Neuberger M, Dahm P, Van Der Heijden A, Comperat E, Cowan N, De Santis M, Gakis G, Lebret T, Ribal M, Sherif A, Witjes J. 118 Does the extent of lymphadenectomy impact survival after radical cystectomy: A systematic review. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-9056(14)60119-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Burisch J, Pedersen N, Čuković-Čavka S, Brinar M, Kaimakliotis I, Duricova D, Shonová O, Vind I, Avnstrøm S, Thorsgaard N, Andersen V, Krabbe S, Dahlerup JF, Salupere R, Nielsen KR, Olsen J, Manninen P, Collin P, Tsianos EV, Katsanos KH, Ladefoged K, Lakatos L, Björnsson E, Ragnarsson G, Bailey Y, Odes S, Schwartz D, Martinato M, Lupinacci G, Milla M, De Padova A, D'Incà R, Beltrami M, Kupcinskas L, Kiudelis G, Turcan S, Tighineanu O, Mihu I, Magro F, Barros LF, Goldis A, Lazar D, Belousova E, Nikulina I, Hernandez V, Martinez-Ares D, Almer S, Zhulina Y, Halfvarson J, Arebi N, Sebastian S, Lakatos PL, Langholz E, Munkholm P. East-West gradient in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Europe: the ECCO-EpiCom inception cohort. Gut 2014. [PMID: 23604131 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2013-3046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing in Eastern Europe. The reasons for these changes remain unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate whether an East-West gradient in the incidence of IBD in Europe exists. DESIGN A prospective, uniformly diagnosed, population based inception cohort of IBD patients in 31 centres from 14 Western and eight Eastern European countries covering a total background population of approximately 10.1 million people was created. One-third of the centres had previous experience with inception cohorts. Patients were entered into a low cost, web based epidemiological database, making participation possible regardless of socioeconomic status and prior experience. RESULTS 1515 patients aged 15 years or older were included, of whom 535 (35%) were diagnosed with Crohn's disease (CD), 813 (54%) with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 167 (11%) with IBD unclassified (IBDU). The overall incidence rate ratios in all Western European centres were 1.9 (95% CI 1.5 to 2.4) for CD and 2.1 (95% CI 1.8 to 2.6) for UC compared with Eastern European centres. The median crude annual incidence rates per 100,000 in 2010 for CD were 6.5 (range 0-10.7) in Western European centres and 3.1 (range 0.4-11.5) in Eastern European centres, for UC 10.8 (range 2.9-31.5) and 4.1 (range 2.4-10.3), respectively, and for IBDU 1.9 (range 0-39.4) and 0 (range 0-1.2), respectively. In Western Europe, 92% of CD, 78% of UC and 74% of IBDU patients had a colonoscopy performed as the diagnostic procedure compared with 90%, 100% and 96%, respectively, in Eastern Europe. 8% of CD and 1% of UC patients in both regions underwent surgery within the first 3 months of the onset of disease. 7% of CD patients and 3% of UC patients from Western Europe received biological treatment as rescue therapy. Of all European CD patients, 20% received only 5-aminosalicylates as induction therapy. CONCLUSIONS An East-West gradient in IBD incidence exists in Europe. Among this inception cohort--including indolent and aggressive cases--international guidelines for diagnosis and initial treatment are not being followed uniformly by physicians.
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, , Copenhagen, Denmark
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Burisch J, Pedersen N, Čuković-Čavka S, Brinar M, Kaimakliotis I, Duricova D, Shonová O, Vind I, Avnstrøm S, Thorsgaard N, Andersen V, Krabbe S, Dahlerup JF, Salupere R, Nielsen KR, Olsen J, Manninen P, Collin P, Tsianos EV, Katsanos KH, Ladefoged K, Lakatos L, Björnsson E, Ragnarsson G, Bailey Y, Odes S, Schwartz D, Martinato M, Lupinacci G, Milla M, De Padova A, D'Incà R, Beltrami M, Kupcinskas L, Kiudelis G, Turcan S, Tighineanu O, Mihu I, Magro F, Barros LF, Goldis A, Lazar D, Belousova E, Nikulina I, Hernandez V, Martinez-Ares D, Almer S, Zhulina Y, Halfvarson J, Arebi N, Sebastian S, Lakatos PL, Langholz E, Munkholm P. East-West gradient in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Europe: the ECCO-EpiCom inception cohort. Gut 2014; 63:588-97. [PMID: 23604131 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2013-304636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 263] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing in Eastern Europe. The reasons for these changes remain unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate whether an East-West gradient in the incidence of IBD in Europe exists. DESIGN A prospective, uniformly diagnosed, population based inception cohort of IBD patients in 31 centres from 14 Western and eight Eastern European countries covering a total background population of approximately 10.1 million people was created. One-third of the centres had previous experience with inception cohorts. Patients were entered into a low cost, web based epidemiological database, making participation possible regardless of socioeconomic status and prior experience. RESULTS 1515 patients aged 15 years or older were included, of whom 535 (35%) were diagnosed with Crohn's disease (CD), 813 (54%) with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 167 (11%) with IBD unclassified (IBDU). The overall incidence rate ratios in all Western European centres were 1.9 (95% CI 1.5 to 2.4) for CD and 2.1 (95% CI 1.8 to 2.6) for UC compared with Eastern European centres. The median crude annual incidence rates per 100,000 in 2010 for CD were 6.5 (range 0-10.7) in Western European centres and 3.1 (range 0.4-11.5) in Eastern European centres, for UC 10.8 (range 2.9-31.5) and 4.1 (range 2.4-10.3), respectively, and for IBDU 1.9 (range 0-39.4) and 0 (range 0-1.2), respectively. In Western Europe, 92% of CD, 78% of UC and 74% of IBDU patients had a colonoscopy performed as the diagnostic procedure compared with 90%, 100% and 96%, respectively, in Eastern Europe. 8% of CD and 1% of UC patients in both regions underwent surgery within the first 3 months of the onset of disease. 7% of CD patients and 3% of UC patients from Western Europe received biological treatment as rescue therapy. Of all European CD patients, 20% received only 5-aminosalicylates as induction therapy. CONCLUSIONS An East-West gradient in IBD incidence exists in Europe. Among this inception cohort--including indolent and aggressive cases--international guidelines for diagnosis and initial treatment are not being followed uniformly by physicians.
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- Digestive Disease Centre, Medical Section, Herlev University Hospital, , Copenhagen, Denmark
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Rezzoug N, Hernandez V, Jacquier-Bret J, Gorce P. Comparison between model-based and measured force polytopes: towards isometric force capacity evaluation. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2013; 16 Suppl 1:172-4. [DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2013.815972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Bou R, García de Vicuña C, Calvo I, Nuñez E, Bravo B, Camacho M, Bustabad S, Rúa M, Solís P, Calvo C, Hernandez V, Carmona L, Antόn J. AB1192 Epidemiology of juvenile idiopathic artritis-associated uveitis in spain: Results from a national registry. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.1190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Trujillo E, Trujillo M, Ferraz I, Hernandez V, Delgado E, Flores M, Viotti J, de la Rosa C, Bustabad S. FRI0284 Urinary excretion of CTX-II as a prognostic biomarker in spondyloarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.2741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Jornet N, Carrasco P, Beltran M, Sáez J, Hernandez V, Calvo J, Escuder L, Quera J. PD-0232: Multicentre validation of IMRT pre-treatment verification: onsite versus external audit. Radiother Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)32538-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Hernandez V, Sempau J, Abella R, Lopez M, Perez M, Artigues M, Arenas M. A method for accurate zero calibration of asymmetric jaws in single-isocenter half-beam techniques. Med Phys 2013; 40:021706. [PMID: 23387729 DOI: 10.1118/1.4773314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To present a practical method for calibrating the zero position of asymmetric jaws that provides higher accuracy at the central axis and improves dose homogeneity in the abutting region of half-beams. METHODS Junction doses were measured for each asymmetric jaw using the double-exposure technique and electronic portal imaging devices. The junction dose was determined as a function of jaw position. The shift in the zero jaw position (or in its corresponding potentiometer readout) required to correct for the measured junction dose could thus be obtained. The jaw calibration was then modified to introduce the calculated shift and therefore achieve an accurate zero position in order to provide a relative junction dose that was as close to zero as possible. RESULTS All the asymmetric jaws from four medical linear accelerators were calibrated with the new calibration procedure. Measured relative junction doses at gantry 0° were reduced from a maximum of ±40% to a maximum of ±8% for all the jaws in the four considered accelerators. These results were valid for 6 MV and 18 MV photon beams and for any combination of asymmetric jaws set to zero. The calibration was stable over a long period of time; therefore, the need for recalibrating is seldom necessary. CONCLUSIONS Accurate calibration of the zero position of the jaws is feasible in current medical linear accelerators. The proposed procedure is fast and it improves dose homogeneity at the junction of half-beams, thus, allowing a more accurate and safer use of these techniques.
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- Department of Medical Physics, Hospital Sant Joan de Reus, 43204 Tarragona, Spain.
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Hernandez V, Pravincumar P, Diaz-Font A, May-Simera H, Jenkins D, Knight M, Beales PL. Bardet-Biedl syndrome proteins control cilia length through regulation of actin polymerisation. Cilia 2012. [PMCID: PMC3555844 DOI: 10.1186/2046-2530-1-s1-p88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Hernandez V, Coon BG, Madhivanan K, Mukherjee D, Hanna CB, Barinaga-Rementeria Ramirez I, Lowe M, Beales PL, Aguilar RC. The Lowe syndrome protein OCRL1 is involved in primary cilia assembly. Cilia 2012. [PMCID: PMC3555894 DOI: 10.1186/2046-2530-1-s1-p87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Rezzoug N, Jacquier-Bret J, Hernandez V, Gorce P. Biomechanical versus robotic indices to assess isometric force generation capabilities. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2012; 15 Suppl 1:153-5. [DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2012.713717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Canas A, Lopez-Sanchez L, Valverde A, Hernandez V, Lopez-Pedrera C, De la Haba-Rodriguez J, Aranda E, Rodriguez-Ariza A. 309 Maintenance of S-nitrosothiol Homeostasis Plays an Important Role in Growth Suppression in Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Tumors. Eur J Cancer 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(12)71003-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sierra A, Martinez A, Hernandez V, Baixeras N, Moreno V, Urruticoechea A, Andreu X, Seguí M, Ballester R, Castella E. 865 Biomarkers to Predict Brain Metastasis – Towards New Therapeutic Opportunities. Eur J Cancer 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(12)71498-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Hernandez V, Lopez M. PO-0935 USE OF DYNAMIC FIELD-MATCHING TO REDUCE UNCERTAINTIES IN THE MATCH REGION AND INCREASE ROBUSTNESS OF TREATMENT PLANS. Radiother Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(12)71268-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hernandez V, Sempau J. The influence of the field setup on the dosimetry of abutted fields in single-isocenter half-beam techniques. Med Phys 2011; 38:1468-72. [PMID: 21520858 DOI: 10.1118/1.3557882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To study the influence of the field setup on the dosimetry at the junction in single-isocenter half-beam techniques. METHODS The dosimetry at the junction for a two-field setup with the gantry at zero was first evaluated with radiochromic films. A three-field setup, with an anterior field and two opposed lateral fields, was also analyzed for two different relative positions of the fields involved. In all cases, the dose increase at the central axis, called the junction dose, was measured. RESULTS Junction doses varied greatly with the setup. For the three-field setup, the junction dose differed from that obtained with the two-field setup, and it greatly depended on the relative position of the fields. When the anterior field was closer to the gantry than the lateral fields, a field gap occurred and the junction dose was negative. When the anterior field was farther from the gantry than the lateral fields, a field overlap was obtained and the junction dose was positive. The difference in the junction dose between the three-field setups was around 18% for the three accelerators evaluated. CONCLUSIONS Having a uniform dose distribution for two fields at gantry 0 degrees does not guarantee a uniform distribution at other gantry angles. Junction doses are largely affected by the relative position of the radiation fields, which may have an impact in clinical practice. Therefore, any method aiming to assess or to optimize the dose homogeneity at the junction should take this effect into account.
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- V Hernandez
- Department of Medical Physics, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, 43201 Tarragona, Spain.
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Chamorro S, Pozo G, Jarpa M, Hernandez V, Becerra J, Vidal G. Monitoring endocrine activity in kraft mill effluent treated by aerobic moving bed bioreactor system. Water Sci Technol 2010; 62:154-161. [PMID: 20595766 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A Moving Bed Bioreactor (MBBR) was operated at three different hydraulic retention times for a period of 414 days. The fate of the extractive compounds and the estrogenic activity of the Pinus radiata kraft mill effluents were evaluated using Yeast Estrogen Screen (YES) and gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS) detection. Results show that the MBBR reactor is able to remove between 80-83% of estrogenic activity present in the kraft mill Pinus radiata influent, where the values of the effluent's estrogenic activity ranged between 0.123-0.411 ng L(-1), expressed as estrogenic equivalent (EEqs) of 17-a-ethynylestradiol (EE2 eq.). Additionally, the biomass of the MBBR reactor accumulated estrogenic activity ranging between 0.29-0.37 ng EEqs EE2 during the different Hydraulic Retention Time (HRT) operations. The main groups present in pulp mills effluents, corresponding to fatty acids, hydrocarbons, phenols, sterols and triterpenes, were detected by solid phase extraction (SPE) and gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The results suggest that the sterols produce the estrogenic activity in the evaluated effluent.
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- S Chamorro
- Environmental Science Center EULA-Chile, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
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Hernandez V, Arenas M, Pons F, Sempau J. A general analytical solution to the geometrical problem of field matching in radiotherapy. Med Phys 2009; 36:4191-6. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3183498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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