Until recently, the division of pulmonary carcinomas into small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and
non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was adequate for therapy selection. Due to the …

Purpose: Update of a clinical practice guideline for the physiotherapy management of
patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease supporting the clinical decision-making …

Recently, portable sleep recording devices became an accepted alternative to polysomnography
(PSG) for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) diagnosis in patients with a high pre-test …

Hypoxia initiates an intracellular signaling pathway leading to the activation of the transcription
factor hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1). HIF-1 activity is regulated through different …

Premature senescence of human diploid fibroblasts (HDFs) can be induced by exposures to
a variety of oxidative stress and DNA damaging agents. In this study we developed a robust …

Fifty patients affected by sickle cell anaemia underwent transplantation of HLA-identical
haematopoietic stem cells (bone marrow, 48; cord blood, 2). Two groups of patients were …

We used a high-resolution ultrasound to make electrical recordings from the transversus
abdominis muscle in humans. The behavior of this muscle was then compared with that of the …

BACKGROUND The purposes of this study were to identify prognostic factors for response
to chemotherapy, overall survival, and long term survival of patients with small cell lung …

The reaction He 6+ Zn 64 was studied in order to investigate the effects of the projectile
neutron-halo structure on the reaction mechanism at energies around the Coulomb barrier. …

Early detection and treatment are critical for improving the outcome of patients with cancer 1
. Understanding the largely uncharted biology of carcinogenesis requires deciphering …