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81. Imaging Techniques for the Surveillance, Diagnosis, and Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 25, 2013 - Imaging Techniques for the Surveillance, Diagnosis, and Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Timeline September 21, 2012 Topic Initiated July 25, 2013 Research Protocol Archived Imaging Techniques for the Surveillance, Diagnosis, and Staging of Hepatocel…

82. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - Effective Health Care Topic Number: 0407 Document Completion Date: 02-14-12 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Primary diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, c…

83. Topic 0502 Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer NSD FINAL_SJ (pdf file)
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    March 06, 2013 - How do tumor characteristics (stage, grade, multiplicity, size, molecular and genetic alterations) … Initial treatment for this stage of bladder cancer usually involves surgical removal of the tumor through

84. Renal-Cancer Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    April 20, 2015 - due to renal cell carcinoma are driven by the failure of systemic treatments in metastatic (later stage … Localized renal cell carcinoma (stage T1N0M0, ≤ 7 cm in diameter; stage T2N0M0, > 7 cm in diameter) … Given the increased incidence in early, low-stage tumors without improvement in cancer-related deaths … T1, and > 85% for stage T2 tumors). … Kane, C.J., et al., Renal cell cancer stage migration: analysis of the National Cancer Data Base.

85. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 273_Treatment of Stages I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2024 - insufficient to • Evidence remains uncertain for other comparisons including local excision versus CRT for stage … insufficient for remaining comparisons (not shown in Table A) including local excision for early-stage

86. Pressure-Ulcer-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2013 - Common pressure ulcer sites Stage: I Intact skin with … Stage: III Full thickness tissue loss. … Stage: IV Full thickness tissue loss with exposed bone, tendon or muscle. … Stage I is defined as superficial erythema, stage II as partial thickness ulceration, stage III as … used the corresponding NPUAP stage in summary tables and text when possible.

87. Disposition of Comments for CER 167 Renal Masses (pdf file)
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    February 24, 2016 - The ES now reports stage-specific outcomes. b. … The Woldu paper also had too few patients (262 of 1306) in the Stage 3 group, with only 74 Stage 3B … Takagi showed benefit of NSS for those with baseline GFR 45-59 (Stage 3A) but not Stage 3B. … of stage III or greater patients. … of stage III or greater patients.

88. Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: An Update of a 2008 Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 29, 2013 - grouping) to determine the overall stage, which is commonly reported in Roman figures (Stages I, IIA … , IIB, III, and IV), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being the most advanced. … of 7, or a clinical stage of T2b but not qualifying for high risk High risk (roughly corresponding … to stage IIB): a PSA level of more than 20 ng/mL, a Gleason score of 8–10, or a clinical stage of T2c … stratified by stage.

89. Prostate-Cancer-Therapies-Update Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2013 - Lymph node (N) stages Stage Description NX Nearby lymph nodes were not assessed N0 The cancer has … , IIB, III, and IV), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being the most advanced. … for high risk • High risk (roughly corresponding to stage IIB): a PSA level of more than 20 ng/mL, … Prostate cancer that is believed to be confined to the prostate gland (T1–T2, NX, M0; or stage I–II) … not stratified by stage.

90. Treatment of Stages I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    October 31, 2023 - • Evidence remains uncertain for other comparisons including local excision versus CRT for stage … Stage Definition I T1 (tumor ≤2 cm in greatest dimension), no nodal involvement (N0), and no distant … of total sample), whereas the smaller RCT (n=110)8 reported no cases of stage IV cancer at baseline … Treatment compliance in early-stage anal cancer. … Management of Stage I Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal.

91. Liver-Cancer Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    July 24, 2013 - all individuals with other causes for cirrhosis (including alcoholic cirrhosis), and patients with stage … imaging techniques are available to identify the presence of lesions, diagnose HCC, and determine the stage … There is clinical uncertainty about which imaging technique to use to diagnose and stage HCC. … What is the comparative test performance of imaging techniques to predict HCC tumor stage? i. … Outcomes Diagnostic outcomes include: • Measures for accuracy of staging (stage reclassification).

92. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis and Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (pdf file)
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    October 23, 2014 - Clearly the goal of any surveillance program is the detection of a deadly disease at a curable stage … Peer Reviewer #5 Introduction The introduction provides the necessary background to set the stage … Many of the studies evaluating imaging for staging HCC have used the TNM stage, but this is not the … For each stage of care, appropriate testing and treatment are outlined. … That is, changes in therapeutic management or stage reclassification are appropriate terminal points

93. Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer's-type Dementia (CATD) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 27, 2018 - Reasons for exclusion at this stage will be reported. … For individual CATD treatment studies, for each outcome of interest (i.e., stage, global cognition and … Based on the frequency with which they are reported, we will decide which specific stage, cognitive ( … than at CATD stage, so that recognizing CATD currently is a higher priority than recognizing MCI. … There was some TEP confusion about whether the protocol would look at CATD stage as a potential

94. Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer's-type Dementia (CATD) (pdf file)
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    November 02, 2018 - age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, depression, pre-treatment cognitive or functional level/CATD stage … Reasons for exclusion at this stage will be reported. … Based on the frequency with which they are reported, we will decide which specific stage, cognitive … than at CATD stage, so that recognizing CATD currently is a higher priority than recognizing MCI. … Specified that we would determine which validated stage, cognitive, functional, quality of life,

95. Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis and Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 23, 2014 - Current Page Topic Timeline Sep. 21, 2012 Topic Initiated Jul. 25, 2013 Research Protocol Oct. 23, 2014 Systematic Review Jan. 29, 2015 Disposition of Comments Report Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis and Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Systematic Review Archived October 23, 2014 Web Version [NLM Site] Down…

96. Technical Brief 16 Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
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    July 29, 2014 - Framework: ACP (and thus tools for ACP) vary by the target group’s stage of life and health. … These are real decisions for person in stage 1 of ACP (healthy) and they are appropriately not focused … In stage one (healthy), a key index decision is “Who will be my surrogate if one should be needed?” … For someone in stage three (advanced stage of serious illness), a proxy decision is still critical if … At what stage of disease? Should the doctor be allowed to initiate this discussion?

97. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    March 13, 2012 - I) to the upper abdomen (FIGO Stage III).10 The possibility of rapid spread from the ovary means that … many cancers identified at Stage I may represent a subgroup of less aggressive tumors rather than a … Ovarian cancer can either be detected at a given stage or progress to the next stage prior to detection … I cancer Undetected Stage I cancer Detected Stage II cancer Undetected Stage II cancer … Detected Stage III cancer Undetected Stage III cancer Detected Stage IV cancer Undetected

98. Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Renal Dialysis Patients | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 17, 2008 - (For example, an ethnic group, stage or severity of a disease.) … Health Care Program None Biomarkers for Assessing and Managing Iron Deficiency Anemia in Late-Stage

99. Comparative Effectiveness of Intravenous Iron Formulations in the Treatment of Anemia in End Stage Renal Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 24, 2012 - Comparative Effectiveness of Intravenous Iron Formulations in the Treatment of Anemia in End Stage Renal

100. Treatment of Non-metastatic Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 21, 2014 - and adjacent structures. 5 Bladder cancers that have not invaded the bladder smooth muscle layer (stage … Stage 2 cancers are muscle-invasive, and higher stage cancers invade beyond the muscle layer into surrounding … fat (stage classification T3 bladder cancer). … Stage T4a cancers, which go beyond the fat into the prostate, vaginal wall, or uterus, are also still … Approximately 25 percent of newly diagnosed bladder cancers present as stage 2 or higher tumors. 6 Once