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101. Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2020 - The doctors want to protect you from any harm caused by the radiation, especially to the healthy tissues … machines let doctors better focus the beams on your tumor and lessen the radiation that hits healthy tissues … with the right amount (dose) of radiation Limit the radiation that hits healthy organs and other tissues

102. Interventional Treatments for Acute and Chronic Pain: Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2021 - Unlike continuous radiofrequency, it is not intended to destroy nerve tissue; rather, it is thought to … It also does not address orthopedic procedures such as intra-articular or soft tissue corticosteroid, … hyaluronic acid, or soft tissue or non-spinal intra-articular platelet rich plasma injections. … Minimally invasive surgical procedures Orthopedic intra-articular and soft tissue injections Local … soft tissue injections Other interventional procedures and conditions not listed as included

103. Local Therapies for Unresectable Colorectal Cancer Metastases to the Liver: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - The procedure uses repetitive freezing and thawing of the tissue to produce necrosis and irreversible … The procedure aims to generate tissue temperatures of 90 to 100°C, which produces protein denaturation … tumor, as compared to systemic chemotherapy, while maintaining low levels of toxicity in the normal tissue … images to shape radiation beams to the exact size and shape of the tumor, thereby sparing nearby healthy tissues … Mechanisms of Tissue Injury in Cryosurgery. Cryobiology 1998;37(3):171-86.

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     Colonic Diseases Colonoscopy Colorectal Cancer Concussion Congenital Heart Defects Connective Tissue

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     Colonic Diseases Colonoscopy Colorectal Cancer Concussion Congenital Heart Defects Connective Tissue

106. Osteoarthritis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 14, 2023 - Cartilage is the slippery tissue that covers the ends of bones in a joint.

107. Colon-Cancer-Gene-Profiling Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 13, 2012 - subdivided into IIA (T3 tumors that invade through the muscularis propria into the pericolorectal tissues … What types of tissue specimens (e.g., frozen tissue) are analyzed for the GEP? c. … into consideration in reviewing studies: • For prospective-retrospective studies, was archived tissue … ((DNA or cDNA or tissue) adj (fingerprint$ or microarray$)).tw. 9. … o Type(s) of tissue used (e.g., fresh tissue) o Time for analysis (turnaround time) • Inclusion and

108. Leg Injuries and Disorders | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 24, 2017 - Disorders Description Your legs are made up of bones, blood vessels, muscles, and other connective tissue

109. Interventions To Decrease Hospital Length of Stay | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2022 - toward favoring intervention Baratloo et al. 2018 Telestroke-based systems vs. bedside (face-to-face) Tissue … toward favoring intervention Baratloo et al. 2018 Telestroke-based systems vs. bedside (face-to-face) Tissue … toward favoring intervention Baratloo et al. 2018 Telestroke-based systems vs. bedside (face-to-face) Tissue … reduce early mortality low Baratloo et al. 2018 Telestroke-based systems vs. bedside (face-to-face) Tissue … reduce early mortality low Baratloo et al. 2018 Telestroke-based systems vs. bedside (face-to-face) Tissue

110. Prostate-Cancer-Therapies-Update Consumer (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - Another doctor called a pathologist (puh-THOL-o-jist) looks at the tissue under a microscope to check … � T4: The cancer has grown outside the prostate gland into nearby tissues, such as the rectum or … The surgeon may also remove lymph nodes or other tissues around the prostate gland to check if the … The goal is to aim the beams only at the cancer cells and not to hurt the healthy tissues around the

111. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 27, 2012 - The procedure uses repetitive freezing and thawing of the tissue to produce necrosis and irreversible … tissue damage between -20 to -40 °C.9, 10 o Radiofrequency ablation—is performed by generating an … The procedure aims to generate tissue temperatures of 90 to 100°C, which produces protein denaturation … to shape radiation beams to the exact size and shape of the tumor, thereby sparing nearby healthy tissues … Mechanisms of Tissue Injury in Cryosurgery. Cryobiology 1998;37(3):171-86. PMID: 9787063 10.

112. Local Therapies for Unresectable Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Injections into the tissue or into the blood vessel feeding the tissue leads to cell death by destroying … to the tumor target while simultaneously reducing the amount of photons reaching normal surrounding tissue … images to shape radiation beams to the exact size and shape of the tumor, thereby sparing nearby healthy tissues … of a high dose of radiation to a tumor while significantly reducing the dose to surrounding normal tissue … localized doses of β-radiation to the tumor, while minimizing radiation exposure to the surrounding tissue

113. Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - addressed are whether any of these modalities is more effective than the others: (1) in reducing normal tissue

114. Effectiveness of Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Typically, suspicious lesions are evaluated with tissue biopsy, either by excision or by needle sampling

115. Peripheral Arterial Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 29, 2013 - If severe enough, blocked blood flow can cause tissue death and can sometimes lead to amputation of the

116. Kidney Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 07, 2016 - Kidney biopsy - a procedure that involves taking a small piece of kidney tissue for examination with

117. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - of the essential amino acid phenylalanine, leading to a buildup of phenylalanine in the blood and tissues

118. Breast Abnormalities Update Surveillance Assessment_CER 47_Low (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - noninvasive tests to be evaluated are: Ultrasound (conventional B-mode, color Doppler, power Doppler, tissue … Ultrasound (Tissue Harmonics) Only one study of 91 lesions reported on the accuracy of tissue harmonic … noninvasive tests to be evaluated are: Ultrasound (conventional B-mode, color Doppler, power Doppler, tissue … New Evidence: Ultrasound (Tissue Harmonics) Only one study of 91 lesions reported … on the accuracy of tissue harmonic ultrasound methods. 68 New Evidence:

119. Data Points #15: Prognostic factor testing among older women with ductal carcinoma in situ and early invasive breast cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - In invasive breast cancer, removed tissue is tested for estrogen receptors (ERs), progesterone receptors … Lymph node testing is used to detect whether the cancer has progressed beyond the breast tissue.

120. Technical Brief: Use and Safety of Positional MRI in the Management of Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - imaging tool for rheumatologic, orthopedic and neurologic conditions, as it can better delineate soft tissue … Also, because histologically different tissues (as well as healthy and pathologic forms of the same tissue