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201. Antinuclear Antibody, Rheumatoid Factor, and Cyclic-Citrullinated Peptide Tests for Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complaints in Children | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - adjunct to a clinical assessment that suggests the presence of an inflammatory arthritis or connective tissue

202. Topic Brief: Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2022 - therapy aim to reduce treatment time, facilitate convenience, and/or limit radiation exposure to normal tissue … technique, and has been shown to accomplish some of these aims.3 As part of PBI, radiation is delivered to tissue … short- and long-term harms(e.g., Radiation Therapy Oncology Group scores and Late Effects Normal Tissue … short- and long-term harms (e.g., Radiation Therapy Oncology Group scores and Late Effects Normal Tissue … short- and long- term harms (e.g., Radiation Therapy Oncology Group scores and Late Effects Normal Tissue

203. Disposition of Comments Report for Biomarkers for Assessing and Managing Iron Deficiency Anemia in Late-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/chronic-kidney-disease-anemia-2011_disposition-comments.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - considered for future research is whether any of the tests substantially outperform ferritin in detecting tissue … The question of using ferritin in detecting tissue iron overload and in predicting adverse clinical … Do any of the tests substantially outperform ferritin in detecting tissue overload (rather than inflammation … The question of using ferritin in detecting tissue iron overload and in predicting adverse clinical

204. Venous-Ulcers-Treatment-Future Research (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - of infection or a biopsy site to acquire adequate cells for growth. 14 o Xenografts are tissues … However, this process is non-selective and will damage healthy, granulating tissues. … Collagenase digests the collagen in necrotic tissue while sparing healthy tissue and allowing for generation … and proliferation of granulation tissue. … Standard terms that describe wound bed appearances and a means of quantifying wound bed tissues need

205. Cer-265-Radiation-Bone-Disease-Addendum-App (xls file)
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     October 12, 2023 - 1: 2 vs. 1 Grade 2: 1 vs. 1 Grade 3: 0 vs. 1 Grade 4: 0 vs. 0 Grade 5: 0 vs. 0 Musculoskeletal/Soft Tissue

206. C- Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 05, 2010 - 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) contain different concentrations of hydrogen atoms, their respective radiofrequency emissions

207. Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer: Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - CER asked whether any of these modalities is more effective than the others: 1) in reducing normal tissue … precise dose calculations than achieved with 2DRT by taking into account axial anatomy and complex tissue … precise conformity of the radiation to the tumor volume, with very rapid dose fall-off in surrounding tissues … a high dose of ionizing radiation conformally to the target volume while sparing uninvolved, normal tissues … are needed to ablate a tumor and sterilize the tumor margins, minimizing damage to adjacent normal tissues

208. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Typically, inverse treatment planning algorithms; pencil beam algorithms for dose calculation; and tissue

209. Biomarkers for Assessing and Managing Iron Deficiency Anemia in Late-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease: Future Research Needs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - ferritin and transferring saturation (TSAT) are the most widely used, reflect either the level of iron in tissue

210. Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment and Prevention: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - 1,6 Pressure ulcers are caused by long periods of uninterrupted pressure exerted on the skin, soft tissue … , muscle, and bone, leading to the development of localized ischemia, tissue inflammation, tissue anoxia … and age, continence, mobility, Malnutrition Screening Tool score, and special risk factors including tissue

211. Rheumatoid Arthritis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 16, 2018 - autoimmune disease , which means the arthritis results from your immune system attacking your body's own tissues

212. Chapter 11: Challenges in and Principles for Conducting Systematic Reviews of Genetic Tests Used as Predictive Indicators | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - identical genotype results. 16,19–23 However, DNA may be more difficult to obtain and purify from some tissues … than from blood, particularly if the tissues have been fixed in paraffin versus fresh samples. … (DNA extraction from formalin-fixed tissue is difficult, but sometimes possible). 16 Some studies utilize … , admixture of normal and cancerous tissue, amount of necrosis, timing of collection, and storage technique … and discrepancy rates for methods [e.g., FISH, IHC, etc.] used to analyze HER2 status in breast tumor tissue

213. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 11 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - identical genotype results.16,19–23 However, DNA may be more difficult to obtain and purify from some tissues … than from blood, particularly if the tissues have been fixed in paraffin versus fresh samples. … (DNA extraction from formalin-fixed tissue is difficult, but sometimes possible).16 Some studies … , admixture of normal and cancerous tissue, amount of necrosis, timing of collection, and storage technique … discrepancy rates for methods [e.g., FISH, IHC, etc.] used to analyze HER2 status in breast tumor tissue

214. Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in Management of Asthma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2019 - effectiveness and safety of bronchial thermoplasty (BT), a procedure that uses heat to remove muscle tissue

215. Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - e.g., androgen deprivation therapy [ADT]) Interstitial brachytherapy A strategy whereby tumor tissue … A procedure that applies high-intensity focused ultrasound energy to locally heat and destroy tumor tissue

216. Linking Dental Services to Treatment Outcomes for Diabetes: A Rapid Response Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2024 - by the loss of ability to adequately control blood glucose levels due to insulin resistance in body tissues … worldwide and encompasses a range of severities ranging from mild gingivitis to severe loss of connective tissue … Neutrophils in the Periodontium: Interactions with Pathogens and Roles in Tissue Homeostasis and Inflammation

217. Particle Beam Radiation Therapies for Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - charged particles can potentially deliver maximal doses while minimizing irradiation of surrounding tissues

218. An Evidence Review of Active Surveillance in Men with Localized Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - This was the wording of the original Key Question; it refers to the tissue cores obtained through biopsy … In contrast conventional external beam radiation therapy delivers radiation to all involved tissue, … diseased and normal, with targeted tissue receiving 60-70% of the intended dose. … outside the prostate, that tissue response per unit dose between protons and x-rays is virtually … identical, and that radiation damages normal tissues and healthy organs, there are ethical questions

219. Disposition of Comments Report for Core Needle and Open Surgical Biopsy for Diagnosis of Breast Lesions: An Update to the 2009 Report (pdf file)
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     September 10, 2014 - Ultrasound is the standard of care and first choice for any soft tissue mass that is visible with ultrasound … are misleading and not in compliance with the current ASCO/CAP guidelines for processing of breast tissue … The use of rapid fixation and/or tissue processing could introduce processing artifact and affect tissue … Because our selection criteria did not specify a specific breast biopsy tissue processing method, we … The biopsy is a procedure to gather tissue for the further evaluation of a suspicious lesions…perhaps

220. head-neck-cancer-update-140204 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/head-neck-cancer-update_research-protocol.pdf
     February 04, 2014 - CER asked whether any of these modalities is more effective than the others: 1) in reducing normal tissue … precise dose calculations than achieved with 2DRT by taking into account axial anatomy and complex tissue … precise conformity of the radiation to the tumor volume, with very rapid dose fall-off in surrounding tissues … high dose of ionizing radiation conformally to the target volume while sparing uninvolved, normal tissues … are needed to ablate a tumor and sterilize the tumor margins, minimizing damage to adjacent normal tissues