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101. 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

102. 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

103. Data Points #10: Proton beam radiotherapy in the U.S. Medicare population: growth in use between 2006 and 2009 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 07, 2012 - most of their energy during the final portion of their trajectory, they diminish the risk of damage to tissue

104. Cirrhosis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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105. head-neck-cancer-update-140204 (pdf file)
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     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

106. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - uncontrolled metabolic disorder, hyperuricemia, in which uric acid crystals are deposited in body tissues … which are purported to secrete a wide variety of growth factors and cytokines, and may promote tissue … PRP therapy has been used by high-profile athletes to speed their recovery process after soft tissue … . 32 MSCs isolated from these different tissues are purported to exhibit differences in their ability … Connective tissue diseases: Belimumab for systemic lupus erythematosus: breaking through?

107. Treatment for Fetal Atrioventricular Block in Pregnant Individuals with Anti-SSA and Anti-SSB Antibodies (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - The maternal autoantibodies likely damage the conduction tissues and myocardium of the fetal heart leading … autoantibodies associated with fetal AVB are typically found in persons giving birth who have connective tissue

108. Refining Key Questions: Interactive Case Study Quiz
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     May 01, 2010 - factor (e.g., on damaged tissue), it activates factors IX and X to initiate the clotting leading to … This normal physiological mechanism suggests that rFVIIa activity is targeted to areas of tissue damage … This mechanism is relatively specific to areas of tissue damage. … The coagulopathy develops when there is tissue injury in combination with hypotension. … J Clin Rehabil Tissue Eng Res 2009;13:3580-4. Lodge JPA, Jonas S, Jones RM, et al.

109. Refining Key Questions: Interactive Case Study Quiz
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     May 01, 2010 - factor (e.g., on damaged tissue), it activates factors IX and X to initiate the clotting leading to … This normal physiological mechanism suggests that rFVIIa activity is targeted to areas of tissue damage … This mechanism is relatively specific to areas of tissue damage. … The coagulopathy develops when there is tissue injury in combination with hypotension. … J Clin Rehabil Tissue Eng Res 2009;13:3580-4. Lodge JPA, Jonas S, Jones RM, et al.

110. Biopsy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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111. Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment and Prevention: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 10, 2012 - 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

112. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 10, 2012 - 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 … age, continence, mobility, Malnutrition Screening Tool score, and special risk factors including tissue

113. Retinal Disorders | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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114. Breast-Biopsy-Update Executive (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - available: fine-needle aspiration, biopsy with a hollow core needle, or open surgical retrieval of tissue … Fine-needle aspiration samples cells and does not assess tissue architecture, is generally considered … Core-needle biopsy, which retrieves a sample of tissue, and open surgical procedures are the most frequently … For example, some biopsy procedures may retrieve larger amounts of tissue, improving test performance … , but the retrieval of larger amounts of tissue may also result in more complications, such as bleeding

115. Breast-Abnormalities-Tests-Update Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2010 - morphological characteristics of the breast lesion; the presence of calcifications; the density of the breast tissue … Harmonic ultrasound: Ultrasound waves develop harmonics as they pass through breast tissue. … Positron emission tomography: A method of imaging the metabolic patterns of tissues by tracking the … Scintimammography: A method of imaging metabolic patterns of tissues by tracking the metabolism of a … Ultrasound: a method of imaging anatomy by observing the reflections of high- frequency sound waves off of tissues

116. Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2015 - 3D) images with the intended purpose of improving effective- ness while reducing toxicity to normal tissues

117. Systematic Review Update: Noninvasive Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2019 - pain, often defined as pain lasting longer than 3 to 6 months or persisting past the normal time for tissue … chronic pain (defined as pain lasting 12 weeks or longer or pain persisting past the time for normal tissue … Question a Chronic pain is defined as pain lasting ≥ 12 weeks or pain persisting past the normal time for tissue … chronic pain (defined as pain lasting 12 weeks or longer or pain persisting past the time for normal tissue

118. Peritoneal Disorders | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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119. Disposition of Comments for Pressure Ulcer Treatment Strategies: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2013 - tool combines surface area (a continuous outcome) with two categorical outcomes (for exudate and tissue … Many cannot discriminate new white epithelium at the wound edge from “macerated” tissue except by … Introduction Compression-induced damage and internal tissue strains are related. … The definition of “unstageable” and suspected deep tissue injury” pressure ulcers should be included … Compression- induced damage and internal tissue strains are related.

120. Imaging Tests for the Staging of Colorectal Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 21, 2013 - continuing until age 75 years. 7 Diagnosis is usually established through histopathological examination of tissue … CT scanner to create a 3-dimensional image of the interior of the colon (as well as the surrounding tissues … tumor (including the depth of invasion into the bowel wall) and its association with the surrounding tissues … Reference Standards To Assess Test Performance Histopathological examination of tissue Intraoperative … It has not reached any nearby organs or tissues.