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41. 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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    September 13, 2012 - 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.

42. Interventional Treatments for Acute and Chronic Pain: Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 17, 2020 - Like standard radiofrequency ablation, the cooled radiofrequency procedure ablates nerve tissue thought … 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

43. Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Patients With Stage II Colon Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 13, 2012 - now 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? … taken into consideration in reviewing studies: For prospective-retrospective studies, was archived tissue … ((DNA or cDNA or tissue) adj (fingerprint$ or microarray$)).tw. 9. … Type(s) of tissue used (e.g., fresh tissue) Time for analysis (turnaround time) Inclusion and exclusion

44. uterine-fibroids-protocol-160301 (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2016 - Gyncare  Morcellex  Tissue  Morcellator   Ethicon  Inc.   … Lasersonics  Tissue  Morcellator  Set   Heraeus  Surgical  Inc.   … Coherent  Tissue  Morcellator  Kit  And  Accessories   Lumenis  Inc.   … Lumenis  Versacut  Tissue  Morcellator  System   Lumenis  Inc.   … Versacut  +  Tissue  Morcellator   Lumenis  Ltd.  

45. Topic 0554 Breastfeeding and Ankyloglossia NSD FINAL SJ (pdf file)
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    June 14, 2013 - is a condition in which the tongue is limited in range of motion due to tight or short sublingual tissue

46. Is Lung Cancer Screening Right for Me? A decision aid for people considering lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography. (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2016 - people with a false alarm, 18 will have an invasive procedure such as a biopsy (a tiny piece of lung tissue … scans with higher amounts of radiation, other tests to look at the lungs, and taking samples of lung tissue … Finding other things that are not lung cancer Screening can find heart disease or thickened tissue in

47. Is Lung Cancer Screening Right for Me? A decision aid for people considering lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography. (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2016 - people with a false alarm, 18 will have an invasive procedure such as a biopsy (a tiny piece of lung tissue … scans with higher amounts of radiation, other tests to look at the lungs, and taking samples of lung tissue … Finding other things that are not lung cancer Screening can find heart disease or thickened tissue in

48. Local Therapies for Unresectable Colorectal Cancer Metastases to the Liver: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 31, 2012 - 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.

49. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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    March 14, 2013 - a condition in which the tongue is limited in range of motion because of tight or short sublingual tissue … a condition in which the tongue is limited in range of motion because of tight or short sublingual tissue

50. 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

51. 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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    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

52. Particle Beam Radiation Therapies for Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 14, 2009 - charged particles can potentially deliver maximal doses while minimizing irradiation of surrounding tissues

53. Treating Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 21, 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 bladder … The surgeon may also remove lymph nodes or other tissues around the prostate gland to check if the cancer … The goal is to aim the beams only at the cancer cells and not to hurt the healthy tissues around the

54. 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

55. 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.

56. Antinuclear Antibody, Rheumatoid Factor, and Cyclic-Citrullinated Peptide Tests for Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complaints in Children | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 07, 2012 - adjunct to a clinical assessment that suggests the presence of an inflammatory arthritis or connective tissue

57. Interventions for Feeding and Nutrition in Cerebral Palsy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 20, 2013 - highest rates of reported harms in any study were minor site infection (59%), formation of granulation tissue

58. 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

59. 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:

60. Technical Brief: Whole Body Vibration Therapy for Osteoporosis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 09, 2010 - Osteoporosis is a disease of the skeletal system characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue … understood. 31,32 One hypothesis is that vibration signals are transmitted and amplified into bone tissue … Animal studies demonstrated that vibration increases the anabolic (bone building) activity of bone tissue … The anabolic activity of bone tissue, suppressed by disuse, is normalized by brief exposure to extremely