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41. Primary Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Research Protocol (pdf file)
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    April 17, 2024 - The higher alpha/beta ratio of surrounding tissues, such as the rectum, compared to prostate cancer, … can improve therapeutic outcomes by increasing treatment efficacy while reducing damage to healthy tissue … Alpha/beta ratio: A radiobiological parameter used to describe the sensitivity of tissue to radiation … higher burden of cancer, often used to enhance treatment efficacy while sparing surrounding healthy tissue … Organs at risk (OARs): Critical normal tissues near the target area of radiation that must be protected

42. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0119_06-17-2009.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - of the essential amino acid phenylalanine, leading to a buildup of phenylalanine in the blood and tissues

43. Pressure Ulcer Treatment Strategies: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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44. Computerized Definitions Showed High Positive Predictive Values for Identifying Reasons for Hospitalizations in a Medicaid Population with Rheumatoid Arthritis (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rheumatoid-arthritis-hospitalizations_research.pdf
    October 01, 2008 - was accompanied by the isolation/identification of pathogenic microorganisms from normally sterile tissue … disease required the identification or isolation of Streptococcus pneumoniae from normally sterile tissue … hospitalization and they were accompanied by the identification/isolation of specific organisms from tissue … Among confirmed cases, 34 (94%) had positive blood cultures and 2 had positive cultures from other tissues

45. Topic 0610 CE of Treatments for Uterine Fibroids NSD FINAL (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0745-141009.pdf
    September 03, 2014 - .) § Uterine leiomyomata, or fibroids, are benign growths of smooth muscle and connective tissue anchored

46. Radiotherapy-Proton-Beam Research (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2012 - of their energy during the final portion of their trajectory, they diminish the risk of damage to tissue … skeleton Solid tumors in children up to 18‡ Other: Pituitary and pineal gland tumors Soft tissue … allows dose escalation to the tumor site while minimizing the unintended consequences in ad- jacent tissue … First, concerns about impotence, incontinence, and procitis caused by radiation damage to adjacent tissue

47. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ischemic-stroke-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
    February 19, 2010 - long-term disability and stroke-related mortality.14 Some thrombolytic agents, including recombinant tissue … Tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med 1995;333:1581-7. 17. … Expansion of the time window for treatment of acute ischemic stroke with intravenous tissue plasminogen … NINDS National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke OR Odds Ratio rtPA Recombinant tissue

48. Osteoporosis-Vibration-Therapy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - 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

49. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2008 - provides the precise adjusted dose of radiation to target organs, with less irradiation of healthy tissues … permits improved dose distribution (delivering higher dose to the tumor with lower dose to normal tissue … Tissue ablation of the prostate is achieved by intense heat focused on the identified cancerous area … IMRT provides at least as good a radiation dose to the prostate with less radiation to the surrounding tissues … IMRT provides at least as good a radiation dose to the tumor with less radiation to the surrounding tissues

50. Topic 0533 Postpartum Hemorrhage NSD FINALsj (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0652-131114.pdf
    May 15, 2013 - musculature (tone), trauma to the uterus or the genital tract (trauma), retention of the placenta (tissue

51. Scleroderma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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52. Cirrhosis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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53. Physiologic Predictors of the Need for Trauma Center Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/predictors-trauma-care_research-protocol.pdf
    May 31, 2017 - led to proposals to consider new potential indicators such as complexity/variability of heart rate, tissue … predictive utility of measures of respiratory compromise, (e.g., ventilatory support, respiration rate, tissue … Recently released devices are commercially available, including heart rate and tissue perfusion monitors … airway and (intervention or management)).mp. 11 (respira* and (rate or effort)).mp. 12 ("tissue … [mp=title, abstract, full text, keywords, caption text] (2033) 4 ("tissue oxygen saturation" or

54. Palliative radiation therapy for bone metastases: Update of an ASTRO Evidence-Based Guideline (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2017 - previous treatment including prior radiation at or near current site of treatment, tumor and normal tissue … symptomatic, peripheral bonemetastases should be considered for retreatment while adhering to normal tissue … 1 month after initial treatment should be considered for EBRT retreatment while adhering to normal tissue … KQs 4 and 5, which cover reirradiation, were updated to emphasize the need for adherence to normal tissue … 1 month after initial treatment should be considered for EBRT retreatmentwhile adhering to normal tissue

55. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies_research-protocol.pdf
    February 22, 2012 - the tumor volume, while attempting to minimize adverse effects of radiation on adjacent normal lung tissue … It encompasses the tumor and a significant margin of normal tissue to avoid missing any part of the … , including radiation pneumonitis and permanent loss of noncancerous lung tissue. … sessions (generally 3–8 fractions), with the potential to cause less damage to surrounding normal tissue … energy within the tumor; thus, this type of treatment may cause less damage to surrounding healthy tissue

56. Biopsy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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57. Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-therapies-update_clinician.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - (e.g., androgen deprivation therapy [ADT]) Interstitial brachytherapy: a strategy whereby tumor tissue … procedure that applies high-intensity focused ultrasound energy to locally heat and destroy tumor tissue

58. Evidence Summary: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 245_Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2021 - Implants are prosthetic devices that replace the surgically removed breast tissue. … With AR, breast reconstruction is done with the patient’s own tissue, thereby obviating the need for

59. Retinal Disorders | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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60. 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