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81. Pressure Ulcer Treatment Strategies: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 08, 2011 - Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review Uninterrupted pressure exerted on the skin, soft tissue … , muscle, and bone can lead to the development of localized ischemia, tissue inflammation, tissue anoxia

82. 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

83. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    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

84. Physiologic Predictors of the Need for Trauma Center Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    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

85. Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 21, 2016 - (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

86. Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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    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

87. Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer: Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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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 … 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

88. Evidence Summary: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 245_Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
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    July 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

89. Evidence Summary: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 245_Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
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    July 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

90. Evidence Summary: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 245_Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-245-breast-reconstruction-after-mastectomy-evidence-summary-updated-1.pdf
    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

91. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2009 - charged particles can potentially deliver maximal doses while minimizing irradiation of surrounding tissues … can deliver radiation doses with high precision anywhere in the patient’s body, while sparing healthy tissues

92. 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

93. Disposition of Comments Report for Biomarkers for Assessing and Managing Iron Deficiency Anemia in Late-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease (pdf file)
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    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

94. 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

95. Data Points #16: Changes across time and geography in the use of prostate radiation technologies for newly diagnosed older cancer patients: 2006-2008 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 30, 2012 - prostate (prostatectomy), radiation therapy from external beams or radioactive seeds placed within the tissue

96. 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

97. 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

98. 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

99. Comparative Effectiveness of Non-Invasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities – An Update of a 2006 Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 28, 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

100. Scleroderma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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