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81. 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

82. FRN 39 - Nonoperative and Operative Treatments for Rotator Cuff Tears: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2013 - or full-thickness; small, medium, large, or massive; with or without fatty infiltration of muscle tissue … characteristics, pre-existing degenerative changes about the shoulder, the condition of the surrounding tissues … or full-thickness; small, medium, large, or massive; with or without fatty infiltration of muscle tissue … o How does the timing of passiveactiveresistive exercise impact tissue healing? …  How does the timing of passiveactiveresistive exercise impact tissue healing?

83. Colorectal-Cancer-Protocol_130520 (pdf file)
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    May 20, 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 o Histopathological examination of tissue o Intraoperative … It has not reached any nearby organs or tissues.

84. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2012 - By reducing, debulking, or partially eliminating excess smooth muscle tissue in the patient’s distal … This reduces the thickness of smooth-muscle tissue mass and is intended to do so without causing charring … attacks on a long-term basis by reducing, debulking, or partially eliminating excess smooth muscle tissue … and/or chest physiotherapy helps to release the thick mucus associated with CF, which damages lung tissue

85. Undescended-Testicle Executive (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2012 - stimulation testing for bilateral nonpalpable cryptorchidism is to determine if viable testicular tissue … Orchiectomy is not reviewed in this report, which focuses only on procedures to maintain testicular tissue … production and then underwent surgical exploration to confirm the absence or presence of viable testicular tissue … (one fair quality and one poor) of hormonal stimulation testing for identifying viable testicular tissue

86. Vitamin-D-Calcium-Protocol-130611 (pdf file)
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    September 13, 2013 - cancer, immune function, pregnancy or birth outcomes, mortality, fracture, renal outcomes, and soft tissue … intervention(s)  All-cause mortality  Cancer and cancer-specific mortality  Renal outcomes  Soft tissue … specifically, all-cause mortality; cancer and cancer-specific mortality, renal outcomes, and soft tissue

87. Disposition of Comments Report for Evaluation and Treatment of Cryptorchidism (pdf file)
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    December 11, 2012 - orchiectomy is a fouth option, but the focus of this review was on procedures to maintain testicular tissue … , assuming there is viable tissue. … orchiectomy is a fouth option, but the focus of this review was on procedures to maintain testicular tissue … , assuming there is viable tissue. … opting to send a MIS as opposed to performing an HCG stimulation test in order to identify functional tissue

88. Pulmonary Fibrosis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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89. Breast-Abnormalities-Tests-Update Executive (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2012 - women with a suspicion of malignancy greater than 2 percent are generally recommended to undergo tissue … threshold, and therefore she might be assigned to short-interval imaging followup management rather than tissue … could have her suspicion of malignancy increase to 4 percent, and therefore she might be assigned to tissue … Characterization of benign and malignant solid breast masses: comparison of conventional US and tissue

90. Whole-Body Vibration Therapy for Osteoporosis (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - Osteoporosis is a skeletal system disease characterized by low bone density and deterioration of bone tissue … well understood.33,39 One hypothesis suggests that vibration signals transmit and amplify into bone tissue … harmful for individuals with 8 fragile bones.33 Vibration may also be harmful to the soft tissue … disease (a secondary form of Raynaud’s syndrome), orthostatic hypertension, and aggravation of soft-tissue … The anabolic activity of bone tissue, suppressed by disuse, is normalized by brief exposure to extremely

91. Fecal-Incontinence Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    November 30, 2014 - schedules, anal plugs, rectal irrigation,9,10 or combinations thereof.5,6 Injections of biocompatible tissue-bulking … sphincter, some anal plugs), or are approved for use in the United States by one manufacturer only (tissue … conservative (diet, drugs, exercises, etc.) and become progressively more invasive (local injections of tissue-bulking … consistency management o Devices: anal plugs o Rectal irrigation o Injections of local biocompatible tissue-bulking … Medications (by type) Behavior modification Devices (plugs) Rectal irrigation Tissue-bulking

92. Lymphedema | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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93. Abscess | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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94. Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer Update (pdf file)
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    December 09, 2014 - plans – better blocks, better beam angles, and thus better dose distributions to tumor and normal tissue … the following line is simply incorrect: “3DRT allows for… very rapid dose fall-off in surrounding tissues … than with 2DRT because 3DRT takes into account axial anatomy and complex tissue contours.” … Another innovative approach is the use of intraoperative HDR brachytherapy, which permits normal tissues … We also agree that the potential impact of human papilloma virus positive tumor tissue plays into

95. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2014 - promote neutrophil accumulation in the lungs— neutrophils are a principal mediator of inflammation and tissue … A second trial investigates tissue alteration in donor lungs preserved with the OCS Lung compared with … Patient health outcomes could be improved by the purported increase in lung tissue quality from the … Tissue evaluation of donor lungs preserved with the organ care system (OCS) device: experience of

96. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - Some sources more difficult to isolate DNA from (e.g., formalin-fixed tissue). … It can be more difficult to isolate DNA from tissues than from blood, particularly if the tissues have … term=8674202 Extracting DNA from tumor samples raises additional issues: Quantity of tissue Admixture … of normal and cancerous tissue Amount of necrosis Timing of collection Storage technique (e.g., fresh … , admixture of normal and cancerous tissue, amount of necrosis, timing of collection, and storage technique

97. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - Some sources more difficult to isolate DNA from (e.g., formalin-fixed tissue). … It can be more difficult to isolate DNA from tissues than from blood, particularly if the tissues have … term=8674202 Extracting DNA from tumor samples raises additional issues: Quantity of tissue Admixture … of normal and cancerous tissue Amount of necrosis Timing of collection Storage technique (e.g., fresh … , admixture of normal and cancerous tissue, amount of necrosis, timing of collection, and storage technique

98. Miscarriage | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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99. Disposition of Comments Report for Enzyme-Replacement Therapies for Lysosomal Storage Disease (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2014 - enzyme defects result in accumulation of specific macromolecular compounds within lysosomes in various tissues … If a patient has a lysosomal disease, then substrate is accumulating in tissues and causing damage to … those tissues, which will eventually become permanent tissue damage. … clinically relevant doses (15U/kg‐60U/kg) indicating that the dose of IV administered VPRIV to target tissues … Replacement of alpha-galactosidase A in Fabry disease: effect on fibroblast cultures compared with biopsied tissues

100. Mastectomy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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