POTENTIALITIES OF MULTI-B-VALUES DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED IMAGING FOR PREDICTING EFFICACY OF CONCURRENT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY IN CERVICAL CANCER PATIENTS

Potentialities of multi-b-values diffusion-weighted imaging for predicting efficacy of concurrent chemoradiotherapy in cervical cancer patients

Abstract Background To testify whether multi-b-values diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) can be used to ultra-early predict treatment response of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) in cervical cancer patients and to assess the predictive ability of concerning parameters.Methods Fifty-three patients with biopsy proved cervical cancer were retrospecti

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Landscape fragmentation and pollinator movement within agricultural environments: a modelling framework for exploring foraging and movement ecology

Pollinator decline has been linked to landscape change, through both habitat fragmentation and the loss of habitat suitable for the Collections pollinators to live within.One method for exploring why landscape change should affect pollinator populations is to combine individual-level behavioural ecological techniques with larger-scale landscape eco

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Does Semi-Rigid Instrumentation Using Both Flexion and Extension Dampening Spacers Truly Provide an Intermediate Level of Stabilization?

Conventional posterior dynamic stabilization devices demonstrated a tendency towards highly rigid stabilization approximating that of titanium rods in flexion.In extension, they excessively offload the index segment, making the device as the sole load-bearing structure, with concerns of device failure.The goal of this study was to compare the kinem

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