OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between patient expectations of total joint arthroplasty
(TJA) and health related quality of life plus satisfaction 6 months after surgery. Methods. …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Celiac disease is an increasingly prevalent disorder. To monitor
response to treatment in clinical and research settings, it is essential to accurately measure …

18 F-FDG metabolic tumor volume (MTV) and total glycolytic activity (TGA) have been proposed
as potential prognostic imaging markers for patient outcome in human solid tumors. The …

OBJECTIVES: Diagnostic criteria for hereditary colorectal cancer (CRC) are complex.“Open-access”
colonoscopy makes it challenging to identify who needs genetic evaluation, …

Introduction Critically ill cirrhosis patients awaiting liver transplantation (LT) often receive
prioritization for organ allocation. Identification of patients most likely to benefit is essential. The …

Purpose Little is known about how couples care for the terminally ill child with cancer. We
assessed both parents’ understanding of prognosis and treatment goals for children with …

Lindgren (1898b) believed that the waters of the Snake River between Idaho and Oregon
were impounded by Columbia River lavas to create a great late Tertiary lake in southwestern …

Background Postmastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT) is recommended for patients with
four or more positive lymph nodes (LN+). Given the ramifications of PMRT for immediate …

… Unlike deficit models of the "inner city" or "underclass" and medical-model approaches
that privilege person-based accounts (Earls and Carlson 1996, 1998), we address these …

A series of thin Quaternary basalt flows on the lower slopes of the Pine Valley Mountains have
been extruded onto topography which appears to increase in relief with increase in youth …