of Lung Cancer
Fig. 1 Prevalence of current cigarette smoking, by race/ethnicity and sex, 2010, National Health Interview Survey, United States [2] While personal cigarette smoking has been causally linked with lung cancer,…
ONCOLOGY
Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) Signaling in Lung Cancer
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Aamir Ahmad and Shirish Gadgeel (eds.)Lung Cancer and Personalized MedicineAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology89310.1007/978-3-319-24223-1_9 Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) Signaling in Lung Cancer Sai-Hong Ignatius Ou1 and Keisuke Shirai2 (1) Chao Family…
Therapy in Lung Cancer
Fig. 1 Ways to leave your EGFR inhibitor: biochemical pathways leading to resistance to small molecule EGFR drugs such as gefitinib and erlotinib. (a) Structures of two approved EGFR TKIs,…
in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
Parameter Group EO EC BF R (mm) Controls 2.0 1.9 2.3 #,$ (1.7–2.6) (1.6–2.6) (1.8–2.8) OA 2.7** 2.8*** 3.2***,## (2.4–3.4) (2.2–3.8) (2.5–4.1) RA 2.6** 2.8** 3.3***,###,$$ (2.1–3.4) (2.1–3.4) (2.7–4.1) A…
and Cathepsin-V in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid of Patients with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
Fig. 1 Decreased Cath V (a), increased endostatin (b) and IL-18 (c) in BALF of Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease (BBS) patients as compared with healthy volunteers ROC curves for Cath V, endostatin,…
Thrombospondin-2 and FGF-2 in Patients with Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Correlation with Survival
Fig. 1 Serum concentrations of thrombospondin-2 (TSP-2) (a) and of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) (b) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients and healthy control subjects We constructed ROC curves…
rs1800471 Polymorphism of TGFB1 Gene, Serum TGF-Beta1 Level and Chronic Kidney Disease Progression
Rapid progression (n = 54) Slow progression (n = 55) p Age at examination (years) 14.6 ± 7.5 16.5 ± 5.1 NS (0.7–24.0) (7.3–25.0) NS Age at CKD diagnosis (years) 9.9 ± 6.8 5.6 ± 6.1 0.001 (0.01–22.0) (0.1–20.0) Etiology of…
in Sarcoidosis and Exercise Tolerance, Dyspnea, and Quality of Life
Sarcoidosis Controls p (n = 111) (n = 65) Age (years) 44.8 ± 10.4 43.3 ± 12.4 BMI (kg/m2) 28.2 ± 3.9 26.8 ± 5.6 0.091 FAS 22.9 ± 7.9 17.0 ± 3.3 0.046 MRC 1.3 ± 0.8 1.1 ± 0.3 0.028 OCD 1.6 ± 0.8 1.1 ± 0.3 0.025 Borg’s scale 0.7 ± 1.3…
of DNA Repair Genes and Lung Cancer in Chromium Exposure
Alleles Exposed n (%) Controls n (%) OR (95 %CI) p χ2 XPD Lys 63 (63 %) 106 (77 %) Ref. Gln 37 (37 %) 32 (23 %) 1.94 (1.10–3.43) 0.015 – XPC Lys…
Characteristics of Children with Hashimoto’s Autoimmune Thyroiditis
Fig. 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis 3.2 Physical Examination and Ultrasound The most frequent finding in HT children was a firm thyroid gland on palpation: in 44…
