Search Results - "Chu, C. S."
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The Adverse Effects of Physical Restraint Use among Older Adult Patients Admitted to the Internal Medicine Wards: A Hospital-Based Retrospective Cohort Study
Published in The Journal of nutrition, health & aging (01-02-2020)“…Objectives To evaluate the negative effect of physical restraint use on the hospital outcomes of older patients. Design A retrospective cohort study. Setting…”
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GenBlastA: enabling BLAST to identify homologous gene sequences
Published in Genome Research (01-01-2009)“…BLAST is an extensively used local similarity search tool for identifying homologous sequences. When a gene sequence (either protein sequence or nucleotide…”
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Predictive Effect of Malnutrition on Long-Term Clinical Outcomes among Older Men: A Prospectively Observational Cohort Study
Published in The Journal of nutrition, health & aging (01-11-2019)“…Objectives To determine whether nutritional status can predict 3-year cognitive and functional decline, as well as 4-year all-cause mortality in older adults…”
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Present and Emerging Biomarkers in Immunotherapy for Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Review
Published in Current oncology (Toronto) (21-01-2022)“…Targeting the immune system, especially the PDL-1/PD-1 axis, has significantly improved the outcomes of metastatic lung cancer patients. However, only a…”
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Adipocytokines and proinflammatory mediators from abdominal and epicardial adipose tissue in patients with coronary artery disease
Published in International Journal of Obesity (01-02-2008)“…Objective: Epicardial and abdominal adipose tissues have recently been demonstrated to play inflammatory roles in coronary atherosclerosis. We sought to…”
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Canadian Consensus Recommendations on the Management of Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Published in Current oncology (Toronto) (30-06-2023)“…Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive, neuroendocrine tumour with high relapse rates, and significant morbidity and mortality. Apart from advances in…”
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Canadian Consensus Recommendations on the Management of KRAS G12C-Mutated NSCLC
Published in Current oncology (Toronto) (01-07-2023)“…Activating mutations in , in particular, a point mutation leading to a glycine-to-cysteine substitution at codon 12 (G12C), are among the most frequent genomic…”
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Mutational landscape of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Published in Nature communications (15-12-2014)“…Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is a fatal primary liver cancer (PLC) that affects 5–10% of all PLCs. Here we sequence tumour and matching control sample…”
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Luteolin Induces Apoptosis in Oral Squamous Cancer Cells
Published in Journal of dental research (01-04-2008)“…Oral squamous cell carcinoma is the most common malignancy of the oral cavity, and treatment approaches are inadequate. Luteolin, a natural flavonoid compound,…”
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Silibinin Inhibits Invasion of Oral Cancer Cells by Suppressing the MAPK Pathway
Published in Journal of dental research (01-03-2006)“…Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common malignancy of the oral cavity. Here, we provide molecular evidence associated with the anti-metastatic…”
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Canadian Consensus Recommendations on the Management of MET -Altered NSCLC
Published in Current oncology (Toronto) (09-11-2021)“…In Canada, the therapeutic management of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with rare actionable mutations differs between provinces,…”
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UGT1A1 polymorphism and hyperbilirubinemia in a patient who received sorafenib
Published in Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology (01-12-2009)“…Purpose To report a single case of uridine glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) polymorphism and hyperbilirubinemia in a patient who received sorafenib…”
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All-optically controllable random laser based on a dye-doped polymer-dispersed liquid crystal with nano-sized droplets
Published in Optics express (01-02-2010)“…This study elucidates for the first time an all-optically controllable random laser in a dye-doped polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (DDPDLC) with nano-sized LC…”
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Mediation of oxidative stress in hypothalamic ghrelin‐associated appetite control in rats treated with phenylpropanolamine
Published in Genes, brain and behavior (01-04-2017)“…Phenylpropanolamine (PPA)‐induced appetite control is associated with oxidative stress in the hypothalamus. This study explored whether hypothalamic…”
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Single-molecule real-time transcript sequencing facilitates common wheat genome annotation and grain transcriptome research
Published in BMC genomics (09-12-2015)“…The large and complex hexaploid genome has greatly hindered genomics studies of common wheat (Triticum aestivum, AABBDD). Here, we investigated transcripts in…”
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Supplementation with fish oil increases first‐line chemotherapy efficacy in patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer
Published in Cancer (15-08-2011)“…BACKGROUND: Palliative chemotherapy is aimed at increasing survival and palliating symptoms. However, the response rate to first‐line chemotherapy in patients…”
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An outbreak of skin and soft tissue infection caused by Mycobacterium abscessus following acupuncture
Published in Clinical microbiology and infection (01-07-2010)“…Although outbreaks of Mycobacterium abscessus infection have been reported, none of these reports has identified the potential sources of infection and modes…”
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Consensus Recommendations to Optimize Testing for New Targetable Alterations in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Published in Current oncology (Toronto) (15-07-2022)“…Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has historically been associated with a poor prognosis and low 5-year survival, but the use of targeted therapies in NSCLC…”
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Spin Hall effect on edge magnetization and electric conductance of a 2D semiconductor strip
Published in Physical review letters (30-09-2005)“…The intrinsic spin Hall effect on spin accumulation and electric conductance in a diffusive regime of a 2D electron gas has been studied for a 2D strip of a…”
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Nutritional intervention with fish oil provides a benefit over standard of care for weight and skeletal muscle mass in patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer receiving chemotherapy
Published in Cancer (15-04-2011)“…BACKGROUND: Involuntary weight loss is a major contributor to mortality and morbidity in patients with advanced cancer. Nutritional intervention with fish oil…”
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