Search Results - "Vickers, A J"

Accuracy of the EORTC risk tables and of the CUETO scoring model to predict outcomes in non-muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder by Xylinas, E, Kent, M, Kluth, L, Pycha, A, Comploj, E, Svatek, R S, Lotan, Y, Trinh, Q-D, Karakiewicz, P I, Holmang, S, Scherr, D S, Zerbib, M, Vickers, A J, Shariat, S F

“…Background: The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) risk tables and the Spanish Urological Club for Oncological Treatment…”
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The persistence of the effects of acupuncture after a course of treatment: a meta-analysis of patients with chronic pain by MacPherson, H., Vertosick, E.A., Foster, N.E., Lewith, G., Linde, K., Sherman, K.J., Witt, C.M., Vickers, A.J.

“…There is uncertainty regarding how long the effects of acupuncture treatment persist after a course of treatment. We aimed to determine the trajectory of pain…”
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A four-kallikrein panel for the prediction of repeat prostate biopsy: data from the European Randomized Study of Prostate Cancer Screening in Rotterdam, Netherlands by Gupta, A, Roobol, M J, Savage, C J, Peltola, M, Pettersson, K, Scardino, P T, Vickers, A J, Schröder, F H, Lilja, H

“…Background: Most men with elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) do not have prostate cancer, leading to a large number of unnecessary biopsies. A…”
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Statistics Notes: Analysing Controlled Trials With Baseline And Follow Up Measurements by Vickers, Andrew J., Altman, Douglas G.

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Selecting Patients with Favorable Risk, Grade Group 2 Prostate Cancer for Active Surveillance-Does Magnetic Resonance Imaging Have a Role? by Stonier, T, Tin, A L, Sjoberg, D D, Jibara, G, Vickers, A J, Fine, S, Eastham, J

“…The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® recommends that selected men with grade group 2 prostate cancer be considered for active surveillance. However,…”
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The Surgical Learning Curve for Prostate Cancer Control After Radical Prostatectomy by Vickers, Andrew J., Bianco, Fernando J., Serio, Angel M., Eastham, James A., Schrag, Deborah, Klein, Eric A., Reuther, Alwyn M., Kattan, Michael W., Pontes, J. Edson, Scardino, Peter T.

“…Background The learning curve for surgery—i.e., improvement in surgical outcomes with increasing surgeon experience—remains primarily a theoretical concept;…”
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Variations in Demand across England for the Magnetic Resonance-Linac Technology, Simulated Utilising Local-level Demographic and Cancer Data in the Malthus Project by Mee, T., Vickers, A.J., Jena, R., Kirkby, K.J., Choudhury, A., Kirkby, N.F.

“…Cancer incidence varies across England, which affects the local-level demand for treatments. The magnetic resonance-linac (MR-linac) is a new radiotherapy…”
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Can acupuncture have specific effects on health ? A systematic review of acupuncture antiemesis trials by VICKERS, A. J

“…The effects of acupuncture on health are generally hard to assess. Stimulation of the P6 acupuncture point is used to obtain an antiemetic effect and this…”
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Why use placebos in clinical trials? A narrative review of the methodological literature by Vickers, Andrew J., de Craen, Anton J.M.

“…Researchers have a number of different options for their choice of control or comparison intervention in randomized trials. We surveyed the methodological…”
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External Evaluation of a Novel Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator (ProstateCheck) Based on Data from the Swiss Arm of the ERSPC by Poyet, Cédric, Wettstein, Marian S, Lundon, Dara J, Bhindi, Bimal, Kulkarni, Girish S, Saba, Karim, Sulser, Tullio, Vickers, A.J, Hermanns, Thomas

“…Purpose We externally validated a novel prostate cancer risk calculator based on data from the Swiss arm of the ERSPC and assessed whether the risk calculator…”
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Temporal Response of Dilute Nitride Multi-Quantum-Well Vertical Cavity Enhanced Photodetector by Nordin, M. S., Sarcan, F., Gunes, M., Boland-Thoms, A., Erol, A., Vickers, A. J.

“…The temporal response characteristics of a GaInNAs-based vertical resonant cavity enhanced photodetector device are presented for operation at λ  ≈ 1.3  μ m…”
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Comparison of an ordinal and a continuous outcome measure of muscle soreness by Vickers, A J

“…The relationship between an ordinal (Likert) and a continuous (visual analog) measure of pain was investigated in 400 long-distance runners experiencing…”
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Prostate specific antigen concentration at age 60 and death or metastasis from prostate cancer: case-control study by Vickers, Andrew J, Cronin, Angel M, Björk, Thomas, Manjer, Jonas, Nilsson, Peter M, Dahlin, Anders, Bjartell, Anders, Scardino, Peter T, Ulmert, David, Lilja, Hans

“…Objective To determine the relation between concentrations of prostate specific antigen at age 60 and subsequent diagnosis of clinically relevant prostate…”
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Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis by Vickers, AJ, Cronin, AM, Maschino, AC, Lewith, G, MacPherson, H, Foster, NE, Sherman, KJ, Witt, CM, Linde, K, Cramer, H.

“…Although acupuncture is widely used for chronic pain, there remains considerable controversy as to its value. We aimed to determine the effect size of…”
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A new model for complex dynamic laser modeling by Vickers, A.J., Higgins, S.P.

“…We present a new distributed time domain model (DTDM) for use in complex laser modeling. Like several other models, we use Maxwell's wave equations, but with a…”
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Complementary Medicine and the Cochrane Collaboration by Ezzo, Jeanette, Berman, Brian M, Vickers, Andrew J, Linde, Klaus

“…Ezzo et al believe that it is important to have systematic reviews in complementary medicine…”
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Acupuncture for chronic headache in primary care: large, pragmatic, randomised trial by Vickers, Andrew J, Rees, Rebecca W, Zollman, Catherine E, McCarney, Rob, Smith, Claire M, Ellis, Nadia, Fisher, Peter, Van Haselen, Robbert

“…Abstract Objective To determine the effects of a policy of “use acupuncture” on headache, health status, days off sick, and use of resources in patients with…”
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Homoeopathic Oscillococcinum for preventing and treating influenza and influenza-like syndromes by Vickers, A J, Smith, C

“…Influenza is a highly infectious viral disease that is particularly common in the winter months. Oscillococcinum is a patented, commercially available…”
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Incorporating data from dissertations in systematic reviews by Vickers, A J, Smith, C

“…To determine whether unpublished dissertations are an important source of trials for systematic reviews. In a review of infant massage, we identified 17…”
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Cost effectiveness analysis of a randomised trial of acupuncture for chronic headache in primary care by Wonderling, David, Vickers, Andrew J, Grieve, Richard, McCarney, Rob

“…Abstract Objective To evaluate the cost effectiveness of acupuncture in the management of chronic headache. Design Cost effectiveness analysis of a randomised…”
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