Circle Plus Partial Helical Scan Scheme for a Flat Panel Detector-Based Cone Beam Breast X-Ray CT by Dong Yang, Ruola Ning, Weixing Cai

“…It is very difficult for Mammography to detect a small carcinoma (a few millimeters in size) when the tumor is occult or in dense breast. CBBCT featured with circular scan might be the most desirable mode in breast imaging due to its simple geometrical configuration and potential applications in functional imaging. …”
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Biomarkers of inflammation and colorectal cancer risk by Yuting Li, Yuting Li, Yuting Li, Yuexin Luo, Yue Ran, Furong Lu, You Qin

“…In terms of screening, non-invasive methods like fecal occult blood tests (FOBTs) are widely used, and combining biomarkers with iFOBT shows potential. …”
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Leiomyosarcoma after Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy with Power Morcellation by Tsukasa Takahashi, Tomohisa Ugajin, Noriaki Imai, Atsushi Hayasaka, Nobuo Yaegashi, Takeo Otsuki

“…Considering the risk of dissemination and occult malignancy, the use of power morcellation should be avoided if there are alternative options to remove the tumor.…”
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Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in a Branchial Cleft Cyst without a Thyroid Primary: Navigating a Diagnostic Dilemma by Douglas S. Ruhl, Mark F. Sheridan, Joseph C. Sniezek

“…A total thyroidectomy and selective neck dissection was performed, and no evidence of occult primary disease was found after review of fine sections. …”
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Colorectal Cancer Screening in Average Risk Populations: Evidence Summary by Jill Tinmouth, Emily T. Vella, Nancy N. Baxter, Catherine Dubé, Michael Gould, Amanda Hey, Nofisat Ismaila, Bronwen R. McCurdy, Lawrence Paszat

“…Flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) prevented CRC and led to the largest reduction in CRC mortality with a smaller but significant reduction in CRC mortality with the use of guaiac fecal occult blood tests (gFOBTs). There was insufficient or low quality evidence to support the use of other screening tests, including colonoscopy, as well as changing the ages of initiation and cessation for CRC screening with gFOBTs in Ontario. …”
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The Town and the City in Charles Williams's Fiction by Maurice Levy

“…Romans difficiles, dont l'économie tourne autour de la duelle problématique de la Ville et de la Cité, l'une occultant l'autre pour mieux l'appeler, la faire exister comme entité virtuelle, et la convoquer comme illustration de thèses que l'auteur développe dans de nombreux articles et qui relèvent d'une orientation lointainement théologique. …”
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Radiofrequency Ablation for Treatment of Refractory Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia: A Systematic Review of the Literature by M. Maida, S. Camilleri, M. Manganaro, S. Garufi, G. Scarpulla

“…GAVE is an uncommon cause of upper nonvariceal bleeding and often manifests itself as occult bleeding with chronic anemia. To date, the standard of care for GAVE is endoscopic treatment with thermoablative techniques. …”
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The Fundus Autofluorescence Spectrum of Punctate Inner Choroidopathy by Miaoling Li, Xiongze Zhang, Feng Wen

“…These hyperautofluorescent patches were demonstrated to be multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) or acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR) lesions by subsequent multimodal imaging and faded during follow-up examinations. …”
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Le « moment utilitaire » ? L’utilitarisme en France sous la Restauration by Emmanuelle De Champs

“…Dix ans plus tard, Tocqueville se fera l’écho de l’ambivalence des libéraux français vis-à-vis de l’utilitarisme. à la fin du siècle, Élie Halévy opposera strictement un libéralisme français des droits de l’homme à un libéralisme anglais de l’utilité, contribuant à occulter durablement le rôle joué par l’utilitarisme dans la vie politique française de la chute de Napoléon à la Révolution de Juillet.…”
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‘Rents in the Veil of Time’: Annie Besant’s Auto-biographies of Giordano Bruno by Muriel Pécastaing-Boissière

“…It retraces her personal and spiritual evolution through an analysis of her biographies of Bruno as occult autobiographies, that transgress gender boundaries, and pursue the legitimization strategies developed by Besant in her openly autobiographical texts.…”
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Seborrheic Keratoses as the First Sign of Bladder Carcinoma: Case Report of Leser-Trélat Sign in a Rare Association with Urinary Tract Cancer by Aline Stollmeier, Bernardo Augusto Rosario, Bruna Loise Mayer, Gibran Avelino Frandoloso, Francisco Luiz Gomide Mafra Magalhães, Gustavo Lenci Marques

“…Skin disorders can be the first manifestation of occult diseases. The recognition of typical paraneoplastic dermatoses may anticipate the cancer diagnosis and improve its prognosis. …”
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Diagnostic efficacy of serological and epigenetic methods of screening diagnostics of colorectal cancer by O. I. Kit, D. V. Burtsev, A. Yu. Maksimov

“…The main group included 204 patients with colorectal cancer (CRC),that has been revealed at screening of 1669 patients by immunochemical fecal occult blood test (FOBT). Control group included 213 CRC patients who have addressed oncologic institutions for intestinal or general complaints independently. …”
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Comparison of Procleix Ultrio Elite and Procleix Ultrio NAT Assays for Screening of Transfusion Transmitted Infections among Blood Donors in India by Rahul Chaurasia, Diptiranjan Rout, Shamsuz Zaman, Kabita Chatterjee, Hem Chandra Pandey, Abhishek Kumar Maurya

“…NAT yields include 18 HBV and 3 HCV yields, of which 17 HBV yields were occult infections and 1 was window period (WP) infection. …”
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Associates of an Elevated Natriuretic Peptide Level in Stable Heart Failure Patients: Implications for Targeted Management by Aftab Jan, Ian Dawkins, Niamh Murphy, Patrick Collier, John Baugh, Mark Ledwidge, Kenneth McDonald, Chris J. Watson

“…Among the potential stimuli for NP in clinically stable patients are persistent occult fluid overload, wall stress, inflammation, fibrosis, and ischemia. …”
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Independent Heath Facility Meets Cancer Care Ontario and Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Guidelines for Endoscopic Procedure Wait Times While Meeting Quality Indicators: A... by Fraser Kegel, Niv Sne, Timothy Rice, Eric Joy, Shayan Shahsavar, Celeste A. Collins, Maria Gagarine, Alexandra Allard-Coutu, Lisa Klotz, Angela Coates, Kamyar Kahnamoui, Marko Simunovic

“…Median wait times from referral to colonoscopy met the recommendations set out by the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology and Cancer Care Ontario for all indications: chronic abdominal pain: 43 days; new onset change in bowel habits: 36 days; bright red rectal bleeding: 42 days; documented iron-deficiency anemia: 43 days; fecal occult blood test positive: 38 days; cancer likely based on imaging or physical exam: 23 days; chronic diarrhea and chronic constipation: 42 days; and screening colonoscopies: 55 days. …”
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Different Strategies for the Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in China: An Economic Evaluation by Bin Wu, Jin Li, Houwen Lin, Haixiang Wu

“…The cost per marginal QALY gained with bevacizumab over usual care was $1,258, $3,803, and $2,066 for the predominantly classic, minimally classic, and occult lesions, respectively. One-way sensitivity analysis showed considerably influential factors, such as utility values and effectiveness data. …”
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Elevated Aminotransferase Activity as an Indication of Muscular Dystrophy: Case Reports and Review of the Literature by S Zamora, C Adams, JD Butzner, H Machida, Rb Scott

“…The practical clinical implication of this report is that children with elevated serum ALT, in the absence of other signs and symptoms of hepatic injury, may have occult muscular disease - most frequently muscular dystrophy. …”
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A Case of Histoplasma capsulatum Causing Granulomatous Liver Disease and Addisonian Crisis by P Wong, S Houston, B Power, E Lalor, VG Bain

“…While hepatic granulomas often reflect an occult disease process, the cause may remain undiscovered in 30% to 50% of patients despite exhaustive investigations. …”
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Scaphoid Fat Stripe Sign: Is It a Reliable Radiological Sign of Scaphoid Fracture in Children? by Pavle Manic, Stéphanie Schizas, Pierre-Yves Zambelli, Eleftheria Samara

“…Conclusions: The scaphoid fat stripe sign can be used as an adjacent in the diagnosis of an occult scaphoid fracture in children or adolescents. …”
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Ethnobotanical study of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne) landraces in Benin by Vincent Ezin, Ulrich Herbert Gbemenou, Gazali B. T. A. Sanni, Adam Ahanchede

“…The harvested fruits were used for consumption, commercial, therapeutic and occult purposes. However, about 48% of producers have abandoned its production mainly due to production and marketing constraints. …”
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