Noninvasive Manganese-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Early Detection of Breast Cancer Metastatic Potential by Joris Tchouala Nofiele, Gregory J. Czarnota, Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng

“…Once the cancer has spread, a cure is rarely possible. Unfortunately, metastasis often proceeds unnoticed until a secondary tumor has formed. …”
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Nanocarriers-Assisted Nose-to-Brain Delivery of Levodopa: Current Progress and Prospects by Mariya Dangova, Nadezhda Ivanova, Velichka Andonova

“…A challenge to contemporary medicine is still the discovery of an effective and safe therapy for symptomatic control, if not cure, of Parkinson’s disease. While the potential century’s break-through is sought and foreseen by many scientists in gene therapy, immunotherapy, new drug combinations, and neurosurgical approaches, the not-yet-conventional intranasal administration of “classic” levodopa (L-DOPA) also stands out as a perspective from which Parkinson’s patients may benefit in the short term. …”
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Advances and Challenges in Cancer Stem Cells for Onco-Therapeutics by Sulaiman Mohammed Alnasser

“…Despite remarkable progress in medical science, a definitive cure for cancer has remained elusive, spurring the pursuit of diverse therapeutic strategies, among which stem cell therapy is a particularly promising avenue. …”
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Impact of Citrus Greening on Citrus Operations in Florida by Ariel Singerman, Pilar Useche

“…As of January 2016, there is neither a cure nor an economically viable option for managing HLB-infected trees. …”
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Oral Cavity Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma following Liver Transplantation by Nicolás Goldaracena, Mariela Barreto, Gabriel Casas, Margarita Anders, Ricardo Mastai, Lucas McCormack

“…Liver transplantation (LT) remains the only cure for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in many cases. …”
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Oke-Ibadan Festival and the Ethnography of Aboke people of Ibadan by Oludele Mayowa Solaja, Adesina Abass Olayiwola

“…Their cultural identity as attested to by the participants include; hosting of Oke-Ibadan festival, retaining tribal mark, production of traditional/black soap for the cure of measles, narrating folk stories to the young generation in order to encourage high fertility rate, unique dress code, and acceptable physical appearance. …”
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Helicobacter  pylori Eradication Therapies in the Era of Increasing Antibiotic Resistance: A Paradigm Shift to Improved Efficacy by Sotirios D. Georgopoulos, Vasilios Papastergiou, Stylianos Karatapanis

“…In recent years several treatments producing ≥90% cure rates have been proposed including sequential therapy, concomitant quadruple therapy, hybrid (dual-concomitant) therapy, and bismuth-containing quadruple therapy. …”
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Molecular and cellular characteristics of cerebrovascular cell types and their contribution to neurodegenerative diseases by Francisco J. Garcia, Myriam Heiman

“…Abstract Many diseases and disorders of the nervous system suffer from a lack of adequate therapeutics to halt or slow disease progression, and to this day, no cure exists for any of the fatal neurodegenerative diseases. …”
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The Quality of Inpatient Health Services at Mamajang Health Center, Makassar City by Lusyana Aripa

“…The results of the study: 1) Tangible, the facilities and infrastructure of the Mamajang Public Health Center inpatient room were inadequate. 2) Reliability, inpatient health services at the Mamajang Health Center are accurate. 3) Responsiveness, health workers have not been effective in responding to patient complaints but are always ready and efficient to help patients. 4) Assurance, trusted health workers in providing information, but the cure of the disease depends on the accuracy of the drug. 5) Empathy from health workers who care for patients. …”
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Current Status of Diagnosis and Treatment of High-risk Resistant and Recurrent Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia by MAO Mingyi, JIANG Fang, XIANG Yang

“…Even worse, there are some high-risk patients who develop resistance to combination chemotherapy or experience recurrence after cure. These patients exhibit strong heterogeneity and pose significant challenges to subsequent treatment, thus attracting considerable attention in recent years. …”
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Global Dynamics and Applications of an Epidemiological Model for Hepatitis C Virus Transmission in China by Mingwang Shen, Yanni Xiao, Weike Zhou, Zhen Li

“…Numerical simulations, performed to investigate the potential effect of antiviral treatment, show that increasing the treatment cure rate and enlarging the treatment rate for patients at the chronic stage remain effective in reducing the number of new infections and the equilibrium prevalence. …”
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Giant Hepatic Carcinoid: A Rare Tumor with a Favorable Prognosis by Serge Landen, Maxime Elens, Celine Vrancken, Frederiek Nuytens, Thibault Meert, Veronique Delugeau

“…Despite their large size and often central location liver resection is often feasible, offering long-term survival and cure to most patients. In selected patients liver transplantation appears to be a good indication for tumors not amenable to liver resection. …”
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Effect of Bleaching on Surface Roughness of White Spot Lesions Treated with Different Modalities of Resin Infiltration: An Vitro Study by Aidel Abdullah Alshahrani, Afra Elrashid

“…Methods: Ninety-six extracted sound premolar teeth were selected, and their coronal part was embedded in a self-cure acrylic resin block. After demineralization, the samples were randomly divided into four study groups (n = 24) based on treatment modalities used: Group 1, etched + RI; Group 2, 1 time etched + 2 times RI; Group 3, 2 times etched + 1 time RI; and Group 4, 2 times etched + 2 times RI. …”
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Local and Systemic Antibody Responses in Humans with Helicobacter pylori Infection by Thomas G Blanchard, John G Nedrud, Steven J Czinn

“…Immunization can prevent or cure an otherwise chronic helicobacter infection in several animal models despite the chronic nature of natural helicobacter infections. …”
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Solitary Fibrous Tumor: Case Report of Intrapulmonary Location by Adil Arsalane, Abdelfetah Zidane, Hicham Fenane, Amine Azami, Ismail Essadi, Abderrahim Raissi, Issam Lalya, Yacine Msougar

“…Wide surgical resection is essential to cure the patient and to avoid recurrence. We present here the clinical, imaging, and histological features of a case with solitary fibrous tumor growing inside the lung.…”
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Real and Pseudoaccommodation in Accommodative Lenses by Ioannis G. Pallikaris, Georgios A. Kontadakis, Dimitra M. Portaliou

“…Despite the difficulties in measuring accommodation, accommodative IOLs represent the future in the attempt to successfully “cure” presbyopia.…”
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Diabetes Technology: Markers, Monitoring, Assessment, and Control of Blood Glucose Fluctuations in Diabetes by Boris P. Kovatchev

“…This paper discusses key milestones of diabetes technology development, focusing on the progress in the past 10 years and on the artificial pancreas—still not a cure, but arguably the most promising treatment of diabetes to date.…”
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Pancreatic Cancer: Who Benefits from Curative Resection? by HG Beger, F Gansauge, G Leder

“…Surgical resection is the only chance for cure of pancreatic cancer. Unfortunately, the majority of patients have grossly unresectable disease. …”
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First Autologous Cord Blood Therapy for Pediatric Ischemic Stroke and Cerebral Palsy Caused by Cephalic Molding during Birth: Individual Treatment with Mononuclear Cells by A. Jensen, E. Hamelmann

“…However, depending on the mode of injury, the resulting brain damage may lead to lifelong sequelae, for example, cerebral palsy for which there is no cure at present. Here we report a rare case of neonatal arterial ischemic stroke and cerebral palsy caused by fetal traumatic molding and parietal depression of the head during delivery caused by functional cephalopelvic disproportion due to a “long pelvis.” …”
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Giant Ectopic Ureter Mimicking Pelvic Organ Prolapse: A Case Report by Adnan Simsir, Fuat Kizilay, Bilbasar Yildiz, Oktay Nazli

“…In such cases with nonfunctioning renal segment draining proximally, the chance of cure can be obtained without a need for a comprehensive intervention such as total abdominal ureterectomy.…”
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