Browsing by Keywords "Mortality"

Adjuvant autologous melanoma vaccine for macroscopic stage III disease: survival, biomarkers, and improved response to CTLA-4 blockade

Lotem, M.; Merims, S.; Frank, S.; Hamburger, T.; Nissan, A.; Kadouri, L.; Cohen, J.; Straussman, R.; Eisenberg, G.; Frankenburg, S.; Carmon, E.; Alaiyan, B.; Shneibaum, S.; Ayyildiz, Z. O.; Isbilen, M.; Senses, K. M.; Ron, I.; Steinberg, H.; Smith, Y.; Shiloni, E.; Gure, A. O.; Peretz, T. (Hindawi Limited, 2016)

Background. There is not yet an agreed adjuvant treatment for melanoma patients with American Joint Committee on Cancer stages III B and C. We report administration of an autologous melanoma vaccine to prevent disease ...

Comparison of original EuroSCORE, EuroSCORE II and STS risk models in a Turkish cardiac surgical cohort

Kunt, A.G.; Kurtcephe, M.; Hidiroglu, M.; Cetin L.; Kucuker, A.; Bakuy V.; Ruchan Akar, A.; Sener, E. (2013)

OBJECTIVESThe aim of this study was to compare additive and logistic European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE), EuroSCORE II and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) models in calculating mortality ...

Democracies linked to greater universal health coverage compared with autocracies, even in an economic recession

Templin, T.; Dieleman, J. L.; Wigley, Simon; Mumford, J. E.; Miller-Petrie, M.; Kiernan, S.; Bollyky, T. J. (Project HOPE, 2021-08)

Despite widespread recognition that universal health coverage is a political choice, the roles that a country’s political system plays in ensuring essential health services and minimizing financial risk remain poorly ...

Demographics, treatment and outcomes of atrial fibrillation in a developing country: the population-based TuRkish Atrial Fibrillation (TRAF) cohort

Yavuz, B.; Ata, N.; Oto, E.; Katircioglu-Öztürk, D.; Aytemir, K.; Evranos, B.; Koselerli, R.; Ertugay, E.; Burkan, A.; Ertugay, E.; Gale, C. P.; Camm, A. J.; Oto, A. (Oxford University Press, 2017)

Aims: Although atrial fibrillation (AF) is increasingly common in developed countries, there is limited information regarding its demographics, co-morbidities, treatments and outcomes in the developing countries. We present ...

Does control of rheumatic disease raise the standard of living in developing countries?

Wigley, R.; Chopra, A.; Wigley, S.; Akkoyunlu-Wigley, A. (2009)

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The impact of democracy and media freedom on under-5 mortality, 1961–2011

Wigley, S.; Akkoyunlu-Wigley, A. (Elsevier Ltd, 2017)

Do democracies produce better health outcomes for children than autocracies? We argue that (1) democratic governments have an incentive to reduce child mortality among low-income families and (2) that media freedom enhances ...

The miR-644a/CTBP1/p53 axis suppresses drug resistance by simultaneous inhibition of cell survival and epithelialmesenchymal transition in breast cancer

Raza, U.; Saatci, O.; Uhlmann, S.; Ansari, S. A.; Eyüpoglu, E.; Yurdusev, E.; Mutlu, M.; Ersan, P. G.; Altundağ, M. K.; Zhang, J. D.; Dogan, H. T.; Güler, G.; Şahin, Ö. (Impact Journals LLC, 2016)

Tumor cells develop drug resistance which leads to recurrence and distant metastasis. MicroRNAs are key regulators of tumor pathogenesis; however, little is known whether they can sensitize cells and block metastasis ...

Validation of the EuroSCORE risk models in Turkish adult cardiac surgical population

Akar, A. R.; Kurtcephe, M.; Sener, E.; Alhan, C.; Durdu, S.; Kunt, A. G.; Güvenir, H. A. (Oxford University Press, 2011)

Objective: The aim of this study was to validate additive and logistic European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) models on Turkish adult cardiac surgical population. Methods: TurkoSCORE project ...