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If offered a picture of an unknown woman in front of a man, and asked him if he liked it? - 0 views

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  • laabidi1987 on 28 Feb 15
     
    His answer would be probably after a little thinking: "Yes" or "No", he will know the answer clearly and completely. But if our offer image unknown man and we raised the same question on the mirror, it will be assumed her answer: "I'm still not sure, it comes to how I would feel after in-depth knowledge and deal with it, and maybe then you will know." Difference in libido between the sexes! Differences in approach in the expression of feelings is not a coincidence, it is a clear and distinct. Is it possible that women are more reluctant than men? Or maybe the point of view based on the components did not know the men? Studies suggest that women need more information to see her passion and expression of feelings toward the man standing front of them, including. http://www.weightloss24.tk/2015/02/is-sexual-arousal-vary-according-to.html
Nathan Goodyear

Ki-67 is a prognostic parameter in breast cancer patients: results of a large populatio... - 0 views

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ki-67 cancer breast cancer

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  • A wide range of techniques is available to assess tumor cell proliferation such as calculating mitotic figures in stained tissue segments, flow cytometric analysis to determine the proportion of cells being in the S phase of the cell cycle, examination of thymidine-labeling index, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), or cyclins E and D
  • Ki-67 is a nuclear protein being associated with cellular proliferation and was originally identified by Gerdes et al.
  • Ki-67 nuclear antigen is expressed in certain phases of the cell cycle namely S, G1, G2, and M phases, but is nonexisting in G0
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  • Ki-67 is also expressed at low levels (<3 % of cells) in ER-negative cells, but not in ER-positive cells
  • A meta-analysis involving 12,155 patients demonstrated that the Ki-67 positivity confers a higher risk of recurrence and a worse survival rate in patients with early breast cancer.
  • high levels of Ki-67 are associated with worse prognoses
  • Ki-67 was associated with worse survival rates
  • associated with proliferation
  • higher tumor stages and higher nodal status were associated with higher Ki-67 quartiles indicating that the more aggressive the tumor is the higher is the percentage of cells positively stained for Ki-67
  • Previous studies were able to demonstrate that a prognostic model, the IHC 4 score, using ER, PR, HER2, and Ki-67 provides similar prognostic information to that in the 21-gene Genomic Health recurrence score
  • ER status has been largely identified as being inversely correlated with Ki-67, with the higher rates of ER positivity shown in the lowest proliferating tumors
  • high levels of Ki-67 are associated with HER2/-neu positivity according to former studies
  • higher values of Ki-67-labeling index were associated with adverse prognostic factors
  • Ki-67-labeling index was associated with larger tumors, higher tumor grade, peritumoral vascular invasion, and HER-2 positivity
  • Nathan Goodyear on 06 Sep 18
     
     Increased disease free survival and overall survival in people with breast cancer with ki-67 <15%
Nathan Goodyear

How We Read Oncologic FDG PET/CT | Cancer Imaging | Full Text - 0 views

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PET_CT PET scan CT cancer

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  • In early PET literature focusing on analysis of solitary pulmonary nodules, some researchers defined malignancy based on a SUVmax threshold of greater than 2.5
  • We contend that SUV analysis has virtually no role in this setting.
  • tumours grow as spheres, whereas inflammatory processes are typically linear
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  • Far more important than the SUVmax is the pattern rather than intensity of metabolic abnormality and the correlative CT findings
  • Descriptively, we define SUV &lt; 5 as “low intensity”, 5–10 as “moderate”, 10–15 as “intense” and &gt;15 as “very intense”
  • Evolving literature suggests that intensity of uptake is an independent prognostic factor and in some tumour subtypes superior to histopathologic characterisation.
  • aerobic glycolysis
  • Our practice of thresholding the grey and colour scale to liver as detailed above results in similar image intensity to a fixed upper SUV threshold of 8 to 10
  • The advantage of using the liver as a reference tissue is also aided by this organ having rather low variability in metabolic activity
  • When the liver is abnormal and cannot be used as a reference organ, we use the default SUV setting of an upper SUV threshold of 8
  • One of the most challenging aspects of oncologic FDG PET/CT review, however, is to recognise all the patterns of metabolic activity that are not malignant and which consequently confound interpretation
  • Many benign and inflammatory processes are also associated with high glycolytic activity
  • Future articles in the “How I Read” series will address the specific details of reading PET/CT in various cancers
  • The intensity of uptake in metastases usually parallels that in the primary site of disease
  • For example, discordant low-grade activity in an enlarged lymph node in the setting of intense uptake in the primary tumour suggests it is unlikely malignant and more likely inflammatory or reactive
  • By CT criteria the enlarged node is ‘pathologic’ but the discordantly low metabolic signature further characterises this is as non-malignant since such a node is not subject to partial volume effects and therefore the intensity of uptake should be similar to the primary site
  • The exception is when the lymph node is centrally necrotic as a small rim of viable tumour is subject to partial volume effects with expectant lower intensity of uptake; integrating the CT morphology is therefore critical to reaching an accurate interpretation
  • Small nodes that are visualised on PET are conversely much more likely to be metastatic as such nodes are subject to partial volume effects.
  • The exception to this rule is tumours with a propensity for tumour heterogeneity at different sites
  • The combination of FDG and a more specific tracer, which visualises the well-differentiated disease can be very useful to characterise this phenomenon
  • “metabolic signature”
  • For the majority of malignant processes, the intensity of metabolic abnormality correlates with degree of aggressiveness or proliferative rate.
  • a negative PET/CT study in a patient with biopsy proven malignancy would be considered false-negative
  • Warburg effect
  • There, however, are a significant minority of tumours that utilise substrates other glucose such as glutamine or fatty acids as a source of the carbon atoms required for growth and proliferation
  • This includes a subset of diffuse gastric adenocarcinomas, signet cell colonic adenocarcinomas and some sarcomas, particularly liposarcoma
  • There may be a role for other radiotracers such as fluorothymidine (FLT) or amino acid substrates in this setting.
  • Some tumours harbour mutations that result in defective aerobic mitochondrial energy metabolism, effectively simulating the Warburg effect
  • patients with hereditary paraganglioma and pheochromocytoma highlight this phenomenon
  • These have intense uptake on FDG PET/CT despite often having low proliferative rate.
  • Uterine fibroids, hepatic adenomas, fibroadenomas of the breast and desmoid tumours are benign or relatively benign lesions that can have quite high FDG-avidity.
  • Metabolic activity switches off rapidly following initiation of therapy
  • Common examples where patients have commenced active therapy but the referrer is requesting “staging” includes hormonal therapy (eg. tamoxifen) in breast cancer, oral capecitabine in colorectal cancer or high dose steroids in Hodgkin’s lymphoma
  • It is therefore critical to perform PET staging before commencement of anti-tumour therapy
  • The potential advantage of routine diagnostic CT is improved anatomic localisation and definition
  • Without intravenous contrast, additional identification of typical oncologic complications such as pulmonary embolism or venous thrombosis cannot be identified
  • If the study is performed as an “interim” restaging study after commencement of therapy but before completion, in order to reach a valid or clinically useful conclusion findings must be interpreted in the context of known changes that occur at a specific timing and type of therapy
  • The most well studied use of interim PET is in Hodgkin’s lymphoma where repeat PET after two cycles of ABVD-chemotherapy provides powerful prognostic information and may improve outcomes by enabling early change of management
  • Nathan Goodyear on 20 Feb 18
     
    good read on the PET/CT scan reading.  They mention that tumors are spheres and inflammation is linear, yet inflammation coexists with cancer; hard to simply delineate these on simple terms. I do agree aon the metabolic signature of the PET/CT scan
Nathan Goodyear

Frontiers | Branched-Chain Amino Acid Ingestion Stimulates Muscle Myofibrillar Protein ... - 1 views

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  • BCAAs exhibit the capacity to stimulate myofibrillar-MPS, however a full complement of EAA could be necessary to stimulate a maximal response of myofibrillar-MPS following resistance exercise
  • This information potentially has important nutritional implications for selecting amino acid supplements to facilitate skeletal muscle hypertrophy in response to resistance exercise training and the maintenance of muscle mass during aging, unloading, or disease
  • results from the present study suggest that ingesting BCAAs alone, without the other EAA, provides limited substrate for protein synthesis in exercised muscles
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  • the overall response of MPS is not maximized. Instead, the limited availability of EAA likely explains the qualitative difference in magnitude of the MPS response to ingestion of BCAAs alone and ingestion of similar amounts of BCAAs as part of intact whey protein
  • decreased EAA concentrations following leucine ingestion
  • these data support the notion that EAA availability is the rate-limiting factor for stimulating a maximal MPS response to resistance exercise with BCAA ingestion
  • Nathan Goodyear on 18 Jul 17
     
    Complete amino acid supplementation exceeds muscle building capacity (myofibrillar-MPS) over BCAA alone.
Nathan Goodyear

Demystified . . . Human endogenous retroviruses - 0 views

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HERV retroviruses human endogenous retroviruses

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  • HERVs have been inherited by successive generations and it is possible that some have conferred biological benefits
  • However, several HERVs have been implicated in certain cancers and autoimmune diseases
  • HERVs constitute about 1% of the human genome
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  • Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) represent footprints of previous retroviral infection and have been termed “fossil viruses”
  • HERVs possess a similar genomic organisation to present day exogenous retroviruses such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human T cell leukaemia virus (HTLV)
  • Retroviruses in effect are retrograde, because the flow of genetic information is reversed compared with the normal pathway of molecular biosynthesis—DNA → RNA → protein. Indeed, all retroviruses necessitate the conversion of viral RNA into a cDNA intermediary, which is catalysed by the enzyme reverse transcriptase
  • Overall, human endogenous retroviruses constitute about 1% of the human genome”
  • some HERVs have been implicated in certain autoimmune diseases and cancers
  • A unit of sugar, phosphate, and base is strictly termed a nucleotide
  • human genes are composed of exons, which are transcribed and translated into amino acids
  • introns, which are interspersed between exons and represent non-translated regions that contribute to the large size of some genes
  • convincing argument for the possible involvement of HERVs in malignancy
  • HERVs may be involved in carcinogenesis by virtue of the expression of HERV mRNA,26 functional proteins,27 or retroviral-like particles
  • They may also be associated with the generation of new promoters29 or the activation of proto-oncogenes
  • inhibition of an effective immune response,
  • encode immunosuppressive proteins
  • “It has been suggested that HERV-K may be important in the progression of testicular germ cell tumours through inhibition of an effective immune response”
  • HERV-K might be important in the pathogenesis of human breast cancer
  • activation of proto-oncogenes of the ras family is common in many tumour types, and some studies have suggested a potential role for HERVs in ras activation
  • Nathan Goodyear on 14 May 18
     
    good review of HERVs.
Nathan Goodyear

Misleading Information on the Properties of Vitamin C - 0 views

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vitamin C pharmacokinetics

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  • Nathan Goodyear on 11 Apr 20
     
    Do we really know the pharmacokinetics? Healthy versus disease?
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Thought Elevators - 0 views

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  • anastasiadaunne on 15 Mar 17
     
    Full review of Thought Elevators Program by Eric Taller
  • anastasiadaunne on 15 Mar 17
     
    Please read this information on a wonderful program I have found that helps me find peace and mental wellness in my life!
Nathan Goodyear

Dietary composition in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review ... - 0 views

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PCOS polycystic ovarian syndrome diet nutrition

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  • Nathan Goodyear on 26 Apr 17
     
    Weight loss is the best positive effect for women with PCOS.  Higher fat and protein, with a lower carb diet benefited women with PCOS.  A low Glycemic index plan benefited women with PCOS.  
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  • pawankp on 29 Sep 17
     
    Cheaphealthinsurancetips is an advisory website to make you secure and protected from possible eventuality & financial loss. This is nothing but a full of suggestion and complete details about almost all insurance companies which helps us in understanding the fact of an insurance policy. This website helps us to know about all brands of insurance company and their policies. In fact, not only policy rather you have an option to talk to a representative of that particular brand (Insurance Company) by just giving you basics information like phone number and email address. After talking to a company executive you may ask them to come to your address and give you the complete details before you decide to take any type of insurance.
Nathan Goodyear

Pattern recognition receptors (PRRs): toll-like receptors | British Society for Immunology - 0 views

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immune system pattern recognition receptors TLR PPR toll-like receptors

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  • Nathan Goodyear on 22 Aug 20
     
    Not an article, but a good review of TLRs and their immunologic role
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