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Prediction of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Portuguese Population after Hepatit...
Mascarenhas, André; Serrazina, Juliana; Bronze, Sérgio; Cortez-Pinto, Helena; Presa, José; Barreira, Ana; Carrola, Paulo; Vara-Luiz, FranciscoIntroduction: Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes 25% of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cases worldwide, a major cause of morbimortality even after sustained virologic response (SVR). Universal screening to all patients with advanced liver fibrosis is currently recommended. A risk-based strategy could improve the detection rate of early HCC and diminish the surveillance burden. Although severa...
Western outcomes of circumferential endoscopic submucosal dissection for early ...
de Santiago, Enrique Rodríguez; van Tilburg, Laurelle; Deprez, Pierre H.; Pioche, Mathieu; Pouw, Roos E.; Bourke, Michael J.; Seewald, StefanBackground and Aims: Circumferential endoscopic submucosal dissection (cESD) in the esophagus has been reported to be feasible in small Eastern case series. We assessed the outcomes of cESD in the treatment of early esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in Western countries. Methods: We conducted an international study at 25 referral centers in Europe and Australia using prospective databases. We included a...
Effects of different soil management practices on soil mechanic resistance and ...
Conceição, Luis; Garrido, Miguel; Valero, Conceição; Barreiro, Pedro; Freixial, RicardoIn Alentejo region, Portugal, maize crop field studies were conducted to compare the effect of different tillage systems and no tillage in seed depth placement. Seed depth placement was measured by maize mesocotyl length after crop emergence under conventional tillage (CT), minimum tillage (MT) and no-tillage conditions (NT).