Overdiagnosis in Cancer
This article summarizes the phenomenon of cancer overdiagnosis-the diagnosis of a "cancer" that would otherwise not go on to cause symptoms or death. We describe the two prerequ...
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
"The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" is the entry-level subject in Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is required of all studen...
New developments in the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD): accessibility in support of materials research and design
The materials community in both science and industry use crystallographic data models on a daily basis to visualize, explain and predict the behavior of chemicals and materials....
A class of generalized stochastic Petri nets for the performance evaluation of multiprocessor systems
article A class of generalized stochastic Petri nets for the performance evaluation of multiprocessor systems Share on Authors: Marco Ajmone Marsan Politecnico di Torino, Turin,...
A stagewise rejective multiple test procedure based on a modified Bonferroni test
Journal Article A stagewise rejective multiple test procedure based on a modified Bonferroni test Get access G. HOMMEL G. HOMMEL Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Dokument...
Promoter Hypermethylation and BRCA1 Inactivation in Sporadic Breast and Ovarian Tumors
Silencing of the BRCA1 gene by promoter hypermethylation occurs in primary breast and ovarian carcinomas, especially in the presence of LOH and in specific histopathologic subgr...
The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health
The Lancet Countdown tracks progress on health and climate change and provides an independent assessment of the health effects of climate change, the implementation of the Paris...
Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2001, with a special feature regarding survival
Abstract BACKGROUND The American Cancer Society (ACS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the North American Associat...
Application-specific protocol architectures for wireless networks
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2000.
Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2005, Featuring Trends in Lung Cancer, Tobacco Use, and Tobacco Control
Although the decrease in overall cancer incidence and death rates is encouraging, large state and regional differences in lung cancer trends among women underscore the need to m...
National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement: Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer, November 1-3, 2000
The panel concludes that decisions regarding adjuvant hormonal therapy should be based on the presence of hormone receptor protein in tumor tissues. Adjuvant hormonal therapy sh...