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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An Overview of Epithelio-Mesenchymal Transformation
Epithelium is the tissue phenotype of early embryos and primitive adults of the chordate phylum. A second tissue type, however, is produced by epithelial-mesenchymal transformat...
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 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...
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...
Evaluation of the mRNA-1273 Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in Nonhuman Primates
Vaccination of nonhuman primates with mRNA-1273 induced robust SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing activity, rapid protection in the upper and lower airways, and no pathologic changes in th...
Application-specific protocol architectures for wireless networks
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2000.
Matching with PROSAC — Progressive Sample Consensus
A new robust matching method is proposed. The progressive sample consensus (PROSAC) algorithm exploits the linear ordering defined on the set of correspondences by a similarity ...
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...