3 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Volumetry: an alternative to assess therapy response for malignant pleural mesothelioma?
…a low interobserver agreement for tumour response classification (general κ 0.33). Only 14 patients were classified equally. A high inter-rater reliability (0.99) and interobserver agreement (general κ 0.9) were found for absolute…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Respiratory illness in asbestos contaminated sites: the role of environmental exposure
…Plaques had a significant effect on forced vital capacity in males. Pleural abnormalities were less prevalent in the general population exposed after 1976. The editorial authors argued that exposure categories should consider distance from fibre sources…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Valproate-doxorubicin: promising therapy for progressing mesothelioma. A phase II study
…patients (16%; 95% CI 3 to 25%) had a partial response. All seven were in good general condition (performance status 80 to 100), though statistical tests found no factor that significantly predicted response. The best disease…