PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF LYMPHOVASCULAR INVASION IN RADICAL CYSTECTOMY ON PATIENTS WITH BLADDER CANCER: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS.

Prognostic significance of lymphovascular invasion in radical cystectomy on patients with bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

PurposeThe objective of the present study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of published literature to appraise the prognostic value of lymphovascular invasion (LVI) in radical cystectomy specimens.Materials and methodsFollowing the PRISMA statement, PubMed, Cochrane Library, and SCOPUS database GOLDENSEAL were searched from the

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An action research partnership in an urban Texas county to explore barriers and opportunities for collaborative community health needs assessments

BackgroundThe Affordable Care Act mandated triennial community health needs assessments (CHNAs) for greater nonprofit hospital accountability in responding to community health needs.Over 10 BALISONG - CLOSEOUT years later, hospital spending on community benefits remains largely unchanged.While greater collaboration in CHNA implementation can increa

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Necessary Assumptions

In Evaluating Critical Thinking Stephen Fuse Norris and Robert Ennis say: "Although it is tempting to think that certain [unstated] assumptions are logically necessary for an argument or position, they are not.So do not ask for them." Numerous introductory logic text authors and various highly visible standardized tests (e.g., the LSAT and GRE) pre

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New names of Typha of Northern Eurasia (Typhaceae)

The nomenclature of some fossil and extant homonyms of Typha (Typhaceae) is resolved.Fossil Typha MENOPAUSE SUPPORT elongata P.I.Dorofeev 1982, being an illegitimate later homonym of extant Typha elongata Pauquy 1834, is renamed T.asiatica nom.nov.Typha sibirica Krasnova 1987 (extant) is replaced by a new name, T.krasnovae nom.nov., on account of t

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