Background Mammography is the only proven method for breast cancer screening that
reduces mortality, although it is inaccurate in young women or women with dense breasts …

Background Diabetes mellitus has been recognized as the most common systemic disease
associated with deep neck infection. We report the first systematic review and meta‐analysis …

Background We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized trials of ranibizumab for age-
related macular degeneration (AMD) to elucidate systemic vascular risk. Clinical Relevance …

PURPOSE: Approximately 30% to 50% of contact lens (CL) wearers report dry eye
symptoms. Meibomian gland dysfunction has been recognized as a possible cause of CL …

Unrelated cord blood transplantation (CBT) has now become more common, but as yet there
have been only a few reports on its outcome compared with bone marrow transplantation …

We studied the clinical outcomes of 171 adults with hematologic malignancies who received
unrelated cord blood transplantation (CBT) as a primary unrelated stem-cell source (n …

Purpose Intraperitoneal paclitaxel plus systemic chemotherapy demonstrated promising
clinical effects in patients with gastric cancer with peritoneal metastasis. We aimed to verify …

Background: Several reports have suggested that propylthiouracil (PTU) may be safer than
methimazole (MMI) for treating thyrotoxicosis during pregnancy because congenital …

Introduction Fever is frequently observed in critically ill patients. An independent association
of fever with increased mortality has been observed in non-neurological critically ill patients …

Background: Various treatment modalities for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) have
emerged and are now in use or await evaluation of clinical usefulness. It is difficult, however …