NEW PERSPECTIVES IN GLIOBLASTOMA ANTIANGIOGENIC THERAPY

New perspectives in glioblastoma antiangiogenic therapy

Glioblastoma (GB) is highly vascularised tumour, known to exhibit enhanced infiltrative potential.One of the characteristics of glioblastoma is microvascular proliferation surrounding necrotic areas, as a response to a hypoxic environment, which in turn increases the expression of angiogenic factors and their signalling pathways (RAS/RAF/ERK/MAPK p

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Free versus subsidised healthcare: options for fee exemptions, access to care for vulnerable groups and effects on the health system in Burkina Faso

Abstract Background The many forms of healthcare fee exemptions implemented in Burkina Faso since the 2000s have varied between total exemption (free) and cost subsidisation.This article examines both options, their contextual variations and the ways in which they affect access to healthcare for vulnerable people as well as the operation of the hea

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Pilot use of a novel smartphone application to track traveller health behaviour and collect infectious disease data during a mass gathering: Hajj pilgrimage 2014

This study examines the feasibility of using feline 1-hcpch vaccine a smartphone application (app) to conduct surveys among travellers during the Hajj pilgrimage, where the use of apps has not been evaluated for infectious disease surveillance.A longitudinal study was conducted among pilgrims at the Hajj 2014 using an iPhone app with separate quest

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