PATIENT AND CAREGIVER PREFERENCES FOR FIRST-LINE TREATMENTS OF METASTATIC NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: A DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENT

Patient and Caregiver Preferences for First-Line Treatments of Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Candice Yong,1 M Janelle Cambron-Mellott,2 Brian Seal,1 Oliver Will,2 Martine C Maculaitis,2 Kelly Clapp,2 Emily Mulvihill,2 Ion Cotarla,1 Ranee Mehra3 1AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, USA; 2Cerner Enviza, Malvern, PA, USA; 3University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD, USACorrespondence: M Janelle Cambron-Mello

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Behavior of Ferrocement Beams Using Fiber Glass Mesh and Sea Water

The current study aims to study the structural behavior of ferrocement beams using seawater to produce concrete beams that can be used as an alternative to conventional reinforced concrete beams.The formulated beams would have a high resistance to loads and cracking, and would be more economical and environmentally friendly than traditional concret

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RHEOMETRIC MONITORING OF THE FORMATION OF MILK-PROTEIN BLOBS

This paper presents the results of the theoretical and experimental studies of newly designed devices, namely, the VRSh-1 ball rheometer and european hair care the Sgustok-1S dual-range rotary viscometer, for the continuous automatic monitoring of structure formation processes in milk-protein blobs.Each type of rheometers is studied to substantiate

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Telomere Length on Chromosome 17q Shortens More than Global Telomere Length in the Development of Breast Cancer

It is known that total telomere length is shorter in invasive breast cancer than in normal breast tissue but the status of individual telomere lengths has not been studied.Part of the difficulty is that usually telomere length in interphase cells is measured on all chromosomes together.In this study we compared normal breast epithelium, duct carcin

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Effects of thinning, burning, seeding, and slash arrangements on understory communities in pinyon-juniper woodlands of northern Arizona

Pinyon-juniper woodlands are a dominant ecosystem in the American Southwest that have been increasing in density over the last century, generating concerns about the Door Mounting Kit effects on wildlife habitat, livestock forage, and wildfire risk.We tested 16 treatment combinations designed to restore stands to historic conditions by examining th

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