Formal end-of-year examinations commence starting in Year 4 to dictate class streaming arrangements for the following year.
All patients also underwent mammography and/or ultrasound examinations before commencing therapy and on completion of chemotherapy, but for the purpose of this study clinical response was determined by examination alone.
In this regard, GPS can be a useful tool for prognostication and stratification of patients with HCC, because being based on only 2 laboratory data, CRP and albumin, it is conventionally available without additional imaging techniques or histological examinations before commencing treatment [ 7].
The examination commences with a transverse scan of the submental region.
After extracranial carotid arteries were displayed in transverse B-Mode images, a Doppler examination can commence and complete the extended FEEL examination.
The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty Hospital Motol and written informed consent was obtained from all the patients participating in the study before the endoscopic examination and further treatment commenced.
The community psychiatric nurses (CPNs) who collected data were trained how to use the HIP and carry out the required physical examinations shortly before the study commenced.
The follow-up evaluation comprising physical examination, mammography and/or breast echography commenced at 1-month post-treatment and continued every 2 months thereafter.
In 14 patients, urate-lowering therapy (with allopurinol and later benzbromarone in some) was commenced, and repeat US examination was performed at 12 months.
