JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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A previous cross-sectional study showed an association of migraine with a higher prevalence of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-measured ischemic lesions in the brain. ⋯ In a community-based cohort followed up after 9 years, women with migraine had a higher incidence of deep white matter hyperintensities but did not have significantly higher progression of other MRI-measured brain changes. There was no association of migraine with progression of any MRI-measured brain lesions in men.
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Comparative Study
Comparison of a strategy favoring early surgical resection vs a strategy favoring watchful waiting in low-grade gliomas.
There are no controlled studies on surgical treatment of diffuse low-grade gliomas (LGGs), and management is controversial. ⋯ For patients in Norway with LGG, treatment at a center that favored early surgical resection was associated with better overall survival than treatment at a center that favored biopsy and watchful waiting. This survival benefit remained after adjusting for validated prognostic factors.
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Tumor recurrence is a major issue for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) following curative liver resection. ⋯ Nucleoside analogue use was associated with a lower risk of HCC recurrence among patients with HBV-related HCC after liver resection.