Tiago Barroso

Introduction Arteriovenous fistulas and grafts are lifelines for most hemodialysis patients, and a low access flow rate often requires patency-related intervention, such as angioplasty or thrombectomy, to prevent access failure. We examined whether early access flow rate, measured after initial fistula/graft cannulation, predicts vascular access patency-related intervention within 1 year. Methods This was a single-center retrospective cohort study.

1. Introduction Precision oncology is the ultimate goal of cancer treatment, i.e., to treat cancer and only cancer, leaving all the remaining cells and tissues as intact as possible. The term “precision oncology”, while ironically imprecise according to some authors [1], speaks to the desire to maximize effectiveness while minimizing toxicity.

Open AccessArticle by 1,*, 2, Teresa Esteban-Casanelles 3, 1, 1, 1, 1,4, 1, 1, 1, 5 and 1,4 1 Department of Oncology, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal 2 Department of Economics, University College London, London WC1H 0AX, UK 3 Department of Political Economy, King’s College London, London WC2B 4BG, UK 4 Instituto de Medicina Molecular-João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal 5 START Lisbon,...