Equianalgesic tables aid the clinician in making these conversions by providing a rough estimate for starting doses of the new opioid that may produce approximately the same amount of analgesia. Morphine (10 mg IM) is the gold standard to which all other opioids are compared.
oncology
Staging of Prostate Cancer
The Tumor-Node-Metastasis (TNM) System
Diagnosis of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes
The multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndromes are rare autosomal-dominant conditions that predispose affected individuals to benign and malignant tumors of the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroids, adrenals, endocrine pancreas, paraganglia, or nonendocrine organs.
MASCC Index Score for Identifying Low-Risk Febrile Neutropenic Cancer Patients
Scoring system for risk of complications among febrile neutropenic patients, based on the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) predictive model.
Tumor, Node, Metastasis International Staging System for Lung Cancer
The Tumor, Node, Metastasis (TNM) staging system for lung cancer is an internationally accepted system used to characterize the extent of disease. The TNM system combines features of the tumor into disease stage groups that correlate with survival and are linked to recommendations for treatment.
Revised Criteria for Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer (Lynch Syndrome)
Amsterdam Criteria (1991)
Three or more relatives with colorectal cancer, plus all of the following:
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One affected patient should be a first-degree relative of the other two;
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Colorectal cancer should involve at least two generations;
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At least one case of colorectal cancer should have been diagnosed before the age of 50 years.