Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan

Preoperative Plasma Cell-Free DNA Integrity Index in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: An Exploratory Case–Control Study

Background/Objectives: Evaluation of renal tumour masses relies on conventional imaging, which cannot reliably characterise the histopathological type, and no validated blood-based diagnostic marker is available for renal cell carcinoma. The cfDNA integrity index, the ratio of lo...

Methods of psychotherapeutic care of the patients with chronic pain syndrome. Review of literature and own study

The article deals with the relationship between chronic pain syndrome and psychological factors – somatization and alexithymia – in terms of the biopsychosocial model and focuses on the relationship between alexithymia and increased somatization with perpetuation, intensity and d...