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Analytical Validation of MyProstateScore 2.0—Active Surveillance: A Urinary-Based Clinical RT-PCR Prostate Cancer Assay [PDF]

Diagnostics
Background/Objectives: Active surveillance (AS) is recommended for men with low-risk prostate cancer to minimize overtreatment while monitoring for disease progression.
Tabea M. Setera, Cameron J. Seitz, Bradley S. Moore, John R. Kitchen, Spencer Heaton, Jingyi Cao, Jacob I. Meyers   +6 more
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Are schools panoptic? [PDF]

, 2010
Schools are often understood by social researchers as panoptic spaces, where power is exercised through constant surveillance and monitoring. In this paper, I use Foucault’s notorious account of the Panopticon as a point of departure for a detailed ...
Gallagher, M.
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Prostate cancer: a review of active surveillance

Research and Reports in Urology, 2014
Lars Lund,1,2 Niels Svolgaard,1 Mads Hvid Poulsen1 1Department of Urology, Odense University Hospital, 2Clinical Institute, Southern University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Abstract: The objective of this paper is to review the current ...
Lund L, Svolgaard N, Poulsen MH
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Riding high: seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 after 4 pandemic waves in Manitoba, Canada, April 2020–February 2022

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Canada is emerging from the largest SARS-CoV-2 Omicron wave to date, with over 3.3 million confirmed cases. Unfortunately, PCR confirmed cases illuminate only a small portion of infections in the community and underestimate true disease burden.
Scotty Duong, Julian Burtniak, Ainsley Gretchen, Anh Mai, Penny Klassen, Yichun Wei, Carla Loeppky, Souradet Y. Shaw, Jared Bullard, Paul Van Caeseele, Derek Riley Stein   +10 more
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Ultrasound in active surveillance for low-risk papillary thyroid cancer: imaging considerations in case selection and disease surveillance

Insights into Imaging, 2021
Active surveillance (AS) of small, low-risk papillary thyroid cancers (PTCs) is increasingly studied in prospective observational studies. Ultrasound is the primary imaging modality for case selection.
Sangeet Ghai, Ciara O’Brien, David P. Goldstein, Anna M. Sawka, the Canadian Thyroid Cancer Active Surveillance Study Group   +4 more
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Active Surveillance for Small Renal Masses

Société Internationale d’Urologie Journal, 2022
With greater awareness of indolence underlying small renal masses (SRM ≤ 4 cm) and the morbidity of invasive treatment, active surveillance for SRM patients is being increasingly utilized on an international level.
Eric C. Kauffman, Mark W. Ball, Ravi Barod, Umberto Capitanio, Antonio Finelli, M. Carmen Mir, Brian Shuch, Mark C. Smaldone, Maxine G.B. Tran, Phillip M. Pierorazio   +9 more
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Divergences between healthcare-associated infection administrative data and active surveillance data in Canada

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2022
Background: Although Canada has both a national active surveillance system and administrative data for the passive surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAI), both have identified strengths and weaknesses in their data collection and ...
Virginie Boulanger, Étienne Poirier, Anne MacLaurin, Caroline Quach   +3 more
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An Assessment of Epidemiology Capacity in a One Health Team at the Provincial Level in Thailand

Veterinary Sciences, 2016
A multi-sectoral core epidemiology capacity assessment was conducted in provinces that implemented One Health services in order to assess the efficacy of a One Health approach in Thailand.
Soawapak Hinjoy, Arthicha Wongkumma, Somkid Kongyu, Punnarai Smithsuwan, Paphanij Suangtho, Thitipong Yingyong, Sunicha Chanvatik, Soledad Colombe   +7 more
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Defining Clinical Malaria: The Specificity and Incidence of Endpoints from Active and Passive Surveillance of Children in Rural Kenya. [PDF]

, 2010
Febrile malaria is the most common clinical manifestation of P. falciparum infection, and is often the primary endpoint in clinical trials and epidemiological studies.
Olotu Ally, Bejon, P., Bejon, P, Fegan, G., Fegan, Gregory, Edna Ogada, Williams, TN, Borrmann Steffen, Wambua, J., Evasius Bauni, Ogada, E., Bejon, Philip, Borrmann, S, Marsh Kevin, Sasi, P, Fegan, G, Olotu, Ally, Juliana Wambua, Bauni, E, Fegan Gregory, Ogada Edna, Wambua, Juliana, Marsh, K., Sasi Philip, Ogada, E, Gregory Fegan, Sasi, P., Thomas N. Williams, Kevin Marsh, Thomas N Williams, Greg Fegan, Philip Sasi, Bauni, Evasius, Wambua, J, Sasi, Philip, Philip Bejon, Marsh, K, Wambua Juliana, Borrmann, S., Bauni Evasius, Bauni, E., Bejon Philip, Williams, Thomas N, Ogada, Edna, Borrmann, Steffen, Ally Olotu, Williams, Thomas, Marsh, Kevin, Olotu, A, Steffen Borrmann, Olotu, A., Williams, T.N., Williams Thomas N.   +52 more
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School sociodemographic characteristics and obesity in schoolchildren: does the obesity definition matter?

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Existing evidence on the role of sociodemographic variables as risk factors for overweight and obesity in school-aged children is inconsistent. Furthermore, findings seem to be influenced by the obesity definition applied.
Silvia Bel-Serrat, Mirjam M. Heinen, John Mehegan, Sarah O’Brien, Nazih Eldin, Celine M. Murrin, Cecily C. Kelleher   +6 more
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