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Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survival in Western Kenya: Reduction in Early Deaths and Treatment Abandonment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An earlier study on children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Kenya reported a low event‐free survival (EFS), excess treatment abandonment, and high induction mortality.
Gilbert Olbara, George Bogonko, Festus Njuguna, Sandra Langat, Martha Kipngetich, Dennis Njenga, Gertjan Johannes Kaspers, Terry Allen Vik   +7 more
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ASSIST: Refinement of a Benefits Navigator Intervention Among Low‐Income Pediatric Oncology Families

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Children with cancer living in poverty experience worse survival and quality of life. Interventions connecting low‐income families to benefits (e.g., Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] improve health outcomes; yet nearly 50% of SNAP‐eligible pediatric oncology families are unenrolled.
Puja J. Umaretiya, Selena Murcia Mendez, Jennifer Kellett, Sarah Wright, Marisel Ponton, Robin T. Higashi, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Ayesha Zia, Joanne Wolfe, Sandi L. Pruitt, Kira Bona   +11 more
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Proteomic Comparison of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells and Normal CD34⁺ Bone Marrow Cells: Studies of Leukemia Cell Differentiation and Regulation of Iron Metabolism/Ferroptosis

Proteomes
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive bone marrow malignancy that can be cured only by intensive chemotherapy possibly combined with allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
Frode Selheim, Elise Aasebø, Håkon Reikvam, Øystein Bruserud, Maria Hernandez-Valladares   +4 more
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Clinical and biological characteristics of adult biphenotypic acute leukemia in comparison with that of acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a case series of a Chinese population

Haematologica, 2009
Background Biphenotypic acute leukemia is a rare disorder that is difficult to diagnose. It displays features of both myeloid and lymphoid lineage. There is still a lack of studies in biphenotypic acute leukemia in a Chinese population. We present here a
Xiao-Qian Xu, Jian-Min Wang, Shu-Qing Lü, Li Chen, Jian-Min Yang, Wei-Ping Zhang, Xian-Min Song, Jun Hou, Xiong Ni, Hui-Ying Qiu   +9 more
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Misperception of Body Weight After Childhood Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Misperception of body weight can negatively impact the weight management efforts of childhood cancer survivors (CCSs). Both being overweight or underweight are associated with chronic health conditions commonly observed in CCS; therefore, accurate weight perception is critical for reducing long‐term health risks.
Fabiën N. Belle, Tomáš Sláma, Eva Haegler‐Laube, Reto D. Kurmann, Gabriela M. Kuster, Christoph Saner, Eva Scheler, Yara Shoman, Christina Schindera   +8 more
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Impact of leukemia subtype and demographics on patient quality of life in 76 countries: a cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Hematology
BackgroundDisease-specific factors associated with decreased quality of life (QoL) in patients with leukemia have not been studied in a large-scale, global, observational study.MethodsThis cross-sectional study used the validated Hematological Malignancy
Sam Salek, Samantha Nier, Zack Pemberton-Whiteley, Tatyana Ionova, Giuseppe Ianni, Giovanni Tripepi, Nick York, Nicole Schroeter, Kathryn Huntley, Michael Rynne, Denis Costello, Lidija Pecova, Esther Natalie Oliva   +12 more
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Tracking Health Related Quality of Life From Diagnosis to Follow‐Up Among Australian Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is one of the most treatable forms of paediatric cancer; however, there is a substantial burden of treatment‐related toxicities (TRTs). In addition, the long‐term changes in children's health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) due to toxic treatments are not well understood.
Clare Ghows, Clarissa E. Schilstra, Karen McCleary, Nancy E. Briggs, Rishi S. Kotecha, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Shanti Ramachandran, Ruelleyn Cockcroft, Rachel Conyers, Siobhan Cross, Luciano Dalla‐Pozza, Peter Downie, Tamas Revesz, Michael Osborn, Frank Alvaro, Claire E. Wakefield, Glenn M. Marshall, Toby Trahair, Marion K. Mateos, Joanna E. Fardell   +19 more
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Frequency of polymorphisms in the IKZF1 and CDKN2A/2B genes and descriptive analysis in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a multicenter hospital-based prevalence study in Rio De Janeiro

BMC Cancer
Background Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood cancer, and B-cell ALL (B-ALL) is the most common subtype. The understanding of ALL has advanced significantly in recent years due to genomic sequencing, which has made it ...
Ariadne da Rocha Figueiredo, Thayana da Conceição Barbosa, Mariana Emerenciano, Marcelo Gerardin Poirot Land   +3 more
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Disease and treatment burden in patients with leukaemia: family members/partner perspective

Frontiers in Hematology
BackgroundLeukaemia patients require comprehensive care, including treatment, hospital visits, and family support. An awareness of the impact of leukaemia on family members is crucial. The Acute Leukemia Advocates Network, Chronic Lymphoid Leukemia (CLL)
Esther Natalie Oliva, Tatyana Ionova, Samantha Nier, Zack Pemberton-Whiteley, Zack Pemberton-Whiteley, Nick York, Denis Costello, Sam Salek   +7 more
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RNA INTERFERENCE (RNAI): AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO DEVELOP RATIONAL COMBINATION THERAPIES WITH HYPOMETHYLATING AGENTS IN ACUTE LEUKAEMIAS AND MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME [PDF]

European Medical Journal Hematology, 2013
Therapeutic progress in aggressive myeloid malignancies such as acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and advanced myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPNs) has been slow.
Raoul Tibes
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