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A Situational Assessment of the Diagnostic Landscape and Organizational Readiness to Implement Next‐Generation Sequencing at Two Childhood Cancer Treatment Centers in Ghana

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Next‐generation sequencing (NGS) has emerged as a promising approach to improve diagnostic accuracy, but its feasibility in low‐ and middle‐income countries remains unknown. This study characterized the diagnostic landscape and assessed organizational readiness for NGS implementation at two childhood cancer treatment centers in Accra ...
Melissa Carvalho, Emmanuella Amoako, Nihad Salifu, Lily Gloria Tagoe, Yaw Bediako, Michelle Hermiston, Catherine Segbefia   +6 more
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Assessing prognosis in metastatic pancreatic cancer by the serum tumor marker CA 19-9: Pretreatment levels or kinetics during chemotherapy? [PDF]

, 2007
Background: The carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) is currently the most widely used serum tumor marker in pancreatic cancer (PC). CA 19-9 pretreatment levels as well as CA 19-9 kinetics during systemic chemotherapy can provide prognostic information ...
Holdenrieder, Stefan, Weckbach, Sabine, Schulz, Christoph, Boeck, Stefan, Heinemann, Volker, Stieber, Petra   +5 more
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Referral Practices and Utilisation of Paediatric Oncology Physiotherapy Services in Ghana: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Physical rehabilitation is highly recognised in improving the quality of life of cancer survivors through prehabilitation, sequelae management and palliative care, yet its integration into routine care in Ghana has not been characterised, leading to potential gaps in service access.
Dorothy Ekua Adjabu, Philip Junior Nyarko, Precious Madzimbe, Kofi Adesi Kyei, Tawagidu Mohammed, Sandra Banini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical resistance to platinum chemotherapy in ovarian cancer [PDF]

, 2009
Platinum drugs are the most active agents in ovarian cancer. Their cytotoxicty results from DNA crosslinking. High tumour response rates are seen, but 80 % of patients relapse. Major mechanisms of platinum resistance in patients remain to be established.
Newton, C., Newton, C
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Long-term therapeutic response in gallbladder cancer — the potential of chemoimmunotherapy

Oncology in Clinical Practice
Malignant biliary tract tumors, including gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma, are associated with particularly poor prognoses. For many years, chemotherapy with cisplatin and gemcitabine was the only available treatment option for patients with ...
Marta Pabianek, Magdalena Sobocinska, Barbara Lochowska, Magdalena A. Ciążyńska   +3 more
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Ceftaroline fosamil – fifth-generation cephalosporin with anti-MRSA activity in the treatment of severe infections in pediatric practice [PDF]

Клиническая микробиология и антимикробная химиотерапия
Сeftaroline fosamil is a fifth-generation cephalosporin and a unique β-lactam and the only currently registered in the Russian Federation cephalosporin with activity against MRSA. Сeftaroline is approved for use in pediatric practice for the treatment of
Andreeva I.V., Stetsiouk O.U., Kozlov R.S.   +2 more
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Beyond the Document: A Single‐Center Qualitative Study of Survivorship Care Plan Barriers and Opportunities Across Pediatric Oncology Stakeholders

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivorship care plans (SCPs) summarize cancer treatment and guide risk‐based follow‐up for cancer survivors, yet remain difficult to create, share, and use. Stakeholder perspectives are needed to inform usable approaches.
Molly S. Talman, Emma Fleisher, Megan E. Salwei, Debra Friedman, Laurie Novak   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cyclophosphamide chemotherapy sensitizes tumor cells to TRAIL-dependent CD8 T cell-mediated immune attack resulting in suppression of tumor growth [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Anti-cancer chemotherapy can be simultaneously lymphodepleting and immunostimulatory. Pre-clinical models clearly demonstrate that chemotherapy can synergize with immunotherapy, raising the question how the immune system can be mobilized to ...
Amy Prosser, Robinson, B.W.S., Currie, A.J., Scalzo, A.A., Joanne Salmons, Robbert G van der Most, Mark J Smyth, Bruce W S Robinson, Salmons, J., Lake, R.A., Smyth Mark J., Andrew J Currie, Amanda L Cleaver, Prosser, Amy, van der Most, R.G., Degli-Esposti, M.A., Salmons, Joanne, Lake, Richard A., Prosser, A., Prosser Amy, Nowak, A.K., Currie, Andrew J., van der Most Robbert G., Smyth, M.J., Robinson Bruce W. S., Lake Richard A., Degli-Esposti, Mariapia A., Scalzo Anthony A., Currie Andrew J., Nowak, Anna K., Sathish Mahendran, Cleaver, Amanda L., Richard A Lake, Nowak Anna K., van der Most, Robbert G., Larma, I., Mahendran, S., Anna K Nowak, Degli-Esposti Mariapia A., Anthony A Scalzo, Cleaver, A.L., Robinson, Bruce W.S., Larma, Irma, Irma Larma, Cleaver Amanda L., Smyth, Mark J., Larma Irma, Mehendran, Sathish, Scalzo, Anthony A., Salmons Joanne, Mahendran Sathish, Mariapia A Degli-Esposti   +51 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chemotherapy in colorectal cancer

, 2022
• understand and outline potential treatments available for colorectal cancer. • investigate the efficacy and stages of chemotherapy as a treatment for colorectal cancer. • analyze the role of other treatment options in increasing the effectiveness of
Almuallim, Rawan
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