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Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients With Endocrine Tumor Syndromes: A Systematic Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The combination of disease manifestations, the familial burden, and varying penetrance of endocrine tumor syndromes (ETSs) is unique. This review aimed to portray and summarize available data on psychosocial outcomes in patients with ETSs and explore gaps and opportunities for future research and care.
Daniël Zwerus, Floortje Strobbe, Annemarie A. Verrijn Stuart, Hanneke M. van Santen, Gerlof D. Valk, Sasja A. Schepers, Rachel S. van Leeuwaarde   +6 more
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Survival for Children Diagnosed With Wilms Tumour (2012–2022) Registered in the UK and Ireland Improving Population Outcomes for Renal Tumours of Childhood (IMPORT) Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The Improving Population Outcomes for Renal Tumours of childhood (IMPORT) is a prospective clinical observational study capturing detailed demographic and outcome data on children and young people diagnosed with renal tumours in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
Naomi Ssenyonga, Angela Lopez‐Cortes, Reem Al‐Saadi, Suzanne Tugnait, Kristina Dzhuma, Catriona Duncan, Gordan Vujanic, Tanzina Chowdhury, Claudia Allemani, Michel P. Coleman, Kathy Pritchard‐Jones, the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) Renal Tumour Special Interest Group, Hugh Bishop, Anthony McCarthy, Pamela Kearns, Helen Rees, Amos Burke, Meriel Jenney, Jane Pears, Hamish Wallace, Milind Ronghe, Tanzina Chowdhury, Susan Picton, Emma Ross, Lisa Howell, Bernadette Brennan, Gail Halliday, Richard Grundy, Shaun Wilson, Sucheta Vaidya, Daniel Yeomanson, Jessica Bate, Vesna Pavasovic, Jessica Bate, Sabine Irtan, Jesper Brok, Minou Oostveen, Kristina Dzhuma, Mark Weeks, Richard Williams, Mark Powis, Max Pachl, Bruce Okoye, Naima Smeulders, Gordan Vujanic, Oystein Olsen, Tom Watson, Susan Shelmerdine, Dan Saunders, Angela Lopez-Cortes, Taryn Treger, Tom Jackson, Suzanne Tugnait, Lisa Howell, Tanzina Chowdhury, Sam Behjati, Angela Polanco   +56 more
wiley   +1 more source

“We feel like orphans”: listening to users’ expectations to ensure more responsive healthcare services in rural Peru

BMC Health Services Research
The goal of health systems is to meet the health needs of the population in order to improve and/or maintain their health. To do so, it is necessary to understand the expectations regarding local health services.
Maria Amalia Pesantes, Silvana Perez-León, María Lazo-Porras, Maria Kathia Cárdenas, J. Jaime Miranda, David Beran   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Potential Savings Through Prevention of Avoidable Chronic Illness Among CalPERS State Active Members [PDF]

, 2012
Analyzes chronic disease-related health expenditures among state employees that can be targeted by lifestyle interventions.
Barbara A. Ormond, Brenda C. Spillman, Timothy A. Waidmann   +2 more
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The chaperone protein clusterin may serve as a cerebrospinal fluid biomarker for chronic spinal cord disorders in the dog [PDF]

, 2014
Chronic spinal cord dysfunction occurs in dogs as a consequence of diverse aetiologies, including long-standing spinal cord compression and insidious neurodegenerative conditions. One such neurodegenerative condition is canine degenerative myelopathy (DM)
A Brodbelt, A Felbecker, AM Lidstrom, AM Lidstrom, AM Nilselid, B Szoor, C Sihlbom, C Wang, DR Averill, EM Schrijvers, FA Wininger, GB Cherubini, GD Shelton, H Reiber, H Satoh, H Tumani, Intan N. F. Shafie, IR Griffiths, Jacques Penderis, JR Coates, JW Harvey, K Al-Saktawi, K Sasaki, L Klimaschewski, M Calero, MA Stoodley, Mark McLaughlin, Mary Ann A. Lim, O Cordero-Llana, P Montague, P Narayan, PA March, Pamela E. J. Johnston, Paul Montague, PEJ Johnston, Richard Burchmore, RP Grewal, SE Jones, T Awano, Thomas J. Anderson   +39 more
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Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiotoxic Treatment Risks in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Higher doses of anthracyclines and heart‐relevant radiotherapy increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study assessed CVD and CVD risk factors among adult childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) across cardiotoxic treatment risk groups and examined associations between lifestyle behaviors and treatment risks.
Ruijie Li, Raquel Revuelta Iniesta, Alan R. Barker, Dimitris Vlachopoulos, Tomáš Sláma, Christina Schindera, Fabiën N. Belle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health-related quality of life as measured with EQ-5D among populations with and without specific chronic conditions: A population-based survey in Shaanxi province, China [PDF]

, 2013
© 2013 Tan et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited ...
A Alwan, A Yeung, AL Supina, AS Pickard, CLK Lam, David W. Dowdy, E Pappa, EI Lubetkin, F Gao, F Tian, GH Yang, GLK Hsu, H Picavet, H Sakamaki, Haibo Tu, JB Williamson, JE Ware Jr, JW Hou, JW Shaw, LD Wang, Lingxia Guo, M Javanbakht, MJ Calvert, MTD Dyer, R Brooks, R Rabin, R Tajima, S Sun, Siming Liu, SS Shi, Wenjun Cao, WJ Furlong, YF Yu, Ying Liang, Yongyong Xu, YT Zhang, Zhijun Tan   +36 more
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Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed, Raquel Revuelta Iniesta, Mary Fewtrell, Julie Lanigan, Breeana Gardiner, Graeme O'Connor   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of short and long-term outcomes of diabetes patient education using the health education impact questionnaire (HeiQ)

BMC Research Notes, 2017
Background Type 2 diabetes is a progressive chronic illness that will affect more than 500 million people worldwide by 2030. It is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality.
Ditte Hjorth Laursen, Karl Bang Christensen, Ulla Christensen, Anne Frølich   +3 more
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Forecasting models for leprosy cases: a scoping review protocol

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Leprosy is a neglected tropical disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae that mainly affects the skin, the peripheral nerves, the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract and the eyes.
Bruna Oliveira Ascef, Gustavo Laine Araújo de Oliveira, Carmelita Ribeiro Filha Coriolano, Haliton Alves De Oliveira Junior   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source