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Evidence‐Informed Multidisciplinary Consensus Guidance for the Psychosocial Care of Adolescents With High‐Risk Cancer: Recommendations From the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adolescents with high‐risk cancer face complex developmental, psychosocial, and ethical challenges that extend beyond disease‐directed treatment. Although international recommendations exist for communication, psychosocial care, pediatric palliative care, survivorship, and shared decision‐making, these have largely evolved within ...
Johanna M. C. Blom, Dorella Scarponi, Giulia Zucchetti, Teresa Perillo, Maria Montanaro, Elisa Marconi, Chiara Rutigliano, Paolo Colavero, Paola Quarello, Marina Bertolotti, Monica Cellini, Carlo Clerici, Maurizio Mascarin, Francesca Bomben, Andrea Ferrari, the expert workgroup   +15 more
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Estimation of reference intervals from small samples: an example using canine plasma creatinine [PDF]

, 2009
Background: According to international recommendations, reference intervals should be determined from at least 120 reference individuals, which often are impossible to achieve in veterinary clinical pathology, especially for wild animals.
Geffré, Anne, Trumel, Catherine, Concordet, Didier, Geffré, A, Trumel, C, Braun, Jean-Pierre   +5 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

Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnostic issues and capabilities in 48 isolation facilities in 16 European countries: data from EuroNHID surveys [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Highly infectious diseases (HIDs) are defined as being transmissible from person to person, causing life-threatening illnesses and presenting a serious public health hazard. The sampling, handling and transport of specimens from patients with
Vincenzo Puro, Maltezou, Helen C., Iaco, Giuseppina De, Stefan Schilling, Brouqui, Philippe, Francesco Fusco, Reinhard H Brodt, Thiberville, Simon-Djamel, De Iaco, Giuseppina, Brodt, Reinhard H, Bannister, Barbara, Brodt, Hans-Reinhard, Ippolito, Giuseppe, Gottschalk, René, Barbara Bannister, Fusco, Francesco Maria, Giuseppina De Iaco, Simon-Djamel Thiberville, Giuseppe Ippolito, Thomson, Gail, Rene Gottschalk, Puro, Vincenzo, null null, Maltezou, Helen C, Schilling, Stefan, Philippe Brouqui, Helen C Maltezou, Gail Thomson   +27 more
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Establishing Local Diagnostic Reference Levels and Reference Curves for Thorax and Abdomen-Pelvis Paediatric CT Procedures

Acta Medica Lituanica
Background: Computed tomography is a highly informative diagnostic tool, but its use poses the challenge of managing potentially high radiation exposure to patients.
Rokas Dastikas, Antonio Jreije, Birutė Gricienė   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anticipating missing reference standard data when planning diagnostic accuracy studies [PDF]

, 2016
Results obtained using a reference standard may be missing for some participants in diagnostic accuracy studies. This paper looks at methods for dealing with such missing data when designing or conducting a prospective diagnostic accuracy ...
Reitsma, Johannes B, Naaktgeboren, Christiana A, Moons, Karel G M, Naaktgeboren, Christiana A., Bossuyt, Patrick M. M., Rutjes, Anne W S, de Groot, Joris A. H., Bossuyt, Patrick M M, Rutjes, Anne W. S., de Groot, Joris A H, Reitsma, Johannes B., Moons, Karel G. M.   +11 more
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Preliminary Values of Diagnostic Reference Level for Selected X-Ray Examinations in Indonesia

Atom Indonesia, 2016
The diagnostic reference levels form an efficient, concise, and powerful standard for optimizing the radiation protection of a patient. With an aim to contribute toward the establishment of the Indonesian National Diagnostic Reference Levels (NDRLs), a ...
E. Hiswara, H. Prasetio, D. Kartikasari, N. Nuraeni, K.Y.P. Sandi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Updated Australian diagnostic reference levels for adult CT

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 2020
Introduction In 2018, ARPANSA published updated national DRLs for adult CT, which were first published in 2012, and augmented the national DRL categories. This paper presents the updated national DRLs and describes the process by which they were produced.
Kam L. Lee, Toby Beveridge, Masoumeh Sanagou, Peter Thomas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source