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“We Cannot Talk as a Family”: Complexities of Survivorship Communication Among Hispanic/Latino Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer, Parents, and Clinicians

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Young adult childhood cancer survivors (YA‐CCS) have an increased risk of treatment‐related health complications throughout their lives. Lifelong survivorship care is recommended, yet many YA‐CCS experience disruptions in care during pediatric‐to‐adult transitions and do not receive recommended survivorship care.
Kevin Shanchen Pu, Nicole Fernández‐Viña, Briana C. Martin‐Villa, Daniela Ramirez, Rebecca M. Lewinsohn, Mary Smith, Heidi Boynton, Lidia Schapira, Stephanie M. Smith   +8 more
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Establishing Local Diagnostic Reference Levels (LDRL) for Brain and PNS CT Scans at Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi [PDF]

Computed Tomography (CT) is a vital diagnostic tool in modern medicine, offering detailed imaging but also contributing significantly to patient radiation exposure, necessitating careful dose management.
M. ALBastaki , Z. Embong , N. K. ALMazrouei , J. Perez , S. Zubair
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Identifying Patterns of Hospitalizations Among Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Population‐Based Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) experience more hospitalizations than the general population. We aimed to identify distinct hospitalization patterns among Queensland CCSs and the associated characteristics. Methods Cases (aged ≤14 years) diagnosed between 1995 and 2019 while residents of Queensland were identified through the ...
Hai Pham, Teyl Engstrom, Peter Baade, Natalie Bradford, Sarah Pont, Louise Marquart‐Wilson, Natasha Nassar, Jason D. Pole   +7 more
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Evidence‐Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Febrile Neutropenia: Resource‐Sensitive Recommendations for the Asian Continent

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a frequent and serious complication in children receiving cancer therapy. Standardizing FN management across Asia is challenging due to variable healthcare infrastructure, diagnostic capacity, and infection patterns; however, it could improve resource use and patient outcomes.
Joliza Patricia Cañeba, Shweta Bansal, Tea Reljic, Allyne Montecillo‐Aguelo, Hamidah Alias, Farrah Amaranto, Maria Stella Aquino‐Calingasan, Bambang Ardianto, Eggi Arguni, Sally Blair, Thi Tam Dang, Maria Beatriz Gepte, Samanmalee Gunasekara, Andini Handayani, Miriam Kimpo, Catherine G. Lam, Nawachai Lertvivatpong, Sergio Licona, Ana Loseo, Ratha Mlis, Vivian Moreno Berrio, Nguyen Hoai Anh, Anna Lisa Ong‐Lim, Ha Thu Pham, Krishna Sagar Sharma, Bun Sereyleak, Sally Jane G. Velasco‐Aro, Su Yadana, Ambuj Kumar, Sheena Mukkada   +29 more
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Bone and Soft Tissue Neoplasms in Infants Versus Older Children: A Report From the Cancer in Young People in Canada Program

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Infant bone and soft tissue neoplasms present distinct clinical challenges and lack large‐scale data to inform treatment decisions. This study aims to characterize bone and soft tissue neoplasms in infants in Canada and to compare their outcomes with those of older pediatric patients.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Maria Kondyli, Monia Marzouki, Nicolas Prud'homme, Nida Usmani, Rebecca J. Deyell, Lesleigh Abbott, Tony H. Truong, Sapna Oberoi, Ketan Kulkarni, Josée Brossard, Lynette Bowes, Paul Gibson, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Lillian Sung, Catherine Vezina, Laura Wheaton, Alexandra P. Zorzi, Marie‐Claude Pelland‐Marcotte, Thai Hoa Tran   +21 more
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Dose Assessment in Computed Tomography Examination and Establishment of Local Diagnostic Reference Levels in Mazandaran, Iran

Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2015
Background: Medical X-rays are the largest man-made source of public exposure to ionizing radiation. While the benefits of Computed Tomography (CT) are well known in accurate diagnosis, those benefits are not risk-free.
Janbabanezhad Toori A., Shabestani-Monfared A., Deevband M.R., Abdi R., Nabahati M.   +4 more
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Proposing institutional diagnostic reference levels and evaluating radiation dose in fluoroscopy of hysterosalpingogram

Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences
Aim: To propose institutional DRLs and evaluate effective dose for fluoroscopy of hysterosalpingogram for different patient weight groups. Methods: In this retrospective study, hysterosalpingogram parameters for 223 cases were collected.
Khalid M. Aloufi
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Computed tomography radiation doses for common computed tomography examinations: a nationwide dose survey in United Arab Emirates

Insights into Imaging, 2020
Objectives Computed tomography (CT) scanning is an essential part of diagnostic and treatment plans, providing swift and accurate diagnostic images.
Mohamed M. Abuzaid, Wiam Elshami, Huseyin Ozan Tekin, Hatem Ghonim, Mona Shawki, Dina H. Salama   +5 more
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Establishment of local diagnostic reference levels for typical radiography examinations in the west region of Croatia

, 2019
Majority of health institutions in Croatia do not have medical physicists in diagnostic radiology. Regarding this, in the west region of Croatia collaboration between public health institution and University Hospital Rijeka was initiated in 2015. Quality
Diklić, Ana, Jurković, Slaven, Šegota, Doris   +2 more
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Establishing paediatric diagnostic reference levels using reference curves - A feasibility study including conventional and CT examinations

, 2021
PURPOSE: To derive Regional Diagnostic Reference Levels (RDRL) for paediatric conventional and CT examinations using weight-based DRL curves and compare the outcome with DRL derived using the weight groups.METHODS: Data from 1722 examinations performed ...
Waltenburg, Hanne, Guðjónsdóttir, Jónína, Heimland, Nils, Widmark, Anders, Højgaard, Britta, Almén, Anja, Højgaard, Britta,, Heimland, Nils,, Guðjónsdóttir, Jónína,, Waltenburg, Hanne,, Widmark, Anders,, Almén, Anja,, Lund University., Anja Almén, Hanne Waltenburg, Nils Heimland, Jónína Guðjónsdóttir, Britta Højgaard, Anders Widmark   +18 more
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