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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
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A Psychiatric Population of Prenatally Cocaine-Exposed Children

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 1993
The backgrounds and behaviour of 40 prenatally cocaine exposed children referred to the child psychiatry program of an inner-city teaching hospital are explored. The population described is unique to the literature in these ways: (1) Most of the children were not detected as cocaine-exposed at birth, and were disclosed as cocaine-exposed by historical ...
Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida Urban Campus, University Medical Center of Jacksonville. Dr. Sumner is an Associate in Psychiatry and Pediatrics. Dr. Mandoki is Assistant Professor and Chief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Matthews-Ferrari is Assistant Professor and Chief, Adult Inpatient Unit ( host institution ), SUMNER, GAYLA S., MANDOKI, MIGUEL W., MATTHEWS-FERRARI, KATINA   +3 more
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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
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Mathematical Models of Epidemics with Infection Time

AppliedMath
After an infectious contact, there is a time lapse before the individual actually becomes infected. In this paper, we present different ways of incorporating this incubation or infection time into epidemic mathematical models. For simplicity, we consider
Benito Chen-Charpentier
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Estimating the population exposed to a risk factor over a time window: A microsimulation modelling approach from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury.

PLoS ONE, 2022
ObjectivesBurden of disease estimation commonly requires estimates of the population exposed to a risk factor over a time window (yeart to yeart+n). We present a microsimulation modelling approach for producing such estimates and apply it to calculate ...
Bálint Náfrádi, Hannah Kiiver, Subas Neupane, Natalie C Momen, Kai N Streicher, Frank Pega   +5 more
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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

Service improvements and community education lead to increase in uptake of HIV services for infants and young children [PDF]

, 2011
The Population Council’s APHIA II Operations Research Project in Kenya collaborated with Kendu Adventist Hospital and the Christian Health Association to launch a study to examine the effect of improved services and awareness-creation on the uptake of ...
Population Council
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Venetoclax‐Based Therapy as a Bridge to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Relapsed or Refractory Pediatric Acute Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Relapsed and/or refractory (R/R) pediatric acute leukemia carries a dismal prognosis, largely driven by chemoresistance to conventional salvage therapy. The BH3‐mimetic venetoclax, combined with chemotherapy or hypomethylating agents, has demonstrated efficacy in small clinical trials.
Katherine S. Colman, Deborah Meyran, Vajiranee Malalasekera, Heather Weerdenburg, Janine Campbell, Rachel Conyers, Stacie Wang, Hannah Walker, Seong Lin Khaw, Diane Hanna   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Population, Environmental Risks, and the Climate Crisis (PERCC) [PDF]

, 2020
In 2016, the Population Council began to develop evidence on how to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable populations to adapt to environmental risks and the effects of extreme climate change.
Population Council
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The Population, Environmental Risks, and Climate Crisis (PERCC) Initiative [PDF]

, 2023
This brief describes the Population Council\u27s PERCC initiative which conducts rigorous, innovative, cross-disciplinary social science research; uses it to build publicly accessible datasets, tools, and models; and utilizes our findings and insights to
Population Council
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