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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients With Osteosarcoma: Local Control Outcomes With Dosimetric Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Osteosarcoma is a radioresistant tumor that may benefit from stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for locoregional control in metastatic/recurrent disease. We report institutional practice patterns, outcomes, toxicity, and failures in osteosarcoma patients treated with SBRT.
Jenna Kocsis, Shauna R. Campbell, Jonathan Jang, Eashwar Somasundaram, Chandana A. Reddy, Jacob G. Scott, Lilyana Angelov, Peter M. Anderson, Matteo Trucco, Zachary Burke, Lukas Nystrom, Nathan Mesko, Anthony Magnelli, Erin S. Murphy   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compliance with the recommended daily intake of at least 400g of fruits and vegetables and its relationship with behavioural change stages in Mexican adults

Journal of Nutritional Science
Promoting fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption is a public health priority. This study assessed compliance with the international recommendation of consuming at least 400g of F&V daily among Mexican adults and analysed its association with the five ...
Alejandra Jiménez-Aguilar, Rebeca Uribe-Carvajal, Araceli Salazar-Coronel, Cristina Álvarez-Sánchez, Sonia Rodríguez-Ramírez, Ivonne Ramírez-Silva, Teresa Shamah-Levy, Carmen Morales-Ruán   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design and methodology of a mixed methods follow-up study to the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey

Global Health Action, 2017
Background: The intended meaning behind responses to standard questions posed in large-scale health surveys are not always well understood. Systematic follow-up studies, particularly those which pose a few repeated questions followed by open-ended ...
Sarah Staveteig, Richmond Aryeetey, Michael Anie-Ansah, Clement Ahiadeke, Ladys Ortiz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring population health: costs of alternative survey approaches in the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System in rural Burkina Faso [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2015
Background: There are more than 40 Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) sites in 19 different countries. The running costs of HDSS sites are high. The financing of HDSS activities is of major importance, and adding external health surveys to
Henrike Lietz, Moustapha Lingani, Ali Sié, Rainer Sauerborn, Aurelia Souares, Yesim Tozan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measurement of sedentary behaviour in population health surveys: a review and recommendations

PeerJ, 2017
Background The purpose of this review was to determine the most valid and reliable questions for targeting key modes of sedentary behaviour (SB) in a broad range of national and international health surveillance surveys. This was done by reviewing the SB
Stephanie A. Prince, A. LeBlanc, R. Colley, T. Saunders   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

Cerebrospinal Fluid Liquid Biopsy Enables Targeted Therapy Without Tissue Diagnosis in Pediatric Low‐Grade Gliomas With BRAF V600E Mutation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We present two pediatric cases of pediatric low‐grade gliomas (PLGG) with BRAF V600E mutations diagnosed and monitored using cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) liquid biopsy analyzed via digital droplet PCR (ddPCR), without tissue biopsy. Both patients were treated with dabrafenib and trametinib and monitored through clinical assessments, magnetic ...
Hannah Sultan, Damien Faury, Alexander G. Weil, Harrison J. Westwick, Nada Jabado, Sébastien Perreault   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

State of HIV costing in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic literature review

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Objectives. To summarize available data on unit costs for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, prevention, and care interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean. Methods. We conducted a systematic literature review of costing studies published
Diego Cerecero-García, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Fernando Macías-González, Sergio Bautista-Arredondo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Education-related disparities in reported physical activity during leisure-time, active transportation, and work among US adults: repeated cross-sectional analysis from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 2007 to 2016

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Understanding socioeconomic disparities in physical activity is important, given its contribution to overall population-wide health and to health disparities.
Shaun Scholes, David Bann
doaj   +1 more source

Preferences for Exposure Control of Power-Frequency Fields among Lay Opinion Leaders [PDF]

, 1994
The authors report on surveys, differing according to focus on remedial costs, of Pittsburgh-area adults indicating beliefs about possible health effects of electromagnetic fields and the acceptability of options for reducing or eliminating the potential
Adams, Jack, Bostrom, Ann, Morgan, M. Granger, Nair, Indira   +3 more
core   +1 more source