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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
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Estimating utility value for female genital mutilation

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a clear violation of women’s rights and can have adverse and irreversible health effects as well. Worldwide, more than 200 million women and girls have undergone FGM/C.
Cyrus Alinia, Bakhtiar Piroozi, Fariba Jahanbin, Hossein Safari, Amjad Mohamadi-Bolbanabad, Ali Kazemi-Karyani, Ghobad Moradi, Fariba Farhadifar, Mohammad Ebrahimi   +8 more
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Quality of life and health-related utility after trans-oral surgery for head and neck cancers

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2021
Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess utility coefficients of health states following two minimally invasive surgical approaches for head and neck cancer, namely trans-oral robotic surgery and trans-oral laser microsurgery.
Enea Parimbelli, Christian Simon, Federico Soldati, Lorry Duchoud, Gian Luca Armas, John R. de Almeida, Silvana Quaglini   +6 more
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Utility estimations of different health states of patients with type I, II, and III spinal muscular atrophy in China: A mixed approach study with patient and proxy-reported data

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
IntroductionSpinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare autosomal-recessive neuromuscular disease. Health state utility values (HSUV) are used in health economic evaluation regarding the desirability of health outcomes such as a certain health state or ...
Jiahao Hu, Lin Zhu, Han Bao, Yuhan Liu, Huanping Xing, Qi Kang, Chunlin Jin   +6 more
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Health Care Utilization

INNOVATIONS in pharmacy, 2018
Faculty Discussant: A. Simon Pickard, PhDArticle 1: Real-World Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cells Transplantation vs. Hydroxyurea Therapy in Children with Sickle Cell DiseaseJifang Zhou, MD, MPH; Gregory S. Calip, PharmD, MPH, PhDArticle 2: Fondaparinux Sodium Compared with Low Molecular Weight Heparins for ...
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Predicting Chronicity in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia at the Timepoint of Diagnosis Using Machine Learning‐Based Approaches

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To identify predictors of chronic ITP (cITP) and to develop a model based on several machine learning (ML) methods to estimate the individual risk of chronicity at the timepoint of diagnosis. Methods We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 944 children enrolled in the Intercontinental Cooperative immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Study ...
Severin Kasser, Alice Bizeul, Meera Chitlur, Hugo Donato, Jelena Roganovic, Julia E. Vogt, Thomas Kühne   +6 more
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The association between disease activity and health utility value in Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study based on the CREDIT cohort [PDF]

Jichu yixue yu linchuang
Objective To explore the association between disease activity and health utility values(HUV) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA) in China, and to analyze other factors that may affect health utility values, providing a basis for individualized ...
YU Bing, LI Lu, LI Mengtao, WANG Yanhong
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Health Literacy and Health Care Utilization in Austria

HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2023
Background: Efficient use of health care is crucial for health care systems; the literature reveals that health literacy (HL) plays an important role in health services utilization. Objective: This study aimed to analyze the relationship between HL and health care utilization in ...
Andreas Kvas, Gregor Kvas
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A Systematic Review of Evidence on the Clinical Effectiveness of Surveillance Imaging in Children With Medulloblastoma and Ependymoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surveillance imaging aims to detect tumour relapse before symptoms develop, but it's unclear whether earlier detection of relapse leads to better outcomes in children and young people (CYP) with medulloblastoma and ependymoma. This systematic review aims to identify relevant literature to determine the efficacy of surveillance magnetic ...
Lucy Shepherd, Melissa Taylor, Helen Fulbright, Bob Phillips   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prognostic Impact of Treatment Modalities, Including Targeted Compartmental Radio‐Immunotherapy, in a Cohort of Neuroblastoma Patients With CNS Metastases at Relapse

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neuroblastoma (NB) with central nervous system (CNS) metastases is rare at diagnosis, but occurs more often during relapse/progression. Patients with CNS metastases face a dismal prognosis, with no standardized curative treatment available.
Vicente Santa‐Maria Lopez, Anna Felip‐Badia, Marina Caballero‐Bellon, Nazaret Sanchez‐Sierra, Alicia Castañeda, Moira Garraus, Maite Gorostegui, Margarida Simão‐Rafael, Juan Pablo Muñoz, Marta Perez‐Somarriba, Salvador Mañe, Mariana Cecilia Planells, Sara Perez‐Jaume, Jaume Mora   +13 more
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