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High Cancer Burden in Elderly Chinese, 2005–2011 [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2015
Objective: Cancer risk increases with age, creating a challenge for the Chinese health system. To inform public health policy and research, we evaluated the cancer burden in elderly Chinese. Methods: Based on the published Chinese Cancer Registry Annual Report or related literature and the China Population and Employment Statistics Yearbooks, we ...
Li, Shugang, Zhang, Xuefei, Yan, Yizhong, Wang, Kui, Rui, Dongsheng, Pang, Lijuan, Li, Feng   +6 more
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Analytic lymph node number establishes staging accuracy by occult tumor burden in colorectal cancer. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Recurrence in lymph node-negative (pN0) colorectal cancer suggests the presence of undetected occult metastases. Occult tumor burden in nodes estimated by GUCY2C RT-qPCR predicts risk of disease recurrence.
Barkun, Alan, Hyslop, Terry, Schulz, Stephanie, Waldman, Scott A., Weinberg, David S.   +4 more
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Cognitive Functioning in Vorinostat‐Treated Pediatric and Young Adult Patients Over the First 180 Days After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Cognitive and psychological difficulties could negatively interfere with treatment adherence and quality of life before and after hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). Methods to mitigate these changes may have positive effects on treatment success.
Kristen L. Votruba, Michelle Rozwadowski, Thomas Braun, April Rahrig, Edward Peres, Kirsten M. Williams, Vanessa Fabrizio, Julie‐An Talano, Carrie L. Kitko, Nicolas Parnell, Pavan Reddy, Sung Won Choi   +11 more
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High Effective Coverage of Vector Control Interventions in Children After Achieving Low Malaria Transmission in Zanzibar, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
\ud \ud Formerly a high malaria transmission area, Zanzibar is now targeting malaria elimination. A major challenge is to avoid resurgence of malaria, the success of which includes maintaining high effective coverage of vector control interventions such ...
A Bennett, A Bhattarai, A Teklehaimanot, Abdul-Wahiyd H Al-Mafazy, Abdullah S Ali, AD Rodriguez, Anders Björkman, B Pluess, C Lengeler, CF Curtis, CF Curtis, CG Nevill, CM Montgomery, D Filmer, DA Gust, Delér Shakely, EJ Gangarosa, FN Binka, FO Okumu, H Rafatjah, I Kleinschmidt, I Kleinschmidt, J Lines, JA Alaii, JA Alaii, JA Atkinson, JO Yukich, JR Schellenberg, K Hanson, Karin Källander, Kristina Elfving, M Tanner, Max Petzold, ML Mabaso, MW Aregawi, Mwinyi Msellem, N Beer, N Beer, N Chitnis, Netta Beer, PJ Winch, PN Ng'ang'a, PS Levy, RBM, SS Lim, TD Dye, WHO, Y Ye, ZMCP, ZMCP   +49 more
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Research needs for an improved primary care response to chronic non-communicable diseases in Africa. [PDF]

, 2010
With non-communicable diseases (NCDs) projected to become leading causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countries, research is needed to improve the primary care response, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
Abegunde, Adeyi, Anonymous, Bach, Beaglehole, Chan, Coovadia, Council for International Organisations of Medical Sciences, Craig, Daar, Harries, Harries, Kumwenda, Maher, Maher, Maher, Ministry of Health of Government of Uganda, Ministry of Health of Government of Uganda, Ooms, Sanders, Setel, Sewankambo, Suhrcke, Tollman, United Kingdom Department for International Development, WHO, WHO, WHO, Wilkinson, World Diabetes Foundation   +29 more
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A PRSZT Registry Analysis of Prognostic Factors Influencing Survival and Relapse Rates After Second Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A second allogeneic (allo‐)hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT2) is a potential curative option for pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) following relapse after first allogeneic transplantation (HSCT1), but its efficacy is limited by high relapse rates and transplant‐related toxicity in highly pretreated ...
Ava Momm, Imme Haubitz, Rita Beier, Martin Zimmermann, Andrej Lissat, Peter Bader, Matthias Eyrich, Jan‐Henning Klusmann, Matthias Wölfl, Paul‐Gerhardt Schlegel, Verena Wiegering   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

High burden and unmet patient needs in chronic kidney disease

International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease, 2012
LeeAnn Braun,1 Vipan Sood,2 Susan Hogue,1 Bonnie Lieberman,2 Catherine Copley-Merriman11RTI Health Solutions, Ann Arbor, MI, 2Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America, Inc, Warren, NJ, USAAbstract: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a complex debilitating condition
Braun L, Sood V, Hogue S, Lieberman B, Copley-Merriman C   +4 more
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Desmoplastic Melanoma Carries High Mutation Burden [PDF]

Cancer Discovery, 2015
Abstract The first thorough sequencing of desmoplastic melanoma samples has shown that these tumors carry a median of 62 mutations per megabase—among the highest known for all cancers. The results suggest that patients may respond well to immunotherapy, which relies on detecting differences between normal and cancerous cells.
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Infectious intestinal disease : do we know it all? [PDF]

, 2006
Infectious intestinal disease (IID), with associated high morbidity and considerable mortality worldwide, causes a wide spectrum of illness. This ranges from mild discomfort to illness with severe complications.
Gauci, Charmaine, Gilles, Herbert M., Mamo, Julian, O’Brien, Sarah J.   +3 more
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Economic Burden for Lung Cancer Survivors in Urban China. [PDF]

, 2017
BackgroundWith the rapid increase in the incidence and mortality of lung cancer, a growing number of lung cancer patients and their families are faced with a tremendous economic burden because of the high cost of treatment in China.
Du, Jian, Fu, Wenqi, Hu, Teh-Wei, Huang, Weidong, Liu, Guoxiang, Liu, Shuai, Liu, Yang, Mao, Zhengzhong, Zhang, Xin, Zhao, Xianming, Zhao, Xiaowen   +10 more
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