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The Acute Oncologist's Role in Managing Patients with Cancer and other Comorbidities

Journal of Comorbidity, 2012
Background An Acute Oncology Service (AOS) is paramount to providing timely and improved pathways of care for patients who are admitted to hospital with cancer-related problems or suspected cancer.
Kate Shankland, Peter Kirkbride, Anne-Marie Bourke, James Price, Lucy Walkington, Sarah Danson   +5 more
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Responses of advanced directives by Jehovah's Witnesses on a gynecologic oncology service

Journal of Blood Medicine, 2014
Nimesh P Nagarsheth,1,2 Nikhil Gupta,3 Arpeta Gupta,4 Erin Moshier,5 Herbert Gretz,1 Aryeh Shander6 1Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai ...
Nagarsheth NP, Gupta N, Gupta A, Moshier E, Gretz H, Shander A   +5 more
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Overcoming Immune Resistance With Radiation Therapy in Prostate Cancer

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men and represents a significant healthcare burden worldwide. Therapeutic options in the metastatic castration-resistant setting remain limited, despite advances in androgen deprivation therapy ...
Arthur Mulvey, Arthur Mulvey, Emilien Muggeo-Bertin, Dominik R. Berthold, Fernanda G. Herrera, Fernanda G. Herrera, Fernanda G. Herrera   +6 more
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Migrant-friendly hospitals: a paediatric perspective--improving hospital care for migrant children. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: The European Union (EU) Migrant-Friendly Hospital (MFH) Initiative, introduced in 2002, promotes the adoption of care approaches adapted to meet the service needs of migrants.
Zimmerman, C, Kiss, Ligia, Hossain, Mazeda, Fabienne N Jaeger, Mazeda Hossain, Ligia Kiss, Hossain, M, Kiss, L, Jaeger, FN, Cathy Zimmerman, Zimmerman, Cathy, Jaeger, Fabienne N, Jaeger, Fabienne N.   +12 more
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Healthcare-Associated Infections at a Brazilian Cancer Hospital: five years of analysis

Enfermería Global, 2012
Retrospective epidemiological study, carried out in 2009, to analyze healthcare-associated infection rates in cancer patients, according to infection site, lethality and data were collected from records filed at the institution’s Hospital Infection ...
Silvana Lima Vieira Santos, TK Sousa, DM Costa, LKO Lopes, EB Peleja, DS Melo, MAP Palos, MS Pereira   +7 more
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A multimodal strategy to improve health care for pediatric patients with cancer and fever in Peru

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2023
Objective. The DoTT (Decreasing Time to Therapy) project aimed to minimize the interval between fever onset and medical interventions for children with febrile neutropenia.
Ana Mendieta, Ligia Rios Lopez, Maria Vargas Arteaga, Essy Maradiegue, Walter Delgadillo Arone, Carlos Rueda Bazalar, Alexis Holguin, Carlos Santillan Salas, Ivan Maza, Maysam Homsi, Frankly Farias Barrios, Claudia Assayag, Liliana Vásquez, Claudia Pascual, Miguela Caniza   +14 more
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Geographic Distribution of Childhood Cancer in Brazil and the Time between the Diagnosis and the Start of Treatment: An Analysis of Hospital-Based Cancer Registries, 2010-2016

Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada, 2021
Objective: To analyze the distribution of childhood cancer in Brazil and the time between the diagnosis and the start of treatment, according to hospital-based cancer registries (2010-2016).
Mayara dos Santos Camêlo Moreira, Nyellisonn Nando Nóbrega de Lucena, Luiz Medeiros de Araújo Lima Filho, Ana Maria Gondim Valença   +3 more
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Breast Cancer Disease Burden in Albania

Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2022
Introduction; There are data on an increase in cancer cases in Albania in recent decades, this growing trend of cancer in the Albanian population is due to the rapid increase of habits or unhealthy behaviours such as; smoking, excessive alcohol ...
Anila Pema (Kristo), Dhurata Tarifa, Majlinda Ikonomi, Flutura Proko, Alketa Ymeri, Lindita Shehu, Besiana Poga   +6 more
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First reported double drug–drug interaction in a cancer renal patient under everolimus treatment: therapeutic drug monitoring and review of literature

European Journal of Medical Research, 2023
Everolimus is an inhibitor of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) used in both transplantation and cancer treatment (breast, renal and neuroendocrine).
Eduard Fort-Casamartina, Carme Muñoz-Sanchez, Raul Francisco Rigo-Bonnin, Pamela Maria del Valle-Celiz, Núria Gonzalo-Diego, Sara Otero-Torres, Carmen Bleda-Perez, Judith Prats-Jimenez, Sandra Fontanals-Martínez   +8 more
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Applying Value Stream Mapping to Improve the Delivery of Patient Care in the Oncology Day Hospital [PDF]

, 2022
Improving the delivery of patient care is an ongoing challenge in the National Health Service (NHS). This challenge is not insignificant in the process of chemotherapy administration for oncology patients.
Julio J. Garcia-Sabater, Marin-Garcia, Juan A., Pilar I. Vidal-Carreras, Vidal-Carreras, Pilar I., Juan A. Marin-Garcia, García Sabater, Julio Juan   +5 more
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