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Referral Patterns and Diagnostic Timeliness in Pediatric Cancer: A Hospital‐Based Study in Indonesia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Timely diagnosis and treatment are critical for improving survival among children with cancer. In low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), delays are common and may be influenced by fragmented referral pathways and diagnostic limitations.
Nur Melani Sari, Regina Hadi Putri, Fatimah Assyifa, Judith Spijkerman, Gertjan Johannes Kaspers, Susi Susanah   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parents of Youth With Cancer Report on Their Psychosocial Care: iSTEPPP Survey Finds Alignment and Gaps With Standards

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The Standards for Psychosocial Care for Children with Cancer and Their Families guide the provision of comprehensive psychosocial care. Parallel to research characterizing implementation of the Standards from the perspective of providers, this study examines implementation of the Standards from the perspective of parents of youth ...
Emily M. Pariseau, Kimberly Buff, Michele A. Scialla, Kimberly S. Canter, Lori Wiener, Victoria Sardi‐Brown, Julia B. Tager, Kamyar Arasteh, Anne E. Kazak   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the PROGENSA® prostate cancer antigen 3 assay and the Prostate Health Index in the diagnosis of prostate cancer: a systematic review and economic evaluation

Health Technology Assessment, 2015
Background: There is no single definitive test to identify prostate cancer in men. Biopsies are commonly used to obtain samples of prostate tissue for histopathological examination.
Amanda Nicholson, James Mahon, Angela Boland, Sophie Beale, Kerry Dwan, Nigel Fleeman, Juliet Hockenhull, Yenal Dundar   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial distribution of people diagnosed with tuberculosis through routine and active case finding: a community-based study in Kampala, Uganda

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020
Background Routine tuberculosis (TB) notifications are geographically heterogeneous, but their utility in predicting the location of undiagnosed TB cases is unclear.
Katherine O. Robsky, Peter J. Kitonsa, James Mukiibi, Olga Nakasolya, David Isooba, Annet Nalutaaya, Phillip P. Salvatore, Emily A. Kendall, Achilles Katamba, David Dowdy   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors affecting the implementation of employee whole health in the veterans health administration: a qualitative evaluation

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background There is increasing recognition of the need to focus on the health and well-being of healthcare employees given high rates of burnout and turnover.
Omonyêlé L. Adjognon, Adena Cohen-Bearak, Jenesse Kaitz, Barbara G. Bokhour, Leslie Chatelain, Martin P. Charns, David C. Mohr   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The implementation of POSTGRES [PDF]

IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 1990
Currently, POSTGRES is about 90 000 lines of code in C and is being used by assorted "bold and brave" early users. The system has been constructed by a team of five part-time students led by a full-time chief programmer over the last three years. During this period, we have made a large number of design and implementation choices.
Michael Stonebraker, Lawrence A. Rowe, Michael Hirohama   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Chemotherapy for Spinal Cord Intramedullary Pediatric Low‐Grade Glioma—A Systematic Literature Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric intramedullary low‐grade gliomas (PIMLGGs) are rare neoplasms that present unique clinical and management challenges. Although surgery remains the primary tool for tissue diagnosis and decompression, complete gross‐total resection is frequently unfeasible due to the infiltrative nature of these lesions.
Olga M. Sergeenko, Segev Gabay, Jonathan Roth, Amit Ringel, Rina Dvir, Shlomi Constantini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Firm, yet flexible: a fidelity debate paper with two case examples

Implementation Science
Background In healthcare research and practice, intervention and implementation fidelity represent the steadfast adherence to core components of research-supported interventions and the strategies employed for their implementation.
Bianca Albers, Lotte Verweij, Kathrin Blum, Saskia Oesch, Marie-Therese Schultes, Lauren Clack, Rahel Naef   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Built to last? Barriers and facilitators of healthcare program sustainability: a systematic integrative review

Implementation Science, 2023
Objective To identify barriers and facilitators associated with the sustainability of implemented and evaluated improvement programs in healthcare delivery systems.
Yvonne Zurynski, Kristiana Ludlow, Luke Testa, Hanna Augustsson, Jessica Herkes-Deane, Karen Hutchinson, Gina Lamprell, Elise McPherson, Ann Carrigan, Louise A. Ellis, Putu Novi Arfirsta Dharmayani, Carolynn L. Smith, Lieke Richardson, Genevieve Dammery, Nehal Singh, Jeffrey Braithwaite   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exercise Capacity, Physical Activity, Fatigue, and Neurocognitive Function in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk of reduced exercise capacity, decreased physical activity levels, persistent fatigue, and neurocognitive deficits. The aim was to investigate exercise capacity and physical activity levels of adult survivors of childhood ALL and their associations with ...
Laura Jess, Gustaf Glavå, Simon Skau, Hans‐Georg Kuhn, Maria Bäck, Marianne Jarfelt   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source