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Phase Angle as an Early Functional Biomarker of Cancer‐Related Fatigue in Pediatric Oncology: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric cancer remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in low‐and middle‐income countries. Cancer treatment may impair nutritional status, alter body composition, and exacerbate cancer‐related fatigue (CRF).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Junior, Luiz Claudio Barreto Silva Neto, Fabiano Kenji Haraguchi, Letícia Batista de Azevedo, Marcelo Brenner Nascimento Carlini, Raphael Manhães Pessanha, Mariana Rabello Laignier, Wesley Rocha Grippa, Tania Mara Lopes Bitti Bortolini, Gláucia Zouain‐Figueiredo, Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima, Liliana Vasquez   +11 more
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Natural Killer Cells in Paediatric Soft Tissue Sarcomas: A Systematic Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Paediatric soft tissue sarcomas (pSTS) are a rare and heterogeneous group of malignant tumours arising in tissues of mesenchymal origin. The role of natural killer (NK) cells in pSTS remains poorly understood, with evidence fragmented across small preclinical studies and early‐phase clinical trials.
Raya Dean, Lara V. Graham, Christina Putnam, Rosa Gomes Alves Martins, Daniel T. Harding, Tim J. Underwood, Zoë S. Walters, Matthew D. Blunt   +7 more
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Life-table representations of family dynamics in the 21st century

Demographic Research, 2017
Background: A key resource for cross-national comparative research on family dynamics (Andersson and Philipov 2002) is seriously outdated. Objective: We provide an update of the life-table estimates by Andersson and Philipov (2002) based on data from ...
Gunnar Andersson, Elizabeth Thomson, Aija Duntava   +2 more
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Development and Implementation of a Disease‐Targeted Storybook as a Clinical Tool for Children With Acute Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Although significant progress has been made in childhood leukemia survival, healthcare providers, and caregivers often face challenges in explaining this disease to patients. Disease‐targeted storybooks have been proposed as a tool to facilitate the understanding of diagnoses and treatment.
Nutvipha Ummartyotin, Usanarat Anurathapan, Rawiwan Roongpraiwan, Potchanee Dandamrongrak, Siriporn Nakhonchai, Pawin Numthavaj, Vilawan Chirdkiatgumchai   +6 more
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Expanding an abridged life table

Demographic Research, 2001
A question of interest in the demographic and actuarial fields is the estimation of the age-specific mortality pattern when data are given in age groups. Data can be provided in such a form usually because of systematic fluctuations caused by age heaping.
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Adiposity in Adults and Life Expectancy with and without Cardiovascular Disease. The Doetinchem Cohort Study

Global Heart
Background: While life expectancy (LE) in the Netherlands has increased over recent decades, it is not always accompanied by good health, particularly among individuals with adiposity. As adiposity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD),
Silvia Juliana Trujillo-Cáceres, Annelot P. Smit, Vicente Artola Arita, Marilyne Menassa, H. Susan J. Picavet, Klodian Dhana, Oscar H. Franco, W. M. Monique Verschuren   +7 more
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Life table parameters of the aphid predators Coccinella septempunctata, Ceratomegilla undecimnotata and Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2008
The life tables of the aphid predators Coccinella septempunctata L., Ceratomegilla undecimnotata (Schneider) and Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (L.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), fed on Aphis fabae Scopoli (Hemiptera: Aphididae), were constructed at ...
Dimitrios C. KONTODIMAS, Panagiotis G. MILONAS, George J. STATHAS, Nickolaos E. PAPANIKOLAOU, Anna SKOURTI, Yiannis G. MATSINOS   +5 more
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The Role of Chemotherapy in Pediatric Myoepithelial Carcinoma: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myoepithelial carcinoma (MEC) in pediatric patients is a rare and aggressive malignancy characterized by heterogeneous morphology and variable molecular features. The optimal role of chemotherapy remains unclear. We conducted a systematic review according to PRISMA 2020 guidelines to evaluate chemotherapy in pediatric and young‐adult patients ...
Marco Salvi, Maria Carmen Affinita, Giulia Fichera, Luisa Santoro, Angela Scagnellato, Calogero Virgone, Elena Poli, Gianni Bisogno   +7 more
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Life-table representations of family dynamics in Sweden, Hungary, and 14 other FFS countries

Demographic Research, 2002
In this study, we present a system of descriptions of family-demographic behavior in developed countries. We use life-table techniques in order to describe the experience of men, of women, and of children in processes related to family formation and ...
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Cuba. La esperanza de vida en años terminados en cero y cinco. 1900-2015. / Cuba. Life expentancy in calendar years ending in zero and five. 1900-2015.

Novedades en Población, 2021
The paper deals with the reconstruction of the historical series of life tables for calendar years ended in zero and five, for the period 1900-2015 and the completion of the knowledge regarding the level and dynamics of mortality in Cuba and its most ...
Juan Carlos Albizu-Campos Espiñeira
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