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Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Study ARST0332

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare soft tissue sarcoma occurring most commonly in adolescence and young adulthood. Methods We present the clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed ASPS enrolled on the Children's Oncology Group study ARST0332.
Jacquelyn N. Crane, Wei Xue, Amira Qumseya, Thomas Scharschmidt, Kathryn R. Tringale, Oscar Lopez Nunez, Jiaqi Hu, Donald A. Barkauskas, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Sheri L. Spunt, Aaron R. Weiss, Noah C. Federman   +11 more
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Implementing Health‐Related Quality of Life Assessment in Pediatric Oncology: A Feasibility Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background There is growing interest in embedding health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment and patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) within clinical cancer care. This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of implementing an electronic PROM (ePROM) platform to measure HRQoL in children with cancer ...
Mikaela Doig, Sophie Jessop, Jordan R. Hansford, Hien Le, Matthew O'Connor, Peter Gorayski, Andrew Cunningham, Amanda Hutchinson, Victoria Bedford, Eva Bezak, Nayana Parange, Kelly Skelton, Timothy Price, Michala Short   +13 more
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How to interpret liver function tests

South Sudan Medical Journal, 2017
Careful interpretation of liver function tests within the clinical context can help elucidate the cause and severity of the underlying pathology. Predominantly raised alkaline phosphatase represents the cholestatic pattern of biliary pathology, whilst ...
Christina Levick
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Biochemical “liver function tests” [PDF]

BMJ, 2006
This article considers two common scenarios of “abnormal” liver test results that may be seen in primary care. It looks at the pitfalls in liver testing and summarises guidance, including further investigations that may or may not be ...
W Stuart A, Smellie, Stephen D, Ryder
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The hepatoadrenal syndrome: A common yet unrecognized clinical condition [PDF]

, 2005
Objective: Adrenal failure is common in critically ill patients, particularly those with sepsis. As liver failure and sepsis are both associated with increased circulating levels of endotoxin and proinflammatory mediators and reduced levels of apoprotein-
Acton, Ali, Annane, Annane, Baranova, Beishuizen, Borkowski, Calco, Cicognani, Cooper, Darlington, Davies, de la Llera-Moya, Dimopoulou, Eisenberg, Ettinger, Gordon, Hamrahian, Harry, Hinshaw, Jaattela, Kilger, Liu, Liu, Liu, Liu, Loriaux, Marik, Marik, Marik, Marik, Marik, McDonald, Melby, Miyata, Molijn, Molijn, Mookerjee, Paul E. Marik, Rasaratnam, Rivers, Scammell, Singh, Sun, Thomas E. Starzl, Timothy Gayowski, van der Voort, van Leeuwen, Vishnyakova, Yaguchi, Yokoyama, Yokoyama   +51 more
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Treatment Decision‐Making Roles and Preferences Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Decision‐making (DM) dynamics between adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, parents, and oncologists remain underexplored in diverse populations. We examined cancer treatment DM preferences among an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse group of AYAs and their parents.
Amanda M. Gutierrez, Jill O. Robinson, Wendy A. Allen‐Rhoades, Hadley S. Smith, Isabel Canfield, Rebecca L. Hsu, Sarah R. Scollon, Lauren R. Desrosiers‐Battu, Nicole M. Schneider, Frank Y. Lin, Donald Williams Parsons, Sharon E. Plon, Mary A. Majumder, Janet Malek, Amy L. McGuire   +14 more
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Spontaneous portosystemic shunt diameter predicts liver function after balloon‐occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration

JGH Open, 2022
Background and Aim Recently, balloon‐occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO), performed for spontaneous portosystemic shunts (SPSS), has been receiving attention as a measure to improve liver function in cirrhotic patients with portal ...
Akihisa Tatsumi, Shinya Maekawa, Leona Osawa, Ryo Katoh, Yasuyuki Komiyama, Natsuko Nakakuki, Hitomi Takada, Shuya Matsuda, Masaru Muraoka, Yuichiro Suzuki, Mitsuaki Sato, Ei Takahashi, Mika Miura, Fumitake Amemiya, Shinichi Takano, Mitsuharu Fukasawa, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro Nakayama, Taisuke Inoue, Hiroki Okada, Takuji Araki, Hiroshi Onishi, Nobuyuki Enomoto   +22 more
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Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Loci for Liver Enzyme Concentrations in Mexican Americans: The GUARDIAN Consortium. [PDF]

, 2019
ObjectivePopulations of Mexican American ancestry are at an increased risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. The objective of this study was to determine whether loci in known and novel genes were associated with variation in aspartate ...
Chen, Yii-Der I, Fingerlin, Tasha E, Goodarzi, Mark O, Guo, Xiuqing, Langefeld, Carl D, Norris, Jill M, Palmer, Nicholette D, Raffel, Leslie J, Rotter, Jerome I, Taylor, Kent D, Wagenknecht, Lynne E, Wang, Nan, Watanabe, Richard M, Williams, Adrienne H, Xiang, Anny H, Young, Kendra A   +15 more
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Upacicalcet: A Novel Intravenous Calcimimetic Agent for Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis With Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is a common complication in patients receiving maintenance dialysis, driven by calcium and phosphate metabolism disturbances. Calcimimetics are central to the management of SHPT by enhancing calcium‐sensing receptor sensitivity and reducing parathyroid hormone secretion.
Fumihiko Koiwa, Daisuke Honda, Seigo Akari, Tadao Akizawa   +3 more
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Associations between Life’s Essential 8 and liver function: a cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Nutrition
BackgroundLife’s Essential 8 (LE8) score, developed by the American Heart Association, assesses cardiovascular health using eight components: diet, physical activity, nicotine exposure, sleep health, body mass index, lipids, blood glucose, and blood ...
Qiaoli Liang, Menglong Zou, Ziming Peng
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