Results 71 to 80 of about 5,588,181 (264)

Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survival in Western Kenya: Reduction in Early Deaths and Treatment Abandonment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An earlier study on children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Kenya reported a low event‐free survival (EFS), excess treatment abandonment, and high induction mortality.
Gilbert Olbara, George Bogonko, Festus Njuguna, Sandra Langat, Martha Kipngetich, Dennis Njenga, Gertjan Johannes Kaspers, Terry Allen Vik   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

[⁶⁸Ga]Ga-FAPI-46 PET/CT imaging in neuromelioidosis: a case series demonstrating potential utility in diagnosis and response assessment

EJNMMI Reports
Neuromelioidosis is a rare but severe manifestation of melioidosis with central nervous system (CNS) involvement, caused by gram negative saprophytic bacteria named Burkholderia pseudo-mallei and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Early and
C. M. Mayur, Keerthana Kiran Kandula, M. A. Ashique Rahman, Suprava Naik, Bijayini Behera, Girish Kumar Parida, Sanjeev Kumar Bhoi, P. Sai Sradha Patro, Kanhaiyalal Agrawal   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

ASSIST: Refinement of a Benefits Navigator Intervention Among Low‐Income Pediatric Oncology Families

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Children with cancer living in poverty experience worse survival and quality of life. Interventions connecting low‐income families to benefits (e.g., Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] improve health outcomes; yet nearly 50% of SNAP‐eligible pediatric oncology families are unenrolled.
Puja J. Umaretiya, Selena Murcia Mendez, Jennifer Kellett, Sarah Wright, Marisel Ponton, Robin T. Higashi, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Ayesha Zia, Joanne Wolfe, Sandi L. Pruitt, Kira Bona   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing the monthly: a mixed methods study on menstrual waste management among adolescent girls from South India

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
This study assessed the perceptions and practices of menstrual waste management (MWM) and explored the associated facilitators and barriers in schools of Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district, Telangana, India.
John Remya Mary, Ramaswamy Gomathi, Kona Chandralekha, Das Sakthi, Priyadarshini Rekha, Kulkarni Vaman, Panda Meely, Agarwal Neeraj   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Misperception of Body Weight After Childhood Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Misperception of body weight can negatively impact the weight management efforts of childhood cancer survivors (CCSs). Both being overweight or underweight are associated with chronic health conditions commonly observed in CCS; therefore, accurate weight perception is critical for reducing long‐term health risks.
Fabiën N. Belle, Tomáš Sláma, Eva Haegler‐Laube, Reto D. Kurmann, Gabriela M. Kuster, Christoph Saner, Eva Scheler, Yara Shoman, Christina Schindera   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tracking Health Related Quality of Life From Diagnosis to Follow‐Up Among Australian Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is one of the most treatable forms of paediatric cancer; however, there is a substantial burden of treatment‐related toxicities (TRTs). In addition, the long‐term changes in children's health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) due to toxic treatments are not well understood.
Clare Ghows, Clarissa E. Schilstra, Karen McCleary, Nancy E. Briggs, Rishi S. Kotecha, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Shanti Ramachandran, Ruelleyn Cockcroft, Rachel Conyers, Siobhan Cross, Luciano Dalla‐Pozza, Peter Downie, Tamas Revesz, Michael Osborn, Frank Alvaro, Claire E. Wakefield, Glenn M. Marshall, Toby Trahair, Marion K. Mateos, Joanna E. Fardell   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Autoimmune aplastic anemia- a rare and devastating presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – a case report

BMC Rheumatology
Background Systemic lupus Erythematous (SLE) with its multisystem manifestations can sometimes throw the treating team into scientific oblivion.
Dhriti Sundar Das, Saktipada Singha, Anupama Behera, Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty, Srikant Behera, Somanath Padhi, Suvendu Purkait   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical, Histopathological, and Molecular Characterization of Pediatric MN1::ZNF341‐Associated Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A lethal round‐cell malignancy with an MN1::ZNF341 fusion has recently been reported in three infants. Here, we describe four further tumors, three in newborns (including monozygotic twins), and one in an adolescent. Detailed clinical, radiological, and histopathological data differentiate these tumors from their main mimics, neuroblastoma and
Thomas R. W. Oliver, Dyanne Rampling, Barbara Walkowiak, Nathaniel D. Anderson, Manas Dave, Henry Lee‐Six, Sadie Baskind, Pooja Balasubramanian, Glenn Anderson, Conor Parks, Toochi Ogbonnah, Emilia R. Robertson, Simon Hannam, Rohan Verma, John C. Achermann, Liina Palm, Neil Sebire, Thomas Jacques, Tom Watson, Carryl Dryden, Karin Straathof, Mette Jorgensen, Olga Slater, Sam Behjati, Sarita Depani, J. Ciaran Hutchinson   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acute intermittent porphyria in a resource-limited setting: diagnostic pitfalls and emerging therapeutic perspectives

Journal of Rare Diseases
Background Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare metabolic disorder caused by deficiency of hydroxymethylbilane synthase (HMBS), leading to accumulation of neurotoxic heme precursors. Its protean neurovisceral manifestations and the possibility of
Bhupender Arya, Pyrus Bhellum, Rajat Goyal, Avishek Sarangal, Gopal Krishana Bohra   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

All medicine is social [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2014
openaire   +2 more sources