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Ovarian Sex Cord Stromal Tumors in Children and Adolescents—The European Standard Clinical Practice Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As part of the European Cooperative Study Group for Paediatric Rare Tumours initiative, we developed standard clinical practice guidelines for ovarian sex cord stromal tumors, based on comprehensive national and international cohort analyses, literature review, and a final expert consensus conference.
Dominik T. Schneider, Kris‐Ann Schultz, Nora Schnitzler, Michael Abele, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Ines B. Brecht, Maja Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Michaela Kuhlen, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Yves Reguerre, Calogero Virgone, Daniel Orbach   +15 more
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Methodology of Diagnostic Tests in Hepatology

Annals of Hepatology, 2009
The performance of diagnostic tests can be assessed by a number of methods. These include sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, likelihood ratios and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves.
Erik Christensen
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accuracy of ultrasonography in the evaluation of abdominal masses in children in Nigeria

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2019
Introduction: Abdominal masses in children constitute a spectrum of lesions of diverse origin, nature and significance. In a low-income setting with limited investigative facilities, accurate diagnosis of abdominal masses can be very challenging. However,
Adebayo Ayokunle Adedayo, Joseph Bako Igashi, Philip Mari Mshelbwala, Abdulrashid A Nasir, Emmanuel A Ameh, James O Adeniran   +5 more
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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Time to blood, respiratory and urine culture positivity in the intensive care unit: Implications for de-escalation

SAGE Open Medicine, 2021
Objectives: Concern for late detection of bacterial pathogens is a barrier to early de-escalation efforts. The purpose of this study was to assess blood, respiratory and urine culture results at 72 h to test the hypothesis that early negative culture ...
Lindsey A Sellers, Kathryn M Fitton, Margaret F Segovia, Christy C Forehand, Kevin K Dobbin, Andrea Sikora Newsome   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Positive and negative predictive values by the TOC curve

Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods, 2020
Sensitivity and specificity are popular measures described by the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. There are also two other measures such as the positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV); however, the PPV and NPV cannot be represented by the ROC curve.
Chong Sun Hong, So Yeon Choi
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of adnexal masses using risk of malignancy index 3 (RMI 3) [PDF]

New Indian Journal of OBGYN
Objectives: No ideal screening test is available for ovarian cancer. The Risk of Malignancy Index (RMI) can be an important tool for preoperative triaging of adnexal masses for appropriate management.
Rama Garg , Parneet Kaur
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Forest plot of pooled negative predictive value.

, 2017
Forest plot of pooled negative predictive value.
Muyuan Liu (3686782), Steven J. Wang (3686788), Xihong Yang (2942178), Hanwei Peng (3686785)   +3 more
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