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ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook +6 more
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Socio-economic inequalities in survival of patients with prostate cancer: role of age and Gleason grade at diagnosis [PDF]
In the United Kingdom, survival of prostate cancer patients has improved since the 1990s. A deprivation gap in survival (better survival for the least deprived compared with the most deprived) has been reported but it is not known if differential ...
Morrison David S. +5 more
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Clinical Characteristics and Survival Outcomes of Patients with De Novo Metastatic Breast Cancer
Hanan Almasri,1 Ayah Erjan,1 Hebah Abudawaba,1 Khaled Ashouri,2 Sara Mheid,1 Anoud Alnsour,1 Hikmat Abdel-Razeq2,3 1Department of Radiation Oncology, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan; 2Department of Internal Medicine, King Hussein Cancer Center,
Almasri H +6 more
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ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is assessed by cell counting and cytomorphology from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and is used for treatment stratification worldwide. The ratio of “CNS2” patients in clinical trials ranges from 3% to 40%, with unclear prognostic significance ...
Laura Almási +14 more
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The Role of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Ataxia‐Telangiectasia
ABSTRACT Background Ataxia‐telangiectasia (A‐T) is a DNA repair disorder characterized by neurodegeneration, immunodeficiency, and cancer predisposition. Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is an established therapy in related disorders such as Fanconi anemia (FA) and Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS), but its role in A‐T is unclear.
Laila Alkhouli +3 more
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Kexin Ma,* Bing Dong,* Liming Wang, Chongyu Zhao, Zhaoyu Fu, Chi Che, Wuguang Liu, Zexuan Yang, Rui LiangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China*These ...
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Background Patients with early‐stage breast cancer (BC) live long but have competing comorbidities. This study aimed to estimate the effect of cancer and other causes of death in patients with early‐stage BC and further quantify the survival differences.
Yan‐Bo Xu +5 more
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Comparative Study of Adjuvant Temozolomide Six Cycles Versus Extended 12 Cycles in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme [PDF]
Introduction: Studies have shown promising survival with the use of Extended Temozolomide (E-TMZ) as compared to Conventional six cycles of Temozolomide (C-TMZ) in malignant gliomas; however, the reports are mostly limited to retrospective studies ...
Menal Bhandari +5 more
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ABSTRACT Background Pediatric sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors that contribute disproportionately to cancer mortality in children. Although congenital anomalies are among the strongest known risk factors for childhood cancer, the risk of specific sarcoma subtypes among affected individuals has not yet been thoroughly evaluated. Procedure We
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