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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
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Palliative care and vascular surgery: status quo, needs, barriers and current challenges from the perspective of vascular surgery specialists

BMC Palliative Care
Background Palliative care is a concept for all patients suffering from life threatening diseases. It is not limited to cancer patients or to the last few days of life. Current research on diseases and concomitant diagnoses in vascular surgery suggests a
Michael Rechenmacher, Annette Schnell, Martina Schulz, Wolfgang Herr, Wilma Schierling, Karin Pfister, Ruth Mair   +6 more
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The role of radiation therapy in bone metastases management [PDF]

, 2017
Bone metastases represent an important complication of malignant tumours. Despite improvement in surgical techniques and advances in systemic therapies, management of patients with bone metastatic disease remains a powerful cornerstone for the radiation ...
DE FELICE, Francesca, Musio, Daniela, Piccioli, Andrea, Tombolini, Vincenzo   +3 more
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Why and When Are Evidence‐Based Interventions Adopted in Paediatric Supportive Care? A Qualitative Exploration of the Determinants of Photobiomodulation Implementation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating side effect of childhood cancer and stem cell transplant treatments. It affects the quality of life of children and young people (CYP) and places a strain on services. Photobiomodulation is recommended for oral mucositis prevention in international guidance but is poorly implemented in UK ...
Claudia Heggie, Kara A. Gray‐Burrows, Peter F. Day, Bob Phillips, Carl A. Thompson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A case report of severe diarrhea due to cytomegalovirus infection after living donor liver transplantation: successful treatment with butyrate-producing bacteria, immunosuppressive adjustments, and anti-cytomegalovirus therapy

Fujita Medical Journal
Purpose: In recent years, the benefits of probiotics for perioperative management have been recognized, and butyrate-producing bacteria are attracting attention as new beneficial intestinal bacteria.
Masanobu Usui, Norimasa Tsuzuki, Miyo Murai, Akihiro Ito, Akihiko Futamura   +4 more
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Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
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Investigating the nutritional status characteristics of terminal cancer patients by the type of cancer

Fujita Medical Journal
Objective: Patients with terminal cancer experience malnutrition due to cachexia and other problems associated with the disease’s progression. Particularly, patients with gastrointestinal cancers often experience malnutrition because of gastrointestinal ...
Norimasa Tsuzuki, Masanobu Usui, Akihiko Futamura, Miyo Murai, Akihiro Ito   +4 more
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Energetic performance analysis of staged palliative surgery in tricuspid atresia using vector flow mapping

Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2017
Background Staged palliative surgery markedly shifts the balance of volume load on a single ventricle and pulmonary vascular bed. Blalock-Taussig shunt necessitates a single ventricle eject blood to both the systemic and pulmonary circulation.
Mao Kinoshita, Koichi Akiyama, Keiichi Itatani, Ayahiro Yamashita, Maki Ishii, Atsushi Kainuma, Yoshinobu Maeda, Takako Miyazaki, Masaaki Yamagishi, Teiji Sawa   +9 more
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Temporal trends in mode, site and stage of presentation with the introduction of colorectal cancer screening: a decade of experience from the West of Scotland [PDF]

, 2015
background:  Population colorectal cancer screening programmes have been introduced to reduce cancer-specific mortality through the detection of early-stage disease.
A Downing, C von Wagner, CG Fraser, CS McArdle, CS Roxburgh, CS Roxburgh, D Mansouri, DC McMillan, EJ Morris, G Libby, H Gunnarsson, H Gunnarsson, HL Kelsall, JE Crozier, JH Anderson, JH Scholefield, JH Scholefield, JS Mandel, K Skala, KK Alexiusdottir, LH Sobin, O Kronborg, R Oliphant, R Oliphant, RJ Steele, RJ Steele, S Biondo, SJ Goodyear, SK Wong   +28 more
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
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