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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
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Durvalumab supplementation for non-small-cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis study

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Durvalumab supplementation may have some potential in improving the efficacy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and this meta-analysis aims to explore the impact of durvalumab supplementation on efficacy for NSCLC.
Chengchen Wang, Hongyi Fu, Feng Wang
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The addition of bevacizumab to standard chemotherapy in breast cancer : which patient benefits the most? [PDF]

, 2013
Bevacizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody directed against vascular endothelial growth factor, is an effective and well-tolerated treatment option for patients with breast cancer.
Cocquyt, Veronique, Denys, Hannelore, KRUSE, VIBEKE, Van Belle, Simon, Van den Broecke, Rudy   +4 more
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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright, Morgan A. Paul, Selena Murcia Mendez, Emily Jones, Lucille Lokko, Chelsea Heneghan, Nicholas Purol, Morgan Arnold, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Sandi L. Pruitt, Joanne Wolfe, Kira Bona, Puja J. Umaretiya   +13 more
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Cisplatin-based chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab for Chinese postmenopausal women with advanced cervical cancer: a retrospective observational study

BMC Cancer, 2020
Background The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of cisplatin-based chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab (BEV) in Chinese women with advanced cervical cancer (ACC).
Xiaoli He, Jun Liu, Li Xiao, Mingdong Zhao, Tingting Su, Tiejian Liu, Guowei Han, Yue Wang   +7 more
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Cost-effectiveness of [18F] fluoroethyl-L-tyrosine for temozolomide therapy assessment in patients with glioblastoma [PDF]

, 2019
Background and Purpose: Glioblastomas are the most aggressive of all gliomas. The prognosis of these gliomas, which are classified as grade IV tumors by the World Health Organization (WHO), is poor.
Baguet, Tristan, De Vos, Filip, Goethals, Ingeborg, Verhoeven, Jeroen   +3 more
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The Fate (Outcome) of Clinically Apparent Single Lesion and Oligofocal Nephroblastomatosis Treated According to SIOP/GPOH Protocols for Wilms Tumor

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The management of clinically apparent single lesions or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis, a facultative precursor of nephroblastoma, remains debated. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 37 patients with clinically apparent single or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis (two to three lesions per kidney) among 2347 patients registered between
Nils Welter, Jens‐Peter Schenk, Jenny Wegert, Manfred Gessler, Leo Kager, Stefan Wagenpfeil, Marina Müller, Jean‐Michel Wolff, Joerg Fuchs, Steven W. Warmann, Clemens‐Magnus Meier, Jochen Hubertus, Christian Rübe, Christian Vokuhl, Patrick Melchior, Lena Tschirner, Norbert Graf, Rhoikos Furtwängler   +17 more
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Trajectories of Cancer Antigen 125 (CA125) Within 3 and 6 Months After the Initiation of Chemotherapy Treatment for Advanced Ovarian Cancer and Clinical Outcomes: A Secondary Analysis of Data from a Phase III Clinical Trial

Current Oncology
Background: A single measurement or a summary of a limited number of measurements of CA125 was considered in the prediction of clinical outcomes for patients with ovarian cancer.
Chang Yin, Josee-Lyne Ethier, Mark S. Carey, Dongsheng Tu, Xueying Zheng   +4 more
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Phase 3 Trial of 177Lu-Dotatate for Midgut Neuroendocrine Tumors [PDF]

, 2017
Background Patients with advanced midgut neuroendocrine tumors who have had disease progression during first-line somatostatin analogue therapy have limited therapeutic options.
Al‐nahhas, A, Ansquer, C, Anthony, L, Azevedo, I, Baudin, E, Baum, Rp, Baum, Rp, Benson, A, Benson, Ab, Berlin, J, Berlin, J, Bodei, L, Brianzoni, E, Bushnell, D, Bushnell, D, Caplin, M, Caplin, M, Chasen, B, Chiara Grana, M, Courbon, F, DELLE FAVE, Gianfranco, Delpassand, E, Delpassand, E, El Haddad, G, Erion, Jl, Freemantle, N, Garbus, S, Giammarile, F, Grande, E, Grande, E, Grossman, A, Hendifar, A, Hendifar, A, Hobday, T, Hobday, T, Jacene, H, Krenning, E, Kulkarni, Hr, Kulke, M, Kulke, Mh, Kunz, Pl, Kvols, L, Kwekkeboom, D, Lebtahi, R, Lopera Sierra, M, Manoharan, P, Mariani, G, Metz, D, Mittra, E, Mittra, E, Mora, J, Mora, J, Morse, M, O'Dorisio, Tm, Pavel, M, Pavel, M, Reed, N, Reed, N, Rindi, G, Ruszniewski, P, Ruszniewski, P, Santoro, P, Scheidhauer, K, Schipper, M, Seregni, E, Seregni, E, Severi, S, Srirajaskanthan, R, Srirajaskanthan, R, Strosberg, J, Strosberg, J, Sundin, A, Taieb, D, Thevenet, T, Van Cutsem, E, Van Cutsem, E, Weber, M, Wolin, E, Wolin, E, Yao, J, Yao, J., Öberg, K, Öberg, K   +82 more
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Feasibility and Safety of High‐Dose Proton Re‐Irradiation in Recurrent Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors: A Single‐Institution Retrospective Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors often recur despite multimodality therapy. Although re‐irradiation (re‐RT) has historically been limited by concerns for severe late toxicities, modern techniques have renewed interest in this approach. Proton therapy provides dosimetric advantages that may enable curative re‐treatment with
Jin‐Ho Song, Jonathan Baron, Carlos Chavez Perez, Sidharth Ramesh, Jane Minturn, Kavita A. Desai, Amish C. Shah, Jean M. Belasco, Kristina A. Cole, Michael J. Fisher, Phillip B. Storm, Peter M. Madsen, Goldie Kurtz, Robert A. Lustig, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Michael J. LaRiviere   +15 more
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