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Register Based Research Exploiting a Goldmine of Knowledge

, 2015
Researchers in Denmark have for many years had outstanding opportunities for exploiting data from a wide range of registers. They can carry out research based on a goldmine of information on social and demographic characteristics of the population, labour market participation, health data and medical treatment, and more. All these data can be combined,
Thaulow, Ivan, Thygesen, Lars
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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
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Automatic detection of n-degree family members

Frontiers in Genetics
Summary: Family-based genetic studies often require the identification of relatives up to a specified degree, but existing tools are either restricted to second-degree relatives, return entire connected pedigrees, or require multiple pre- or post ...
Emil M. Pedersen, Emil M. Pedersen, Jette Steinbach, Carsten B. Pedersen, Andrew J. Schork, Morten D. Krebs, Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson, Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson, Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson, Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson, Florian Privé   +10 more
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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

Risk of childhood asthma following prenatal exposure to negative life events and job stressors: A nationwide register-based study in Denmark

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2019
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to examine the association between negative life events, job stressors (low job control or high psychosocial job demands) and offspring asthma phenotypes (early-onset transient, early-onset persistent and late-onset asthma ...
Xiaoqin Liu, Kathrine Pape Madsen, Camilla Sandal Sejbaek, Henrik A Kolstad, Jens Peter Ellekilde Bonde, Jørn Olsen, Karin Sørig Hougaard, Kirsten Skamstrup Hansen, Niklas Worm Andersson, Reiner Rugulies, Vivi Schlünssen   +10 more
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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

Risk of dying unnaturally among people aged 15–35 years who have harmed themselves and inflicted violence on others: a national nested case-control study

The Lancet Public Health, 2019
Summary: Background: Self-harm and violent criminality have overlapping causes, but people who engage in these behaviours are typically studied as two discrete populations.
Sarah Steeg, PhD, Roger T Webb, PhD, Pearl L H Mok, PhD, Carsten Bøcker Pedersen, DrMedSci, Sussie Antonsen, MSc, Nav Kapur, FRCPsych, Matthew J Carr, PhD   +6 more
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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
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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

Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Children and Adolescents: Expert Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas (SPN) is a rare low‐grade malignant exocrine pancreatic tumor, mostly discovered during the second decade of life in females, with a very good prognosis, provided microscopically complete surgical excision is achieved.
Sabine Irtan, Michael Abele, Calogero Virgone, Michaela Kuhlen, Ricardo Lopez‐Almarez, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Maja Cesen, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Andrea Ferrari, Gianni Bisogno, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Louise Galmiche, Jorg Fuchs, Sarah Braungart, Bilgehan Yalcin, Ines B. Brecht, Daniel Orbach   +18 more
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