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Evaluating the Utility of Paired Tumor and Germline Targeted DNA Sequencing for Pediatric Oncology Patients: A Single Institution Report

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the diagnostic yield and utility of universal paired tumor–normal multigene panel sequencing in newly diagnosed pediatric solid and central nervous system (CNS) tumor patients and to compare the detection of germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (PV/LPVs) against established clinical referral criteria for cancer ...
Natalie Waligorski, Rebecca Ronsley, Shannon M. Stasi, Jeffrey Stevens, Erin R. Rudzinski, Christina M. Lockwood, Sarah E. S. Leary, Bonnie L. Cole, Michelle A. Ting, Vera Paulson   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceptions, barriers, and career priorities among prospective medical school applicants in Scotland

BMC Medical Education
Background Total medical school applicant numbers in the UK are steadily declining. This is a particular problem in the devolved nations including Scotland, where the number of local applicants has not increased in line with the expansion of medical ...
Courtney Krstic, Emma Fletcher, Clare Owen, Sally Curtis, Paul Garrud, Gail Nicholls   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Telemedicine Training in Undergraduate Medical Education: Mixed-Methods Review. [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND: Telemedicine has grown exponentially in the United States over the past few decades, and contemporary trends in the health care environment are serving to fuel this growth into the future.
Dicker, MD, PhD, FASTRO, Adam P., Waseh, MPH, Shayan   +1 more
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"It's making contacts" : notions of social capital and implications for widening access to medical education [PDF]

, 2017
Acknowledgements Our thanks to the Medical Schools Council (MSC) of the UK for funding Study A; REACH Scotland for funding Study B; and Queen Mary University of London, and to the medical school applicants and students who gave their time to be ...
A Fuller, C Baxter, C Brosnan, D Deas, D Halpern, D Powis, D Reay, DF Balmer, E Guba, E Keane, E Southgate, F Lievens, F Patterson, FW Hafferty, G Brown, G Esping-Andersen, J Ritchie, J. A. Cleland, JA Girotti, JC Alexander, JC Coleman, JZ Giele, KM Stegers-Jager, L Varpio, M Granovetter, M Granovetter, M Hammersley, M Stuart, M Warschauer, M Woolcock, N Bateson, N Lin, O Carrasquillo, O Parry, P Bourdieu, P Bourdieu, P Croll, PS Hinds, R Merton, RD Putnam, RD Putnam, S Nicholson, S Razack, S Thorne, S Thorne, S. Nicholson, SM Carter, T Greenhalgh, T Howard, T Pénard, TA Laveist, W McMillan, Y Lincoln, Y Sheeran   +53 more
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Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman, Tadi Hondonga, Alison Berry, Caitlin Elgarten, Jason Freedman, Katelyn Oranges, Sara McDonough, Caroline Diorio, L. Lee Dupuis   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

How do we Define a Medical School? : Reflections on the occasion of the centennial of the Flexner Report

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2010
A century after the Flexner Report on medical education in North America, which revolutionised the training of medical doctors all over the world, it is time to revisit this famous document and analyse symptoms and signs of a return to pre-Flexnerian ...
Hans Karle
doaj  

The Effects of Plant-Derived Oleanolic Acid on Selected Parameters of Glucose Homeostasis in a Diet-Induced Pre-Diabetic Rat Model

Molecules, 2018
Prolonged exposure to high energy diets has been implicated in the development of pre-diabetes, a long-lasting condition that precedes type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Mlindeli Gamede, Lindokuhle Mabuza, Phikelelani Ngubane, Andile Khathi   +3 more
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Dr. Mary Edwards Walker: years ahead of her time. [PDF]

, 2015
Women phsycians in the United States were virtually nonexistent in the early to mid-1800s. Traditional medical schools still did not accept women, and few secretarian or eclectic medical schools were beginning to open their doors to female students.
Bogar, MD, Linda J., Chojnacki, MD, Karen A., Cowan, MD, Scott W., Irizarry, BS, Dre M., Salomone, AS, Nicole, Yeo, MD, Charles J.   +5 more
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Systematic review of pain medicine content, teaching, and assessment in medical school curricula internationally [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: Pain management is a major health care challenge in terms of the significant prevalence of pain and the negative consequences of poor management.
Bate, Frank, Garrick, Raymond, Shipton, Edward A, Shipton, Elspeth E, Steketee, Carole, Visser, Eric J   +5 more
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NRASQ61R Expression in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Causes Enlarged Vessels, Hemorrhagic Chylous Effusions, and High Mortality in a Mouse Model of Kaposiform Lymphangiomatosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (KLA) is an aggressive complex lymphatic anomaly. Patients exhibit malformed lymphatic vessels and often develop hemorrhagic effusions and elevated angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2) levels. A somatic NRAS p.Q61R (NRASQ61R) mutation has been associated with KLA.
C. Griffin McDaniel, Patricia Pastura, Joshua P. Scallan, Timothy D. Le Cras   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source