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A learning community approach to identifying interventions in health systems to reduce colorectal cancer screening disparities. [PDF]

, 2018
Although colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in the United States has been increasing, screening rates are not optimal, and there are persistent disparities in CRC screening and mortality, particularly among minority patients.
DiCarlo, Melissa, Fleisher, Linda, Lambert, Emily, Man, Lillian C., Myers, Ronald, Romney, Martha, Sifri, Randa   +6 more
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The HIT Network for Children and Adolescents With CNS Tumors Facilitates Improvements of Diagnostic Assessments, Multimodal Treatments, Individual Counseling, and Research in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The HIT network was established in 2000 to create a population‐based structure aiming to improve survival rates and reduce late effects for children with central nervous system (CNS) tumors by conducting comprehensive clinical trials.
Stefan Rutkowski, Michael C. Frühwald, Gudrun Fleischhack, Stephan Tippelt, Pablo Hernáiz‐Driever, Olaf Witt, Astrid Gnekow, Christof Kramm, Matthias Eyrich, Johannes E. A. Wolf, Hermann Müller, Carsten Friedrich, Uwe R. Kordes, Denise Obrecht‐Sturm, Petra Ketteler, Barbara von Zezschwitz, Pascal Johann, Dominik Sturm, Karoline Nemes, Stefan Schönberger, Till Milde, Brigitte Bison, Monika Warmuth‐Metz, Torsten Pietsch, Ulrich Schüller, Arend Koch, David Capper, Martin Hasselblatt, Christian Thomas, Christian Hagel, Stefan M. Pfister, Felix Sahm, David T. W. Jones, Martin U. Schuhmann, Jürgen Krauss, Pedram Emami, Ahmed El Damaty, Rolf D. Kortmann, Rudolf Schwarz, Jürgen Debus, Mechthild Krause, Fabian Pohl, Holger Ottensmeier, Lisa Bußenius, Katja Baust, Andreas Faldum, Cecile Ronckers, Desiree Grabow, Martin Benesch, Thomas Perwein, Karin Dieckmann, Irene Slavc, Johannes Gojo, Nicolas U. Gerber, André O. von Bueren, Katrin Scheinemann, Gabriele Calaminus, Beate Timmermann, Ulrich‐Wilhelm Thomale, Martin Mynarek   +59 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep Learning-Based Screening Test for Cognitive Impairment Using Basic Blood Test Data for Health Examination

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Background: In order to develop a new screening test of cognitive impairment, we studied whether cognitive function can be estimated from basic blood test data by applying deep learning models.
Kaoru Sakatani, Kaoru Sakatani, Katsunori Oyama, Lizhen Hu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fifty years of subclinical primary aldosteronism: Importance of early diagnosis [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2012
Clinical presentation of excessive aldosterone secretion is often not specific. The presence of resistant severe hypertension (HT) and signs of hypokalemia is useful but inconsistent characteristic.
Ćirić Jasmina, Žarković Miloš, Beleslin Biljana   +2 more
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Distinguishing Clinical Enterococcus faecium Strains and Resistance to Vancomycin Using a Simple In-House Screening Test

Antibiotics, 2022
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are a major concern as microorganisms with antimicrobial resistance and as a public health threat contributing significantly to morbidity, mortality, and socio-economic costs.
Natkamon Saenhom, Parichart Boueroy, Peechanika Chopjitt, Rujirat Hatrongjit, Anusak Kerdsin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The SPORTSMART study: a pilot randomised controlled trial of sexually transmitted infection screening interventions targeting men in football club settings [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Uptake of chlamydia screening by men in England has been substantially lower than by women. Non-traditional settings such as sports clubs offer opportunities to widen access.
Adams, Andrew J Copas, Anne M Johnson, Balfe, Cassell, Catherine H Mercer, Chaudhary, Claudia S Estcourt, Gold, Graham Hart, Hart, Hartney, Hawkes, Hengel, Hocking, Hogan, Jackie A Cassell, John Saunders, Johnson, Kalwij, Kegeles, Kong, Kufeji, Li, Lorimer, Lorimer, Lorimer, Lorimer, Lorna J Sutcliffe, Louise J Jackson, Marrazzo, McNulty, Pamela Muniina, Richardson, Saunders, Saunders, Sebastian S Fuller, Sonnenberg, The UK Collaborative Group for HIV and STI Surveillance, Tracy E Roberts, Turner, Wade, Williamson   +42 more
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Stressful Events Reported by Childhood Cancer Survivors and Community Controls From the St. Jude Lifetime (SJLIFE) Cohort: A Mixed Method Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Characterizing stressful events reported by childhood cancer survivors experienced throughout the lifespan may help improve trauma‐informed care relevant to the survivor experience. Methods Participants included 2552 survivors (54% female; 34 years of age) and 469 community controls (62% female; 33 years of age) from the St.
Megan E. Ware, Colter K. Clayton, Fang Wang, Sedigheh Mirzaei, Kyla Shelton, Tara M. Brinkman, Victoria Willard, Katianne M. Howard Sharp, Kevin Krull, Lindsay F. Schwartz, Melissa M. Hudson, Gregory T. Armstrong, Kirsten K. Ness, Rachel T. Webster   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance of screening for aneuploidies by cell-free DNA analysis of maternal blood in twin pregnancies [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives To report clinical implementation of cell‐free DNA (cfDNA) analysis of maternal blood in screening for trisomies 21, 18 and 13 in twin pregnancies and examine variables that could influence the failure rate of the test.
BEVILACQUA, ELISA, E. Ordoñez, H. Dierickx, JC Jani, KH Nicolaides, MM Gil, PJ Willems, V. Cirigliano   +7 more
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Utility of Computed Tomography Surveillance of Asymptomatic Infection in Children and Young Adults Before Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Asymptomatic infection poses a significant risk for children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Pre‐transplant surveillance computed tomography (CT) is commonly used to identify occult infection, though its diagnostic yield remains uncertain.
Tyler Obermark, Pradipta Debnath, Rama S. Ayyala, Lara A. Danziger‐Isakov, Jane Koo, Kasiani C. Myers, William R. Otto, Aki Tanimoto, Andrew T. Trout, Cara E. Morin   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long-read sequencing transforms the diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia: resolving pseudogene interference and structural variations

Frontiers in Pediatrics
BackgroundCongenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is an autosomal recessive disorder primarily caused by defects in adrenal steroidogenesis. Conventional genetic methods struggle to resolve complex structural variations and pseudogene interference in key ...
Junfeng Zeng, Junfeng Zeng, Xiaoling Huang, Xiaoling Huang, Yanwei Li, Tizhen Yan, Jiwu Lou, Guizhen Lyu, Yanjin Li, Yanjin Li   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source