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Global Efforts to Reduce Paediatric Cancer Care Disparities in Radiotherapy: A Decade Change

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We present an update on the status, needs and challenges faced by paediatric imaging and radiotherapy (RT) programmes globally after a previous survey conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 10 years prior. Methods We developed and distributed a 121‐question survey to radiation oncologists, medical physicists and ...
Raymond B. Mailhot Vega, Daniel J. Indelicato, Jeanette Parkes, Natia Esiashvili, Josué Hernández Benítez, Miriam Mikhail‐Lette, Olivera Cirajc Bjelac, Daniel Berger, Eva Ciurana, Yavuz Anacak, Lisbeth Cordero‐Mendez   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

'Cultivating health' : therapeutic landscapes and older people in northern England. [PDF]

, 2004
While gardening is seen, essentially, as a leisure activity it has also been suggested that the cultivation of a garden plot offers a simple way of harnessing the healing power of nature (The therapeutic garden, Bantam Press, London, 2000).
Milligan, Christine, Bingley, Amanda, Gatrell, Anthony   +2 more
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Therapeutic functions of medical implants from various material categories with integrated biomacromolecular systems

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Medical implants are designed to replace missing parts or improve body functions and must be capable of providing structural support or therapeutic intervention for a medical condition.
Guilherme Bedeschi Calais, Guilherme Domingos Garcia, Celso Fidelis de Moura Júnior, José Diego Magalhães Soares, José Diego Magalhães Soares, Liliane Maria Ferrareso Lona, Marisa Masumi Beppu, Jacobo Hernandez-Montelongo, Jacobo Hernandez-Montelongo, João Batista Maia Rocha Neto   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Monoclonal Antibodies as an Antibacterial Approach Against Bacterial Pathogens

Antibiotics, 2020
In the beginning of the 21st century, the frequency of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has reached an apex, where even 4th and 5th generation antibiotics are becoming useless in clinical settings.
Daniel V. Zurawski, Molly K. McLendon
doaj   +1 more source

Neuropsychological and Educational Outcomes in Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome—A Report From the North American Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome Registry

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Shwachman–Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare autosomal recessive ribosomopathy characterized by bone marrow failure and multisystem involvement, with emerging evidence of associated neurocognitive impairment. Methods We conducted a retrospective study of 240 individuals with biallelic Shwachman–Bodian–Diamond syndrome (SBDS) mutations
Jane Koo, Melissa Gerstle, Leah Cheng, Richard Cooper, Katherine Coyne, Claire Dusa, Naomi E. Joffe, Diana Schwarz, Sarah Steltz, Akiko Shimamura, Kasiani C. Myers, Thea Quinton   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Personal Investigator: A Therapeutic 3D Game for Adolescent Psychotherapy [PDF]

, 2005
Although mental health problems increase markedly during adolescent years, therapists often find it difficult to engage withadolescents. The majority of disturbed adolescents do not receive professional mental health care and of those who do fewerstill ...
Nisbet, Andy, John Sharry, David Coyle, Coyle, David, Gavin Doherty, Doherty, Gavin, Matthews, Mark, Mark Matthews, Sharry, John, Andy Nisbet   +9 more
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Survival After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Diamond–Blackfan Anemia Syndrome: The Role of Iron Overload—A Systematic Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We assessed the effect of iron overload (IO) on mortality and complications following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in patients with Diamond–Blackfan anemia syndrome (DBAS) in a systematic review of individual participant data and cohort data from observational studies.
Geoffrey Z. L. Kuppens, Evangelia Kiakou, Lieke de Zwart, Maurizio Miano, Eduard J. van Beers, Marc Bierings, Marije Bartels   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Situational Assessment of the Diagnostic Landscape and Organizational Readiness to Implement Next‐Generation Sequencing at Two Childhood Cancer Treatment Centers in Ghana

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Next‐generation sequencing (NGS) has emerged as a promising approach to improve diagnostic accuracy, but its feasibility in low‐ and middle‐income countries remains unknown. This study characterized the diagnostic landscape and assessed organizational readiness for NGS implementation at two childhood cancer treatment centers in Accra ...
Melissa Carvalho, Emmanuella Amoako, Nihad Salifu, Lily Gloria Tagoe, Yaw Bediako, Michelle Hermiston, Catherine Segbefia   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnosis and treatment for anal fistula: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines and consensus statements

Frontiers in Surgery
BackgroundAnal fistula constitutes a pathological channel originating either from the anal canal or rectum to the skin surrounding the anus, primarily characterized by recurrent pain, purulent discharge, and pruritus.
Min-Yuan Lu, Min-Yuan Lu, Jing Wang, Zhao-Chu Wang, Zhao-Lian Cai, Ning Liang, Rong Shi   +6 more
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Sphingosine 1-Phosphate in Malaria Pathogenesis and Its Implication in Therapeutic Opportunities

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020
Sphingosine 1-Phosphate (S1P) is a bioactive lipid intermediate in the sphingolipid metabolism, which exist in two pools, intracellular and extracellular, and each pool has a different function. The circulating extracellular pool, specifically the plasma
Gunanidhi Dhangadamajhi, Shailja Singh
doaj   +1 more source