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Prognostic Impact of Treatment Modalities, Including Targeted Compartmental Radio‐Immunotherapy, in a Cohort of Neuroblastoma Patients With CNS Metastases at Relapse

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neuroblastoma (NB) with central nervous system (CNS) metastases is rare at diagnosis, but occurs more often during relapse/progression. Patients with CNS metastases face a dismal prognosis, with no standardized curative treatment available.
Vicente Santa‐Maria Lopez, Anna Felip‐Badia, Marina Caballero‐Bellon, Nazaret Sanchez‐Sierra, Alicia Castañeda, Moira Garraus, Maite Gorostegui, Margarida Simão‐Rafael, Juan Pablo Muñoz, Marta Perez‐Somarriba, Salvador Mañe, Mariana Cecilia Planells, Sara Perez‐Jaume, Jaume Mora   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The interpretation of COVID-19 in cause-of-death statistics: a matter of causality

GMS Infectious Diseases
Background: Mortality is an important indicator for estimating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, different registrations provide different figures and the question is how to interpret the number of COVID-19 deaths reported.
Harteloh, Peter P. M.
doaj   +1 more source

Heart failure describing the underlying cause of death: a misconception, lack of information on the true underlying causes, or both?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2022
Aim: The underlying cause of death represents the most important information on death certificates. Often, conditions that cannot represent a true underlying cause of death are listed as such. This phenomenon affects the quality of vital statistics and results of studies using cause-specific mortality as endpoints.
Gerhard Sulo, Christian Lycke Ellingsen, Enxhela Sulo, Mohsen Naghavi, Stein Emil Vollset   +4 more
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Characterizing Parental Concerns About Lasting Impacts of Treatment in Children With B‐Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background B‐acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, and while most children in high‐resource settings are cured, therapy carries risks for long‐term toxicities. Understanding parents’ concerns about these late effects is essential to guide anticipatory support and inform evolving therapeutic approaches ...
Kellee N. Parker, Sarah W. Alexander, Lisa M. Jacola, Kimberly A. Buff, Kyobin Hwang, Elham Hashemi, Gregory Stoddard, Lindsay A. Jibb   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A divergence between underlying and final causes of death in selected conditions: an analysis of death registries in Peru [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
Background The underlying cause of death is used to study country and global mortality trends and profiles. The final cause of death could also inform the ultimately cause of death in individuals with underlying conditions.
Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Organoids in pediatric cancer research

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
wiley   +1 more source

Underlying Causes of Death among Adults in the United States, 2013–2017 [PDF]

Exploratory Research and Hypothesis in Medicine, 2020
Overall mortality among U.S. adults has been stable in past years; however, racial disparity influenced 10 leading causes of death or age-specific mortality in Blacks or African Americans. Unfortunately, the trends in sex- and race-adjusted age-standardized cause-specific mortality are poorly understood.We here aimed to identify the underlying causes ...
Hu, Xin, Lin, Yong, Qin, Gangjian, Zhang, Lanjing   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consistency between death certificates and hospital records: a study from Kerman University of Medical Sciences

Payesh, 2011
Objective(s): To determine consistency between death certificate and medical records in two hospitals in Kerman, Iran. Methods: Check list was used to collate data on hospital medical records and a questionnaire from viewpoint of certifiers.
Manijeh Ariaei, Eshagh Dortag, Narges Naderi, Rahil Ebrahimi   +3 more
doaj  

Mortalidade infantil em município da região Centro-Oeste Paulista, Brasil, 1990 a 1992 Infant mortality in a midwest city of Southeastern Brazil, 1990 to 1992

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1997
INTRODUÇÃO: A mortalidade infantil em Presidente Prudente, SP (Brasil), foi estudada no período de 1990 a 1992, a partir de aplicação de métodos para obtenção de diagnóstico coletivo que orientassem a identificação e escolha de estratégias de controle de
Jaime de O. Gomes, Augusto H. Santo
doaj   +1 more source