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Bridging the Health Divide: A Policy Perspective on Indigenous Healthcare in Bangladesh. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background Indigenous populations in Bangladesh—often referred to as Adibashi or Upojati—experience persistent health disparities. Geographic isolation, linguistic and cultural exclusion, and poverty drive these disparities. These communities, estimated at over two million, report considerably higher rates of maternal mortality, undernutrition,
Mamun AA.
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Breast density and risk of breast cancer. [PDF]

Int J Cancer, 2023
What's new? Breast density is a known risk factor for breast cancer, with previous studies suggesting a 4‐ to 6‐fold increase in risk for women with highly dense breast tissue. In our study, the authors leveraged a population‐based screening program in Denmark to more closely investigate the relationship between breast density and breast cancer risk ...
Lynge E, Vejborg I, Lillholm M, Nielsen M, Napolitano G, von Euler-Chelpin M.   +5 more
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Concordance of Lung Cancer, Melanoma, and Renal Cell Cancer Diagnosis Information Recorded in Health Care Databases in England: Analysis of Linkage Between Primary Care, Hospital Care, and Cancer Registry Data. [PDF]

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
ABSTRACT Purpose Real‐world evidence (RWE) addresses clinical trial limitations by capturing more representative patient populations and improves evaluation of anticancer treatments, although it becomes available only years after market authorization.
Kruithof PD, Souverein PC, Driessen JHM, Hendriks LEL, Croes S, van Geel RMJM.   +5 more
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Incidence Trends of Cancer in Morocco: The Tale of the Oncological Center of Marrakech (Morocco) over 8 Years. [PDF]

J Cancer Epidemiol, 2022
Background. Determining cancer incidence and mortality is a key factor in the implementation of health policies and cancer prevention strategies. This report aims to describe the trends of cancer incidence in a single referral oncology department from the Marrakech region (Morocco). Material and Methods.
Belbaraka R, Benhima N, Laatabi A, El Fadli M, Essâdi I.   +4 more
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Increased incidence, survival, and registration quality of primary hepato-pancreato-biliary cancers in the Netherlands Cancer Registry. [PDF]

Int J Cancer
What's New? Primary hepato‐pancreato‐biliary cancers have poor prognosis and their reporting often scores low on standard data quality indicators in population‐based cancer registries. This comprehensive evaluation of cases in the Netherlands Cancer Registry shows that both the incidence and survival rates of most primary hepato‐pancreato‐biliary ...
van der Geest LG, van der Mark M, Verheij J, Farina Sarasqueta A, de Vos-Geelen J, Besselink MG, de Meijer VE, de Hingh IHJT, Bonsing BA, de Reuver PR, Willemssen FEJA, Vissers PAJ, Visser O, Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Group and the Dutch Hepatocellular & Cholangiocarcinoma Group.   +13 more
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Quality of children's death records for regionalized spaces: a methodological route [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, 2021
: Objectives: To propose a methodological path to investigate the coverage and information filling of maternal-infant deaths recorded in the Ministry of Health's Mortality Information System for regional spaces.
Neir Antunes Paes, Carlos Sérgio Araújo dos Santos, Tiê Dias de Farias Coutinho   +2 more
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Maternal mortality in Greece: The evolution from traditional mammis to overmedicalized obstetric care during the 20th century

Population, Space and Place, Volume 29, Issue 7, October 2023., 2023
Abstract Greece has been absent from the literature on maternal mortality in historical Europe, as very little evidence is yet available regarding maternal mortality patterns before the 1950s. The discontinuity in the collection and publication of demographic data in Greece, as well as the nonavailability of continuous national published statistics are
Michail Raftakis
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The Global Burden of Leukemia and Its Attributable Factors in 204 Countries and Territories: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study and Projections to 2030

Journal of Oncology, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Background. Leukemia is a common malignancy that has four main subtypes and is a threat to human health. Understanding the epidemiological status of leukemia and its four main subtypes globally is important for allocating appropriate resources, guiding clinical practice, and furthering scientific research. Methods.
Mengbao Du, Weiwei Chen, Ke Liu, Limengmeng Wang, Yihan Hu, Yingying Mao, Xiaohui Sun, Yi Luo, Jimin Shi, Keding Shao, He Huang, Ding Ye, Irena Ilic   +12 more
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Estimating underdiagnosis of COVID-19 with nowcasting and machine learning

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, 2021
: Objective: To analyze the underdiagnosis of COVID-19 through nowcasting with machine learning in a Southern Brazilian capital city. Methods: Observational ecological design and data from 3916 notified cases of COVID-19 from April 14th to June 2nd ...
Leandro Pereira Garcia, André Vinícius Gonçalves, Matheus Pacheco Andrade, Lucas Alexandre Pedebôs, Ana Cristina Vidor, Roberto Zaina, Ana Luiza Curi Hallal, Graziela de Luca Canto, Jefferson Traebert, Gustavo Medeiros de Araújo, Fernanda Vargas Amaral   +10 more
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Disseminated intravascular coagulation diagnosis: Positive predictive value of the ISTH score in a Danish population

Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Volume 5, Issue 8, December 2021., 2021
Abstract Background The diagnostic accuracy of the ISTH’s disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) score remains to be investigated in contemporary patient populations. Objective To examine the positive predictive value (PPV) of an ISTH DIC score ≥5 for identifying patients with overt DIC in a Danish hospital laboratory information system database.
Julie Brogaard Larsen, Mathies Appel Aggerbeck, Asger Granfeldt, Morten Schmidt, Anne‐Mette Hvas, Kasper Adelborg   +5 more
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