Nethan, Suzanne T Sinha, Dhirendra N Kedar, Ashwini Kumar, Vipin Sharma, Shashi Hariprasad, Roopa Mehrotra, Ravi
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Tobacco consumption in India varies based on the place of residence (urban/rural). Minimal, exclusive information exists regarding the same for 'urban slum' dwellers. The current study determines the tobacco use pattern among such individuals in Noida, Uttar Pradesh (India). A cross-sectional study was conducted among the urban slum residents visit...
Fernandes, Mauricio Branco, Tiago Pugliese Fernandez, Maria Clara Navarro Paparelli, Carolina Braz, Mariana Sarkis Kishimoto, Carolina Sassaki de Freitas Medeiros, Helena Maria Ebina, Karen Cabral, Luciana Regina Bertini Nagashima, Simone
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The Palliative Prognostic Index (PPI) was developed to improve survival prediction for advanced cancer patients. However, there is limited data about the PPI application in a real-world scenario. This study aimed to assess the accuracy of PPI > 6 in predicting survival of cancer inpatients. A prospective observational cohort in an inpatient palliat...
Subedi, Ranjeeta Budukh, Atul Chapagain, Sandhya Gyanwali, Pradip Gyawali, Bishal Khadka, Kopila Thakur, Chanda Dahal, Uma Dikshit, Rajesh Jha, Anjani Kumar
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Variations in cancer incidence, mortality and pattern exist in rural and urban areas. Understanding these differences helps in developing targeted cancer prevention and control strategies. However, no previous studies have explored the differences in cancer demographics between the rural and urban areas of Nepal. The data of Kathmandu Valley (urban...
Mukherjee, Arnab Chatterjee, Meheli Chattopadhyay, Shreshta Bhowmick, Chitralekha Basu, Archisman Bhattacharjee, Surya Ghose, Soumita Datta, Soumitra Shankar
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Addressing the mental health needs of cancer patients and their caregivers improves the quality of care the patient receives in any cancer care ecosystem. International practice currently encourages integrated care for physical and mental health in oncology. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the delivery of healthcare service...
Chofor, Ndimofor Bopda, Pierre Bücker, Rebecca Ivo, Azeh Okonkwo, Ernest Joel, Kra Tung, Zanzem Ige, Taofeeq Wirtz, Holger Ngwa, Wilfred
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In an ongoing effort to improve access to state-of-the-art radiotherapy in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), a joint symposium was organised by the non-governmental, non-profit organisation Medical physicists in diaspora for Africa e.V. (MephidA e.V.) in collaboration with the Germany-based Cameroon-German medical doctor's association (Camf...
Agboola, Adebayo M D Bello, Oluwasomidoyin O
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Cervical cancer (CC) is an extremely preventable and curable disease with early detection and treatment. Unfortunately, the practice of cervical cancer prevention (CCP) remains poor in resource constrained countries. This study aimed to identify determinants of knowledge of CC, attitude towards cervical cancer screening (CCS) and practice of CCP am...
Vashistha, Vishal Garg, Avneet Iyer, Hariharan Jain, Deepali Madan, Karan Hadda, Vijay Guleria, Randeep Mohan, Anant
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Given the increasing number of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients in India, a comparative analysis between patients under 40 years and those of older age at a major public referral centre would provide insight into the phenotypic patterns of this group. NSCLC patients who were accessioned within the lung cancer clinic database of the Pulmo...
Valencia-Mesías, Guillermo Rioja-Viera, Patricia Morante-Cruz, Zaida Toledo-Morote, Yura Neciosup-Delgado, Silvia Gómez-Moreno, Henry
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The availability of effective, accessible, safe and high-quality anticancer drugs for the medical treatment of cancer is fundamental in ensuring optimal healthcare in the public health system in Peru. The main objective is to assess the current situation regarding anticancer drugs (termed 'high-cost') for breast cancer, as well as an analysis of th...
Faizan, Mahwish Anwar, Saadia Ain, Rahat Ul Zafar, Huma Saqlain, Nazish Rathore, Zunaira
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Lymphoblastic lymphoma and chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) are two distinct neoplasms with different pathogenesis and clinical presentation. We hereby share a challenging case of a child presenting with fever, leucocytosis, generalised lymphadenopathy and massive splenomegaly. He was diagnosed as having novel association of concurrent T-lymphoblast...
González-Domingo, Manuel Lafuente, Benjamín Omegna Luca, Álvaro Rojas Zamorano, Pablo Kirmayr Mella, Pablo González
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Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is one of the most important causes of cancer death in Chile. A retrospective review of 103 patients with a diagnosis of GBC who were treated with surgery and adjuvant radiochemotherapy (RT-CT) was carried out at the Oncological Institute of Viña del Mar, Chile. Of these, 56 underwent surgery with oncological criteria, in w...
