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Data collection Information regarding sex, age at diagnosis, place of residence, white blood cell (WBC) count, immunophenotype (B or T lineage), weight and height (length when appropriate) at diagnosis, and chemotherapy protocol is collected from the patients' clinical charts by previously
Survival of childhood ALL exceeds 80% in an increasing number of many low-middle income countries (LMIC). Recent studies have found that the effects of obesity on survival are observed within the first several years of diagnosis, thus impacting immediate health outcome. Of concern is the developing
Brief Overview:
The remarkable progress in developing curative therapy for childhood cancer over the last 4 to 5 decades has increased awareness of the serious cancer treatment-related late effects experienced by long-term survivors such as premature mortality early deaths, second primary cancers,
Treatment and intervention options are being tried to avoid such complications that affect the quality of life of patients and there is still no standard treatment to convert bone health to healthy bone structure before the disease. There is a positive effect of improving the bone health of the
Down Syndrome (DS) is the most common cause of mental retardation with incidence of 1 in 848 (Lin, Hu et al. 1991). Although prenatal Down syndrome and Amniocentesis had been applied for years, in the survey of 2005, current birth incidence of DS is 1.6 in 10,000 live birth, meaning a 30-50 new
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood malignancy with survival exceeding 90%. However, treatment-related toxicity remains a clinical challenge during and after treatment. Evidence-based, nutritional interventions may minimize the development of nutrition-related toxicities,
The French public healthcare system perspective developed a unique SNIIR-AM (interregimens National Information Health Insurance system.) data base that contains up to 18 TeraOctet of medical consumption data (consultations, exams and drug prescriptions and hospitalization, yes/no). Its main
In our previous study, we have observed that: 1) nearly half ALL patients are overweight or obese at diagnosis, 2) all patients, regardless of starting weight, gain significant fat mass over the first month of therapy (on average 20-30%), and 3) obesity at the time of diagnosis is associated with a
Research Plan:
Patients without gastrointestinal symptoms scheduled for a screening or surveillance colonoscopy (for colorectal cancer) at the UCH endoscopy lab will be screened for the study based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Eligible patients who consent to the study will have height,
1. Background
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic, debilitating, functional gastrointestinal disorder with estimated population prevalence in Europe between of 10 -15% (Ford et al). These symptoms can be debilitating and lead to a significant reduction in quality of life particularly in the
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate the effect of clofarabine induction and consolidation therapy on overall survival in comparison with standard therapy (daunorubicin [daunorubicin hydrochloride] & cytarabine) in newly-diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients age >= 60 years.
SECONDARY
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate feasibility, adherence, completion rates and participant satisfaction associated with a family based lifestyle intervention for overweight pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients or those at high risk to become so (body mass index [BMI] >= 50th
This is a Phase II randomized, controlled, two-arm, open-label, multicenter study comparing the safety and efficacy of tositumomab and iodine I 131 tositumomab to tositumomab for the treatment of chemotherapy-relapsed or refractory low-grade or transformed low-grade B-cell NHL.
Treatment Arm A:
Background Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) is the most frequent glomerular disease in childhood, with an incidence of 2-4 cases per 100,000 children. Currently, all children with INS are treated at onset with steroids. Approximately 80% of cases respond to oral corticosteroid therapy, but 75-80%