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Reference Work Entry In depth
DALYs and Diarrhea
Burden of disease assessments must incorporate both years of life lost and years lost to disability. This is especially important for diseases that have long-term effects in addition to early life mortality. S...
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Medical students' perceptions of sexual health issues prior to a curriculum enhancement
The objectives were to compare first, second and third year medical students on self-perceived sexual health knowledge, comfort in addressing sexual health problems, and attitudes towards the importance of add...
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Melphalan/TBI is not more carcinogenic than cyclophosphamide/TBI for transplant conditioning: follow-up of 725 patients from a single centre over a period of 26 years
As there is concern regarding the high carcinogenic potential of melphalan (Mel), 725 patients with haematological malignancies who received allogeneic (n = 714) or syngeneic (n = 11) transplants over the last 26...
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Article
CHILDHOOD BIPHENOTYPIC LEUKAEMIA : THE ROYAL MARSDEN EXPERIENCE. 160
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Chapter
Neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma is the second most common solid childhood tumor and the outlook for patients with limited disease (25% of the cases) is good. However, with more advanced or metastatic disease, complex and demand...
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Chapter
Very High Dose Therapy in Lymphomas and Solid Tumors
Allogenic bone marrow transplantation is now a major treatment in hematology both for severe aplastic anemia and following intensive chemoradiotherapy regimens for chronic myeloid leukemia, high-risk acute lym...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation in Paediatric Solid Tumours
In leukaemia allogeneic bone marrow transplantation is a method by which high-dose, often curative therapy can be given without regard to marrow toxicity. Applying the same principle to paediatric solid tumour...