EQUITY OF COVERAGE FOR INTERVENTIONS ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE POOR

Radiotherapy for localised prostate cancer has many known and distressing side effects. The efficacy of group interventions for reducing psychological morbidity is lacking. This study investigated the relative benefits of a group nurse-led intervention on psychological morbidity, unmet needs, treatm[r]

There are several limitations to consider in the inter- pretation of our findings. A high IR dose given in a sin- gle fraction to murine skin is the standard preclinical radiation skin toxicity model used because it mimics the pathophysiology of severe human cutane[r]

similar to other reports in CRC [25 – 27]. In our study,
the prognostic importance of CDX2 remained significant in multivariable analyses adjusted for stage and other confounders, suggesting that CDX2 is a powerful prog- nostic factor in CRC. When combining the expressi[r]

Oats are grown for use as grain as well as forage and fodder, straw for bedding, hay, haylage, silage and chaff. The study was conducted at different villages of Tonk district of Rajasthan. The seed of Kent variety of Oat were provided from Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar, Tonk[r]

Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death worldwide. Even with complete resection, the prognosis of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer is poor due to local and distant recurrence, and it remains unclear which biomarkers are clinically useful for predicting recurrence or for determ[r]

To summarize the relationship between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and risk of colorectal adenomas (CRA), we performed a meta-analysis of observational studies. Our results suggested that T2DM plays a risk role in the risk of developing CRA. Consequently, medical workers should increase the rate[r]

Cancer survival comes at a price: pediatric cancer survivors bear a high risk for a wide range of cognitive difficulties. Therefore, interventions targeting these difficulties are required. The aim of the present clinical trial is to extend empirical evidence about efficacy of cognitive and physical[r]

The effectiveness of cervical cancer screening programs is challenged by suboptimal participation and coverage. Offering cervico-vaginal self-sampling for human papillomavirus testing (HPV self-sampling) to non-participants can increase screening participation.

The prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus remains extremely poor. This pilot study aimed to evaluate the technical feasibility, effectiveness and safety of transcatheter chemoembolization for tumors in the liver parenchyma plus intra-arterial ethanol embolization for[r]

Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is an aggressive soft tissue sarcoma derived from smooth muscle cells typically of uterine, gastrointestinal or soft tissue origin. The prognosis for this tumor is poor, with survival rates among the lowest of all soft tissue sarcomas. Surgery is the best approach for localized[r]

in this study, the meteorological data for a 10-year series of water requirement calculations are collected from the Provincial Weather Stations of An Giang, Can Tho, and Soc Trang which serve as three rice production regions that represent the flood[r]

This paper investigates the training needs of Vietnamese agricultural SME managers with regard to skills they need to penetrate international markets. To investigate training needs of Vietnamese SME managers, qualitative methodology with the participation of 124 Vietnamese SME managers was used.

Regarding the implementation of maternal health care during pregnancy of village midwives: The percentage of village midwives who participated in good pregnancy management in their village increased from 50.2% of pre-intervention to 9[r]

Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) incidence is increasing rapidly. Esophageal cancer has the second lowest 5-year survival rate of people diagnosed with cancer in Canada. Given the poor survival and the potential for further increases in incidence, phase-specific cost estimates constitute an important[r]

The poor prognosis for glioblastoma patients is caused by the diffuse infiltrative growth pattern of the tumor. Therefore, the molecular and cellular processes underlying cell migration continue to be a major focus of glioblastoma research.

Metastatic breast cancer carries a poor prognosis despite the success of newly targeted therapies. Treatment options remain especially limited for the subtype of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC).

Managing therapy-related side-effects and improving health-related quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer is still challenging. The need for an effective management of adverse events and unmet supportive care needs have been widely discussed. In the past decade, interventions by nursing[r]

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is one of the most dreaded cancers with very low survival rate and poor prognosis to the existing frontline chemotherapeutic drugs. Gene therapy in combination with a cytotoxic agent could be a promising approach to circumvent the limitations of previously attempted therape[r]

Lecture Organizational behavior – Chapter 5: Motivating individuals. The contents of this chapter include all of the following: Innate needs, desire for achievement, desire for fairness, desire for affiliation, desire for power.

In study on training needs of SMSs of KVKs of the State of Manipur, the following was observed, personal and psychological characteristics of the SMSs; on “Age”, the Middle Age portrayed the highest per cent (75.60%), followed by the Young Age with 15.50 per cent and lastly, the Old Age with the low[r]