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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Haematology-Oncology"”.
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Long-term effects of imatinib on cognition in chronic myeloid leukaemia
Imatinib was successfully introduced into haematology-oncology practice in 2001 and rapidly endorsed as a first line treatment for chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) in the chronic, accelerated, and blastic phases. The survival advantage demonstrated by this target kinase inhibitor has meant that …
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Blood stream infections in oncology patients at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town
… search was undertaken on BSI in Paediatric Oncology. The search string used was (bacteraemia OR blood stream infection) AND (paediatric OR pediatric) AND (oncology). Studies that did not describe infection patterns, risk factors for infection, morbidity/mortality, articles not in English and …
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Prevalence, Risk Factors and Predictors of Adverse Outcomes of Febrile Neutropenia in Oncology Patients on Chemotherapy at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital: A Three Year Retrospective Study
… for adverse outcomes using the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group (SPOG) index with a cut-off value of nine demonstrated a sensitivity and specificity of 52.3% and 62.0%, respectively. Positive and negative predictive values were 56.3% and 58.2%, respectively, with an overall accuracy of 57.4%. In …
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Computational analyses of blood cells: somatic evolution and morphology
Haematopoiesis is the complex process of blood cell production, carried out by haematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow. Over the human lifespan, it generates quadrillions of cells which participate in essential bodily functions such as immunity (whiteblood cells), oxygen distribution (red …