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3. Is hypoalbuminemia a risk factor for high-dose methotrexate toxicity in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia?

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Shaimaa Barakat, Hala Assem, Mostafa Salama, Neveen Mikhael, and Yasmine El Chazli

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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), High-dose methotrexate (HDMTX), Toxicities, Pre-infusion albumin, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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Abstract Background Repeated high-dose methotrexate (HDMTX) is a critical component of contemporary childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment regimens. Serum albumin is considered a carrier of methotrexate (MTX) in the blood. Hypoalbuminemia is not a rare finding in children with leukemia. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between pre-infusion serum albumin and possible HDMTX toxicities. Methods Thirty Egyptian children with ALL were consecutively enrolled in the study between May 2018 and July 2020. They were prospectively followed up while receiving HDMTX during the consolidation phase of the TOTAL study XV protocol. HDMTX was administered intravenously as a 24-h infusion every 2 weeks. Doses of 2.5 g/m2 were used for low-risk patients and 5 g/m2 for standard/high-risk patients. The Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (V.4.03) was used to report the observed toxicities after HDMTX cycles. Plasma MTX levels were estimated at 24 h (MTX24) from the beginning of HDMTX infusion in the first consolidation cycle. Serum albumin level was determined before HDMTX administration, and pre-infusion hypoalbuminemia was defined when serum albumin was

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2022
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4. Twelve-month observational study of children with cancer in 41 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Md Hasanuzzaman, Mohamed Ahmed, Ahmed Samir, Charlotte Smith, Lubna Samad, Vaishnavi Govind, Fakher Rahim, Ahmed Moussa, Adesoji O Ademuyiwa, Bobby John, Augusto Zani, Vivek Singh, Muhammad Arshad, Sadaf Altaf, Chan Hon Chui, Pooja Kumari, Thomas Smith, Ayesha Saleem, Matthew HV Byrne, Madhivanan Karthigeyan, Pravin Salunke, Darica Au, Kate Cross, Kokila Lakhoo, Vishal Kumar, Anna Maria Testi, Robyn Brown, Noel Peter, Georgios Tsoulfas, Francesco Pata, Adesoji Ademuyiwa, Tahmina Banu, Bruce Bvulani, Milind Chitnis, Maryam Ghavami Adel, Vrisha Madhuri, Pierfrancesco Lapolla, Andrea Mingoli, Hamidah Alias, Simone de Campos Vieira Abib, Ibukunolu Olufemi Ogundele, Felix M Alakaloko, Emmanuel A Ameh, Laila Hessissen, Kareem O Musa, Georgios Karagiannidis, Manoj Gupta, Maricarmen Olivos, Daniel Rhee, Maryam Khan, Christine Nitschke, Alexandra Valetopoulou, Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Sabbir Karim, Mahmoud M Saad, Francis Abantanga, Gaetano Gallo, Mohamedraed Elshami, Mahmoud Elfiky, Soham Bandyopadhyay, Muath Alser, Elliott H Taylor, Duha Jasim, Somy Charuvila, Nazmul Islam, William B Lo, Uttam Kumar Nath, Robin Simpson, Zarina Abdul Latiff, Bruno Cirillo, Gioia Brachini, Megan Murphy, Zineb Bentounsi, Anette S Jacobsen, Anna Casey, Mohammed Alhendy, Taiwo Akeem Lawal, Samson Olori, Michael Boettcher, Muhammed Elhadi, Shaun Wilson, Dragana Janić, Amit Sehrawat, Patricia Shinondo, Shireen Anne Nah, Alhassan Abdul-Mumin, Karl-Heinz Frosch, Poorvaprabha Patil, Sarah Muma, Md Asaduzzaman, Athanasios Tragiannidis, Vijayendra Kumar, Mahan Salehi, Sara Ali, Renu Madan, Hafeez Abdelhafeez, Max Pachl, Benjamin Martin, Sonal Nagras, Mihir Sheth, Catherine Dominic, Suraj Gandhi, Divya Parwani, Rhea Raj, Diella Munezero, Rohini Dutta, Nsimire Mulanga Roseline, Kellie McClafferty, Armin Nazari, Smrithi Sriram, Sai Pillarisetti, King-David Nweze, Aishwarya Ashwinee, Gul Kalra, Priyansh Nathani, Khushman Kaur Bhullar, Nehal Rahim, Shweta Madhusudanan, Joshua Erhabor, Manasi Shirke, Aishah Mughal, Sravani Royyuru, Syeda Namayah Fatima Hussain, Daniel Robinson, Mehdi Khan, Alexandre Dukundane, Kwizera Festus, Rohan Pancharatnam, Lorraine Ochieng, Hritik Nautiyal, Leanne Gentle, Ehab Hanafy, Catherine Yang, Gideon Karplus, John Mathew, Olumide Abiodun Elebute, Oluwaseun Ladipo-Ajayi, Okechukwu Hyginus Ekwunife, Sherief Ghozy, Emily Hamilton, Dhruva Ghosh, Ahmed Sherif, Hajar Moujtahid, Ariana Axiaq, Amir Labib, Eman Abdulwahed, Kemal Tolga Saracoglu, Yasin Kara, Ahmed Y Azzam, Omar Elmandouh, Manjul Tripathi, Abdelrahman Azzam, Anfel Bouderbala, Aouabed Nesrine, Ammar Ayman, Mohamed Bonna, Safia Lorabi, Hira Zuberi, Iyad Sultan, Reto M Baertschiger, Kefas John Bwala, AM Umar, Abdurahaman Aremu, Dauda E Suleiman, Tybat Aliyu, Kashaf Turk, Oluseyi Oyebode Ogunsua, Tunde Talib Sholadoye, Musliu Adetola Tolani, Yakubu Alfa, Keffi Mubarak Musa, Ken Muma, Mitchelle Obat, Youssef Sameh Badran, Abdulrahman Ghassan Qasem, Faris Ayasra, Reema Alnajjar, Mohamed Abdel-Maboud, Abdelrahman Bahaa, Ayat M Saadeldin, Mohamed Adwi, Mahmoud Adly, Abdallah Elshenawy, Amer Harky, Kirstie Wright, Jessica Luyt, Olivia White, Nathan Thompson, Imogen Harrison, Sara Kader Alsaeiti, Fatma Saleh Benkhial, Hend Mohammed Masoud, Mabroukah Saeid Alshamikh, Fatma Mohammed Masoud, Nyararai Togarepi, Elaine Carrolan, Ahmed Saleh, Mahmoud Bassiony, Mostafa Qatora, Mohamed Bahaaeldin, Shady Fadel, Yasmine El Chazli, Kamel Hamizi, Mehdi Anouar Zekkour, Rima Rahmoun, Boutheyna Drid, Salma Naje Abu Teir, Mohamed Yazid Kadir, Yassine Zerizer, Nacer Khernane, Brahim Saada, Imane Ammouze, Yahya Elkaoune, Ghita Chaoui, Hajar Benaouda, Meryem Gounni, Narjiss Aji, Joana Mafalda Monteiro, Susana Nunes, Maria do Bom-Sucesso, Kerri Becktell, Md Afruzul Alam, Orindom Shing Pulock, Tasmiah Tahera Aziz, Rosanda Ilic, Danica Grujicic, Tijana Nastasovic, Igor Lazic, Mihailo Milicevic, Vladimir Bascarevic, Radovan Mijalcic, Vuk Scepanovic, Aleksandar Stanimirovic, Aleksandra Paunovic, Ivan Bogdanovic, Shahnoor Islam, AKM Amirul Morshed, Mehnaz Akter, Zannat Ara, Mohammed Tanvir Ahammed, Tania Akter, Kamrun Nahar, Fatema Sayed, Ashfaque Nabi, Elif Akova, Evren Aydogmus, Bekir Can Kendirlioglu, Tufan Hicdonmez, Asim Noor Rana, Mohammed A Azab, Alzhraa Salah Abbas, Olanrewaju Moses, Ibiyeye Taiye Taibat, Taiwo Jones, Kalu Ukoha, Olagundoye Goke, Okorie Ikechukwu, Abiodun Idowu Okunlola, Helga Nauhaus, Danelle Erwee, Agata Chylinska, Prasanna Gomes, Elvercio Pereira de Oliveira Junior, Fabiola Leonelli Diz, Mohamed El Kassas, Usama Eldaly, Ahmed Tawheed, Mohamed Abdelwahab, Oudrhiri Mohammed Yassaad, Bechri Hajar, El Ouahabi Abdessamad, Arkha Yasser, Hessissen Laila, Farah Sameer Yahya, Maria Teresa Peña Gallardo, Jacqueline Elizabeth Montoya Vásquez, Juan Luis García León, Sebastián Shu Yip, Mariam Lami, Harmit Ghattaura, Eric W Etchill, Stacy Cooper, Kevin Crow, Morgan Drucker, Benjamin Shou, Alan Siegel, Gül Nihal Özdemir, Ehab El Refaee, John George Massoud, Ayah Bassam Ibrahim, Ruaa Bassam Ibrahim, Faris Abu Za'nouneh, Toqa Fahmawee, Ghazwani Salman, Ehab Alameer, Al-Mudeer Ali, Ghazwani Yahia, Khozairi Waleed, Khalil Ghandour, Shaima' Al-Dabaibeh, Ammar Al-Basiti, Hazim Ababneh, Omaima El-Qurneh, Yousef Alalawi, Ahmad Al Ayed, Naif Al Bolowi, Heidi Barola, Aubrey L Pagaduan, Jingdan Fan, Olufemi Oni, Janita Zarrish, Ramsha Saleem, Soha Zahid, Atiqa Amirali, Ahsan Nadeem, Sameer Saleem Tebha, Zonaira Qayyum, Sana Tahir, Anneqa Tahir, Rabbey Raza Khan, Ayesha Mehmood, Taimur Iftikhar Qureshi, Victor Calvagna, Nathalie Galea, Matthew R Schuelke, Kirk David Wyatt, Agnes Vojcek, Seham M Ragab, Abdallah R Allam, Eman Ibrahim Hager, Kıvılcım Karadeniz Cerit, Adnan Dağçınar, Tümay Umuroğlu, Ayten Saraçoğlu, Mustafa Sakar, Can Kıvrak, Gül Çakmak, Ibrahim Sallam, Gamal Amira, Mohamed Sherief, Arissa Ikeda, Licia Portela, Marianne Monteiro Garrigo, Fernanda Lobo, Sima Ester Ferman, Andrew Nwankwo Osuigwe, Chisom Adaobi Nri-Ezedi, Eric Okechukwu Umeh, Abiodun Folashade Adekanmbi, Olubunmi Motunrayo Fatungase, Olubunmi Obafemi Obadaini, Sarah Al-Furais, Humaida Hemlae, Sreylis Nay, Fabianne Altruda de Moraes Costa Carlesse, Denis Cozzi, Paolo Musiu, Paolo Sapienza, Martina Zambon, Simona Meneghini, Pierfranco Cicerchia, Abdulrahman Omar Taha, Bouaoud Souad, Mebarki Malika, Bioud Belkacem, Fayza Haider, Halwani Yaninga Fuseini, Peter Gyamfi Kwarteng, Abubakari Bawa Abdulai, Sheba Mary Pognaa Kunfah, Stephanie Ajinkpang, Mary Joan Kpiniong, Kingsley Aseye Hattor, Kingsley Appiah Bimpong, Mohamed Elbahnasawy, Sherief Abdelsalam, Amanpreet Brar, Andreea C Matei, Hira Khalid Zuberi, Kishwer Nadeem, Naema Khayyam, Fatima Ambreen Imran, Nida Zia, Sadia Muhammad, Muhammad Rafie Raza, Muhammad Rahil Khan, Alaa Hamdan, Abdeljawad Mazloum, Ali Abodest, Nisreen Ali, Ammar Omran, Alaa Ahmed, Munawar Hraib, Victor Khoury, Abdulrahman Almjersah, Mohammad Ali Deeb, Akram Ahmed, Ahmad Bouhuwaish, Alqasim Abdulkarim, Marwa Biala, Reem Ghamgh, Amani Alamre, Marwa Shelft, Hoda Tawel, Emmanuel Hatzipantelis, Eleni Tsotridou, Assimina Galli-Tsinopoulou, C-Khai Loh, Doris Lau, Kelvin Ifeanyichukwu Egbuchulem, Olakayode Olaolu Ogundoyin, Isaac Dare Olulana, Oluwasegun Joshua Afolaranmi, AbdulBasit Fehintola, Annika Heuer, Matthias Priemel, Lennart Viezens, Martin Stangenberg, Marc Dreimann, Alonja Reiter, Jasmin Meyer, Leon Köpke, Uduak Offiong, Philip Mari Mshelbwala, Fashie Andrew Patrick, Aminu Muhammed Umar, N Otene ThankGod, Yuki Julius Ng, Syukri Ahmad Zubaidi, Murad Almasri, Rasaq Olaosebikan, Akila Muthukumar, Amon Ngongola, Azad Patel, Abdullahi Nuhu-Koko, Baba Jibrin, Gabriela Guillén, Sergio López, José Andrés Molino, Pablo Velasco, Omar Hamam, Rim Elmandouh, Nensi Melissa Ruzgar, Rachel Levinson, Shashwat Kala, Sarah Ullrich, Emily Christison-Lagay, Janice Hui Ling Wong, Reto Baertschiger, Essam Elhalaby, Guido Seitz, Judith Lindbert, Asimina Galli-Tsinopoulou, Calogero Virgone, Eric Mwangi Irungu, Outani Oumaima, Lily Saldana, Jan Godzinsky, Abdelbasit Ali, Mohamed Bella Jalloh, Nellie Bell, Annette Jacobsen, Israel Fernandez Pineda, Lucas Krauel, Waha Rahama, Hazim Elfatih, Arda Isik, Andrea Hayes-Jordan, Roshni Dasgupta, Krishna Kumar Govindarajan, Marta deAndres Crespo, Nitin James Peters, Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Rajat Piplani, Enono Yhoshu, K S Rajkumar, Sadi A Abukhalaf, Mohammed Miftah Faraj Almihashhish, Eman Salem Muftah Burzeiza, Raja Mari Mohammed Nasef, Benjamin J O'Sullivan, Mohamed Hassanin, Dave R Lal, Brian T Craig, Vishal Michael, M Joseph John, William Bhatti, Swati Daniel, Jyoti Dhiman, Hunar Mahal, Atul Suroy, Shruti Kakkar, Shaina Kamboj, Suraj Singh, AKM Khairul Basher, SM Rezanur Rahman, Md Asif Iqbal, Md Masud Rana, Monica Dobs, Mohamed Atef Mohamed Ghamry, Joana Monteiro, Marco Aurelio Ciriaco Padilha, Lucas Garschagen deCarvalho, Sandip Kumar Rahul, Digamber Chaubey, Rejin Kebudi, Sema Bay Buyukkapu, Kumaravel Sambandan, Smita Kayal, Gunaseelan Karunanithi, Bikash Kumar Naredi, Bibekanand Jindal, Ranya M Baddourah, Ayah Al Shraideh, Ahmad Ozair, Ankur Bajaj, Bal Krishna Ojha, Kaushal Kishor Singh, Atique Anwar, Vinay Suresh, Mohamad K Abou Chaar, Christopher O Bode, Justina O Seyi-Olajide, George C Ihediwa, Edamisan O Temiye, Adeseye M Akinsete, Iqra Effendi, Khaled Mamdouh, Mohamed Atef, Mohamed Faried, Jake A Kloeber, Robert L Owen, Alexander S Roth, J Hudson Barnett, Lucien P Jay, Paul J Galardy, Bernard Mbwele, Irene Nguma, Moshi Moshi Shabani, Amani Twaha, Bilal Matola, Mahmoud Maher Abdelnaby Alrahawy, Simone deOliveira Coelho, Ricardo Vianna deCarvalho, FernandaFerreira daSilva Lima, Moawia Mohammed AliElhassan, Nada Osman Yousif Elhaj, Hytham KS Hamid, Vincent E Nwatah, Adewumi B Oyesakin, RM Jeffri Ismail, Simone deCamposVieira Abib, Mayara Caroline Amorim Fanelli, Fernanda Kelly Marques de Souza, Sandeep Mohindra, Ninad R Patil, Richa Jain, Gopal Nambi, Norehan Johari, Anas Shikha, Win SabaiPhyu Han, Zahidah Ahmad, Yen Yan Lim, Roserahayu Idros, Noorainun Mohd Yusof, David Nelson Jaisingh, Fatema Naser AlFayez, Elana Kleinman, Taylor Ibelli, Rochelle Fayngor, Tzvi Najman, Etai Adam, Daniella Melamed, Cecilia Paasche, Farman Ali Laghari, Zainab Al Balushi, Abdulhakim Awadh SalimAl-Rawas, Ali Al Sharqi, Ammar Saif AlShabibi, Ismail Al Bulushi, Muna Alshahri, Abdulrahman AlMirza, Ola Al Hamadani, Jawaher Al Sharqi, Anisa Al Shamsi, Bashar Dawud, Sareya Al Sibai, Gilbert B Bonsaana, Edmund M Der, Francis A Abantanga, Bardisan Gawrieh, Hassan Salloum, Mohammad Ahmad Almahmod Alkhalil, Waseem Shater, Ali Farid Alelayan, Alaa Guzlan, Asmaa AM Albanna, Dayang AnitaAbdul Aziz, Azrina Syarizad Khutubul Zaman, Biobele J Brown, Ajiboye L Olalekan, Christopher S Lukong, Ezekiel I Ajayi, Luca Pio, Nitin James Peter, Ravi Kishore, Mohammad K Abou Chaar, Dayang Anita Abdul Aziz, Dhruva Nath Ghosh, and Raphael N Vuille-dit-Bille

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Medicine (General), R5-920, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
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Introduction Childhood cancer is a leading cause of death. It is unclear whether the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted childhood cancer mortality. In this study, we aimed to establish all-cause mortality rates for childhood cancers during the COVID-19 pandemic and determine the factors associated with mortality.Methods Prospective cohort study in 109 institutions in 41 countries. Inclusion criteria: children

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2022
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5. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with paediatric cancer in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries: a multicentre, international, observational cohort study

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Mohamed Ahmed, Ahmad Mansour, Ahmed Samir, Charlotte Smith, Lubna Samad, Vaishnavi Govind, Fakher Rahim, Augusto Zani, Muhammad Arshad, Sadaf Altaf, Chan Hon Chui, Pooja Kumari, Thomas Smith, Ayesha Saleem, Darica Au, Kate Cross, Kokila Lakhoo, Anna Maria Testi, Robyn Brown, Noel Peter, Francesco Pata, Adesoji Ademuyiwa, Tahmina Banu, Bruce Bvulani, Milind Chitnis, Maryam Ghavami Adel, Matthew H V Byrne, Pierfrancesco Lapolla, Andrea Mingoli, Lucy Davies, Dennis Mazingi, Hamidah Alias, Simone de Campos Vieira Abib, Ibukunolu Olufemi Ogundele, Laila Hessissen, Mohammad Ahmad, Maricarmen Olivos, Daniel Rhee, Maryam Khan, Christine Nitschke, Alexandra Valetopoulou, Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Sabbir Karim, Gaetano Gallo, Mohamedraed Elshami, Mahmoud Elfiky, Soham Bandyopadhyay, Muath Alser, Elliott H Taylor, Duha Jasim, Somy Charuvila, Nazmul Islam, William B Lo, Robin Simpson, Zarina Abdul Latiff, Bruno Cirillo, Gioia Brachini, Megan Murphy, Zineb Bentounsi, Anette S Jacobsen, Anna Casey, Abdulrasheed A Nasir, Taiwo Akeem Lawal, Samson Olori, Michael Boettcher, Muhammed Elhadi, Shaun Wilson, Dragana Janić, Patricia Shinondo, Shireen Anne Nah, Alhassan Abdul-Mumin, Dayang Anita Abdul Aziz, J Benjamin, Karl-Heinz Frosch, Poorvaprabha Patil, Sarah Muma, Emmanuel Uwiringiyimana, Athanasios Tragiannidis, Mahan Salehi, Sara Ali, Hafeez Abdelhafeez, Max Pachl, Benjamin Martin, Sonal Nagras, Mihir Sheth, Catherine Dominic, Suraj Gandhi, Divya Parwani, Rhea Raj, Diella Munezero, Rohini Dutta, Nsimire Mulanga Roseline, Kellie McClafferty, Armin Nazari, Smrithi Sriram, Sai Pillarisetti, Aishwarya Ashwinee, Gul Kalra, Priyansh Nathani, Khushman Kaur Bhullar, Nehal Rahim, Shweta Madhusudanan, Joshua Erhabor, Manasi Shirke, Aishah Mughal, Sravani Royyuru, Daniel Robinson, Mehdi Khan, Alexandre Dukundane, Kwizera Festus, Rohan Pancharatnam, Lorraine Ochieng, Hritik Nautiyal, Leanne Gentle, Ehab Hanafy, Catherine Yang, John Mathew, Olumide Abiodun Elebute, Oluwaseun Ladipo-Ajayi, Okechukwu Hyginus Ekwunife, Sherief Ghozy, Aya Zazo, Salah Eddine Oussama Kacimi, Ahmed Sherif, Krithi Ravi, Nermin Badwi, Hajar Moujtahid, Ariana Axiaq, Eman Abdulwahed, Kemal Tolga Saracoglu, Yasin Kara, Ahmed Y Azzam, Omar Elmandouh, KingDavid Nweze, Syeda Namayah Fatima Hussain, Marta de Andres Crespo, Fatumata Jalloh, Shahnur Shah, Rohini Rajpal, Masooma Rana, Muskaan Abdul Qadir, Abdelrahman Azzam, Mayara Fanelli, Gustavo Mendonça Ataíde Gomes, Igor Lima Buarque, Isadora Schwaab Guerini, Anfel Bouderbala, Sarah Alfurais, Mohamed Gamal, Yara Hijazi, Shatha Tailakh, Hamza AlNaggar, Zain Douba, Sewar Elejla, Abdullah Eldaly, Ekram Sharashi, Tamara Elyan, Aouabed Nesrine, Ammar Ayman, Mohamed Bonna, Safia Lorabi, Hassan Alalami, Rawan Yasser Emam, Mohamad K Abou Chaar, Hira Zuberi, Iyad Sultan, Dhruv Nath Ghosh, Nitin James Peters, Reto M Baertschiger, Kefas John Bwala, AM Umar, Abdurahaman Aremu, Dauda E Suleiman, Tybat Aliyu, Kashaf Turk, Oluseyi Oyebode Ogunsua, Tunde Talib Sholadoye, Musliu Adetola Tolani, Yakubu Alfa, Keffi Mubarak Musa, Mwangi Irungu, Ken Muma, Mitchelle Obat, Youssef Sameh Badran, Abdulrahman Ghassan Qasem, Faris Ayasra, Reema Alnajjar, Mohamed Abdel-Maboud, Abdelrahman Bahaa, Ayat M Saadeldin, Mohamed Adwi, Mahmoud Adly, Abdallah Elshenawy, Amer Harky, Kirstie Wright, Jessica Luyt, Olivia White, Nathan Thompson, Imogen Harrison, Sara Kader Alsaeiti, Fatma Saleh Benkhial, Mohammed Miftah Faraj Almihashhish, Eman Salem Muftah Burzeiza, Raja Mari Mohammed Nasef, Hend Mohammed Masoud, Mabroukah Saeid Alshamikh, Fatma Mohammed Masoud, Nyararai Togarepi, Elaine Carrolan, Mohamed Hassanin O'Sullivan, Ahmed Saleh, Mahmoud Bassiony, Mostafa Qatora, Mohamed Bahaaeldin, Shady Fadel, Yasmine El Chazli, Kamel Hamizi, Mehdi Anouar Zekkour, Rima Rahmoun, Boutheyna Drid, Salma Naje Abu Teir, Mohamed Yazid Kadir, Yassine Zerizer, Nacer Khernane, Brahim Saada, Imane Ammouze, Yahya Elkaoune, Ghita Chaoui, Hajar Benaouda, Meryem Gounni, Narjiss Aji, Joana Mafalda Monteiro, Susana Nunes, Maria do Bom-Sucesso, Dave R. Lal, Brian T. Craig, Kerri Becktell, Md Afruzul Alam, Orindom Shing Pulock, Tasmiah Tahera Aziz, Rosanda Ilic, Danica Grujicic, Tijana Nastasovic, Igor Lazic, Mihailo Milicevic, Vladimir Bascarevic, Radovan Mijalcic, Vuk Scepanovic, Aleksandar Stanimirovic, Aleksandra Paunovic, Ivan Bogdanovic, Shahnoor Islam, AKM Amirul Morshed, A. K. M. Khairul Basher, Mehnaz Akter, S. M. Rezanur Rahman, Zannat Ara, Mohammed Tanvir Ahammed, Tania Akter, Kamrun Nahar, Fatema Sayed, Ashfaque Nabi, Md. Asif Iqbal, Md. Masud Rana, Md. Asaduzzaman, Md. Hasanuzzaman, Elif Akova, Evren Aydogmus, Bekir Can Kendirlioglu, Tufan Hicdonmez, Arshiya Adhnon, Asim Noor Rana, Hani Humad, Anjan Madasu, Mohammed A Azab, Alzhraa Salah Abbas, Olanrewaju Moses, Ibiyeye Taiye Taibat, Taiwo Jones, Kalu Ukoha, Olagundoye Goke, Okorie Ikechukwu, Abiodun Idowu Okunlola, Helga Nauhaus, Danelle Erwee, Agata Chylinska, Prasanna Gomes, Marco Aurelio Ciriaco Padilha, Elvercio Pereira de Oliveira Junior, Lucas Garschagen de Carvalho, Fabiola Leonelli Diz, Mohamed El Kassas, Usama Eldaly, Ahmed Tawheed, Mohamed Abdelwahab, Oudrhiri Mohammed Yassaad, Bechri Hajar, El Ouahabi Abdessamad, Arkha Yasser, Hessissen Laila, Farah Sameer Yahya, Yasir Al-Agele, Maria Teresa Peña Gallardo, Jacqueline Elizabeth Montoya Vásquez, Juan Luis García León, Sebastián Shu Yip, Mariam Lami, Harmit Ghattaura, Eric W Etchill, Stacy Cooper, Kevin Crow, Morgan Drucker, Benjamin Shou, Alan Siegel, Gül Nihal Özdemir, Ehab El Refaee, John George Massoud, Ayah Bassam Ibrahim, Ruaa Bassam Ibrahim, Faris Abu Za'nouneh, Ranya M. Baddourah, Toqa Fahmawee, Ayah Al_Shraideh, Ghazwani Salman, Ehab Alameer, Al-Mudeer Ali, Ghazwani Yahia, Khozairi Waleed, Mohamad K. Abou Chaar, Khalil Ghandour, Shaima' Al-Dabaibeh, Ammar Al-Basiti, Hazim Ababneh, Omaima El-Qurneh, Yousef Alalawi, Ahmad Al Ayed, Naif Al Bolowi, Amos HP Loh, Heidi Barola, Aubrey L Pagaduan, Jingdan Fan, Adesoji O. Ademuyiwa, Christopher O. Bode, Justina O. Seyi-Olajide, Felix M. Alakaloko, George C. Ihediwa, Kareem O. Musa, Edamisan O. Temiye, Olufemi Oni, Adeseye M. Akinsete, Janita Zarrish, Ramsha Saleem, Soha Zahid, Atiqa Amirali, Ahsan Nadeem, Sameer Saleem Tebha, Zonaira Qayyum, Sana Tahir, Anneqa Tahir, Rabbey Raza Khan, Ayesha Mehmood, Taimur Iftikhar Qureshi, Victor Calvagna, Nathalie Galea, Matthew R Schuelke, Jake A. Kloebe, Robert L. Owen, Alexander S. Roth, J. Hudson Barnett, Lucien P. Jay, Kirk David Wyatt, Paul J. Galardy, Agnes Vojcek, Mahmoud Maher Abdelnaby Alrahawy, Seham M Ragab, Abdallah R Allam, Eman Ibrahim Hager, Kıvılcım Karadeniz Cerit, Adnan Dağçınar, Tümay Umuroğlu, Ayten Saraçoğlu, Mustafa Sakar, Can Kıvrak, Gül Çakmak, Ibrahim Sallam, Gamal Amira, Mohamed Sherief, Simone de Oliveira Coelho, Arissa Ikeda, Licia Portela, Marianne Monteiro Garrigo, Ricardo Vianna de Carvalho, Fernanda Lobo, Sima Ester Ferman, Fernanda Ferreira da Silva Lima, Moawia Mohammed Ali Elhassan, Nada Osman Yousif Elhaj, Hytham K. S. Hamid, Emmanuel A. Ameh, Vincent E. Nwatah, Adewumi B. Oyesakin, Andrew Nwankwo Osuigwe, Chisom Adaobi Nri-Ezedi, Eric Okechukwu Umeh, Nellie Patiala, Abiodun Folashade Adekanmbi, Olubunmi Motunrayo Fatungase, Olubunmi Obafemi Obadaini, Sarah Al-Furais, Humaida Hemlae, Sreylis Nay, R M Jeffri Ismail, Simonede Campos Vieira Abib, Fabianne Altruda de Moraes Costa Carlesse, Mayara Caroline Amorim Fanelli, Fernanda Kelly Marques de Souza, Denis Cozzi, Paolo Musiu, Paolo Sapienza, Martina Zambon, Simona Meneghini, Pierfranco Cicerchia, Abdulrahman Omar Taha, Bouaoud Souad, Mebarki Malika, Bioud Belkacem, Ayman Meelad, Hajier Salim Alrashed, Fayza Haider, Fatema Naser Al Fayez, Halwani Yaninga Fuseini, Peter Gyamfi Kwarteng, Abubakari Bawa Abdulai, Sheba Mary Pognaa Kunfah, Gilbert B. Bonsaana, Stephanie Ajinkpang, Edmund M. Der, Francis A. Abantanga, Mary Joan Kpiniong, Kingsley Aseye Hattor, Kingsley Appiah Bimpong, Mohamed Elbahnasawy, Sherief Abdelsalam, Reto M. Baertschiger, Amanpreet Brar, Andreea C Matei, Hira Khalid Zuberi, Kishwer Nadeem, Naema Khayyam, Fatima Ambreen Imran, Nida Zia, Sadia Muhammad, Muhammad Rafie Raza, Muhammad Rahil Khan, Alaa Hamdan, Abdeljawad Mazloum, Ali Abodest, Nisreen Ali, Bardisan Gawarieh, Ammar Omran, Almed Moussa, Alaa Ahmed, Munawar Hraib, Victor Khoury, Abdulrahman Almjersah, Mohammad Ali Deeb, Almahmod Alkhalil, Akram Ahmed, Ali Alelayan, Ali Hammed, Wassem Shater, Ahmad Bouhuwaish, Alqasim Abdulkarim, Marwa Biala, Reem Ghamgh, Amani Alamre, Marwa Shelft, Asmaa A. M. Albanna, Hoda Tawel, Emmanuel Hatzipantelis, Eleni Tsotridou, Assimina Galli-Tsinopoulou, C-Khai Loh, Doris Lau, Azrina Syarizad Khutubul, Raphael N. Vuille-dit-Bille, Stefan G. Holland-Cunz, Nima Allafi, Kelvin Ifeanyichukwu Egbuchulem, Olakayode Olaolu Ogundoyin, Isaac Dare Olulana, Biobele J. Brown, Oluwasegun Joshua Afolaranmi, AbdulBasit Fehintola, Annika Heuer, Matthias Priemel, Lennart Viezens, Martin Stangenberg, Marc Dreimann, Alonja Reiter, Jasmin Meyer, Leon Köpke, Uduak Offiong, Philip Mari Mshelbwala, Fashie Andrew Patrick, Aminu Muhammed Umar, N Otene ThankGod, Kazeem O. O. Ibrahim, Dupe S. Ademola-Popoola, Olayinka T. Sayomi, Alege Abdurrzzaq, Ademola A. Adeyeye, Khadijah O. Omokanye, Lukman O Abdur-Rahman, Olubisi Olutosin Bamidele, Shakirullah AbdulAzeez, Aminat Akinoso, Michael O. Adegboye, Yuki Julius Ng, Syukri Ahmad Zubaidi, Murad Almasri, Rasaq Olaosebikan, Akila Muthukumar, Amon Ngongola, Azad Patel, Abdullahi Nuhu-Koko, Baba Jibrin, Ajiboye L. Olalekan, Christopher S. Lukong, Ezekiel I. Ajayi, Gabriela Guillén, Sergio López, José Andrés Molino, Pablo Velasco, Omar Hamam, Rim Elmandouh, Nensi Melissa Ruzgar, Rachel Levinson, Shashwat Kala, Sarah Ullrich, Emily Christison-Lagay, Aya Sabry Mortada, Mahmoud Ahmed Ebada, Eman Seif Alnaser Solimam, Khaled Abualkher, Amr Mohammed Elsayed Yousf, Mohamed Mohamed Holail, Reem Mohamed Almowafy, Janice Hui Ling Wong, Reto Baertschiger, Essam Elhalaby, Mahmoud M. Saad, Guido Seitz, Judith Lindbert, Francis Abantanga Georgios Tsoulfas, Asimina Galli-Tsinopoulou, Calogero Virgone, Mohammad K. Abou Chaar, Eric Mwangi Irungu, Outani Oumaima, Lily Saldana, Jan Godzinsky, Abdelbasit Ali, Mohamed Bella Jalloh, Nellie Bell, Annette Jacobsen, Israel Fernandez Pineda, Lucas Krauel, Waha Rahama, Hazim Elfatih, Arda Isik, Andrea Hayes-Jordan, and Roshni Dasgupta

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Medicine
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Objectives Paediatric cancer is a leading cause of death for children. Children in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) were four times more likely to die than children in high-income countries (HICs). This study aimed to test the hypothesis that the COVID-19 pandemic had affected the delivery of healthcare services worldwide, and exacerbated the disparity in paediatric cancer outcomes between LMICs and HICs.Design A multicentre, international, collaborative cohort study.Setting 91 hospitals and cancer centres in 39 countries providing cancer treatment to paediatric patients between March and December 2020.Participants Patients were included if they were under the age of 18 years, and newly diagnosed with or undergoing active cancer treatment for Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, Wilms’ tumour, sarcoma, retinoblastoma, gliomas, medulloblastomas or neuroblastomas, in keeping with the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer.Main outcome measure All-cause mortality at 30 days and 90 days.Results 1660 patients were recruited. 219 children had changes to their treatment due to the pandemic. Patients in LMICs were primarily affected (n=182/219, 83.1%). Relative to patients with paediatric cancer in HICs, patients with paediatric cancer in LMICs had 12.1 (95% CI 2.93 to 50.3) and 7.9 (95% CI 3.2 to 19.7) times the odds of death at 30 days and 90 days, respectively, after presentation during the COVID-19 pandemic (p

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2022
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7. Does TGFBR3 Polymorphism Increase the Risk of Silent Cerebral Infarction in Egyptian Children with Sickle Cell Disease?

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Hoda Hassab, Marwa Hanafi, Ahmed Elbeheiry, Mona Hassan, and Yasmine El Chazli

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Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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Objectives To evaluate the relationship between TGFBR3 rs284875 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) state and silent cerebral infarction (SCI) in asymptomatic patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on 50 children with SCD above 2 y of age followed up at the hematology outpatient clinic of Alexandria University Children's Hospital in Egypt. Twenty-four healthy children were included as a control group. All patients included in the study were subjected to complete history and clinical examination. Real-time polymerase chain reaction was performed on patients and controls for identification of SNP rs284875 of the TGFBR3 gene. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain were performed only on patients for detection of SCI. Results Fifty SCD patients were enrolled (26 males and 24 females), with a median age of 10.9 y (2.3–17.8 y), and 24 children as healthy control for the studied SNP. Thirty-five (70%) patients had homozygous SCD, while 30% had sickle β-thalassemia. The brain MRI was normal in all the patients except for 2 patients who had features of SCI. The TGFBR3 rs284875 SNP was detected in 15 (30%) patients in the homozygous state (GG) versus only 1 (4.2%) child from the control group (p = 0.003). The prevalence of SCI was low in the study population and there was no statistically significant relationship between the TGFBR3 rs284875 SNP status and the presence of SCI in the brain MRI (p = 0.621). Conclusions This study confirmed a low prevalence of SCI in the SCD patient included in the study. The TGFBR3 rs284875 SNP did not significantly increase SCI among those patients.

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2022
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8. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health-related quality of life and anxiety in pediatric hematology/oncology patients

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Nourhan M Aly, Eman Hassan, Dalia Nagui Rizk, and Yasmine El Chazli

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medicine.medical_specialty, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Psychological intervention, Anxiety, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Quality of life, Multivariate analysis of variance, Neoplasms, Surveys and Questionnaires, Health care, Pandemic, medicine, Humans, Child, Psychiatry, Pandemics, business.industry, COVID-19, Hematology, Hematologic Diseases, Cross-Sectional Studies, Oncology, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Quality of Life, medicine.symptom, business, 030215 immunology
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Since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the strain on healthcare services affected patients suffering from various comorbidities and added to the psychological burden. The study aimed to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and anxiety levels of pediatric Hematology/Oncology patients during the COVID19 pandemic and evaluate the association between anxiety levels and physical, emotional, and social aspects of HRQoL. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 292 children between 2.5 - 13 years with chronic hematological/oncological disorders. Pediatric Quality of Life Generic Core Scale and Spence Children's Anxiety Scale were used for assessment of HRQoL and anxiety, respectively. Linear regression was performed to assess the association between background and COVID-19 related factors with anxiety level. Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was performed to assess the association between the three HRQoL dimensions with child anxiety and different independent variables. Transfusion-dependent patients had lower anxiety levels than patients receiving chemotherapy (B=-14.45, 95% CI=-21.94,-6.95).Children who were aware of the pandemic had lower anxiety scores than those who were not, while those suffering from canceled clinic days had higher anxiety levels (B=-8.66,95% CI=-14.86,-2.45, and B = 7.33,95% CI =1.22,13.45, respectively). Anxiety significantly reduced the three HRQoL domains (B=-0.36, 95% CI=-0.47, -0.24 for physical functioning, B=-0.45, 95% CI =-0.56, -0.33 for social functioning and B=-0.50, 95% CI=-0.63,-0.38 for emotional functioning). This study highlights the effect of the pandemic on the anxiety level and hence the HRQoL of chronic hematological/oncological pediatric patients for guiding policies and interventions to maintain their psychological well-being.

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2021
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9. Photobiomodulation for chemotherapy‐induced oral mucositis in leukemic children: A randomized controlled clinical trial

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Farida A. Reyad, Naguiba M Elsayed, and Yasmine El Chazli

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Otorhinolaryngology, General Dentistry
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of Photobiomodulation(PBM) for chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis (OM) in leukemic children.A randomized controlled clinical study including forty-four leukemic children diagnosed with chemotherapy-induced OM at the Hematology/Oncology inpatient unit at Alexandria University Children's Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt. Patients were randomly assigned to either the control or test groups with a 1:1 ratio. The control group received conventional symptomatic treatment, while the test group was treated with PBM in addition to the symptomatic treatment. The response to both treatment modalities was evaluated according to the reduction of pain and lesions severity from baseline to 5, 10, and 14 days after treatment.A significant reduction of pain was recorded on day 10 in the test group compared to the control group (p 0.001). There was also a significant decline in the OM grades between the two groups on day14 (p = 0.003). No adverse events were reported.The use of PBM along with the conventional treatment was effective in reducing pain and in the recovery of OM lesions in children receiving chemotherapy for the treatment of ALL. It was also safe and applicable to children.

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2022
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10. Positive Impact of Clinical Audit on Appropriateness of Laboratory Investigations for Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase-Deficient Patients in the Emergency Department

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Eman Hassan, Dina Elkhity, Ibrahim Sayed, Yasmine El Chazli, Ghadeer Foulath, and M. Abdelghany

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Clinical audit, Hemolytic anemia, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Emergency department, Guideline, Audit, medicine.disease, chemistry.chemical_compound, Coombs test, chemistry, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Emergency medicine, Hemolytic crisis, medicine, Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, business
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The authors aim to assess the use of investigations for patients with acute hemolytic anemia due to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency and to ensure guidelines application during practice to reduce the misuse of hospital resources in the emergency department (ED). A cross-sectional study was conducted at a pediatric tertiary hospital on children presenting to the ED with an acute hemolytic crisis due to G6PD deficiency. Initial investigations were collected from patients’ records and compared to local hematology unit guidelines. After a period of basic training and guideline dissemination to the residents, a re-audit was conducted. Percentages of the requested investigations in each audit were calculated and compared using Chi-square test. Fifty-three acute hemolytic anemia patients were included in the initial audit and 58 patients in the re-audit. In the initial audit, the most commonly requested nonindicated investigations were the Coombs test and liver enzymes. The requested nonindicated chemistry labs dropped from 74% in the initial audit to 14% in the re-audit (p

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2020
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11. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with paediatric cancer in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries: a multicentre, international, observational cohort study

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Global Health Research Group on Children’s Non-Communicable Diseases Collaborative: Soham Bandyopadhyay, Noel, Peter, Kokila, Lakhoo, Simone de Campos Vieira Abib, Hafeez, Abdelhafeez, Shaun, Wilson, Max, Pachl, Benjamin, Martin, Sonal, Nagras, Mihir, Sheth, Catherine, Dominic, Suraj, Gandhi, Divya, Parwani, Rhea, Raj, Diella, Munezero, Rohini, Dutta, Nsimire Mulanga Roseline, Kellie, Mcclafferty, Armin, Nazari, Smrithi, Sriram, Sai, Pillarisetti, Kingdavid, Nweze, Aishwarya, Ashwinee, Gul, Kalra, Poorvaprabha, Patil, Priyansh, Nathani, Khushman Kaur Bhullar, Muhammed, Elhadi, Maryam, Khan, Nehal, Rahim, Shweta, Madhusudanan, Joshua, Erhabor, Manasi, Shirke, Aishah, Mughal, Darica, Au, Mahan, Salehi, Sravani, Royyuru, Mohamed, Ahmed, Syeda Namayah Fatima Hussain, Daniel, Robinson, Anna, Casey, Mehdi, Khan, Alexandre, Dukundane, Kwizera, Festus, Vaishnavi, Govind, Rohan, Pancharatnam, Lorraine, Ochieng, Elliott, H Taylor, Hritik, Nautiyal, Marta de Andres Crespo, Somy, Charuvila, Alexandra, Valetopoulou, Krithi, Ravi, Fatumata, Jalloh, Nermin, Badwi, Shahnur, Shah, Rohini, Rajpal, Masooma, Rana, Muskaan Abdul Qadir, Emmanuel, Uwiringiyimana, Abdelrahman, Azzam, Mayara, Fanelli, Gustavo Mendonça Ataíde Gomes, Igor Lima Buarque, Isadora Schwaab Guerini, Anfel, Bouderbala, Sarah, Alfurais, Mohamed, Gamal, Yara, Hijazi, Shatha, Tailakh, Hamza, Alnaggar, Zain, Douba, Sewar, Elejla, Abdullah, Eldaly, Ekram, Sharashi, Ahmad, Mansour, Tamara, Elyan, Aouabed, Nesrine, Ammar, Ayman, Aya, Zazo, Mohamed, Bonna, Safia, Lorabi, Hassan, Alalami, Rawan Yasser Emam, Soham, Bandyopadhyay, Muath, Alser, Mohamad, K Abou Chaar, Dennis, Mazingi, Hira, Zuberi, Iyad, Sultan, Dhruv Nath Ghosh, Nitin James Peters, Reto, M Baertschiger, Augusto, Zani, Lucy, Davies, Kefas John Bwala, M Umar, A, Abdurahaman, Aremu, Dauda, E Suleiman, Tybat, Aliyu, Ayesha, Saleem, Muhammad, Arshad, Kashaf, Turk, Sadaf, Altaf, Oluseyi Oyebode Ogunsua, Tunde Talib Sholadoye, Musliu Adetola Tolani, Yakubu, Alfa, Keffi Mubarak Musa, Mwangi, Irungu, Ken, Muma, Sarah, Muma, Mitchelle, Obat, Youssef Sameh Badran, Abdulrahman Ghassan Qasem, Faris, Ayasra, Reema, Alnajjar, Mohamed, Abdel-Maboud, Abdelrahman, Bahaa, Ayat, M Saadeldin, Mohamed, Adwi, Mahmoud, Adly, Abdallah, Elshenawy, Amer, Harky, Leanne, Gentle, Kirstie, Wright, Jessica, Luyt, Olivia, White, Charlotte, Smith, Nathan, Thompson, Thomas, Smith, Imogen, Harrison, Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Sabbir, Karim, Nazmul, Islam, Sara Kader Alsaeiti, Fatma Saleh Benkhial, Mohammed Miftah Faraj Almihashhish, Eman Salem Muftah Burzeiza, Raja Mari Mohammed Nasef, Hend Mohammed Masoud, Mabroukah Saeid Alshamikh, Fatma Mohammed Masoud, William, B Lo, Nyararai, Togarepi, Elaine, Carrolan, Benjamin, J, Mohamed Hassanin O'Sullivan, Ahmed, Saleh, Mahmoud, Bassiony, Mostafa, Qatora, Mohamed, Bahaaeldin, Shady, Fadel, Yasmine El Chazli, Kamel, Hamizi, Mehdi Anouar Zekkour, Rima, Rahmoun, Boutheyna, Drid, Salma Naje Abu Teir, Mohamed Yazid Kadir, Yassine, Zerizer, Nacer, Khernane, Brahim, Saada, Imane, Ammouze, Yahya, Elkaoune, Hajar, Moujtahid, Ghita, Chaoui, Hajar, Benaouda, Meryem, Gounni, Narjiss, Aji, Laila, Hessissen, Joana Mafalda Monteiro, Susana, Nunes, Maria do Bom-Sucesso, Dave, R Lal, Brian, T Craig, Kerri, Becktell, Tahmina, Banu, Md Afruzul Alam, Orindom Shing Pulock, Tasmiah Tahera Aziz, Rosanda, Ilic, Danica, Grujicic, Tijana, Nastasovic, Igor, Lazic, Mihailo, Milicevic, Vladimir, Bascarevic, Radovan, Mijalcic, Vuk, Scepanovic, Aleksandar, Stanimirovic, Aleksandra, Paunovic, Ivan, Bogdanovic, Shahnoor, Islam, Akm Amirul Morshed, A K, M Khairul Basher, Mehnaz, Akter, M Rezanur Rahman, S, Zannat, Ara, Mohammed Tanvir Ahammed, Tania, Akter, Kamrun, Nahar, Fatema, Sayed, Ashfaque, Nabi, Md Asif Iqbal, Md Masud Rana, Asaduzzaman, Md, Hasanuzzaman, Md, Kemal Tolga Saracoglu, Elif, Akova, Evren, Aydogmus, Bekir Can Kendirlioglu, Tufan, Hicdonmez, Arshiya, Adhnon, Asim Noor Rana, Hani, Humad, Anjan, Madasu, Ahmed, Y Azzam, Mohammed, A Azab, Sherief, Ghozy, Alzhraa Salah Abbas, Olanrewaju, Moses, Ibiyeye Taiye Taibat, Taiwo, Jones, Kalu, Ukoha, Olagundoye, Goke, Okorie, Ikechukwu, Abiodun Idowu Okunlola, Milind, Chitnis, Helga, Nauhaus, Danelle, Erwee, Robyn, Brown, Agata, Chylinska, Robin, Simpson, Prasanna, Gomes, Marco Aurelio Ciriaco Padilha, Elvercio Pereira de Oliveira Junior, Lucas Garschagen de Carvalho, Fabiola Leonelli Diz, Mohamed El Kassas, Usama, Eldaly, Ahmed, Tawheed, Mohamed, Abdelwahab, Oudrhiri Mohammed Yassaad, Bechri, Hajar, El Ouahabi Abdessamad, Arkha, Yasser, Hessissen, Laila, Farah Sameer Yahya, Yasir, Al-Agele, Maria Teresa Peña Gallardo, Jacqueline Elizabeth Montoya Vásquez, Juan Luis García León, Sebastián Shu Yip, Mariam, Lami, Matthew H, V Byrne, Duha, Jasim, Harmit, Ghattaura, Eric, W Etchill, Daniel, Rhee, Stacy, Cooper, Kevin, Crow, Morgan, Drucker, Megan, Murphy, Benjamin, Shou, Alan, Siegel, Yasin, Kara, Gül Nihal Özdemir, Mahmoud, Elfiky, Ehab El Refaee, John George Massoud, Ayah Bassam Ibrahim, Ruaa Bassam Ibrahim, Faris Abu Za'nouneh, Ranya, M Baddourah, Toqa, Fahmawee, Ayah Al Shraideh, Ghazwani, Salman, Ehab, Alameer, Al-Mudeer, Ali, Ghazwani, Yahia, Khozairi, Waleed, Khalil, Ghandour, Shaima', Al-Dabaibeh, Ammar, Al-Basiti, Hazim, Ababneh, Omaima, El-Qurneh, Yousef, Alalawi, Ahmad Al Ayed, Ehab, Hanafy, Naif Al Bolowi, Amos Hp Loh, Anette, S Jacobsen, Heidi, Barola, Aubrey, L Pagaduan, Jingdan, Fan, Olumide Abiodun Elebute, Adesoji, O Ademuyiwa, Christopher, O Bode, Justina, O Seyi-Olajide, Oluwaseun, Ladipo-Ajayi, Felix, M Alakaloko, George, C Ihediwa, Kareem, O Musa, Edamisan, O Temiye, Olufemi, Oni, Adeseye, M Akinsete, Janita, Zarrish, Ramsha, Saleem, Soha, Zahid, Atiqa, Amirali, Ahsan, Nadeem, Sameer Saleem Tebha, Zonaira, Qayyum, Sana, Tahir, Anneqa, Tahir, Rabbey Raza Khan, Ayesha, Mehmood, Taimur Iftikhar Qureshi, Pooja, Kumari, Victor, Calvagna, Nathalie, Galea, Ariana, Axiaq, Matthew, R Schuelke, Jake, A Kloebe, Robert, L Owen, Alexander, S Roth, Catherine, Yang, J Hudson Barnett, Lucien, P Jay, Kirk David Wyatt, Paul, J Galardy, Agnes, Vojcek, Mahmoud Maher Abdelnaby Alrahawy, Seham, M Ragab, Abdallah, R Allam, Eman Ibrahim Hager, Kıvılcım Karadeniz Cerit, Adnan, Dağçınar, Tümay, Umuroğlu, Ayten, Saraçoğlu, Mustafa, Sakar, Can, Kıvrak, Gül, Çakmak, Ibrahim, Sallam, Gamal, Amira, Mohamed, Sherief, Ahmed, Sherif, Simone de Oliveira Coelho, Arissa, Ikeda, Licia, Portela, Marianne Monteiro Garrigo, Ricardo Vianna de Carvalho, Fernanda, Lobo, Sima Ester Ferman, Fernanda Ferreira da Silva Lima, Moawia Mohammed Ali Elhassan, Nada Osman Yousif Elhaj, Hytham K, S Hamid, Emmanuel, A Ameh, Vincent, E Nwatah, Adewumi, B Oyesakin, Andrew Nwankwo Osuigwe, Okechukwu Hyginus Ekwunife, Chisom Adaobi Nri-Ezedi, Eric Okechukwu Umeh, Nellie, Patiala, Ibukunolu Olufemi Ogundele, Abiodun Folashade Adekanmbi, Olubunmi Motunrayo Fatungase, Olubunmi Obafemi Obadaini, Sarah, Al-Furais, Humaida, Hemlae, Sreylis, Nay, John, Mathew, M Jeffri Ismail, R, Simonede Campos Vieira Abib, Fabianne Altruda de Moraes Costa Carlesse, Mayara Caroline Amorim Fanelli, Fernanda Kelly Marques de Souza, Pierfrancesco, Lapolla, Andrea, Mingoli, Denis, Cozzi, Anna Maria Testi, Paolo, Musiu, Paolo, Sapienza, Gioia, Brachini, Martina, Zambon, Simona, Meneghini, Pierfranco, Cicerchia, Bruno, Cirillo, Abdulrahman Omar Taha, Bouaoud, Souad, Mebarki, Malika, Bioud, Belkacem, Ayman, Meelad, Hajier Salim Alrashed, Fayza, Haider, Fatema Naser Al Fayez, Fakher, Rahim, Alhassan, Abdul-Mumin, Halwani Yaninga Fuseini, Peter Gyamfi Kwarteng, Abubakari Bawa Abdulai, Sheba Mary Pognaa Kunfah, Gilbert, B Bonsaana, Stephanie, Ajinkpang, Edmund, M Der, Francis, A Abantanga, Mary Joan Kpiniong, Kingsley Aseye Hattor, Kingsley Appiah Bimpong, Mohamed, Elbahnasawy, Sherief, Abdelsalam, Ahmed, Samir, Amanpreet, Brar, Andreea, C Matei, Lubna, Samad, Hira Khalid Zuberi, Kishwer, Nadeem, Naema, Khayyam, Fatima Ambreen Imran, Nida, Zia, Sadia, Muhammad, Muhammad Rafie Raza, Muhammad Rahil Khan, Alaa, Hamdan, Abdeljawad, Mazloum, Ali, Abodest, Nisreen, Ali, Bardisan, Gawarieh, Ammar, Omran, Almed, Moussa, Alaa, Ahmed, Munawar, Hraib, Victor, Khoury, Abdulrahman, Almjersah, Mohammad Ali Deeb, Almahmod, Alkhalil, Akram, Ahmed, Mohammad, Ahmad, Ali, Alelayan, Ali, Hammed, Wassem, Shater, Ahmad, Bouhuwaish, Alqasim, Abdulkarim, Eman, Abdulwahed, Marwa, Biala, Reem, Ghamgh, Amani, Alamre, Marwa, Shelft, Asmaa A, M Albanna, Hoda, Tawel, Emmanuel, Hatzipantelis, Athanasios, Tragiannidis, Eleni, Tsotridou, Assimina, Galli-Tsinopoulou, Dayang Anita Abdul Aziz, Zarina Abdul Latiff, Hamidah, Alias, C-Khai, Loh, Doris, Lau, Azrina Syarizad Khutubul, Raphael, N Vuille-Dit-Bille, Stefan, G Holland-Cunz, Nima, Allafi, Taiwo Akeem Lawal, Kelvin Ifeanyichukwu Egbuchulem, Olakayode Olaolu Ogundoyin, Isaac Dare Olulana, Biobele, J Brown, Oluwasegun Joshua Afolaranmi, Abdulbasit, Fehintola, Annika, Heuer, Christine, Nitschke, Michael, Boettcher, Matthias, Priemel, Lennart, Viezens, Martin, Stangenberg, Marc, Dreimann, Alonja, Reiter, Jasmin, Meyer, Leon, Köpke, Karl-Heinz, Frosch, Samson, Olori, Uduak, Offiong, Philip Mari Mshelbwala, Fashie Andrew Patrick, Aminu Muhammed Umar, N Otene ThankGod, Abdulrasheed, A Nasir, Kazeem O, O Ibrahim, Dupe, S Ademola-Popoola, Olayinka, T Sayomi, Alege, Abdurrzzaq, Ademola, A Adeyeye, Khadijah, O Omokanye, Lukman, O Abdur-Rahman, Olubisi Olutosin Bamidele, Shakirullah, Abdulazeez, Aminat, Akinoso, Michael, O Adegboye, Shireen Anne Nah, Yuki Julius Ng, Syukri Ahmad Zubaidi, Murad, Almasri, Sara, Ali, Rasaq, Olaosebikan, Akila, Muthukumar, Patricia, Shinondo, Amon, Ngongola, Bruce, Bvulani, Azad, Patel, Abdullahi, Nuhu-Koko, Baba, Jibrin, Ajiboye, L Olalekan, Christopher, S Lukong, Ezekiel, I Ajayi, Gabriela, Guillén, Sergio, López, José Andrés Molino, Pablo, Velasco, Omar, Elmandouh, Omar, Hamam, Rim, Elmandouh, Nensi Melissa Ruzgar, Rachel, Levinson, Shashwat, Kala, Sarah, Ullrich, Emily, Christison-Lagay, Aya Sabry Mortada, Mahmoud Ahmed Ebada, Eman Seif Alnaser Solimam, Khaled, Abualkher, Amr Mohammed Elsayed Yousf, Mohamed Mohamed Holail, Reem Mohamed Almowafy, Salah Eddine Oussama Kacimi, Janice Hui Ling Wong, Reto, Baertschiger, Essam, Elhalaby, Mahmoud, M Saad, Guido, Seitz, Judith, Lindbert, Francis Abantanga Georgios Tsoulfas, Asimina, Galli-Tsinopoulou, Maryam Ghavami Adel, Virgone, Calogero, Francesco, Pata, Gaetano, Gallo, Mohammad, K Abou Chaar, Eric Mwangi Irungu, Outani, Oumaima, Zineb, Bentounsi, Adesoji, Ademuyiwa, Lily, Saldana, Jan, Godzinsky, Abdelbasit, Ali, Dragana, Janic, Mohamed Bella Jalloh, Nellie, Bell, Annette, Jacobsen, Chan Hon Chui, Israel Fernandez Pineda, Lucas, Krauel, Maricarmen, Olivos, Waha, Rahama, Hazim, Elfatih, Arda, Isik, Kate, Cross, Andrea, Hayes-Jordan, Roshni, Dasgupta, Mohamedraed, Elshami, and Bandyopadhyay S., Peter N., Lakhoo K., Vieira Abib S. d. C. , Abdelhafeez H., Wilson S., Pachl M., Martin B., Nagras S., Sheth M., et al.

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Adolescent, Retinal Neoplasms, Temel Tıp Bilimleri, Medicine (miscellaneous), Assessment and Diagnosis, global surgery, Sağlık Bilimleri, Temel Bilgi ve Beceriler, Genel Tıp, Fundamental Medical Sciences, Pathophysiology, Clinical Medicine (MED), paediatrics, Cohort Studies, TIP, GENEL & DAHİLİ, Health Sciences, Internal Medicine, EPIDEMIOLOGY, Humans, Klinik Tıp (MED), Aile Sağlığı, Child, MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL, Developing Countries, Pandemics, Dahiliye, Patofizyoloji, paediatric oncology, public health, Developed Countries, COVID-19, Hodgkin Disease, Klinik Tıp, CHILDHOOD-CANCER, Fundamentals and Skills, General Medicine, CLINICAL MEDICINE, CARE, Değerlendirme ve Teşhis, Tıp, General Health Professions, Medicine, Tıp (çeşitli), Family Practice, Genel Sağlık Meslekleri
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ObjectivesPaediatric cancer is a leading cause of death for children. Children in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) were four times more likely to die than children in high-income countries (HICs). This study aimed to test the hypothesis that the COVID-19 pandemic had affected the delivery of healthcare services worldwide, and exacerbated the disparity in paediatric cancer outcomes between LMICs and HICs.DesignA multicentre, international, collaborative cohort study.Setting91 hospitals and cancer centres in 39 countries providing cancer treatment to paediatric patients between March and December 2020.ParticipantsPatients were included if they were under the age of 18 years, and newly diagnosed with or undergoing active cancer treatment for Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, Wilms’ tumour, sarcoma, retinoblastoma, gliomas, medulloblastomas or neuroblastomas, in keeping with the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer.Main outcome measureAll-cause mortality at 30 days and 90 days.Results1660 patients were recruited. 219 children had changes to their treatment due to the pandemic. Patients in LMICs were primarily affected (n=182/219, 83.1%). Relative to patients with paediatric cancer in HICs, patients with paediatric cancer in LMICs had 12.1 (95% CI 2.93 to 50.3) and 7.9 (95% CI 3.2 to 19.7) times the odds of death at 30 days and 90 days, respectively, after presentation during the COVID-19 pandemic (pConclusionsThe COVID-19 pandemic has affected paediatric oncology service provision. It has disproportionately affected patients in LMICs, highlighting and compounding existing disparities in healthcare systems globally that need addressing urgently. However, many patients with paediatric cancer continued to receive their normal standard of care. This speaks to the adaptability and resilience of healthcare systems and healthcare workers globally.

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2022

13. Twelve-month observational study of children with cancer in 41 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Soham, Bandyopadhyay, Noel, Peter, Kokila, Lakhoo, Simone de Campos Vieira Abib, Hafeez, Abdelhafeez, Shaun, Wilson, Max, Pachl, Benjamin, Martin, Sonal, Nagras, Mihir, Sheth, Catherine, Dominic, Suraj, Gandhi, Divya, Parwani, Rhea, Raj, Diella, Munezero, Rohini, Dutta, Nsimire Mulanga Roseline, Kellie, Mcclafferty, Armin, Nazari, Smrithi, Sriram, Sai, Pillarisetti, King-David, Nweze, Aishwarya, Ashwinee, Gul, Kalra, Poorvaprabha, Patil, Priyansh, Nathani, Khushman Kaur Bhullar, Muhammed, Elhadi, Maryam, Khan, Nehal, Rahim, Shweta, Madhusudanan, Joshua, Erhabor, Manasi, Shirke, Aishah, Mughal, Darica, Au, Mahan, Salehi, Sravani, Royyuru, Mohamed, Ahmed, Syeda Namayah Fatima Hussain, Daniel, Robinson, Anna, Casey, Mehdi, Khan, Alexandre, Dukundane, Kwizera, Festus, Vaishnavi, Govind, Rohan, Pancharatnam, Lorraine, Ochieng, Elliott, H Taylor, Hritik, Nautiyal, Marta deAndres Crespo, Somy, Charuvila, Alexandra, Valetopoulou, Amanpreet, Brar, Hira, Zuberi, Imane, Ammouze, Dhruva, Ghosh, Nitin James Peters, Kefas John Bwala, M Umar, A, Abdurahaman, Aremu, Dauda, E Suleiman, Tybat, Aliyu, Ayesha, Saleem, Muhammad, Arshad, Kashaf, Turk, Sadaf, Altaf, Oluseyi Oyebode Ogunsua, Tunde Talib Sholadoye, Musliu Adetola Tolani, Yakubu, Alfa, Keffi Mubarak Musa, Eric Mwangi Irungu, Ken, Muma, Sarah, Muma, Mitchelle, Obat, Youssef Sameh Badran, Abdulrahman Ghassan Qasem, Faris, Ayasra, Reema, Alnajjar, Mohamed, Abdel-Maboud, Abdelrahman, Bahaa, Ayat, M Saadeldin, Mohamed, Adwi, Mahmoud, Adly, Abdallah, Elshenawy, Amer, Harky, Leanne, Gentle, Kirstie, Wright, Jessica, Luyt, Olivia, White, Charlotte, Smith, Nathan, Thompson, Thomas, Smith, Imogen, Harrison, Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Rajat, Piplani, Enono, Yhoshu, Manoj, Gupta, Uttam Kumar Nath, Amit, Sehrawat, S Rajkumar, K, Vivek, Singh, Sadi, A Abukhalaf, Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Sabbir, Karim, Nazmul, Islam, Sara Kader Alsaeiti, Fatma Saleh Benkhial, Mohammed Miftah Faraj Almihashhish, Eman Salem Muftah Burzeiza, Hend Mohammed Masoud, Mabroukah Saeid Alshamikh, Raja Mari Mohammed Nasef, Fatma Mohammed Masoud, William, B Lo, Nyararai, Togarepi, Elaine, Carrolan, Benjamin, J O'Sullivan, Mohamed, Hassanin, Ahmed, Saleh, Mahmoud, Bassiony, Mostafa, Qatora, Mohamed, Bahaaeldin, Shady, Fadel, Yasmine El Chazli, Anfel, Bouderbala, Kamel, Hamizi, Safia, Lorabi, Mehdi Anouar Zekkour, Rima, Rahmoun, Boutheyna, Drid, Salma Naje Abu Teir, Mohamed Yazid Kadir, Yassine, Zerizer, Nacer, Khernane, Brahim, Saada, Yahya, Elkaoune, Hajar, Moujtahid, Ghita, Chaoui, Hajar, Benaouda, Meryem, Gounni, Narjiss, Aji, Laila, Hessissen, Joana Mafalda Monteiro, Susana, Nunes, Maria do Bom-Sucesso, Dave, R Lal, Brian, T Craig, Kerri, Becktell, Tahmina, Banu, Md Afruzul Alam, Orindom Shing Pulock, Tasmiah Tahera Aziz, Vishal, Michael, M Joseph John, William, Bhatti, Bobby, John, Swati, Daniel, Jyoti, Dhiman, Hunar, Mahal, Atul, Suroy, Rosanda, Ilic, Danica, Grujicic, Tijana, Nastasovic, Igor, Lazic, Mihailo, Milicevic, Vladimir, Bascarevic, Radovan, Mijalcic, Vuk, Scepanovic, Aleksandar, Stanimirovic, Aleksandra, Paunovic, Ivan, Bogdanovic, Shruti, Kakkar, Shaina, Kamboj, Suraj, Singh, Shahnoor, Islam, Akm Amirul Morshed, Akm Khairul Basher, Mehnaz, Akter, M Rezanur Rahman, S, Zannat, Ara, Mohammed Tanvir Ahammed, Tania, Akter, Kamrun, Nahar, Fatema, Sayed, Ashfaque, Nabi, Md Asif Iqbal, Md Masud Rana, Asaduzzaman, Md, Hasanuzzaman, Md, Kemal Tolga Saracoglu, Elif, Akova, Evren, Aydogmus, Bekir Can Kendirlioglu, Tufan, Hicdonmez, Ahmed, Y Azzam, Mohammed, A Azab, Sherief, Ghozy, Alzhraa Salah Abbas, Monica, Dobs, Mohamed Atef Mohamed Ghamry, Mohammed, Alhendy, Joana, Monteiro, Olanrewaju, Moses, Ibiyeye Taiye Taibat, Taiwo, Jones, Kalu, Ukoha, Olagundoye, Goke, Okorie, Ikechukwu, Abiodun Idowu Okunlola, Milind, Chitnis, Helga, Nauhaus, Danelle, Erwee, Robyn, Brown, Agata, Chylinska, Robin, Simpson, Prasanna, Gomes, Marco Aurelio Ciriaco Padilha, Elvercio Pereira de Oliveira Junior, Lucas Garschagen deCarvalho, Fabiola Leonelli Diz, Mohamed El Kassas, Usama, Eldaly, Ahmed, Tawheed, Mohamed, Abdelwahab, Oudrhiri Mohammed Yassaad, Bechri, Hajar, El Ouahabi Abdessamad, Arkha, Yasser, Hessissen, Laila, Farah Sameer Yahya, Sandip Kumar Rahul, Vijayendra, Kumar, Digamber, Chaubey, Maria Teresa Peña Gallardo, Jacqueline Elizabeth Montoya Vásquez, Juan Luis García León, Sebastián Shu Yip, Georgios, Karagiannidis, Rejin, Kebudi, Sema Bay Buyukkapu, Krishna Kumar Govindarajan, Kumaravel, Sambandan, Smita, Kayal, Gunaseelan, Karunanithi, Bikash Kumar Naredi, Bibekanand, Jindal, Mariam, Lami, Matthew Hv Byrne, Duha, Jasim, Harmit, Ghattaura, Eric, W Etchill, Daniel, Rhee, Stacy, Cooper, Kevin, Crow, Morgan, Drucker, Megan, Murphy, Benjamin, Shou, Alan, Siegel, Yasin, Kara, Gül Nihal Özdemir, Mahmoud, Elfiky, Ehab El Refaee, John George Massoud, Ayah Bassam Ibrahim, Ruaa Bassam Ibrahim, Faris Abu Za'nouneh, Ranya, M Baddourah, Toqa, Fahmawee, Ayah Al Shraideh, Ghazwani, Salman, Ehab, Alameer, Al-Mudeer, Ali, 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Fayngor, Tzvi, Najman, Gideon, Karplus, Etai, Adam, Daniella, Melamed, Cecilia, Paasche, Amir, Labib, Farman Ali Laghari, Zainab Al Balushi, Abdulhakim Awadh SalimAl-Rawas, Ali Al Sharqi, Ammar Saif AlShabibi, Ismail Al Bulushi, Muna, Alshahri, Abdulrahman, Almirza, Ola Al Hamadani, Jawaher Al Sharqi, Anisa Al Shamsi, Bashar, Dawud, Sareya Al Sibai, Alhassan, Abdul-Mumin, Halwani Yaninga Fuseini, Peter Gyamfi Kwarteng, Abubakari Bawa Abdulai, Sheba Mary Pognaa Kunfah, Gilbert, B Bonsaana, Stephanie, Ajinkpang, Edmund, M Der, Francis, A Abantanga, Mary Joan Kpiniong, Kingsley Aseye Hattor, Kingsley Appiah Bimpong, Mohamed, Elbahnasawy, Sherief, Abdelsalam, Ahmed, Samir, Reto, M Baertschiger, Andreea, C Matei, Augusto, Zani, Lubna, Samad, Hira Khalid Zuberi, Kishwer, Nadeem, Naema, Khayyam, Fatima Ambreen Imran, Nida, Zia, Sadia, Muhammad, Muhammad Rafie Raza, Muhammad Rahil Khan, Alaa, Hamdan, Ammar, Omran, Ahmed, Moussa, Bardisan, Gawrieh, Hassan, Salloum, Alaa, Ahmed, Abdeljawad, 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C. V. , Abdelhafeez H., Wilson S., Pachl M., Martin B., Nagras S., Sheth M., et al.

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Social Sciences and Humanities, Health (social science), Social Sciences (SOC), Sosyal Bilimler ve Beşeri Bilimler, Epidemiology, IMPACT, SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL, LOW-INCOME, Sağlık Bilimleri, paediatrics, REGISTRIES, Sociology, Occupational Therapy, Neoplasms, Epidemiyoloji, Health Sciences, ADOLESCENTS, Genel Sosyal Bilimler, Humans, cancer, Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler, Social Sciences & Humanities, Prospective Studies, Child, Sosyoloji, Pandemics, Halk, Çevre ve İş Sağlığı, Güvenlik Araştırması, RISK, PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, PEDIATRIC CANCER, COVID-19, health systems, CHILDHOOD-CANCER, SARS-CoV-2, MORTALITY, Health Policy, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Social Sciences, Sosyal Bilimler Genel, CARE, KAMU, ÇEVRE VE İŞ SAĞLIĞI, İş Sağlığı ve Terapisi, SURVIVAL, Sosyal Bilimler (SOC), Safety Research, Sağlık (sosyal bilimler)
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IntroductionChildhood cancer is a leading cause of death. It is unclear whether the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted childhood cancer mortality. In this study, we aimed to establish all-cause mortality rates for childhood cancers during the COVID-19 pandemic and determine the factors associated with mortality.MethodsProspective cohort study in 109 institutions in 41 countries. Inclusion criteria: children ResultsAll-cause mortality was 3.4% (n=71/2084) at 30-day follow-up, 5.7% (n=113/1969) at 90-day follow-up and 13.0% (n=206/1581) at 12-month follow-up. The median time from diagnosis to multidisciplinary team (MDT) plan was longest in low-income countries (7 days, IQR 3–11). Multivariable analysis revealed several factors associated with 12-month mortality, including low-income (OR 6.99 (95% CI 2.49 to 19.68); pConclusionsChildren with cancer are more likely to die within 30 days if infected with SARS-CoV-2. However, timely treatment reduced odds of death. This report provides crucial information to balance the benefits of providing anticancer therapy against the risks of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children with cancer.

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2022

14. Is hypoalbuminemia a risk factor for high-dose methotrexate toxicity in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia?

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Shaimaa Barakat, Hala Assem, Mostafa Salama, Neveen Mikhael, and Yasmine El Chazli

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Cancer Research, Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic, Stomatitis, Methotrexate, Oncology, Adolescent, Risk Factors, Child, Preschool, Humans, Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, Child, Hypoalbuminemia, Serum Albumin
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Background Repeated high-dose methotrexate (HDMTX) is a critical component of contemporary childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment regimens. Serum albumin is considered a carrier of methotrexate (MTX) in the blood. Hypoalbuminemia is not a rare finding in children with leukemia. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between pre-infusion serum albumin and possible HDMTX toxicities. Methods Thirty Egyptian children with ALL were consecutively enrolled in the study between May 2018 and July 2020. They were prospectively followed up while receiving HDMTX during the consolidation phase of the TOTAL study XV protocol. HDMTX was administered intravenously as a 24-h infusion every 2 weeks. Doses of 2.5 g/m2 were used for low-risk patients and 5 g/m2 for standard/high-risk patients. The Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (V.4.03) was used to report the observed toxicities after HDMTX cycles. Plasma MTX levels were estimated at 24 h (MTX24) from the beginning of HDMTX infusion in the first consolidation cycle. Serum albumin level was determined before HDMTX administration, and pre-infusion hypoalbuminemia was defined when serum albumin was Results The patients’ age ranged from 2.3 to 13.3 years at diagnosis, and most of them had B cell ALL (86.7%). Overall, 120 HDMTX cycles were analyzed, equally distributed between low and standard/high risk. Grade 3–4 anemia, grades 3–4 thrombocytopenia, febrile neutropenia, and oral mucositis were significantly more frequent in HDMTX cycles with pre-infusion hypoalbuminemia than those with normal pre-infusion albumin (p=0.003, p=0.007, p=0.006, and p=0.001, respectively). In addition, pre-infusion hypoalbuminemia was significantly associated with additional hospitalization due to HDMTX toxicity (p=0.031). Most HDMTX toxicities were comparable irrespective of the MTX dose. Oral mucositis was more frequently encountered in the 2.5 g/m2 than the 5 g/m2 HDMTX cycles (46.7 vs. 26.7%, p=0.023). A significantly longer hospitalization (due to HDMTX toxicity) was observed in the 5 g/m2 HDMTX cycles (median= 7 days vs. 4 days, p=0.012). Conclusions Serum albumin levels should be checked before starting HDMTX cycles, especially in resource-limited settings where malnutrition is common, and serum MTX monitoring may not be available. Optimizing serum albumin levels before HDMTX may help decrease the possibility of HDMTX toxicities.

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2021

15. Isolated central nervous system leukemiarelapse presenting as Guillain-Barré-like syndrome: A case report

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Marwa Abd El-Maksoud, Yasser Wali, and yasmine El Chazli

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Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.anatomical_structure, business.industry, Central nervous system, medicine, business
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We report the clinical picture, management and outcome of a 14-year-old boy treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in whom isolated central nervous system relapse manifested by a Guillain-Barré-like syndrome (GBS). While on maintenance chemotherapy for his first CNS-relapse, he developed acute progressive lower motor neuron right facial palsy and marked hypotonia and areflexia of both lower limbs with otherwise no systemic manifestations. Vincristine-induced neuropathy (VIN) was suspected but his electrophysiological evaluation revealed a proximal demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy pattern suggestive of GBS, but his cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed increased protein and infiltration by 95% leukemic blast cells. Immunoglobulins and chemotherapy were initiated. Although GBS in children with ALL is very rare, differentiating it from VIN by electrophysiological studies and excluding CNS relapse is crucial to determine the proper treatment and ensure a better clinical outcome.

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2020
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17. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health-Related Quality of Life and Anxiety in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Patients: A Single Egyptian Center Experience

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Eman Hassan, Dalia Nagui Rizk, Nourhan Moustafa Aly, and Yasmine El Chazli

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Background: Since the World Health Organization declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on March 11, 2020, the tremendous strain on ill-prepared healthcare services affected the management of patients suffering from various comorbidities and added to the psychological burden. The study aimed to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of pediatric Hematology/Oncology patients during the COVID-19 pandemic as a reflection of the quality of health care services and to assess anxiety levels and its impact on HRQoL. Methods: a cross-sectional study of 292 Egyptian children between 2.5 - 13 years with chronic hematological/oncological disorders categorized as bleeding/coagulation disorders, transfusion-dependent patients, and patients receiving chemotherapy. Validated Arabic versions of Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scale and Spence Children's Anxiety Scale were used for assessment of HRQoL and anxiety, respectively. Results: the mean age was 8.72 ± 3.66 years, 52.4% were males and 65.4% were transfusion-dependent patients. Almost 60% of children were aware of the pandemic and 60.3% had blood transfusion difficulties. Males had significantly lower anxiety levels than females (p < 0.001), and transfusion-dependent patients also had significantly lower anxiety levels than patients receiving chemotherapy (p < 0.001). Children who were aware of the COVID-19 pandemic had lower anxiety levels than those who were not (p = 0.006), while those suffering from fewer clinic days had higher anxiety levels (p = 0.02). Several factors have been shown to affect the HRQoL in the three patients’ categories and anxiety significantly reduced the three HRQoL domains (p < 0.001). The overall emotional functioning score was better than the physical and social aspects. Conclusion: This study highlights the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the anxiety level and hence the HRQoL of chronic hematological/oncological pediatric patients as a crucial step in guiding policies and interventions to maintain their psychological wellbeing.

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2020
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18. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of 101 Children with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A Four-Year Single-Center Experience from Egypt

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Asmaa Elsharkawy, Hala M. Assem, Maha Y Kamal Zeid, Mostafa A.S Salama, Neveen L Mikhael, and Yasmine El Chazli

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, Adolescent, Single Center, Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Epidemiology, medicine, Humans, Prospective Studies, Child, Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, business.industry, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Infant, Newborn, Disease Management, Infant, Hematology, medicine.disease, Treatment Outcome, Oncology, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Observational study, Drug Therapy, Combination, Egypt, Female, business, Immunosuppressive Agents, 030215 immunology
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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a life-threatening condition, arising either due to genetic mutations or from a variety of underlying diseases. This prospective observational study reports the clinical and laboratory data as well as the outcome of pediatric HLH in Egypt. HLH was diagnosed according to the Histiocyte Society HLH-2004 diagnostic criteria conducted at Alexandria University Children's Hospital over four years. One-hundred-one patients were enrolled (44 males and 57 females), and the median age at presentation was 13.1 months (range: 1 day - 181.4 months). Almost 75% of the patients had consanguineous parents, and one-third had a history of an affected family member (HLH or HLH-like illness). The median time interval between the first HLH symptom and diagnosis was 34 days. At diagnosis, patients were preliminarily classified as having primary HLH in 61% of patients and secondary HLH in 39% of patients. The diagnosis was confirmed genetically in 57 patients. Seventy-eight percent of patients received the HLH-94 and HLH-2004 protocols, only seven patients have undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The overall survival was 26.4% by the end of the study; the most common cause of death was uncontrolled disease activity. This descriptive study, on a large cohort of pediatric HLH in Africa and the Middle East, sheds some light on the epidemiological characteristics of HLH patients and the available diagnostic and therapeutic tools. The mortality rate was considerably high, highlighting the importance of early diagnosis and initiation of appropriate therapy.

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2020

19. Neuroinflammatory disease as an isolated manifestation of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Author

Salah Ali, Yenan T. Bryceson, Marina Garcia-Prat, Maximilian Heeg, Jeffrey J. Bednarski, Carsten Speckmann, Jelena Rascon, Viktorija Kenina, Annaliesse Blincoe, Melissa Hines, Rebecca A. Marsh, Elie Haddad, Julie-An Talano, Anne Lortie, Patrick Campbell, Natalja Kurjane, Geertje E. Legger, Amer Khojah, Fabien Touzot, yasmine El Chazli, Julia T. Warren, Erica G. Schmitt, Marisa Klein-Gitelman, Stephan Ehl, Laura C. Alonso, Austen Worth, Maria C. Putti, Joerg Krueger, Evangeline Wassmer, Jacques G. Rivière, Kai Lehmberg, Itziar Astigarraga, Gal Goldstein, Kuang-Yueh Chiang, Inita Bulina, Claire Booth, Arjan C. Lankester, Michael M. Henry, Sarah Maier, Marwa Abd El-Maksoud, and Steven M. Holland

Subjects
Male, PRF1, Biopsy, CHILDREN, Gastroenterology, Leukoencephalopathy, Immunology and Allergy, Age of Onset, Child, CNS disease, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, NERVOUS-SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT, Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, PERFORIN, Phenotype, Child, Preschool, Disease Progression, Female, GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE, Symptom Assessment, medicine.symptom, Encephalitis, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Ataxia, Adolescent, Genotype, Immunology, Neuroimaging, FREQUENCY, Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic, Young Adult, MUNC13-4, Internal medicine, Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, UNC13D, Alleles, Cytopenia, Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, SPECTRUM, therapy, business.industry, MUTATIONS, Multiple sclerosis, Infant, medicine.disease, CNS inflammation, Mutation, ONSET, business, Biomarkers
Abstract

Isolated neuroinflammatory disease has been described in case reports of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL), but the clinical spectrum of disease manifestations, response to therapy and prognosis remain poorly defined. We combined an international survey with a literature search to identify FHL patients with (i) initial presentation with isolated neurological symptoms; (ii) absence of cytopenia and splenomegaly at presentation; and (iii) systemic HLH features no earlier than 3 months after neurological presentation. Thirty-eight (20 unreported) patients were identified with initial diagnoses including acute demyelinating encephalopathy, leukoencephalopathy, CNS vasculitis, multiple sclerosis, and encephalitis. Median age at presentation was 6.5 years, most commonly with ataxia/gait disturbance (75%) and seizures (53%). Diffuse multifocal white matter changes (79%) and cerebellar involvement (61%) were common MRI findings. CSF cell count and protein were increased in 22/29 and 15/29 patients, respectively. Fourteen patients progressed to systemic inflammatory disease fulfilling HLH-2004 criteria at a mean of 36.9 months after initial neurological presentation. Mutations were detected in PRF1 in 23 patients (61%), RAB27A in 10 (26%), UNC13D in 3 (8%), LYST in 1 (3%), and STXBP2 in 1 (3%) with a mean interval to diagnosis of 28.3 months. Among 19 patients who underwent HSCT, 11 neurologically improved, 4 were stable, one relapsed, and 3 died. Among 14 non-transplanted patients, only 3 improved or had stable disease, one relapsed, and 10 died. Isolated CNS-HLH is a rare and often overlooked cause of inflammatory brain disease. HLH-directed therapy followed by HSCT seems to improve survival and outcome.

Published
2020

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