Safety and activity of ibrutinib plus rituximab for patients with high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: a single-arm, phase 2 study

JA Burger, MJ Keating, WG Wierda, E Hartmann… - The Lancet …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Ibrutinib, an orally administered covalent inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase
(BTK), is an effective treatment for relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). We …

[HTML][HTML] International study of the place of death of people with cancer: a population-level comparison of 14 countries across 4 continents using death certificate data

J Cohen, L Pivodic, G Miccinesi… - British journal of …, 2015 - nature.com
Background: Where people die can influence a number of indicators of the quality of dying.
We aimed to describe the place of death of people with cancer and its associations with …

Place of death in the population dying from diseases indicative of palliative care need: a cross-national population-level study in 14 countries

L Pivodic, K Pardon, L Morin… - J Epidemiol …, 2016 - jech.bmj.com
Background Studying where people die across countries can serve as an evidence base for
health policy on end-of-life care. This study describes the place of death of people who died …

Estimating the need for palliative care at the population level: a cross-national study in 12 countries

L Morin, R Aubry, L Frova, R MacLeod… - Palliative …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: To implement the appropriate services and develop adequate interventions,
detailed estimates of the needs for palliative care in the population are needed. Aim: To …

Early responses predict better outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukemia: results with four tyrosine kinase inhibitor modalities

P Jain, H Kantarjian, A Nazha, S O'Brien… - Blood, The Journal …, 2013 - ashpublications.org
Early responses to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)-
chronic phase (CP) are associated with improved outcome. We analyzed the impact of such …

International variation in place of death of older people who died from dementia in 14 European and non-European countries

T Reyniers, L Deliens, HR Pasman, L Morin… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives The objective of this study was to examine variation in place of death of older
people dying from dementia in countries across 4 continents. Design Study of death …

Accuracy of colposcopy in the diagnostic setting compared with the screening setting

SB Cantor, M Cárdenas-Turanzas, DD Cox… - Obstetrics & …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the accuracy of colposcopy to identify cervical precancer in
screening and diagnostic settings. METHODS: As part of a larger clinical trial to evaluate the …

See-and-treat strategy for diagnosis and management of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions

M Cárdenas-Turanzas, M Follen, JL Benedet… - The lancet …, 2005 - thelancet.com
In a see-and-treat protocol, patients referred for colposcopy because of an abnormal Pap
smear in cervical-cancer screening can be treated by loop excision, without biopsy, during …

The clinical effectiveness of optical spectroscopy for the in vivo diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: where are we?

M Cardenas-Turanzas, JA Freeberg, JL Benedet… - Gynecologic …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: In this review, we evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of optical spectroscopy
technologies (fluorescence and reflectance spectroscopy) for the in vivo diagnosis of …

Place of death of children with complex chronic conditions: cross-national study of 11 countries

C Håkanson, J Öhlén, U Kreicbergs… - European journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Cross-national understanding of place of death is crucial for health service systems for their
provision of efficient and equal access to paediatric palliative care. The objectives of this …