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Increase Postpartum Gestational Diabetes Screening, Kari Ayala, Angela Bonin, Rachael Baker, Susan Chin, Brian Drake, Joseph Kaempf, Christina Malango, Judy Marvin, Shelly Johnson
Increase Postpartum Gestational Diabetes Screening, Kari Ayala, Angela Bonin, Rachael Baker, Susan Chin, Brian Drake, Joseph Kaempf, Christina Malango, Judy Marvin, Shelly Johnson
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Diabetic women did not get follow up screening after delivery. Nurses are finding a way to screen more women.
Cranial And Intra-Axial Metastasis Originating From A Primary Ovarian Dysgerminoma., Tiffany L Beck, Hitomi Momose, Jeffrey M Dym, Vikas Y Rao, Randy Bohart, Bram H Goldstein
Cranial And Intra-Axial Metastasis Originating From A Primary Ovarian Dysgerminoma., Tiffany L Beck, Hitomi Momose, Jeffrey M Dym, Vikas Y Rao, Randy Bohart, Bram H Goldstein
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Dysgerminomas are aggressive germ cell tumors that typically have a favorable prognosis, especially in patients diagnosed with early stage disease. We recount the history of a 23-year-old woman who was treated for a stage IA ovarian dysgerminoma in November 2017. Postoperatively, the patient was noncompliant insofar as obtaining routine lab evaluations; ten months later, she was diagnosed with a cranial metastasis that extended into the meninges. The patient subsequently underwent a posterior fossa craniotomy and adjuvant etoposide, bleomycin and cisplatin chemotherapy to which she initially responded; however, during cycle 4, she developed pancytopenia whereupon the chemotherapy was summarily discontinued. Thereafter, …
Cervical Cancer In Tanzania: A Systematic Review Of Current Challenges In Six Domains., Ava S Runge, Megan E Bernstein, Alexa N Lucas, Krishnansu S Tewari
Cervical Cancer In Tanzania: A Systematic Review Of Current Challenges In Six Domains., Ava S Runge, Megan E Bernstein, Alexa N Lucas, Krishnansu S Tewari
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Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in Tanzania. After excluding human immunodeficiency virus, lower respiratory infections, malaria, diarrheal diseases, and tuberculosis, cervical cancer kills more women than any other form of illness in the country. Unfortunately, Tanzania has a low doctor-to-patient ratio (1:50,000) and nearly 7000 women die each year from this disease. The clinical problem is further magnified by the country's lack of resources and prevailing poverty, sporadic cervical cancer screening, prevalence of high-risk oncogenic human papillomavirus subtypes, and relatively high rates of human immunodeficiency virus co-infection. In recent years, addressing the cervical cancer problem has become a …