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Wilms Tumor Survivorship: Does Childhood Cancer Treatment Predict Late-Term Adverse Effects?, Ava Bibergal
Wilms Tumor Survivorship: Does Childhood Cancer Treatment Predict Late-Term Adverse Effects?, Ava Bibergal
Grace Peterson Nursing Research Colloquium
Abstract
Background: Wilms tumor is the leading cancer to affect the kidneys in children most commonly between the age of 3 and 5 years old. Treatment of Wilms tumor typically consists of chemotherapy, radiation, or a combination of the two – which are often successful in eradicating the cancer. However, current treatment options often leave patients with a high risk of late-term adverse effects such as cardiac diseases or secondary cancers later in life. Wilms’ tumor patients currently have a 90% survival rate from their disease, however face a future of indeterminate health problems due to their treatment regimen.
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The Myth Of "It's All In Your Head"
The Myth Of "It's All In Your Head"
DePaul Magazine
Researchers at DePaul's Center for Community Research are mapping the brain to uncover the causes of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME). Psychologist Leonard Jason has been carrying out community-based epidemiology prevalence studies that show that about one million Americans, many of them from ethnic minorities, are afflicted with the condition.