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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Weight patterns in children with higher risk ALL: A report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG) for CCG 1961.

13 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: This retrospective analysis defined and described patterns and predictors of weight change during treatment in children with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) with high-risk features who received treatment on Children's Cancer Group ... Read more...

Veno-occlusive disease as a complication of preoperative chemotherapy for Wilms tumor: A clinico-pathological analysis.

13 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: Vincristine (VCR) and actinomycin D (ACD) form the backbone of chemotherapeutic regimens of Wilms tumor treatment. Veno-occlusive disease (VOD) is a potentially life-threatening complication of ACD. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the ... Read more...

Familial small cell carcinoma of the ovary.

13 Dec 2009 Ovarian tumors have a low incidence in childhood, accounting for 1% of malignancies within the ages of 0-17 years. Small cell carcinoma of the ovary is a rare histology and historically has a poor prognosis. We report a case of an 11-year-old female ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Incidence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Weight patterns in children with higher risk ALL: A report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG) for CCG 1961. 13 Dec 2009
• Veno-occlusive disease as a complication of preoperative chemotherapy for Wilms tumor: A clinico-pathological analysis. 13 Dec 2009
• Familial small cell carcinoma of the ovary. 13 Dec 2009
• Aprepitant for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in adolescents. 13 Dec 2009
• Serum cholesterol levels in relation to the incidence of cancer: the JPHC study cohorts. 29 Nov 2009
• Malignancies in patients with beta-thalassemia major and beta-thalassemia intermedia: a multicenter study in Iran. 29 Nov 2009
• Incidence of and risk factors for cognitive impairment in an early Parkinson disease clinical trial cohort. Nov 2009
• Is the risk of incidence or progression of age-related macular degeneration increased after cataract surgery? 30 Oct 2009
• Prediction of proliferative diabetic retinopathy with hemoglobin level. 30 Oct 2009
• Progression of age-related macular degeneration after cataract surgery. 30 Oct 2009
• Five-year incidence of surgery for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in Norway. 30 Oct 2009
• Perioperative strokes and beta-blockade. 30 Oct 2009
• Update on emerging infections: news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalized patients with novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection--California, April-May, 2009. 30 Oct 2009
• Risk factors for heart failure: a population-based case-control study. 30 Oct 2009
• Sympathetic ophthalmia: what have we learned? 30 Oct 2009
• Population-based incidence of intussusception and a case-control study to examine the association of intussusception with natural rotavirus infection among indian children. 30 Oct 2009
• Intussusception surveillance in a rural demographic surveillance area in bangladesh. 30 Oct 2009
• Underestimates of intussusception rates among US infants based on inpatient discharge data: implications for monitoring the safety of rotavirus vaccines. 30 Oct 2009
• Incidence, characteristics, and economic burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis associated with hospitalization of israeli children <5 years of age, 2007-2008. 30 Oct 2009
• The burden of hospitalizations and clinic visits for rotavirus disease in children aged <5 years in the Philippines. 30 Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'Incidence'

Definition: The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases, new or old, in the population at a given time.

Descriptor UI: D015994

Alternative terms: Incidence; Incidences;

Tree Number: E05.318.308.985.525.375; L01.280.975.525.375; N01.224.935.597.500; N06.850.505.400.975.525.375; N06.850.520.308.985.525.375;

Online Note: use INCIDENCE STUDIES to search INCIDENCE 1989

History Note: 90; was see INCIDENCE STUDIES 1989

Technical Notes: IM GEN only; coord NIM with disease /epidemiol (IM); no qualif; total number of new cases: do not confuse with PREVALENCE, total number of new & old cases; read MeSH definitions; specify geog if pertinent