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Incidence
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Definition of 'Incidence'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. Common names: Incidence; Incidences |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
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...
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