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High-dose chemotherapy for Ewing sarcoma and Rhabdomyosarcoma: A systematic review by the Australia and New Zealand sarcoma association clinical practice guidelines working partyPatients with high-risk or metastatic Ewing sarcoma (ES) and rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) have a guarded prognosis. High-dose chemotherapy (HDT) with autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) has been evaluated as a treatment option to improve outcomes. However, survival benefits remain unclear, and treatment is associated with severe toxicities.
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Net benefit of smaller human populations to environmental integrity and individual health and wellbeingThe global human population is still growing such that our collective enterprise is driving environmental catastrophe. Despite a decline in average population growth rate, we are still experiencing the highest annual increase of global human population size in the history of our species-averaging an additional 84 million people per year since 1990.
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Impact of assisted reproductive technologies on intrauterine growth and birth defects in singletonsThis paper presents data that infants born following assisted reproductive technologies (ART) compared with non-ART singletons display increases in low birth...
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Parental occupational pesticide exposure and the risk of childhood leukemia in the offspring: Findings from the childhood leukemia international consortiumMaternal occupational pesticide exposure during pregnancy and/or paternal occupational pesticide exposure around conception have been suggested to increase...
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Gender differences in the relationships between lean body mass, fat mass and peak bone mass in young adults.The aim of this study was to evaluate the associations between bone mass in young adults and three body composition measurements: lean body mass, fat mass...
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Measuring exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation using a dosimetric technique: Understanding participant compliance issuesWe investigated the types and determinants of noncompliance associated with a protocol for use of polysulphone UVR dosimeters.
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Preeclampsia and cardiovascular disease share genetic risk factors on chromosome 2q22This study aimed to further evaluate the pleiotropic effects of these preeclampsia risk variants in an independent Australian population-based cohort.
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Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Children in Tropical Northern AustraliaWe conducted a retrospective review for all cases of S aureus bacteremia and sterile site infections, for children under 15 years, in northern Australia over...
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Factors associated with trajectories of psychological distress for Australian fathers across the early parenting periodEarly postnatal factors associated with fathers' persistent distress were identified, providing opportunities for early identification and targeted early...
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The relationship between personality traits and psychotic like experiences in a large non-clinical adolescent sampleOur findings suggest that the chance of having psychotic like experiences is more likely for adolescents with certain personality traits.