The effect of medical castration on lipid levels in black South African men with prostate cancer

Autor: Shauli Minkowitz, Oluwatosin Ayeni, Mohamed Haffejee, Maureen Joffe

Publikováno v: African Journal of Urology, Vol 28, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2022)

Abstract Background In South Africa, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is commonly given as primary therapy for prostate cancer (PCa) due to many patients presenting with advanced disease. The metabolic adverse effects of ADT on lipid profile and we

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Breast Cancer Care Quality in South Africa’s Public Health System: An Evaluation Using American Society of Clinical Oncology/National Quality Forum Measures

Autor: Daniel S. O’Neil, Wenlong Carl Chen, Oluwatosin Ayeni, Sarah Nietz, Ines Buccimazza, Urishka Singh, Sharon Čačala, Laura Stopforth, Maureen Joffe, Katherine D. Crew, Judith S. Jacobson, Alfred I. Neugut, Paul Ruff, Herbert Cubasch

Publikováno v: Journal of Global Oncology, Vol 5, Pp 1-16 (2019)

PURPOSE: The quality of breast cancer care in sub-Saharan Africa contributes to the region’s dismal breast cancer mortality. ASCO has issued quality measures focusing on delivery of adjuvant chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and endocrine therapy. We app

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Breast conservation surgery versus total mastectomy among women with localized breast cancer in Soweto, South Africa.

Autor: Herbert Cubasch, Maureen Joffe, Paul Ruff, Donald Dietz, Evan Rosenbaum, Nivashni Murugan, Ming Tsai Chih, Oluwatosin Ayeni, Caroline Dickens, Katherine Crew, Judith S Jacobson, Alfred Neugut

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 8, p e0182125 (2017)

Breast conserving surgery (BCS) has become the preferred surgical option for the management of patients with nonmetastatic breast cancer in high-income countries. However, little is known about the distribution and determinants of BCS in low-and midd

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Development and internal validation of the HIV In‐hospital Mortality Prediction (HIV‐IMP) risk score

Autor: Fathima Paruk, Abdullah E. Laher, Willem D F Venter, Muhammed Moolla, Feroza Motara, Oluwatosin Ayeni, Guy A. Richards

Publikováno v: HIV Medicine. 23:80-89

BACKGROUND Despite advances in availability and access to antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV still ranks as a major cause of global mortality. Hence, the aim of this study was to develop and internally validate a risk score capable of accurately predi

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https://doi.org/10.1111/hiv.13159

Lung perfusion findings on perfusion SPECT/CT imaging in non-hospitalized de-isolated patients diagnosed with mild COVID-19 infection

Autor: Gerrit Engelbrecht, Melissa V. Bergman, Oluwatosin Ayeni, Osayande Evbuomwan, Sello Mokwena

Publikováno v: The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Vol 52, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Background The aim of this retrospective study is to assess the incidence and type of lung perfusion abnormalities in non-hospitalized patients diagnosed with mild COVID-19 infection after de-isolation. Data from 56 non-hospitalized patients diagnose

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https://doaj.org/article/e886f50317b04a2c9af36da5c21eb629