Younger age diagnosis of breast cancer is a predictor of adverse outcome. Here, we evaluate prognostic factors in young women with locally advanced breast cancer (LABC). We present a retrospective review of 104 patients younger than 40 years with LABC treated with surgery, radiotherapy (RT), and chemotherapy from 2003 to 2014. Patient-, tumor-, and treatment-related factors important for overal...

To better understand the epidemiology of bacterial food borne pathogens in children, in relation to pathogens in meats from a market in rural Thailand, we collected 73 cultures samples from raw chicken, pork and fish at a local market where diarrheal disease surveillance was conducted. Standard methods were employed to isolate, identify and serotype enteric pathogens from children and food samp...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of diabetes care in Oman. METHODS This was a cross-sectional observational study. Fifty percent of all those attending six general health centres in June 2005 were systematically selected for the study. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the data. RESULTS A total of 430 diabetic subjects were included. Just over 61...

Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 7.0 5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 6.8 10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 8.3 15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 7.5 20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 7.0 5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 7.0 10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 5.7 15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 6.1 20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 6.4 5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 5.7 10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 7.1 15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 5.1 20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 6.3 5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 7.1 10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 6.9 15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 7.8 20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 8.1 5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 5.5 10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 6.0 15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 8.0 20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 8.1 5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 8.7 10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 10.2 15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 6.8 20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 5.2 5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 5.6 10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 6.9 15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 5.4 20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....