2024
A systems thinking framework for understanding rising childhood obesity in the Caribbean
Guariguata L, Burlar A, Greaves N, Harewood H, Khan R, Rosario-Rosado R, Jones W, Roy B, Hassan S. A systems thinking framework for understanding rising childhood obesity in the Caribbean. Health Research Policy And Systems 2024, 22: 115. PMID: 39169406, PMCID: PMC11337753, DOI: 10.1186/s12961-024-01201-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildhood obesityReduce rates of childhood obesityComplexity of childhood obesityRising childhood obesity ratesRates of childhood obesityChildhood obesity ratesObesity ratesCommercial determinantsSystems thinking frameworkMulti-disciplinary stakeholdersConclusionsDespite differencesObesityObjectiveThe aimPersonal experienceVirtual meetingsMulti-facetedChildhoodPolicy solutionsReinforcing loopsPuerto RicoPotential areasStakeholdersInterventionUS Virgin IslandsFacilitation
2007
Pre-operative estimation of esophageal tumor metabolic length in FDG-PET images with surgical pathology confirmation
Mamede M, Fakhri G, Abreu-e-Lima P, Gandler W, Nosé V, Gerbaudo V. Pre-operative estimation of esophageal tumor metabolic length in FDG-PET images with surgical pathology confirmation. Annals Of Nuclear Medicine 2007, 21: 553-562. PMID: 18092131, DOI: 10.1007/s12149-007-0040-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndoscopic ultrasoundFDG-PETSurgical pathologyFDG-PET computed tomographyMaximum standardized uptake valueFluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographyUntreated esophageal carcinomaStandardized uptake valueMethodsThirty-four patientsPositive nonsignificant correlationFDG-PET imagingPre-operative estimationPositron emission tomographyAverage SUVNeoadjuvant therapyTumor involvementTumor lengthEsophageal carcinomaNoninvasive delineationEsophageal cancerUptake valueInferior extentObjectiveThe aimMethodsThirty-fourEmission tomography
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