2023
Biospecimen Repositories in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Insights From an American University of Beirut and Memorial Sloan Kettering Collaboration.
Faraj W, Robson M, Tawil A, Reuter V, Mahfouz R, Cambria R, Saheb N, Ferrer C, Vemuri S, Yaghi M, Kanso M, Abdullah A, El Nounou G, Jabbour M, Muenkel K, Kaufman K, Wakim J, Badson S, Wilson R, Houston C, Drobnjak M, Hoballah J, Ziyadeh F, Zaatari G, Brennan M, O'Reilly E, Abu-Alfa A, Abou-Alfa G. Biospecimen Repositories in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Insights From an American University of Beirut and Memorial Sloan Kettering Collaboration. JCO Global Oncology 2023, 9: e2300140. PMID: 37883726, PMCID: PMC10846789, DOI: 10.1200/go.23.00140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentBiological Specimen BanksDeveloping CountriesGenomicsHumansLebanonNeoplasmsUnited StatesConceptsMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterMiddle-income countriesPatients age 18 yearsBiospecimen repositoryPatient participation ratesAge 18 yearsPotential participantsDocumentation of reasonsPrimary physicianCancer CenterJoint tissuesTherapeutic interventionsBody sitesPatientsAbnormal tissueConsentFamily membersTissueResearch awarenessAUBParticipation ratesBiospecimensParticipantsCancer genomics
2013
Pediatric nephrogenic systemic fibrosis is rarely reported: a RADAR report
Nardone B, Saddleton E, Laumann AE, Edwards BJ, Raisch DW, McKoy JM, Belknap SM, Bull C, Haryani A, Cowper SE, Abu-Alfa AK, Miller FH, Godinez-Puig V, Dharnidharka VR, West DP. Pediatric nephrogenic systemic fibrosis is rarely reported: a RADAR report. Pediatric Radiology 2013, 44: 173-180. PMID: 24057195, PMCID: PMC3946726, DOI: 10.1007/s00247-013-2795-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNephrogenic systemic fibrosisSystemic fibrosisGadolinium-based contrast agentsDrug Administration Adverse Event Reporting SystemAdverse Event Reporting SystemEvent Reporting SystemRenal functionPediatric casesResearch RegistryContrast agentsFibrosisDuplicate reportingU.S. FoodSystematic searchReported numberRegistryChildrenReporting systemFAERSExposureReportAgentsMethodsWeCases
2007
Are Patients with Moderate Renal Failure at Risk for Developing Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis?
Saab G, Abu-Alfa A. Are Patients with Moderate Renal Failure at Risk for Developing Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis? Radiology 2007, 244: 930-932. PMID: 17709844, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2443070351.Peer-Reviewed Original Research