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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Peng Wang, Ziyao Yang, Meng Wang, Wei Wang, Aizhi Li
The Rh blood grouping system is a critical standardized test in transfusion medicine, especially for the cases related to haemolytic transfusion reactions and neonatal haemolytic disease caused by clinical RhD blood group incompatibility. In the present case report, we presented two cases with the uncommon RHD gene variation RHD * DEL37 . The blood samples of the two subjects were mistakenly identified as RhD-negative through conventional serological testing. Firstly, both blood samples were tested negative for the RhD antigen using traditional tube test and gel microcolumn methods...
April 18, 2024: Beijing da Xue Xue Bao. Yi Xue Ban, Journal of Peking University. Health Sciences
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rasla Parween, Aruna R, Chendil V, Mahita Reddy, Ramyaa S, Varun Chandra, Yuvaraj U, Amrut S Kadam
PURPOSE: Brachytherapy plays a crucial role in the standard of care for locally advanced gynecological malignancies. In this report, we present the experience from a tertiary teaching hospital, which is a referral center for image-guided brachytherapy (IGBT) in the management of locally advanced gynecological malignancies. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This was a retrospective study of 130 patients referred to our hospital for IGBT after receiving initial external beam radiotherapy in their primary healthcare facilities, from January 2021 till January 2023...
February 2024: Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Nouf Ahmed Althumairi
In this study, we report theoretically the effect of well, barrier widths and polarization on optical properties of intersubband transitions (ISBT) in CdSe/MgSe asymmetric quantum wells (ADQWs). Eigenenergies and their corresponding wave functions have been calculated by solving numerically the Schrödinger equation. The second harmonic generation and the optical rectification including intersubband transition energies have been discussed. Obtained results revealed that intersubband transition depends strongly on the quantum wells and the barrier widths as well as the stark effect...
March 30, 2024: Heliyon
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Helen M Faddy, Carla Osiowy, Brian Custer, Michael Busch, Susan L Stramer, Melinda M Dean, Jessika Acutt, Elvina Viennet, Thijs van de Laar, Wai-Chiu Tsoi, Claire Styles, Phil Kiely, Angelo Margaritis, So-Yong Kwon, Yan Qiu, Xuelian Deng, Antoine Lewin, Signe Winther Jørgensen, Christian Erikstrup, David Juhl, Silvia Sauleda, Bernardo Armando Camacho Rodriguez, Lisbeth Jennifer Catherine Soto Coral, Paula Andrea Gaviria García, Sineenart Oota, Sheila F O'Brien, Silvano Wendel, Emma Castro, Laura Navarro Pérez, Heli Harvala, Katy Davison, Claire Reynolds, Lisa Jarvis, Piotr Grabarczyk, Aneta Kopacz, Magdalena Łętowska, Niamh O'Flaherty, Fiona Young, Padraig Williams, Lisa Burke, Sze Sze Chua, An Muylaert, Isabel Page, Ann Jones, Christoph Niederhauser, Marion Vermeulen, Syria Laperche, Pierre Gallian, Masahiro Satake, Marcelo Addas-Carvalho, Sebastián Blanco, Sandra V Gallego, Axel Seltsam, Marijke Weber-Schehl, Arwa Z Al-Riyami, Khuloud Al Maamari, Fatma Ba Alawi, Hem Chandra Pandey, Rochele Azevedo França, Richard Charlewood
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Nucleic acid-amplification testing (NAT) is used for screening blood donations/donors for blood-borne viruses. We reviewed global viral NAT characteristics and NAT-yield confirmatory testing used by blood operators. MATERIALS AND METHODS: NAT characteristics and NAT-yield confirmatory testing used during 2019 was surveyed internationally by the International Society of Blood Transfusion Working Party Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases...
March 22, 2024: Vox Sanguinis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Helen M Faddy, Carla Osiowy, Brian Custer, Michael Busch, Susan L Stramer, Opeyemi Adesina, Thijs van de Laar, Wai-Chiu Tsoi, Claire Styles, Phil Kiely, Angelo Margaritis, So-Yong Kwon, Yan Qiu, Xuelian Deng, Antoine Lewin, Signe Winther Jørgensen, Christian Erikstrup, David Juhl, Silvia Sauleda, Bernardo Armando Camacho Rodriguez, Lisbeth Jennifer Catherine Soto Coral, Paula Andrea Gaviria García, Sineenart Oota, Sheila F O'Brien, Silvano Wendel, Emma Castro, Laura Navarro Pérez, Heli Harvala, Katy Davison, Claire Reynolds, Lisa Jarvis, Piotr Grabarczyk, Aneta Kopacz, Magdalena Łętowska, Niamh O'Flaherty, Fiona Young, Padraig Williams, Lisa Burke, Sze Sze Chua, An Muylaert, Isabel Page, Ann Jones, Christoph Niederhauser, Marion Vermeulen, Syria Laperche, Pierre Gallian, Salam Sawadogo, Masahiro Satake, Ahmad Gharehbaghian, Marcelo Addas-Carvalho, Sebastián Blanco, Sandra V Gallego, Axel Seltsam, Marijke Weber-Schehl, Arwa Z Al-Riyami, Khuloud Al Maamari, Fatma Ba Alawi, Hem Chandra Pandey, Dora Mbanya, Rochele Azevedo França, Richard Charlewood
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Nucleic acid amplification testing (NAT), in blood services context, is used for the detection of viral and parasite nucleic acids to reduce transfusion-transmitted infections. This project reviewed NAT for screening blood donations globally. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A survey on NAT usage, developed by the International Society of Blood Transfusion Working Party on Transfusion-transmitted Infectious Diseases (ISBT WP-TTID), was distributed through ISBT WP-TTID members...
February 23, 2024: Vox Sanguinis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Antoine Lewin, Eunike McGowan, Jian Ou-Yang, Lilian Antwi Boateng, Carla Luana Dinardo, Saikat Mandal, Nour Almozain, Jannison Ribeiro, Syeldy Langi Sasongko
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Blood services manage the increasingly tight balance between the supply and demand of blood products, and their role in health research is expanding. This review explores the themes that may define the future of blood banking. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed the PubMed database for articles on emerging/new blood-derived products and the utilization of blood donors in health research. RESULTS: In high-income countries (HICs), blood services may consider offering these products: whole blood, cold-stored platelets, synthetic blood components, convalescent plasma, lyophilized plasma and cryopreserved/lyophilized platelets...
January 25, 2024: Vox Sanguinis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yeqiang Tu, Jiahao Wang, Yukai Chen, Yuanyuan Chen, Qiu Tang
PURPOSE: Although customized three-dimensional (3D) templates have shown advantages in brachytherapy, widespread application is still full of challenges. The present work proposed the use of a commercial 3D standardized template-guided intracavitary/interstitial brachytherapy (IC/ISBT) that could provide simple and reproducible needles' insertion. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 43 patients received external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) with 45-50.4 Gy and subsequent IC/ISBT with 28 Gy in 4 fractions...
December 2023: Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mary Townsend, Yuyun S Maryuningsih Soedarmono, Shruthi Narayan, Paul Ashford, Erica M Wood, Barbee I Whitaker
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Haemovigilance systems are intended to collect and analyse data, and report findings relating to transfusion complications, such as blood product safety, procedural incidents, and adverse reactions in donors and patients. A common problem among developing haemovigilance programs is the lack of resources and tools available to countries striving to establish or enhance their haemovigilance system. MATERIALS AND METHODS: World Health Organization, in collaboration with International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT), International Haemovigilance Network and other haemovigilance experts embarked on a Haemovigilance Tools Project to collect and provide materials and resources to assist with the stepwise implementation of haemovigilance...
December 21, 2023: Vox Sanguinis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Saion Chatterjee, Glenda Millard, Suwat Chiawchan, Sarawan Chanthet, James Daly, Catherine Hyland, Pimpin Kitpoka, Tanya Powley, Yew-Wah Liew
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: A newborn presented with jaundice in Thailand. The cord red cells tested positive by direct antiglobulin test (DAT) for an unknown maternal red cell antibody. Initial blood group sequencing suggested that the infant carried a novel variant RHAG c.140T>C, responsible for a low-prevalence antigen in the RHAG blood group system (ISBT 030). We report here on testing of samples from the infant's parents and older sibling to define a new antigen in the RHAG system...
December 2023: Vox Sanguinis
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Takashi Saito, Motohiro Murakami, Taisuke Sumiya, Daisuke Kobayashi, Haruka Shirataki, Den Fujioka, Keiichiro Baba, Hiroya Itagaki, Yuri Tenjimbayashi, Toyomi Satoh, Hideyuki Sakurai
A female patient in her 50 s was found to have a 10-cm tumor resulting from locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC). Three-year relapse-free survival was achieved following a multimodal treatment strategy integrating chemoradiotherapy (CRT), regional hyperthermia (RHT), and interstitial brachytherapy (ISBT). Given the large size of the tumor, enhancement of the geometrical dose distribution was anticipated using ISBT. However, delivery of a sufficient dose to the high-risk clinical target volume was predicted to be challenging...
December 2023: Technical innovations & patient support in radiation oncology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Baoxi Liu, Yaqin Wu, Li Sun, Chang Guo, Qi Wang, Zhongde Mu
PURPOSE: To explore differences in dosimetry and planning parameters between intra-cavitary/interstitial interpolation (IC + ISBT) three-dimensional (3D)-printed template-based (3D-printed) and simple intra-cavity (ICBT) radiation techniques using a fixed Rotterdam three-tube applicator (TT) for computed tomography-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This retrospective study included 100 patients ( n = 50 each in 3D-printed and Rotterdam three-tube applicator treatment groups) with FIGO stages IIB-IVB cervical cancer from May 2019 to May 2022...
October 2023: Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Cong Wang, Yan Cheng, Yadong Song, Jia Lei, Yiqian Li, Xia Li, Huirong Shi
INTRODUCTION: The prognosis of patients with non-central recurrent cervical cancer (NRCC) remains poor, and treatment options are limited. We aimed to explore the accuracy and safety of the 3D-printed non-coplanar template (3D-PNCT)-assisted 192 Ir interstitial brachytherapy (ISBT) in the treatment of NRCC. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 36 patients with NRCC who received 3D-PNCT-guided 192 Ir ISBT in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2021 to July 2022 were included in this study...
2023: Frontiers in Oncology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yuko Ishimoto, Kikuyo Taniguchi, Behnaz Bayat, Ryutaro Tobita, Toru Miyazaki, Rie Onodera, Emi Kurita, Masao Kobayashi, Kazuo Muroi, Nelson Hirokazu Tsuno
BACKGROUND: Antibodies against human neutrophil antigen (HNA) are involved in the pathogenesis of neonatal alloimmune neutropenia, autoimmune neutropenia, and transfusion-related acute lung injury. The present methods for anti-HNA antibody identification strongly depend on the presence of standard antisera with known allo/isospecificities. Here, we aimed to produce recombinant humanized antibodies to HNA from available mouse monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs). STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: RNAs were extracted from available hybridoma cells producing mouse anti-HNA antibodies recognizing HNA-1a (TAG-1), -1b (TAG-2), -2 (TAG-4), and FcγRIIIb, and the cDNA was synthesized...
November 12, 2023: Transfusion
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
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November 2023: Vox Sanguinis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ajeet Kumar Gandhi, Madhup Rastogi, Vachaspati Kumar Mishra, Anoop Kumar Srivastava, Farhana Khatoon, Daya Nand Sharma
PURPOSE: Interstitial brachytherapy (ISBT) is indicated for intact cervical carcinoma (IN-CC) if intracavitary brachytherapy (ICRT) is not feasible and also in vault carcinoma (VA-C). We aimed to evaluate the doses to pelvic lymph node regions in IN-CC and VA-C treated with ISBT. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Ten patients (6 IN-CC, 4 VA-C) were chosen for this dosimetric study. IN-CC had a central tandem in addition to the needles. External iliac (EI-N), internal iliac (II-N), obturator (OB-N) and sacral (SA-N) groups of lymph nodes were delineated...
August 2023: Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
A P Sivananthan, J Hara, C Lynch, H A Al-Hallaq, T Wu, C H Son, Y Hasan
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S): Tumor and patient factors requiring an interstitial (IS) approach for gynecologic tract brachytherapy (BT) may be associated with high morbidity despite the conformality maximizing effect of ISBT. We reviewed outcomes from a diverse, high-volume center to evaluate the association of clinical features and planning parameters with toxicity, with the hypothesis that MRI-guided volume-based planning mitigates clinicopathologic risk factors associated with treatment related fistula (TRF) after ISBT...
October 1, 2023: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Behnaz Bayat, Jonas Lowack, Marie Audrain, Laure Croisille, Brian Curtis, Rebecca Dangerfield, Behnaz Esmaeili, Claudia Grabowski, Margaret Keller, Hyungsuk Kim, Hartmut Kroll, Marjeta Macek Kvanka, Janette Kwok, Elyse Moritz, Oytip Nathalang, Derrick Nelson, Kaspar René Nielsen, Gail Pahn, Anthony Poles, Leendert Porcelijn, Ulrich J Sachs, Marlies Schönbacher, Günther F Körmöczi, Pawinee Kupatawintu, Daisuke Takahashi, Malgorzata Uhrynowska, Brigitte Flesch, Yoke-Lin Fung
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Human neutrophil antigens (HNAs) are categorized into five systems: HNA-1 to HNA-5. Given the importance of neutrophils in immunity, we sought to create awareness of the role of HNA diagnostic services in managing immune neutropenia and transfusion-related acute lung injury. To provide health communities all around the world with access to these services, we conducted a survey to create a directory of these HNA diagnostic services. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An Excel table-based survey was created to capture information on the laboratory's location and was emailed to 55 individuals with known or possible HNA investigation activity...
August 22, 2023: Vox Sanguinis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Taiju Shimbo, Ken Yoshida, Mio Nakata, Kazuma Kobata, Takashi Ogawa, Ayaka Kihara, Chikara Sato, Akihiro Hori, Satoshi Takeno, Hiroto Yoshioka, Hironori Akiyama, Keiji Nihei
Kochi Oxydol Radiation Therapy for Unresectable Carcinoma (KORTUC) is a novel radiosensitizer invented by Professor Ogawa at Kochi University (Japan) in 2006. The current study aimed to report the experience of the present authors with the use of KORTUC treatment in combination with interstitial brachytherapy (ISBT), with or without external beam (EB) radiotherapy (RT), in patients with locally recurrent cervical cancer (LRCC), who were likely to have a high risk of poor prognosis. Between April 2012 and January 2020, 14 female patients (15 tumoral lesions) with LRCC underwent KORTUC with ISBT...
September 2023: Oncology Letters
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sanika Rane, Alexander Hanania, Elisa Arango, Krithika Kumar, Lauren Payne, Susannah Dittmar, Gaurav Gomber, Vincent Ugarte, Michelle Ludwig
The purpose of this report is to design, develop, and evaluate a cost-effective applicator for interstitial brachytherapy (ISBT) to minimize patient morbidity and facilitate access to curative radiation treatment for gynecologic cancers, especially in low-resource settings. A computer-aided design and prototype were developed of a proposed applicator that incorporates 44 slotted channels to gently guide needles, with or without a tandem, through the vaginal canal, effectively eliminating the need for transcutaneous needle insertions typically employed during ISBT of advanced gynecologic cancer and thus reducing the risk of vaginal laceration and bladder or rectal injury...
June 2023: Curēus
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tadashi Takenaka, Hideya Yamazaki, Gen Suzuki, Koji Masui, Daisuke Shimizu, Tadayuki Kotsuma, Eiichi Tanaka, Ken Yoshida, Kei Yamada
PURPOSE: Advances in three-dimensional image-guided brachytherapy technique allow for using intra-cavitary and interstitial brachytherapy (ICIS-BT), and sole interstitial brachytherapy (ISBT) in addition to conventional intra-cavitary brachytherapy (ICBT). However, no consensus has been reached regarding the choice of these techniques. The aim of this study was to propose the size criteria for indication of interstitial techniques. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We examined initial gross tumor volume (GTV) at presentation and at each brachytherapy session...
June 2023: Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
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