Publications by authors named "H Convery"
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- Adolescents with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) experience high rates of mental health (MH) issues, but screening rates for these problems were only 15% at a pediatric clinic before an improvement initiative began.
- The aim was to increase screening for depression and anxiety among cSLE patients aged 12-18 from 15% to 80% by implementing a structured screening workflow and providing training for healthcare providers.
- Over 21 months, screening rates improved significantly, peaking at 100%, with 45% of screened individuals showing symptoms of anxiety and/or depression, leading to increased patient satisfaction and referrals to mental health services.
CD141+ DC are implicated in antiviral and antitumor immunity. However, mechanistic studies in autoimmune disease are limited. This is the first study to our knowledge examining CD141+ DC in autoimmune disease, specifically inflammatory arthritis (IA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Radiotherapy target volumes in early breast cancer treatment increasingly include the internal mammary chain (IMC). In order to maximise survival benefits of IMC radiotherapy, doses to the heart and lung should be minimised. This dosimetry study compared the ability of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, arc therapy and proton beam therapy (PBT) techniques with and without breath-hold to achieve target volume constraints while minimising dose to organs at risk (OARs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIrradiation of tumors in the larynx and pharynx is often technically challenging in patients with a short neck or high shoulders. Shoulder retraction devices can sometimes resolve this problem and allow irradiation via lateral beam directions. This study aimed to measure the proportion of patients who would benefit from such an approach and to quantify the magnitude of the benefit obtained.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The processes involved in the treatment of paraspinal tumours by volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) are described here by means of an illustrative case.
Methods: Az single anticlockwise arc from gantry angle 179° to 181° was constructed using SmartArc (Philips Radiation Oncology Systems, Fitchburg, WI) with control points spaced at 2°. The dose prescription was 60 Gy in 30 fractions to cover the planning target volume (PTV) as uniformly as possible while sparing the 0.