Publications by authors named "Ibrahim Al-Fawaz"

Background: The healthcare system experienced various challenges during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and a wide range of safety measures were implemented, including limiting the number of patients allowed to visit primary care clinics and follow-up through telemedicine clinics. These changes have accelerated the growth of telemedicine in medical education and affected the training of family medicine residents throughout Saudi Arabia. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the experiences of family medicine residents with telemedicine clinics as a part of their clinical training during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Background: Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children occurring most commonly in the head and neck region. The treatment involves using a multimodality approach including chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation therapy. Survival for patients with localized disease has improved markedly, but the treatment of advanced disease remains a challenge.

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Background And Objective: Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor found in pediatric patients. High-risk neuroblastoma (HR-NBL) can be characterized by metastasis, age, and other tumor characteristics that result in an adverse outlook for this patient cohort. The standard of care includes induction chemotherapy, surgery, followed by stem cell autologous transplant (ASCT), and later, antidisialoganglioside (anti-GD2) antibodies.

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Background: Our study was designed to investigate the frequencies and distributions of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) associated genes in Saudi patients.

Methods: FHL associated gene screening was performed on 87 Saudi patients who were diagnosed with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) between 1995 and 2014. The clinical and biochemical profiles were also retrospectively captured and analyzed.

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Background: Many studies have demonstrated that outcome in patients with hepatoblastoma is determined by tumor resectability and the presence or absence of metastatic disease.

Purpose: To evaluate and disseminate information on diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of hepatoblastoma patients at a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia.

Patients And Methods: Twenty-four pediatric patients with hepatoblastoma were treated at our institution between January 2005 and December 2012.

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Purpose: Information regarding the incidence and patterns of childhood malignancies is disproportionately overrepresented by high-income countries, representing mainly the Caucasian population. There is a need to evaluate and disseminate information for other ethnicities, particularly from the Middle East.

Methods: Data from the National Cancer Registry, Saudi Arabia (SA-NCR), for pediatric patients (age 0-14 years) diagnosed between 2005 and 2009 and for similar patients at our institution during the same period were analyzed.

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Background: To determine if the distribution of prognostic factors accounted for the differences when the outcome for localised Ewing Sarcoma/PNET bone in Saudi Arabia was compared with results from countries with well developed health care systems.

Procedure: Retrospective analysis was undertaken of 163 consecutive patients of all ages, treated with radical intent at KFSHRC from 1975 to 1998. Standard chemotherapy was commenced in all patients.

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