Publications by authors named "S Daama"
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- - The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted pediatric cancer centers, with 75.9% of centers reporting difficulties in patient access and 72.4% seeing changes in patient flow due to the virus.
- - Over two-thirds of surveyed health care professionals were infected with COVID-19, leading to treatment guideline modifications in 62% of centers, while follow-up care was provided through various methods, including in-hospital and telemedicine.
- - Pediatric oncologists have mixed expectations about the long-term effects of COVID-19, with 76% anticipating increased telemedicine use, and over half believing that chemotherapy protocols may need adjustments if the pandemic continues.
Background And Objective: Clinical, laboratory and outcome data were reviewed for pediatric patients who were diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and managed at two tertiary care hospitals in Saudi Arabia, between January 2011 and December 2017 to assess the response to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) focusing on the monitoring of BCR-ABL fusion gene transcript levels and to look at the overall outcome.
Methods: CML patients were identified based on the cytogenetic and molecular results.
Results: Twelve pediatric patients diagnosed with CML at a median age of 8.
Saudi Arabia is the largest of the Arabian Gulf countries with a total population of 33.41 million as of 2017. This report summarizes the experience from four leading tertiary care hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) centers in Saudi Arabia representing more than 90% of all HSCTs performed in the country.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The incidence of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (cALL) varies between countries likely as a result of competing risks including infections, access-to-care, socioeconomic influences, and/or ethnicity. However, little is known about disease burden in high-income Arab countries offering free-of-charge healthcare. The hypothesis was that, due to population characteristics (young age, high fertility and parental consanguinity rate), the incidence of cALL in Saudi Arabia is equal or higher than that observed in high-income Western countries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The outcome of childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in first relapse (rAML) remains poor. Reported overall survival (OS) rates vary between high-income developed countries and those with fewer resources. The OS of rAML in high-income developing countries (HIDCs) has not been reported.
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