Publications by authors named "W M K M Ratnayake"

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  • The study aimed to validate the Cardiff Acne Disability Index (CADI) in Tamil to better assess the quality of life (QoL) in Tamil-speaking patients with acne, as nearly 90 million people speak Tamil.
  • 150 Sri Lankan young adults with acne participated, where the translated CADI and Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) were used alongside the Global Acne Grading System (GAGS) to measure severity and validate results.
  • The findings revealed that CADI-Tamil is a reliable (Cronbach's alpha = 0.83) and valid tool for evaluating QoL in Tamil-speaking patients, providing insights for clinicians on how acne affects their patients' lives.
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Background: Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) is the most common type of kidney cancer (85%). 75% of the RCC cases involve conventional clear cell RCC (ccRCC). Approximately, 39% of late-stage patients (stage IV) are treated with chemotherapeutic agents.

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The number of hematopoietic stem cell transplantations (HCTs) is increasing annually worldwide, and the Asia-Pacific (AP) region is no exception. We report on the absolute number of HCTs in 2018 and 2019 and the trends in graft selection and disease indication in the past few decades. In 2018, 24,292 HCTs were performed in the AP region, of which 8,754 (36.

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Neuroblastoma (NB) is a cancer that develops in the neuroblasts. It is the most common cancer in children under the age of 1 year, accounting for approximately 6% of all cancers. The prognosis of NB is linked to both age and degree of cell differentiation.

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Vitamin D status, measured in a Vitamin D Standardization Program certified laboratory, was assessed among children of South Asian and European ethnicity living in the national capital region of Canada to explore factors that may account for inadequate status. Demographic information, dietary and supplemental vitamin D over 30 d prior to measurement of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD), and anthropometry were measured (age 6.0-18.

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