Publications by authors named "Yekta Rahimi"
Philadelphia chromosome (Ph)-like acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is a high-risk subtype with a gene expression profile similar to Ph-positive ALL, due to activation of tyrosine kinase signalling. To understand the clinical implications of Ph-like ALL, this single-centre retrospective study evaluates outcomes in 268 adults, largely Hispanic ALL patients treated between 2013 and 2024, with a subgroup analysis of 139 haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) patients. ALL subtypes included 68 (25.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdvancements in diagnostic methods and surgical techniques for keratoconus (KC) have increased non-invasive treatment options. Successful surgical planning for KC involves a combination of clinical science, empirical evidence, and surgical expertise. Assessment of disease progression is crucial, and halting the progression should be the focus if it is progressive.
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- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a key treatment for high-risk acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), but finding suitable HLA-matched donors can be challenging, especially in Hispanic patients.
- A study of 88 adult Hispanic B-cell ALL patients revealed that using matched sibling donors (MSD) led to worse relapse and survival rates compared to haploidentical donors, while matched unrelated donors (MUD) showed no significant difference.
- The findings emphasize the need for careful donor selection, as outcomes were better with younger haploidentical donors, indicating a potential strategy to enhance treatment success in this population.
Key Clinical Message: Struma ovarii (SO), is a rare and specialized ovarian teratoma. The treatment is controversial depending on the risk of recurrence and metastasis. Here a SO with papillary thyroid carcinoma is reported and the approach is thoroughly discussed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cancer poses an escalating public health challenge, necessitating a comprehensive understanding of cancer incidence to formulate effective control strategies.
Aims: This study aims to present a comprehensive overview of cancer incidence in Iran, utilizing data from the Iranian National Population-based Cancer Registry (INPCR) for the year 2016.
Methods: The study employed INPCR data to compute crude and age-standardized incidence rates (ASR) per 100 000 for the most common cancers among men and women across Iran's 31 provinces.
Background: Drug use, especially injecting drug use, is associated with a higher risk of tuberculosis (TB). This study aimed to systematically review the prevalence of TB among people who use drugs (PWUD) in Iran.
Methods: A systematic search was conducted in international and national databases.
Objective: Gaming motivations are a central aspect of playing video games, and their importance to understanding both healthy and problematic gaming behavior has been increasingly elucidated. In this study, we aimed to translate the 18-item Gaming Motivation Scale (GAMS-18) to Persian and validate it in a population of Persian speaking gamers, specifically for the assessment of online gaming.
Methods: After translation from English to Persian, content validity of the questionnaire was assessed by a panel of experts and test-retest reliability was calculated in a sample of 70 students.
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- The study examines smoking prevalence in Iran across different districts, highlighting disparities based on gender, wealth, education, and urbanization.
- It utilizes data from the 2016 STEPS survey involving over 30,000 participants and employs a Bayesian spatial hierarchical model to analyze smoking rates.
- Results reveal significant gender differences in smoking habits, with higher rates in men, and indicate that lower socioeconomic status correlates with increased smoking rates, particularly among women.
Issues: This systematic review aimed to provide an updated estimate on the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among non-injecting people who use drugs (PWUD) and the various subgroups and the odds of HIV infection in the injecting compared to non-injecting PWUD.
Approach: A comprehensive search of international, regional and national databases was performed from January 2005 to May 2020. We conducted backward citation tracking of the included studies and contacted experts for unpublished studies.
The extracellular matrix (ECM) of mammalian organs and tissues has been applied as a substitute scaffold to simplify the restoration and reconstruction of several tissues. Such scaffolds are prepared in various arrangements including sheets, powders, and hydrogels. One of the more applicable processes is using natural scaffolds, for this purpose discarded tissues or organs are naturally derived by processes that comprised decellularization of following tissues or organs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a major mortality risk factor in patients with diabetes. LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) is a major risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis. There is one apolipoprotein B (ApoB) molecule in each LDL particle.
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