Pathologic fracture and healthcare resource utilisation: A retrospective study in eight European countries

Pathologic fracture and healthcare resource utilisation: A retrospective study in eight European countries

BACKGROUND Skeletal-related events (SREs; pathologic fracture [PF], spinal cord compression and radiation or surgery to bone) are common complications of bone metastases or bone lesions and can impose a considerable burden on patients and healthcare systems. In this study, the healthcare resource utilisation (HRU) associated with PFs in patients with bone metastases or lesions secondary to soli...

prognostic importance of the pathologic fracture and surgical options in osteosarcoma: a retrospective clinical study

Background & Aims: Osteosarcoma is one of the most prevalent malignant bone tumors . This study is designed to assess the prognostic effect of pathologic fracture and treatment options on survival of patients with osteosarcoma. Materials & Methods: In this study, prognosis of 106 patients with limb osteosarcoma, which were treated at three  hospitals in Tehran from April to August 2012 ...

Healthcare-resource utilization associated with radiation to bone across eight European countries: Results from a retrospective study

Background Bone metastases and lytic lesions due to multiple myeloma are common in advanced cancer and can lead to debilitating complications (skeletal-related events [SREs]), including requirement for radiation to bone. Despite the high frequency of radiation to bone in patients with metastatic bone disease, our knowledge of associated healthcare resource utilization (HRU) is limited. Method...

Genital warts incidence and healthcare resource utilisation in Australia.

OBJECTIVES To estimate for the first time the incidence and healthcare resource utilisation associated with genital warts (GW) in Australia prior to the human papillomavirus vaccination programme. METHOD The authors analysed data from the nationally representative Bettering the Evaluation of Care and Health general practice cross-sectional programme and from the National Hospital Morbidity Da...

Prevalence of hepatitis A across various countries in the Middle East, African and Eastern European countries