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Delayed treatment in breast cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population health information research infrastructure (PHIRI) case study
studied by assessing changes in the trend of the time to first treatment for women 18 or older who were diagnosed and treated for breast cancer between 2017 and 2021. Methods An observational retrospective ...
Linking health survey data with health insurance data: methodology, challenges, opportunities and recommendations for public health research. An experience from the HISlink project in Belgium
national register number. The overall linkage rate was 92.3% and 94.2% for HIS link 2013 and HIS link 2018, respectively. Linked BHIS- BCHI data were used in validation studies (e.g. self-reported breast ...
The burden of breast, cervical, and colon and rectum cancer in the Balkan countries, 1990-2019 and forecast to 2030
region, cancers are the second leading cause of mortality, closely following circulatory system diseases. OBJECTIVE: To describe trends in the burden of breast, cervical, and colon and rectum cancer in the ...
Evaluating the health and health economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delayed cancer care in Belgium: A Markov model study protocol
events, contexts and settings. METHODS: A decision-analytic Markov model was developed for 4 selected cancer types (i.e. breast, colorectal, lung, and head and neck), comparing the estimated costs and ...
The non-fatal burden of cancer in Belgium, 2004–2019: a nationwide registry-based study
in Belgium, breast cancer had the highest morbidity impact among women, followed by colorectal and non-melanoma skin cancer. Among men, prostate cancer had the highest morbidity impact, followed by ...
Benchmarking food environment policies for the prevention of diet-related non-communicable diseases in Kenya: National expert panel's assessment and priority recommendations.
declarations; systems regulating health claims; restrictions on marketing breast milk substitutes; and school nutrition policies. Infrastructure support actions in ‘implementation’ phase included: food-based ...
Risk assessment of ochratoxin A in food
ng/kg bw per day in average/high breast milk consuming infants, respectively. Comparison of exposures with the BMDL10 based on the non‐neoplastic endpoint resulted in MOE s of more than 200 in most ...
Implementation of healthy food environment policies to prevent nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in Ghana: National experts' assessment of government action.
and prioritized actions for government implementation. Three-quarters of all good practice indicators were rated at ‘low’/’very little’ implementation. Restricting the marketing of breast milk ...
Determinants of persistent organic pollutant (POP) concentrations in human breast milk of a cross-sectional sample of primiparous mothers in Belgium
Human breast milk Organochlorine pesticides PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS Primipara mothers Abstract: Background Bio-accumulation of persistent organic pollutants (POP s) in the environment and in the ...
Assessing the endocrine activity of PAHs using the DRE-, ERE- and PPARγ CALUX bioassays
ERE- CALUX (estrogen responsive element) uses a human breast cancer cell line (VM7L uc4E2), which contains the estrogen receptor. All three cell lines are also stably transfected with the firefly ...