Search Results - "Aasim Yusuf, M."

Positivity Rate of Universal PCR Screening for COVID-19 Pre-Endoscopy and its Impact on Diagnosis and Management of New Cancer Patients at a Cancer Centre in Pakistan by Kashif, Muhammad, Shahana Shahid, Hassan, Wahaj Ul, M. Zeeshan Siddiqui, Muhammad Saqib, M. Aasim Yusuf

“…Objective: To determine the positivity rate of COVID-19 on pre-procedure screening and its impact on diagnosis and management of new cancer patients. Study…”
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Does Prior Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Alter Post-operative Outcome After Esophagectomy by Bhatti, Abu Bakar Hafeez, Rizvi, Farrukh Hassan, Waheed, Anum, Raza, Syed Hassan, Syed, Aamir Ali, Khattak, Shahid, Aasim Yusuf, M.

“…Background With the introduction of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with esophageal carcinoma, nutritional access has become essential to counter…”
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Pre-operative percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement does not increase post-operative complications or mortality in oesophageal cancer by Siddique, M Zeeshan, Mehmood, Shafqat, Ismail, Muhammad, Yasmeen, Ammara, Asad-Ur-Rehman, Abu Bakar, Muhammad, Khattak, Shahid, Syed, Aamir Ali, Yusuf, M Aasim

“…The percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube in patients with oesophageal cancer is controversial, owing to a perceived risk of tumour seeding at the PEG…”
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Preferences regarding disclosure of prognosis and end-of-life care: A survey of cancer patients with advanced disease in a lower-middle-income country by Zafar, Waleed, Hafeez, Haroon, Jamshed, Arif, Shah, Mazhar Ali, Quader, Ainul, Yusuf, M Aasim

“…Background: Cancer patients’ preferences regarding disclosure of prognosis and end-of-life care remain under-reported from low- and middle-income countries…”
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