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Bell, Watson, Soft Iron, and the Insight That Commercialized the Magneto Telephone [Scanning Our Past] by Meyer, Ralph O.

“…This month's history article focuses on the story behind the technological breakthrough that led to the world's first commercial telephones…”
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A critique of fuel behavior in LOCA safety analyses and a proposed alternative by Meyer, Ralph O., Wiesenack, Wolfgang

“…•Demonstrate that calculations of temperature and oxidation in balloons are difficult.•Determine rod burst temperature dependence on heating rate and hydrogen…”
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Limited-Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma: Clarifying Uncertainty by Meyer, Ralph M

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Randomized comparison of gemcitabine, dexamethasone, and cisplatin versus dexamethasone, cytarabine, and cisplatin chemotherapy before autologous stem-cell transplantation for relapsed and refractory aggressive lymphomas: NCIC-CTG LY.12 by Crump, Michael, Kuruvilla, John, Couban, Stephen, MacDonald, David A, Kukreti, Vishal, Kouroukis, C Tom, Rubinger, Morel, Buckstein, Rena, Imrie, Kevin R, Federico, Massimo, Di Renzo, Nicola, Howson-Jan, Kang, Baetz, Tara, Kaizer, Leonard, Voralia, Michael, Olney, Harold J, Turner, A Robert, Sussman, Jonathan, Hay, Annette E, Djurfeldt, Marina S, Meyer, Ralph M, Chen, Bingshu E, Shepherd, Lois E

“…For patients with relapsed or refractory aggressive lymphoma, we hypothesized that gemcitabine-based therapy before autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT)…”
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Reply to J.A. Vargo et al, H.J.A. Adams et al, E. Hindié et al, and S. Kothari et al by Meyer, Ralph M

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Paternal poly (ADP-ribose) metabolism modulates retention of inheritable sperm histones and early embryonic gene expression by Ihara, Motomasa, Meyer-Ficca, Mirella L, Leu, N Adrian, Rao, Shilpa, Li, Fan, Gregory, Brian D, Zalenskaya, Irina A, Schultz, Richard M, Meyer, Ralph G

“…To achieve the extreme nuclear condensation necessary for sperm function, most histones are replaced with protamines during spermiogenesis in mammals. Mature…”
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Single versus multiple fractions of repeat radiation for painful bone metastases: a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial by Chow, Edward, Dr Prof, van der Linden, Yvette M, MD, Roos, Daniel, Prof, Hartsell, William F, MD, Hoskin, Peter, Prof, Wu, Jackson S Y, MD, Brundage, Michael D, Prof, Nabid, Abdenour, MD, Tissing-Tan, Caroline J A, MD, Oei, Bing, MD, Babington, Scott, MBChB, Demas, William F, Prof, Wilson, Carolyn F, MSc, Meyer, Ralph M, Prof, Chen, Bingshu E, PhD, Wong, Rebecca K S, Prof

“…Summary Background Although repeat radiation treatment has been shown to palliate pain in patients with bone metastases from multiple primary origin sites,…”
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Dexamethasone in the prophylaxis of radiation-induced pain flare after palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases: a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial by Chow, Edward, Dr Prof, Meyer, Ralph M, Prof, Ding, Keyue, PhD, Nabid, Abdenour, MD, Chabot, Pierre, MD, Wong, Philip, MD, Ahmed, Shahida, MD, Kuk, Joda, MD, Dar, A Rashid, MD, Mahmud, Aamer, MD, Fairchild, Alysa, MD, Wilson, Carolyn F, MSc, Wu, Jackson S Y, MD, Dennis, Kristopher, MD, Brundage, Michael, Prof, DeAngelis, Carlo, PharmD, Wong, Rebecca K S, Prof

“…Summary Background Pain flare occurs after palliative radiotherapy, and dexamethasone has shown potential for prevention of such flare. We aimed to compare the…”
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Integration of child life into adult oncology: A mixed‐methods feasibility study by Lysecki, David L., Bainbridge, Daryl, Akitt, Tracy, Georgiou, Georgia, McKean, Heather, Meyer, Ralph M., Sussman, Jonathan

“…Background Cancer in a loved one can have negative effects on child health and development. Child Life Specialists (CLSs) specialize in assisting children…”
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Limited-stage hodgkin lymphoma: managing uncertainty by Meyer, Ralph M

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Generalizing the results of cancer clinical trials by Meyer, Ralph M

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Reproductive Ageing: Current insights and a potential role of NAD in the reproductive health of aging fathers and their children by Feuz, Morgan B, Nelson, D Colton, Miller, Laura B, Zwerdling, Alexie E, Meyer, Ralph G, Meyer-Ficca, Mirella L

“…In light of the increasing age of first-time fathers, this article summarizes the current scientific knowledge base on reproductive aging in the male,…”
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EBV DNA: a Hodgkin lymphoma biomarker? by Meyer, Ralph M.

“…In this issue of Blood, Kanakry and colleagues report that increased pretreatment levels of plasma Epstein Barr virus DNA (EBV-DNA), as determined by…”
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ABVD Alone versus Radiation-Based Therapy in Limited-Stage Hodgkin's Lymphoma by Meyer, Ralph M, Gospodarowicz, Mary K, Connors, Joseph M, Pearcey, Robert G, Wells, Woodrow A, Winter, Jane N, Horning, Sandra J, Dar, A. Rashid, Shustik, Chaim, Stewart, Douglas A, Crump, Michael, Djurfeldt, Marina S, Chen, Bingshu E, Shepherd, Lois E

“…In patients with limited-stage Hodgkin's disease, ABVD chemotherapy alone resulted in a higher rate of long-term (12-year) survival than either radiation…”
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Heritable sperm chromatin epigenetics: A break to remember by Meyer, Ralph G, Ketchum, Chelsea C, Meyer-Ficca, Mirella L

“…Sperm chromatin not only has a unique structure to condense and protect the paternal DNA in transit, but also provides epigenetic information that supports…”
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Patient and Provider Attitudes and Preferences Regarding Early Palliative Care Delivery for Patients with Advanced Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Prospective Survey by Levine, Oren, Bainbridge, Daryl, Pond, Gregory R, Slaven, Marissa, Dhesy-Thind, Sukhbinder, Sussman, Jonathan, Meyer, Ralph M

“…Early integrated palliative care (EIPC) for patients with advanced cancers requires the involvement of family doctors (FDs) and oncologists. We compared…”
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Development and testing of a lymphoma clinical trial-specific frailty index: a secondary analysis of the NCIC-CTG LY.12 clinical trial by Vijenthira, Abi, Li, Xinzhi, Crump, Michael, Hay, Annette E, Shepherd, Lois, Meyer, Ralph M, Djurfeldt, Marina, Chen, Bingshu E, Prica, Anca

“…The prevalence of frailty in clinical trials of lymphoma is unknown. We conducted a secondary analysis of the phase III LY.12 trial in which patients with…”
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Early histone H4 acetylation during chromatin remodeling in equine spermatogenesis by Ketchum, Chelsea C, Larsen, Casey D, McNeil, Alexis, Meyer-Ficca, Mirella L, Meyer, Ralph G

“…Chromatin remodeling during spermatogenesis culminates in the exchange of nucleosomes for transition proteins and protamines as an important part of spermatid…”
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Biopsychosocial Associates of Psychological Distress and Post-Traumatic Growth among Canadian Cancer Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Zhang, Karen M, Mukherjee, Som D, Pond, Gregory, Roque, Michelle I, Meyer, Ralph M, Sussman, Jonathan, Ellis, Peter M, Bryant-Lukosius, Denise

“…Understanding both the positive and negative psychological outcomes among cancer patients during the pandemic is critical for planning post-pandemic cancer…”
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Systematic review : Efficacy and safety of rituximab for adults with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura by ARNOLD, Donald M, DENTALI, Francesco, CROWTHER, Mark A, MEYER, Ralph M, COOK, Richard J, SIGOUIN, Christopher, FRASER, Graeme A, LIM, Wendy, KELTON, John G

“…Rituximab, a monoclonal anti-CD20 antibody, is increasingly used to treat idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). To systematically review the literature on…”
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