Daniel A Nagel, Jamie L Penner, Gayle Halas, Mark T Philip, Carol A Cooke
Exploring experiential learning within interprofessional practice education initiatives for pre-licensure healthcare students: a scoping review
BMC medical education
human tlymphotropic virus type 1 htlv1 endemic virus latin america directly linked adult tcell leukemialymphoma atl previous studies suggested oncogenic role htlv1 nonatl neoplasms found higher mortality htlv1 carriers without atl retrospective cohort study htlv1 carriers identified screening tertiary cancer center 2006 2019 compared overall survival os outcomes patients atl solid hematologic malignancies sex stratification identified 1934 htlv1 carriers diagnosed cancer median age diagnosis 62 range 20114 years 76 female 60 elementary school education 50 born andean highlands common nonatl neoplasm cervical cancer 50 among females nonatl nonhodgkin lymphoma 26 among males median followup 66 months 5year os htlv1 carriers nonatl neoplasms 2647 females 2234 males inferior reported general population expected patients atl worse prognosis 5year os 10 females 8 males htlv1 carriers cancer middle age underprivileged settings suggesting undetected transmission among vulnerable populations especially females survival estimates htlv1 carriers nonatl neoplasms lower regional outcomes future research ascertain biology htlv1 health care disparities affect outcomes htlv1 carriers well determine burden htlv1 infection cancer population recommend screening outpatient setting endemic regions