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Ronald D. Barr
Researcher at McMaster University
Publications - 445
Citations - 20129
Ronald D. Barr is an academic researcher from McMaster University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Population. The author has an hindex of 65, co-authored 428 publications receiving 18062 citations. Previous affiliations of Ronald D. Barr include Hamilton Health Sciences & Pediatric Oncology Group.
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Multiattribute Utility Function for a Comprehensive Health Status Classification System Health Utilities Index Mark 2
TL;DR: The Health Utilities Index Mark 2 and its utility scores can be useful to other researchers in a wide variety of settings who wish to document health status and assign preference scores.
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Improved outcome for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: results of Dana-Farber Consortium Protocol 91-01.
Lewis B. Silverman,Richard D. Gelber,Virginia Dalton,Barbara L. Asselin,Ronald D. Barr,Luis A. Clavell,Craig A. Hurwitz,Albert Moghrabi,Yvan Samson,Marshall A. Schorin,Steven Arkin,Lieven Declerck,Harvey J. Cohen,Stephen E. Sallan +13 more
TL;DR: Treatment on Protocol 91-01 significantly improved the outcome of children with ALL, perhaps due to the prolonged asparaginase intensification and/or the use of dexamethasone, may be due, in part, to increased intolerance of intensive therapy.
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The Health Utilities Index (HUI) system for assessing health-related quality of life in clinical studies.
TL;DR: HUI has been shown to be a reliable, responsive and valid measure in a wide variety of clinical studies and is a useful tool for assessing health status and HRQoL in clinical studies.
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The Effect of Dexrazoxane on Myocardial Injury in Doxorubicin-Treated Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Steven E. Lipshultz,Nader Rifai,Virginia M. Dalton,Donna E. Levy,Lewis B. Silverman,Lewis B. Silverman,Stuart R. Lipsitz,Stuart R. Lipsitz,Steven D. Colan,Steven D. Colan,Barbara L. Asselin,Ronald D. Barr,Luis A. Clavell,Craig A. Hurwitz,Albert Moghrabi,Yvan Samson,Marshall A. Schorin,Richard D. Gelber,Stephen E. Sallan,Stephen E. Sallan +19 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found that dexrazoxane decreases doxorubicin-associated injury of cardiomyocytes in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) but also injures myocardial cells.