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Conrad Fernandez

Professor of Pediatrics, Dalhousie
Verified email at iwk.nshealth.ca
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Informing study participants of research results: an ethical imperative

CV Fernandez, E Kodish, C Weijer - IRB: Ethics & Human Research, 2003 - JSTOR
BY CONRAD V. FERNANDEZ, ERIC KODISH, AND CHARLES WEIJER s. onsider the following
clinical scenario: A 33-year-old accountant, the mother of two children, presented to her …

Ethical and practical guidelines for reporting genetic research results to study participants: updated guidelines from a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute working …

…, EW Clayton, JH Eckfeldt, CV Fernandez… - Circulation …, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
In January 2009, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute convened a 28-member
multidisciplinary Working Group to update the recommendations of a 2004 National Heart, Lung, …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in Wilms tumor treatment and biology: progress through international collaboration

JS Dome, N Graf, JI Geller, CV Fernandez… - Journal of Clinical …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Clinical trials in Wilms tumor (WT) have resulted in overall survival rates of greater than 90%.
This achievement is especially remarkable because improvements in disease-specific …

[HTML][HTML] Wilms tumour

F Spreafico, CV Fernandez, J Brok, K Nakata… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Wilms tumour (WT) is a childhood embryonal tumour that is paradigmatic of the intersection
between disrupted organogenesis and tumorigenesis. Many WT genes play a critical (non-…

Loss-of-function germline GATA2 mutations in patients with MDS/AML or MonoMAC syndrome and primary lymphedema reveal a key role for GATA2 in the lymphatic …

…, AP Hsu, S Dyack, CV Fernandez… - Blood, The Journal …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
Recent work has established that heterozygous germline GATA2 mutations predispose
carriers to familial myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)/acute myeloid leukemia (AML), “MonoMAC” …

Mutations in mitochondrial carrier family gene SLC25A38 cause nonsyndromic autosomal recessive congenital sideroblastic anemia

…, MD Fleming, M Ludman, S Dyack, CV Fernandez… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
The sideroblastic anemias are a heterogeneous group of congenital and acquired hematological
disorders whose morphological hallmark is the presence of ringed sideroblasts—bone …

Hospitalized children continue to report undertreated and preventable pain

KA Birnie, CT Chambers, CV Fernandez… - Pain Research and …, 2014 - hindawi.com
BACKGROUND: Published reports of substantial rates of moderate to severe pediatric
inpatient pain tend to overlook lower-intensity pain that may be clinically significant.OBJECTIVE: …

Children's Oncology Group's 2013 blueprint for research: renal tumors

JS Dome, CV Fernandez, EA Mullen… - Pediatric blood & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Renal malignancies are among the most prevalent pediatric cancers. The most common is
favorable histology Wilms tumor (FHWT), which has 5‐year overall survival exceeding 90%. …

Alternative and complementary therapy use in pediatric oncology patients in British Columbia: prevalence and reasons for use and nonuse.

CV Fernandez, CA Stutzer, L MacWilliam… - Journal of clinical …, 1998 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Alternative and complementary therapies are infrequently studied in pediatric
populations. We performed a population-based survey to aid health care workers in identifying …

[HTML][HTML] Association of chromosome 1q gain with inferior survival in favorable-histology Wilms tumor: a report from the Children's Oncology Group

…, EA Mullen, JI Geller, CV Fernandez… - Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose The goal of this study was to analyze the association of copy number gain of 1q in
favorable-histology Wilms tumors (FHWTs) with event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival …