Rapid Breast Cancer Disease Progression Following Cyclin Dependent Kinase 4 and 6 Inhibitor Discontinuation. [PDF]
Background: CDK 4 and 6 inhibitors (CDK4/6i), which arrest unregulated cancer cell proliferation, show clinical efficacy in breast cancer. Unexpectedly, a patient treated on a CDK4/6i-based trial, as first-line therapy in metastatic breast cancer ...
Abouharb, Sausan +12 more
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pH of anti-VEGF agents in the human vitreous: low impact of very different formulations
Background The aim of the study was to measure pH changes of the human vitreous caused by the intravitreal drugs bevacizumab, ranibizumab, aflibercept, and ziv-aflibercept.
Bianka Sobolewska +3 more
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Transient disappearance of RAS mutant clones in plasma: A counterintuitive clinical use of EGFR inhibitors in RAS mutant metastatic colorectal cancer [PDF]
Genomic studies performed through liquid biopsies widely elucidated the evolutionary trajectory of RAS mutant clones under the selective pressure of EGFR inhibitors in patients with wild type RAS primary colorectal tumors. Similarly, the disappearance of
Belardinilli, Francesca +9 more
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Treatment Strategies for Refractory Diabetic Macular Edema: Switching Anti-VEGF Treatments, adopting corticosteroid-based treatments, and combination therapy [PDF]
Introduction: The pathophysiology of diabetic macular edema (DME) is complex, involving vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and other inflammatory mediators.
Ciulla, Thomas A., Hussain, Rehan M.
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Clinical Response To Switch From Ranibizumab To Aflibercept In Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Introduction: To assess whether switching from Ranibizumab to Aflibercept conferred benefit in visual acuity (VA) and central macular thickness (CMT) in patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Bhagya Weerasinghe +3 more
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Personalizing medicine for metastatic colorectal cancer: Current developments [PDF]
Metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) is still one of the tumor types with the highest incidence and mortality. In 2012, colorectal cancer was the second most prevalence cancer among males (9%) and the third among females (8%).
De Mello, Ramon Andrade +2 more
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Anti-VEGF for the Management of Diabetic Macular Edema [PDF]
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is an important cause of vision loss around the world, being the leading cause in the population between 20 and 60 years old. Among patients with DR, diabetic macular edema (DME) is the most frequent cause of vision impairment ...
Badaro, Emmerson +5 more
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Purpose To investigate the binding affinity, stability, and sterility of aflibercept and ziv-aflibercept to vascular endothelial growth factor (Holash et al. in Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99(17):11393–11398, 2002.
Julia de Lima Farah +11 more
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Factors associated with extended remission in neovascular age-related macular degeneration on pro re nata treatment protocol. [PDF]
AimTo show the characteristics and outcomes of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) who had extended remission (ER) while on a pro re nata (PRN) treatment protocol.MethodsThis was a retrospective case-control study of a ...
Amador-Patarroyo, Manuel J +6 more
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Two-year outcome of an observe-and-plan regimen for neovascular age-related macular degeneration treated with Aflibercept. [PDF]
The purpose of our study was to investigate the two-year outcome of Aflibercept treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), using the Observe-and-Plan regimen, an individually planned treatment regimen, based on the predictability ...
Ambresin, A. +4 more
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