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The influence of postoperative risk factors on patient survival and lymph node metastasis in cervical squamous cell carcinoma

BMC Cancer
Objective To investigate the influence of postoperative pathological factors (including variables not categorized as moderate - to - high - risk factors according to the Sedlis criteria) on the prognosis and lymph node metastasis of patients with ...
Xuerong Wang, Yong Liu, Yanhua Li, Qi An, Juan Lu, Xiaodong Han   +5 more
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Pediatric Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Is Often Severe But Responsive to Siltuximab

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) is a potentially fatal immunologic disorder marked by widespread lymphadenopathy and inflammation. Siltuximab, an interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) inhibitor, is the only FDA‐approved treatment for adult patients with iMCD.
Bridget Austin, Sheila K. Pierson, Kelley C. Dacus, Mateo Sarmiento Bustamante, Saishravan Shyamsundar, Larissa Borys, Kayla McHugh, Abiola Irvine, Yoojin Jo, Adam Bagg, Mary Jo Lechowicz, Daisy Alapat, Amy Chadburn, Megan S. Lim, Gordan Srkalovic, Frits van Rhee, David C. Fajgenbaum, Joshua D. Brandstadter   +17 more
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Early circulating EBV-DNA clearance predicts enhanced short-term treatment response and survival benefit in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

BMC Cancer
Background and purpose This study investigates the correlation between the clearance of circulating Epstein-Barr virus DNA (cEBV-DNA) and treatment outcomes in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (laNPC) patiePnts.
Xiameng Lu, Liru Zhu, Bibo Tan, Zhuowei Liang, Kaihua Chen, Suning Huang, Ling Li, Xiaodong Zhu   +7 more
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Radiotherapy for gynecologic cancer in nonagenarian patients: a framework for new paradigms

Chinese Journal of Cancer, 2016
No consensus exists regarding the role of radiotherapy in the management of gynecologic cancer in nonagenarian patients. We retrospectively reviewed the outcomes of 19 consecutive nonagenarian patients with gynecologic cancer (6 endometrial cancers, 6 ...
Benoîte Méry, Sylvie Mengue Ndong, Jean-Baptiste Guy, Avi Assouline, Alexander T. Falk, Anaïs Valeille, Jane-Chloé Trone, Romain Rivoirard, Pierre Auberdiac, Alexis Vallard, Sophie Espenel, Guillaume Moriceau, Olivier Collard, Claire Bosacki, Jean-Philippe Jacquin, Guy de Laroche, Pierre Fournel, Cyrus Chargari, Nicolas Magné   +18 more
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Radiotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie, 2008
PURPOSE AND APPROACH: To summarize the current knowledge on the role of radiotherapy in the treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). The results of meta-analyses, phase III-studies, and phase II-studies using chemoradiation (CRT) and chemotherapy for resectable and non-resectable PDAC are reviewed.The role of CRT is undefined in the ...
Klautke, Gunther, Brunner, Thomas
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The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Childhood Cancer Survival: A Population‐Based Assessment of Survival Patterns Between 2015 and 2023 in Germany

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Numerous international studies have reported declines in new cancer diagnoses, delayed diagnoses and disruptions in cancer treatment following the implementation of COVID‐19 pandemic public health measures, raising concerns that these effects may ultimately contribute to increased cancer mortality.
Friederike Erdmann, Maike Wellbrock, Javier Louro, Arndt Borkhardt, Martin Schrappe, Claudia Trübenbach, Desiree Grabow, Cécile M. Ronckers, Joachim Schüz   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison between free breathing and deep inspiration breath hold in left-sided breast cancer treatment

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to compare the treatment plan between free breathing (FB) and deep inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) in patients with left-sided breast cancer. We aimed to investigate the dose to the heart and left lung.
Hideharu Miura, Yoshiko Doi, Soichiro Ishihara, Masahiko Kenjo, Minoru Nakao, Shuichi Ozawa, Masayuki Kagemoto   +6 more
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Simple and cost-effective laboratory methods to evaluate and validate cell-free DNA isolation

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Objective In the present study, we investigated different simple and cost effective methods to evaluate and validate cell free DNA (cfDNA) isolation. The ability of the QIAamp DNA Blood Mini Kit method to extract cfDNA was assessed by several approaches,
Afsaneh Mojtabanezhad Shariatpanahi, Parisa Rokni, Elaheh Shahabi, Fatemeh Varshoee Tabrizi, Mohammad Amin Kerachian   +4 more
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Dosimetric impact of variable bladder filling on IMRT planning for locally advanced carcinoma cervix

Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute, 2020
Background To evaluate the dosimetric impact of variable bladder filling on target and organ at risk (OARs) in cervical cancer patients undergoing chemoradiation.
Soumya Dutta, Abhinav Dewan, Swarupa Mitra, Manoj Kumar Sharma, Sumeet Aggarwal, Soumitra Barik, M. Mahammood Suhail, Maninder Bhushan, Anurag Sharma, Inderjeet Kaur Wahi, Kiran Dobriyal, Jwala Mukhee   +11 more
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Design of the novel ThermoBrachy applicators enabling simultaneous interstitial hyperthermia and high dose rate brachytherapy

International Journal of Hyperthermia, 2021
Objective: In High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for prostate cancer there is a need for a new way of increasing cancer cell kill in combination with a stable dose to the organs at risk. In this study, we propose a novel ThermoBrachy applicator that offers the
Ioannis Androulakis, Rob M. C. Mestrom, Miranda E. M. C. Christianen, Inger-Karine K. Kolkman-Deurloo, Gerard C. van Rhoon   +4 more
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