Metastatic cardiac tumors: from clinical presentation through diagnosis to treatment
BMC Cancer, 2018 Background To evaluate the prevalence of metastatic tumors involving the myocardium and study their presentation in order to increase awareness to their existence.
Ivana Burazor +9 more
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Right Atrial Metastatic Melanoma with Unknown Primaries [PDF]
, 2015 A 54-year-old male with history of anemia and rheumatoid arthritis presented with a three-month history of dyspnea on exertion and lower extremity edema. Patient was referred for a transthoracic echocardiogram that revealed a large right atrial mass with
Cowley, Michael +3 more
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Co-targeting of DNA, RNA, and protein molecules provides optimal outcomes for treating osteosarcoma and pulmonary metastasis in spontaneous and experimental metastasis mouse models. [PDF]
, 2017 Metastasis is a major cause of mortality for cancer patients and remains as the greatest challenge in cancer therapy. Driven by multiple factors, metastasis may not be controlled by the inhibition of single target.
DeVere White, Ralph W +11 more
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Primary epithelioid leiomyosarcoma of left atrium: Pathologist clinches it all
Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences, 2018 Primary cardiac neoplasms are rare with an estimated prevalence of 0.001%–0.2%. Cardiac tumors are mostly benign and myxomas are the commonest. Malignant tumors are rare in which metastasis and infiltration from the adjacent malignant tumor is more ...
Ravi Hari Phulware +6 more
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Adrenal pheochromocytoma incidentally discovered in a patient with parkinsonism [PDF]
, 2015 To evaluate the diagnostic route of pheochromocytoma (PHEO) in a patient under dopaminergic treatment. A 70-year-old man with Parkinsonism and under treatment with levodopa and carbidopa came to our observation for evaluation of arterial hypertension and
Claudio Letizia +7 more
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HERMIONE: a randomized Phase 2 trial of MM-302 plus trastuzumab versus chemotherapy of physician's choice plus trastuzumab in patients with previously treated, anthracycline-naïve, HER2-positive, locally advanced/metastatic breast cancer. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer is a particularly aggressive form of the disease, and ultimately progresses in patients with metastases on standard therapies.
Cortes, Javier +10 more
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RUHS Journal of Health SciencesIntroduction: Cardiac tumors are very rare. Most of the primary cardiac tumors are benign but their behavior and clinical outcome largely depends on the location in the heart. Early detection of cardiac tumors is possible these days with advanced imaging
Aparna Singh, Rupali Patil, Rahul Singh, Payal Tripathi, Brijesh Patel
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Педиатрическая фармакология, 2017 Space-occupying lesions in the heart refer to a rare congenital pathology with incidence of 0.32% in pediatric practice. In recent years, the detection frequency of this pathology has increased due to the achievements of early diagnostics ...
Gregory V. Revunenkov +1 more
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A serendipitous encounter in a twist of fate from the spine to the heart
Heart India, 2023 Incidental findings are common in medicine and often lead to diagnostic and management dilemmas. Myxomas the most prevalent benign tumors can be incidentally diagnosed in almost 20% of cases.
Susruth Kumar Bandaru +3 more
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Left-Sided Intracardiac Tumors in a Case of Widespread Vulvar Cancer
JACC: Case Reports, 2019 Metastatic cardiac tumors associated with gynecological malignancies are rare. This report describes the case of stage-4 vulvar carcinoma that metastasized to the left ventricle of the heart. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
Raunak M. Nair, MD +2 more
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