PURPOSE: To examine the profile of retinoblastoma in a national tertiary referral center in Tanzania and to report first-year outcomes of its treatment using chemotherapy. METHODS: All patients with retinoblastoma referred in 2008 were included.
Bowman, Richard J+4 more
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Mechanisms of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is one of the most frequent side effects caused by antineoplastic agents, with a prevalence from 19% to over 85%.
R. Zajączkowska+5 more
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Changes in Isoniazid Resistance of Tubercle Bacilli after Cessation of Treatment: Report by the Laboratory Subcommittee of the Tuberculosis Chemotherapy Trials Committee, Medical Research Council M.R.C. ISONIAZID TRIAL: REPORT NO. 6 [PDF]
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A mathematical perspective on the paradox that chemotherapy sometimes works backwards [PDF]
Doctors are well aware that sometimes cancer treatments not only fail, but even work backwards, i.e. they make the treated tumor grow. In this work we present a mathematical perspective on this paradox in the case of chemotherapy, by studying a minimally parameterized mathematical model for the system composed of the tumor and the surrounding ...
arxiv
Aggravation of lipopolysaccharide-induced depressive-like behavior in CCR4-deficient mice
Increasing evidence indicates that immune abnormalities are associated with the pathogenesis of depression. CCR4 is a chemokine receptor that regulates regulatory T cell (Treg) and Th17 cell migration.
Yuta Hara+5 more
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A mathematical model of low grade gliomas treated with temozolomide and its therapeutical implications [PDF]
Low grade gliomas (LGGs) are infiltrative and incurable primary brain tumours with typically slow evolution. These tumours usually occur in young and otherwise healthy patients, bringing controversies in treatment planning since aggressive treatment may lead to undesirable side effects.
arxiv
COMBINED DRUG TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS. III. CLINICAL APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF APPROPRIATE AND ADEQUATE CHEMOTHERAPY TO THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS [PDF]
William F. Russell+4 more
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The most efficacious treatment for meningiomas is surgery. For incompletely resected or recurrent tumors, radiotherapy can be given. However, when the meningioma is unresectable and/or all other previous treatments have failed, immunotherapy or chemotherapy may be considered for malignant tumors and immunotherapy and hormone therapy may be considered ...
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