Financial distress among women with advanced or metastatic breast cancer in Germany: secondary analysis of prospective ePROCOM data of a two-center cohort [PDF]
Key message In this study, half of all female patients with advanced and metastatic breast cancer reported experiencing financial difficulties. This highlights the need for gynecology and oncology specialists to also address patients’ socio-medical needs.
Joachim Graf +5 more
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Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting in Early Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Adjuvant Chemotherapy With Fluorouracil, Epirubicin, Cyclophosphamide Followed by Docetaxel Versus an Anthracycline-Free Regimen With Docetaxel, Cyclophosphamide-Results From a Randomized Clinical Trial. [PDF]
Chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) remains a significant clinical problem despite modern antiemetics. In particular, antiemetic strategies for emerging cancer therapies lack detailed evaluation. This randomized trial analyzed hourly CINV data for patients with early breast cancer who received either docetaxel plus cyclophosphamide (TC) or ...
Hörner M +16 more
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Quality of life after breast (reconstructive) surgery—an interim analysis of a prospective three-arm clinical trial with a 10-year follow-up (REKO 001) [PDF]
Background Long-term health-related quality of life (HRQoL) plays an increasingly important role in breast cancer treatment. Women who are not eligible for breast-conserving therapy frequently opt for reconstruction, but data on long-term health-related ...
B. Boeer +10 more
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Impact of chemotherapy dose capping on treatment intensity and survival in early breast cancer patients with high body surface area [PDF]
Purpose This study evaluates treatment intensity, tolerability, and survival outcomes in early breast cancer patients with high body surface area (BSA) receiving capped chemotherapy doses.
A. Englisch +8 more
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The adverse prognostic impact of reduced chemotherapy dose intensity appears attenuated in early breast cancer patients with treatment-relevant neutropenia: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Purpose Maintaining a relative dose intensity (RDI) ≥ 85% during chemotherapy is established as a critical threshold for optimal outcomes in early breast cancer.
K. Eissler +9 more
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Patient satisfaction and perioperative data after breast surgery in tumescent local anaesthesia [PDF]
Purpose Tumescent local anaesthesia (TLA) is an upcoming alternative to general anaesthesia. No data exists regarding patient satisfaction, necessary volume of TLA, frequency of supplementary analgosedation, and associated complication rate after ...
M. Meffert +12 more
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Low uptake and disparities in therapeutic inertia of cardiorenal protective diabetes medications for patients with type 2 diabetes and above-target hemoglobin A1c [PDF]
Introduction Therapeutic inertia (failure to initiate or intensify therapy when therapeutic goals are unmet) contributes to poor glycemic control and diabetes-related complications.
Matthew J Crowley +10 more
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The emergence of the term "neoplatonism" and the historiographical clichés which it generates [PDF]
The article traces the history of the division of Platonic tradition into Middle and New Platonism, as well as the origin and usage of the term "Neoplatonism".
Roman Soloviev
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La vinculación de Juan Escoto Eriúgena con la tradición en las obras de Brucker, Tennemann y Rixner
Se busca dar cuenta de la filiación filosófica que tres historiadores de la filosofía (de los siglos XVIII y XIX) otorgan a Juan Escoto Eriúgena (siglo IX). El iluminista J. Brucker, el kantiano W. Tennemann y el romántico T.
Natalia Strok
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Insect Innate Immunity Database (IIID): an annotation tool for identifying immune genes in insect genomes. [PDF]
The innate immune system is an ancient component of host defense. Since innate immunity pathways are well conserved throughout many eukaryotes, immune genes in model animals can be used to putatively identify homologous genes in newly sequenced genomes ...
Robert M Brucker +4 more
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