Association of radiation dose intensity with overall survival in patients with distant metastases
Background Patients with metastatic cancer referred to radiation oncology have diverse prognoses and there is significant interest in personalizing treatment.
Johnny Kao +9 more
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CD47‐SIRPα blocking‐based immunotherapy: Current and prospective therapeutic strategies
Background The CD47‐signal regulatory protein alpha (SIRPα) ‘don't eat me’ signalling axis is perhaps the most prominent innate immune checkpoint to date.
Renée Bouwstra +2 more
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Adverse outcomes in nontrial like patients on commercial HeartMate 3 LVAD support
Background: Patient selection for real-world use of HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device (HM3 LVAD) differs from that of clinical trials. We assessed adverse-event rates between “nontrial like” (NTL) and “trial like” (TL) patients who underwent ...
Laura Coyle, APN +18 more
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Cabazitaxel in the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: patient selection and special considerations. [PDF]
Cabazitaxel is an effective chemotherapeutic agent used in the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) refractory to docetaxel.
Hoffman-Censits, Jean, Patel, Sheel
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Background: Surgical decision-making for brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) close to the corticospinal tract (CST) is always challenging. The purpose of this study was to develop a tractography-based grading scale to improve preoperative risk ...
Maogui Li +31 more
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BackgroundThe role of stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) as local treatment option after chemotherapy for locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC) is evolving.
D. Doppenberg +24 more
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The effect of PD-L1 testing on the cost-effectiveness and economic impact of immune checkpoint inhibitors for the second-line treatment of NSCLC [PDF]
Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors improve outcomes compared with chemotherapy in lung cancer. Tumor PD-L1 receptor expression is being studied as a predictive biomarker. The objective of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness and economic
Abdel-Rahman +25 more
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Mapping MAGE-A4 expression in solid cancers for targeted therapies
Melanoma-associated antigen A4 (MAGE-A4) is a promising target for anticancer therapy. However, limited contemporary data are available on the details of MAGE-A4 protein expression in different cancer types.
Christin Habigt +17 more
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Patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have a very limited survival rate even after the recent inclusion of kinase inhibitors or immune checkpoint inhibitors in the therapeutic armamentarium. A significant problem with the current proposed
Elias Kouroumalis +2 more
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Adherence to Tuberculosis Therapy among Patients Receiving Home-Based Directly Observed Treatment: Evidence from the United Republic of Tanzania. [PDF]
\ud \ud Non-adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment is the leading contributor to the selection of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and subsequent treatment failure.
A Girma +37 more
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