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Classical Complement Pathway Inhibition in a Pediatric Patient With Refractory Immune Thrombocytopenia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric refractory immune thrombocytopenia (rITP) is generally characterized by persistent thrombocytopenia and failure to achieve a sustained response to multiple standard therapies. We report a 4‐year‐old female with congenital tufting enteropathy, post‐intestinal transplant patient on immunosuppressants, who developed severe rITP ...
Sarah Hsieh, Susmita Sarangi, Caileigh Pudela, Catherine M. Broome, Tara K. Suntum   +4 more
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HDR and LDR Brachytherapy in the Treatment of Lip Cancer: the Experience of the Catalan Institute of Oncology

Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 2010
Purpose: Lip cancer can be treated by surgery, external radiotherapy, and/or brachytherapy (BT). In recent years,BT has become increasingly favored for this type of cancer.
Ferran Guedea, Cristina Gutiérrez Miguelez, Estefanía Palacios Mena, Joan Pera Fabregas, Arrate Querejeta Ayerra   +4 more
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Palliative chemotherapy followed by consolidation radiotherapy in patients with advanced and metastatic non-small cell lung cancer not suitable for radical treatment [PDF]

Archive of Oncology, 2012
Background: This is a retrospective study to assess the effectiveness of consolidation radiotherapy (CRT) following palliative chemotherapy in patients with metastatic or locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are not suitable for ...
Eldeeb Hany, Camileri Philip, Mak Choi
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Abatacept for Prophylaxis of Acute and Chronic Graft‐Versus‐Host‐Disease in Children Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation—A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Cohort Studies

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Graft‐versus‐host disease (GvHD) remains one of the most significant complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Abatacept, a selective T‐cell costimulation modulator, is a relatively novel prophylactic agent, though pediatric data remain limited.
Matthijs D. Kruizinga, Anne B. Verbeek, Caroline A. Lindemans, Emilie P. Buddingh   +3 more
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Comparative evaluation of influence of drugs with antioxidant effect on therapeutic efficiency of radiotherapy and oxidative status in mice [PDF]

Саратовский научно-медицинский журнал, 2012
<p><em style="font-size: 12px;">The purpose of the study </em><span style="font-size: 12px;">is to carry out a comparative analysis of the effect of melatonin (melaxen) and of 3-hy-droxypyridine (mexidol) on ...
Masyagin V.A., Vashurkina I.M., Siprov A.M.   +2 more
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Recent advances in radiotherapy and its associated side effects in cancer—a review

Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology, 2019
Background Radiotherapy (RT) is the chief nonsurgical method to control malignant tumors. RT has advanced in both methodological and biological aspects over the past few decades.
Gomathi Mohan, Ayisha Hamna T P, Jijo A J, Saradha Devi K M, Arul Narayanasamy, Balachandar Vellingiri   +5 more
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Prediction of radiotherapy outcome using dynamic contrast enhanced MRI of hepatocellular carcinoma

, 2010
[[abstract]]Objective: To evaluate the perfusion changes in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with radio therapy,usingi contrast-enhanced dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).Subjects and Methods: Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI(DCE-MRI ...
Cha'ang, H;Lien, P;Tsen, S;Hsu, C;Shih, T
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Expression of CXCL10 is associated with response to radiotherapy and overall survival in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue [PDF]

, 2014
Five-year survival for patients with oral cancer has been disappointingly stable during the last decades, creating a demand for new biomarkers and treatment targets.
Philip John Coates, Torben Wilms, Laurell, Göran,, Rentoft, Matilda,, Coates, Philip John, Matilda Rentoft, Lotta Loljung, Göran Laurell, Karin Nylander, Rentoft, Matilda, Laurell, Göran, Wilms, Torben, Loljung, Lotta, Nylander, Karin, Loljung, Lotta,, Wilms, Torben,, Nylander, Karin,, Coates, Philip John,   +17 more
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Bone and Soft Tissue Neoplasms in Infants Versus Older Children: A Report From the Cancer in Young People in Canada Program

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Infant bone and soft tissue neoplasms present distinct clinical challenges and lack large‐scale data to inform treatment decisions. This study aims to characterize bone and soft tissue neoplasms in infants in Canada and to compare their outcomes with those of older pediatric patients.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Maria Kondyli, Monia Marzouki, Nicolas Prud'homme, Nida Usmani, Rebecca J. Deyell, Lesleigh Abbott, Tony H. Truong, Sapna Oberoi, Ketan Kulkarni, Josée Brossard, Lynette Bowes, Paul Gibson, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Lillian Sung, Catherine Vezina, Laura Wheaton, Alexandra P. Zorzi, Marie‐Claude Pelland‐Marcotte, Thai Hoa Tran   +21 more
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Review of photon and proton radiotherapy for skull base tumours [PDF]

, 2016
An extremely large variety of benign and malignant tumours occur at skull base; these tumour lesions are in the proximity to structures deputed to relevant physiologic functions, limiting extensive surgical approaches to this body district.
DEANTONIO, LETIZIA, Orecchia, R., Fossati, P, FERRARA, Eleonora, KRENGLI, Marco, Vavassori, A., Krengli, Marco; Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica (CNAO), Pavia, Italy; Radiotherapy Division, University Hospital “Maggiore della Carità”, Novara, Italy; Department of Translational Medicine, University of “Piemonte Orientale”, Novara, Italy, Orecchia, Roberto; Radiotherapy Division, IEO, Milan, Italy; Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica (CNAO), Pavia, Italy, Ferrara, Eleonora; Radiotherapy Division, University Hospital “Maggiore della Carità”, Novara, Italy, Deantonio, Letizia; Radiotherapy Division, University Hospital “Maggiore della Carità”, Novara, Italy; Department of Translational Medicine, University of “Piemonte Orientale”, Novara, Italy, Fossati, Piero; Radiotherapy Division, IEO, Milan, Italy; Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica (CNAO), Pavia, Italy, Vavassori, Andrea; Radiotherapy Division, IEO, Milan, Italy   +11 more
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