A Five-Year Data Report of Long-Term Central Venous Catheters Focusing on Early Complications by Harald Lenz, Kirsti Myre, Tomas Draegni, Elizabeth Dorph

“…Long-term venous access has become the standard practice for the administration of chemotherapy, fluid therapy, antibiotics, and parenteral nutrition. …”
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Colonic Stents for Colorectal Cancer Are Seldom Used and Mainly for Palliation of Obstruction: A Population-Based Study by Anna M. Borowiec, Charlie S. K. Wang, Elaine Yong, Calvin Law, Natalie Coburn, Rinku Sutradhar, Nancy Baxter, Lawrence Paszat, Jill Tinmouth

“…Factors associated with hospital admissions were presence of metastatic disease, lack of chemotherapy treatment, and stoma surgery. Overall the use of stents for CRC obstruction remains low. …”
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Community perceptions and acceptability of mass drug administration for the control of neglected tropical diseases in Asia-Pacific countries: A systematic scoping review of qualita... by Elke Mitchell, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Alison Krentel, Lucia Romani, Leanne J Robinson, Susana Vaz Nery, John Kaldor, Andrew C Steer, Stephen Bell

“…<h4>Background</h4>Preventative chemotherapy and mass drug administration have been identified as effective strategies for the prevention, treatment, control and elimination of several NTDs in the Asia-Pacific region. …”
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MicroRNA155 in non-small cell lung cancer: a potential therapeutic target by Xiangju Wei, Xiangju Wei, Xianmin Xiong, Xianmin Xiong, Ze Chen, Bi Chen, Cantang Zhang, Wenhui Zhang

“…To date, various therapeutic approaches, including surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, have been employed in the management of lung cancer; however, due to its aggressive nature, the survival rates remain low. …”
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Malignant Lymphoma in the Parasellar Region by Takao Koiso, Hiroyoshi Akutsu, Shingo Takano, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Eiichi Ishikawa, Yasushi Okoshi, Akira Matsumura

“…Based on the positive tumor cells in the following bone marrow aspiration and hepatosplenomegaly in computed tomography (CT) findings, this patient was diagnosed as having a pituitary involvement of systemic lymphoma. After chemotherapy, she achieved complete remission for 4 years. …”
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NEIL3 Mediates Lung Cancer Progression and Modulates PI3K/AKT/mTOR Signaling: A Potential Therapeutic Target by Hongbo Huang, Qingwang Hua

“…In general, NEIL3 mediates NSCLC progression and affects sensitivity to immunotherapy and chemotherapy; therefore, it is a potential molecular target for treatment.…”
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FeLV-induced feline leukemia as a natural model for leukemia pathophysiology study (review) by T. V. Tabakaeva, A. V. Tsybulsky, K. A. Baranchugova, I. V. Galkina, M. Yu. Shchelkanov

“…Immunomodulators and chemotherapy are alsoused. Vaccination isusedas apreventive measure, but commercially available adjuvanted and non-adjuvanted vaccinesdo not confer effective protection from the infection. …”
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CD7-Positive Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Presenting as an Intranasal Tumor by Kazuaki Teshima, Masaaki Kume, Yasushi Kawaharada, Takashi Saito, Ko Abe, Sho Ikeda, Hideaki Ohyagi, Megumi Zuguchi, Masashi Zuguchi, Yosuke Kubota, Yoshitaka Enomoto, Masahito Miura, Satsuki Takahashi, Masahiro Saito, Ken Saito, Naoto Takahashi

“…CR or partial response was noted in 8 of 11 cases after receiving rituximab combined with chemotherapy. In total, 9 of 12 cases involved the development of extranodal lesions, which occurred as an intranasal tumor in 3 cases. …”
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Utility of measurement of left ventricular global longitudinal strain by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography to predict cardiovascular events in patients with left ve... by Susheel Kumar Malani, Digvijay Nalawade, Sridevi Chigulapalli, Shubhangi Kanitkar, Ajitkumar Jadhav, Madhura Gandhi

“…Introduction: This pilot study explores whether left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LV GLS), measured by two-dimensional (2D) speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE), can predict cardiovascular events in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD), including those with ischemic and nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, postvalve surgery, and chemotherapy recipients, compared to traditional parameters such as left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and wall motion score index (WMSI). …”
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Primary liver lymphoma: review of the literature and clinical case presentation by A. K. Smolyaninova, A. V. Gubkin, Ye. Ye. Zvonkov, Yu. A. Kucheryavy

“…Despite of rapid disease progression with development of severe liver failure, that resulted in poor prognosis, patient demonstrated significant response to high-dose chemotherapy and achieved long-term remission. Summary. …”
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Therapeutic strategies for fungating and ulcerating breast cancers: A systematic review and narrative synthesis by Valentina Zagardo, Mandara Harikar, Gianluca Ferini

“…Cohort analysis revealed a significant positive correlation between metastasis rate and radiotherapy use (Spearman's rho = 0.828, p = 0.042) and between chemotherapy and hormonal therapy use (rho = 0.69, p = 0.04). …”
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Prealbumin/CRP Based Prognostic Score, a New Tool for Predicting Metastasis in Patients with Inoperable Gastric Cancer by Ali Esfahani, Nima Makhdami, Elnaz Faramarzi, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Alireza Ostadrahimi, Mousa Ghayour Nahand, Zohreh Ghoreishi

“…We aimed to assess the systemic inflammatory response (SIR) and nutritional status of these patients before the commencement of chemotherapy to find the appropriate prognostic factors and define a new score for predicting metastasis. …”
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Perilipin2-dependent lipid droplets accumulation promotes metastasis of oral squamous cell carcinoma via epithelial-mesenchymal transition by Jiayu Zhang, Jianmin Peng, Siyu Wang, Li Wang, Yutong Sun, Juan Xia, Bin Cheng, Qinchao Hu

“…OSCC patients with higher PLIN2 expression possessed poorer prognosis and higher sensitivity to chemotherapy drugs (1S,3 R)-RSL3 and ML-210. In conclusion, PLIN2-dependent LDs accumulation could promote the metastasis of OSCC cells by regulating EMT. …”
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Unexpected encounters: The surprising link between ovarian cancer and axillary lymphadenopathy by Marina Balbino, Federica Masino, Manuela Montatore, Francesca Anna Carpagnano, Giuseppe Guglielmi

“…The patient was initiated on adjuvant chemotherapy and a long-term follow-up was scheduled. …”
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Positive feedback between arginine methylation of YAP and methionine transporter SLC43A2 drives anticancer drug resistance by Xia-Lu Hong, Chen-Kai Huang, Hui Qian, Chen-Hong Ding, Fang Liu, Huan-Yu Hong, Shu-Qing Liu, Si-Han Wu, Xin Zhang, Wei-Fen Xie

“…Abstract Yes-associated protein (YAP) activation confers resistance to chemotherapy and targeted therapy. Methionine participates in cellular processes by converting to methyl donor for the methylation of DNA, RNA and protein. …”
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Pretreatment with serine protease inhibitors impairs Leishmania amazonensis survival on macrophages by Patrícia de Almeida Machado, Pollyanna Stephanie Gomes, Elaine Soares Coimbra, Herbert Leonel de Matos Guedes

“…Abstract Background Leishmaniases are neglected tropical diseases with great clinical and epidemiological importance. The current chemotherapy available for the treatment of leishmaniasis presents several problems, such as adverse effects, toxicity, long treatment time, and parasite resistance. …”
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Primary pulmonary diffuse large B cell lymphoma presenting with features of organizing pneumonia: a case report by Sunjie Li, Yige Huang, Linlin Wang, Jintao Zhou

“…The patient was transferred to the hematology department and received rituximab combined with reduced dose cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisolone chemotherapy. Despite treatment, the patient’s clinical condition deteriorated, leading to eventual mortality owing to disease progression. …”
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Association between alkaline phosphatase levels and mortality in Chinese patients with colorectal cancer with liver metastases: a retrospective cohort study by ZhaoXi Liu, ZiQing Zhang, GuoFang Yu, MingJiang Mo, ChuanYu Xie, DangHan Xu, JieTao Lin, YuChen Zhang, Li Deng, YiChang Luo, YingFeng Huang, Cui Shao

“…Covariates included the number of liver metastases, T stage, N stage, chemotherapy, tumour location, primary surgery, topical treatment, apolipoprotein A1, targeted therapy, tumour type, CA-199 levels, metastatic surgery, sex, Karnofsky Performance Status and age. …”
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Methyl Gallate Attenuates Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Rats by Suppressing Oxidative Stress by Akheruz Zaman Ahmed, Shakta Mani Satyam, Prakashchandra Shetty, Melanie Rose D’Souza

“…Our study opens the perspective to clinical studies for consideration of methyl gallate as a potential chemoprotectant nutraceutical in the combination chemotherapy with doxorubicin to limit its cardiotoxicity.…”
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Chemical catalyst manipulating cancer epigenome and transcription by Yuki Yamanashi, Shinpei Takamaru, Atsushi Okabe, Satoshi Kaito, Yuto Azumaya, Yugo R. Kamimura, Kenzo Yamatsugu, Tomoya Kujirai, Hitoshi Kurumizaka, Atsushi Iwama, Atsushi Kaneda, Shigehiro A. Kawashima, Motomu Kanai

“…Therefore, this histone acetylation catalyst provides a unique tool for elucidating the time-resolved consequences of histone PTMs and may offer a modality for cancer chemotherapy.…”
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