Severity of Oral Mucositis in Children following Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy and Its Implications at a Single Oncology Centre in Durango State, Mexico by Ramón G. Carreón-Burciaga, Enrique Castañeda-Castaneira, Rogelio González-González, Nelly Molina-Frechero, Enrique Gaona, Ronell Bologna-Molina

“…Mucositis is an adverse effect of chemotherapy (QT) and/or radiotherapy (RT). The purpose of this study was to investigate the occurrence of oral mucositis in children undergoing cancer treatment. …”
Get full text

Mathematical analysis and simulations involving chemotherapy and surgeryon large human tumours under a suitable cell-kill functional response by Diego Samuel Rodrigues, Paulo Fernando de Arruda Mancera

Subjects: Get full text

A review based study on emotional distress and physical pain in oral and head and neck cancer patients pre- and post-chemotherapy by Sanya Mehndiratta, Ravindra Singh, Saanjli Bhandari, Mansha Dadhich

Subjects: Get full text

Positron Emission Tomography for the Response Evaluation following Treatment with Chemotherapy in Patients Affected by Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Selected Review by Alberto Zaniboni, Giordano Savelli, Claudio Pizzocaro, Pietro Basile, Valentina Massetti

“…The aim of the present paper is to review the scientific literature concerning the usefulness of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the evaluation of response to chemotherapy in patients affected by liver metastases from colorectal cancer. …”
Get full text

Predictive markers of rapid disease progression and chemotherapy resistance in triple-negative breast cancer patients following postoperative adjuvant therapy by Tao Ma, Xiao-meng Hao, Hong-dan Chen, Min-hui Zheng, Xiao-geng Chen, Shuang-Long Cai, Jin Zhang

Subjects: Get full text

Evaluation of efficacy of GCSF in reducing neutropenia among carcinoma patients undergoing anti-cancer chemotherapy. A prospective cohort study by Maria Kakar, Sami Ullah, Amjad Khan, Shabnam Nazir

Get full text

Identification of subgroups of self-reported outcomes among breast cancer patients undergoing surgery and chemotherapy: A cross-sectional study by Feixia Ni, Tingting Cai, Tingting Zhou, Changrong Yuan

Subjects: Get full text

Phase II, single-arm trial of preoperative short-course radiotherapy followed by chemotherapy and camrelizumab in locally advanced rectal cancer by Jun Fan, Jing Wang, Tao Zhang, Xin Li, Lan Zhang, Zheng Wang, Tao Liu, Gang Li, Peng Zhang, Chi Ma, Ming Cai, Gang Wu, Zhenyu Lin, Kailin Cai, Xiu Nie, Junli Liu, Hongli Liu, Weikang Zhang, Jingbo Gao, Chuanqing Wu, Linfang Wang, Zhiguo Hou, Kunyu Yang, Kaixiong Tao

Get full text

A randomized controlled trial: Effects of compression therapy combined with exercise on chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with breast cancer by Yu Xiaoqian, Hu Jiwei, Zhou Lizhi, Guo Baojia, Guo Luyan, Xu Huiqian, Li Hong, Fan Yijing

Subjects: Get full text

Enhancing chemotherapy response prediction via matched colorectal tumor-organoid gene expression analysis and network-based biomarker selection by Wei Zhang, Chao Wu, Hanchen Huang, Paulina Bleu, Wini Zambare, Janet Alvarez, Lily Wang, Philip B. Paty, Paul B. Romesser, J. Joshua Smith, X. Steven Chen

Subjects: Get full text

Dual-drug loaded chondroitin sulfate embolization beads enhance TACE therapy for HCC by integrating embolization, chemotherapy, and anti-angiogenesis by Jin-Xin Huang, Rui Yang, Huan Long, Jie Kong, Guo-Qiang Shao, Fei Xiong

Get full text

Neoadjuvant atezolizumab + chemotherapy for resectable NSCLC: 3-year clinical update of phase II clinical trial results and translational findings by Benjamin Izar, Justin F Gainor, Mark M Awad, Codruta Chiuzan, Anjali Saqi, Catherine A Shu, Katja Schulze, Brian S Henick, Naiyer A Rizvi, Samyukta Mallick, Yohanna Georgis, Peter D Koch, Stephanie Izard, Robert F Garofano, Cheryl V Wong, Jessica Grindheim, Joshua R Sonett, Alison M Taylor

“…Reduced CN of STK11 was significantly associated with worse pathological response and incidence of BM.Conclusions Consistent with recent phase III studies, 3-year OS data with neoadjuvant atezolizumab+chemotherapy was associated with prolonged PFS and OS. …”
Get full text

Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia in a Child: A Case Report of Palliative Chemotherapy and Literature Review Applied to Limited Resources Centers by Natharina Yolanda, Stefanus Gunawan, Max F. J. Mantik, Anjo J. P. Veerman

“…The patient continued chemotherapy until week 15, chemotherapy was stopped, but 16 weeks after the diagnosis of JMML, he developed severe thrombocytopenia, endophthalmitis, and sepsis and passed away. …”
Get full text

Daily activity, mood, and quality of life in colorectal cancer patients with chemotherapy‐induced peripheral neuropathy: A mediation effect analysis by Ling‐Chun Lu, Shiow‐Luan Tsay, Sou‐Yi Chang, Chung‐Ming Chen, Chieh‐Yu Liu

Subjects: “…chemotherapy‐induced peripheral neuropathy…”
Get full text

Evaluation of efficacy of GCSF in reducing neutropenia among carcinoma patients undergoing anti-cancer chemotherapy. A prospective cohort study. by Maria Kakar, Sami Ullah, Amjad Khan, Shabnam Nazir

“…The use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) to control febrile neutropenia (FN) caused by anti-cancer chemotherapy is well documented but it still needs to evaluated with respect to the specific type of cancer and chemotherapeutic agents. …”
Get full text

Systemic Chemotherapy prior to Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC for Carcinomatosis from Appendix Cancer: Impact on Perioperative Outcomes and Short-Term Survival by Lana Bijelic, Anjali S. Kumar, O. Anthony Stuart, Paul H. Sugarbaker

“…Background and Objectives. Systemic chemotherapy administered prior to cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for peritoneal mucinous adenocarcinoma of appendiceal origin (PMCA) is associated with a significant rate of histological response. …”
Get full text

Machine learning for predicting neoadjuvant chemotherapy effectiveness using ultrasound radiomics features and routine clinical data of patients with breast cancer by Pu Zhou, Pu Zhou, Hongyan Qian, Pengfei Zhu, Jiangyuan Ben, Jiangyuan Ben, Guifang Chen, Qiuyi Chen, Lingli Chen, Jia Chen, Ying He, Ying He

“…BackgroundThis study explores the clinical value of a machine learning (ML) model based on ultrasound radiomics features of primary foci, combined with clinicopathologic factors to predict the pathological complete response (pCR) of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) for patients with breast cancer (BC).MethodWe retrospectively analyzed ultrasound images and clinical information from 231 participants with BC who received NAC. …”
Get full text

Prediction of pathological complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for HER2-negative breast cancer patients with routine immunohistochemical markers by Lothar Häberle, Ramona Erber, Paul Gass, Alexander Hein, Melitta Niklos, Bernhard Volz, Carolin C. Hack, Rüdiger Schulz-Wendtland, Hanna Huebner, Chloë Goossens, Matthias Christgen, Thilo Dörk, Tjoung-Won Park-Simon, Andreas Schneeweiss, Michael Untch, Valentina Nekljudova, Sibylle Loibl, Arndt Hartmann, Matthias W. Beckmann, Peter A. Fasching

Subjects: Get full text

Anlotinib as Maintenance Therapy After First-Line Chemotherapy Combined with Consolidation Radiation for Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer by Jinbo Ma MD, Xiaoyan Ma MS, Wei Zhang MD, Shanliang Hu MS, Rukun Zang MS, Xiaolong Wu MS, Jie Song MD

“…Background Small cell lung cancer is sensitive to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but local recurrence and distant metastasis occur shortly after treatment. …”
Get full text

RAS/BRAF Circulating Tumor DNA Mutations as a Predictor of Response to First-Line Chemotherapy in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients by Jiannan Yao, Wanchun Zang, Yang Ge, Nathaniel Weygant, Pan Yu, Lei Li, Guanhua Rao, Zhi Jiang, Rui Yan, Linjia He, Yang Yu, Mulan Jin, Gang Cheng, Guangyu An

“…RAS/BRAF mutations detected in ctDNA predict a worse PFS in mCRC patients with first-line chemotherapy. Our results provide support for the prognostic value of RAS/BRAF ctDNA mutation detection in mCRC patients.…”
Get full text