The Effects of Adverse Events and Associated Costs on Value-Based Care for Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma by Prachi Bhatt, Jared Hirsch, Paul Cockrum, George Kim, Gabriela Dieguez

“…**Conclusions:** Irrespective of drug cost, chemotherapy leading to a significant increase in AEs is associated with higher TCOC.…”
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Insights into the molecular mechanisms and nanoparticle-based therapies for gastric cancer: A review by Smarika Chauhan, Eswar Marcharla, Sneha Hariharan, Saranya Vinayagam, Thanigaivel Sundaram, Priya SD, Swamynathan Ganesan, Maximilian Lackner

“…They also boost therapy outcomes by overcoming chemotherapy resistance and enabling co-delivery of multiple drugs. …”
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Model systems of human immunodef iciency virus (HIV-1) for in vitro eff icacy assessment of candidate vaccines and drugs against HIV-1 by N. B. Rudometova, D. N. Shcherbakov, A. P. Rudometov, A. A. Ilyichev, L. I. Karpenko

“…Selecting an adequate tool for quick and accurate in vitro eff icacy assessment is the key aspect for eff icacy assessment of vaccines and chemotherapy drugs. The classical method of virology, which makes it possible to evaluate the neutralizing activity of the sera of animals immunized with experimental vaccines and the eff icacy of chemotherapy agents is the method of neutralization using viral isolates and infectious molecular clones, i. e. infectious viral particles obtained via cell transfection with a plasmid vector including the full-length HIV-1 genome coding structural, regulatory, and accessory proteins of the virus required for the cultivation of replication-competent viral particles in cell culture. …”
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Real-World Treatment Patterns in Men with Castration- Resistant Prostate Cancer Receiving Docetaxel by Keith L. Davis, Benjamin Gutierrez, Teresa Zyczynski, James A. Kaye

“…**Conclusions:** Concordant with guidelines, docetaxel and prednisone was the preferred first-line chemotherapy regimen in CRPC patients reviewed for this study. …”
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Pediatric pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma with a non-canonical BRAF-KMT2C fusion and a classic SND1-BRAF fusion: a case report and literature review by Yaqin Wang, Jiasi Zhang, Dimin Nie, Ai Zhang, Qun Hu, Aiguo Liu

“…The patient underwent surgical resection through a Whipple operation followed by six cycles of mFOLIRINOX chemotherapy and radiation therapy, achieving a favorable outcome up to now. …”
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Immunotherapy in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer by Keyao Chen, Jingjing Wang, Meng Yang, Shaoqiong Deng, Li Sun

“…Background/Objectives: It remains challenging to treat recurrent ovarian cancer effectively as traditional interventions like chemotherapy and surgery have limited long-term efficacy, highlighting an urgent need for innovative approaches. …”
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Chemoradiotherapy in a Case of Malignant Syringocystadenocarcinoma Papilliferum of Vulva with Locoregional Failure by Pamidimukkala Bramhananda Rao, Saptarshi Ghosh, Manisha Mohapatra, N. Pramod Philip, P. Ravindra Kumar, Surendra Manam, Pradeep Karra, Vijay Krishna Jasti

“…Due to the fixity of the right inguinal nodes, neoadjuvant chemotherapy was administered with Cisplatin and 5-Fluorouracil for four cycles, following which the primary tumor and the contralateral inguinal nodes regressed completely. …”
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Triple-negative breast cancer modifies the systemic immune landscape and alters neutrophil functionality by Noor A. M. Bakker, Hannah Garner, Ewald van Dyk, Elisa Champanhet, Chris Klaver, Maxime Duijst, Leonie Voorwerk, Iris Nederlof, Rosie Voorthuis, Marte C. Liefaard, Marja Nieuwland, Iris de Rink, Onno B. Bleijerveld, Hendrika M. Oosterkamp, Lodewyk F. A. Wessels, Marleen Kok, Karin E. de Visser

“…Chemotherapy-naïve mTNBC patients showed increased classical monocytes and neutrophils. …”
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Pulmonary Nuclear protein in Testis (NUT) carcinoma: clinical, molecular characteristics, and treatment strategies by Jingjing Qu, Zhen Chen, Yanping Zhu, JinYan Huang, Qian Shen

“…RNA sequencing identified BRD3-NUTM1 fusions in 60% (3/5) patients. Chemotherapy was employed as the initial treatment strategy but showed limited efficacy in advanced stages. …”
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Recurrent Syncope in a Cancer Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Jyoti Sharma, Anne H. Dougherty

“…A 59-year-old male with invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the left preauricular region, treated with several chemotherapy regimens and radiation therapy, was admitted for recurrent syncopal episodes. …”
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Catheter Fracture and Embolization Related to an Arm Venous Port by Brent E. Burbridge

“…Subsequently, one day later, the old vein port was removed and a new arm port and associated catheter were implanted to facilitate the delivery of the patient's ongoing chemotherapy.…”
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Implantation of a totally implanted venous device unexpected discovery of left permanent superior vena cava in a patient with sigmoid colon cancer: a case report by Shuchen Zhu, Mingyan Dong, Haiguan Luo, Yicui Piao, Qiaohong Zhang, Lihui Huang, Zijie Liu

“…Totally implanted venous devices (TIVADs) are commonly used in recurrent chemotherapy for sigmoid colon cancer. We describe a case of unexpected finding of coronary sinus rhythm in intracavitary electrocardiogram localization TIVAD implantation. …”
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Electric Field Analysis of Breast Tumor Cells by V. Gowri Sree, K. Udayakumar, R. Sundararajan

“…An attractive alternative treatment for malignant tumors that are refractive to conventional therapies, such as surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, is electrical-pulse-mediated drug delivery. …”
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Evaluation of Oral Cannabinoid-Containing Medications for the Management of Interferon and Ribavirin-Induced Anorexia, Nausea and Weight Loss in Patients Treated for Chronic Hepati... by Cecilia T Costiniuk, Edward Mills, Curtis L Cooper

“…Oral cannabinoid-containing medications (OCs) ameliorate chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, as well as AIDS wasting syndrome. …”
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Progress in personalized immunotherapy for patients with brain metastasis by Lalit Patel, Nikola Kolundzic, Malak Abedalthagafi

“…Advances in understanding the tumor immune microenvironment have revealed the promise of immunotherapies, which, alongside surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, offer improved survival for some patients. …”
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Degenrative Fibroid and Sclerosing Peritonitis by Michael Critchley, John Bagley, Pervis Iqbal

“…Causes reported in the literature include luteal ovarian the comas, peritoneal dialysis, peritoneal chemotherapy and liver cirrhosis. We report an interesting case of a woman presenting with diarrhoea, abdominal distension, ascites and pleural effusion. …”
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Overcoming hypoxia-induced breast cancer drug resistance: a novel strategy using hollow gold-platinum bimetallic nanoshells by Lian-Ying Zhang, Xiao-Tong Chen, Rong-Tian Li, Wei Meng, Guo-Qin Huang, Yong-Jian Chen, Feng-Jun Ge, Qun Zhang, Yu-Jun Quan, Cai-Tao Zhang, Yi-Fei Liu, Ming Chen, Jin-Xiang Chen

“…This study presents a novel strategy to tackle tumor proliferation and enhance tumor response to chemotherapy, offering hope for reversing in drug resistance in cancerous lesions. …”
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Factors Affecting the Prognosis after Primary Tumor Resection for Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer with Synchronous Peritoneal Metastasis: A Multi-center, Prospective, Ob... by Satoru Kagami, Kimihiko Funahashi, Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Kenjiro Kotake, Masayasu Kawasaki, Yusuke Kinugasa, Hideki Ueno, Kotaro Maeda, Takeshi Suto, Michio Itabashi, Heita Ozawa, Fumikazu Koyama, Shingo Noura, Hideyuki Ishida, Masayuki Ohue, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Soichiro Ishihara, Keiji Koda, Hideo Baba, Kenji Kawada, Yojiro Hashiguchi, Takanori Goi, Yuji Toiyama, Naohiro Tomita, Eiji Sunami, Fumihiko Fujita, Jun Watanabe, Kenichi Hakamada, Goro Nakayama, Kenichi Sugihara, Yoichi Ajioka

“…Factors including age 75 years, rectal cancer, presence of liver metastasis, increased PCI, non-curative resection, and non-treatment with systemic chemotherapy are associated with a reduced survival benefit from PTR.…”
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MODERN TREATMENT OF METASTATIC MELANOMA: FROM STANDARDS TO AN INDIVIDUALIZED APPROACH IN REAL CLINICAL PRACTICE by N. V. Zhukova, R. V. Orlova, N. Yu. Antimonik, S. I. Kutukova, N. P. Belyak, N. V. Popova, S. P. Erdniev

“…Until recently, only ineffective chemotherapy regimens were available for such patients. …”
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Decitabine Compared with Low-Dose Cytarabine for the Treatment of Older Patients with Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Pilot Study of Safety, Efficacy, and Cost-Effectiven... by Linu A. Jacob, S. Aparna, K. C. Lakshmaiah, D. Lokanatha, Govind Babu, Suresh Babu, Sandhya Appachu

“…Cost per cycle of chemotherapy in INR was 24,200 for decitabine and 1,600 for low-dose cytarabine group. …”
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