Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease Presenting as an Extracranial Mass by Reuben J. Arasaratnam, Alejandro Restrepo

“…The patient was treated successfully with immunosuppression reduction, anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody therapy, and cytotoxic chemotherapy. Our case highlights the importance of recognizing soft tissue masses in the head and neck as a potential clinical manifestation of PTLD in solid organ transplant recipients.…”
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Progress on spinal cord stimulation in treatment of peripheral neuropathy by ZONG Yun⁃fei, DONG Tie⁃yan, BAO Min

“…Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a minimally invasive neuromodulation technique that has been widely applied and recognized for its efficacy in peripheral neuropathy such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), trigeminal neuralgia (TN), trigeminal postherpetic neuralgia, chemotherapy⁃induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), chronic groin pain, and lumbosacral radiculopathy syndrome. …”
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Cancer, Natural Products and Nanodrug Delivery Systems by Yong Sze Ong, Loh Teng-Hern Tan

“…This review presents a summary of the integration of nanotechnology and phytotherapy to achieve an improved pharmacological response and better clinical outcome in patients undergoing chemotherapy. …”
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Pembrolizumab Therapy Leading to Complete Remission for Recurrence of Pulmonary Metastases after their Resection and Radical Cystectomy following Gemcitabine and Cisplatin Therapy by Kyohei Ishida, Go Hasegawa, Takehisa Hashimoto, Yohei Ikeda, Noboru Hara, Tsutomu Nishiyama

“…New multiple lung metastases were revealed five months after adjuvant chemotherapy. On starting pembrolizumab therapy, the metastatic lesions are notably reduced in size. …”
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Dyspnea, Massive Effusion and Lytic Rib Lesion as Initial Presentation of Multiple Myeloma in a Young Man by Mohammed H AlShati, Ramesh Kumar, Shreeram Kannan

“…The patient demonstrated a good response to melphalan chemotherapy without recurrence of effusion or the need for additional chemical or surgical pleural interventions.…”
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Management of refractory postpneumonectomy empyema with bronchopleural fistula by Oleg Shamilevich Kesaev, Dmitry Borisovich Giller, Sergey Sergeevich Saenko, Elham Pahlevani, Lyudmila Petrovna Severova

“…A 39-year-old female has postoperative empyema with bronchial stump fistula (BSF) after pneumonectomy due to ineffective tuberculosis chemotherapy. Transpleural reamputation of the right main bronchial stump with simultaneous 8-rib thoracoplasty, 6 attempts at endobronchial valve implantation and thoracostomy have failed to cure BSF and empyema. …”
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Zosteriform cutaneous metastases: A rare occurrence in ductal carcinoma breast after mastectomy by Roshany Sakthibalan, Trishna Vaishali Muthurathinam, Roshni Menon

“…Here, we report a 55-year-old woman who had undergone modified radical mastectomy with adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy for carcinoma left breast with painful lesions over the left side of her chest and upper back in a zosteriform distribution. …”
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Merkel Cell Carcinoma: The Past, the Present, and the Future by Inamaria Erovic, Boban M. Erovic

“…Moreover, we will highlight the beginning of adjuvant therapeutic regimens with radiotherapy and chemotherapy and discuss the diagnostic work-up including imaging and histology of patients with Merkel cell carcinoma. …”
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Bleomycin-Induced Flagellate Erythema in a Patient Diagnosed with Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor by Stergios Boussios, Michele Moschetta, Jennifer McLachlan, Susana Banerjee

“…Flagellate linear hyperpigmentation can rarely be caused by the chemotherapy agent, bleomycin. Herein, we describe the case of a 20-year-old woman treated with bleomycin for an ovarian yolk sac tumor and review the prominent features of this form of dermatitis.…”
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A Schistosomiasis Model with Mating Structure by Longxing Qi, Jing-an Cui

“…Killing snails may be the preferred control measure. If we choose chemotherapy, we should use some drugs which are sufficient for reducing egg-associated pathology, since paired schistosomes are mostly harmful to definitive hosts.…”
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Relapse of Multiple Myeloma Presenting with Biliary Obstruction by Alan Coss, Chen Zhou, Michael F Byrne, Alan A Weiss

“…Resolution of the pancreatic mass and the associated biliary stricture was observed after radiation and chemotherapy.…”
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Left Kidney Undifferentiated Spindle Cell Sarcoma with Myeloid Cell Leukemia-1 Amplification: Therapeutic Response to Bortezomib, Venetoclax, and Dexamethasone Therapy by Cheng-Yu Tang, Chueh-Chuan Yen

“…The tumor showed primary resistance to chemotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors. Combination therapy of bortezomib, venetoclax, and dexamethasone demonstrated a positive response, resulting in a stable tumor condition for 6 months. …”
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Sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma in an adolescent male: A case report of an unusual neoplasm by Aashna Soman, P. H. Prasad, P. V. Ajayan

“…The tumor was completely removed by right total maxillectomy with orbital mess reconstruction, and postoperative radiotherapy with chemotherapy was given. The follow-up of the patient for 2 years has shown evidence of recurrence and is now on palliative care.…”
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Instant Abdominal Wall Reconstruction with Biologic Mesh following Resection of Locally Advanced Colonic Cancer by Oskay Kaya, Engin Olcucuoglu, Gaye Seker, Hakan Kulacoglu

“…The tumor in the right colon did not respond to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Surgical enbloc excision, including excision of the invasion in the abdominal wall, was achieved, and the defect was reconstructed with porcine dermal collagen mesh. …”
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Primary Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Testis by Takeshi Azuma, Yukihide Matayoshi, Yasushi Nagase

“…Computed tomography indicated involvement of the paraaortic and pelvic lymph nodes, so chemotherapy was initiated. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second paper regarding responsiveness to chemotherapies used in ovarian cancer.…”
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Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Rectum Coexistent with Giant Rectal Villous Adenoma Presenting as McKittrick-Wheelock Syndrome by Sammy G. Nakhla, Traci T. Murakami, Srinath Sundararajan

“…We report here the first reported case of a 55-year-old man with a large rectal villous adenoma coexistent with a poorly differentiated neuroendocrine tumor of rectum presenting with McKittrick-Wheelock Syndrome. Palliative chemotherapy resulted in complete resolution of symptoms and improved quality of life.…”
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Rectal Adenocarcinoma With Pagetoid Spread: A Novel Entity by Lefika Bathobakae, Pasha Shenasan, Aakash Trivedi, Ruhin Yuridullah, Sohail Qayyum, Abraham El-Sedfy

“…However, the patient declined further chemotherapy and the planned abdominal perineal resection with reconstruction, as it would require a permanent colostomy.…”
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Drug‐Induced Cauda Equina Syndrome in an 8‐Year‐Old Boy With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: An Uncommon Case Report by Marzieh Babaee, Mohsen Javadzadeh, Ali Hazeghi

“…Vigilant neurological monitoring is essential for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients receiving intrathecal chemotherapy.…”
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Lycopene improves on basic hematological and immunological parameters in diabetes mellitus by Ejike, Daniel Eze, Adam, Moyosore Afodun, Josephine, Kasolo, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…The aim of the study was to gain information on basic changes in hematological parameters as markers for safety since anemia as a complication in diabetic chemotherapy has been reported. Results: Lycopene had anti-anemic effects and improved on the immune status of diabetic rats and these obser- vations were dose independent. …”
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Lycopene improves on basic hematological and immunological parameters in diabetes mellitus by Ejike, Daniel Eze, Adam Moyosore, Afodun, Josephine, Kasolo, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…The aim of the study was to gain information on basic changes in hematological parameters as markers for safety since anemia as a complication in diabetic chemotherapy has been reported. Results: Lycopene had anti-anemic effects and improved on the immune status of diabetic rats and these observations were dose independent. …”
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