Plasmablastic transformation of a double hit follicular lymphoma: An emerging entity by Shanaz Khodaiji, Vidisha Mahajan, Krishna Sawaimoon Satyakam, Pratibha Sudhan Kadam Amare

“…This unusual case presentation is a challenge for the treating physician with the patient becoming resistant to chemotherapy and succumbing to the disease within a few months of diagnosis. …”
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Embryonal Sarcoma of the Liver in an Adult Patient by Nicole Lightfoot, Mehrdad Nikfarjam

“…She was tumour-free on imaging at 6 months without adjuvant chemotherapy. An UES should be considered in the differential of large cystic hepatic lesions, with aggressive surgical resection considered when possible.…”
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Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Kidney Treated with Nephrectomy and Adjuvant Radiotherapy: A Case Report by Rita Marchese, Pantaleo Bufo, Giuseppe Carrieri, Giuseppe Bove

“…Although radical nephrectomy is the most beneficial curative choice for this neoplasm, patients are often treated with adjuvant chemotherapy due to high risk of local recurrence and distant metastases. …”
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Subepithelial Corneal Deposits Associated with Exemestane by Annahita Amireskandari, Elena Nguyen, David Hinkle, Thomas Mauger

“…This is a case report of corneal deposits noted in a 69-year-old female patient taking the aromatase inhibitor, exemestane, after undergoing a mastectomy and chemotherapy for breast cancer. The patient presented to our eye clinic for a new-onset floater in one eye, and bilateral subepithelial opacities were found incidentally on exam. …”
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Survival from Primary Abdominal Lymphoma Presenting with a Mass and Obstructive Jaundice by Hugh J Freeman, Andrew M Seal

“…Pathological evaluation of the mass revealed a localized abdominal lymphoma. Treatment with chemotherapy and radiation resulted in complete clinical remission (for almost 14 years at the last evaluation). …”
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The Role of Gemcitabine in the Treatment of Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer: A Systematic Review by Brian H Dingle, R Bryan Rumble, Melissa C Brouwers

“…The treatment of choice is surgery, dependent on detection at a resectable stage. No chemotherapy or radiotherapy options have shown substantial activity. …”
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HSV-1 Encephalitis in an Elderly Man Receiving Ibrutinib for Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia by Mark R. Wallace

“…Though ibrutinib has proven to be a revolutionary new small molecule agent, and has relatively minimal toxicity as compared to traditional chemotherapy, infections have emerged as a major complication of therapy. …”
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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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Progress on Development and Rehabilitation Mechanism of Upper Extremity Lymphedema after Radical Mastectomy by Na XIE, Jie JIA

“…The results showed that upper limb overload, trauma and infection were the most common causes of upper limb lymphedema, and surgical methods, postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy, tumor recurrence, obesity and so on were considered as related risk factors. …”
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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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