Primary Isolated Lymphoma of the Fourth Ventricle in an Immunocompetent Patient by Rakan Bokhari, Ahmad Ghanem, Mahmoud Alahwal, Saleh Baeesa

“…He received adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation and remained with no recurrence on regular imaging studies for 18-month followup. …”
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Successful Treatment of Severe Type B Lactic Acidosis in a Patient with HIV/AIDS-Associated High-Grade NHL by Marco Mejia, Ariel Perez, Harold Watson, Daniel Sanchez, Jorge Parellada, Mario Madruga, S. J. Carlan

“…The patient’s lactic acidosis resolved after starting chemotherapy, and a complete response was evident on PET-CT after a third cycle of rituximab, etoposide, prednisone, vincristine, cyclophosphamide, and doxorubicin (EPOC-RR). …”
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Histopathology and proteomics are synergistic for high-grade serous ovarian cancer platinum response prediction by Oz Kilim, Alex Olar, András Biricz, Lilla Madaras, Péter Pollner, Zoltán Szállási, Zsofia Sztupinszki, István Csabai

“…Abstract Patients with High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer (HGSOC) exhibit varied responses to treatment, with 20–30% showing de novo resistance to platinum-based chemotherapy. While hematoxylin-eosin (H&E)-stained pathological slides are used for routine diagnosis of cancer type, they may also contain diagnostically useful information about treatment response. …”
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A Rare Case of Tuberculosis with Sacrococcygeal Involvement Miming a Neoplasm by Walid Osman, Meriem Braiki, Zeineb Alaya, Thabet Mouelhi, Nader Nawar, Mohamed Ben Ayeche

“…The patient was treated with antibacillary chemotherapy for a period of 9 months. The follow-up period was of 36 months. …”
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Synergistic Apoptotic Effect of Crocin and Paclitaxel or Crocin and Radiation on MCF-7 Cells, a Type of Breast Cancer Cell Line by Faeze Vali, Vahid Changizi, Majid Safa

“…Background. Chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery are routine treatments of breast cancer. …”
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Delayed Healing of Tooth Extraction Sockets with Ramucirumab Use by Yosuke Iijima, Miki Yamada, Shunsuke Hino, Motohiko Sano, Takahiro Kaneko, Norio Horie

“…A 76-year-old male patient, who was diagnosed with gastric cancer with liver metastasis, received tooth extraction twice during continuous chemotherapy comprising paclitaxel and ramucirumab. Results. …”
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Mitral and tricuspid stenosis caused by light chain cardiac amyloid deposition by Varinder K. Randhawa, Sneha Vakamudi, Dermot M. Phelan, Christy J. Samaras, Jesse K. McKenney, Mazen Hanna, Antonio L. Perez

“…Worsening infiltrative cardiomyopathy and valvulopathy despite evidence‐based chemotherapy and heart failure pharmacotherapy led to end‐stage disease and death. …”
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Respiratory Failure Associated with Ascariasis in a Patient with Immunodeficiency by Lanocha Aleksandra, Zdziarska Barbara, Lanocha-Arendarczyk Natalia, Kosik-Bogacka Danuta, Guzicka-Kazimierczak Renata, Marzec-Lewenstein Ewa

“…In industrialized countries, risk groups for parasitic diseases include travelers, recent immigrants, and patients with immunodeficiency following chemotherapy and radiotherapy and AIDS. A 66-year-old Polish male was admitted in December 2012 to the Department of Haematology in a fairly good general condition. …”
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Epidemiology of Antibiotic Resistance in Culture-positive Hospitalized Patients in Selected Hospitals in Khartoum, Sudan by Nagwa M. El Amin, Einas A. Osman, Leena Al-Hassan, Ihab B Abdalrahman

“…Results were interpreted according to the standards of the British society of antimicrobial chemotherapy. Results: Eight bacterial species were isolated: Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus spp., Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas spp., Escherichia coli, Proteus spp., and Acinetobacter spp. …”
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Montelukast: More than a Cysteinyl Leukotriene Receptor Antagonist? by Gregory R. Tintinger, Charles Feldman, Annette J. Theron, Ronald Anderson

“…If so, montelukast is potentially useful in the chemotherapy of intermittent asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, and viral bronchiolitis, which, to a large extent, involve airway epithelial cell/neutrophil interactions. …”
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Factors associated with breast lymphedema after adjuvant radiation therapy in women undergoing breast conservation therapy by Summer Sami Yono, Cara Cannella, Madeleine Gonte, Sanjay Rama, Simeng Zhu, Jenna Luker, Maristella S. Evangelista, Jessica Bensenhaver, Eleanor M. Walker, Dunya Atisha

“…Conclusion: Patients with larger breast volumes, Black patients, those receiving chemotherapy, and those who develop arm lymphedema or cellulitis may be at higher risk of BL after lumpectomy and RT, suggesting that patients with these risk features may benefit from complementary or alternative surgical approaches and heightened monitoring to avoid BL.…”
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An aggregation-induced emission-active lysosome hijacker: Sabotaging lysosomes to boost photodynamic therapy efficacy and conquer tumor therapeutic resistance by Hang Zou, Pingping Wang, Zhihao Bai, Liping Liu, Jingtong Wang, Yanfang Cheng, Bairong He, Zujin Zhao, Lei Zheng

“…This ultimately causes severe cell damage and restores the sensitivity of tumor cells to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Thus, QM-DMAC serves as a highly efficient lysosome-targeting photosensitizer and an excellent therapeutic sensitizer. …”
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Curcumin-enhanced NIR-II-responsive gold nanobipyramids for targeted HSP 90 inhibition by Zhenying Diao, Youcheng Liang, Yong Liu, Dou Zhang, Long Qiu, Jianbo Sun, Qiaoyou Lu, Yanlei Liu, Daxiang Cui, Ting Yin

“…In vivo photoacoustic imaging-guided, GNBs-Cur achieved effective tumor elimination through mild-photothermal chemotherapy without systemic toxicity. Overall, this work provides a new therapeutic modality paradigm for potential NSCLC treatment on the basis of synergistic therapies.…”
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A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 study of Socazolimab or placebo combined with carboplatin and etoposide in the first-line treatment of extensive... by Zhiwei Chen, Jianhua Chen, Dingzhi Huang, Wei Zhang, Lin Wu, Tienan Yi, Qiming Wang, Liang Han, Liping Tan, Yinyin Li, Zhihong Zhang, Na Li, Jie li, Tongmei Zhang, Ying Hu, Hongmei Sun, Youhua Wu, Zhiyong He, Runxiang Yang, Peng Cheng, Xingya Li, Jianhua Shi, Guohua Yu, Daiyuan Ma, Benjamin Xiaoyi Li, Xiangrong Dai, Michael Wong, Yujie Li, Xiaohui Yu, Shun Lu, for the Socazolimab Study Group

“…Socazolimab combined with standard EC regimen chemotherapy for first-line treatment of ES-SCLC significantly prolonged overall survival and did not increase the safety risk of treatment.…”
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From skin to heart: The rare journey of pleomorphic dermal sarcoma metastasis by Maria Gabriela Matta, MD MSc, Dipesh Raniga, MD, Vinicius Carraro do Nascimento, MD, Gayle Therese Hill, BSc, Mohamed Nasser Essack, MD, Ian Agahari, MD

“…Advanced imaging revealed tumour invasion into the left atrium, leading to palliative chemotherapy and ultimately the patient's transition to palliative care 7 months after diagnosis. …”
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OPTIMIZING PERIOPERATIVE CARE FOR PERIHILAR CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA: THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT, NEOADJUVANT THERAPY, AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY by María Inés GAETE, José Donizeti de MEIRA JUNIOR, Soledad LOYOLA, Luís MENESES, Jorge DREYSE, Joaquín HEVIA, Eduardo BRICEÑO, Jorge MARTINEZ

“…METHODS: A comprehensive assessment and treatment strategy involving neoadjuvant therapy and interventional radiology techniques were implemented. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy was administered to reduce tumor size and improve resectability. …”
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An Unusual Presentation of Endometrial Cancer with Bilateral Adrenal Metastases at the Time of Presentation and an Updated Descriptive Literature Review by Maisie Ryan, Alexandros Laios, Darshana Pathak, Michael Weston, Richard Hutson

“…The patient received six neoadjuvant chemotherapy cycles with Carboplatin and Paclitaxel. …”
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Wickerhamomyces anomalous: A Rare Cause of Fungemia Causing Febrile Neutropenia in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Vibha Mehta, Aroop Mohanty, Suneeta Meena, J. S. Rahul, Nath Uttam Kumar, Debranjani Chattopadhyay, Anamika Bakliwal, Ranjana Choudhary, Pratima Gupta

“…One such organism, Wickerhamomyces anomalous, previously known as Pichia anomala (teleomorph stages of several Candida species), is increasingly being reported as a cause of fungemia in neonatal intensive care units and is now increasingly being reported in a lot of immunosuppressive conditions such as interstitial lung disease, endocarditis, enteritis, corticosteroids, and chemotherapy uptake. Though this yeast is ubiquitous in nature, systemic infections from isolated cases and sporadic outbreaks with high mortality have been reported in ICUs, which emphasize the importance to consider this fungus within the diagnostic possibilities. …”
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Metastatic Tumor of the Spermatic Cord in Adults: A Case Report and Review by Daisaku Hirano, Mizuho Ohkawa, Ryo Hasegawa, Norimichi Okada, Naoki Ishizuka, Yoshiaki Kusumi

“…Radical orchiectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 were performed. No recurrence was found after one year of follow-up. …”
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Multiple programmed cell death patterns predict the prognosis and drug sensitivity in gastric cancer by Qiying Song, Shihe Liu, Di Wu, Aizhen Cai

“…Additionally, drug sensitivity analysis indicated that patients with a high PCDS may exhibit resistance to immunotherapy and standard adjuvant chemotherapy regimens; however, they may benefit from the FDA-approved drug Dasatinib.ConclusionOverall, we confirmed that the PCDS is a prognostic risk factor and a valuable predictor of immunotherapy response in GC patients, which provides new evidence for the potential application of GC.…”
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