Infantile myofibromatosis treated by mandibulectomy and staged reconstruction with submental flap and free fibula flap: a case report by Alexandra Maby, Benoit Guay, François Thuot

“…The treatment required a succession of chemotherapy, a subtotal transoral resection and a hemi-mandibulectomy. …”
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Evaluation of the Relationship between Knowledge Level and Anxiety Level of Cancer Patients with Port Catheter by Buse Sekmen, Anita Karaca

“…Introduction: Complications related to port catheterization can be prevented or reduced in patients who are informed about port catheterization, and they can also experience less anxiety and fear.Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between the level of knowledge about port catheterization and the level of anxiety in cancer patients with port catheters, and to determine the factors affecting it.Method: The sample of this descriptive and correlation study consisted of 136 patients receiving chemotherapy. The data was collected by the Patient Information Survey, Port Catheterization Patient Information Survey, and the Beck Anxiety Inventory.Results: Of the patients, 15.4% received training before port catheterization and the physician gave 9.6% of the training. …”
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Recurrent Nasal-Type Extranodal Natural Killer/T-Cell Lymphoma with Meningeal Involvement by Sylvester Homsy, Ralph Kamel, Mark Raden, Yevgeniy Skaradinskiy

“…Different modalities of treatment such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy have been employed in the management of this disease. …”
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An Unusual Presentation of Tumor Lysis Syndrome in a Patient with Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma: Case Report and Literature Review by Danica Maria Vodopivec, Jose Enrique Rubio, Alessia Fornoni, Oliver Lenz

“…However, TLS rarely occurs with solid tumors, and here we present the second chemotherapy-induced TLS in a patient with advanced gastric adenocarcinoma to be reported in the literature. …”
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3 years survival of patients with multiple myeloma. by Julio Dámaso Fernández Águila, Alexander García Blay, Luis Alberto Corona Martínez, Maritza Cabrera Zamora, Leovaldo Prieto Jiménez., Tamara Guerra Alfonso

“…The 47,1% of the treated patients had a positive response to the chemotherapy. There were no alarming differences in response percentage and in survival among those who received Melfalan-prednisona and those who were treated with schemes that combined both drugs. …”
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Conservative Treatment of Uterine Cervical Adenocarcinoma in Pregnancy by Cid Almeida de Lima, Ana Cristina Macêdo Barcelos, Marina de Carvalho Paschoini, João Henrique do Amaral e Silva, Marcus Aurelho de Lima, Eddie Fernando Candido Murta, Rosekeila Simões Nomelini

“…We describe in this report the case of a pregnant woman with invasive cervical adenocarcinoma in stage IB1 (FIGO) initially treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy, followed by radical surgery and cesarean section in the same surgical procedure.…”
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Combination Effects of Docetaxel and Doxorubicin in Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer Cells by Eleftheria Tsakalozou, Allison M. Eckman, Younsoo Bae

“…The proposed DOC/DOX mixing ratios can be used to design combination drug cocktails or delivery systems to improve chemotherapy for cancer patients.…”
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Quality of Life in Painful Peripheral Neuropathies: A Systematic Review by Ayesha Girach, Thomas Henry Julian, Giustino Varrassi, Antonella Paladini, Athina Vadalouka, Panagiotis Zis

“…Other aetiologies of painful PN where QoL has been studied to date include gluten, immune-mediated, HIV, chemotherapy-induced, and chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy. …”
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Epithelioid Angiosarcoma Arising from a Huge Leiomyoma: A Case Report and a Literature Review by Takeya Hara, Ai Miyoshi, Yuji Kamei, Nao Wakui, Akiko Fujishiro, Serika Kanao, Hirokazu Naoi, Hirofumi Otsuka, Takeshi Yokoi

“…She received 6 courses of adjuvant chemotherapy with paclitaxel, epirubicin, and carboplatin, and there have been no signs of recurrence for 10 months.…”
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Immunotherapeutic Approaches in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: State of the Art and Future Perspectives by Karima Oualla, Loay Kassem, Lamiae Nouiakh, Lamiae Amaadour, Zineb Benbrahim, Samia Arifi, Nawfel Mellas

“…It accounts for 15%–20% of all breast cancers and is associated with an aggressive evolution and poor outcomes with the majority of recurrences and deaths occurring in the first 5 years. Chemotherapy remains the mainstay of treatment in the absence of effective targets, but the good understanding of immune tumor microenvironment, the identification of immune-related targets, and the role of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in TNBC has allowed to develop promising immunotherapeutic strategies for this unique subset of breast cancer. …”
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Triplet Therapy with PD-1 Blockade, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor, and DNA Methyltransferase Inhibitor Achieves Radiological Response in Refractory Double-Expressor Diffuse Large B... by Runhui Zheng, Xiaobo Chen, Chunyan Wang, Pengfei Qin, Huo Tan, Xiaodan Luo

“…The patient failed to respond to the 1st line (R-EPOCH: rituximab, etoposide, vincristine, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone), 2nd line (R-EPOCH + lenalidomide + ibrutinib), and a 3rd line chemotherapy combined with PD-1 inhibitor (sintilimab), decitabine, and GDP (gemcitabine, DDP, and dexamethasone). …”
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The Mitigating Effect of Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Fruit Extract against Genotoxicity Induced by Cyclophosphamide in Mice Bone Marrow Cells by Mohammad Shokrzadeh, Aroona Chabra, Farshad Naghshvar, Amirhossein Ahmadi

“…Therefore, it could be used concomitantly as a supplement to protect people undergoing chemotherapy.…”
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Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma of Urinary Bladder Occurring as a Second Primary Malignancy: A Case Report and Literature Review by Manint Usawachintachit, Piyada Sitthideatphaiboon, Voranuch Thanakit, Sulada Pukiat, Kamol Panumatrassamee, Julin Opanuraks, Apirak Santi-Ngamkun

“…We report a case of bladder alveolar soft part sarcoma in an 18-year-old Thai male patient who had been treated with testicular radiation and systemic chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia with testicular relapse. …”
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An Acute Transverse Myelitis Attack after Total Body Irradiation: A Rare Case by Muzaffer Keklik, Leylagul Kaynar, Afra Yildirim, Serdar Sivgin, Celalettin Eroglu, Serife Cingoz, Cigdem Pala, Bulent Eser, Mustafa Cetin, Ali Unal

“…Total body irradiation (TBI) combined with chemotherapy is widely used as a pretreatment regimen of bone marrow transplantation (BMT) in hematologic disorders. …”
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Symptomatic Hypoglycemia Related to Inappropriately High IGF-II Serum Levels in a Patient with Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor by Williams Fernandes Barra, Gilberto Castro, Ana Oliveira Hoff, Sheila A. C. Siqueira, Paulo M. Hoff

“…Disease progression was observed despite systemic chemotherapy. Six months after diagnosis, he developed severe hypoglycemia presented with seizures. …”
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Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A Diagnostic Challenge in the Oral Cavity by Mehmet Ali Altay, Alper Sindel, Öznur Özalp, Burak Kocabalkan, İrem Hicran Özbudak, Ramazan Erdem, Ozan Salim, Dale A. Baur

“…The patient underwent systemic chemotherapy with vinca alkaloids and corticosteroids. …”
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Long-Term Survivorship of Esophageal Cancer Patients Treated with Radical Intent by Alex Agranovich, Colleen E McGahan, Anagha Gurjal

“…Seventy-seven patients were treated with radiation therapy (RT) only and 61 with combined regimens (CRT), in which RT was combined with either radical surgery or chemotherapy, or both. The overall survival of the entire cohort was 32% over two years and 20% over five years. …”
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Biomarker panel for early detection of uterine cancer by Nemali Deepthi Deepthi Priya, NANDA KUMAR K V, DEVARAJAPPAGARI BINDU, KASIREDDY LIKHITHA, MEKALA SIVA CHARANI

“…Various treatments modalities, including surgery, Chemotherapy, targeted therapies are examined. In conclusion, early detection through biomarkers like P53, K-RAS, HER2/neu, PTEN, Serum CA-125 holds great promise for early diagnosis and treatment advancements, and offering hope for improved outcomes and a better quality of life for patients in the future. …”
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Targeting epithelial-mesenchymal transition signaling pathways with Dietary Phytocompounds and repurposed drug combinations for overcoming drug resistance in various cancers by A.N.K.V. Sravani, John Thomas

“…It enhances the ability of cancer cells' to self-renew and initiate tumors, while also increasing resistance to apoptosis and chemotherapy. Among the signaling pathways a few signaling pathways such as Notch, TGF-beta, and Wnt-beta catenin are critically involved in the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) acquisition. …”
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A Lifelong Smoker with Hypopituitarism: Rethinking the Hypothesis of a Tumor in the Hypophysis by Nestoras Mathioudakis, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Roberto Salvatori, Shehzad Basaria

“…The patient received chemotherapy, but died 18 months later due to widespread brain metastases. …”
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