Efficacy of Carfilzomib, Lenalidomide, and Dexamethasone for Extramedullary Intracranial Localization of Multiple Myeloma by Giuseppe Mele, Domenico Pastore

“…The salvage program with KRd regimen determines a second biochemical and haematological remission and a gradual reduction in size of the extramedullary intracranial soft-tissue even in the absence of local aggressive radiotherapy, suggesting that carfilzomib and lenalidomide together could be effective also in this critical situation.…”
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Primary Cutaneous Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Upper Limb: Double Hit/Double Expressor with CNS Involvement: From Hospice to Remission by Brenda S. Castillo, Maria L. Rodriguez, Ju-Hsien John Chao, Behyar Zoghi

“…The patient decided to continue with skin and crainospinal radiotherapy and intrathecal chemotherapy; she achieved complete remission. …”
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Bladder Cancer Invading the Prostate and Penis and Multiple Bone Metastases Showing Significant Improvement after a Short-Term Pembrolizumab Therapy following Radiation and Gemcita... by Kyohei Ishida, Akira Ogose, Gen Kawaguchi, Go Hasegawa, Yohei Ikeda, Noboru Hara, Tsutomu Nishiyama

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Salvage Therapy for Refractory Aids-Related Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma by Hugo Ferro, Eduardo Parino

“…He underwent whole brain radiotherapy achieving complete response. Six cycles of consolidating immunochemotherapy with rituximab-temozolomide were administered after radiation. …”
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A Rare Case of a Pure Testicular Seminoma Presenting 7 Years after a Pineal Germinoma by Usman Najeeb Bhatty, Mohammed Hayat Ashrafi, Caroline Mary Nicholson, Ahsanul Haq

“…A 37-year-old gentleman presented to urology after previously being treated for a pineal germinoma with steroids and radiotherapy. On routine followup, he described symptoms of a testicular seminoma. …”
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Unusual Extramedullary Plasmacytoma: A Rare but Possible Cause of Lymphadenopathy in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia by S. P. Chantepie, Q. Cabrera, J. B. Mear, V. Salaun, E. Lechapt-Zalcman, M. Macro

“…CLL front-line therapy was ineffective leading to adenectomy and diagnosis of concomitant extramedullary plasmacytoma. Radiotherapy did not result in the disappearance of lymphadenopathy. …”
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Thoracic Radionecrosis Following Repeated Cardiac Catheterization by Borut Banic, Bernhard Meier, Andrej Banic, Christian Weinand

“…Radiodermatitis is a known complication in patients having undergone radiotherapy. It usually appears 2 to 5 years after irradiation. …”
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Cholangiocarcinoma: A Decade's Experience at a Community-Based University Hospital by Andrew Szilagyi, Benjamin Mitmaker, Esther Lamoureux

“…In a small subgroup of surgically treated patients who received either radiotherapy or postoperative drainage, survival seemed to be better.…”
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New Insights in the Management of Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia in a Patient with Prolactinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Elvis Henrique Santos Andrade, Pedro Mario Pan, Paula F. Ramalho da Silva, Ary Gadelha

“…Symptomatic prolactinomas are treated mainly by dopamine agonists; surgery and radiotherapy are options for nonresponders. Schizophrenia treatment is based on antipsychotics, which acts mainly at serotonergic and dopaminergic systems. …”
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Single-Agent Thalidomide for Treatment of Malignant Paraganglioma of the Organ of Zuckerkandl by Mackenzie L. Shindorf, Prabir K. Chaudhuri

“…Current therapeutic options include surgical resection, chemotherapy (CVD therapy), MIBG-radiotherapy, somatostatin analogues, and combination targeted therapies such as temozolomide and thalidomide. …”
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Intracystic Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Breast: A Challenging Diagnosis by Vera Ramos, João Fraga, Teresa Simões, Margarida Figueiredo Dias

“…The patient received 6 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy and adjuvant radiotherapy. Four years later, the patient is free of disease.…”
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Case report: Primary cardiac undifferentiated sarcoma complicated by esophagus stenosis by Yuxin Ge, Xiaopan Lv, Rui Zhang, Dongxiao Hao, Guifei Si, Yuquan Li, Xuemin Yuan, Xiuping Li

“…Following postoperative treatment that included radiotherapy and immunotherapy, the patient developed esophagus stenosis.…”
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Effectiveness and Safety of Treatments for Early‐Stage Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomized and Non‐Randomized Studies by Yves Paul Vincent Mbous, Rowida Mohamed, Usha Sambamoorthi, Murtuza Bharmal, Khalid M. Kamal, Traci LeMasters, Joanna Kolodney, George A. Kelley

“…ABSTRACT Objective The lack of consensus on the benefits and harms of standard therapies, including surgery (SRx), radiotherapy (RTx), chemotherapy (CTx), and their combinations among early‐stage MCC, prompted this study. …”
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Development of a Novel Clinical Classification for Radiation-induced Cystitis: The Portuguese Navy Radiation-induced Cystitis (PNRC) Scale by Tiago Ribeiro de Oliveira, Carla D’Espiney Amaro, Sérgio Henriques Pereira, Afonso Sousa Castro, Pedro Gomes Monteiro, João Cardoso Felício, Guilherme Bernardo, João Chambino, José Palma dos Reis, Chandra Shekhar Biyani

“…Background and objective: Radiation-induced cystitis (RIC) is an important consequence of pelvic radiotherapy that can cause high morbidity and, in extreme cases, mortality. …”
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An initial benchmark of the quality of the diagnosis and surgical treatment of breast cancer in South Africa by S Nietz, H Cubasch, I Buccimazza, S Čačala, B Phakathi, M Joffe, W C C Chen, S Norris, P Ruff

“…Rates of multidisciplinary team discussion (72.2%), radiotherapy (66.7%) and sentinel node biopsy (39.6%) showed wide cross-site variance. …”
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Assessment of the efficacy of palliative sedation in advanced cancer patients by evaluating discomfort levels: a prospective, international, multicenter observational study by Maaike Rijpstra, Kris Vissers, Alazne Belar, Michael Van der Elst, Séverine Marie Surges, Claudio Adile, Rocío Rojí, Yasmine Grassi, Ewald Bronkhorst, Sebastiano Mercadante, Lukas Radbruch, Johan Menten, Carlos Centeno, Evelien Kuip, Jeroen Hasselaar

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Prognostic factors of thalamic and thalamopeduncular low-grade gliomas in children: A systematic review and recommendations for surgical management by Jana Táborská, Adéla Bubeníková, Petr Skalický, Jakub Táborský, David Horváth, Michal Zápotocký, Ondřej Bradáč, Vladimír Beneš, 3rd

“…The prognostic factors reported were the extent of resection in ten studies, age and radiotherapy in four studies, bilateral involvement and molecular genetics in two studies, and sex and dissemination in one study each. …”
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Optimising (re-)irradiation for locally recurrent head and neck cancer: impact of dose-escalation, salvage surgery, PEG tube and biomarkers on oncological outcomes—a single centre... by Julia Katharina Schleifenbaum, Janis Morgenthaler, Shachi Jenny Sharma, Jens Peter Klußmann, Philipp Linde, Simone Wegen, Johannes Rosenbrock, Christian Baues, Emmanouil Fokas, Richard Khor, Sweet Ping Ng, Simone Marnitz, Maike Trommer

“…Results 62% of patients were radiotherapy-naïve (initial RT group) while 38% were re-irradiated at site of LR (re-RT group). …”
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Amelanotic Melanoma Masquerading as a Granular Cell Lesion by Deepak Pandiar, Shaini Basheer, P. M. Shameena, S. Sudha, Lakshmi J. Dhana

“…The tumor was surgically excised, and postsurgical radiotherapy was given.…”
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Disturbances in the Mechanism of Apoptosis as One of the Causes of the Development of Cancer Diseases by Paweł Rusin, Karolina Jabłońska

“…As a result, cancer cells will be resistant to the applied chemo- and radiotherapy. The mechanisms responsible for apoptosis regulation are impaired, what eliminates the effects of therapies aimed at initiating this type of cell death. …”
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