Observing Durable Responses and a Prolonged Survival Tail in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Portal Vein Invasion Treated with Y90 Radioembolization
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DOI: 10.1007/s00270-020-02541-2
Abstract: One complication of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), portal vein thrombosis (PVT), portends a particularly poor prognosis and typically excludes patients from transplant or resection eligibility [1]. While current guidelines recommend effective treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors,… read more here.
Keywords: y90; treatment; prolonged survival; tail ... See more keywords
Insidious enemy: downside to prolonged survival in prostate cancer
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DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-220613
Abstract: An 83-year-old man, a prostate cancer survivor of 10 years with multiple vertebral metastases presented with sudden onset of double vision. On examination he was found to have an isolated partial left abducens palsy with… read more here.
Keywords: prostate cancer; prolonged survival; cancer; enemy downside ... See more keywords
Prolonged survival in a patient with a cervical spine H3K27M-mutant diffuse midline glioma
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DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-231424
Abstract: We report a case of prolonged survival in a patient with known cervical intramedullary H3K27M-mutant diffuse midline glioma. A 39-year-old man presented for evaluation with several months of progressive upper extremity pain and weakness. MRI… read more here.
Keywords: survival patient; midline glioma; diffuse midline; prolonged survival ... See more keywords
Neuroendocrine carcinoma of vagina with prolonged survival
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DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2022-252031
Abstract: We report the case of a woman in her 70s with a stage IVA small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the vagina. The patient started chemotherapy with cisplatin and etoposide followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy and adjuvant… read more here.
Keywords: prolonged survival; neuroendocrine carcinoma; vagina prolonged; carcinoma vagina ... See more keywords
Chorea, psychosis, acanthocytosis, and prolonged survival associated with ELAC2 mutations
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DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000006320
Abstract: Biallelic mutations in the elaC ribonuclease Z 2 (ELAC2) gene cause a rare mitochondrial disease, the main features of which are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, delayed psychomotor development, and usually death during childhood.1 Only 20 families have… read more here.
Keywords: psychosis acanthocytosis; prolonged survival; acanthocytosis prolonged; chorea psychosis ... See more keywords
Are there clinical factors that can predict prolonged survival of patients receiving olaparib as maintenance therapy for BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer?
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DOI: 10.21037/tcr.2019.12.102
Abstract: Ovarian cancer is highly prevalent and the second most deadly gynecological cancer (1). It is estimated that globally in the year 2018 there were 295,414 new cases and 184,799 deaths because of this disease. Epithelial… read more here.
Keywords: clinical factors; prolonged survival; ovarian cancer; cancer ... See more keywords
Prolonged survival in the absence of disease-recurrence in advanced-stage follicular lymphoma following chemo-immunotherapy: 13-year update of the prospective, multicenter randomized GITMO-IIL trial
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DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2018.209932
Abstract: A prospective trial conducted in the period 2000-2005 showed no survival advantage for high-dose chemotherapy with rituximab and autograft (R-HDS) versus conventional chemotherapy with rituximab (CHOP-R) as first-line therapy in 134 high-risk follicular lymphoma patients… read more here.
Keywords: complete remission; year; remission; follicular lymphoma ... See more keywords
Persistent Response and Prolonged Survival Following Pembrolizumab Discontinuation Due to Long-Lasting Autoimmune Colitis in Advanced NSCLC: A Case Report
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DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.670415
Abstract: Pembrolizumab is a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) inhibitor that has been approved for treatment of a wide variety of malignancies including non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Immune-mediated colitis is a known adverse effect of pembrolizumab which… read more here.
Keywords: case; advanced nsclc; colitis; prolonged survival ... See more keywords
Prolonged Survival Following Treatment of Histiocytic Sarcoma of the Canine Urinary Bladder.
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DOI: 10.5326/jaaha-ms-7100
Abstract: A 9 yr old castrated male miniature schnauzer was diagnosed histopathologically with a mucosal histiocytic sarcoma of the urinary bladder apex, biopsied at the time of surgical cystotomy. Sequential adjuvant chemotherapy, including both lomustine (discontinued… read more here.
Keywords: survival following; histiocytic sarcoma; urinary bladder; prolonged survival ... See more keywords