mucositis/triglyceride

Chemotherapy-induced intestinal mucositis (CIM) is a principal reason for reduced living quality of patients undergoing chemotherapy. Growing evidence showed gut microbiota played an important role in the development of intestinal mucositis. Dihydrotanshinone I (DHTS) is a liposoluble extract of

Oncology treatment-related diarrhea and malnutrition appear together in oncological patients because of the disease itself, or the treatments that are administered for it. Therefore it is essential to carry out a nutritional treatment. Enteral nutrition formulas, containing peptides and medium chain

Acquired pure red cell aplasia (aPRCA) is a kind of anemia characterized by severe reticulocytopenia and obvious bone marrow erythroblastic cells decreased. Some patients are refractory or intolerant to the first-line therapy (cyclosporine A with/without steroids). The effects of the second-line

OBJECTIVE Temsirolimus (TEM) has recently shown activity (NCIC CTG phase II trial) in endometrial cancer (EC). Despite EC having a high rate of PTEN mutation, in this trial activity was independent of PTEN and other molecular markers. We explored whether treatment related toxicity occurring in cycle

Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS) is characterized by formation of recurrent benign tumors described as PTEN hamartoma of soft tissue that may contain fast flow vascular anomalies (FFVA). The purpose of this study is to review the temporal evolution and management

The patient who will undergo a bone marrow transplant (BMT) has a high protein catabolism in the time period after the infusion of the marrow, and therefore there is a need for an adequate nutritional support. The objective of our study is to analyze the behavior of nutritional assessment

The primary aim of the high-dose 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and leucovorin (LV; HDFL48) phase I study was to determine the maximum tolerated dose and dose-limiting toxicity of 5-FU and LV with modified tri-monthly 48-h continuous infusion of high-dose 5-FU/LV in patients with metastatic colorectal

Improvement of graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis remains an important goal in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Based on reports of possibly preferential properties of sirolimus, we compared the standard regimen of cyclosporine and methotrexate (n=106) with a combination of