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Fatigue syndrome It is a clinical condition, linked to the oncological pathology, extremely widespread and in patients undergoing chemotherapy and / or radiotherapy it is common in 80% of patients. Literature stress the need for systematic studies in cancer populations with different types of cancer
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative disorder in which leukemic cells display the Philadelphia chromosome generated from a reciprocal t(9:22) (q34:q11) translocation.1 The chromosome 9 and chromosome 22 transposal of t (9:22) and (q34:q11) causes the cancer gene C-ABL at 9q34
INTRODUCTION Background Children Cancer in Pakistan: Millions of people are affected by cancer worldwide. Cancer is one of the major health problems in Pakistan . About 8,000 children below 18 year were diagnosed with cancer annually. Most children diagnosed in advance stage . In Pakistan 31%
Primary objectives
• Assess the overall quality of life (QoL) under treatment with pazopanib or physician-preferred chemotherapy after 9 weeks
Secondary objectives
- Assess the overall QoL under treatment with pazopanib compared with the physician's preference of chemotherapy three times in Cycle 1
Background
- Children and young adults diagnosed with a high-grade or high-risk cancer (e.g., diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, glioblastoma multiforme, relapsed-refractory leukemia, refractory metastatic sarcomas) face a poor prognosis given limited curative options.
- Recent research has indicated
Study description This is an observational study aimed to prospectively evaluate the long term morbidity of aggressive surgical approach to RSTS and the impact over the patients' quality of life. Consecutive patients candidate to surgery for primary RSTS will be offered to be enrolled. We plan to
This study was a single-arm, open-label, dose escalation phase 1 trial to determine the RP2Ds of AR-42 and pazopanib when given in combination to patients with advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) or Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS). Eligible patients had recurrent, unresectable, or metastatic RCC or STS
Purpose The main aim is to, in women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, explore how different training interventions impact physical capacity and psychological well being.
Research questions
- Does PA improve the ability to return to work after breast cancer treatment is completed?
- How do
Disease background:
MM is a plasma cell tumor. It accounted for an estimated 20,180 new cases of cancer and 11,170 deaths in the United States in 2010. With a prevalence of 23 per 100,000 people, MM is an orphan disease (prevalence <5:10,000). The median age at diagnosis is 60-65 years. Although MM
Background:
Trabectedin (ET-743) is a natural product derived from the marine tunicate Ecteinascidia turbinata. It binds to the minor groove of DNA and interacts with various transcription factors resulting in cell cycle arrest. It also inhibits transcription coupled nucleotide excision repair
BACKGROUND:
KSHV inflammatory cytokine syndrome (KICS) is a newly recognized syndrome caused by Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). It is characterized by severe inflammatory symptoms including fevers, wasting, cytopenias, hypoalbuminemia, and hyponatremia, associated in some cases with
Although the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART) may have greatly decreased the incidence of Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS) in resource rich settings, KS continues to be the most prevalent AIDS-defining malignancy in the world and carries with it significant morbidity and mortality[1]. Indeed, in a recent
Despite surgical excision and radiation therapy, approximately 50% of patients treated for localised STS will experience local or distant relapse.
Recurrent STS : current therapeutic strategies Although some patients may be salvaged with surgery, chemotherapy using doxorubicin-based regimens is in
Perifosine is an oral anticancer agent with limited toxicity and a novel mechanism of action that is distinctly different from cytotoxic chemotherapies. It has been shown to inhibit and otherwise modify signaling through a number of pathways including Akt, p21, and JNK. Perifosine has been tested in
Purpose. Although the prevalence of weight loss in HIV-infected individuals has decreased in the developed world with the availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy, it continues to be a significant problem worldwide, and in the USA. The pathophysiology of weight loss in HIV-infected