Background: Minimally invasive approaches for rectal cancer treatment are emerging as the standard of care. Robotic surgery is unfeasible across the country due to constrained resource allocation. This study aimed to assess the oncologic efficacy of laparoscopic resection for rectal cancer in a resource-limited setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, with increasing incidence and mortality rates. This case report presents a unique instance of a 66-year-old male patient with operable HCC who achieved a complete pathological response after short-term preoperative treatment with lenvatinib. The patient, with a history of diabetes and hypertension, was diagnosed with HCC and started on lenvatinib due to logistical reasons.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnoop TM The lack of data on management of elderly breast cancer patients' population makes most oncologists reluctant to treat them with the standard treatment protocols as advised for the younger patients. This study was done to identify the survival outcome and predictors of survival in elderly breast cancer patients treated with curative intent. Newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer aged more than 65 years who received treatment with curative intent were included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDespite the development of newer oncological treatment, the survival of patients with pancreatic cancer (PC) remains poor. Recent studies have identified exosomes as essential mediators of intercellular communications and play a vital role in tumor initiation, metastasis and chemoresistance. Thus, the utility of liquid biopsies using exosomes in PC management can be used for early detection, diagnosis, monitoring as well as drug delivery vehicles for cancer therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFT.M. Anoop The role of serum free light chain (FLC) as a prognostic biomarker in lymphoproliferative diseases is being increasingly studied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is an important serum tumour marker with a substantial role in diagnosis and monitoring of various solid tumours. About 36%-70% of breast cancers have elevated serum CEA. And the available studies show discrepancy in addressing the prognostic significance of CEA in advanced breast cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although rare, taxane-induced interstitial pneumonitis is a well-recognized toxicity following chemotherapy. Data on taxane rechallenge in patients who developed taxane-induced interstitial pneumonitis following chemotherapy are limited. Here, we share our experience of acute interstitial pneumonitis following taxane chemotherapy for breast cancer and its clinical outcome following steroids and subsequent rechallenge with taxanes in selected patients without residual lung abnormalities on imaging following steroid treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Neurosci Rural Pract
January 2022
Neoplastic meningitis (NM) is considered as a terminal event with poor prognosis. Its impact in clinical oncology is growing. To analyze the clinical outcome of patients with carcinoma breast diagnosed with NM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFinHer regimen is considered a relatively cardiac safe regimen for Her 2 positive breast cancer in resource-limited settings. There is limited data on cardiotoxicity of this regimen. Out of 1200 patients diagnosed with carcinoma breast during the study period, three hundred Her2-positive early-breast cancer patients received FinHer protocol were included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Systemic chemotherapy and targeted agents are associated with various cutaneous toxicities. Even though cutaneous toxicities are manageable, it often results in treatment discontinuation and worsens the patients' quality of life.
Aim: The study aimed to determine the spectrum of cutaneous toxicities in patients receiving systemic chemotherapy and targeted agents for breast cancer patients.
Indian J Surg Oncol
September 2018
Numb chin syndrome may be the manifestation of a local dental pathology or secondary to a systemic disease. A systematic physical examination with diagnostic workup is of utmost importance in patients presenting with numb chin syndrome. We report the case of a 58-year-old woman who presented with numb chin syndrome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAbdominal wall lesions can be broadly divided into nontumorous and tumorous conditions. Nontumorous lesions include congenital lesion, abdominal wall hernia, inflammation and infection, vascular lesions, and miscellaneous conditions like hematoma. Tumorous lesions include benign and malignant neoplasms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMyeloid and lymphoid hematological malignancies with eosinophilia and abnormalities of fibroblast growth factor receptor-1 (FGFR1) result from the formation of abnormal fusion genes that encode constitutively activated tyrosine kinases. The WHO classification (2008) of hematolymphoid neoplasms recognizes a category of myeloid and lymphoid neoplasms with eosinophilia and abnormalities of FGFR1. Here, we present the case of a 30-year-old-woman who was diagnosed with T-lymphoblastic lymphoma from lymph node biopsy and myeloproliferative neoplasm with eosinophilia from bone marrow studies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHere we report a case of primary splenic sarcoidosis presenting with isolated splenomegaly with multiple splenic nodules. The sarcoidosis was diagnosed and treated by splenectomy.
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July 2014
All-trans-retinoic acid is an integral part in the treatment strategy of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). Here we describe a case of pseudotumor cerebri associated with all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) during the induction therapy in an adult with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL).
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