Publications by authors named "April Chiu"

Purpose: To identify barriers and enablers of an exercise-based prehabilitation service for surgical patients with breast cancer and medical professionals in a regional healthcare setting.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was distributed to patients with breast cancer and medical professionals from regional populations. Surveys included closed and open-ended responses.

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Primary testicular diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (PT-DLBCL) is a rare and aggressive lymphoma with molecular heterogeneity not well characterize. In this study, we performed next-generation sequencing analysis for a large number of DNA and RNA samples from patients with PT-DLBCL. DNA sequencing analysis identified ≥ 3 chromosomes with copy number variations (CNVs) and microsatellite instability as prognostic biomarkers, rather than mutations and genetic subtypes.

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  • Deficient DNA mismatch repair (dMMR) serves as a biomarker indicating a better response to PD-1 blockade immunotherapy in solid tumors, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
  • In a study involving a large cohort of DLBCL patients, genetic dMMR was found infrequently and linked to a more favorable immune microenvironment but did not show a strong prognostic impact.
  • Additionally, while phenotypic dMMR was also rare, its presence correlated with increased T cell activity, suggesting that PD-1 T cells may selectively target tumor cell subsets with dMMR, which has implications for the efficacy of immunotherapy in DLBCL.
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  • - Salivary gland amyloidosis is rarely diagnosed, with most research focusing on minor salivary glands instead of major ones; this study analyzed 57 cases using a proteomics method from 2010 to 2022.
  • - The biopsies were conducted for various reasons, including suspected amyloidosis, lesions, swelling, and ruling out Sjogren syndrome, with many cases showing concurrent conditions like chronic sialadenitis and different types of lymphoma.
  • - The study identified three types of amyloidosis, with the immunoglobulin light chain (AL) type being the most common; understanding the different patterns of amyloid deposits is crucial for effective treatment and prognosis.
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Background: Glomerulopathy with fibrillary deposits is not uncommon in routine nephropathology practice, with amyloidosis and fibrillary glomerulonephritis being the two most frequently encountered entities. Renal amyloid heavy and light chain (AHL) is relatively uncommon and its biopsy diagnosis is usually limited to cases that show strong equivalent staining for a single immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy chain and a single light chain, further supported by mass spectrometry (MS) and serum studies for monoclonal protein. But polyclonal light chain staining can pose a challenge.

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  • The study aimed to analyze the prevalence of different types of amyloids in the urinary tract and prostate, as well as the frequency of related systemic amyloidosis.
  • Researchers examined 150 prostate specimens and 767 urinary tract specimens from 2008 to 2020, using a proteomics-based method and reviewing clinical data for a subset of patients.
  • Results showed that over 40% of patients had systemic amyloidosis, with specific amyloid types being more common in respective locations, highlighting the importance of early detection and accurate identification for effective treatment.
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  • * Analyzing data from 269 DLBCL patients, the researchers found that higher TIL-B abundance correlates with better patient survival and distinct gene expression profiles, indicating a strong association with positive immune responses.
  • * The findings suggest that TIL-B frequency serves as a robust prognostic biomarker, exceeding previous classifications, and highlights the importance of TIL-Bs in guiding DLBCL treatment strategies.
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The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a common site of amyloidosis, but the incidence, clinicopathologic features, and systemic implications of different types of GI amyloidosis are not well understood. GI amyloid specimens (N = 2511) typed using a proteomics-based method between 2008 and 2021 were identified. Clinical and morphologic features were reviewed in a subset of cases.

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The spleen is a commonly encountered specimen in surgical pathology. However, little is known about the incidence, morphologic pattern, and clinical features of spleens involved by amyloidosis. We retrospectively identified 69 spleen amyloid cases typed using a proteomics-based method between 2008 and 2020.

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  • β2-microglobulin amyloidosis is a protein deposition disease first noted in the 1980s, with recent identification of inherited mutations in the β2-microglobulin gene, including a novel variant known as P32L linked to hereditary cases.
  • The study involved a Portuguese family with multiple members affected by cardiomyopathy and other systemic issues, highlighting the impact of the P32L variant through biochemical comparisons with other β2-microglobulin mutations.
  • Findings revealed that the P32L mutation was due to a specific dinucleotide alteration, leading to its exclusive accumulation in amyloid deposits and demonstrating its instability and tendency to form harmful oligomeric structures, emphasizing its central role in amyloid disease development.
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Background: Access to exercise therapy for cancer survivors is poor. Professional development to support exercise professionals in delivering these interventions is needed. Few online resources exist for exercise professionals to address this issue.

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Rearrangement of the EWSR1 gene (22q12.2) is a well-recognized genetic lesion in bone and soft tissue tumors. However, few reports have suggested that EWSR1 rearrangements may also occur in the setting of hematopoietic tumors.

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Background: Bone marrow biopsy is common in patients suspected of having systemic AL amyloidosis. However, little is known about the incidence, morphology and clinical phenotype of non-AL amyloid types in bone marrow.

Methods: We retrospectively identified  = 1469 bone marrow amyloid biopsies typed using a proteomics-based method between 2008-2020.

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  • * This predictive model was validated with independent patient groups and revealed that TP53 mutations are the only independent factor linked to prognosis.
  • * The new stratification method aims to help identify patients who might not respond well to standard treatments like R-CHOP, allowing for more personalized therapy options and targeted clinical trials.
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Purpose: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is molecularly and clinically heterogeneous, and can be subtyped according to genetic alterations, cell-of-origin, or microenvironmental signatures using high-throughput genomic data at the DNA or RNA level. Although high-throughput proteomic profiling has not been available for DLBCL subtyping, MYC/BCL2 protein double expression (DE) is an established prognostic biomarker in DLBCL. The purpose of this study is to reveal the relative prognostic roles of DLBCL genetic, phenotypic, and microenvironmental biomarkers.

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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common type of lymphoma with high mutation burdens but a low response rate to immune checkpoint inhibitors. In this study, we performed targeted next-generation sequencing and fluorescent multiplex immunohistochemistry, and investigated the clinical significance and immunological effect of mutation numbers in 424 DLBCL patients treated with standard immunochemotherapy. We found that and nonsynonymous mutations (MUT) were significantly associated with increased nonsynonymous mutation numbers, and that high mutation numbers (MUT) were associated with significantly poorer clinical outcome in germinal center B-cell-like DLBCL with wild-type .

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Objective: To systematically review the effect of core stability exercises in addition to usual care physiotherapy on patient outcomes after stroke.

Data Sources: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health, MEDLINE, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), PubMed, and EMBASE were searched to November 2018.

Study Selection: Eleven randomized controlled trials that compared usual care physiotherapy with usual care physiotherapy with additional core stability exercises in people with stroke were included.

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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the major type of aggressive B-cell lymphoma. High-grade B-cell lymphoma (HGBCL) with / double-hit (DH) represents a distinct entity with dismal prognosis after standard immunochemotherapy in the current WHO lymphoma classification. However, whether mutation synergizes with MYC abnormalities ( rearrangement and/or Myc protein overexpression) contributing to HGBCL-like biology and prognosis is not well investigated.

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Systemic immune microenvironment signatures in CMML indicate an altered T- and natural killer cell balance. CMML bone marrow dendritic cell aggregates associate with disease progression and systemic regulatory T-cell phenotypic switch.

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The XPO1 inhibitor selinexor was recently approved in relapsed/refractory DLBCL patients but only demonstrated modest anti-DLBCL efficacy, prompting us to investigate the prognostic effect of XPO1 in DLBCL patients and the rational combination therapies in high-risk DLBCL. High XPO1 expression (XPO1) showed significant adverse prognostic impact in 544 studied DLBCL patients, especially in those with BCL2 overexpression. Therapeutic study in 30 DLBCL cell lines with various molecular and genetic background found robust cytotoxicity of selinexor, especially in cells with BCL2-rearranged (BCL2-R) DLBCL or high-grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC/BCL2 double-hit (HGBCL-DH).

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Primary breast lymphoma (PBL) should be distinguished from secondary breast lymphoma arising in the setting of lymphoma elsewhere in the body. Multimodality imaging is key to diagnosing PBL, and imaging manifestations thereof may indicate PBL and alter the treatment course. Treatment options including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and/or surgery depend on histology.

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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a heterogeneous entity of B-cell lymphoma. Cell-of-origin (COO) classification of DLBCL is required in routine practice by the World Health Organization classification for biological and therapeutic insights. Genetic subtypes uncovered recently are based on distinct genetic alterations in DLBCL, which are different from the COO subtypes defined by gene expression signatures of normal B cells retained in DLBCL.

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