Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud
April 2023
Infantile fibrosarcoma is the most common soft-tissue sarcoma in children under the age of 1 yr and is defined molecularly by fusion proteins. This tumor is known to be locally invasive; however, although rare, metastases can occur. The fusion acts as a driver for tumor formation, which can be targeted by first- and second-generation inhibitors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLessons Learned: Using a randomized crossover design and continuous variables such as change in hearing threshold and biomarkers of acute renal injury as short-term endpoints, it was determined that pantoprazole, an organic cation transporter 2 inhibitor, did not ameliorate cisplatin-associated nephrotoxicity or ototoxicity.Cystatin C is a robust method to estimate glomerular filtration rate in patients with cancer. Using a patient-reported outcome survey, all patients identified tinnitus and subjective hearing loss occurring "at least rarely" after cycle 1, prior to objective high-frequency hearing loss measured by audiograms.
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