Recent times have witnessed remarkable progress in cancer immunotherapy, drastically changing the cancer treatment landscape. Among the various immunotherapeutic approaches, adoptive cell therapy (ACT), particularly chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, has emerged as a promising strategy to tackle cancer. CAR-T cells are genetically engineered T cells with synthetic receptors capable of recognising and targeting tumour-specific or tumour-associated antigens.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcellular dermal matrices currently represent a useful reconstructive method in onco-dermatologic surgery. Nevertheless, they have some limitations, especially in terms of costs and outpatient post-operative wound care. While some studies on their cost-to-benefit ratio in breast surgery have already been issued, evidence is currently lacking in onco-dermatological surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a frequent chronic inflammatory skin condition primarily affecting areas rich in apocrine sweat glands, presenting with comedones, papules, nodules, and abscesses, as well as tunnels and hypertrophic scarring. Despite its prevalence and impact on quality of life, the pathogenesis of HS remains incompletely understood. Notably, its diagnosis often suffers from delays and misidentification, therefore an improved education for healthcare providers is mandatory.
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