Publications by authors named "Cacho D"
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- The study evaluated the safety and effectiveness of percutaneous endobiliary radiofrequency ablation (EB-RFA) for treating stubborn benign biliary strictures in 15 patients who had unsuccessful traditional treatments.
- Results showed a 100% technical success rate and an 87% clinical success rate after a median follow-up of 17 months, indicating significant improvement in patients’ conditions.
- The findings suggest that EB-RFA is a promising option for these strictures, though more extensive studies are needed for more conclusive evidence.
Purpose: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) patients has proven beneficial in overall survival. However, the optimal regimen is still a matter of debate.
Materials And Methods: In this retrospective analysis, we evaluate the results obtained in 42 patients treated in our center with 4 cycles of neoadjuvant dose-dense methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, and cisplatin (dd-MVAC) followed by radical cystectomy from August 2015 to October 2020.
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- Cancer patients with COVID-19 had to stop their treatments and went to the hospital more often than those without COVID-19.
- The study looked at 85 kidney cancer patients, comparing those who had COVID-19 while on different treatments.
- Even though COVID-19 caused treatment issues, it didn't seem to hurt the cancer outcomes for the patients.
Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been incorporated in the treatment of metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) upon platinum-based chemotherapy according to the positive results of large clinical trials. Nevertheless, results from unselected populations reflecting real-world data (RWD) are highly informative to the clinician. We reviewed daily clinical practice outcomes in patients with mUC who received atezolizumab in our institution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe first direct synthesis of beta-unsubstituted meso-decamethylcalix[5]pyrrole from pyrrole and acetone, with moderate yield, is described. The results showed that a bismuth salt was necessary to obtain calix[5]pyrrole, with the best results obtained using Bi(NO(3))(3).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate whether control of risk factors associated with worse results has improved graft survival, with respect of renal function quality and other factors influencing graft survival: recipient age, immunosuppressive therapy, cold ischemia time, acute tubular necrosis (ATN), acute rejection episodes (ARE) and 1-month creatinine levels.
Materials And Methods: Retrospective review of 147 patients who underwent kidney transplant between 1995 and 2001. Inclusion criteria were donor and recipient age older than 60 years, first renal transplant, follow-up period longer than 12 months, donor creatinine clearance higher than 75 mL/min, and less than 20% glomerulosclerosis observed in donor renal biopsy.
Living donor renal transplantation: prognostic factors on graft survival.
Transplant Proc
November 2005
Introduction: Living donor renal transplantation is a treatment option for patients on dialysis in view of the ever-growing transplantation waiting lists and the stagnation in the number of deceased donors.
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to provide retrospective review of our living donor kidney transplantation series (1978-2003) and analysis of graft survival prognostic factors.
Materials And Methods: Among 121 living donor transplantations, the donor mean age was 50.