Publications by authors named "Carmen Munoz-Sanchez"

Background: Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides are persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that had been banned or restricted in many countries, including Spain. However, their ubiquity still poses environmental and human health threats.

Objective: To longitudinally explore public healthcare costs associated with long-term exposure to a mixture of 8 POPs in a cohort of residents of two areas of Granada Province, Southern Spain.

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The development and commercialization of cell therapy drugs with  chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T) represent a new challenge for  Spain's hospital pharmacy. The aim of this article is to review the key  aspects of these medicines and to describe the oncohematological  pharmacist's role within the multidisciplinary clinical team. This includes  the different phases in the transversal process that involves a therapy  with CAR-T medicines, ranging from indication to short and long term  follow-up of patients treated with this type of therapy, and emphasizing  on the management of its main adverse effects.

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Docetaxel is a semi-synthetic taxane with cytotoxic anti-neoplastic activity and, currently used as anticancer agent in several types of cancer. Docetaxel is highly bound to plasma proteins, and this significantly determines its clearance and activity. Therefore, measurement of free docetaxel in plasma is pharmacologically important when pharmacokinetics is investigated.

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Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the screening strategy (quantitative immunological test vs biochemical test) in a population-based screening program for colorectal cancer (CRC) in Catalonia.

Methods: The fourth round of a screening program for CRC with a fecal occult blood test was implemented in Hospitalet de Llobregat during 2008-2010. A biochemical test was offered to 50,227 individuals and a quantitative immunological test was offered to 12,707 individuals.

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