Publications by authors named "Cassia Griswold"
Background: Neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase () gene fusions are rare oncogenic drivers prevalent in 0.3% of solid tumors. They are most common in salivary gland cancer (2.
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- The IDEA collaboration aimed to determine if 3 months of adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer was as effective as the standard 6-month treatment, but it failed to meet its main goal while showing promise in subgroup analyses.
- Between January 2016 and January 2021, a study found that after the IDEA findings were released, the use of the 3-month chemotherapy regimen increased significantly among patients.
- The analysis revealed that the CAPOX regimen (capecitabine/oxaliplatin) usage jumped from 14% to 48% after IDEA's presentation, and this increase was consistent regardless of patients' cancer risk levels.
Adenosquamous carcinoma is a rare type of non-small cell lung cancer associated with advanced disease and poor prognosis. There is limited data for the management of mixed histology disease in elderly or frail patients. A 79-year-old woman with no smoking history presented with a right upper lobe lung mass on chest x-ray.
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