Publications by authors named "D K Ziegler"
Background: Esophageal cancer has a poor prognosis despite treatment advancements. Although the benefit of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by adjuvant immunotherapy is evident, the effects of CRT on PD-L1 expression in esophageal cancer are not well understood. This study examines the impact of neoadjuvant CRT on PD-L1 surface expression in esophageal cancer both and considering its implications for immunotherapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Due to their anatomical locations, optic pathway gliomas (OPGs) can rarely be cured by resection. Given the importance of preserving visual function, we analyzed radiological and visual acuity (VA) outcomes for the type II RAF inhibitor tovorafenib in the OPG subgroup of the phase 2 FIREFLY-1 trial.
Methods: FIREFLY-1 investigated the efficacy (arm 1, n=77), safety, and tolerability (arms 1/2) of tovorafenib (420 mg/m2 once weekly; 600 mg maximum) in patients with BRAF-altered relapsed/refractory pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG).
Article Synopsis
- Distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSPN) is a prevalent neurological condition affecting older adults and those with obesity or diabetes, leading to significant health issues.
- The Interpretable Multimodal Machine Learning (IMML) framework was used to predict the prevalence and incidence of DSPN by analyzing a diverse set of data from over 1,000 participants, including clinical, genomic, and metabolomic information.
- Results showed that while clinical data alone could differentiate DSPN cases, combining it with additional molecular data improved prediction accuracy and identified potential biomarkers related to inflammation and fatty acid metabolism, offering new insights for treatment and prevention strategies.
Adenomyosis is an important clinical condition with uncertain prevalence, and clinical focus on adenomyosis in patients undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) has increased during recent years. Recognizing the limited clinical knowledge on the impact of adenomyosis on ART outcomes, the First Lugano Adenomyosis Workshop was a symposium involving experts in the field of adenomyosis, covering basic research, imaging, surgery and infertility to highlight current advances and future research areas over a wide range of topics related to adenomyosis. Adenomyosis is characterized by altered oestrogen and progesterone signalling pathways.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: TRK fusions are detected in less than 2% of central nervous system tumors. There are limited data on the clinical course of affected patients.
Experimental Design: We conducted an international retrospective cohort study of patients with TRK fusion-driven CNS tumors.