Background: Malignant peripheral nerve-sheath tumor (MPNST) is rare, occurring in approximately 0.001% of the general population. Cases involving cranial nerves, and particularly the trigeminal nerve (V), are exceptionally rare, with only 36 cases reported in a literature review in 2013.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAsylum medicine clinics that train clinicians to conduct forensic medical and mental health evaluations (FME) have proliferated in the United States, but there is still significant unmet need in training. We created a 12-week curriculum to develop the core skills needed to conduct effective, trauma-informed FME. Our course used a "flipped classroom" model; participants reviewed didactics in advance from a national, peer-reviewed training program, the Asylum Medicine Training Initiative, and used in-class time for case-based practice as experiential learning.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate efficacy, safety and tolerability of the first-in-class, anti-CCL17 monoclonal antibody, GSK3858279, in treating knee osteoarthritis (OA) pain.
Methods: This was a phase I, randomised, placebo-controlled, two-part, proof-of-mechanism and proof-of-concept study. In part A, healthy participants were randomised 3:1 to receive GSK3858279 as either single intravenous (0.
Pharmaceuticals (Basel)
September 2024
Gliomas, the most common type of primary malignant brain tumors in adults, pose significant challenges in diagnosis and management due to their heterogeneity and potential aggressiveness. This review evaluates the utility of O-(2-[F]fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine ([F]FET) positron emission tomography (PET), a promising imaging modality, to enhance the clinical management of gliomas. We reviewed 82 studies involving 4657 patients, focusing on the application of [F]FET in several key areas: diagnosis, grading, identification of IDH status and presence of oligodendroglial component, guided resection or biopsy, detection of residual tumor, guided radiotherapy, detection of malignant transformation in low-grade glioma, differentiation of recurrence versus treatment-related changes and prognostic factors, and treatment response evaluation.
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