Publications by authors named "Elie Kassouf"
Optimal management of patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer remains challenging in the context of this heterogeneous disease. Despite aggressive therapeutic approaches, survival benefits are still unsatisfactory for what might be viewed as a localized malignancy. A combined modality approach offers patients superior outcomes, especially because technological advances and refined surgical procedures now provide better results with fewer complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFColorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide. In the past 2 decades, advances in cancer therapeutics allowed for a remarkable improvement in terms of survival for patients with metastatic CRC. The advent of targeted therapy, coupled with more efficient chemotherapy regimens, was the pillar achievement that contributed to the success of CRC therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTreatment of lung cancer had evolved during the last decade with the introduction of new chemotherapeutic regimens and targeted therapies. However, the maximum benefit reached after first-line therapy is limited by the cumulative toxicity of platinum drugs and the subsequent deterioration in performance status in a high percentage of patients who end up receiving not more than one line of treatment. Maintenance therapy had been introduced and evaluated in many large randomized trials showing a delay in tumor progression and an improvement in overall survival.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose Of Review: To highlight the recent treatment recommendations that are proposed to improve the outcomes of patients with advanced penile cancer.
Recent Findings: Penile cancer is a rare disease that presents with many diagnostic and treatment specificities. Adequate treatment requires interdisciplinary discussions involving urologist oncologists, medical oncologists and radiation oncologists as well as many other health professionals.