Publications by authors named "F Slimano"

Purpose: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in cancer patients is high. During the medication review process, clinical pharmacists could detect and manage drug-related problems (DRP) to optimize pharmacotherapy but there is a need to standardize pharmacists' interventions (PI) especially for T2DM-related DRP. The present study aims to describe DRP in cancer patients with T2DM undergoing anticancer treatment (AT) and to propose related preliminary guidelines to manage T2DM-related DRP.

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We have investigated the impact of gemcitabine (Gem) and deuterated gemcitabine-squalene (GemSQ-d6) nanoparticles (NPs) on MCF7 and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell lines by Raman spectroscopy. Quantification of LDL expression levels in both cell lines revealed a four-fold increase in MDA-MB-231 cells compared to MCF7 cells. In in vitro antitumor assessments, Gem displayed 13.

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  • Monoclonal antibodies, specifically a combination of trastuzumab, pertuzumab, and T-DM1, were compared to trastuzumab alone in treating HER2+ metastatic cancer to assess overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS).
  • The study involved 82 patients from February 2008 to August 2022, revealing that patients in the combination therapy group (Arm A) had significantly longer OS (59 months) compared to those on trastuzumab alone (52 months) and also had longer overall treatment duration.
  • While Arm A showed a notable reduction in the risk of death (Hazard Ratio = 0.59), there was no difference in
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Objectives: Pharmaceutical care for patients receiving oral anticoagulants (OACs) should be performed by trained healthcare professionals to prevent adverse effects and improve patient adherence. Before meeting patients, all pharmacy students in our department (in a one-year hospital internship program) experienced a theoretical training for several years. It was decided to add a practical component based on simulation training.

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Introduction: Treatment of advanced HepatoCellular Carcinoma (HCC) is based on first-line (L1) combination of atezolizumab and high-dose (HD) bevacizumab while second-line (L2) refers one antiangiogenic protein kinase inhibitors (aaPKI). This prolonged antiangiogenic pressure let us to observe an increasing occurrence of Hand-Foot Syndromes (HFS) in patients receiving aaPKI after HD bevacizumab combination. This study reports observations and discussions about the evidence and hypothesis that could be made.

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