Sorafenib, a kinase inhibitor, is known to cause skin toxicity, which sometimes leads to treatment interruption or drug dose reduction. Erythema multiforme (EM) is one of these dermatologic toxicities induced by sorafenib. We report the case of a 28-year-old male with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Pancreatic cancer is among the most lethal malignancies, with a 5-year overall survival (OS) of less than 10% for all stages. The present study aims to evaluate the epidemiological and clinical characteristics, as well as the results of different treatments of patients diagnosed and treated between 2019 and 2021 in the Oncology Center of Tangier, University Hospital, Morocco.
Methods: To compare the evolution of the pancreatic cancer between the different chemotherapy regimens, a retrospective study was performed using data collected over a period of 3 years.
Introduction: Oral anticancer therapy is becoming increasingly developed; their prescription has become a common practice in oncology. However, there is a variability and diversity in prescription practice. Its magnitude has been very little studied in scientific literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSmall cell neuroendocrine carcinomas of the gynecologic tract are unusual, accounting for only 2% of the cervical cancers. Given the rarity of these tumors and the absence of randomized trials, their diagnosis and treatment programmes are difficult and are essentially based on those of neuroendocrine tumors of the lung. As in the case of the neuroendocrine tumors of the lung and despite multimodal treatment they are associated with a poor prognosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoeliac disease is associated with an increased risk of malignancy, not only of intestinal lymphoma but also of small intestinal adenocarcinoma which is 82 times more common in patients with celiac disease than in the normal population. We report three additional cases of a small bowel adenocarcinoma in the setting of coeliac disease in order to underline the epidemiological features, clinicopathological findings, and therapeutic approaches of this entity based on a review of the literature. The three patients underwent a surgical treatment followed by adjuvant chemotherapy based on capecitabine/oxaliplatin regimen, and they have well recovered.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are a rare neoplasm exhibiting, in most cases, mutations of c-kit. Imatinib mesylate is the standard treatment for patients who have advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Although the response rate in patients treated with imatinib mesylate in prospective clinical studies is above 50%, a complete response is very rare.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Breast cancer is uncommon in young women and induces more aggressive biologic characteristics. Survival in young women has been widely studied in developed countries. Less favorable prognosis and low survival were found.
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