Therapeutic Leukapheresis: Experience of a Single Oncologic Centre.

Introduction: Leukostasis refers to clinical symptoms caused by hyperleukocytosis seen in some haematological diseases such as leukaemia. Cytoreduction can be achieved by therapeutic leukapheresis. The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyse the procedures performed in our Centre and to evaluate their efficacy and safety.

Acute organ failure and risk of admission to intensive medical care in cancer patients: a single center prospective cohort study.

Objective: To ascertain the cumulative incidence of acute organ failure and intensive care unit admission in cancer patients.

Methods: This was a single-center prospective cohort study of adult cancer patients admitted for unscheduled inpatient care while on systemic cancer treatment.

Results: Between August 2018 and February 2019, 10,392 patients were on systemic treatment, 358 had unscheduled inpatient care and were eligible for inclusion, and 285 were included.

Anastomotic Leaks following Esophagectomy for Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer: The Key Is the Multidisciplinary Management.

Introduction: Anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy is associated with high mortality and impaired quality of life.

Aim: The objective of this work was to determine the effectiveness of management of esophageal anastomotic leakage (EAL) after esophagectomy for esophageal and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer.

Methods: Patients submitted to esophagectomy for esophageal and GEJ cancer at a tertiary oncology hospital between 2014 and 2019 ( = 119) were retrospectively reviewed and EAL risk factors and its management outcomes determined.

Disseminated fungal infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia.

The case highlights the importance of actively obtaining informative samples at an early stage and of prompt initiation of combination therapy with antifungal drugs.

Withdrawing and Withholding Life Support in Patients With Cancer in an ICU Setting: A 5-Year Experience at a European Cancer Center.

Objective: This was an observational retrospective study aimed to examine the frequency and associated factors of withdrawing or withholding life support (WWLS) in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a comprehensive cancer center.

Methods: Medical records of adult patients with cancer admitted to the ICU between January 2010 and December 2014 were reviewed. Patients who died during that period were classified into 2 groups: full life support and withdrawing and withholding life support.

Fine needle aspiration of a lymph node in an HIV patient with chronic infection by Leishmania: a case report.

Background: Lymphadenopathy is one of the earliest and commonest manifestations in HIV patients. Fine needle aspiration cytology is an accurate, common procedure in the evaluation of lymphadenopathy in HIV-positive patients. The most frequent etiology of this clinical manifestation, in Western studies, is the presence of reactive hyperplasia due to the HIV itself and infectious diseases with opportunistic agents, namely Mycobacterium.