Rescue surgery in palliative indication as last therapeutic option for complicated advanced stage lung cancer.

Objective: To evaluate the role of rescue surgery in complicated initially not operatively intended advanced stage lung cancer.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective analysis of 30 patients with advanced lung cancer who underwent rescue surgery for control of life-threatening, non-conservatively manageable tumor related complications like post-obstructive pneumonia, super-infected tumor necrosis or active bleeding. Study parameters included tumor stage, histology, type of resection, and patients' characteristics as well as postoperative outcomes.

Reduced survival after autologous stem cell transplantation in myeloma and lymphoma patients with low vitamin D serum levels.

High-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) with autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is applied for consolidation in myeloma and relapsing lymphoma patients. Vitamin D (VitD) exerts effects during hematopoietic stem cell proliferation, differentiation and interactions with the immune system. VitD deficiency is frequent in patients with hematological malignancies, but its prognostic relevance after ASCT remains unclear.

Magnetic resonance-determined sodium removal from tissue stores in hemodialysis patients.

We have previously reported that sodium is stored in skin and muscle. The amounts stored in hemodialysis (HD) patients are unknown. We determined whether (23)Na magnetic resonance imaging (sodium-MRI) allows assessment of tissue sodium and its removal in 24 HD patients and 27 age-matched healthy controls.