Influence of Tumor Site on Survival in Young Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

The number of patients under the age of 45 diagnosed with head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) is increasing, probably due to the incidence of oropharyngeal cancers. Comparisons of HNSCC in young and old patients regarding tumor site and survival in sample sizes of relevance are rarely published. The aim of the study was to analyze the differences in survival between age groups dependent on tumor site and the influence of oropharyngeal cancers on the rising rates of HNSCC in the young.

Prognostic Factors Predict Oncological Outcome in Older Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Chemoradiation Treatment.

Purpose: Older patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) represent a challenging group, as frailty and comorbidities need to be considered. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and side effects of curative and palliative (chemo) radiation ([C]RT) with regard to basic geriatric screening in older patients.

Methods: This study included HNC patients aged ≥70 years who were treated with curative or palliative (C)RT.

Fever range whole body hyperthermia for re-irradiation of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas: Final results of a prospective study.

Objectives: Fever-range whole body hyperthermia (FRWBH) has been shown to improve tumor oxygenation in vivo. A prospective pilot study addressed the question if addition of FRWBH to re-irradiation is feasible in recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) with unfavorable prognostic features.

Materials And Methods: The study completed accrual with the recruitment of ten patients between April 2018 and March 2020.

Impact of Smoking on the Survival of Patients With High-risk HPV-positive HNSCC: A Meta-analysis.

Background/aim: High risk Human papillomavirus (hr-HPV) and smoking are independant risk factors for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC). While hr-HPV HNSCC has a better prognosis than smoking-associated HNSCC no systematic data are yet available about the combined risk.

Patients And Methods: We performed a meta-analysis to assess the overall survival of HNSCC patients relative to the hr-HPV and smoking status.

Incidence and survival of HNSCC patients living with HIV compared with HIV-negative HNSCC patients.

Purpose: The aim was to analyze the incidence and survival of patients living with HIV (PLWH) with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and to compare with a control group of HIV-negative HNSCC patients.

Methods: Clinicopathological data and predictors for overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were investigated (2009-2019).

Results: 50 of 5151 HNSCC patients (0.

Prospective evaluation of the SeptiFAST multiplex real-time PCR assay for surveillance and diagnosis of infections in haematological patients after allogeneic stem cell transplantation compared to routine microbiological assays and an in-house real-time PCR method.

We prospectively evaluated a multiplex real-time PCR assay (SeptiFast, SF) in a cohort of patients undergoing allo-BMT in comparison to an in-house PCR method (IH-PCR). Overall 847 blood samples (mean 8 samples/patient) from 104 patients with haematological malignancies were analysed. The majority of patients had acute leukaemia (62%) with a mean age of 52 years (54% female).

Doxorubicin induces drug efflux pumps in Candida albicans.

Candida albicans is one of the most important opportunistic fungal pathogens. It can cause serious fungal diseases in immunocompromised patients, including those with cancer. Treatment failures due to the emergence of drug-resistant C.

CNS aspergillosis: recognition, diagnosis and management.

Early diagnosis of CNS aspergillosis requires a high degree of clinical suspicion, because there are no typical clinical symptoms or CSF findings. Clinical features are usually dramatic and tend to progress rapidly. Changes in mental status, hemiparesis and seizures are most common, but other nonspecific neurological features may occur and should always be an indication for neuroradiological examination in high-risk patients, in order to allow early initiation of antifungal therapy.

Development of a new real-time TaqMan PCR assay for quantitative analyses of Candida albicans resistance genes expression.

Candida albicans is an important opportunistic pathogen that can cause serious fungal diseases in immunocompromised patients including cancer patients, transplant patients, and patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy in general, those with human immunodeficiency virus infections and undergoing major surgery. Its emergence spectrum varies from mucosal to systemic infections and the first line treatment is still based on fluconazole, a triazole derivate with a potent antifungal activity against most of C. albicans strains.

Voriconazole: review of a broad spectrum triazole antifungal agent.

Voriconazole is a second-generation triazole antifungal agent, structurally derived from fluconazole with an extended spectrum of activity against a wide variety of yeasts and moulds. Developed for the treatment of life-threatening fungal infections, it appears to be an effective therapy option for invasive aspergillosis, fluconazole-resistant candidiasis and refractory or less-common invasive fungal infections. It is available for both oral and intravenous administration and is characterised by an acceptable safety and tolerability spectrum.