Publications by authors named "Iria Gallego"
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- * The majority of pneumonia cases were healthcare-related (67.4%), with lung cancer being the most common type of malignancy; inappropriate empirical therapy significantly contributes to poor outcomes, with 30-day mortality at 46.2%.
- * Identifying the pneumonia etiology improved treatment in over half of cases, highlighting the need for accurate initial antibiotic therapy and timely diagnostic efforts to enhance patient outcomes.
Although there is published research on the impact of venous thromboembolism (VTE) on quality of life (QoL), this issue has not been thoroughly investigated in patients with cancer-particularly using specific questionnaires. We aimed to examine the impact of acute symptomatic VTE on QoL of patients with malignancies. This was a multicenter, prospective, case-control study conducted in patients with cancer either with (cases) or without (controls) acute symptomatic VTE.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The combination of oxaliplatin, irinotecan, fluorouracil (5-FU), and leucovorin (FOLFOXIRI) results in improved outcomes compared with standard chemotherapy when used in frontline to treat patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). FOLFOXIRI has been recently combined with biologic agents aiming further improvement in outcomes.
Areas Covered: This manuscript provides a comprehensive review of the results achieved by the FOLFOXIRI+biologic combination when used as first-line treatment in patients with mCRC.