Gastric cancer ranks fourth among the most commonly diagnosed cancers, with over a million new cases diagnosed worldwide each year. Acute and chronic kidney damage are common in patients with malignant diseases and are associated with increased risk of complications and mortality. Rarely, acute renal insufficiency may result from bilateral infiltration of renal parenchyma by tumor cells from another organ.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSecondary polycythemia is commonly observed among patients with chronic pulmonary diseases. However, its significance in the context of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is unknown. We retrospectively evaluated a total of 5872 hospitalized COVID-19 patients with mostly severe and critical symptoms, and without prior or subsequently diagnosed myeloproliferative neoplasm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLung cancer is the second-most-common cancer while being the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. It has been found that glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) and hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) are overexpressed in various malignancies and that they correlate with the maximum standard uptake values (SUVmax) on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) and poor prognosis. In this study, we aim to evaluate the relationship between the SUVmax, GLUT1, and HIF-1α expression with primary tumor size, histological type, lymph node metastases, and patient survival.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBRCA1/2 mutations and homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) predispose to increased sensitivity to poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) inhibitor treatment. Our aim was to evaluate the PARP inhibitors effect on progression free survival (PFS) in a subpopulation with homologous recombination proficient status (HRD-BRCA-). A systematic literature search was performed for all studies reporting on the effect of PARP inhibitors regarding PFS in the HRD-BRCA- subpopulation, in patients with epithelial ovarian, tubal or primary peritoneal cancers (EOC).
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