Quality of life across chemotherapy lines in patients with cancers of the pancreas and biliary tract.

Background: In patients with cancers of the pancreatic and biliary tract quality of life (QOL) improvement is the main treatment goal, since survival can be prolonged only marginally. Up to date, knowledge on QOL impairments throughout the entire treatment process, often including several chemotherapy lines, is scarce. Our study aimed at investigating QOL trajectories from adjuvant treatment to palliative 3rd-line therapy

Methods: Patients were included in routine electronic patient-reported outcome monitoring at Kufstein County Hospital at the time of diagnosis and assessed with the EORTC QLQ-C30 during each chemotherapy cycle.

Gemella morbillorum bacteremia after anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha as acne inversa therapy.

We present a case of fever, brain abscesses, and Gemella morbillorum bacteremia after anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) therapy in a 21-year-old acne inversa patient currently taking long-term dapsone. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report describing such a case. During antimicrobial therapy, the patient developed systemic varicella infection with severe thrombocytopenia.

Taste alterations in breast and gynaecological cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: prevalence, course of severity, and quality of life correlates.

Background: Taste alterations (TAs) are frequently reported by chemotherapy patients. However, research on this topic is very scarce. The etiologies of TAs are not fully known and prevalences may vary across tumour types and chemotherapy regimens.

Taste alterations in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: a neglected side effect?

Background: Taste alterations (TAs) are a frequent but under-recognized treatment side effect in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy (CT). CT regimens with different toxicity profiles may vary in their impact on TAs, but research on this topic is lacking. This study assesses the prevalence of TAs and their relation to sociodemographic and clinical variables, especially CT regimens.

Janeway lesions with inconspicuous histological features.

Septic-embolic diseases are life threatening; survival critically depends on rapid diagnosis. Clinically, cutaneous manifestations like Janeway lesions are infrequently occurring but highly characteristic. In contrast, histological features are not clearly defined.

Imported Dengue fever presenting with febrile diarrhoea: report of two cases.

Dengue fever is a significant health problem in most tropical regions and increasingly observed among travelers returning from tropical countries. Clinical presentation might not be typical in patients from non-endemic areas. We report 2 patients returning from South-East Asia with proven Dengue-virus infection initially presenting with "febrile diarrhea" followed by hemorrhagic skin lesions during hospitalization.