A comparative study of the RIPASA and Alvarado scores in geriatric patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis.

Objective: While abdominal pain is one of the most prevalent reasons for seeking medical attention, diagnosing elderly adults with acute appendicitis (AA) may be difficult. In this study, Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Appendicitis (RIPASA) and Alvarado ratings were evaluated for diagnostic accuracy in patients who reported to the emergency department complaining of abdominal pain and received surgery for AA.

Methods: The data of patients over the age of 65 years who reported to the ER and had appendectomy after being diagnosed with AA were evaluated in this retrospective cohort study.

Targeted axillary biopsy and sentinel lymph node biopsy for axillary restaging after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Purpose: Accurate restaging of the axilla after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is an important issue to ensure deescalating axillary surgery in patients with initial metastatic nodes. We aimed to present our results of targeted axillary biopsy (TAB) combined with sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for axillary restaging after NAC.

Methods: In 64 breast cancer patients who underwent NAC, biopsy-proven positive nodes were marked with clips before NAC, and ultrasound-guided wire localization of clip-marked nodes was performed after NAC.

Pathological Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Breast Cancer: The Relationship Between Inflammatory Biomarkers and Molecular Subtypes.

Purpose Among patients with breast cancer, pathological complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is an important prognostic predictor of survival. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) along with overall pCR. Method A total of 150 patients with breast cancer who were first administered NAC and then operated on were retrospectively evaluated.