Publications by authors named "L Usha"

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  • A study examined the relationship between soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) and heart health in breast cancer patients undergoing treatment with doxorubicin, a common chemotherapy drug.
  • Researchers monitored a group of 37 women over one year, measuring heart function and various cardiac biomarkers, finding that none developed significant heart problems.
  • Ultimately, results showed no significant relationship between suPAR levels and heart toxicity markers, suggesting doxorubicin presents a low risk for heart damage in this patient population.
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Purpose: The 2018 ACR recommendations for breast cancer screening in women at higher than average risk include new recommendations for supplemental breast MRI for patients with personal histories of breast cancer (PHBCs) who carry hereditary cancer gene mutations, have dense breast tissue, or were diagnosed before 50 years of age. In comparison, prior guidelines recommended supplemental MRI only for women with PHBCs who carried hereditary cancer gene mutations. The aim of this study was to quantify the increase in the number of patients with breast cancer for whom supplemental breast MRI would now be recommended.

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Cell-based therapies cure some hematologic malignancies, although little information exists on solid cancer cell responses. The study objective was to test the hypothesis that xenogeneic fibroblasts can inhibit the growth of human cancer cell lines in vitro. Seven human cell lines (pancreatic cancer HPAF II; brain cancer U-87 MG; fibrosarcoma; ovarian cancer OVCAR3 and SKOV3; and breast cancer MCF7 and MDA-MB231) were co-cultured with two xenogeneic fibroblast cell lines (CV-1; monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops and DF-1; chicken, Gallus gallus) in a Transwell culture system.

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Secretory carcinoma is a rare and indolent breast cancer with a lack of established treatment paradigms. We describe a case of a woman who underwent breast conservative therapy in the modern era. A 48 year old woman with a screen-detected left breast cancer was found to have early-stage secretory carcinoma after definitive breast conservation surgery.

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