Chronological pattern of venous thromboembolism (VTE) occurrence impacts in survival of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

Background: Limited data exist on the prognostic significance of the chronology of VTE in patients with PDAC.

Methods: Medical data and survival characteristics of patients treated for PDAC from 2019 to 2021 were retrospectively reviewed. Early VTE was defined as occurring within the three months of PDAC diagnosis.

Breast cancer risk for the joint exposure to metals and metalloids in women: Results from the EPIC-Spain cohort.

Environmental factors play a role in breast cancer development. While metals and metalloids (MMs) include some carcinogens, their association with breast cancer depends on the element studied. Most studies focus on individual MMs, but the combined effects of metal mixtures remain unclear.

Outpatient management of incidental pulmonary embolism in cancer patient.

Purpose: Incidentally discovered pulmonary embolism is a prevalent clinical problem for cancer patients and contributes significantly to the burden of cancer-associated thrombosis. The aim of this study was to explore if outpatient management of incidental pulmonary embolism (iPE) in cancer patients is effective and can be conducted safely.

Methods/patients: We performed a prospective observational cohort study in a single Spanish tertiary hospital.

Nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine as first-line palliative chemotherapy in a patient with metastatic pancreatic cancer with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 2.

Metastatic pancreatic cancer (PC) has been associated with a considerably poor prognosis. Due to its toxicity, first-line combination chemotherapy is limited to patients with a good performance status (PS). Previously nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine has been demonstrated to improve the overall survival rate in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer with a good PS.

Spanish Society of Medical Oncology consensus on the use of erythropoietic stimulating agents in anaemic cancer patients.

Treatment of anaemia is a very important aspect in the management of cancer patients. In order to carry out a consensus process about the use of erythropoietic stimulating agents (ESAs) in cancer patients, the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) elaborated a working group which coordinated a panel of medical oncology specialists. This working group has reviewed the main issues about the use of ESAs.

Spanish Society of Medical Oncology consensus for the use of haematopoietic colony-stimulating factors in cancer patients.

Neutropenia is a common complication of cancer chemotherapy. Colony-stimulating factors (CSF) may be used to avoid neutropenia-associated complications. The Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) recently constituted a working group to review the main issues concerning the use of CSF and carried out a consensus process about the use of CSF in cancer patients, held in Madrid on 26 May 2006.

Endocrine therapy of metastatic breast cancer.

Breast cancer growth and dissemination is regulated by estrogen and different growth factor receptor signalling pathways. The increasing knowledge of the biology of breast cancer regarding the interaction of these signalling pathways provides a tool to understand endocrine therapies response and resistance mechanisms. In patients with slowly progressive disease, no visceral involvement, and minimal symptoms, endocrine therapy could be the strategy of choice, even if the tumor has low estrogen receptor expression.

Brain metastases in metastatic breast cancer patients receiving trastuzumab-based therapies.

Introduction: CNS metastases mean a great challenge. It has been suggested that the brain metastases incidence could be high in metastasic breast cancer patients receiving trastuzumab based-therapies.

Material And Methods: We performed a descriptive analysis of our experience in this setting.