Objectives: To describe the current real-world treatment landscape, sequence of therapies, and outcomes in patients with prostate cancer (PC).
Methods: A retrospective cohort study for PC patients diagnosed at King Abdullah Medical City Cancer Center in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, between January 2011 and December 2021. Data extracted from electronic medical records.
Breast J
September 2023
Background: CDK 4/6 inhibitors with hormonal therapy are the standard first-line therapy in metastatic hormonal receptors (HR)-positive and HER2-negative breast cancer. This study aims to assess the impact of neutropenia with 1st cycle, dose reduction, HER2-low status, and other clinicopathological factors on survival outcomes with the first-line palbociclib and hormonal therapy. .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Despite advancements in cancer therapeutics, mortality and morbidity due to anti-cancer treatments still occur but are not frequently reported. We aimed to report the 30-day mortality and morbidity of all curative and palliative anti-cancer treatments.
Patients And Methods: Adults with solid and hematological malignancies from two large cancer centers in Saudi Arabia, irrespective of the cancer stage and treatment type, were included in this retrospective observational study.
Objectives: Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) had been the gold standard for the treatment of menopausal symptoms until the publication of the World Health Initiative (WHI) study. After the WHI study, the use of HRT changed among the physicians and patients all over the world despite newer more reassuring data. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of women towards HRT and the factors affecting it for better counseling.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is a condition that usually affects the 3 trimester-pregnant women and is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. We present a 31-year-old G2P1 patient with symptoms of ICP as early as 10 weeks of gestation (WG). Her pruritis was initially attributed to eczema.
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