COVID-19 control during a humanitarian crisis; the need for emergency response at the Thai-Myanmar border as an alternative channel.

Following the coup in Myanmar, humanitarian assistance, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) control, must be implemented on the Thai-Myanmar border in the framework of international cooperation. The actual number of refugees was expected to increase in the Karen state at the end of March 2021, and they are at risk of contracting COVID-19 as they live in overcrowded conditions without access to basic sanitation. The global community has been hesitant to provide direct support because of fearing that such support would benefit the military.

Retrospective Analysis of 20 Patients with DLBCL Who Received MCVAC Followed by Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation.

Autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation(auto-PBSCT)combined with high-dose chemotherapy has been considered as the standard therapy for relapsed or induction therapy-refractory aggressive lymphomas sensitive to chemotherapy. While various regimens have been applied as the conditioning,none has yet been established as the standard. We have begun to employ high-dose ranimustine,cytarabine,etoposide and cyclophosphamide(MCVAC)regimen.

Vitamin B6 deficiency is prevalent in primary and secondary myelofibrosis patients.

Vitamin B6 (VB6) deficiency contributes to oncogenesis and tumor progression in certain cancers, and is prevalent in cancer patients in general. VB6 is also an essential element of heme synthesis, and deficiency can lead to anemia. Primary myelofibrosis (PMF) and secondary myelofibrosis (sMF) are myeloproliferative neoplasms often presenting with anemia along with other cytopenias.

Utility of immunohistochemistry with an antibody against MYC at the initial diagnosis of follicular lymphoma, grade 3A, for predicting a more aggressive clinical course: a case report and review of the literature.

Follicular lymphoma (FL) is the most common indolent lymphoma, and associated with the chromosomal translocation t(14;18)(q32;q21). While, FL harboring both BCL2 and MYC translocation at diagnosis is very rare. The evaluation of MYC expression in typical FL at presentation using southern blot, G-banded karyotyping or fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analyses has been described so far.