Clinical oncology is currently undergoing a period of unprecedented change. Targeted therapy, and subsequently immunotherapy, has revolutionized the clinical course and outcome of many patients with solid cancer. Clinical oncology is inseparable from molecular oncology, the development of which is interconnected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRationale: Insufficient world-wide clinical experience in radioiodine therapy (RIT) for Graves' disease (GD) in children and adolescents, and limited knowledge of the predictors of RIT efficacy.
Aims: Analysis and identification of the most significant predictors of the efficacy of RIT in children and adolescents with Graves' disease.
Materials And Methods: A total of 55 patients (48 females and 7 males) aged from 8 to 18 years receiving primary RIT for GD were enrolled.
Probl Endokrinol (Mosk)
September 2020
About 5-10% of malignant neoplasms (MN) are hereditary. Carriers of mutations associated with hereditary tumor syndromes (HTS) are at high risk of developing tumors in childhood and young age and synchronous and metachronous multiple tumors. At the same time, this group of diseases remains mainly an oncological problem, and clinical decisions are made only when MNs are detected in carriers of pathogenic mutations.
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