Publications by authors named "Rahman Ladak"
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- Breast cancer ranks as the second most common cancer globally, with HER2-positive being a notable subtype.
- This case series highlights three post-menopausal women with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer who survived for unusually long durations of 17, 13, and 11 years while receiving trastuzumab and denosumab treatments.
- The findings suggest a potential synergistic effect of these therapies for extending survival, even noting concerns like foot fractures despite normal bone density, emphasizing the need for further investigation into their relationship.
The health of Canadians is already impacted by climate change due to wildfire smoke, heat domes, floods, droughts, and the changing distribution of vector borne disease. The healthcare sector contributes to climate change, accounting for approximately 4.6% of annual greenhouse gas emissions in Canada.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPolysplenia syndrome is an embryological disorder whereby the usual left-right asymmetry of thoracic and abdominal viscera fails to develop. It is a rare entity, estimated to occur at a frequency of 1 in 40,000, and is often associated with cardiac and biliary abnormalities. More than 75% of patients die before the age of 5 years, and even in the absence of cardiac anomalies, only 5%-10% of patients are expected to survive into adulthood without complications.
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