Can sarcopenia predict complete response after total neoadjuvant therapy in advanced rectal cancer? A multicentre observational cohort study.

Background: The association between sarcopenia and response to neoadjuvant treatment remains unclear. This study investigates sarcopenia as a predictor of overall complete response (oCR) after Total Neoadjuvant Therapy (TNT) for advanced rectal cancer.

Method: A prospective observational study was performed of patients with rectal cancer undergoing TNT at three South Australian hospitals between 2019 and 2022.

Carcinosarcomas of the Uterus: Prognostic Factors and Impact of Adjuvant Treatment.

Background: Uncertainties remain about the most effective treatment for uterine carcinosarcoma (UCS), a rare but aggressive uterine cancer, due to the limited scope for randomized trials. This study investigates whether nodal excision or adjuvant therapies after hysterectomy offer a survival benefit, using multi-institutional clinical registry data from South Australia.

Methods: Data for all consecutive cases of UCS from 1980 to 2019 were extracted from the Clinical Cancer Registry.

Prolonged and severe myelosuppression in two patients after low-dose temozolomide treatment- case study and review of literature.

Temozolomide is an alkylating agent used frequently in the management of gliomas. Although temozolomide is generally safe, rarely it can cause life threatening complications. Here we report the cases of two patients who developed prolonged and severe pancytopenia after low dose continuous temozolomide concurrently with cranial radiotherapy.