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Curr Oncol
December 2024
School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
The treatment landscape for patients with advanced ALK-positive NSCLC has rapidly evolved following the approval of several ALK TKIs in Canada. However, public funding of ALK TKIs is mostly limited to the first line treatment setting. Using linked provincial health administrative databases, we examined real-world outcomes of patients with advanced ALK-positive NSCLC receiving ALK TKIs in Ontario between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2021.
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December 2024
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking University First Hospital Beijing 100034, China.
Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma (pcALCL) is a type of skin T-cell lymphoma with a favorable prognosis. Some patients may experience recurrence, but systemic involvement is rare. Some studies suggest that systemic progression is associated with poor prognosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExtramedullary plasmacytoma is rare, it can appear alone or associated with multiple myeloma, representing an extramedullary progression of the disease. We present the case of a 62-year-old woman diagnosed with multiple myeloma who, being in complete remission began to experience abdominal pain and nausea. A rare cause of intestinal subocclusion and upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Lung cancer continues to be the primary cause of cancer-related deaths globally, with the majority of cases identified at advanced stages. Genetic alterations, including mutations and gene fusions, are central to its molecular pathogenesis. The discovery of therapeutically targetable gene fusions, such as ALK, RET, ROS1, and NTRK1, has significantly advanced lung cancer management.
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January 2025
Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles - Universitair Laboratorium Brussel, Université Libre de Bruxelles LHUB-ULB, Brussels, Belgium.
Background: Synchronous malignant histiocytoses are rare conditions that occur concurrently with another hematologic neoplasm. Most reported cases are associated with B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders, while associations with T-cell hemopathies are less common. These two diseases may share mutations and/or cytogenetic anomalies, which can lead to malignant proliferations.
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