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Cancers (Basel)
December 2024
Rehabilitation Research, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Laarbeeklaan 121, 1090 Jette, Belgium.
: Paclitaxel (PTX), a commonly used chemotherapy for breast cancer (BC), is associated with dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) such as peripheral neuropathy and neutropenia. These toxicities frequently lead to dose reductions, treatment delays, or therapy discontinuation, negatively affecting patients' quality of life and clinical outcomes. Current dosing strategies based on body surface area (BSA) fail to account for individual variations in body composition (skeletal muscle mass (SMM) and adipose tissue (AT) mass) and physical activity (PA), which can influence drug metabolism and toxicity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Geriatr Oncol
January 2025
Ageing, Cancer and Disparities Research Unit, Department of Precision Health, Luxembourg Institute of Health, 1A-B, rue Thomas Edison, 1445 Strassen, Luxembourg. Electronic address:
Introduction: The number of new cancer cases among older adults is rising, yet their social support needs remain unmet due to diminishing social networks with age. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, online technologies have provided increased opportunities for social support for this demographic via digital platforms such as online peer support groups, online communities, and chat rooms. This scoping review explores the current state of the use of online social support for older adults with cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComput Biol Med
January 2025
Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, Bremen/Lübeck/Aachen, Germany.
Due to the increasing workload of pathologists, the need for automation to support diagnostic tasks and quantitative biomarker evaluation is becoming more and more apparent. Foundation models have the potential to improve generalizability within and across centers and serve as starting points for data efficient development of specialized yet robust AI models. However, the training of foundation models themselves is usually very expensive in terms of data, computation, and time.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPLoS One
January 2025
Department of Pathology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Triple negative breast cancers often contain higher numbers of tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes compared with other breast cancer subtypes, with their number correlating with prolonged survival. Since little is known about tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte trafficking in triple negative breast cancers, we investigated the relationship between tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes and the vascular compartment to better understand the immune tumour microenvironment in this aggressive cancer type. We aimed to identify mechanisms and signaling pathways responsible for immune cell trafficking in triple negative breast cancers, specifically of basal type, that could potentially be manipulated to change such tumours from immune "cold" to "hot" thereby increasing the likelihood of successful immunotherapy in this challenging patient population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Med Genet
January 2025
Univ Rouen Normandie, Inserm U1245, Normandie Univ, CHU Rouen, Department of Genetics, F-76000, Rouen, France
Background: Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) predisposes individuals to a wide range of cancers from childhood onwards, underscoring the crucial need for accurate interpretation of germline variants for optimal clinical management of patients and families. Several unclassified variants, particularly those potentially affecting splicing, require specialised testing. One such example is the NM_000546.
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