2 results match your criteria: "Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology Shinshu University School of Medicine Matsumoto Japan.[Affiliation]"
Article Synopsis
- A study conducted in Nagano, Japan, identified five cases of pregnancy-associated leukemia out of 377,000 pregnancies over 20 years, indicating a rare occurrence of one case in every 75,000 pregnancies.
- All cases were types of acute leukemia, with timely diagnoses made during the first, second, and third trimesters of pregnancy.
- Treatment involved chemotherapy in three cases with positive outcomes for two newborns, while high-risk cases had poor outcomes, highlighting the need for specialized, multidisciplinary care for managing leukemia during pregnancy.
Article Synopsis
- A rare case of a germ cell tumor transformed into a malignant form was reported, specifically a testicular primitive neuroectodermal tumor with multiple metastases.
- The patient, a 22-year-old man, underwent surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy after being diagnosed with a teratoma and initially responding to first-line treatment.
- After experiencing a recurrence of skull metastasis, a successful second-line chemotherapy led to no disease progression three months later, highlighting the potential for effective multidisciplinary cancer treatment in such rare cases.