Chemotherapy

Support Vector Machines Model of Computed Tomography for Assessing Lymph Node Metastasis in Esophageal Cancer with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to diagnose lymph node metastasis of esophageal cancer by support vector machines model based on computed tomography.

Bioassay-guided Study of the Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Properties of the Leaves from Sw.

BACKGROUND: Sw. () is a plant conventionally used throughout the Caribbean in the treatment of infectious diseases.

Acute kidney injury due to overcorrection of hypovitaminosis D: A tertiary center experience in the Kashmir Valley of India.

Vitamin D deficiency state is endemic in the Kashmir valley of the Indian subcontinent. Clinicians frequently treat patients with Vitamin D for divers...

Hypercalcemia and acute renal insufficiency following use of a veterinary supplement.

A previously healthy 24 yo male presented with a two-month history of epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, fatigue and malaise. He reported abuse of dif...

[Some features controlling the blood D-dimer level after resection of malignant brain glioma].

UNLABELLED: A high blood D-dimer level is often diagnosed in patients with malignant brain glioma (MBG), with 24% of these patients being detected wit...

Physicochemical and Immunomodulatory Properties of Gum Exudates Obtained from and Some of Its Isolated Carbohydrate Biopolymers.

Plants gums are complex mixtures of different polysaccharides with a variety of biological activities and pharmaceutical applications. Few studies hav...

Bladder Cancer Segmentation in CT for Treatment Response Assessment: Application of Deep-Learning Convolution Neural Network-A Pilot Study.

Assessing the response of bladder cancer to neoadjuvant chemotherapy is crucial for reducing morbidity and increasing quality of life of patients. Cha...

The Effect of Artemisia fragrans Willd: Essential Oil on Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Expression and Nitric Oxide Production in Lipopolysaccharide-stimulated Murine Macrophage Cell Line.

The genus Artemisia is estimated to comprise over 800 species with anti-cancer, anti-fungal, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Artemisia ...

[Analysis of the Risk Factors of Febrile Neutropenia Among 72 Women Receiving FEC in Early Breast Cancer Chemotherapy].

In early breast cancer chemotherapy, it is important to maintain the relative dose intensity(RDI). We retrospectively ana- lyzed the incidence and ris...

[Radical Resection of cT3a Gallbladder Cancer after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy - A Case Report].

We report a case of a radical resection of cT3a gallbladder cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy(NAC). A 68-year-old man was referred to our hospital...

[A Case of Carcinoma Associated with an Anal Fistula Repaired Using a Hatchet Flap after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy].

The patient was a 53-year-old man who complained of perianal pain. He had a 20-year history of an anal fistula. There was a 10 cm tumor with mucin-lik...

[Remission of Advanced Gastric Cancer with Concurrent Portal Vein Tumor Thrombosis via Chemotherapy - A Case Report].

The following is a case report of moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma of the stomach with widespread thrombosis of the portal vein, for w...

[A Case of Curative Resection for Advanced Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma with Liver Metastasis and Involvement of the Superior Mesenteric Artery after Chemoradiotherapy Following Systemic Chemotherapy].

A 52-year-old man was initially diagnosed with an unresectable acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas with liver metastasis and involvement of the supe...

[Successful Multidisciplinary Treatment of Metastatic Ovarian Cancer after Perforative Peritonitis of the Rectum Due to Disseminated Ovarian Cancer].

A72 -year-old woman who complained of abdominal pain and distention visited the emergency clinic of our hospital in April 2014. Computed tomography(CT...

Fermentation, isolation, purification and characterization of an antitubercular antibiotic from Streptomyces luridus MTCC 4402.

Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, continues to be a serious public health problem around the world, and it urges the need for develo...

Unsupervised selection of RV144 HIV vaccine-induced antibody features correlated to natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxic reactions.

HIV-1 vaccine injection has been shown less effective due to the diversity of antigens. Increasing the knowledge of the associations between immune sy...

Quantitative ultrasound assessment of breast tumor response to chemotherapy using a multi-parameter approach.

PURPOSE: This study demonstrated the ability of quantitative ultrasound (QUS) parameters in providing an early prediction of tumor response to neoadju...

Generalized Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction (GMDR) Analysis of Drug-Metabolizing Enzyme-Encoding Gene Polymorphisms may Predict Treatment Outcomes in Indian Breast Cancer Patients.

BACKGROUND: Prediction of response and toxicity of chemotherapy can help personalize the treatment and choose effective yet non-toxic treatment regime...

Successful Robotic Excision and Early Chemotherapy for Primary Cardiac Lymphoma.

We present a 67-year-old patient who underwent robotic excision of a mobile left ventricular mass found incidentally on echocardiography. Intraoperati...

A chemotherapy response classifier based on support vector machines for high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma.

Long-term outcome of high-grade serous epithelial ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) remains poor as a result of recurrence and the emergence of drug resistanc...