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Integrating trastuzumab in the neoadjuvant treatment of primary breast cancer: Accumulating evidence of efficacy, synergy and safety
(2008)
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is used in non-metastatic breast cancer in order to eradicate micrometastatic deposits early during disease course, as well as in order to decrease tumour bulk and render surgery feasible or ...
Docetaxel (Taxotere™), a novel taxoid, in the treatment of advanced colorectal carcinoma: An EORTC Early Clinical Trials Group Study
(1994)
Docetaxel (Taxotere), a new semisynthetic taxoid, is a potentially important chemotherapeutic agent for the treatment of cancer. Forty patients with bidimensionally measurable advanced adenocarcinoma of the colon were ...
Juvenile oncology–a missing subspecialty. The experience of a reference cancer centre
(2006)
INTRODUCTION: Despite unique tumor epidemiology and a higher cancer incidence compared to pediatric patients, adolescents and young adults have not been receiving specialized, multidisciplinary, centralized care. In an ...
Comparison of porcine and human coagulation by thrombelastometry
(2011)
Introduction: Although the pig is a standard model for the evaluation of various diseases in humans, including coagulopathy, it is not clear whether results in animals can be extrapolated to man. Materials and methods: In ...
An aneurysmal bone cyst within the proximal fibula causing common peroneal nerve palsy
(2013)
The case of a 15-year-old patient presenting with pain as well as paraesthesia over the lateral aspect of the leg is reported. Clinical and radiological investigations showed an aneurysmal bone cyst arising from the proximal ...
Long-term canine segmental pancreas transplants with the duct left open, neoprene-injected duct, and pancreaticoureterostomy: A comparative study
(1981)
In dogs endocrine function and morphology of intraperitoneal segmental pancreas grafts with the duct left open, the duct injected with Neoprene, and pancreaticoureterostomy were compared 1 year after transplantation. Graft ...
Motility malfunction of the gastrointestinal tract by rare diseases–fibrosis of the intestinal wall.
(1989)
We report on two children who were admitted with chronic ileus without mechanical obstruction. In the 4-month-old female newborn, high-dose radiation was applied after extirpation of a sympathicoblastoma. Within a few years ...
Positioning the principles of precision medicine in care pathways for allergic rhinitis and chronic rhinosinusitis – A EUFOREA-ARIA-EPOS-AIRWAYS ICP statement
(2017)
Precision medicine (PM) is increasingly recognized as the way forward for optimizing patient care. Introduced in the field of oncology, it is now considered of major interest in other medical domains like allergy and chronic ...