Comparison of primary octreotide-lar and surgical treatment in newly diagnosed patients with acromegaly

2011 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 678-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Karaca ◽  
F. Tanriverdi ◽  
G. Elbuken ◽  
I. Cakir ◽  
H. Donmez ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Ya. Alekseev ◽  
I. M. Shevchuk ◽  
A. D. Kaprin

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is one of the most common genitourinary malignancies worldwide. Approximately 25–30 % of newly diagnosed patients have metastatic RCC (mRCC), whereas in 20–30 % of cases, dissemination occurs after radical surgical treatment. The development of targeted and immunooncological agents in recent years significantly increased survival in patients with mRCC. However, clinicians faced a problem of choosing an optimal therapeutic regimen to achieve maximum effectiveness of the treatment. This article discusses the choice of second-line drugs for mRCC, advantages of axitinib and its optimal dosage, and efficacy of sunitinib depending on the disease prognosis.


2010 ◽  
Vol 183 (4S) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Parker ◽  
Andrea Tavlarides ◽  
Rebecca McNeil ◽  
Krisitin Green ◽  
Steven Ames ◽  
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Author(s):  
M. A. Chernyavsky ◽  
N. N. Zherdev ◽  
D. V. Chernova ◽  
A. V. Chernov ◽  
Yu. A. Kudaev ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e14146-e14146
Author(s):  
Tesia McKenzie ◽  
Davina Matinho ◽  
Olivia Scott ◽  
Arbaz Khan ◽  
Mila Lachica ◽  
...  

e14146 Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common invasive cancer in adult females.The role of preoperative MRI in assessing the extent of primary breast cancer remains controversial. This study’s objective is to determine if MRIs performed after the diagnosis of invasive/non-invasive-breast cancer will identify additional breast cancers. We hypothesize that preoperative MRIs will result in the discovery of additional significant lesions, leading to changes in surgical treatment. Methods: A retrospective study of 389 BC patient charts were reviewed, dated from January 2000- July 2019. Files were collected from an office in the Breast Cancer Surgery Department. Information on each patient’s imaging studies, treatment, demographics, surgery, and pathology were collected and stored in anonline cloud system. Summary statistics, including proportions, percentages, and difference of proportion hypothesis tests were utilized to interpret the data. All statistical tests were conducted at a 95% confidence interval. Results: We reviewed the charts of 335 patients that met eligibility criteria. In 221 newly diagnosed cancers, a preoperative MRI was taken before treatment. 127 cancers (57.5%)showed additional finding.In BC patients with additional preoperative MRI findings, we observed 61.4%true positive and 38.6%false positive results. These values are comparable to prior studies.We determined that the treatment plan was altered in 17.6%of all patients who received an MRI and in 30.7%of patients with a true positive MRI finding, which is also consistent with previous literature.A majority of the treatment changes were from Lumpectomy to Mastectomy. Conclusions: Literature on MRI use in BC diagnosis exists; our study differs by focusing on newly diagnosed breast cancers.We discovered 35.3% of preoperative MRIs identified a true additional finding in known breast cancer. In addition, our true positive rate (61.4%) and false positive rate (22.2%) of MRI findings is comparable to those of previous studies. Plans were changed in 30.7% of additional findings supporting the idea that preoperative MRI studies are useful when organizing surgical treatment. Further studies to demonstrate the impact on local recurrence rates and overall survival, may clarify the true role of pre-operative MRI in these cases.


2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander A. Popov ◽  
Anton A. Fedorov ◽  
Ekaterina A. Loginova

The incidence of uterine fibroid in the general female population is estimated at 20%-25%. In 2008, a study involving 145 gynecologists from a few large Russian cities demonstrated that the majority of the respondents had to handle from 10 to 30 (mean 20) women with fibroid every month. Only 28.8% of the patients had newly diagnosed uterine fibroids. Surgical treatment was recommended to 29.8% of the women. A few variants of myoma treatment are distinguished. Fortunately, over 40% of these tumors are asymptomatic. We performed a retrospective analysis of 218 patients submitted to myomectomy in our medical center between 2011 and 2013. In 149 cases (68%) myomectomy was conducted as a step of preparation for pregnancy. The pregnancy rate was 51.6%. A single (1.3%) complication in the form of uterine scar rupture was documented in week 34 of pregnancy. In our opinion, myomectomy is a high-technology operation that must be performed strictly based on the principle of “best” surgery for the “best” patient.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Gangi ◽  
Jonathan S Zager

Over several decades, the incidence of melanoma has steadily risen. Although a minority of newly diagnosed melanoma patients present with distant metastasis at initial diagnosis, approximately 30% of patients eventually develop metastatic disease as a consequence of disease progression. Although almost all organs can be involved, the most frequent sites of disease are either local or regional recurrences. This review outlines surgical treatment of recurrent or metastatic melanoma, including regional therapies, as well as management with systemic therapy.  This review contains 5 figures, 6 tables and 66 references Key words: in-transit disease, limb infusion, metastatectomy, metastatic melanoma, percutaneous hepatic perfusion, regional therapy, systemic therapy


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