scholarly journals EPV281/#407 Single-dose methotrexate in the treatment of low-risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia – an updated Results

Author(s):  
SF Ngu ◽  
KY Tse ◽  
MYM Chu ◽  
PNH Sheung ◽  
KLK Chan
2006 ◽  
Vol 195 (5) ◽  
pp. 1282-1286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen K.L. Chan ◽  
Yong Huang ◽  
Kar Fai Tam ◽  
Ka Yu Tse ◽  
Hextan Y.S. Ngan

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajeet Singh ◽  
Ritul Choudhary ◽  
Namrata Chhabra ◽  
Satyaki Ganguly ◽  
Vinay Rathore

: Methotrexate is an antimetabolite anticancer drug frequently used in the treatment of extensive chronic plaque psoriasis. Psoriatic plaque erosion is a rare toxic side effect of single-dose methotrexate and is described as a sign of the impending pancytopenia. Here, we report a case of a 48-year-old male, presented with multiple oral and genital erosions, fissuring over palm and soles for 5 days. His laboratory tests revealed severe pancytopenia and nephropathy. He had a history of chronic plaque psoriasis for which he took a single dose of 15 mg methotrexate. During the hospital stay, the patient needed folate antagonist, granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), intravenous fluids, blood transfusions, and platelet transfusions. He recovered within 12 days of admission.


2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-118
Author(s):  
Isabel Linares-Galiana ◽  
Miguel Angel Berenguer-Frances ◽  
Rut Cañas-Cortés ◽  
Monica Pujol-Canadell ◽  
Silvia Comas-Antón ◽  
...  

Abstract A detailed understanding of the interactions and the best dose-fractionation scheme of radiation to maximize antitumor immunity have not been fully established. In this study, the effect on the host immune system of a single dose of 20 Gy through intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) on the surgical bed in low-risk breast cancer patients undergoing conserving breast cancer has been assessed. Peripheral blood samples from 13 patients were collected preoperatively and at 48 h and 3 and 10 weeks after the administration of radiation. We performed a flow cytometry analysis for lymphocyte subpopulations, natural killer cells (NK), regulatory T cells (Treg) and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs). We observed that the subpopulation of NK CD56+high CD16+ increased significantly at 3 weeks after IORT (0.30–0.42%, P < 0.001), while no changes were found in immunosuppressive profile, CD4+CD25+Foxp3+Helios+ Treg cells, granulocytic MDSCs (G-MDSCs) and monocytic MDSCs (Mo-MDSCs). A single dose of IORT may be an effective approach to improve antitumor immunity based on the increase in NK cells and the non-stimulation of immunosuppressive cells involved in immune escape. These findings support future combinations of IORT with immunotherapy, if they are confirmed in a large cohort of breast cancer patients.


2018 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. S379-S380
Author(s):  
J. Vasmel ◽  
R. Charaghvandi ◽  
A. Houw eling ◽  
M. Philippens ◽  
W. Veldhuis ◽  
...  

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