Abstract P3-16-02: Voice of cancer patient: Analysis of breast cancer patients' experience with PARP inhibitors

Author(s):  
S Aggarwal ◽  
R Sharma ◽  
M Singh ◽  
A Aggarwal
2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 316-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Chulkova ◽  
Tatyana Semiglazova ◽  
Margarita Vagaytseva ◽  
Andrey Karitskiy ◽  
Yevgeniy Demin ◽  
...  

Psychological rehabilitation is an integral part of rehabilitation of a cancer patient. Psychological rehabilitation is aimed at a patient adaptation in the situation of the disease and improvement his quality of life. Understanding of an oncological disease is extreme and (or) crisis situation and monitoring dynamics of the psychological statement of a patient allows using differentiated approach in the provision of professional psychological assistance. The modified scale of self-esteem level of distress (IPOS) was used for screening of mental and emotional stress of cancer patients. There were selected groups of cancer patients who were most in need of professional psychological assistance. Results of a psychological study of one of these groups - breast cancer patients - are presented.


Author(s):  
Nilgün Güldoğan ◽  
Aykut Soyder ◽  
Ebru Yılmaz ◽  
Aydan Arslan

Introduction: True thymic hyperplasia following chemotherapy have been described mostly in children.There are a few cases of thymus hyperplasia have been reported in breast cancer patients . Diagnosis of this unusual entity is very crucial to pretend unnecessary surgery or interventional diagnostic procedures. Case Presentation: We report a case of thymus hyperplasia in a patient who was operated and treated with adjuvant chemotherapy for stage 2 breast cancer two years ago. In the follow-up CT scans an anterior mediastinal mass was noted. Radiologic evaluation and follow up revealed thymus enlargement. Discussion: Thymic hyperplasia following chemotherapy have been described in both children and adults, but occurs mostly in children and adolescents treated for lymphoma and several other types of tumors. Few cases are reported in literature describing thymus hyperplasia following chemotherapy in a breast cancer patient. Conclusion: Radiologists must be aware of this unusual finding in breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy to guide the clinicians appropriately in order to avoid unnecessary surgical intervention, additional invasive diagnostic procedures, or chemotherapy.


2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1544-1544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristilyn Dillman Zonno ◽  
Rajesh R. Kaldate ◽  
Christopher Arnell ◽  
Jennifer Saam ◽  
Brian Abbott ◽  
...  

1544 Background: BRCA1/2 deleterious mutation identification among triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients has gained importance due to cancer-risk management implications for patients and their relatives, and also has an emerging role in guiding treatment selection for therapies such as PARP inhibitors. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) currently recommends BRCA1/2 testing for TNBC patients diagnosed at age <60. Mutation prevalence among TNBC patients has previously been studied only in small regionalized cohorts. A recent study in unselected patients using the updated definitive criteria for TNBC reported mutation prevalence as 10.6%. Methods: Following the 2011 NCCN Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) Testing Criteria update, serial cohorts of > 5,000 Ashkenazi Jewish and > 65,000 non-Ashkenazi Jewish breast cancer patients undergoing commercial BRCA1/2 testing were analyzed. Age at diagnosis, ethnicity, and provider-reported TN status were obtained from test requisition forms completed by ordering providers, and correlated with test results. Neither the accuracy nor definitive criteria used for TN status reported was independently verified. Results: Incidence of TNBC was reported as 9.7% among non-Ashkenazi patients and 16.5% within the subset with African ancestry. Incidence of TNBC was reported as 4.5% among Ashkenazi patients, but this is likely affected by test ordering for this population. The Table displays the BRCA1/2mutation rates classified by ethnicity and age-group. Conclusions: This study provides the most robust estimate to date of BRCA1/2 mutation prevalence among TNBC patients of all ages. The mutation rates seen among TNBC patients diagnosed after age 60 also illustrate the importance of testing such patients who may not meet the current NCCN HBOC testing criteria. [Table: see text]


2021 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. S1139-S1140
Author(s):  
A.V. Ospina Serrano ◽  
R. Bruges ◽  
W. Mantilla ◽  
I. Triana ◽  
P. Ramos ◽  
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