Severe dysplasia of the epithelium of the cervix and intraepithelial carcinoma (CIN 3) with spreading to the vaults and walls of the vagina. Diagnosis and treatment

2017 ◽  
pp. 123-131
Author(s):  
N.F. Lуgуrda ◽  
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V.S. Svintsitsky ◽  
M.S. Krotevich ◽  
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The objective: to study and systematize the main clinical variants of CIN 3 with the spread of atypical epithelium to the vaults and walls of the vagina; to develop complex approaches to the treatment of patients with CIN 3 with the spread of atypical epithelium to the vaults and walls of the vagina with neoadjuvant therapy and surgical treatment; to study the therapeutic effectiveness of the use of a2b-interferon in the form of vaginal suppositories and Tyloron in the complex treatment of patients with CIN 3 with the spread of abnormal epithelium to the vaults and walls of the vagina during the first stage of complex drug treatment. Patients and methods. A survey of 62 patients with histologically verified CIN 3 with the spread of atypical epithelium to the vaults and walls of the vagina was carried out. At the stage of neoadjuvant etiotropic therapy, the patients were randomized into two groups. 31 patients were included in the main group (A), 31 patients were included in the control group (B). In group A, patients with neoadjuvant were given б2b-interferon at 500 000 IU in the form of vaginal suppositories twice a day for 14 days and a Tyloron 1 tablet 125 mg once a day in a day No.10. In group B, the standard therapy is intended for patients – an a2b-interferon of 500 000 IU in the form of vaginal suppositories twice a day for 14 days. The surgical stage of treatment was carried out in accordance with the clinical and histological diagnosis and the variant of the process spread to the walls of the vagina. Diathermoconization of the cervix and combined vaginal trachelectomy type A with resection of the upper third of the vagina were performed. Results. Three clinical variants of CIN 3 with spreading to the vaults and walls of the vagina were established. The first clinical variant – CIN 3 is localized to ectocervix, CIN 1–2 (IHC p16 negative) is localized on the vaults and walls of the vagina. The second clinical variant – CIN 3 is localized on ectocervix and extends to the vault and walls of the vagina. The third clinical variant – CIN 3 is localized on ectocervix and multicentric dissemination of CIN 3 – on vaults and walls of the vagina. The choice of an integrated treatment program with a surgical component depends on the clinical option. Conclusions. 1. Three clinical variants of CIN 3 with spreading to the vault and walls of the vagina have been established. Half the patients had the first clinical variant. 2. The main colposcopic signs of CIN 3 with spreading to the vaults and walls of the vagina: dense acetic-white epithelium, coarse mosaic, a sign of the internal border. 3. In 3 weeks after the course of treatment with neoadjuvant therapy in combination of Тyloron with a2b-interferon in the form of vaginal suppositories, it is possible to achieve from 85 to 100.0% positive dynamics, whereas in the traditional method of treatment, from 41 to 75%, which is statistically significant less (p<0.01). 4. The study showed that there is a relatively strong statistically significant association of neoadjuvant therapy using a combination of Tyloron with interferon-a2b suppositories in the complex treatment of CIN3 with spreading to the vault and vaginal walls compared to conventional therapy (c21=10.64; j=0.41; p<0.01). After three weeks, the positive dynamics in the main group (A) significantly increased (RR=1.6; 95% CI: 1.2–2.2; p<0.01). Key words: CIN 3, vaginal vault, vagina, trachelectomy, treatment.

2021 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
V. Batig ◽  
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O. Tokar ◽  
I. Burdenyuk ◽  
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Goal. Improving the scheme of treatment and prevention of periodontal diseases in workers of the woodworking industry of Chernivtsi region, who in the process of professional activity have long-term contact with unfavorable factors of the production environment. Materials and methods. 70 workers of the woodworking industry with diagnosed chronic generalized periodontitis of the I degree were treated (35 people – the main group (A); 35 people – comparison group (B)), age – from 25 to 45 years. To compare the results of laboratory studies, an additional survey of 25 healthy individuals of the same age with an intact periodontium were conducted. They formed the control group (C). Clinical examination of patients was performed according to standart methods: subjective (complaints, medical history, life history) and objective (examination, periodontal indices, determination of the level of gingival attachment). Laboratory methods of research included determination of urease and lysozyme activity in saliva, degree of dysbiosis of oral cavity. As maintenance therapy, patients of the main group were prescribed the proposed composition DEPE. Results. After the treatment, a significant improvement in the hygienic status of patients in both groups was observed, but difference between groups A and B in the indicators of oral hygiene after treatment was no statistically significant (pA2–B2 > 0.05). There was a significant improvement in periodontal indices after treatment in patients of both groups (PMA index according to C. Parma, bleeding index according to Muhlemann in Cowell I. modification, Russell periodontal index, PSR-test), but the indicators in patients of the main group were significantly better – pA2–B2 < 0.05. In patients of the main group (A) the level of attachment loss decreased by 1.83 times, comparison group (B) – by 1.71 times. The difference in levels of attachment loss after treatment between groups A and B is statistically significant (pA2–B2 < 0.05). The activity of the enzyme urease in patients of the main group (A) and comparison group (B) after treatment was significantly reduced (pA1–A2 < 0.001, pB1–B2 < 0.001), but only in the main group it reached the level in the control group (C) (pA2–C > 0.05). The level of lysozyme after treatment was significantly increased in patients of both observation groups (pA1–A2 < 0.001, pB1–B2 < 0.001), and reached the level of lysozyme in patients of the control group (C) (pA2–C > 0.05, pB2–C > 0.05). The degree of oral dysbiosis in patients of the main group (A) was significantly reduced by 5.43 times (pA1–A2 < 0.001), and its difference from the degree of dysbiosis in patients of the control group (C) is statistically insignificant (pA2–C > 0.05 ). The degree of oral dysbiosis in patients of the comparison group (B) was significantly reduced by 3.04 times (pB1–B2 < 0.001), but still remained significantly different from oral dysbiosis in patients of the control group (C) (pB2–C < 0.05). Conclusion. The proposed pharmacological composition DEPE is an effective antiseptic solution and can be used in the phase of maintenance therapy to improve the treatment and prevention of periodontal disease in workers of woodworking industry. Key words: decamethoxine, propolis, ethonium, generalized periodontitis, woodworking industry.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 675-675
Author(s):  
Kate Jessica Wilkinson ◽  
Sharlyn Kang ◽  
Stephanie Hui-Su Lim ◽  
Cheok Soon Lee ◽  
Ray Asghari ◽  
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675 Background: Consensus international guidelines recommend the use of neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy in patients with stage II-III rectal cancer. Despite this, due to factors including inaccurate/under-staging, patient co-morbidities and acute presentations, a proportion will undergo up-front surgical resection. The survival benefit of adjuvant therapy is unclear in this real world, non-trial population. Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients presenting with stage II-III rectal adenocarcinoma in South Western Sydney and Illawarra Shoalhaven Health Districts, Australia, between 2006 to 2015 was performed. Data was extracted from electronic health records, with institutional ethics approval. Treatment modalities, clinicopathological, recurrence and survival data were analyzed. The primary endpoint was overall survival (OS) by treatment modality. Results: 549 patients were identified, of which 295 (54%) underwent up-front surgical resection without neoadjuvant therapy. Of this cohort, 137 (46%) had no adjuvant therapy (Group A), 103 (35%) had adjuvant chemotherapy alone (Group B), and 55 (19%) had adjuvant radiotherapy +/- chemotherapy (Group C). Receipt of any adjuvant treatment was significantly associated with improved OS (5 year OS 56 vs. 79%, HR 0.44, 95% CI 0.3 – 0.6, p < 0.0001) and recurrence free survival (5 yr RFS 25% vs. 47%, HR 0.66, 95% CI 0.5 – 0.9, p=0.01), but not cancer specific survival (5yr CSS 75 vs. 80%, HR 0.78, 95% CI 0.5 – 1.3, p = 0.30). Group B had improved OS compared to Group A (5 yr OS 56% vs. 80%, HR 0.35, 95% CI 0.22 – 0.55, p < 0.0001). There was a trend to improved OS in Group C vs. Group A (5yr OS 56.0% vs. 69.2%, HR 0.79 95% CI 0.6 – 1.01, p = 0.052). The improved OS in Group B versus Group A remained significant in multivariate analysis (HR 0.41, 95% CI 0.22 – 0.77, p = 0.005). Conclusions: Adjuvant chemotherapy improved OS in this real world cohort, and there was a trend to a benefit with adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy. However, the lack of difference in cancer specific survival suggests that this benefit may be partly driven by patient selection bias. Further exploratory analyses to identify sub-groups deriving a cancer specific survival benefit are required.


2015 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 218-222
Author(s):  
Marta Holeyko ◽  
Volodymyr Zubachyk

Introduction. Chronic combined periodontal and periapical lesions have a negative impact on the human organism, since they are a source of intoxication and sensitization causing progression of infection, development of focal sequelae and secondary immunodeficiency. Problem of successful treatment of apical and marginal periodontitis is associated with a significant prevalence of these diseases, a complexity of medical procedures, a substantial proportion of failures and complications, and with a lack of long-term stability of gained results.Aim. The aim of this work was to investigate clinical effectiveness of drug formulation with thiotriazoline and chloramphenicol in the integrated treatment of combined apical and marginal periodontitis.Meterial and methods. The condition of oral cavity of the 65 patients with combined lesions of periodontal and endodontic tissues before and after treatment was studied. Outcomes measured were X-ray examination, probing depth, OHI-S, PMA, PI, SBI indices. The complex treatment has been worked out in the patients of main group and the ointment with thiotriazoline and chloramphenicol was introduced in the scheme of periodontal treatment Results and conclusions. Results of applied treatment indicated to the acceleration of healing process, reduction of exudation period and decrease of exacerbations frequency in the patients of main group. Clinical experience also demonstrated positive dynamic in changes of periodontal indices after the conducted treatment.


2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
H Pokharkar ◽  
A Patil ◽  
R Mistry ◽  
Y Choudhary ◽  
T Kaushik

Abstract   Induction therapy is reported to improve outcomes in patient with loco regionally advanced cancer of oesophagus; benefit is most in patient who respond to neoadjuvant therapy. This study compares outcomes between patients with complete pathological response (Group A) and others (Group B). Methods This is a retrospective analysis of prospectively maintained database of 257 patients with cancer oesophagus undergoing surgery after neoadjuvant therapy between 2009 and 2019. Parameters analysed were stage at presentation, type of induction therapy, pTNM stage, pattern of failure and overall survival. Results 209(81%) patients received chemotherapy alone and 48(19%) chemoradiation. 43(17%) patients had complete pathological response. Of the complete responders 21/209(10%) and 22/48(45.8%) patients had received chemotherapy alone and chemoradiation respectively. Majority of patients in both groups were T3/4 (Group A:93%, Group B:93.9%) and node positive (GroupA:81.4%, GroupB:85%). Median number of lymph nodal yield for Group A and Group B was 22 and 20 respectively. Three(7%) patients in Group A had local recurrence and 2(4.7%) had distant failure. The same for non responders was 34(15.9%) and 49(22.9%). The median survival for Group A is 7.03 years and Group B is 2.1 years. Conclusion The overall median survival is significantly higher for complete pathological responder as compared to partial or non responders. Despite complete pathological response some patients will have recurrences. Chemoradiation is associated with higher complete pathological response compared to chemotherapy alone.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 501-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas C. S. Bergh ◽  
Anne Andersson ◽  
Judith Bjohle ◽  
Ana Bosch ◽  
Lena Carlsson ◽  
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501 Background: Neoadjuvant therapy produces high rates of pathological complete response (pCR) and is the standard of care in HER2 positive breast cancer; however, the optimal treatment regimen remains to be established. Methods: In this randomized phase II study patients ≥18 years with HER2 positive breast cancer > 20mm or verified lymph node metastases were randomized to 6 courses of docetaxel, trastuzumab and pertuzumab (DTP, group A) or trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1, group B), q 21 days. The protocol allowed switch to the competing treatment upon lack of response or drug-related severe toxicity. Patients received postoperative epirubicin+cyclophosphamide, trastuzumab for a total of one year and endocrine therapy. Accrual was completed in October 2018 after randomization of 202 patients, data on pCR were available for 190 at the time for this abstract submission. Median age, 52 years (26-74), menopausal status, histological type and grade were well balanced between the treatment groups. 62.6% of the tumors were hormone receptor (HR) positive. Results: Primary endpoint was pathological objective response. 190 patients completed the protocol-specified preoperative treatment. pCR was achieved in 45.3% of patients, 46.4% in patients treated with DTP and 44.1% with T-DM1 (chi-sq., p = 0.75). In HR-positive tumors, pCR was obtained in 35.3% of patients, 35.9% in group A vs. 34.6% in group B (p = 0.87); in HR-negative tumors, the overall pCR rate was 62.0%, 66.7% in group A vs. 57.9% in group B (p = 0.45). Severe (grade 3/4) toxicity was reported at 68 occasions related to DTP, compared with 16 related to T-DM1, 26 vs. 3 caused by febrile neutropenia. Significantly better quality of life was reported by patients treated with T-DM1. Conclusions: Our data on TDM-1 demonstrates similar efficacy and less toxicity, in particular for patients with HER2 and HR positive cancers, being a potential new standard for neoadjuvant therapy. Clinical trial information: NCT02568839.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (34) ◽  
pp. 3212-3222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanouil Fokas ◽  
Michael Allgäuer ◽  
Bülent Polat ◽  
Gunther Klautke ◽  
Gerhard G. Grabenbauer ◽  
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PURPOSE Total neoadjuvant therapy is a new paradigm for rectal cancer treatment. Optimal scheduling of preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and chemotherapy remains to be established. PATIENTS AND METHODS We conducted a multicenter, randomized, phase II trial using a pick-the-winner design on the basis of the hypothesis of an increased pathologic complete response (pCR) of 25% after total neoadjuvant therapy compared with standard 15% after preoperative CRT. Patients with stage II or III rectal cancer were assigned to group A for induction chemotherapy using three cycles of fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin before fluorouracil/oxaliplatin CRT (50.4 Gy) or to group B for consolidation chemotherapy after CRT. Secondary end points included toxicity, compliance, and surgical morbidity. RESULTS Of the 311 patients enrolled, 306 patients were evaluable (156 in group A and 150 in group B). CRT-related grade 3 or 4 toxicity was lower (37% v 27%) and compliance with CRT higher in group B (91%, 78%, and 76% v 97%, 87%, and 93% received full-dose radiotherapy, concomitant fluorouracil, and concomitant oxaliplatin in groups A and B, respectively); 92% versus 85% completed all induction/consolidation chemotherapy cycles, respectively. The longer interval between completion of CRT and surgery in group B (median 90 v 45 days in group A) did not increase surgical morbidity. A pCR in the intention-to-treat population was achieved in 17% in group A and in 25% in group B. Thus, only group B ( P < .001), but not group A ( P = .210), fulfilled the predefined statistical hypothesis. CONCLUSION Up-front CRT followed by chemotherapy resulted in better compliance with CRT but worse compliance with chemotherapy compared with group A. Long-term follow-up will assess whether improved pCR in group B translates to better oncologic outcome.


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e16025-e16025
Author(s):  
Ying Liu ◽  
Guangsen Han ◽  
Hongle Li ◽  
Yuzhou Zhao ◽  
Zhi Li ◽  
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e16025 Background: Anti-PD-1 antibody combined with chemotherapy showed promising efficacy in gastric adenocarcinoma. However, little is known about biomarkers that identify clinical response. Here, we focus on genomic alteration patterns to predict response of neoadjuvant immunotherapy in patients with locally advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (GC/GEJC). Methods: Patients with locally advanced GC/GEJC were received 4 cycles of FOLFOX plus anti-PD-1 antibody (camrelizumab) as neoadjuvant therapy in the study. We prospectively conducted whole exome sequencing (WES) in paired biopsy specimens from enrolled patients at baseline. According to Tumor Regression Grading (TRG) assessment by postoperative pathology, patients were classified into group A (TRG0 & TRG1) and group B (TRG2 & TRG3). Results: We eventually performed WES in 23 patients who had adequate available tumor tissues. The clinical characterizations were not significantly different between two groups. All 23 cases were microsatellite stable (MSS). Alterations of AHNAK2 (50.0%/6.67%), TG (50.0%/6.67%), CTNNB1 (37.5%/0.0%) and ZFHX2 (37.5%/0.0%) significantly enriched in group A (n = 8) compared to group B (n = 15).Furthermore, we inspecting 10 hallmark oncogenic pathways, alterations of WNT pathway also occurred more frequently in group A than those of group B. Genomic alterations in WNT pathway were identified in 5 of 23 cases (21.74%), of which the most frequently mutated genes were CTNNB1 (13.04%), LRP5 (8.69%) and RNF43 (8.69%). Tumor mutation burden (TMB, p = 0.357), whole genome duplication (WGD) status (p = 0.667), copy number variant burden (p = 0.825), fraction of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in chromosome level (p: 0.07-1), tumor neoantigen burden (TNB) (p = 0.65), HLA type (p: 0.49-1) and HLA LOH status (p: 0.37-1) were not significantly associated with neoadjuvant therapy response. Conclusions: Aberrant activation of WNT pathway was reported to be associated with immune evasion. Our study demonstrated that CTNNB1/WNT-pathway-mut may be a promising predictor for clinical response of neoadjuvant immutherapy in GC/GEJC. Clinical trial information: NCT03939962.


Author(s):  
Taber A. Ba-Omar ◽  
Philip F. Prentis

We have recently carried out a study of spermiogenic differentiation in two geographically isolated populations of Aphanius dispar (freshwater teleost), with a view to ascertaining variation at the ultrastructural level. The sampling areas were the Jebel Al Akhdar in the north (Group A) and the Dhofar region (Group B) in the south. Specimens from each group were collected, the testes removed, fixed in Karnovsky solution, post fixed in OsO, en bloc stained with uranyl acetate and then routinely processed to Agar 100 resin, semi and ultrathin sections were prepared for study.


VASA ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 0220-0228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Vircoulon ◽  
Carine Boulon ◽  
Ileana Desormais ◽  
Philippe Lacroix ◽  
Victor Aboyans ◽  
...  

Background: We compared one-year amputation and survival rates in patients fulfilling 1991 European consensus critical limb ischaemia (CLI) definition to those clas, sified as CLI by TASC II but not European consensus (EC) definition. Patients and methods: Patients were selected from the COPART cohort of hospitalized patients with peripheral occlusive arterial disease suffering from lower extremity rest pain or ulcer and who completed one-year follow-up. Ankle and toe systolic pressures and transcutaneous oxygen pressure were measured. The patients were classified into two groups: those who could benefit from revascularization and those who could not (medical group). Within these groups, patients were separated into those who had CLI according to the European consensus definition (EC + TASC II: group A if revascularization, group C if medical treatment) and those who had no CLI by the European definition but who had CLI according to the TASC II definition (TASC: group B if revascularization and D if medical treatment). Results: 471 patients were included in the study (236 in the surgical group, 235 in the medical group). There was no difference according to the CLI definition for survival or cardiovascular event-free survival. However, major amputations were more frequent in group A than in group B (25 vs 12 %, p = 0.046) and in group C than in group D (38 vs 20 %, p = 0.004). Conclusions: Major amputation is twice as frequent in patients with CLI according to the historical European consensus definition than in those classified to the TASC II definition but not the EC. Caution is required when comparing results of recent series to historical controls. The TASC II definition of CLI is too wide to compare patients from clinical trials so we suggest separating these patients into two different stages: permanent (TASC II but not EC definition) and critical ischaemia (TASC II and EC definition).


VASA ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 451-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Gasbarro ◽  
Luca Traina ◽  
Francesco Mascoli ◽  
Vincenzo Coscia ◽  
Gianluca Buffone ◽  
...  

Abstract. Background: Absorbable sutures are not generally accepted by most vascular surgeons for the fear of breakage of the suture line and the risk of aneurysmal formation, except in cases of paediatric surgery or in case of infections. Aim of this study is to provide evidence of safety and efficacy of the use of absorbable suture materials in carotid surgery. Patients and methods: In an 11 year period, 1126 patients (659 male [58.5 %], 467 female [41.5 %], median age 72) underwent carotid endarterectomy for carotid stenosis by either conventional with primary closure (cCEA) or eversion (eCEA) techniques. Patients were randomised into two groups according to the type of suture material used. In Group A, absorbable suture material (polyglycolic acid) was used and in Group B non-absorbable suture material (polypropylene) was used. Primary end-point was to compare severe restenosis and aneurysmal formation rates between the two groups of patients. For statistical analysis only cases with a minimum period of follow-up of 12 months were considered. Results: A total of 868 surgical procedures were considered for data analysis. Median follow-up was 6 years (range 1-10 years). The rate of postoperative complications was better for group A for both cCEA and eCEA procedures: 3.5 % and 2.0 % for group A, respectively, and 11.8 % and 12.9 % for group B, respectively. Conclusions: In carotid surgery, the use of absorbable suture material seems to be safe and effective and with a general lower complications rate compared to the use of non-absorbable materials.


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