Real-World Evidence of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Lung Cancer Survival: Canadian Perspective
Conclusions: This study is, to our knowledge, the largest single-institution study in Canada looking at lung cancer survival during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study looks at overall survival in the advanced/metastatic setting of NSCLC during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have previously reported on treatment pattern changes and increased wait times for NSCLC patients during the pandemic. In this study, we report that the advanced/metastatic subgroup had both an increase in the 6-month mortality rate and worsening overall survival during this same time period. Although there was no statistical difference in the proportion of pa...
Source: Current Oncology - March 27, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Jason Agulnik Goulnar Kasymjanova Carmela Pepe Jennifer Friedmann David Small Lama Sakr Hangjun Wang Alan Spatz Khalil Sultanem Victor Cohen Source Type: research
Perspectives on Ease of Use and Value of a Self-Monitoring Application to Support Physical Activity Maintenance among Individuals Living with and beyond Cancer
CONCLUSIONS: The participants provided insights on using a self-monitoring app to improve PA maintenance in oncology. Work is needed to capture additional perspectives and apply findings to the development of technology-based PA maintenance tools.PMID:38534953 | PMC:PMC10969407 | DOI:10.3390/curroncol31030120 (Source: Current Oncology)
Source: Current Oncology - March 27, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Manuel Ester Meghan H McDonough Mannat Bansal Julianna Dreger Julia T Daun Margaret L McNeely Thompson Luu S Nicole Culos-Reed Source Type: research
Personalized Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer
Curr Oncol. 2024 Mar 20;31(3):1588-1599. doi: 10.3390/curroncol31030121.ABSTRACTBreast cancer is diagnosed in nearly 3 million people worldwide. Radiation therapy is an integral component of disease management for patients with breast cancer, and is used after breast-conserving surgery or a mastectomy to reduce the risk of a local recurrence. The following review describes the methods used to personalize radiation therapy by optimizing patient selection, using advanced treatment techniques to lessen the radiation dose to normal organs, and using hypofractionation in order to shorten the duration of radiation treatment.PMID...
Source: Current Oncology - March 27, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Waqar Haque Edward Brian Butler Bin S Teh Source Type: research
Population Survival Kinetics Derived from Clinical Trials of Potentially Curable Lung Cancers
Curr Oncol. 2024 Mar 20;31(3):1600-1617. doi: 10.3390/curroncol31030122.ABSTRACTUsing digitized data from progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival Kaplan-Meier curves, one can assess population survival kinetics through exponential decay nonlinear regression analyses. To demonstrate their utility, we analyzed PFS curves from published curative-intent trials of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) adjuvant chemotherapy, adjuvant osimertinib in resected EGFR-mutant NSCLC (ADAURA trial), chemoradiotherapy for inoperable NSCLC, and limited small cell lung cancer (SCLC). These analyses permit assessment of log-linear ...
Source: Current Oncology - March 27, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: David J Stewart Katherine Cole Dominick Bosse Stephanie Brule Dean Fergusson Tim Ramsay Source Type: research
Paraneoplastic Syndromes in Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review
Curr Oncol. 2024 Mar 21;31(3):1618-1632. doi: 10.3390/curroncol31030123.ABSTRACTNeuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) is a rare subtype of prostate cancer (PCa) that usually results in poor clinical outcomes and may be accompanied by paraneoplastic syndromes (PNS). NEPC is becoming more frequent. It can initially manifest as PNS, complicating diagnosis. Therefore, we reviewed the literature on the different PNS associated with NEPC. We systematically reviewed English-language articles from January 2017 to September 2023, identifying 17 studies meeting PRISMA guidelines for NEPC and associated PNS. A total of 17 articles we...
Source: Current Oncology - March 27, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mohammad Abufaraj Raghad Ramadan Amro Alkhatib Source Type: research
Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Trastuzumab Biosimilars to Herceptin for Adjuvant Treatment of HER2+ Breast Cancer
Conclusions: Biosimilar trastuzumab demonstrated similar safety and effectiveness to Herceptin. The findings can help improve confidence in and use of biosimilars and demonstrate the value of real-world evidence generation for supporting biosimilar implementations and reassessments.PMID:38534957 | PMC:PMC10969053 | DOI:10.3390/curroncol31030124 (Source: Current Oncology)
Source: Current Oncology - March 27, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Caroline Mu ñoz Xiaochen Tai Jessica Arias Andrea Eisen Munaza Chaudhry Scott Gavura Kelvin K W Chan Source Type: research
Utilization and Impact of a Radiation Nursing Clinic to Address Acute Care Needs for Patients with Gynecologic Cancers
CONCLUSIONS: The receipt of CCR and specific psychosocial risk factors were associated with increased RNC utilization. Targeted strategies and early intervention to better meet the supportive care and psychosocial needs of this vulnerable population are needed.PMID:38534958 | PMC:PMC10969712 | DOI:10.3390/curroncol31030125 (Source: Current Oncology)
Source: Current Oncology - March 27, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Aaron Dou Genevieve Bouchard-Fortier Kathy Han Michael Milosevic Jelena Lukovic Stephanie L'heureux Xuan Li Mary C Doherty Jennifer Croke Source Type: research
Outcomes of Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Brain Metastases Treated with the Upfront Single Agent Pembrolizumab: A Retrospective and Multicentric Study of the ESCKEYP GFPC Cohort
This study revealed the feasibility and outcome of front-line pembrolizumab treatment in this population with BM.PMID:38534959 | PMC:PMC10969391 | DOI:10.3390/curroncol31030126 (Source: Current Oncology)
Source: Current Oncology - March 27, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Simon Nannini Florian Guisier Hubert Curcio Charles Ricordel Pierre Demontrond Safa Abdallahoui Seyyid Baloglu Laurent Greillier Christos Chouaid Roland Schott Source Type: research
PC-PEP, a Comprehensive Daily Six-Month Home-Based Patient Empowerment Program Leads to Weight Loss in Men with Prostate Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of a Clinical Trial
Conclusions: PC-PEP led to significant weight loss in men undergoing curative prostate cancer treatment compared to standard-of-care.PMID:38534960 | PMC:PMC10969418 | DOI:10.3390/curroncol31030127 (Source: Current Oncology)
Source: Current Oncology - March 27, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Wyatt MacNevin Gabriela Ilie Ricardo Rendon Ross Mason Jesse Spooner Emily Chedrawe Nikhilesh Patil David Bowes Greg Bailly David Bell Derek Wilke Jeffery B L Zahavich Cody MacDonald Robert David Harold Rutledge Source Type: research
Lung Cancer Prevalence in Virginia: A Spatial Zipcode-Level Analysis via INLA
CONCLUSIONS: This comprehensive analysis contributes to our understanding of the complex interplay of demographic and socioeconomic factors influencing LC disparities in VA at the zip code level, providing valuable information for targeted public health interventions and resource allocation. Implementation code is available at GitHub.PMID:38534917 | PMC:PMC10969494 | DOI:10.3390/curroncol31030084 (Source: Current Oncology)
Source: Current Oncology - March 27, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Indranil Sahoo Jinlei Zhao Xiaoyan Deng Myles Gordon Cockburn Kathy Tossas Robert Winn Dipankar Bandyopadhyay Source Type: research
Extended Right Hepatectomy following Clearance of the Left Liver Lobe and Portal Vein Embolization for Curatively Intended Treatment of Extensive Bilobar Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Single-Center Case Series
CONCLUSIONS: ERH following CU and PVE for extended CRLM is feasible and safe in laparoscopic and open approaches. MIH for ERH may result in shorter postoperative hospital stays. Further high-volume, multicenter studies are required to evaluate the potential superiority of MIH.PMID:38534918 | PMC:PMC10969123 | DOI:10.3390/curroncol31030085 (Source: Current Oncology)
Source: Current Oncology - March 27, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sebastian Knitter Linda Sauer Karl-H Hillebrandt Simon Moosburner Uli Fehrenbach Timo A Auer Nathanael Raschzok Georg Lurje Felix Krenzien Johann Pratschke Wenzel Sch öning Source Type: research
Review on the Role of BRCA Mutations in Genomic Screening and Risk Stratification of Prostate Cancer
Conclusions: The individualized assessment of BRCA mutations is an important tool for the risk stratification of PCa patients. It is also a population screening tool which can guide our risk assessment strategies and achieve better results for our patients and their families.PMID:38534919 | PMC:PMC10969585 | DOI:10.3390/curroncol31030086 (Source: Current Oncology)
Source: Current Oncology - March 27, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Nikolaos Kalampokis Christos Zabaftis Theodoros Spinos Markos Karavitakis Ioannis Leotsakos Ioannis Katafigiotis Henk van der Poel Nikolaos Grivas Dionysios Mitropoulos Source Type: research
Sex-Based Analysis of Quality Indicators of End-of-Life Care in Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Curr Oncol. 2024 Feb 22;31(3):1170-1182. doi: 10.3390/curroncol31030087.ABSTRACTIndices of aggressive or supportive end-of-life (EOL) care are used to evaluate health services quality. Disparities according to sex were previously described, with studies showing that male sex is associated with aggressive EOL care. This is a secondary analysis of 69,983 patients who died of a GI malignancy in Ontario between 2006 and 2018. Quality indices from the last 14-30 days of life and aggregate measures for aggressive and supportive EOL care were derived from administrative data. Hospitalizations, emergency department use, intensive ...
Source: Current Oncology - March 27, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Caitlin S Lees Hsien Seow Kelvin K W Chan Anastasia Gayowsky Shaila J Merchant Aynharan Sinnarajah Source Type: research
Spatially Resolved Microglia/Macrophages in Recurrent Glioblastomas Overexpress Fatty Acid Metabolism and Phagocytic Genes
CONCLUSION: Tumor-associated microglia/macrophages in recurrent GBM overexpress genes involved in fatty acid/lipid metabolism. Further investigation is needed to fully delineate the role of PLD phospholipases in GBM progression.PMID:38534921 | PMC:PMC10968993 | DOI:10.3390/curroncol31030088 (Source: Current Oncology)
Source: Current Oncology - March 27, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Akshitkumar M Mistry Jonah Daneshmand SeonYeong Jamie Seo Norman L Lehman Donald M Miller Dylan A Goodin Hermann B Frieboes Joseph Chen Adrianna Masters Brian J Williams Kavitha Yaddanapudi Source Type: research
Unlocking the Potential of Therapy-Induced Cytokine Responses: Illuminating New Pathways in Cancer Precision Medicine
Curr Oncol. 2024 Feb 23;31(3):1195-1206. doi: 10.3390/curroncol31030089.ABSTRACTPrecision cancer medicine primarily aims to identify individual patient genomic variations and exploit vulnerabilities in cancer cells to select suitable patients for specific drugs. These genomic features are commonly determined by gene sequencing prior to therapy, to identify individuals who would be most responsive. This precision approach in cancer therapeutics remains a powerful tool that benefits a smaller pool of patients, sparing others from unnecessary treatments. A limitation of this approach is that proteins, not genes, are the ultim...
Source: Current Oncology - March 27, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Dilip R Gunturu Mohammed Hassan Deepa Bedi Pran Datta Upender Manne Temesgen Samuel Source Type: research
