BACKGROUND Induction pemetrexed platin doublet is the standard of care in locally advanced and metastatic non squamous NSCLC. Maintenance TKI has been successfully explored to sustain benefit achieved after induction therapy especially in EGFR mutation positive NSCLC. The aim of this study is to evaluate outcomes with maintenance TKI in EGFR mutation positive metastatic non squamous NSCLC after...

conclusions the intervention bundle prompted increased administration of psdivc and documentation. similar centres may benefit from an intervention to improve compliance. results sixty-four patients in group a underwent turbt prior to introduction of the intervention bundle. fifty-four patients had non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (nmibc), which would have been eligible for psdivc. fifteen (2...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the outcome of locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) treated with induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy. METHODS Between June 2005 and October 2007, 604 patients with locoregionally advanced NPC were analyzed, of whom 399 and 205 were treated with conventional radiotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) respectively. Meanwh...

Elevated levels of macromolecules, within the peripheral blood of head and neck cancer patients, capable of binding the first component of complement (C1qBM) in vitro have prognostic implication. Namely, elevated levels of C1qBM have been associated with nonresponse to induction chemotherapy. In this investigation, a series of in vitro studies regarding the biological properties of C1qBM were c...

OBJECTIVE Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is a rare and aggressive form of B-cell lymphoma that is curable using intensive chemotherapy. Obtaining a complete response (CR) at the end of induction chemotherapy is a major prognostic factor. This study retrospectively evaluates the potential impact of (18)FDG-PET in the management of children with BL after induction chemotherapy, and the prognostic performa...

The records of 63 high-risk neuroblastoma patients with bone marrow (BM) tumors at diagnosis were retrospectively reviewed. All patients received nine cycles of induction chemotherapy followed by tandem high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (HDCT/auto-SCT). Follow-up BM examination was performed every three cycles during induction chemotherapy and every three months fo...

BACKGROUND Pneumonia is a major cause of death during induction chemotherapy for acute leukemia. The purpose of this study was to quantify the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of pneumonia in patients with acute leukemia. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 801 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), or acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)...

BACKGROUND To evaluate long-term survival of the first cohort of stage-4 neuroblastoma patients treated with the N7 induction chemotherapy, surgery of the primary tumor and high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) containing Busulfan-Melphalan (Bu-Mel) followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). PROCEDURE From 1998 to 1999, 47 children were included in the NB97 trial and treated with inducti...