Future oncology
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The objective of this study was to analyze the impact of visceral metastases in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) treated with abiraterone. ⋯ Visceral disease appears to be an important predictor of clinical outcome in CRPC patients treated with abiraterone.
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Review Meta Analysis
Risk of cutaneous toxicities in patients with solid tumors treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a meta-analysis.
We performed a meta-analysis of the risk of cutaneous toxicities associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. ⋯ Our meta-analysis demonstrates that immune checkpoint inhibitors are associated with an increased risk of all grade skin rash, vitiligo and pruritus. Clinicians should perform regular clinical cutaneous monitoring.
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Meta Analysis
Neoadjuvant breast cancer treatment as a sensitive setting for trastuzumab biosimilar development and extrapolation.
Identify sensitive end points and populations for similarity studies of trastuzumab and biosimilar monoclonal antibodies. ⋯ Treatment of patients with neoadjuvant breast cancer represents a sensitive setting for establishing biosimilarity of efficacy and immunogenicity. tpCR is a sensitive end point in this setting to establish biosimilarity between a biosimilar candidate and its reference product.
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Review Meta Analysis
Risk of hematological toxicities in patients with solid tumors treated with ramucirumab: a meta-analysis.
We performed a meta-analysis of the risk of hematological adverse events associated with ramucirumab. ⋯ Our meta-analysis has demonstrated an increased risk of febrile neutropenia, all-grade and high-grade neutropenia and thrombocytopenia with ramucirumab-based treatment compared with control.
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Review
Wider implications of video-assisted thoracic surgery versus open approach for lung metastasectomy.
Lung metastasectomy is considered a safe and potentially curative procedure despite there is not a strong evidence that metastasectomy prolongs long-term survival in patients with lung metastases. Moreover, the debate is open regarding the best approach for lung metastasectomy, video-assisted thoracic surgery versus open approach. ⋯ The choice of the surgical approach still depends more on the single center or surgeon practice than on strong scientific evidence. A prospective randomized trial could clarify the question.