Locally Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer and Targeted Therapy

Jun 25, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Locally Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer and Targeted Therapy

Author (study name) Year Radiation (Gy/fractions) Chemotherapy N of patients Overall survival Grade 3–4 pneumonitis (%) Treatment-related death (%) Induction Concurrent Consolidation Median (month) 2y rate (%) Hallqvist A (SATELLITE)…

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Next-Generation Sequencing and Bioinformatics

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Fig. 6.1 Typical primary analysis pipeline of WES (a) and WTS (b). Briefly, data processing is done as follows: data cleansing, mapping to reference genome, and variant call/read counting and…

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Prognosis

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(1) Research Oncology, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom   Abstract When properly matched for stage age and co-morbidity the prognosis of MBC and FBC is similar. Because MBC patients are…

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The Problem

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(1) Research Oncology, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom   Abstract There is substantial evidence of deleterious health behaviour in males both in terms of high-risk activities and avoidance of contact…

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Clinical Features and Diagnosis

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(1) Research Oncology, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom   Abstract Breast cancer is rare in men and most males referred to breast clinics will have benign conditions, frequently true or…

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Future Directions

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(1) Research Oncology, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom   Abstract A rare disease can be a source of worry for both the patient and the doctor. There is one approach…

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Treatment of Advanced Disease

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(1) Research Oncology, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom   Abstract In many series of MBC cases the majority had stage III/IV disease at presentation and this has shown little improvement…

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Adjuvant Therapy

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(1) Research Oncology, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom   Abstract No randomised controlled trials of adjuvant therapy have been conducted with MBC patients so that the results from large trials…

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Risk Factors

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(1) Research Oncology, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom   Abstract Age is a major risk factor for MBC with Clemmesen’s hook present on the age-incidence curve. Male/female incidence ratios are…

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