Breast Cancer: Coping with Hair Loss by Martha Monroe, Barbara Shea

“…There are so many things to pay attention to when faced with cancer and chemotherapy that many women may not take the time to look at the bright side of losing their hair. …”
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Real-World Treatment Patterns, Survival, and Costs for Ovarian Cancer in Canada: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Provincial Administrative Data by Manjusha Hurry, Shazia Hassan, Soo Jin Seung, Ryan N. Walton, Ashlie Elnoursi, Jacob D. McGee

“…Current standard of care in Canada involves a combination of cytoreductive surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy. **Objective:** There are few studies reporting current OC costs. …”
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Lipoic acid-boronophenylalanine-derived multifunctional vesicles for cancer chemoradiotherapy by Liqun Dai, Jie Liu, Tingyu Yang, Xiaorui Yu, Yi Lu, Lili Pan, Siming Zhou, Diyun Shu, Yuanhao Liu, Wuyu Mao, Zhiyong Qian

“…Abstract Cancer remains a major health challenge, with the effectiveness of chemotherapy often limited by its lack of specificity and systemic toxicity. …”
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The Effects of Adverse Events and Associated Costs on Value-Based Care for Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma by Prachi Bhatt, Jared Hirsch, Paul Cockrum, George Kim, Gabriela Dieguez

“…**Conclusions:** Irrespective of drug cost, chemotherapy leading to a significant increase in AEs is associated with higher TCOC.…”
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Insights into the molecular mechanisms and nanoparticle-based therapies for gastric cancer: A review by Smarika Chauhan, Eswar Marcharla, Sneha Hariharan, Saranya Vinayagam, Thanigaivel Sundaram, Priya SD, Swamynathan Ganesan, Maximilian Lackner

“…They also boost therapy outcomes by overcoming chemotherapy resistance and enabling co-delivery of multiple drugs. …”
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Real-World Treatment Patterns in Men with Castration- Resistant Prostate Cancer Receiving Docetaxel by Keith L. Davis, Benjamin Gutierrez, Teresa Zyczynski, James A. Kaye

“…**Conclusions:** Concordant with guidelines, docetaxel and prednisone was the preferred first-line chemotherapy regimen in CRPC patients reviewed for this study. …”
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Pulmonary Nuclear protein in Testis (NUT) carcinoma: clinical, molecular characteristics, and treatment strategies by Jingjing Qu, Zhen Chen, Yanping Zhu, JinYan Huang, Qian Shen

“…RNA sequencing identified BRD3-NUTM1 fusions in 60% (3/5) patients. Chemotherapy was employed as the initial treatment strategy but showed limited efficacy in advanced stages. …”
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Overcoming hypoxia-induced breast cancer drug resistance: a novel strategy using hollow gold-platinum bimetallic nanoshells by Lian-Ying Zhang, Xiao-Tong Chen, Rong-Tian Li, Wei Meng, Guo-Qin Huang, Yong-Jian Chen, Feng-Jun Ge, Qun Zhang, Yu-Jun Quan, Cai-Tao Zhang, Yi-Fei Liu, Ming Chen, Jin-Xiang Chen

“…This study presents a novel strategy to tackle tumor proliferation and enhance tumor response to chemotherapy, offering hope for reversing in drug resistance in cancerous lesions. …”
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Analysis of toxicity and mechanisms of busulfan in non-obstructive azoospermia: A genomic and toxicological approach integrating molecular docking, single-cell sequencing, and expe... by Yanggang Hong, Qichao Yuan, Yi Wang, Deqi Wang, Xiaoju Guan, Congde Chen

“…These findings offer new insights into the mechanisms of busulfan-induced NOA and suggest potential therapeutic targets for preserving male fertility in chemotherapy patients. This research advances the understanding of chemotherapy-induced reproductive toxicity and emphasizes the need for strategies to reduce its negative effects on fertility.…”
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Diagnosis and treatment of thyroblastoma: a case report and review of literature by Xiting Chen, Xiting Chen, Lijuan Xiong, Lijuan Xiong, Hongling Liu, Haoqiang Wang, Donghai Cheng, Wei Wang, Wenyuan He, Bo Xie, Juan Zhou

“…Despite local thyroid tumor resection, the disease continued to progress rapidly. However, chemotherapy with BEP led to a reduction in the tumor. …”
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Plasmablastic transformation of a double hit follicular lymphoma: An emerging entity by Shanaz Khodaiji, Vidisha Mahajan, Krishna Sawaimoon Satyakam, Pratibha Sudhan Kadam Amare

“…This unusual case presentation is a challenge for the treating physician with the patient becoming resistant to chemotherapy and succumbing to the disease within a few months of diagnosis. …”
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Progress on spinal cord stimulation in treatment of peripheral neuropathy by ZONG Yun⁃fei, DONG Tie⁃yan, BAO Min

“…Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a minimally invasive neuromodulation technique that has been widely applied and recognized for its efficacy in peripheral neuropathy such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), trigeminal neuralgia (TN), trigeminal postherpetic neuralgia, chemotherapy⁃induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), chronic groin pain, and lumbosacral radiculopathy syndrome. …”
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Sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma in an adolescent male: A case report of an unusual neoplasm by Aashna Soman, P. H. Prasad, P. V. Ajayan

“…The tumor was completely removed by right total maxillectomy with orbital mess reconstruction, and postoperative radiotherapy with chemotherapy was given. The follow-up of the patient for 2 years has shown evidence of recurrence and is now on palliative care.…”
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Lycopene improves on basic hematological and immunological parameters in diabetes mellitus by Ejike, Daniel Eze, Adam, Moyosore Afodun, Josephine, Kasolo, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…The aim of the study was to gain information on basic changes in hematological parameters as markers for safety since anemia as a complication in diabetic chemotherapy has been reported. Results: Lycopene had anti-anemic effects and improved on the immune status of diabetic rats and these obser- vations were dose independent. …”
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Lycopene improves on basic hematological and immunological parameters in diabetes mellitus by Ejike, Daniel Eze, Adam Moyosore, Afodun, Josephine, Kasolo, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…The aim of the study was to gain information on basic changes in hematological parameters as markers for safety since anemia as a complication in diabetic chemotherapy has been reported. Results: Lycopene had anti-anemic effects and improved on the immune status of diabetic rats and these observations were dose independent. …”
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Primary orbital yolk sac tumor in an infant: A rare entity by Varsha Mishra, Sandeep Jain, Payal Malhotra, Garima Durga, Gauri Kapoor

“…She was started on infant bleomycin etoposide cisplatin (BEP) chemotherapy protocol. There was a good clinical and radiological response. …”
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A rare case of vision loss caused by leptomeningeal metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma: a case report and literature review by Zhihua Li, Jian Chu, Wennan Shen, Junnan Chen, Yuemei Dong, Manze Zhang, Nan Zhao, Wei Zhao, Haoran Zha, Ning Wang, Yalin Han, Zhaoxia Li

“…We reviewed the literature and evaluated survival benefits in patients with LM harboring BRAF non-V600E mutations treated with CSF chemotherapy and mitogen-activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase inhibitors.…”
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A Case Report of Embryonal Botryoid Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Uterine Cervix in a 26- Year-Old Woman by Gunel Ziyadova, Altan Kavuncuoglu, Gonca Ozten, Zafer Selcuk Tuncer

“…The patient is considered group 1A in Intergroup RMS Working Group V (IRSG) criteria and the treatment plan continued with adjuvant vincristine, actinomycin D, cyclophosphamide chemotherapy. In the case of cervical polyps in the fertile age, the specimen must be carefully and histologically examined to rule out genital rabdomyosarcoma. …”
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Role of enteroscopy in diagnostics of tumors and preneoplastic diseases of the small intestine by Ye. V. Ivanova, Ye. D. Fedorov, O. I. Yudin, M. Ye. Timofeyev, P. L. Chernyakevich, D. A. Kuznetsov

“…The methods of videocapsular and balloon enteroscopy which have appeared in 2001 allow to estimate macroscopic appearance of tumor more clearly, to determine its character and location, to carry out biopsy, to obtain the proof for chemotherapy prescription, to remove tumor endoscopically or determine indications for elective surgery.Conclusion. …”
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TOURISM study (Treatment Outcomes in UteRIne SarcoMa): a 10-year retrospective evaluation of practice in the UK by Rebekah Webb, Mohammed Al-Zubaidi, Mark A Baxter, Karin Purshouse, James Robertson, Helen Creedon, Katherine Fair, Asma Sarwar, Laura Hannington, Adam L Peters, Samuel Mcinerney, Karen E Mactier, Georgina E Wood, Mai K Bishr, Leonie Eastlake, Katharine Lankester, Alison L Stillie

“…In the stage I group 7.4% received adjuvant chemotherapy and 15.0% received adjuvant radiotherapy. …”
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