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Background:
- Psychological distress is a common concern for patient across the cancer trajectory, which has been associated with worse clinical outcomes in terms of quality of life, adherence to treatment regimens, satisfaction with care, and poorer survival in past research.
- Virtual reality (VR)
Background and Significance of the Proposed Project
Over 80% of Americans are exposed to a significant trauma sometime during their lifetime and approximately 7% will meet for a threshold diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder. PTSD is the most costly anxiety-related disorder and confers
More than 50 years ago, valproic acid has become established as an effective broad-spectrum antiepileptic drug. It is a drug of choice in children and adult with generalized or focal types of epilepsy, and in generalized convulsive status epilepticus. It is used in migraine prophylaxis, and as a
Lung cancer is the most common cancer, accounting for 20% of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In 2015, an estimated 610,200 patients (22 per cent of cancer-related deaths) died of lung cancer. Non-small cell lung cancer ((NSCLC)) accounts for 80% to 85% of lung cancer. Most patients are locally
Introduction Tumor treating fields (TTFields) are low-intensity (1-3 v/m) intermediate frequency (200 khz for GBM) alternating fields that disrupt cell division. The treatment is increasingly used as a supplementary modality for patients with glioblastoma (GBM). Recent randomized clinical studies
Indication:
First-line treatment of high grade gliomas, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, and gliomatosis cerebri in paediatric patients < 18 years of age.
Background:
Based on published results regarding the potential therapeutic benefit of adult and pediatric high grade glioma patients receiving
About 60 gynecologic cancer patients' medical records are expected to collect and analyze in this retrospective study. The data collection from medical records of gynecologic cancer patients who had received chemotherapy with or without prescription drug treatment for cancer-related fatigue include
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a sensitive and specific biomarker of prostate tissue. Monitoring of PSA after local treatment for prostate cancer can assist in identifying patients who have only increased PSA (biochemical recurrence [BCR]) despite no symptoms, signs, or evidence of radiographic
BACKGROUND Radiation Necrosis: Stereotactic radiosurgery has become integral in treatment of brain tumors and arteriovenous malformations (AVM). In up to 10% of cases, this can lead to radiation necrosis (RN) with significant surrounding vasogenic edema and mass effect. Medical treatment for RN
1. Introduction to investigational treatment(s) and other study treatment(s)
1.1 Overview of gemcitabine Gemcitabine (29,29-difluoro 29-deoxycytidine, dFdC) which developed from cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C) is an nucleoside analog used as chemotherapy. It was intended as an antiviral drug in
BACKGROUND:
- CEA is overexpressed in multiple malignancies, including medullary thyroid cancer where CEA is universally expressed on tumor cells.
- There is no standard treatment for patients with asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic, metastatic medullary thyroid cancer. The only effective
Study Procedures:
Participants will be randomly assigned (like flipping a coin) to one of the following groups upon completion of collection of initial information about the participant's: current and prior health history, symptoms, and health-related quality of life, and take a 6-minute self-paced
You will undergo some screening tests or procedures to find out if you can be in this research study. Many of these tests and procedures are likely to be part of regular cancer care and may be done even if it turns out that you do not take part in the research study. If you have had some of these
In a randomized, placebo controlled, single-blind , efficacy trial with three treatment arms the investigators randomly assigned 105 patients with metabolic syndrome to receive barberry juice, saffron juice or placebo tablet.
The aim was to evaluate the efficacy of Crocus sativus (Saffron) and