chemotherapy/edema

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumor in children and young adults and accounts for 5% of all pediatric malignancies. The long-standing chemotherapy regimen of doxorubicin and cisplatin with or without methotrexate remains a standard treatment of osteosarcoma.But

The term "mucositis" was introduced to describe inflammation of the oral mucosa induced by radiotherapy, chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation. At present, oral mucositis is considered to be the most serious non-hematological complication of cancer treatment. Numerous predisposing factors

Head and neck cancer (HNC) have been seen in 13.3/100,000 males and 2.8/100,000 in females in Turkey. HNC related treatments such as lymph node dissection, tumor excision, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and cancer itself can cause head and neck lymphedema (HNL). The incidence of HNL due to HNC

Background Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and devastating malignant brain tumor in adults. Patients with glioblastoma face a poor prognosis. Despite maximal treatment, most patients suffer tumor progression after 6-7 months and die within 1-2 years. Standard treatment for newly diagnosed

Primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSL) are extra-nodal, malignant non-Hodgkin lymphomas of diffuse large B-cell type confined to the CNS or eyes without evidence of systemic spread. PCNSL account for up to 1% of all lymphomas and 3% of primary brain tumors. Despite recent progress in PCNSL

Study Type: Interventional, randomized, parallel Assignment and no masking Study Arms & Intervention: Drug 1: Aspirin, 100mg/day orally; Drug 2: rivaroxaban, 10mg/day orally; Drug 3: low molecule heparin, 4000IU(0.4ml)/day subcutaneous injection; Reference: mechanical prophylaxis. Follow-up Period:

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

In the United States more than 5 million patients each year get a central venous catheter. Indications for central venous catheterization include infusion of irritant drugs like chemotherapy or total parenteral nutrition, poor peripheral venous access and long term administration of drugs such as

Stoma is reported to be frequent in self-expanding metallic stent (SEMS) treated patients with obstructing left-sided colon cancer than in those with non-obstructing surgery. Retrospective study reported worse overall survival with SEMS and elective surgery than with emergency surgery in patients

Gastric cancer is ranked the third malignancy carcinoma which related deaths. In china, gastric cancer always ranked in the top three cancer-related deaths. Early diagnosis ratio of gastric caner is low in china. And the proportion of gastric cancer cases which performed surgical treatment is less

Lymphedema is defined as the abnormal accumulation of tissue proteins, which is accompanied of edema and chronic inflammation of a limb, so post-mastectomy lymphedema is one of the most serious sequelae of Breast Cancer (BC) that affects the quality of life of women operated for breast cancer. Its

This study is a phase I dose finding trial to determine if chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells targeting the CD19 antigen and containing the inducible caspase 9 safety switch can be safely administered to adult subjects with relapsed or refractory B-cell Lymphoma. The safety of iC9-CAR19 cells

Brain tumors are the first cause of cancer mortality in children and the 3rd cause in young adults. The most frequent brain tumors are gliomas and among them the most common type is astrocytoma. The most malignant astrocytoma is Glioblastoma (GBM). Standard therapy of newly diagnosed GBM patients

Lymphedema is a condition afflicting cancer patients who undergo surgery with removal of lymph nodes, chemotherapy and radiation. Lymphedema is a consequence of impaired lymphatic drainage in the interstitium, which causes edema and inflammation in the subcutaneous tissue. The symptoms are swelling,