fever/sarcoma

Due to the rarity of radiation-induced (RIS) or previously irradiated recurrent (PIRS) sarcomas, no guidelines nor randomized prospective clinical trials on this topic exist. Thus the management of RIS and PIR is challenging. The only curable modality in non-metastatic RIS/PIRS is radical resection

There is a lack of standard treatment of unresectable and marginally resectable sarcomas. Results of commonly used approaches are unsatisfactory, especially in patients who are not candidates for neoadjuvant chemotherapy due to poor performance status, comorbidities, radioresistant pathology or

PHASE I DESIGN The number of evaluable patients to be included in this trial is 25. However 28 patients will be enrolled considering the possibility of 3 non-evaluable cases. The dose escalation rules proceed as follows: escalating in cohorts of 3-6 patients per dose level. Three patients are

Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative disorder in which leukemic cells display the Philadelphia chromosome generated from a reciprocal t(9:22) (q34:q11) translocation.1 The chromosome 9 and chromosome 22 transposal of t (9:22) and (q34:q11) causes the cancer gene C-ABL at 9q34

Systemic mastocytosis (SM) represents a heterogenous group of disease characterized by abnormal proliferation of mast cells caused by activating mutations in c-Kit receptor; a tyrosine kinase family receptor present in mast cell that control cell proliferation. Prevalence of SM is estimated to 1/20

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. This prospective trial will evaluate total response rate, including complete and partial response, in patients with unresectable extremity melanoma (or other skin cancer including but not limited to Merkel cell carcinoma) or soft tissue sarcoma treated with

This study is a prospective, single-arm phase I trial of 20 ovarian cancer patients to be treated with PISH for 6 cycles, delivered every 28 days. This mimics chemotherapy treatments, in concordance with the fractional cell kill hypothesis of cytotoxic agents. As this study is for safety, only,

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) may be associated with a clinically significant "graft-versus-tumor" (GVT) effect, even against disease that is unresponsive to chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Graft-vs.-tumor (GVT) effects have been described after allogeneic HCT for

BACKGROUND: - Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus-associated multicentric Castleman disease (KSHVMCD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder that develops predominantly in human immunodeficiency deficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. Patients often have symptoms from interleukin-6 (IL-6), KSHV encoded

BACKGROUND: KSHV inflammatory cytokine syndrome (KICS) is a newly recognized syndrome caused by Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). It is characterized by severe inflammatory symptoms including fevers, wasting, cytopenias, hypoalbuminemia, and hyponatremia, associated in some cases with

Colorectal cancer is the fourth commonest form of cancer worldwide and remains a leading malignancy both in incidence and mortality. Erbitux is an immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody that specifically blocks ligand binding to the EGFR with high affinity, thereby preventing downstream signal