paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration is a rare, fatal neuronal syndrome associated with ovarian, breast and lung cancers. anti-yo antibody mediated paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration is known to be associated with gynecological malignancies, especially ovarian cancer. however, there are no reports of anti-yo antibody associated predominant peripheral mixed sensory and motor neuropathy in ...

background: determining the optimal and effective scheme for administrating the chemotherapy agents in breast cancer is the main goal of this scientific research. the most important issue here is the amount of drug or radiation administrated in chemotherapy and radiotherapy for increasing patient's survival. this is because in these cases, the therapy not only kills the tumor cells, but also ki...

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second cause of death in women. It is essential to have the highest level of confidence in axillary staging assessment. Many surgeons and pathologists believe that fewer lymph nodes are present in axillary dissection specimens of women treated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to compare the lym...

abnormalities of the thyroid gland are among the most frequent endocrine complications observed in childhood cancer survivors. we report an 11 years old girl who developed central hypothyroidism and acth deficiency during the chemotherapy for cns relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia before receiving radiotherapy. keywords: thyroid gland, hypothyroidism, chemotherapy, acute lymphoblastic leuk...

Objective: Although cancer chemotherapy has been used for more than seventy years, its definitive mechanism of action is not known. Many studies indicate that beyond DNA the collagen connective tissue matrix also affected. This database analysis aims to determine extent versus perception in scientific papers indexed under PubMed. Materials and methods: The PubMed scanned on September, 15, 2021 ...

ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological cancer and about 70% of the patients are advanced stagein the time of diagnosis. decision about management (surgical debulking versus neoadjuant chemotherapy) in ovarian cancer patients is dependent on initial staging by abdominopelvic mdct or mri, so, radiologist expertise on ovarian cancer staging is very important. involvement of mesenteric roo...

this study was designed to assess the role of first-line chemotherapy with 5-fu and platinum in the treatment of advanced or recurrent cervical cancer, ten patients with advanced or recurrent cancer of the cervix, with no prior chemotherapy were entered in phase ii trial, from oct. 2000 to nov. 2001. eight patients were treated with cis-platinum (50 mg/m2 over 60 minutes in first day) followed ...

This study aims to describe and analyze the benefits of wheatgrass in reducing effects chemotherapy. The design this research is a systematic narrative review. Six scientific databases were used obtain relevant sources dealing with specific issues related chemotherapy, namely Pubmed, Ebsco, Sage Journals, Clinical Key, Scopus, Pro-quest. results found 655 articles, six articles qualified. use j...

Cancer cachexia is a debilitating multi-factorial wasting syndrome characterised by severe skeletal muscle and dysfunction (i.e., myopathy). In the oncology setting, arises from synergistic insults both cancer–host interactions chemotherapy-related toxicity. The majority of studies have surrounded interaction side cancer cachexia, often overlooking capability chemotherapy to induce cachectic my...