CADTH recommends that Imfinzi should be reimbursed by public drug plans for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer (BTC) if certain conditions are met.
 in combination with gemcitabine plus platinum-based chemotherapy only covered to treat patients BTC who have not received prior treatment. Patients receiving relatively good health (i.e., a performance ...

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Background: The presence of immune system within the female reproductive tract is increasingly being recognized as an important element for maintaining host protection and promoting reproductive functions. The Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs) family plays an important role in innate immune responses against microbial pathogens within the genital tract. These receptors recognize distinct pathogen-asso...

CONTEXT Metastases from ampullary malignancies are common, but spread to the testicle and paratesticular tissue is exceedingly rare with only 2 reported cases in the literature. CASE REPORT We report a case of a 70 year-old male with a history of ampullary adenocarcinoma status post pancreaticoduodenectomy who presented with a symptomatic right-sided hydrocele. Subsequent pathology revealed m...

Long Survival after Resection of Small Cell Carcinoma of the Pancreas with Synchronous Adenocarcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater Xiaohong Liu, Jeffery H. Lee, Chusilp Charnsangavej, Ming Geng, Huamin Wang Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States Department of Pathology, General Hospital of Jinan Military Command,Jinan,China Department of Gastroenter...

Introduction: A pancreaticoduodenectomy, Whipple procedure, or KauschWhipple procedure, is an extensive surgical operation involving the excision of the duodenum including the duodenal papilla or ampulla of vater, head of the pancreas and the distal (lower) common bile duct. is operation is performed to treat malignant tumors of head of the pancreas, lower common bile duct, duodenum or periamp...