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12-Month Teriparatide Treatment Reduces New Vertebral Compression Fractures Incidence And Back Pain And Improves Quality Of Life After Percutaneous Kyphoplasty In Osteoporotic Women.

PurposeDefine the effectiveness of teriparatide (TPTD) treatment on reducing the incidence of new vertebral compression fractures (NVCFs) and back pain and improving quality of life after percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP).MethodsTwo years of clinical follow-up data from primary osteoporotic women who had experienced initial osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) and received PKP plus 12-month TPTD (n=113) or basic treatment (BT) of calcium and vitamin D supplements (n=208) were retrospectively collected. The risk of NVCFs over each 6-month period in the TPTD group was evaluated and

Global comparison of cancer outcomes: standardization and correlation with healthcare expenditures.

BackgroundCancer outcomes vary widely among different countries. However, comparisons of cost-effectiveness and cost-efficiency of different systems are complex because the incidences of different cancers vary across countries and their chances of cure also differ substantially. We aim to propose a new standardized method for global comparison and to explore its relationship with economic indicators.MethodsCancer statistics from all 184 countries and 27 cancers listed in GLOBOCAN 2012 were analyzed. The complement of age-standardized mortality/incidence ratio [1 - (ASM/ASI)] was taken as the p

Molecular chess? Hallmarks of anti-cancer drug resistance.

BackgroundThe development of resistance is a problem shared by both classical chemotherapy and targeted therapy. Patients may respond well at first, but relapse is inevitable for many cancer patients, despite many improvements in drugs and their use over the last 40 years.ReviewResistance to anti-cancer drugs can be acquired by several mechanisms within neoplastic cells, defined as (1) alteration of drug targets, (2) expression of drug pumps, (3) expression of detoxification mechanisms, (4) reduced susceptibility to apoptosis, (5) increased ability to repair DNA damage, and (6) altered prolife

Novel Combinatorial Approaches to Tackle the Immunosuppressive Microenvironment of Prostate Cancer.

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second-most common cancer in men worldwide and treatment options for patients with advanced or aggressive prostate cancer or recurrent disease continue to be of limited success and are rarely curative. Despite immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) efficacy in some melanoma, lung, kidney and breast cancers, immunotherapy efforts have been remarkably unsuccessful in PCa. One hypothesis behind this lack of efficacy is the generation of a distinctly immunosuppressive prostate tumor microenvironment (TME) by regulatory T cells, MDSCs, and type 2 macrophages which have been i

Regulating the regulators: long non-coding RNAs as autophagic controllers in chronic disease management.

The increasing prevalence of chronic diseases and their associated morbidities demands a deeper understanding of underlying mechanism and causative factors, with the hope of developing novel therapeutic strategies. Autophagy, a conserved biological process, involves the degradation of damaged organelles or protein aggregates to maintain cellular homeostasis. Disruption of this crucial process leads to increased genomic instability, accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), decreased mitochondrial functions, and suppression of ubiquitination, leading to overall decline in quality of intrac

A comparison of cancer treatment protocols in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

BackgroundNational cancer treatment protocols guide drug selection, dosing, and access to care. While Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom (UK) have similar socialised healthcare systems, the extent to which their treatment protocols align remains unclear. This study compared protocols across these countries, examining drug selection, distribution by cancer type, and dosing.MethodsA cross-sectional analysis was conducted of in-use protocols as of January 2025 from eviQ (Australia), Cancer Care Ontario (Canada), and the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (UK). Protocols were reviewed to identify

New Drug Approvals in China: An International Comparative Analysis, 2019-2023.

PurposeOver the past five years, China's pharmaceutical industry has rapidly developed but still lags behind global leaders. This study aims to analyze and compare the trends in new drug approvals in China, the United States (US), the European Union (EU), and Japan from 2019 to 2023.MethodsData on new drug approvals were collected from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), European Medicines Agency (EMA), and Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA), including information on the generic name, trade name, applicants, target, approval d

Current Status of Drug Prescribing among Older Adults with Advanced-stage Cancer Receiving Home Medical Care in Japan: A Nationwide Study.

INTRODUCTION: Balancing preventive and symptomatic medications is crucial to minimizing polypharmacy in older adults with limited life expectancy. This study examined end-of-life medications among older adults with advanced-stage cancer receiving home medical care. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using Japan's national claims database between October 2017 and September 2019 and selected adults aged ≥75 years who received comprehensive home medical care services for patients with advanced-stage cancer. We compared prescriptions for preventive and symptomatic medications duri

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Ключевые результаты мероприятий по профессиональной реабилитации лиц с множественным склерозом: Номинальное техническое исследование группы.

СПРАВОЧНАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ: Мероприятия по профессиональной реабилитации лиц с множественным склерозом (МС) в целях удержания рабочих мест могут оказать позитивное воздействие на независимость человека и непосредственно повлиять на результаты в области здравоохранения и занятости. Вместе с тем оценка эффективности мероприятий в области ПР может быть сопряжена с трудностями в силу их весьма индивидуализированного характера и разнообразных потенциальных последствий для здоровья и занятости, которые могут быть затронуты. AIM: Определение наиболее важных результатов деятельности по сохранению рабочих м

Clinical guidelines of UTIs in children: quality appraisal with AGREE II and recommendations analysis.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the current Chinese and English guidelines of urinary tract infection (UTI) in children and provide a summary of the recommendations of the guidelines. METHODS: An electronic search was conducted on databases, including Pubmed, SinoMed, Wangfang Data, CHKD,VIP, NICE, WHO, GIN and Medliveto retrieve data of the clinical practice guidelines on UTI from the establishment of the database to June 2020. Four assessors assessed the quality of guidelines using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research & Evaluation II (AGREE II) and evaluated the specific recommendations in guidel

Study of Cinobufagin as a Promising Anticancer Agent in Uveal Melanoma Through Intrinsic Apoptosis Pathway.

Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common primary intraocular carcinoma in adults. Cinobufagin, secreted by the Asiatic toad Bufo gargarizans, is a traditional Chinese medicine, widely used in tumor treatment. Here, we explored the potential antitumor function of cinobufagin and investigated its biochemical mechanisms in UM cells. The antitumor potential of cinobufagin was determined via cell viability, cell cycle, and apoptosis assays. Colony formation assays confirmed that cinobufagin exerted potent antitumor activity in a dose-dependent manner. We found that cinobufagin could induce cell apopt

Post-sampling mortality and non-response patterns in the English Cancer Patient Experience Survey: Implications for epidemiological studies based on surveys of cancer patients.

BackgroundSurveys of the experience of cancer patients are increasingly being introduced in different countries and used in cancer epidemiology research. Sampling processes, post-sampling mortality and survey non-response can influence the representativeness of cancer patient surveys.MethodsWe examined predictors of post-sampling mortality and non-response among patients initially included in the sampling frame of the English Cancer Patient Experience Survey. We also compared the respondents' diagnostic case-mix to other relevant populations of cancer patients, including incident and prevalent

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Osteoblast inhibition by chemokine cytokine ligand3 in myeloma-induced bone disease.

BackgroundMultiple myeloma is a hematologic malignancy characterized by the accumulation of monoclonal plasma cells in the bone marrow. A common manifestation of the disease is myeloma bone disease (MBD), which is caused by increased osteoclastic bone resorption and decreased bone formation. The chemokine cytokine ligand 3 (CCL3) is a pro-inflammatory protein and chemokine that stimulates osteoclasts in MBD. However, little is known about the effect of CCL3 on osteoblasts (OB).MethodsThe OBs are induced from patients with MBD and healthy donors, cultured in vitro, and identified by histochemis

Risk and response adapted therapy following autologous stem cell transplant in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (RADAR (UK-MRA Myeloma XV Trial): study protocol for a phase II/III randomised controlled trial.

IntroductionMultiple myeloma is a plasma cell malignancy that accounts for 1%-2% of newly diagnosed cancers.At diagnosis, approximately 20% of patients can be identified, using cytogenetics, to have inferior survival (high-risk). Additionally, standard-risk patients, with detectable disease (minimal residual disease (MRD)-positive) postautologus stem cell transplant (ASCT), fare worse compared with those who do not (MRD-negative). Research is required to determine whether a risk-adapted approach post-ASCT could further improve patient outcomes.MethodsRADAR is a UK, multicentre, risk-adapted, r

JAK inhibition in PD-1 immunotherapy and tumor microenvironment.

Targeting the programmed cell death 1 (PD-1)/PD-L1 axis has revolutionized cancer therapy; however, the durability of clinical responses is frequently compromised by chronic inflammation and an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). The Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) signaling pathway serves as a central intracellular node integrating cytokine signals that drive these resistance mechanisms. While physiological JAK/STAT signaling is essential for antitumor immunity, its persistent aberrant activation promotes malignant progression, upregulates

The social vulnerability index as a risk stratification tool for health disparity research in cancer patients: a scoping review.

PurposeThe social vulnerability index (SVI), developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is a novel composite measure encompassing multiple variables that correspond to key social determinants of health. The objective of this review was to investigate innovative applications of the SVI to oncology research and to employ the framework of the cancer care continuum to elucidate further research opportunities.MethodsA systematic search for relevant articles was performed in five databases from inception to 13 May 2022. Included studies applied the SVI to analyze outcomes in cancer

Assessment of Psychiatric Disorders in Consultation-Liaison Setting.

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Wisely frugal: ensuring sustainable funding for novel cancer therapeutics through a budget impact analysis in resource-limited settings.

IntroductionCancer care in Sri Lanka is predominantly provided through its state health system which is free at the point of delivery. We performed a budget impact analysis of novel cancer drugs with a view to enabling better prioritising of their procurement.MethodsMedian survival gain was obtained for each indication of a novel cancer drug by a review of the literature. The direct cost of drug procurement was obtained from the Ministry of Health of Sri Lanka and the cost per life year gained was computed for each indication. Two thresholds - per capita gross domestic product (GDP) per life y

BATF2 является регулятором интерферона β, сигнализирующего в астроцитах во время нейроинфламмации.

Астроцитический интерферон (IFN) (IFN) (информация) связан с уменьшением нейроинфламмации; однако эффекторы вниз по течению, ответственные за регулирование этой защиты, неизвестны. Здесь мы идентифицируем удельный коэффициент транскрипции IFN, основной коэффициент транскрипции лейцина АТФ-подобный АТФ2, который играет ключевую роль в модулировании последствий ITFN, сигнализирующих в астроцитах. Последовательность иммунопреобразования Хроматина показала, что НИМФ2 связывает и предотвращает перевыражение регулятивных факторов IFN (IRF)1 и IRF1, таких как caspase-1. Мы также показываем, что мыши

Management of Fracture Risk in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Building a UK Consensus Through Healthcare Professional and Patient Engagement.

IntroductionOsteoporosis and bone fractures are common in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality. Current national guidance on COPD management recommends addressing bone health in patients, however, does not detail how. This consensus outlines key elements of a structured approach to managing bone health and fracture risk in patients with COPD.MethodsA systematic approach incorporating multifaceted methodologies included detailed patient and healthcare professional (HCP) surveys followed by a roundtable meeting to reach a consensus