{"title":"[Clinical decision rules for chest pain in primary care are supported by weak evidence and are difficult to apply.]","authors":"Viviana Forte, Henry Barry, Peter K Kurotschka","doi":"10.1701/4416.44119","DOIUrl":"10.1701/4416.44119","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20887,"journal":{"name":"Recenti progressi in medicina","volume":"116 1","pages":"51-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143010382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Continuous beta-blockers after acute myocardial infarction: fewer hospitalizations, but no effect on mortality or major cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events.]","authors":"Viviana Forte, Mark H Ebell, Peter K Kurotschka","doi":"10.1701/4416.44117","DOIUrl":"10.1701/4416.44117","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20887,"journal":{"name":"Recenti progressi in medicina","volume":"116 1","pages":"47-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143010386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[CAR-T therapy in elderly patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Clinical case of the San Martino Hospital in Genoa.]","authors":"Chiara Ghiggi","doi":"10.1701/4416.44127","DOIUrl":"10.1701/4416.44127","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>CAR-T therapy (chimeric antigen receptor T-cell) has revolutionized the prognosis of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) that have relapsed or are refractory to conventional chemotherapies. In particular, patients who have relapsed or are refractory to two lines of therapy are patients who have a poor prognosis. The advent of CAR-T immunotherapy is an innovative approach with which we can give hope of recovery even in the case of refractory disease, even for patients who are not candidates for high-dose therapies, for example due to age. Here we present a clinical case of a 74-year-old patient at second relapse, refractory to two lines of chemotherapy and subjected to third-line CAR-T with axicabtagene ciloleucel, after a good response to bridge therapy with rituximab polatuzumab and bendamustine (RPB). Complete remission of the disease still persists eleven months after treatment. Tolerance to CAR-T was excellent, with grade 1 cytokine release syndrome (CRS), no neurological complications (ICANS-immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome) and no infectious complications. Severe hypogammaglobulinemia persists eleven months after CAR-T reinfusion, for which he still performs immunoglobulin replenishment for prophylactic purposes.</p>","PeriodicalId":20887,"journal":{"name":"Recenti progressi in medicina","volume":"116 1","pages":"12e-14e"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143010377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Pseudoprogression after CAR-T cell therapy: friend or foe?.]","authors":"Ilaria Cutini","doi":"10.1701/4416.44125","DOIUrl":"10.1701/4416.44125","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Pseudoprogression is a complication observed following CAR-T therapy that can mimic disease progression; however, its incidence is not well defined. This phenomenon is driven by a robust inflammatory response due to the recognition of CAR-T cells targeting the lymphoma. Misinterpreting pseudoprogression as true disease progression could result in unnecessary alterations to the treatment regimen.</p><p><strong>Clinical case: </strong>Here, we present a case of a 69-year-old patient with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) who received axicabtagene ciloleucel as fourth line therapy and exhibited pseudoprogression on Pet scans at 3 and 9 months after treatment. Two biopsies performed to investigate these findings were negative for lymphoma recurrence. The patient has been in complete metabolic remission for three years following the infusion.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Biopsy is crucial for distinguishing between pseudoprogression and disease progression in patients with DLBCL after CAR-T therapy. However, obtaining a biopsy may be challenging when lesions are closed to vital organs or major blood vessels, complicating the procedure and increasing the risk of complications.</p>","PeriodicalId":20887,"journal":{"name":"Recenti progressi in medicina","volume":"116 1","pages":"4e-7e"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143010521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cena di Natale.","authors":"Fabio De Iaco","doi":"10.1701/4416.44122","DOIUrl":"10.1701/4416.44122","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20887,"journal":{"name":"Recenti progressi in medicina","volume":"116 1","pages":"57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143010536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In questo numero<br> 2025 Gennaio.","authors":"","doi":"10.1701/4416.44111","DOIUrl":"10.1701/4416.44111","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20887,"journal":{"name":"Recenti progressi in medicina","volume":"116 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143010611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[\"For their own good\". Medical assistance in dying: a right for whom?]","authors":"Giuseppe R Gristina","doi":"10.1701/4416.44115","DOIUrl":"10.1701/4416.44115","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The admission criteria to the medical assistance in dying (MAID) procedures (Euthanasia - E; Physician Assisted Suicide - PAS) represent a much debated issue. In most of the jurisdictions where MAID is legal, the unbearable suffering due to a terminal illness constitues the main admission condition. In contrast, those suffering from either a mental disorder or an existential discomfort are excluded. Some consider the exclusion of the former group to be protective towards those deemed vulnerable because they are not able to make free and informed decisions, while the latter is excluded to align the legal approaches to the prevailing moral models. Others consider these stances discrimination.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To prove that when someone requests MAID, his suffering should be first and foremost investigated not only and not so much for its causes, but, above all, for its key role played in understanding the MAID request.</p><p><strong>Contents: </strong>After reviewing the specific aspects of suffering in relation to his three determinants - existential suffering, mental disorder, terminal illness - the article provides the evidence that: a) such a conditions, although completely different from each other, share the same psychological processes leading to the unbeaerable suffering and then to the request for MAID or to the suicide ideation/completion; b) there is no scientific data supporting a discrimination access to MAID on the basis of the presence/absence of a terminal illness.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Using the unbearable suffering due to a terminal illness as the sole criterion for admission to MAID violates the principle of autonomy, and, lacking scientific evidence, it does not clarify where the line is drawn between those who should be entitled to MAID and those who should not.</p>","PeriodicalId":20887,"journal":{"name":"Recenti progressi in medicina","volume":"116 1","pages":"20-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143009953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Patient with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a good example of network in care.]","authors":"Maria Chiara Tisi","doi":"10.1701/4416.44128","DOIUrl":"10.1701/4416.44128","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy has revolutionized prognosis of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Success of CAR-T treatment heavily relies on early referral to the CAR-T center, on a short time of infusion of CAR-T cells from the lymphocyte collection and on a reduced burden of disease. Here we describe the case of a patient with diagnosis of High-grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL6 rearrangements, transformed from marginal zone lymphoma, referred with a refractory and rapidly progressive disease. The patient received holding therapy, with the aim to control the disease before apheresis, and subsequently treated with a combined bridging therapy, achieving a metabolic complete remission. Patient is still in complete remission at 21 months from infusion. This report represents a case of a correct referral and a full collaboration between centers.</p>","PeriodicalId":20887,"journal":{"name":"Recenti progressi in medicina","volume":"116 1","pages":"15e-19e"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143010434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Effective treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection in adults: the 2024 American College of Gastroenterology guideline recommendations.]","authors":"Viviana Forte, Henry Barry, Peter K Kurotschka","doi":"10.1701/4392.43919","DOIUrl":"10.1701/4392.43919","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20887,"journal":{"name":"Recenti progressi in medicina","volume":"115 12","pages":"601-603"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142838775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}