Lokendra Gupta, Ashutosh Mukherji, Lincoln Pujari, Ved Prakash Maknikar, Asim Zaidi, Avinash Kumar
{"title":"Custom made brachytherapy applicator for squamous cell carcinoma of oral commissures.","authors":"Lokendra Gupta, Ashutosh Mukherji, Lincoln Pujari, Ved Prakash Maknikar, Asim Zaidi, Avinash Kumar","doi":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_434_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_434_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Primary treatment with brachytherapy for oral cancer is uncommon in large malignant lesions; however, it is preferred by radiation oncologists for initial and smaller-sized lesions in compromised anatomical locations. The purpose of this report is to introduce and discuss the fabrication of a customized brachytherapy applicator for a case of well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the oral commissures using a radiotherapy thermoplastic mold (RTM). The RTM was molded into the shape of tongs and two acrylic wings were attached to these customized tongs to secure five high-dose radiotherapy catheter tubes. A mouth-stabilizing stent was used to stabilize the oral cavity throughout the brachytherapy process. A total dose of 45.5 Gy was delivered in 13 fractions to the lesion using a Cobalt-60 source over 35 days. At the end of the brachytherapy treatment and a follow-up period of 3 months, the patient responded well, and complete remission of the lesion was observed. The current brachytherapy applicator technique is a simple, viable, and curative option for patients with lesions in difficult -to- access anatomic locations.</p>","PeriodicalId":94070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cancer research and therapeutics","volume":"20 5","pages":"1632-1635"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142484240","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}
Adnan Calcuttawala, Abhishek Shinghal, Ashwini N Budrukkar, Monali Swain, Vedang Murthy, Sarbani G Laskar, Tejpal Gupta, Rituraj Upereti, Shrikant Kale, Jai Prakash Agarwal
{"title":"Can dysphagia aspiration related structures (DARS) be spared in patients with oropharyngeal cancers? Dosimetric evaluation in a prospective study of DARS optimized intensity modulated radiation therapy.","authors":"Adnan Calcuttawala, Abhishek Shinghal, Ashwini N Budrukkar, Monali Swain, Vedang Murthy, Sarbani G Laskar, Tejpal Gupta, Rituraj Upereti, Shrikant Kale, Jai Prakash Agarwal","doi":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_166_23","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_166_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To evaluate the feasibility of sparing the dysphagia-aspiration-related structures (DARS) in various head and neck cancer sites treated with definitive DARS-optimized intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and concurrent chemotherapy.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Target volumes, organs at risk, and in addition, individual DARS were delineated, including the superior, middle, and inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscles, supraglottic and glottic larynx, the base of the tongue, esophageal inlet muscles and cervical esophagus in 35 patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Volume-based dose constraints were applied to the DARS outside the planning target volume (PTV). An IMRT plan was then generated to limit doses to DARS without compromising PTV dose coverage.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twelve (34.3%) patients had an oropharyngeal primary (OPX), 18 (51.4%) had a laryngeal, and 5 (14.3%) patients had hypopharyngeal primary. The mean dose to the DARS was 47.93 Gy for the entire group, while it was 54.6 Gy in oropharyngeal primaries and 44.4 Gy in laryngopharyngeal primaries. DARS mean dose of ≤45 Gy could be achieved in a significantly lesser number of patients with oropharyngeal primaries (P < 0.02). Similarly, DARS mean dose was 42.25 Gy in patients with N0 disease, 49.6 Gy with ipsilateral involved nodes, and 55 Gy with bilateral disease. Sparing of DARS was feasible when the volume of PTV was ≤150 cc (P < 0.025).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Sparing of DARS structures appears to be challenging in patients with oropharyngeal cancers without compromising the dose to the PTVs while it is feasible in laryngopharyngeal cancers. DARS sparing is feasible when the PTV volume is < 150 cc and in patients with negative or unilateral nodal disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":94070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cancer research and therapeutics","volume":"20 5","pages":"1499-1506"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142484232","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}
Pankaj Vats, Prince Arvind, Arti Sarin, Sankalp Singh, Manish Sandhu
{"title":"A decade of treating brain stem gliomas: Single institutional experience.","authors":"Pankaj Vats, Prince Arvind, Arti Sarin, Sankalp Singh, Manish Sandhu","doi":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_2522_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_2522_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Brainstem is a rare yet challenging site for primary brain tumors. We present the patient characteristics, treatment-related details, and survival outcomes of patients with brain stem gliomas treated over a decade, from August 2010 to July 2022, at a tertiary care center in northern India.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Twenty-seven patients of brainstem gliomas were treated in our hospital from August 2010 to July 2022. All of these patients were treated with radiation therapy based on a radiological diagnosis only. Data were collected and analyzed from patient registration, treatment, and follow-up records.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 27 patients, 18 were male and 9 were female. Fourteen patients (51.85%) were in the pediatric age group (<12 years). The most common symptom at onset was hemiparesis, seen in 62.96%. The majority of the patients (24; 88.88%) had pontine involvement at the time of treatment. Overall survival at a minimum 2-year follow-up post-treatment was 22.22% in the entire cohort. Age, sex, or size of tumor at presentation was not seen to have any significant impact on survival of patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>With the advancement in surgical techniques and molecular analysis of brain tumors, there is likely to be a change in the management of brainstem gliomas; however, radiation therapy has been used for the management of these tumors for decades now. Radiation therapy continues to show rapid and significant radiological and clinical improvement in the majority of such patients, and it would continue to play an important part in multi-modality management.</p>","PeriodicalId":94070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cancer research and therapeutics","volume":" ","pages":"1425-1429"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138815364","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}
Alper Kahvecioglu, Sezin Yuce Sari, Ecem Yigit, Melis Gultekin, Kemal Kosemehmetoglu, Diclehan Orhan, Nilgun Kurucu, Mustafa Tezer Kutluk, Ferah Yildiz
{"title":"The role of radiotherapy in multimodal treatment of non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas in children: A real life report from a tertiary center.","authors":"Alper Kahvecioglu, Sezin Yuce Sari, Ecem Yigit, Melis Gultekin, Kemal Kosemehmetoglu, Diclehan Orhan, Nilgun Kurucu, Mustafa Tezer Kutluk, Ferah Yildiz","doi":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_2028_23","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_2028_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The current treatment of pediatric non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas (NRSTS) is a multimodal risk-based approach. Today, smaller fields and lower doses of radiotherapy (RT) have become standard. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the treatment outcomes and toxicity profile in children with NRSTS that received RT as a part of multimodal therapy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-nine patients with pediatric NRSTS treated with neoadjuvant or adjuvant RT between 1998 and 2022 were evaluated retrospectively. Kaplan-Meier method was used for survival analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Median follow-up was 36 months (range, 6-291 months). The median neoadjuvant and adjuvant RT doses were 50 Gy (range, 45-66 Gy) and 54 Gy (45-66 Gy), respectively. During follow-up, six (21%) patients developed a local recurrence and 10 (35%) had distant metastasis. The 5-year local control, overall survival (OS), local recurrence-free survival, and distant metastasis-free survival rate was 79%, 67%, 59%, and 61%, respectively. In multivariate analysis, a ≤5-cm tumor, gross tumor resection, Children's Oncology Group (COG) low-risk group, and absence of neoadjuvant chemotherapy were independent favorable prognostic factors for OS. Severe (≥ grade 3) late toxicity was observed in 6 (20%) patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>RT is a crucial component in the multimodal risk-based treatment approach for pediatric NRSTS. However, late toxicity rates are still high and should be improved. Patients with a ≤5-cm tumor, COG low-risk group and treated with gross tumor resection have increased survival rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":94070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cancer research and therapeutics","volume":"20 5","pages":"1584-1590"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142484268","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":"Evaluation of tumor-educated platelet long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) as potential diagnostic biomarkers for colorectal cancer.","authors":"Seidamir Pasha Tabaeian, Zahra Shokati Eshkiki, Fatemeh Dana, Farimah Fayyaz, Mansoureh Baniasadi, Shahram Agah, Mohsen Masoodi, Elahe Safari, Meghdad Sedaghat, Paria Abedini, Abolfazl Akbari","doi":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_1212_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_1212_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Cancer-derived circulating components are increasingly considered as candidate sources for non-invasive diagnostic biomarkers. This study aimed to investigate the expression of tumor-educated platelet (TEP) long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients and determine whether it could be served as a potential tool for CRC diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Relative quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) was used to detect the expression levels of three cancer-related platelet-derived lncRNAs CCAT1, HOTTIP, and XIST in 75 CRC patients and 42 healthy controls. Quantitative data were analyzed by SPSS (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA) for comparison of cancer and non-cancer individuals. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was further performed to assess the diagnostic values of lncRNAs within the CRC patients.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The expression levels of lncRNAs colon cancer associated transcript 1 (CCAT1) ( P = 0.006) and HOXA transcript at the distal tip (HOTTIP) ( P = 0.049), but not X-inactive specific transcript (XIST) ( P = 0.12), were significantly upregulated in CRC patients compared to healthy individuals. However, there were no significant correlations between platelet lncRNAs and clinicopathological characteristics, including sex, age, tumor location, differentiation, and size (all at P > 0.05). The area under the ROC curve (AUC) of the lncRNA CCAT1 was 0.61 (sensitivity, 71%; specificity, 50%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>TEP lncRNA CCAT1 is detectable in the circulation of CRC patients and could be considered as a potential diagnostic biomarker.</p>","PeriodicalId":94070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cancer research and therapeutics","volume":" ","pages":"1453-1458"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139543630","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}
Nitin M Gangane, Pravinkumar V Ghongade, Bharat U Patil, Manisha Atram
{"title":"Oral cavity cancer incidence and survival trends: A population-based study.","authors":"Nitin M Gangane, Pravinkumar V Ghongade, Bharat U Patil, Manisha Atram","doi":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_2720_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_2720_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The present study aimed to calculate the burden of oral cavity cancer (OCC) including incidence, mortality rate, survival rate, and influence of predictive factors such as clinicopathological, demographic findings, and treatment modalities.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Data in this retrospective study were collected from India's population-based cancer registry (PBCR) from 2010 to 2016. A total of 1051 cases of OCC were noted. Incidence and mortality rates were calculated. The cumulative survival outcome was calculated using Kaplan-Meier (KM) method. Prognostic factors were estimated using the Cox proportional hazard regression model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The age-standardized incidence rates (ASR), and mortality rate (ASMR), of overall OCC cases were 10.1 and 8.4 per 100 thousand population, respectively. Five-year overall survival (OS) was 32.3%. Survival outcome was significantly associated with the given treatment (Chi-square value = 58.17, P = 0.0001) and anatomical site (Chi-square value = 26.70, P = 0.0001). 17.6% of cases in males were <39-year age group. The hazard ratio (HR) in the age group of >50 years was 2.065 (95% CI 1.34-3.18, P = 0.001). Combination therapy had an HR of 2.630 (95% CI 1.91-3.63, P value 0.000). Tonsillar carcinoma (C09) (95% CI 1.04-3.12) had 1.8 times more chances of death than lip carcinoma (C00).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>OCC cases are increasing in the younger population, and overall, cases show higher mortality rates with reduced survival outcomes. Prognostic factors such as age >50 years, single modality treatment, and alveolar and tonsillar malignancy are associated with poor survival. OCC robust screening by a trained health professional can improve early detection and increases awareness and lower mortality of the disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":94070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cancer research and therapeutics","volume":" ","pages":"1446-1452"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139543686","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":"Application of the Milan System of reporting salivary gland cytopathology and assessing its use as a risk stratification tool.","authors":"Neha Pandey, Goutami DasNayak, Kanakalata Dash, Urmila Senapati, Khageswar Rout","doi":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_225_23","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_225_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The Milan System for Reporting Salivary Gland Cytopathology (MSRSGC) was proposed by American Society of Cytopathology and International Academy of Cytology to standardize reporting system ensuring uniformity and better communication between clinicians and cytopathologists.</p><p><strong>Aims and objectives: </strong>1. To categorize salivary lesions as per MSRSGC. 2. To establish diagnostic accuracy of MSRSGC and calculate risk of malignancy for each diagnostic category.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>An ambispective study was conducted over 5 years including 45 FNAC cases of salivary lesions. The cases were categorized according to Milan System, and diagnostic accuracy of MSRSGC was established. Risk of malignancy for each category was calculated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The patients' age ranged from 13 to 77 years with maximum swellings in parotid (53.3%) followed by submandibular (15.6%) and submental (2.2%). Histopathological follow-up was done in all cases. The number of cases in each category was as follows: category I: 03 (6.7%), category II: 06 (13.3%), category III: 4 (8.9%), category IVA: 25 (55.6%), category IVB: 04 (8.9%), category V: 02 (4.4%), and category VI: 01 (2.2%). The calculated ROM was as follows: category I: 0%, category II: 0%, category III: 0% category IVA: 8.0%, category IVB: 25%, category V: 50%, and category VI: 100%. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy with (without) indeterminate categories for malignancy were 88.9%(96.9), 66.7%(50.0), 94.1%(94.1), 50.0%(66.7), and 85.7%(91.9), respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>MSRSGC is an effective and standardized reporting system for categorization and risk stratification of salivary swellings which helps in enhancing patient care.</p>","PeriodicalId":94070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cancer research and therapeutics","volume":"20 5","pages":"1517-1523"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142484229","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":"Detection of transcriptionally active high-risk human papillomavirus in patients with oesophageal carcinoma by real-time PCR.","authors":"Shravya Kotian, Pushkal S Ramesh, Jayaprakash Shetty, Kishan Prasad Hosapatna Laxminarayana, Veena Shetty, Devanand Devegowda","doi":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_1226_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_1226_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Oesophageal malignancies (OC) are the sixth most common cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Traditional risk factors for OC include smoking, alcohol consumption, and poorly controlled acid reflux; however, the trends in the last decade have pointed out the potential carcinogenic roles of infectious agents, especially Human Papillomavirus (HPV), in the development of OC. The prevalence of HPV infection in OC varies greatly worldwide, mainly due to the inconsistencies of the detection assays employed. This study attempted to establish the association between high-risk HPV and oesophageal malignancies by detecting the transcriptionally active HPV mRNA.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>In this cross-sectional study, 30 malignant oesophageal samples were subjected to real-time PCR to detect high-risk HPV-16 and 18 by targeting transcriptionally active E6/E7 genes. The positive samples were further subjected to viral load assessment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Histopathological analysis of the patients showed that a moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma was seen in 56.2% of the cases. Of the 30 samples, 4 (13.3%) showed positive for HPV-16 E6/E7, and none showed positive for HPV-18 E6/E7. The viral load of HPV-16 E6/E7 in the positive samples was lesser than the copies present in the well-established cell line, SiHa.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The role of HPV in the etiopathogenesis of oesophageal malignancies is unclear. Based on this study and the supporting data presented, it can be said that the association of high-risk HPV infection in oesophageal cancers does exist, but whether it is clinically and etiologically significant is the question that needs to be answered. Multicenter studies from different geographical locations, employing multiple molecular methods with a larger sample size, could aid in a better understanding of the etiopathogenesis of HPV in OC.</p>","PeriodicalId":94070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cancer research and therapeutics","volume":"20 5","pages":"1440-1445"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142484241","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":"Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease.","authors":"Vipul Chaudhari, Simran Jatin Thakkar, Namita Padwal, Niteen Karnik","doi":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_2190_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_2190_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>An elderly man presented with fever and chills for six months, associated with loss of appetite and weight loss, bilateral edema, and non-tender inguinal lymphadenopathy. The left-sided testicle was bulky, firm, and non-tender. Investigations revealed anemia, leukopenia, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and hypergammaglobulinemia. Ultrasound of the abdomen revealed multiple enlarged necrotic lymph nodes in the periaortic, preaortic, precaval, and bilateral pelvic regions. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the inguinal nodes showed no acid-fast bacilli (AFB). However, excision biopsy revealed lymphoid tissue with effacement of architecture by diffuse proliferation of mature plasma cells, suggestive of the plasma cell variant of multicentric Castleman disease. Due to suspicion of neoplastic testicular enlargement, the patient underwent bilateral orchidectomy, and histopathology showed hematocele with atrophy of the testis and secondary involvement of the testicular parenchyma by plasma cell variant of Castleman disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":94070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cancer research and therapeutics","volume":"20 5","pages":"1602-1604"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142484251","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}
Vikas K Jagtap, Baiakmenlang Synmon, Deiwakor Chyrmang, Sumit Kumar
{"title":"Oxaliplatin-induced transient ischemic attack (TIA): A rare presentation.","authors":"Vikas K Jagtap, Baiakmenlang Synmon, Deiwakor Chyrmang, Sumit Kumar","doi":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_788_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_788_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Oxaliplatin is a common drug used in the management of colorectal malignancies. Rare neurological side effects including amaurosis fugax, urinary retention, stroke, cranial nerve palsy, dysarthria, and dysphagia have been reported in the literature. Usually, such incidences are reported immediately after 1st dose of oxaliplatin infusion. We report a rare transient ischemic attack (TIA))-like side effects after 2nd dose of oxaliplatin infusion.</p>","PeriodicalId":94070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cancer research and therapeutics","volume":"20 5","pages":"1599-1601"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142484257","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}