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Additional SNPs improve risk stratification of a polygenic hazard score for prostate cancer.
(SPRINGERNATURE, 2021-01-08)BACKGROUND: Polygenic hazard scores (PHS) can identify individuals with increased risk of prostate cancer. We estimated the benefit of additional SNPs on performance of a previously validated PHS (PHS46). MATERIALS AND ... -
Updates in Prostate Cancer Research and Screening in Men at Genetically Higher Risk.
(SPRINGERNATURE, 2021-01-01)PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Prostate cancer (PrCa) is the most common cancer in men in the western world and is a major source of morbidity and mortality. Currently, general population PrCa screening is not recommended due to the ... -
Functional antibody and T cell immunity following SARS-CoV-2 infection, including by variants of concern, in patients with cancer: the CAPTURE study.
(NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2021-09-20)Patients with cancer have higher COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. Here we present the prospective CAPTURE study, integrating longitudinal immune profiling with clinical annotation. Of 357 patients with cancer, 118 were ... -
A Review of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound in Urology.
(MDPI, 2021-11-14)This review provides an introduction to high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and reviews its historical and current use in urological surgery. Current and historical literature (1927-2020), including that describing ... -
A prospective prostate cancer screening programme for men with pathogenic variants in mismatch repair genes (IMPACT): initial results from an international prospective study.
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2021-10-19)BACKGROUND: Lynch syndrome is a rare familial cancer syndrome caused by pathogenic variants in the mismatch repair genes MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, or PMS2, that cause predisposition to various cancers, predominantly colorectal and ... -
Automatic Segmentation of Pelvic Cancers Using Deep Learning: State-of-the-Art Approaches and Challenges.
(MDPI, 2021-10-22)The recent rise of deep learning (DL) and its promising capabilities in capturing non-explicit detail from large datasets have attracted substantial research attention in the field of medical image processing. DL provides ... -
Early Response to Chemotherapy in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Evaluated Using Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Initial Observations.
(ELSEVIER, 2021-12-01)INTRODUCTION: We compared the magnetic resonance imaging total tumor volume (TTV) and median apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) before and at 4 weeks after chemotherapy, to evaluate ... -
Circulating tumour DNA sequencing to determine therapeutic response and identify tumour heterogeneity in patients with paediatric solid tumours.
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2021-12-18)OBJECTIVE: Clinical diagnostic sequencing of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) is well advanced for adult patients, but application to paediatric cancer patients lags behind. METHODS: To address this, we have developed a ... -
A Cross-Machine Comparison of Shear-Wave Speed Measurements Using 2D Shear-Wave Elastography in the Normal Female Breast
(MDPI, 2021-10-01)<jats:p>Quantitative measures of radiation-induced breast stiffness are required to support clinical studies of novel breast radiotherapy regimens and exploration of personalised therapy, however, variation between shear-wave ... -
A phase II study on the neo-adjuvant combination of pazopanib and radiotherapy in patients with high-risk, localized soft tissue sarcoma.
(2021-09-23)<h4>Purpose</h4>A prior phase I study showed that the neo-adjuvant combination of pazopanib and radiotherapy was well tolerated, and induced promising pathological responses in soft-tissue sarcoma patients. Results of the ... -
Local staging and treatment in extremity rhabdomyosarcoma. A report from the EpSSG-RMS2005 study.
Rhabdomyosarcoma of the extremities present with two main challenges: correct evaluation of initial regional nodal involvement and define adequate local treatment. Methods Pediatric patients with localized rhabdomyosarcoma ... -
Solitary fibrous tumor: molecular hallmarks and treatment for a rare sarcoma.
(FUTURE MEDICINE LTD, 2021-09-01)Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare soft tissue sarcoma subtype which mainly affects adults in the fifth and sixth decades of life. Originally part of a spectrum of tumors called hemangiopericytomas, classification has ... -
Echo time dependence of biexponential and triexponential intravoxel incoherent motion parameters in the liver.
(WILEY, 2021-08-28)PURPOSE: Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) studies are performed with different acquisition protocols. Comparing them requires knowledge of echo time (TE) dependencies. The TE-dependence of the biexponential perfusion ... -
Gustatory function following radiotherapy to the head and neck
(Institute of Cancer Research (University Of London), 2021-11-30)An intact sense of taste provides pleasure, supports sustenance and alerts the body to potential toxins. Patients with head and neck (HNC) who undergo radiotherapy (RT) are at high risk of developing acute and late taste ... -
Biological effects of combination therapy with oncolytic reovirus and palbociclib
(Institute of Cancer Research (University Of London), 2021-09-30)Reovirus type 3 Dearing (RtD3) is an oncolytic dsRNA virus with limited single-agent activity in clinical studies but has potential for use in combination regimens. Herein, I sought to discover synergistic drug-virotherapy ... -
Assessment of delivered rectal dose in prostate cancer radiotherapy
(Institute of Cancer Research (University Of London), 2021-11-30)Prostate radiotherapy gives excellent long-term disease control; however, morbidity from treatment can negatively impact quality of life. To minimise the risk of toxicity a treatment plan is created, which meets dose volume ... -
Recent advances in testicular germ cell tumours.
(Faculty Opinions Ltd, 2021-01-01)Testicular germ cell tumours (TGCTs) are the most common solid tumours in young men and have an excellent overall cure rate and prognosis. In most patients, localised disease is cured by surgery alone, and a minority of ... -
A practical approach to bladder preservation with hypofractionated radiotherapy for localised muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
(ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2021-08-19)Bladder preservation with trimodality treatment (TMT) is an alternative strategy to radical cystectomy (RC) for the management of localised muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). TMT comprises of transurethral resection ... -
Accelerating Whole-Body Diffusion-weighted MRI with Deep Learning-based Denoising Image Filters.
(RADIOLOGICAL SOC NORTH AMERICA (RSNA), 2021-09-01)PURPOSE: To use deep learning to improve the image quality of subsampled images (number of acquisitions = 1 [NOA1]) to reduce whole-body diffusion-weighted MRI (WBDWI) acquisition times. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Both ...