Renal Cell Carcinoma- Prognosis via Albumin Levels Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) - An Introduction Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) constitutes approximately 90% of all urologic malignancies. Approximately 30% of patients with RCC present with metastatic disease, and amongst those with localized disease, a substantial proportion will recur. Before 2005, immunotherapy with interleukin-2
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Diagnostic Error Causing Cases of Cytopenia
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Thymoma Case Report: Entire-Tumor Calcification
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Sugammadex versus Neostigmine in Thyroidectomy
Sugammadex versus Neostigmine in Thyroidectomy Today, many operations require changes in the level of intraoperative neuromuscular blockade. Historically, the drug neostigmine has been used to reverse the neuromuscular blockade, even if it was risky and the speed of reversal was unsatisfactory. There are also several related problems caused by neostigmine including
Esophageal Cancer: Pembrolizumab VS Chemotherapy treatment?
Esophageal Cancer: Pembrolizumab VS Chemotherapy treatment? Esophageal cancer is cancer that occurs in the esophagus. The esophagus plays an important role in digesting food it helps in moving the food you swallow down to your stomach. Esophageal cancer is the seventh most common cancer and the sixth most common cause of cancer-related
Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Meta‑Analysis Review of Therapy
Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Meta‑Analysis Review of Therapy Background In 2021, there will be an estimated 76,080 new cases of kidney cancer in the US (48,780 in men and 27,300 in women) and about 13,780 patients (4,990 women, 8,790 men) will die from this disease. The most common form of kidney
Second Primary Malignancies of Eye and Ocular Adnexa
Thermography in clinical ophthalmic oncology
THERMOGRAPHY AS A SCREENING TOOL IN CLINICAL OPHTHALMIC ONCOLOGY STUDY BACKGROUND Although intraocular tumors are rare, with an incidence of 5 per million adults, the diagnosis has been biased towards the physical examination, Color Doppler Imaging (CDI), Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Indocyanine Green Angiography (ICGA), or Fluorescein Angiography (FA). Literature reviews suggest
Involvement of Ocular Surface in Graft‐Versus‐Host Disease: A Review
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Using Ultrasound to Analyze Malignant and Benign Orbital Space-Occupying Lesions
Using Ultrasound to Analyze Malignant and Benign Orbital Space-Occupying Lesions Most orbital space-occupying lesions come from tissues in the orbital space or metastasize from other system tumors. The bulk of clinical manifestations of these lesions such as diplopia, protrusion, and loss of vision are often nonspecific, so imaging technology is crucial
