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Seguimiento de 20 pacientes portadores de fibrosis pulmonar idiopática tratados con nintedanib

Se presenta un estudio observacional compasivo de seguimiento de 20 pacientes portadores de Fibrosis Pulmonar Idiopática tratados con Nintedanib, que muestra que Nintedanib es un medicamento en general bien tolerado, sin efectos adversos serios, que otorga una sobrevida más prolongada que la que cabrí...

Segurança e tolerabilidade de Nintedanibe em pacientes com fibrose pulmonar idiopática no Brasil

J. bras. pneumol; 45 (5), 2019
RESUMO Objetivo Ensaios clínicos mostraram que 150 mg de Nintedanibe duas vezes ao dia reduzem a progressão da doença em pacientes com Fibrose Pulmonar Idiopática (FPI), com um perfil de efeitos adversos que é controlável para a maioria dos pacientes. Antes da aprovação do Nintedanibe como trata...

Rare complications of multikinase inhibitor treatment

ABSTRACT Objective: The advent of multikinase inhibitor (MKI) therapy has led to a radical change in the treatment of patients with advanced thyroid carcinoma. The aim of this manuscript is to communicate rare adverse events that occurred in less than 5% of patients in clinical trials in a subset of pat...

Medullary thyroid carcinoma - Adverse events during systemic treatment: risk-benefit ratio

ABSTRACT Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare neuroendocrine tumor originating from parafollicular C cells of the thyroid and associated with mutations in the proto-oncogene REarranged during Transfection (RET). The prognosis of MTC depends on clinical stage, with a 95.6% 10-year survival rate amo...

Combination of TACE and Sorafenib Improves Outcomes in BCLC Stages B/C of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Single Centre Experience

Ann. hepatol; 16 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT Background & Aim. Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) or sorafenib is recommended for hepatocellular carcinoma BCLC stages B and C respectively. We studied the role of combination of TACE and sorafenib in BCLC stages B/C. Material and methods. We undertook an observational study on a ...

Lichen planopilaris-like eruption during treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitor nilotinib

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (5,supl.1), 2016
Abstract Tyrosine kinase inhibitors are effective as a target therapy for malignant neoplasms. Imatinib was the first tyrosine kinase inhibitor used. After its introduction, several other drugs have appeared with a similar mechanism of action, but less prone to causing resistance. Even though these drugs...

Nuevas posibilidades terapéuticas en melanoma metastásico
Novel therapeutics possibilities for metastatic melanoma

El melanoma ha experimentado un aumento constante en su tasa de incidencia en las últimas cinco décadas a nivel mundial. El pronóstico del paciente con melanoma se relaciona con el estadio de la enfermedad al momento del diagnóstico, con una sobrevida global media de 6,2 meses en pacientes con melano...