A woman in her 40s visited our hospital for further examination and treatment of a left renal tumor. Imaging studies showed that the patient had a large left renal tumor, 10.5 cm in diameter, which contained foci of necrosis. Open left radical nephrectomy was performed. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/cetuximab.html In pathological examination, hematoxylin-eosin staining showed uniform small round cells with alveolar growth. Immunohistochemistry findings showed that CD99 and NKX2. 2 were positive, and synaptophysin was focally positive. Fluorescence in situ hybridization confirmed (11 ; 22) (q24 ; q12) chromosomal translocation which led to diagnosis of primary Ewing sarcoma of the kidney. Two months after the surgery, new tumors were found inside and outside of the left psoas muscles and in the left paracolic gutter. Six courses of chemotherapy were administered with VDC (vincristine/doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide) and IE (ifosfamide/etoposide). After completing the combined chemotherapy, the recurrent tumors disappeared completely on imaging. To prevent further recurrence, external radiation was administered to the left retroperitoneal region. About 16 months after the surgery, numerous new tumors appeared in the left retroperitoneal, left pleura, and erector spinae muscles. Chemotherapy was resumed following radiotherapy, and then trabectedin was administered. However, she eventually died of progressive disease at 26 months after the surgery.A 55-year-old man underwent right partial nephrectomy and was diagnosed with papillary type 1 renal cell carcinoma (RCC), pT1a. The surgical margin was negative. Six months later, a follow-up computed tomography scan revealed that a mass appeared adjacent to the location of resection. There were no symptoms nor abnormal blood chemistry results at that time. The possibility of local recurrence of RCC could not be ruled out with by magnetic resonance imaging. Radical nephrectomy was performed for suspected rapid recurrence of RCC. Pathological diagnosis was xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis but not malignancy.
There has been a paucity of published data on the epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Central Asia and Kazakhstan. Therefore, we aimed to study IBD prevalence and patient awareness among adults in Kazakhstan.

The cross-sectional study was carried out among subjects of both sexes aged 18 years and older using IBD Alert Questionnaire (CalproQuest), single fecal calprotectin test, and endoscopy with biopsy to verify IBD from January to December 2017, across regions of Kazakhstan. All participants were included in the study after providing informed consent.

Out of 115,556 subjects, there were 128 confirmed IBD cases, in which 36 Crohn's disease (CD) and 92 ulcerative colitis (UC) cases identified. The age and sex-adjusted IBD prevalence were 113.9 (95% confidence interval [CI], 69.0-158.9) per 100,000 population. The age- and sex-adjusted prevalence for UC were 84.4 (95% CI, 44.8-123.9) and for CD were 29.5 (95% CI, 8.2-50.9) per 100,000 population.

This is the first report on the prevalence of IBD with a verified diagnosis in the Central Asia and could be used to better plan and allocate healthcare resources for IBD management program.
This is the first report on the prevalence of IBD with a verified diagnosis in the Central Asia and could be used to better plan and allocate healthcare resources for IBD management program.Objective Recently, increasing number of lung cancer patients benefit from immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). However, the data of Chinese small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients is limited. This study aims to analyze the response and survival data of ICIs treatment in SCLC and to explore the predictive biomarkers. Methods Forty-seven SCLC patients who received ICIs treatment from Peking University Cancer Hospital from May 2017 to September 2019 was recruited. Clinical characteristics including sex, age, smoking status, ICIs strategy, PD-L1 expression and therapeutic efficacy were collected to explore the clinical predictive biomarkers for SCLC ICIs treatment. Results Among the 47 patients, 18 (38.3%) cases were partial repose (PR), 11 (23.4%) were stable disease (SD), 18 (38.3%) were progressive disease (PD), and the objective response rate (ORR) was 38.3%, disease control rate (DCR) was 61.7%, the median progression-free survival (PFS) was 5.3 months. ICIs monotherapy accounts for 27.7%, the ORR was 15.4%, DCR was 53.8%, median PFS was 2.7 months. Combined therapy accounts for 72.3%, the ORR was 47.1%, DCR was 64.7%, median PFS was 5.4 months. Fourteen (29.8%) patients received ICIs as the first line treatment, their ORR was 85.7%, DCR was 100%, median PFS was 9.1 month. The ORR was not related to the age, sex, body mass index (BMI), smoking status and programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression (P>0.05). The ORRs were higher in patients underwent PD-L1 monotherapy (P=0.001), combined therapy (P=0.002) and received ICIs as the first line treatment (P0.05). Cox multivariate analysis showed that, the gender was not an independent predictor for PFS in ICIs treatment (HR=3.777, 95%CI=0.974~30.891, P=0.054). Conclusions Immunotherapy is an effective treatment strategy for SCLC. Patients who receive combined ICIs treatment, first line ICIs treatment and PD-L1 treatment may get greater benefits. PD-L1 expression cannot predict the response and PFS in SCLC ICIs treatment.Objective Anlotinib is an oral multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) with dual effects of anti-proliferation and anti-angiogenesis. Phase Ⅰ clinical trials showed anlotinib was well tolerated and had therapeutic effects on a variety of tumors. The aim of this study is to explore the safety and efficacy of anlotinib in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Methods Between January 2014 and November 2015, a single-center data was obtained from a phase Ⅱ clinical study of anlotinib versus sunitinib on advanced renal cell carcinoma and a phase Ⅱ clinical study of anlotinib on advanced renal cell carcinoma which failed to respond to TKI treatment. Kaplan-Meier method was used for survival analysis, while Log-rank test was used to compare the survival rates. Results A total of 36 patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma were enrolled in this study, including 19 patients without any target drug treatment, 12 patients with sunitinib treatment and 5 patients with sorafenib treatment. The median number of treatment cycle was 16.
A woman in her 40s visited our hospital for further examination and treatment of a left renal tumor. Imaging studies showed that the patient had a large left renal tumor, 10.5 cm in diameter, which contained foci of necrosis. Open left radical nephrectomy was performed. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/cetuximab.html In pathological examination, hematoxylin-eosin staining showed uniform small round cells with alveolar growth. Immunohistochemistry findings showed that CD99 and NKX2. 2 were positive, and synaptophysin was focally positive. Fluorescence in situ hybridization confirmed (11 ; 22) (q24 ; q12) chromosomal translocation which led to diagnosis of primary Ewing sarcoma of the kidney. Two months after the surgery, new tumors were found inside and outside of the left psoas muscles and in the left paracolic gutter. Six courses of chemotherapy were administered with VDC (vincristine/doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide) and IE (ifosfamide/etoposide). After completing the combined chemotherapy, the recurrent tumors disappeared completely on imaging. To prevent further recurrence, external radiation was administered to the left retroperitoneal region. About 16 months after the surgery, numerous new tumors appeared in the left retroperitoneal, left pleura, and erector spinae muscles. Chemotherapy was resumed following radiotherapy, and then trabectedin was administered. However, she eventually died of progressive disease at 26 months after the surgery.A 55-year-old man underwent right partial nephrectomy and was diagnosed with papillary type 1 renal cell carcinoma (RCC), pT1a. The surgical margin was negative. Six months later, a follow-up computed tomography scan revealed that a mass appeared adjacent to the location of resection. There were no symptoms nor abnormal blood chemistry results at that time. The possibility of local recurrence of RCC could not be ruled out with by magnetic resonance imaging. Radical nephrectomy was performed for suspected rapid recurrence of RCC. Pathological diagnosis was xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis but not malignancy. There has been a paucity of published data on the epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Central Asia and Kazakhstan. Therefore, we aimed to study IBD prevalence and patient awareness among adults in Kazakhstan. The cross-sectional study was carried out among subjects of both sexes aged 18 years and older using IBD Alert Questionnaire (CalproQuest), single fecal calprotectin test, and endoscopy with biopsy to verify IBD from January to December 2017, across regions of Kazakhstan. All participants were included in the study after providing informed consent. Out of 115,556 subjects, there were 128 confirmed IBD cases, in which 36 Crohn's disease (CD) and 92 ulcerative colitis (UC) cases identified. The age and sex-adjusted IBD prevalence were 113.9 (95% confidence interval [CI], 69.0-158.9) per 100,000 population. The age- and sex-adjusted prevalence for UC were 84.4 (95% CI, 44.8-123.9) and for CD were 29.5 (95% CI, 8.2-50.9) per 100,000 population. This is the first report on the prevalence of IBD with a verified diagnosis in the Central Asia and could be used to better plan and allocate healthcare resources for IBD management program. This is the first report on the prevalence of IBD with a verified diagnosis in the Central Asia and could be used to better plan and allocate healthcare resources for IBD management program.Objective Recently, increasing number of lung cancer patients benefit from immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). However, the data of Chinese small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients is limited. This study aims to analyze the response and survival data of ICIs treatment in SCLC and to explore the predictive biomarkers. Methods Forty-seven SCLC patients who received ICIs treatment from Peking University Cancer Hospital from May 2017 to September 2019 was recruited. Clinical characteristics including sex, age, smoking status, ICIs strategy, PD-L1 expression and therapeutic efficacy were collected to explore the clinical predictive biomarkers for SCLC ICIs treatment. Results Among the 47 patients, 18 (38.3%) cases were partial repose (PR), 11 (23.4%) were stable disease (SD), 18 (38.3%) were progressive disease (PD), and the objective response rate (ORR) was 38.3%, disease control rate (DCR) was 61.7%, the median progression-free survival (PFS) was 5.3 months. ICIs monotherapy accounts for 27.7%, the ORR was 15.4%, DCR was 53.8%, median PFS was 2.7 months. Combined therapy accounts for 72.3%, the ORR was 47.1%, DCR was 64.7%, median PFS was 5.4 months. Fourteen (29.8%) patients received ICIs as the first line treatment, their ORR was 85.7%, DCR was 100%, median PFS was 9.1 month. The ORR was not related to the age, sex, body mass index (BMI), smoking status and programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression (P>0.05). The ORRs were higher in patients underwent PD-L1 monotherapy (P=0.001), combined therapy (P=0.002) and received ICIs as the first line treatment (P0.05). Cox multivariate analysis showed that, the gender was not an independent predictor for PFS in ICIs treatment (HR=3.777, 95%CI=0.974~30.891, P=0.054). Conclusions Immunotherapy is an effective treatment strategy for SCLC. Patients who receive combined ICIs treatment, first line ICIs treatment and PD-L1 treatment may get greater benefits. PD-L1 expression cannot predict the response and PFS in SCLC ICIs treatment.Objective Anlotinib is an oral multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) with dual effects of anti-proliferation and anti-angiogenesis. Phase Ⅰ clinical trials showed anlotinib was well tolerated and had therapeutic effects on a variety of tumors. The aim of this study is to explore the safety and efficacy of anlotinib in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Methods Between January 2014 and November 2015, a single-center data was obtained from a phase Ⅱ clinical study of anlotinib versus sunitinib on advanced renal cell carcinoma and a phase Ⅱ clinical study of anlotinib on advanced renal cell carcinoma which failed to respond to TKI treatment. Kaplan-Meier method was used for survival analysis, while Log-rank test was used to compare the survival rates. Results A total of 36 patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma were enrolled in this study, including 19 patients without any target drug treatment, 12 patients with sunitinib treatment and 5 patients with sorafenib treatment. The median number of treatment cycle was 16.
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