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Clinical Oncology
APRIL 10, 2019
[New perspectives in the treatment of lung cancer]
[In recent years, huge research is going on in the fi eld of oncology and as a result, we can see a signifi cantly longer survival in this area of medicine. Lung cancer, which has been taken places in the back for decades, it has not become a curable disease, but begins to belong to the chronic diseases. As a result of brilliant surgical technics and stereotactic radiotherapy, or as a result of changes in drug treatment, 5-year survival is not uncommon in metastatic lung cancer patients, next to relatively long progression free survive. After the third-generation cytotoxic combinations the added growth inhibition (VEGF inhibitor) maintenance therapy or continuous pemetrexed cytotoxic chemotherapy were resulted in high survival benefi ts. The fi rst real breakthrough, long progression-free survival was achieved by targeted treatment, which proved to be effective with known driver mutations. The other great result, especially in squamous cell carcinoma, was the immunotherapy, the inhibition of immune checkpoints, which effi cacy was confi rmed in adenocarcinoma also. Several studies are going on with adjuvant or neoadjuvant immunotherapy, and combined use of immunotherapy (either in combination with radiotherapy or cytotoxic chemotherapy).]
Clinical Oncology
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
[The role of the microbiome in the etiology and treatment of neoplastic diseases]
[Experimental data on the role of the microbiome in the onset and progression of infl ammatory diseases and cancer have been accumulated for years. An important milestone in this respect was the discovery that APC mutant mice in sterile conditions do not develop colon cancer of the FAP type. The direct role of the Enterobacteriaceae and Fusobacteriaceae bacterial families were also shown in the pathomechanism of the same experimental model. The toxic effect of chemotherapy on the gut fl ora has been well documented, but it may very well be that this putative side effect is part of the effi cacy, primarily in the case of adjuvant chemotherapy. The fi rst reproducible methods of microbiome molecular diagnostics are already available today. In addition to standard large clinical studies, we can increasingly rely on evidence of molecular pathomechanism and „real-world” clinical experience in the clinical interpretation of the microbiome. The overview summarizes the results of the fi eld research and its translation possibilities in terms of routine clinical practice.]
Clinical Oncology
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
[Practical use of meta-analyses in predicting disease risk, outcome, and therapy response in breast cancer]
[Breast cancer is globally the most frequent malignant disease in women with increasing incidence. Meta-analyses using data from a large set of patients combining genetic and standard clinicopathological features provide valuable models in predicting disease risk, outcome and therapy response. With the advent of molecular technologies, the amount of available data generated for each tumor and each patient is growing exponentially. The increased data availability allows the development of new innovative systems enabling to discover more effective prognostic and predictive biomarkers. The goal of this review is to summarize meta-analyses that utilize data from countless patients to provide breast cancer risk prediction (Gail-model, Claus-model, BRCApro, IBIS, BOADICEA), and prediction of prognosis and expected therapy response (PREDICT, Magee). In the last part of the review we introduce online analytical tools (KMplot, ROCplot) developed to examine, rank and validate new prognostic and predictive biomarker candidates.]
Clinical Oncology
DECEMBER 10, 2018
[PI3K–AKT–mTOR pathway as a therapeutic target]
[The PI3K-AKT-mTOR is one of the most busy signalling pathway, accepting and sending the message to the effector compartment. The pathway is very complex with activators (see the name), and inhibitors, as PTEN. Depending of the cell type this pathway participates in almost all functions of a given cell. The members of the pathway may have genetic failures, as a consequence, the risk for the development of different diseases, including cancer is high. Therefore it is logical to produce drugs to inhibit the dysregulated function. Unfortunately, despite the promising preclinical effectivity, so far only 4 drugs can be used to treat cancer patients. There are some hypothesis for the in effectivity, e.g. no useful marker for patient selection, high toxicity, false drivers for targeting. What is sure, combination therapy is much better than monotherapy]
Clinical Oncology
DECEMBER 10, 2018
[The use of NGS in oncology in diagnostic setting]
[Today the information could be the basis of further development by collecting, saving, structuring and analyzing them. Inside the living organism and inside viruses the biochemical storage system was evolved. The linear coding inside macromolecular structures could create and store a series of building block combinations along the chain structure. Those chemical structures are the so called information coding macromolecules, for example, the polypeptides and nucleic acids. Analysis of the genetically coded functionalities of tumor cells has a great impact in the oncological setting. The connected functions of inherited or acquired alterations inside the tumor cell clones are the main contributors of tumor evolution and surviving, although provide a way to target possible mechanism and touch points. Today the oncodiagnostic use of next generation sequencing technology focus on tumor evolution and tumor surviving connected gene set analysis. This kind of gene panel analysis connected to NGS technology is enough enforced - enforced enough - to reach the diagnostic level, but one still need to take care about the quality and standardization to meet the IVD conditions.]
Lege Artis Medicinae
DECEMBER 10, 2019
[Explorative statistical analysis of numerous blood tests’ metabolic panel with rank-correlation ]
[INTRODUCTION AND AIM - During routine blood panel testing, large amounts of biomedical data are collected in Hungary and in all over the world. The aim of our - ethically approved - exploratory medical data analysis was to examine whether the analysis of correlations among several variables in a real-life, non-random blood panel data leads to meaningful results. DATA AND METHODS - In a retrospective study 2,292,199 anonymous routine blood panel data points were analyzed. Rank correlation was used between variables with more than 10,000 data points and strong (|ϱ|>0.5, p<0.001) relationships were visualized and interpreted. RESULTS - Similar laboratory values, effects of diseases affecting the same organ, as well as well-known medical interrelationships were shown between the examined laboratory parameter-pairs. DISCUSSION - Our exploratory data analysis shows that despite the non-random nature of the big blood panel sample, well-known medical correlations were very well detectable. Based on the results further research - with the inclusion of additional variables - seems reasonable and meaningful with due caution.]
Lege Artis Medicinae
DECEMBER 10, 2019
[Family medicine as a career. Medical students’ attitudes and vocational choice motivations]
[INTRODUCTION - The large number of vacant general practices is a burning issue in Hungary. The entering of new colleagues into the general practitioner speciality training does not pose a real solution to the human resources crisis in this field. Our aim is to assess medical students’ attitudes and knowledge about general practice. SAMPLE AND METHOD - Cross-sectional survey with self-completed questionnaires at the University of Szeged, with the participation of 94 fourth and fifth year medical students in 2016 and 78 first and fourth year medical students in 2017. RESULTS - In 2016 1% of students planned for sure, and 16% planned probably to work as a general practitioner in the future. In 2017 3.9% of first-year students planned definitely to be a general practitioner, and 15.4% planned that probably. Among fourth-year students 0% of students planned for sure, and 19.2% planned probably to work as a general practitioner in the future. Whatever the presence of family medicine in undergraduate training influenced the medical students’ opinion about the profession positively (0.4-1.3 on a scale based on the direction and strength of the effects of certain factors ranging from -5 to +5). Those who were interested in family medicine considered the situation of healthcare significantly worse (p=0.027), than those who were not interested. To make the profession more attractive the following factors may play the most important role: the more intense presentation (I: 37%) of general practice in undergraduate training, improving the prestige of family medicine (IV: 31%), high-quality work (IV: 39%). CONCLUSIONS - Few medical students plan to work as general practitioner in the future. The most effective way to raise interest in family medicine is to increase the students’ knowledge and awareness of this specialisation, and the more intensive presentation of family medicine in undergraduate training is a key issue.]
Clinical Neuroscience
NOVEMBER 30, 2019
Risk factors for ischemic stroke and stroke subtypes in patients with chronic kidney disease
Background - The aim of this study was to compare ischemic stroke subtypes with the effects of risk factors, the relationship between grades of kidney disease and the severity of stroke subtypes. Methods - The current study was designed retrospectively and performed with data of patients who were hospitalised due to ischemic stroke. We included 198 subjects who were diagnosed with ischemic stroke of Grade 3 and above with chronic kidney disease. Results - In our study were reported advanced age, coronary artery disease, moderate kidney disease as the most frequent risk factors for cardioembolic etiology. Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, smoking and alcohol consumption were the most frequent risk factors for large-artery disease. Female sex and anaemia were the most frequent risk factors for small-vessel disease. Dialysis and severe kidney disease were the most frequent risk factors in unknown etiologies, while male sex, diabetes mellitus, prior stroke and mild kidney disease were the most frequent risk factors for other etiologies. National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores were lower for small-vessel disease compared with other etiologies. This relation was statistically significant (p=0.002). Conclusion - In order to improve the prognosis in ischemic stroke with chronic kidney disease, the risk factors have to be recognised and the treatment options must be modified according to those risk factors.
Clinical Neuroscience
NOVEMBER 30, 2019
The effect of psychiatric comorbidities and stress-coping strategies on perceived quality of life in migraine
Purpose – Migraine is one of the most disabling primary headache conditions. We aimed to detect hidden symptoms of anxiety and depression and to survey stress-coping mechanisms and related quality of life in a large migraine population without any known psychiatric comorbidity. Method – 123 migraine patients (MG) and 66 healthy subjects (HC) completed the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (S-STAI and T-STAI), the Stress and Coping Inventory (SCI) and the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Results – MG patients reached significantly higher scores on the BDI-II and the T-STAI yielding previously undetected anxiety and depression symptoms. Significant differences were present on the SCI: higher stress scores and lower coping levels suggested impaired stress-coping strategies in migraine. MG patients achieved significantly lower scores on most of SF-36 subscales indicating lower perceived quality of life. Significant correlations were found between BDI-II, T-STAI, SCI scores and subscales of the SF-36. Conclusion – Unrecognized symptoms of anxiety and depression, as well as less effective stress-coping strategies might be related to the lower perceived quality of life in migraine. The screening of these symptoms might lead to more focused and efficient therapeutic strategies. Addressing stress management techniques could improve quality of life on the long-term.
Clinical Neuroscience
NOVEMBER 30, 2019
[Early experience with CyberKnife treatment in case of intra-, suprasellar hypernephroma metastasis]
[Among tumours found in the suprasellar region metastases are very rare and the most frequent primary tumours are lung and breast cancer. Data of a patient with clear cell renal carcinoma with intra-suprasellar metastasis will be discussed. As in most of the tumours in the sellar region, the first symptom was visual deterioration with visual field defect. A transsphenoidal debulking of the tumour was performed and the residual tumor was treated by CyberKnife hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy. Both our patient’s visual acuity and visual field impairment improved after the surgery and CyberKnife treatment. At 6-month after irradiation, MR of the sella showed a complete remission of the tumour. This was the first treatment with CyberKnife in our country in case of a tumour close to the optic chiasm. According to our best knowledge, there are 21 cases in the literature with renal cell carcinoma metastasis in the suprasellar region.]
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Clinical Neuroscience
Alexithymia is associated with cognitive impairment in patients with Parkinson’s disease
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Clinical Neuroscience
Cases of inborn errors of metabolism diagnosed in children with autism
19. JAN
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Clinical Neuroscience
[The first Hungarian patient with Guillain-Barre syndrome after COVID-19]
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Clinical Neuroscience
Retinal morphological changes during the two years of follow-up in Parkinson’s disease
19. JAN
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