Conclusion and relevance The number of PI made in the two periods was similar but the CDSS tool allowed pharmacists to detect certain types of DRP that use of the CPOE alone did not allow. Moreover, the use of this tool optimised the pharmacist's medical prescription review time and facilitated the PI registration task. To increase the usefulness of the CDSS it is necessary to increase the number of relevant alerts introduced in this application.
Conclusion and relevance Considering the positive results obtained so far, the study of HIPEC with CRS in peritoneal carcinoma continues, to evaluate its effectiveness. The role of the pharmacist was important in participating in the multidisciplinary team in terms of eligibility of patients for treatment, to prepare oncological therapies and in processing the evaluation data.
Germ cell tumor is the most common cancer among males in the 20-39 year-old age range, representing 21% of invasive cancer diagnose. The vast majority of testicular tumors in this age range are germ cell tumors. There are two types of malignant tumors, the pure seminoma cell and non-seminomatous germinal cell tumors (NGCT). We present the case of a patient who underwent a testicular tumor surgery, classic seminoma stage I, receiving two cycles of adjuvant carboplatin chemotherapy. During the follow up, an elevation on the alpha-fetoprotein level was observed, thus the final diagnosis was adenopatic recurrence of the Yolk Sac tumor.
Background: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) accounts for 5% of all thyroid carcinomas. As no effective systemic therapy exists, surgery is the only curative treatment for MTC. In the last few years, several clinical trials have tested the efficacy of new multi-targeted agents such as sorafenib, vandetanib, motesanib, sunitinib and pazopanib in patients with metastatic MTC.
Summary:In June 2010, a 38-year-old male patient complained of pain on swallowing and coughs. Physical examination detected a hard nodule of 2 cm on the left side of his neck. A fine-needle aspiration of it yielded evidence of carcinoma. A computed tomography scan showed multiple lyphadenopathies. In August 2010, the patient underwent an incomplete thyroidectomy and received radiotherapy. In spite of that, he was still unable to swallow either solids or liquids, and suffered dyspnoea on moderate exertion. In May 2011, the patient started receiving sorafenib and levothyroxine. After 20 days, his clinical symptoms were less severe and palpable lymphadenopathies shrank by 50%. After 5 months, the patient still had no dysphagia or dyspnoea, but developed fatigue and elevated transaminases. Sorafenib was discontinued and the liver was examined by ultrasonography with no abnormal findings. After a two-week rest period, the patient resumed sorafenib from November 2011 to December 2012, achieving a clinical, biochemical and radiological response.
Conclusion:This case provides limited evidence for a potential role for sunitinib in the treatment of patients with metastatic MTC.
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