The aim of this book is to present the rheumatologist's way of thinking about the patient who presents with a combination of symptoms and objective findings suggestive of the possible presence of inflammatory rheumatic disease. Using typical scenarios from clinical practice, we will attempt to guide...
In a retrospective study of 304 patients with TNBC and residual disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, both intratumoral and stromal TILs at surgery were associated with better prognosis, especially in patients with large tumor burden (Fig.1) [22]. Interestingly, in this study 85 % of the sample...
Specifically, young women with HR+/HER2- and TNBC disease were more likely to achieve pCR after NAC compared to older women (11% for <40 years vs. 5.8% for ≥50 years; p < 0.001 in HR+/HER2- and 39.3% for <40 years vs. 25.2% for ≥50 years; p < 0.001 in TNBC) [266]. ...
CTCs existence and impact in the disease course of cancer patients have been widely acknowledged. Responsible for metastases development, CTCs endorse a major role in cancers and therefore a major role within the concept of liquid biopsy. Over the years, numerous studies have investigated CTCs with...