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Financial Toxicity Tumor Board: A Multi-Disciplinary Team Activity Required In Low And Middle-Income Countries (Lmic), Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Sohail Rasool, Laraib Khan
Financial Toxicity Tumor Board: A Multi-Disciplinary Team Activity Required In Low And Middle-Income Countries (Lmic), Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Sohail Rasool, Laraib Khan
Department of Radiation Oncology
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Concordance Between Clinical And Pathological Response Assessment After Neo-Adjuvant Chemotherapy In Patients With Invasive Lobular Carcinoma, Aisha Shaikh, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Shaista Khan, Romana Idress, Lubna Mushtaque Vohra, Saira Fatima Shaikh, Hira Waheed
Concordance Between Clinical And Pathological Response Assessment After Neo-Adjuvant Chemotherapy In Patients With Invasive Lobular Carcinoma, Aisha Shaikh, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Shaista Khan, Romana Idress, Lubna Mushtaque Vohra, Saira Fatima Shaikh, Hira Waheed
Department of Surgery
Background: Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is frequently administered in breast carcinoma patients. The clinical response to NAC guides further treatment. The pathological response is not only an independent prognostic factor, but it also guides further treatment and prognosis.
Objectives: The aim of our study was to find the degree of concordance between clinical and pathological response assessments after NAC in Invasive lobular Carcinoma (ILC) cases by using World Health Organization (WHO) criteria and different pathological systems, respectively. We also tried to identify any useful parameter of clinical assessment that could better correlate with pathologic assessment and provide a better estimation of …
Clinical Audit To Assess Delays In Chemotherapy Administration At Daycare Oncology Center At A Tertiary Care Hospital In Karachi, Pakistan, Arifa Arifa Aziz, Zarka Samoon, Afsheen Feroz, Nadia Ayoub, Safia Awan, Madhia Beg
Clinical Audit To Assess Delays In Chemotherapy Administration At Daycare Oncology Center At A Tertiary Care Hospital In Karachi, Pakistan, Arifa Arifa Aziz, Zarka Samoon, Afsheen Feroz, Nadia Ayoub, Safia Awan, Madhia Beg
Department of Radiation Oncology
Aim: There were delays reported by patients in chemotherapy administration in daycare oncology. Therefore, we decided to audit all processes which are involved in chemotherapy administration. The objective was to improve our service by decreasing the time between admission and initiation of chemotherapy and identify the reasons for delays. Materials and Methods: The audit was conducted in three parts. In Review I, audit tool was developed and information documented of 109 patients receiving chemotherapy at daycare center from April 14 to May 13, 2015. Five processes were assessed out of which delay in initial assessment by the nurse was the …
Metachronous Renal Ewing Sarcoma/Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumour In A Survivor Of Burkitt Lymphoma, Kumail Khandwala, Kiran Hilal, Zehra Fadoo, Khurram Minhas
Metachronous Renal Ewing Sarcoma/Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumour In A Survivor Of Burkitt Lymphoma, Kumail Khandwala, Kiran Hilal, Zehra Fadoo, Khurram Minhas
Department of Radiology
We present a case of a 14-year-old girl who was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma in 2014. She was managed with chemotherapy and remained in remission for 3 years. On her surveillance imaging in 2017, a left-sided renal neoplastic mass was incidentally discovered. She underwent nephrectomy and pathology of the resected specimen revealed small cell tumour of the kidney with features favouring renal Ewing sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumour. Molecular genetic analysis by fluorescence in situ hybridisation was performed which showed translocation of 22q12, thereby confirming the diagnosis. This is a rare secondary malignancy and an unusual association. This case highlights the importance …
Incidence Of Venous Thromboembolism In Cancer Patients Treated With Cisplatin Based Chemotherapy - A Cohort Study, Muhammad Nauman Zahir, Quratulain Shaikh, Munira Shabbir-Moosajee, Adnan Abdul Jabbar
Incidence Of Venous Thromboembolism In Cancer Patients Treated With Cisplatin Based Chemotherapy - A Cohort Study, Muhammad Nauman Zahir, Quratulain Shaikh, Munira Shabbir-Moosajee, Adnan Abdul Jabbar
Department of Radiation Oncology
Background: Cancer related thrombosis not only increases morbidity and mortality but also poses a significant financial burden on health care system. Risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in these patients substantially increases with the addition of chemotherapy. Lately, cisplatin has been implicated as an independent factor. There is little data estimating the risk of venous thromboembolism in patients receiving cisplatin based chemotherapy when compared to other chemotherapeutic agents.Methods: Patients who had received chemotherapy between November 2010 and October 2012 were retrospectively identified from a single institute cancer registry. 200 patients who had received cisplatin based chemotherapy were identified as the exposed …
Frequency And Severity Of Acute Toxicity Of Pelvic Radiotherapy For Gynecological Cancer, Asim Hafiz, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Nasir Ali, Khurshid Ahmed Khan, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi
Frequency And Severity Of Acute Toxicity Of Pelvic Radiotherapy For Gynecological Cancer, Asim Hafiz, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Nasir Ali, Khurshid Ahmed Khan, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi
Department of Radiation Oncology
Objective: To determine the frequency and severity of acute toxicity of pelvic radiotherapy for gynecological cancer.STUDY Design: A case series.PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: Department of Oncology, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from March 2011 to June 2012.METHODOLOGY: A total of 99 patients with histologically proven uterine and cervical cancer, receiving radiation therapy, were enrolled into the study after informed consent on justification of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Patients were evaluated for the frequency and severity of pelvic radiotherapys side effects according to toxicity criteria based on RTOG/EORTC and CTC version 2 criteria at the start, during and at …