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Clinical Issue of Myasthenia Gravis Related to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Immune-related adverse events (irAEs) are pivotal in the management of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) across various human neoplasms. While common irAEs are manageable by oncologists, the detailed feature...
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Clinical significance of antinuclear antibody as prognostic marker for first-line pembrolizumab in advanced non-small cell lung cancer
The relationship between antinuclear antibody (ANA) and the efficacy of programmed death-1 (PD-1) blockade remains controversial. Here, we investigated the prognostic significance of ANA titer in patients with...
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Open AccessPredictive significance of circulating tumor DNA against patients with T790M-positive EGFR-mutant NSCLC receiving osimertinib
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) provides molecular information on tumor heterogeneity. The prognostic usefulness of ctDNA after first-line epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) a...
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Open AccessComparative analysis of different response criteria at early phase after PD-1 blockade in non-small lung cancer
To compare different response criteria using computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) in measuring response and survival in the early phase after programmed death-1 (PD-1) blockade monot...
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Open AccessPrognostic significance of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes on first-line pembrolizumab efficacy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in the tumor and stroma are expected to accurately predict the efficacy of programmed death-1 (PD-1) blockade therapy. However, little is known about the prognostic signif...
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Open AccessEfficacy and safety of amrubicin monotherapy after atezolizumab plus carboplatin and etoposide in patients with relapsed small-cell lung cancer
This study examined the activity and safety of amrubicin monotherapy among relapsed small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients who had previously been treated with atezolizumab plus carboplatin and etoposide (AteC...
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Open AccessProspective assessment using 18F-FDG PET/CT as a novel predictor for early response to PD-1 blockade in non-small-cell lung cancer
Anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) blockade is a standard treatment for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, no appropriate modality exists for monitoring its therapeutic response immediately afte...
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Correction to: Osimertinib in poor performance status patients with T790M‑positive advanced non‑small‑cell lung cancer after progression of first- and second‑generation EGFR‑TKI treatments (NEJ032B)
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Open AccessOsimertinib in poor performance status patients with T790M-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer after progression of first- and second-generation EGFR-TKI treatments (NEJ032B)
Osimertinib is effective in patients with T790M mutation-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) resistant to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). However, it...
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Open AccessA phase II study of daily carboplatin plus irradiation followed by durvalumab for stage III non-small cell lung cancer patients with PS 2 up to 74 years old and patients with PS 0 or 1 from 75 years: NEJ039A (trial in progress)
Durvalumab is a standard drug used during maintenance therapy after chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (LA-NSCLC). However, little is known about the clinical benefi...
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Open AccessTumor metabolic volume by 18F-FDG-PET as a prognostic predictor of first-line pembrolizumab for NSCLC patients with PD-L1 ≥ 50%
There is a lack of markers for predicting favorable outcomes after pembrolizumab therapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) expression ≥ 50%. This retros...
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Correction to: Re-challenge of afatinib after 1st generation EGFR-TKI failure in patients with previously treated non-small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR mutation
In the original publication of the article, the authors found few errors and the corrections are given below:
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Clinical difference between discontinuation and retreatment with nivolumab after immune-related adverse events in patients with lung cancer
After the cessation of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy due to an immune-related adverse event (irAE), it remains unclear whether retreatment with ICI is more effective than its discontinuation. To ex...
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Re-challenge of afatinib after 1st generation EGFR-TKI failure in patients with previously treated non-small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR mutation
Re-challenge of erlotinib after gefitinib failure is reported to yield some benefit in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation. However, litt...
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Open AccessMultiple tuberculous nodules with metachronous changes: a case report
Spontaneous regression of lesions occurs in non-infectious benign diseases, such as sarcoidosis, as well as in infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis. Lung cancer and malignant lymphoma, on the other hand, ...
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Better efficacy of S-1 treatment for thymic carcinoma: case report and review of the literature
Primary thymic carcinoma is a rare tumor of the thymus gland. The role of chemotherapy in treating advanced thymic carcinoma is unclear. It has recently been reported that thymidylate synthase (TS), dihydropyr...