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Casas F, Jové J, Toscas N, Guglielmetti DM, Barreto T, Pagan F, Mollà M. P18.03 Randomized Trial With BIALOE to Prevent Esophagitis in Lung Cancer Patients Treated With Concurrent Radical Chemoradiotherapy. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Torres-Yaghi Y, Pagan F, Moussa C. Nilotinib alters microRNAs that regulate specific autophagy and ubiquitination genes in the CSF of individuals with Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2020.06.214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Dashtipour K, Bahroo L, Pagan F, Torres-Yaghi Y, Isaacson S. Current ICD-10-CM coding does not adequately reflect Parkinson's disease with motor complications. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2020.06.291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Pagan F, Jost W, Friedman A, Michel O, Oehlwein C, Slawek J, Bogucki A, Ochudlo S, Banach M, Flatau-Baqué B, Csikós J, Blitzer A. Attainment of physiologic salivary flow rate with long-term incobotulinumtoxinA treatment for sialorrhea in Parkinson's disease and other neurologic conditions. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2020.06.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Moussa C, Torres-Yaghi Y, Pagan F. Nilotinib increases brain dopamine and lowers CSF tau and oligomeric alpha-Synuclein in Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2020.06.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Pagan F, Torres-Yaghi Y, Moussa C. Nilotinib is reasonably safe and may halt the disease progression in moderately severe Parkinson's disease patients. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2020.06.262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Passardi A, Scarpi E, Neri E, Parisi E, Ghigi G, Ercolani G, Gardini A, La Barba G, Pagan F, Casadei Gardini A, Frassineti L, Ferroni F, Valgiusti M, Darwish S, Romeo A. GEMOX plus hypofractionated radiotherapy for unresectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer: Results from a phase II study. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy282.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Marisi G, Scarpi E, Passardi A, Nanni O, Pagan F, Valgiusti M, Casadei Gardini A, Molinari C, Frassineti G, Amadori D, Ulivi P. Serum angiogenesis associated proteins and clinical outcome in metastatic colorectal cancer patients receiving bevacizumab. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy151.210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Casadei Gardini A, Passardi A, Fornaro L, Rosetti P, Valgiusti M, Ruscelli S, Monti M, Casadei C, Pagan F, Frassineti GL. Treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal: A new strategies with anti-EGFR therapy and immunotherapy. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2018; 123:52-56. [PMID: 29482779 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2018.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2017] [Revised: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal (SCAC) is increasing in both sexes but the standard treatment remains that of 20 years ago. However, interesting data have recently emerged on the use of anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) agents and immunotherapy in advanced disease. Thus, new avenues of research are opening up that will hopefully lead to more effective therapeutic strategies. We provide an overview of the latest studies published on this tumor and discuss the possible future therapeutic options for combination therapy, anti-EGFR treatment and radiotherapy.
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- A Casadei Gardini
- Department of Medical Oncology, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Via Maroncelli, 40, 47014 Meldola, Italy.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Via Maroncelli, 40, 47014 Meldola, Italy
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- Medical Oncology 2, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Medical Oncology 2, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Via Maroncelli, 40, 47014 Meldola, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Via Maroncelli, 40, 47014 Meldola, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Via Maroncelli, 40, 47014 Meldola, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Via Maroncelli, 40, 47014 Meldola, Italy
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- Unit of Biostatistics and Clinical Trials, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Via P. Maroncelli, 40, 47014, Meldola, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Via Maroncelli, 40, 47014 Meldola, Italy
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Rudnas B, Montanari E, Dall'Agata M, Petracci E, Serra P, Piancastelli A, Vertogen B, Zumaglini F, Venturini B, Testoni S, Gallà V, Monti M, Andreis D, Pagan F, Ragazzini A, Fabbri F, Gentili G, Affatato A, Nanni O. The patients' understanding of clinical research. Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw345.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Fabbri F, Vertogen B, Serra P, Andreis D, Dall'Agata M, Gallà V, Gentili G, Massa I, Montanari E, Monti M, Pagan F, Piancastelli A, Polli V, Ragazzini A, Rudnas B, Testoni S, Venturini B, Zumaglini F, Nanni O. IRST WL: a tool to measure the workload of clinical research coordinators in oncology. Ann Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv348.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Panigada M, Mietto C, Pagan F, Bogno L, Berto V, Gattinoni L. Monitoring anticoagulation during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with acute respiratory failure. Crit Care 2013. [PMCID: PMC3642433 DOI: 10.1186/cc12064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Vedam-Mai V, Krock N, Ullman M, Foote KD, Shain W, Smith K, Yachnis AT, Steindler D, Reynolds B, Merritt S, Pagan F, Marjama-Lyons J, Hogarth P, Resnick AS, Zeilman P, Okun MS. The national DBS brain tissue network pilot study: need for more tissue and more standardization. Cell Tissue Bank 2010; 12:219-31. [DOI: 10.1007/s10561-010-9189-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2010] [Accepted: 06/11/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Vedam-Mai V, Krock N, Ullman M, Shain W, Smith K, Yachnis A, Steindler D, Reynolds B, Merritt S, Wojcieszek J, Vanamburg C, Pagan F, Hogarth P, Marjama-Lyons J, Resnick A, Okun M. P2.199 The national deep brain stimulation brain tissue network (DBS-BTN): preliminary results. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1353-8020(09)70550-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Lerner A, Bagic A, Boudreau EA, Hanakawa T, Pagan F, Mari Z, Bara-Jimenez W, Aksu M, Garraux G, Simmons JM, Sato S, Murphy DL, Hallett M. Neuroimaging of neuronal circuits involved in tic generation in patients with Tourette syndrome. Neurology 2007; 68:1979-87. [PMID: 17548547 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000264417.18604.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To identify brain regions generating tics in patients with Tourette syndrome using sleep as a baseline. METHODS We used [15O]H2O PET to study nine patients with Tourette syndrome and nine matched control subjects. For patients, conditions included tic release states and sleep stage 2; and for control subjects, rest states and sleep stage 2. RESULTS Our study showed robust activation of cerebellum, insula, thalamus, and putamen during tic release. CONCLUSION The network of structures involved in tics includes the activated regions and motor cortex. The prominent involvement of cerebellum and insula suggest their involvement in tic initiation and execution.
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- A Lerner
- Molecular Imaging Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-2035, USA.
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OBJECTIVE To determine identifiable subgroups of patients with primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) with distinct clinical features as a first step in identifying patients likely to have the same disorder. METHODS Twenty-five patients meeting previously proposed diagnostic criteria for PLS were seen for examination, measurement of gait and finger tapping speed, and physiologic tests to assess motor pathways. Motor cortex excitability and central motor conduction time were assessed with transcranial magnetic stimulation. Brainstem motor pathways were assessed by the acoustic startle reflex. MRS was performed in a subgroup of patients to assess metabolites in the motor cortex. RESULTS Fifty-six percent of the patients with PLS had a similar pattern of symptom progression, which the authors termed ascending. In these patients spasticity began in the legs and progressed slowly and steadily. Spasticity in the arms developed 3.6 years after the legs, on average, and speech impairment followed 1.5 years later. Motor evoked potentials were absent. MRS showed a mean reduction of N-acetylaspartate/creatinine in the motor cortex. The remaining patients with PLS had heterogeneous patterns of symptom progression and physiology. CONCLUSIONS Patients with PLS with an ascending progression of symptoms form a distinct clinical subgroup that may be amenable to investigations of etiology and treatment.
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- P Zhai
- Electromyography Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1404, USA
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Stocchetti N, Canavesi K, Longhi L, Magnoni S, Protti A, Pagan F, Colombo A. [How to quantify the severity of brain injury during intensive care after adult head trauma]. Minerva Anestesiol 2003; 69:232-6. [PMID: 12766713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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Adequate early assessment of brain damage is essential. Location, extension and severity of structural damage affect brain function and ultimately determine the outcome. The extent of functional impairment, and the morphology of intracranial lesions, require specific treatment, often a combination of medical and surgical interventions. Brain damage usually evolves over time, and repeated assessments are necessary. Clinical evaluation is often biased by concomitant sedation and/or anesthesia, but remains necessary. A revision of the literature is presented. Brain damage is assessed combining clinical and instrumental data. Clinical examination is performed assessing the 3 components of the Glasgow Coma Scale. Spontaneous or stimulated (pain stimulus) eye opening, verbal and motor responses are observed after hemodynamic and respiratory stabilisation. Unfortunately a significant proportion of patients can not be properly examined for several reasons: eye opening can be altered by palpebral and facial injuries, verbal response can be impaired by maxillo-facial injuries or by endotracheal intubation, and motor response remains the most consistent parameter. Sedation, analgesia and myorelaxants, however, can profoundly diminish or abolish the motor response to maximal stimulation, so that examination should be performed after clearance of drugs. Often alcohol or other substances can further impair the neurological performances. Pupils diameter and reactivity to light should be observed, excluding pharmacologic effects (as dilation due to catecholamines) and direct ocular or orbital damage. The CT scan is necessary for disclosing surgical masses and for identifying the extent of diffuse damage and the location of focal lesions. These data should be combined with additional functional exploration, as provided by cerebral extraction of oxygen and electrophysiologic data. Early estimation of cerebral damage is complex and prone to mistakes. Accurate, repeated evaluations, based on the combination of clinical observation and imaging, are necessary.
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- N Stocchetti
- Terapia Intensiva Neuroscienze, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico IRCCS, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy.
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Streptococcus pyogenes is an uncommon cause of community-acquired pneumonia and there have been few recent specific accounts of the condition. To describe the current nature of this disease in the UK, data was gathered on patients with clinical pneumonia from whom Streptococcus pyogenes was cultured principally from blood or other relevant normally sterile sites. In the Harrogate and Northallerton districts of North Yorkshire, pneumonia accounted for nine (20%) cases and a quarter of all deaths in a complete sequence of 45 patients with Streptococcus pyogenes bacteraemia detected during the 16-year-period 1981-1996. An analysis is presented of those cases together with eight recent cases from counties York, Durham and Isle of Wight during 1995-1997. Of the total 17 cases, nine occurred in women and eight in men; the age range was 30-92 years. The organism was isolated from blood culture in 15 (88%) patients. Eight (47%) patients died, five within 1 day of hospitalisation. Fourteen (82%) cases occurred in the winter months October to March, including all the fatal cases and all eight in which a clinical 'viral' prodrome was observed. Predisposing medical or surgical conditions were present in 65% of the patients. Major complications included septicaemia, pleural reaction, shock, pulmonary cavitation, osteomyelitis and metastatic abscesses. Seven serotypes of Streptococcus pyogenes were encountered, with M-type 1 predominating (the cause in 60% of cases). All infections were community acquired; two small clusters of fatal pneumonia were seen.
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- M Barnham
- Department of Microbiology, Harrogate General Hospital, North Yorkshire, UK.
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Oxidative stress has been linked to the destruction of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and may be a significant factor in both Parkinson's disease and MPTP toxicity. Using primary cultures of embryonic rat mesencephalon and standard immunocytochemical techniques, we have examined the survival of tyrosine hydroxylase-containing (TH+) neurons cultured in the presence of antioxidants and/or in an environment of low oxygen partial pressure. The number of TH+ neurons increased approximately twofold if superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase (GP), or N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) were added to the culture media. Exposure of the neurons to a 5% oxygen environment (38 torr, i.e., 38 mm Hg) also increased the survival of TH+ neurons by about twofold. A dramatic enhancement of survival, however, was seen when NAC was used in combination with the 5% oxygen environment. In this case, the number of TH+ neurons increased fourfold from nontreated controls. Morphological changes were also noted. GP increased the average neurite length while NAC increased the average area of the cell body in the TH+ neuron. These results suggest that manipulation of oxidative conditions by changing the ambient O2 tension or the level of antioxidants promotes survival of TH+ neurons in culture and may have implications for transplantation therapies in Parkinson's disease.
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- C A Colton
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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Cinco M, Rottini G, Pagan F. Experimental selection of influenza virus mutants (subtype A0 and A1): haemagglutinin. Zentralbl Bakteriol Orig A 1973; 224:413-21. [PMID: 4150106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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