Cancer Immunotherapy with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors-Biomarkers of Response and Toxicity; Current Limitations and Future Promise

Immune checkpoint inhibitors are monoclonal antibodies that are used to treat over one in three cancer patients.While they have changed the natural history of disease, prolonging life and preserving quality of life, they are highly active in less than 40% Collections of patients, even in the most responsive malignancies such as melanoma, and cause

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Acute chest pain - A prospective population based study of contacts to Norwegian emergency medical communication centres

Abstract Background Acute chest pain is a frequently occurring symptom in patients with medical emergencies and imposes potentially life threatening situations outside hospitals.Little is known about the epidemiology of patients with acute chest pain in a primary care setting in Norway, and we aimed to obtain more representative data on such patien

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The pectoralis myogram: A marker of severe chest wall trauma

Purpose: Our unique case reports injuries and radiographic findings of a patient with major chest wall trauma: the pectoralis myogram.Results: The patient was a 49 year old male involved in a motor vehicle collision with right sided pneumothorax with JOOVA CREAM loss of lung markings, numerous rib fractures, a comminuted left clavicle fracture, and

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