Hepatitis C virus(HCV)infection has a worldwide incidence of 1.1%.In Italy,60%of people who inject drugs(PWIDs)and are receiving assistance for substance use disorder are infected with ***,this subset of patients has ...
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Hepatitis C virus(HCV)infection has a worldwide incidence of 1.1%.In Italy,60%of people who inject drugs(PWIDs)and are receiving assistance for substance use disorder are infected with ***,this subset of patients has extremely limited access to care due to multiple factors,including alcohol abuse,psychological comorbidities,and homeless *** To describe the impact of our HCV-dedicated service for substance use disorder(SSUD)service on PWIDs receiving anti-HCV *** A dedicated,multidisciplinary team was set up at the SSUD of Trento in October 2020 to provide antiviral treatment to HCV RiboNucleic Acid-positive patients with an active or previous history of substance *** treatment was followed by a health education *** were treated with Direct-Acting Antivirals(DAAs).Data were retrospectively analyzed to assess the efficacy of our dedicated program in terms of therapy completion,HCV eradication,and compliance(primary endpoint).The rate of HCV reinfection and DAA-related toxicity were also assessed(secondary endpoints).RESULTS A total of 40 patients were enrolled in the study:28(70.0%)were treated with Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir,while 12(30.0%)received Glecaprevir/*** the time of inclusion in the study,36 patients were receiving opioid agonist maintenance therapy,whilst another 4 had just finished the treatment.37.5%had a history of alcoholism and 42.5%received concomitant psychiatric *** 40 patients(100.0%)completed the therapy cycle and 92.5%of patients adhered to the *** patients tested negative for viral load at the end of the *** were no significant drug interactions with common psychiatric treatments and no side effects were *** sustained virological response was achieved in 92.5%of cases with good tolerability,although two patients discontinued treatment *** HCV eradication,one patient died from an overdose,another from complications of cirrhosis,and one rein
Myeloid cells in tumor tissues constitute a dynamic immune population characterized by a non-uniform phenotype and diverse functional *** tumor-associated macrophages(TAMs),which are more abundantly represented,and tu...
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Myeloid cells in tumor tissues constitute a dynamic immune population characterized by a non-uniform phenotype and diverse functional *** tumor-associated macrophages(TAMs),which are more abundantly represented,and tumor-associated neutrophils(TANs)are known to sustain tumor cell growth and invasion,support neoangiogenesis and suppress anticancer adaptive immune *** recent decades,several therapeutic approaches have been implemented in preclinical cancer models to neutralize the tumor-promoting roles of both TAMs and *** of the most successful strategies have now reached the clinic and are being investigated in clinical *** this review,we provide an overview of the recent literature on the evergrowing complexity of the biology of TAMs and TANs and the development of the most promising approaches to target these populations therapeutically in cancer patients.
The burgeoning field of cancer immunology demands a change in the paradigm of cancer patient management. The understanding of the course of a given malignant disease should also include the host immune system as one o...
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The burgeoning field of cancer immunology demands a change in the paradigm of cancer patient management. The understanding of the course of a given malignant disease should also include the host immune system as one of the key factors in determining the patient's prognosis. Surgical and medical oncologists need to understand the basic and advanced applications of immunotherapies, which are rapidly evolving, and are nowadays an integral part of the armamentarium for the treatment of cancer patients. In the present work, we review the current knowledge concerning the immune landscape of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with liver metastases, as recently discovered.
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