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Rubel J, Väth T, Hanraths S, Pruessner L, Timm C, Hartmann S, Barnow S, Lalk C. Evaluation of an online-based self-help program for patients with generalized anxiety disorder - A randomized controlled trial. Internet Interv 2024; 35:100716. [PMID: 38328275 PMCID: PMC10847028 DOI: 10.1016/j.invent.2024.100716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024] Open
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Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the effects of an online self-help intervention for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Our primary outcomes were generalized anxiety symptoms, measured using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 (GAD-7; Spitzer et al., 2006), and wellbeing based on the World Health Organization Wellbeing Index - 5 (WHO-5; Topp et al., 2015). Methods A total of 156 German-speaking patients aged 18 to 65 with a diagnosis of GAD and internet access were included in this randomized controlled trial. The intervention group (N = 78) received access to a 12-week online self-help program, while the waitlist control group (N = 78) received access after the 12-week waiting period. Results The intervention group showed a significant improvement in generalized anxiety symptoms compared to the control group (t(df = 123.73) = 4.52, p < .001) with a large effect size (d = 0.88, 95 %-CI: 0.50; 1.26). Additionally, the intervention group demonstrated a significant increase in wellbeing compared to the control group (t(df = 87,86) = 3.48, p < .001), with a moderate effect size (d = 0.62, 95 % CI: 0.27; 0.98). However, no significant effects were observed for secondary outcomes of functional impairments, work productivity, mental health literacy, and healthcare demands. For exploratory outcomes, improvement was found for anxiety and worry symptoms. Conclusions These findings suggest that an online-based self-help intervention effectively reduces GAD symptoms and improves overall wellbeing. Future research should explore the long-term effects of this intervention and investigate potential mechanisms underlying its efficacy. Public health implications Online-based self-help programs provide a promising treatment option for individuals with GAD who face barriers to traditional face-to-face therapy.
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- J. Rubel
- Department of Humanities, Institute of Psychology, Osnabrück University, Germany
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- Department of Humanities, Institute of Psychology, Osnabrück University, Germany
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- Department of Humanities, Institute of Psychology, Osnabrück University, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Heidelberg University, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Heidelberg University, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Heidelberg University, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Heidelberg University, Germany
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- Department of Humanities, Institute of Psychology, Osnabrück University, Germany
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Banys-Paluchowski M, Hartmann S, Ditsch N, Krawczyk N, Kühn T, de Boniface J, Banys-Kotomska J, Rody A, Krug D. Locoregional Therapy: From Mastectomy to Reconstruction, Targeted Surgery, and Ultra-Hypofractionated Radiotherapy. Breast Care (Basel) 2023; 18:428-439. [PMID: 38130814 PMCID: PMC10731028 DOI: 10.1159/000533748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Background The past 3 decades have seen an unprecedented shift toward treatment de-escalation in surgical therapy of breast cancer. Summary Radical mastectomy has been replaced by breast-conserving and oncoplastic approaches in most patients, and full axillary lymph node dissection by less radical staging procedures, such as sentinel lymph node biopsy and targeted axillary dissection. Further, attempts have been made to spare healthy tissue while increasing the probability of removing the tumor with clear margins, thus improving cosmetic results and minimizing the risk of local recurrence. In this context, modern probe-guided localization techniques have been introduced to guide surgical excision. This progress was accompanied by the development of targeted systemic therapies. At the same time, radiotherapy for breast cancer has undergone significant changes. The use of hypofractionation has decreased the typical length of a treatment course from 5-6 weeks to 1-3 weeks. Partial breast irradiation is now a valid option for de-escalation in patients with low-risk features. Axillary radiotherapy achieves similar recurrence rates and decreases the risk of lymphedema in patients with limited sentinel node involvement. Key Messages Taken together, these advances are important steps toward individualization of locoregional management strategies. This highlights the importance of interdisciplinary approaches for de-escalation of locoregional therapies.
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- Maggie Banys-Paluchowski
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Breast Cancer Center, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Die Filderklinik, Filderstadt, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Surgery, Capio St. Göran’s Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- I Department and Clinic of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Hartmann S, Banys-Paluchowski M, Stickeler E, de Boniface J, Gentilini OD, Kontos M, Seitz S, Kaltenecker G, Wärnberg F, Zetterlund LH, Kolberg HC, Fröhlich S, Kühn T. Applicability of magnetic seeds for target lymph node biopsy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in initially node-positive breast cancer patients: data from the AXSANA study. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2023; 202:497-504. [PMID: 37684426 PMCID: PMC10564814 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-023-07100-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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PURPOSE Currently, various techniques are available to mark and selectively remove initially suspicious axillary lymph nodes (target lymph nodes, TLNs) in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). To date, limited data are available on whether the use of magnetic seeds (MS) is suitable for localizing TLNs. This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of MS in patients undergoing target lymph node biopsy (TLNB) or targeted axillary dissection (TAD) after NACT. METHODS Prospective data from the ongoing multicentric AXSANA study were extracted from selected patients in whom the TLN had been marked with an MS before NACT and who were enrolled from June 2020 to June 2023. The endpoints of the analysis were the detection rate, the rate of lost markers, and the potential impairment on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assessment. RESULTS In 187 patients from 27 study sites in seven countries, MS were placed into the TLN before NACT. In 151 of these, post-NACT surgery had been completed at the time of analysis. In 146 patients (96.0%), a TLN could successfully be detected. In three patients, the seed was removed but no lymphoid tissue was detected on histopathology. The rate of lost markers was 1.2% (2 out of 164 MS). In 15 out of 151 patients (9.9%), MRI assessment was reported to be compromised by MS placement. CONCLUSION MS show excellent applicability for TLNB/TAD when inserted before NACT with a high DR and a low rate of lost markers. Axillary MS can impair MRI assessment of the breast. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT04373655 (date of registration May 4, 2020).
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- Steffi Hartmann
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Capio St. Göran's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, City Hospital Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Capio St. Göran's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Die Filderklinik, Filderstadt, Germany
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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Kolberg HC, Röhm C, Stachs A, Schütz F, Blohmer JU, Wetzig S, Hartmann S, Heil J, Hahn M. Abstract P2-14-01: MOLECULAR FLUORESCENCE-GUIDED SURGERY USING BEVA800 FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF TUMOR MARGINS DURING BREAST CONSERVING SURGERY OF PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY BREAST CANCER (MARGIN-II). Cancer Res 2023. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs22-p2-14-01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Introduction: The goal of breast conserving surgery (BCS) for early breast cancer (EBC) is to remove the tumor in toto and preserving as much of the normal breast tissue as possible. In 20-50% of cases a re-excision is necessary because of involved margins. Repeat surgeries are not only a burden to patients physically but also psychologically and can delay recommended adjuvant therapies. Accurate determination of tumor margins during surgery is therefore a critical need. Breast cancer tissue produces significantly higher amounts of VEGF-A than healthy tissue. VEGF-A stimulates tumor angiogenesis and is therefore a target for molecular imaging techniques. The fluorescence imaging agent bevacizumab-IRDye800CW (Beva800) is a conjugate of bevacizumab and IRDye800CW and binds specifically to VEGF-A. Beva800 provides a potentially efficacious approach to imaging specimen and cavity margins during BCS. We are presenting a phase II study that combined Beva800 with the SurgVision Explorer Air camera for intraoperative margin assessment during BCS for EBC. Methods: MARGIN II is a multicenter open-label single arm prospective clinical trial aimed at evaluating Beva800 for assessment of tumor margins in women with EBC scheduled for BCS. The study was a within-patient comparison of positive tumor margin rates using BCS standard of care margin assessment compared to intraoperative assessment with 4.5 mg Beva800 and fluorescence imaging with the SurgVision Explorer Air camera. All patients received an i.-v. bolus injection of 4.5 mg of Beva800 three days before surgery. The fluorescent signal was visualized during surgery using NIR fluorescence imaging (700–1000 nm). Standard of care margin assessment was defined as visual inspection, palpation and, in cases of pre-operative wire marking, specimen sonography or mammography. Beva800 efficacy was determined as the number of patients in which a pathology-confirmed positive margin was identified by fluorescence-guided surgery using Beva800 but not by standard of care BCS. Results: 49 patients were included in 5 centers. 4 training cases were only included in the safety analysis, 45 patients were evaluable for the efficacy analysis. 8 patients (17.8%) had involved margins after standard of care BCS, 4 of which were detected by molecular fluorescence intraoperatively resulting in the reduction of patients with positive margins by 50% (95% CI: 15.7%, 84.3%). 4 patients (8.9%; 95% CI: 2.5%, 21.1%) needed a re-excision because of involved margins. In 27 patients (60.0%) the additional molecular fluorescence guided cavity shaving did not change the resection status from positive to negative (false positive). Adverse events were reported by 16 of 49 patients (32.7%), but only 3 (6.1%) were related to Beva800 (syncope, hot flush, hypertensive crisis). One patient experienced a treatment related SAE (hypertensive crisis). No anti-Beva800 antibodies were detected. Conclusion: In our analysis the rate of necessary second operations was reduced by 50% using Beva800 and the SurgVision Explorer Air camera. The safety analysis confirmed the positive safety profile of Beva800 found in previous studies. Molecular fluorescence-guided surgery may have the potential to change the practice of breast conserving surgery by reducing unnecessary re-excisions. Future studies will have to address the high false positive rates.
Citation Format: Hans-Christian Kolberg, Carmen Röhm, Angrit Stachs, Florian Schütz, Jens-Uwe Blohmer, Sarah Wetzig, Steffi Hartmann, Jörg Heil, Markus Hahn. MOLECULAR FLUORESCENCE-GUIDED SURGERY USING BEVA800 FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF TUMOR MARGINS DURING BREAST CONSERVING SURGERY OF PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY BREAST CANCER (MARGIN-II) [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2022 Dec 6-10; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2023;83(5 Suppl):Abstract nr P2-14-01.
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- 8Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Breast Unit, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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Banys-Paluchowski M, Kühn T, Masannat Y, Rubio I, de Boniface J, Ditsch N, Karadeniz Cakmak G, Karakatsanis A, Dave R, Hahn M, Potter S, Kothari A, Gentilini OD, Gulluoglu BM, Lux MP, Smidt M, Weber WP, Aktas Sezen B, Krawczyk N, Hartmann S, Di Micco R, Nietz S, Malherbe F, Cabioglu N, Canturk NZ, Gasparri ML, Murawa D, Harvey J. Localization Techniques for Non-Palpable Breast Lesions: Current Status, Knowledge Gaps, and Rationale for the MELODY Study (EUBREAST-4/iBRA-NET, NCT 05559411). Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15041173. [PMID: 36831516 PMCID: PMC9954476 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15041173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Surgical excision of a non-palpable breast lesion requires a localization step. Among available techniques, wire-guided localization (WGL) is most commonly used. Other techniques (radioactive, magnetic, radar or radiofrequency-based, and intraoperative ultrasound) have been developed in the last two decades with the aim of improving outcomes and logistics. METHODS We performed a systematic review on localization techniques for non-palpable breast cancer. RESULTS For most techniques, oncological outcomes such as lesion identification and clear margin rate seem either comparable with or better than for WGL, but evidence is limited to small cohort studies for some of the devices. Intraoperative ultrasound is associated with significantly higher negative margin rates in meta-analyses of randomized clinical trials (RCTs). Radioactive techniques were studied in several RCTs and are non-inferior to WGL. Smaller studies show higher patient preference towards wire-free localization, but little is known about surgeons' and radiologists' attitudes towards these techniques. CONCLUSIONS Large studies with an additional focus on patient, surgeon, and radiologist preference are necessary. This review aims to present the rationale for the MELODY (NCT05559411) study and to enable standardization of outcome measures for future studies.
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- Maggie Banys-Paluchowski
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Die Filderklinik, 70794 Filderstadt, Germany
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- Aberdeen Breast Unit, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen AB25 2ZN, UK
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- Breast Surgical Oncology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, 28027 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Surgery, Capio St. Göran’s Hospital, 11219 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Breast Cancer Center, University Hospital Augsburg, 86156 Augsburg, Germany
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- Breast and Endocrine Unit, General Surgery Department, Zonguldak BEUN The School of Medicine, Kozlu/Zonguldak 67600, Turkey
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- Department for Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Uppsala University, 75236 Uppsala, Sweden
- Section for Breast Surgery, Department of Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, 75236 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Nightingale & Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- Department for Women’s Health, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Bristol Medical School (THS), Bristol Population Health Science Institute, Bristol BS8 1QU, UK
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- Guy’s & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, Kings College, London SE1 9RT, UK
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- Department of Breast Surgery, San Raffaele University and Research Hospital, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Breast Surgery Unit, Marmara University School of Medicine and SENATURK Turkish Academy of Senology, Istanbul 34854, Turkey
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, St. Louise Frauen-und Kinderklinik, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Breast Surgery, Department of Surgery, Basel University Hospital, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- European Breast Cancer Research Association of Surgical Trialists (EUBREAST), 73730 Esslingen, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Breast Surgery, San Raffaele University and Research Hospital, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa
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- Breast and Endocrine Surgery Unit, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7935, South Africa
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- Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34093, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, Kocaeli University School of Medicine, Kocaeli 41001, Turkey
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano EOC, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland
- Centro di Senologia della Svizzera Italiana (CSSI), Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Via Pietro Capelli 1, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland
- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Via Giuseppe Buffi 13, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland
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- General Surgery and Surgical Oncology Department, Collegium Medicum, University in Zielona Gora, 65-417 Zielona Góra, Poland
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- Nightingale & Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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Grześkowiak Ł, Saliu EM, Martínez-Vallespín B, Aschenbach JR, Brockmann GA, Fulde M, Hartmann S, Kuhla B, Lucius R, Metges CC, Rothkötter HJ, Vahjen W, Wessels AG, Zentek J. Dietary fiber and its role in performance, welfare, and health of pigs. Anim Health Res Rev 2022; 23:165-193. [PMID: 36688278 DOI: 10.1017/s1466252322000081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Dietary fiber (DF) is receiving increasing attention, and its importance in pig nutrition is now acknowledged. Although DF for pigs was frowned upon for a long time because of reductions in energy intake and digestibility of other nutrients, it has become clear that feeding DF to pigs can affect their well-being and health. This review aims to summarize the state of knowledge of studies on DF in pigs, with an emphasis on the underlying mode of action, by considering research using DF in sows as well as suckling and weaned piglets, and fattening pigs. These studies indicate that DF can benefit the digestive tracts and the health of pigs, if certain conditions or restrictions are considered, such as concentration in the feed and fermentability. Besides the chemical composition and the impact on energy and nutrient digestibility, it is also necessary to evaluate the possible physical and physiologic effects on intestinal function and intestinal microbiota, to better understand the relation of DF to animal health and welfare. Future research should be designed to provide a better mechanistic understanding of the physiologic effects of DF in pigs.
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- Ł Grześkowiak
- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 49, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 49, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 49, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin, Germany
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- Breeding Biology and Molecular Animal Breeding, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13, 14163 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13, 14163 Berlin, Germany
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- Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Institute of Nutritional Physiology, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Parasitology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Institute of Nutritional Physiology, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, Medizinische Fakultät, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 49, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 49, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 49, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Rubel J, Quest J, Pruessner L, Timm C, Hartmann S, Barnow S, Rittmeyer L, Rosenbaum D, Lalk C. Evaluation of an online-based self-help intervention for patients with panic disorder - Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Internet Interv 2022; 30:100584. [PMID: 36573072 PMCID: PMC9789353 DOI: 10.1016/j.invent.2022.100584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- J. Rubel
- Professorship for Psychotherapy Research, Department 06 - Psychology and Sport, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany,Corresponding author at: Professorship for Psychotherapy Research, Department of Psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Otto-Behaghel-Strasse 10, House F, 35394 Giessen, Germany.
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- Professorship for Psychotherapy Research, Department 06 - Psychology and Sport, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Heidelberg University, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Heidelberg University, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Heidelberg University, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Heidelberg University, Germany
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- Professorship for Psychotherapy Research, Department 06 - Psychology and Sport, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Professorship for Psychotherapy Research, Department 06 - Psychology and Sport, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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Agarmani Y, Hartmann S, Zimmermann J, Gati E, Delleske C, Tutsch U, Wolf B, Lang M. Advanced technique for measuring relative length changes under control of temperature and helium-gas pressure. Rev Sci Instrum 2022; 93:113902. [PMID: 36461492 DOI: 10.1063/5.0099412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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We report the realization of an advanced technique for measuring relative length changes ΔL/L of mm-sized samples under the control of temperature (T) and helium-gas pressure (P). The system, which is an extension of the apparatus described in the work of Manna et al. [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 085111 (2012)], consists of two 4He-bath cryostats, each of which houses a pressure cell and a capacitive dilatometer. The interconnection of the pressure cells, the temperature of which can be controlled individually, opens up various modes of operation to perform measurements of ΔL/L under the variation of temperature and pressure. Special features of this apparatus include the possibility (1) to increase the pressure to values far in excess of the external pressure reservoir, (2) to substantially improve the pressure stability during temperature sweeps, (3) to enable continuous pressure sweeps with both decreasing and increasing pressure, and (4) to simultaneously measure the dielectric constant of the pressure-transmitting medium, viz., helium, εr He(T,P), along the same T-P trajectory as that used for taking the ΔL(T, P)/L data. The performance of the setup is demonstrated by measurements of relative length changes (ΔL/L)T at T = 180 K of single crystalline NaCl upon continuously varying the pressure in the range 6 ≤ P ≤ 40 MPa.
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- Institute of Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Hartmann S, Kühn T, Hauptmann M, Stickeler E, Thill M, Lux MP, Fröhlich S, Ruf F, Loibl S, Blohmer JU, Kolberg HC, Thiemann E, Weigel M, Solbach C, Kaltenecker G, Paluchowski P, Schrauder MG, Paepke S, Watermann D, Hahn M, Hufnagel M, Lefarth J, Untch M, Banys-Paluchowski M. Axillary Staging after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Initially Node-Positive Breast Carcinoma in Germany: Initial Data from the AXSANA study. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2022; 82:932-940. [PMID: 36110892 PMCID: PMC9470287 DOI: 10.1055/a-1889-7883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Introduction To date, the optimal axillary staging procedure for initially node-positive breast carcinoma patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) has been unclear. The aim of the AXSANA study is to prospectively compare different surgical staging techniques with respect to the oncological outcome and quality of life for the patients. Little is known about current clinical practice in Germany. Material and Methods In this paper we analyzed data from patients enrolled in the AXSANA study at German study sites from June 2020 to March 2022. Results During the period under investigation, 1135 patients were recruited at 143 study sites. More than three suspicious lymph nodes were initially found in 22% of patients. The target lymph node (TLN) was marked in 64% of cases. This was done with clips/coils in 83% of patients, with magnetic seeds or carbon suspension in 8% each, and with a radar marker in 1% of patients. After NACT, targeted axillary dissection (TAD) or axillary lymphadenectomy (ALND) were each planned in 48% of patients, and sentinel lymph node biopsy alone (SLNB) in 2%. Clinically, the nodal status after NACT was found to be unremarkable in 65% of cases. Histological lymph node status was correctly assessed by palpation in 65% of patients and by sonography in 69% of patients. Conclusion At the German AXSANA study sites, TAD and ALND are currently used as the most common surgical staging procedures after NACT in initially node-positive breast cancer patients. The TLN is marked with various markers prior to NACT. Given the inadequate accuracy of clinical assessment of axillary lymph node status after NACT, it should be questioned whether axillary dissection after NACT should be performed based on clinical assessment of nodal status alone.
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- Steffi Hartmann
- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Klinikum Esslingen, Esslingen, Germany,Correspondence/Korrespondenzadresse Prof. Dr. med. Thorsten Kühn Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und GeburtshilfeKlinikum
EsslingenHirschlandstraße 9773730 Esslingen
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- Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane, Neuruppin, Germany
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Gynäkologische Onkologie, AGAPLESION MARKUS KRANKENHAUS, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Frauenklinik St. Louise, Paderborn, St. Josefs-Krankenhaus, Salzkotten, St. Vincenz Krankenhaus GmbH, Paderborn, Germany
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- German Breast Group Forschungs GmbH, Neu-Isenburg, Germany,Centrum für Hämatologie und Onkologie Bethanien, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Gynäkologie mit Brustzentrum, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Brustzentrum Schweinfurt-Mainfranken, Leopoldina-Krankenhaus, Schweinfurt, Germany
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Universität Frankfurt, Brustzentrum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Klinikum rechts der Isar, interdisziplinäres Brustzentrum, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
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- Evangelisches Diakoniekrankenhaus, Brustzentrum Südbaden, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Klinikum Memmingen, Memmingen, Germany
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, interdisziplinäres Brustzentrum, HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch, Berlin, Germany
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany,Medizinische Fakultät, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Stachs A, Bollmann J, Martin A, Stubert J, Reimer T, Gerber B, Hartmann S. Radiopaque tissue transfer and X-ray system versus standard specimen radiography for intraoperative margin assessment in breast-conserving surgery: randomized clinical trial. BJS Open 2022; 6:6659244. [PMID: 35946449 PMCID: PMC9364380 DOI: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrac091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background Reduction of positive margin rate (PMR) in breast-conserving surgery (BCS) of non-palpable breast cancer remains a challenge. The efficacy of intraoperative specimen radiography (SR) is unclear. This randomized trial evaluated whether the PMR was reduced by the use of devices that allow precise localization of the affected margins. Methods Patients with microcalcification-associated breast cancer undergoing planned BCS were enrolled. Study participants were randomized to receive either SR with radiopaque tissue transfer and X-ray system (KliniTrayTM) or the institutional standard procedure (ISO). In all patients with a radiological margin less than 5 mm, an immediate re-excision was conducted. The primary outcome was the PMR. Risk factors for positive margins and the effect of immediate re-excision on final surgery were secondary analyses. Results Among 122 randomized patients, 5 patients were excluded due to the extent of primary surgery and 117 were available for analysis. Final histopathology revealed a PMR of 31.7 per cent for the KliniTrayTM group and 26.3 per cent for the ISO group (P = 0.127). Independent factors for positive margins were histological tumour size more than 30 mm (adjusted OR (aOR) 10.73; 95 per cent c.i. 3.14 to 36.75; P < 0.001) and specimen size more than 50 mm (aOR 6.65; 95 per cent c.i. 2.00 to 22.08; P = 0.002). Immediate re-excision due to positive SR led to an absolute risk reduction in positive margins of 13.6 per cent (from 42.7 to 29.1 per cent). Conclusion Specimen orientation with a radiopaque tissue transfer and X-ray system did not decrease the PMR in patients with microcalcification-associated breast cancer; however, SR and immediate re-excision proved to be helpful in the reduction of PMR. Registration number DRKS00011527 (https://www.drks.de).
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- Angrit Stachs
- Multidisciplinary Breast Unit, Department of Radiology, University of Rostock , Rostock , Germany
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- Multidisciplinary Breast Unit, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of Rostock , Rostock , Germany
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- Multidisciplinary Breast Unit, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of Rostock , Rostock , Germany
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- Multidisciplinary Breast Unit, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of Rostock , Rostock , Germany
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- Multidisciplinary Breast Unit, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of Rostock , Rostock , Germany
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- Multidisciplinary Breast Unit, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of Rostock , Rostock , Germany
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- Multidisciplinary Breast Unit, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of Rostock , Rostock , Germany
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Rief A, Kühn T, Peintinger F, Hartmann S, Stickeler E, de Boniface J, Gentilini O, Ruf F, Fröhlich S, Thill M, Hauptmann M, Berger T, Wihlfahrt K, Karadeniz GC, Rubio IT, Gasparri ML, Kontos M, Bonci EA, Niinikoski L, Murawa D, Appelgren M, Hahn M, Pristauz-Telsnigg G, Czihak J, Banys-Paluchowski M. AXSANA – AXillary Surgery After NeoAdjuvant Treatment: Eine prospektive, multizentrische Kohortenstudie der EUBREAST-Studiengruppe zur Bewertung verschiedener chirurgischer Verfahren des axillären Stagings bei initial nodal-positiven PatientInnen nach neoadjuvanter Chemotherapie. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2022. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1750235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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- A Rief
- Medizinische Universität Graz, Univ. Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Graz, Österreich
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- Klinikum Esslingen, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Esslingen, Deutschland
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- Medizinische Universität Graz, Univ. Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Graz, Österreich
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- Universitätsklinikum Rostock, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Rostock, Deutschland
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- Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Aachen, Deutschland
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- Karolinska Institutet, Dept. of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Stockholm, Sweden
- Capio St. Göran’s Hospital, Dept. of Surgery, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Deutschland
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- Universitätsklinikum Rostock, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Rostock, Deutschland
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- AGAPLESION Markus Krankenhaus, Klinik für Gynäkologie und gynäkologische Onkologie, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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- Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane, Neuruppin, Deutschland
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- Müritz-Klinikum Waren, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Waren, Deutschland
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- Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Deutschland
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- Zonguldak BEUN The School of Medicine, General Surgery Department, Breast and Endocrine Unit, Kozlu/Zonguldak, Turkey
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- Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Breast Surgical Unit, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland
- University of the Italian Switzerland (USI), Faculty of Biomedicine, Lugano, Switzerland
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- 1st Department of Surgery, Laiko Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Surgical Oncology,” Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuță” Institute of Oncology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 11th Department of Oncological Surgery and Gynecological Oncology, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Breast Surgery Unit, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Collegium Medicum, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland
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- Karolinska Institutet, Dept. of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department für Frauengesundkeit, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Deutschland
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- Medizinische Universität Graz, Univ. Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Graz, Österreich
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- LKH Villach, Abteilung für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Villach, Österreich
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- Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Deutschland
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de Boniface J, Frisell J, Kühn T, Wiklander-Bråkenhielm I, Dembrower K, Nyman P, Zouzos A, Gerber B, Reimer T, Hartmann S. False-negative rate in the extended prospective TATTOO trial evaluating targeted axillary dissection by carbon tattooing in clinically node-positive breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant systemic therapy. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2022; 193:589-595. [PMID: 35451733 PMCID: PMC9114094 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-022-06588-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE In clinically node-positive breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST), nodal metastases can be initially marked and then removed during surgical axillary staging. Marking methods vary significantly in terms of feasibility and cost. The purpose of the extended TATTOO trial was to report on the false-negative rate (FNR) of the low-cost method carbon tattooing. METHODS The international prospective single-arm TATTOO trial included clinically node-positive breast cancer patients planned for NST from November 2017 to January 2021. For the present analysis, patients who received both the targeted procedure with or without an additional sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy and a completion axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) were selected. Primary endpoint was the FNR. RESULTS Out of 172 included patients, 149 had undergone a completion ALND. The detection rate for the tattooed node was 94.6% (141 out of 149). SLN biopsy was attempted in 132 out of 149 patients with a detection rate of 91.7% (121 out of 132). SLN and tattooed node were identical in 58 out of 121 individuals (47.9%). The combined procedure, i.e. targeted axillary dissection (TAD) was successful in 147 of 149 cases (98.7%). Four out of 65 patients with a clinically node-negative status after NST had a negative TAD but metastases on ALND, corresponding to a FNR of 6.2%. All false-negative TAD procedures were performed in the first 2 years of the trial (2018-2019, p = 0.022). CONCLUSION Carbon tattooing is a feasible marking method for TAD with a high detection rate and an acceptably low FNR. The TATTOO trial was preregistered as prospective trial before initiation at the University of Rostock, Germany (DRKS00013169).
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- Jana de Boniface
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. .,Department of Surgery, Breast Centre, Capio St. Göran's Hospital, Mariebergsporten 2, 11219, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Breast, Endocrine and Sarcoma Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Klinikum Esslingen, Esslingen, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Capio St. Göran's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Skaraborg Hospital, Lidköping, Sweden
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- Department of Mammography, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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Kühn T, Hartmann S, Stickeler E, de Boniface J, Gentilini O, Fröhlich S, Ruf F, Thill M, Hauptmann M, Cakmak GK, Rubio I, Gasparri ML, Kontos M, Bonci EA, Niinikoski L, Micco RD, Murawa D, Pinto D, Peintinger F, Solbach C, Appelgren M, Blohmer JU, Weigel M, Kaltenecker G, Schrauder M, Simons J, Smidt M, Schlichting E, Dostalek L, Emelyanov AS, Thiemann E, Gunay S, Loibl S, Banys-Paluchowski M. Abstract OT1-04-04: AXSANA - EUBREAST 3 (axillary surgery after neoadjuvant treatment): An international prospective multicenter cohort study of the EUBREAST study group to evaluate different surgical methods of axillary staging (sentinel lymph node biopsy, targeted axillary dissection, axillary dissection) in clinically node-positive breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT04373655). Cancer Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs21-ot1-04-04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background The optimal surgical staging procedure of the axilla in patients who convert from a clinically positive (cN+) to a clinically negative node status (ycN0) through neoadjuvant chemotherapy is still controversial. Widely diverse techniques such as full Axillary Lymph Node Dissection (ALND), Targeted Axillary Dissection (TAD), Targeted Lymph Node Biopsy (TLNB) and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy alone (SLNB) are given preference in different international guidelines. So far, no comparative data on the oncological outcome or the morbidity of the different procedures are available. Further research is needed to safely de-escalate the extent of axillary surgery in this patient group. Trial design The AXSANA study is an international prospective cohort study including cN+ patients converting to ycN0 status and treated with different axillary staging techniques according to the standard at their treating institution. The study is initiated by the EUBREAST network. The trial includes patients with cT1-4c tumors, who present initially with axillary lymph node metastasis and are scheduled for neoadjuvant chemotherapy. According to an amendment in 2020 the inclusion of patients with highly suspicious nodes without minimally invasive biopsy is allowed. All patients converting to ycN0 status undergo follow-up for 5 years irrespectively of the ypN status. Primary endpoints: Invasive disease-free survival, axillary recurrence rate and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). HRQoL are evaluated using four standardized questionnaires (EORTC QLQ-C 30, EORTC QLQ BR 23, Lymph ICF and SOC-13) at baseline and after 1, 3 and 5 years after surgery. Secondary endpoints are the feasibility and performance of different axillary staging techniques (detection rate, number of removed lymph nodes and association with complications, arm morbidity and quality of life, operating time and use of clinical and economic resources); impact of learning curve, and the detailed mapping of surgical and oncological treatment standards in different countries. The impact on different regional treatment strategies (radiotherapy, ALND) in patients with ypN0(i+), ypN1(mi) and ypN1 is assessed. Current status of the study: On June 30th 157 study sites from 15 countries are open for recruitment (Austria 2, Czech Republic 1, Finland 1, Germany 112, Greece 3, Italy 1, Norway 1, Poland 3, Portugal 5, Romania 2, Russia 1, Sweden 4, Switzerland 4, Spain 6, Turkey 11). 620 patients have been included in the study. Among patients who converted to ycN0 status, 144 have been scheduled for ALND, 157 for TAD and 49 for SLNB. The study is still open for further international study sites. Funding: AGO-B, Claudia-von Schilling Foundation, Ehmann Foundation, AWOgyn, Merit Medical, Endomagnetics, Mammotome Target accrual: 3000 patients worldwide
Citation Format: Thorsten Kühn, Steffi Hartmann, Elmar Stickeler, Jana de Boniface, Oreste Gentilini, Sarah Fröhlich, Franziska Ruf, Marc Thill, Michael Hauptmann, Guldeniz Karadeniz Cakmak, Isabel Rubio, Maria Luisa Gasparri, Michaelis Kontos, Eduard-Alexandru Bonci, Laura Niinikoski, Rosa Di Micco, Dawid Murawa, David Pinto, Florentia Peintinger, Christine Solbach, Matilda Appelgren, Jens-Uwe Blohmer, Michael Weigel, Gabriele Kaltenecker, Michael Schrauder, Janine Simons, Marjolein Smidt, Ellen Schlichting, Lukas Dostalek, Alexander Sergeevich Emelyanov, Elisabeth Thiemann, Semra Gunay, Sybille Loibl, Maggie Banys-Paluchowski. AXSANA - EUBREAST 3 (axillary surgery after neoadjuvant treatment): An international prospective multicenter cohort study of the EUBREAST study group to evaluate different surgical methods of axillary staging (sentinel lymph node biopsy, targeted axillary dissection, axillary dissection) in clinically node-positive breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT04373655) [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2021 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2021 Dec 7-10; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2022;82(4 Suppl):Abstract nr OT1-04-04.
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- University Hospital Rostock, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Rostock, Germany
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- University Hospital Aachen, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Aachen, Germany
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- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Moledular Medicine and Surgery, Stockholm, Sweden
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- San Raffaele University and Research Hospital, Breast Surgery Unit, Milan, Italy
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- University Hospital Rostock, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Rostock, Germany
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- University Hospital of Schleswig Holstein, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lübeck, Germany
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- AGAPLESION Markus Krankenhaus,Department of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Zonguldak BEUN The School of Medicine, General Surgery Department, Breast and Endocrine Unit, Kozlu/zonguldak, Turkey
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- Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Breast Surgical Unit, Madrid, Spain
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- Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Laiko Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1st Department of Surgery, Athens, Greece
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- ”Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuţă” Institute of Oncology, Department of Surgical Oncology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Breast Surgery Unit, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Helsinki, Finland
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- San Raffaele University and Research Hospital, Breast Surgery Unit, Milan, Italy
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- University of Zielona Góra, Department of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Collegium Medicum, Zielona Góra, Poland
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- Champalimaud Clinical Center, Champalimaud Foundation, Breast Unit, Lisabon, Portugal
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- University of Frankfurt, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Frankfurk am Main, Germany
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- Karolonska Institutet, Dept. of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Charité Campus Mitte, Department of Gynecology and Breast Cancer Center, Esslingen, Germany
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- Leopoldina Krankenhaus Schweinfurt, Schweinfurt, Germany
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- Maastricht University, GROW – School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Maastricht University, GROW – School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Charles University, General University Hospital, First Faculty of Medicine, Gynecologic Oncology Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Niels-Stensen-Kliniken, Brustzentrum Osnabrück, Osnabrück/Georgsmarienhütte, Germany
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- Health Directorate Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşcioğlu City Hospital, Ministry of Health Istanbul Provinicial, Istanbul, Turkey
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- University Hospital of Schleswig Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lübeck, Germany
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Rubio IT, Banys-Paluchowski M, Hartmann S, Stickeler E, de Boniface J, Gentilini O, Pinto D, Di Micco R, Fröhlich S, Thill M, Hauptmann M, Cakmak GK, Gasparri ML, Kontos M, Bonci EA, Niinikoski L, Murawa D, Peintinger F, Dostalek L, Kühn T. AXSANA: A European prospective multicenter cohort study to evaluate different surgical methods of axillary staging in clinically node-positive breast cancer patients treated with NACT. Eur J Surg Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2021.12.429] [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: 11/27/2022] Open
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Orban C, Koller A, Lener S, Abramovic A, Krigers A, Thomé C, Hartmann S. Telemedical follow-up in patients after decompressive spine surgery – a retrospective, single center analysis. Brain and Spine 2022. [PMCID: PMC9573981 DOI: 10.1016/j.bas.2022.101380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- C. Orban
- Medical University Innsbruck, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Medical University Innsbruck, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Medical University Innsbruck, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Medical University Innsbruck, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Medical University Innsbruck, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Medical University Innsbruck, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Medical University Innsbruck, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Innsbruck, Austria
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Dieterich M, Allmendinger S, Gerber B, Reimer T, Hartmann S, Stachs A, Stubert J. Prevalence, Clinical Significance and Risk Factors for Developing Scar Pain and Sensibility Disorders in Breast Cancer Patients after Breast-Conserving Therapy and Mastectomy. Breast Care (Basel) 2021; 16:507-515. [PMID: 34720810 DOI: 10.1159/000513241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Introduction The aim of this study was to gather information on the prevalence and risk factors for scar pain and sensibility disorders after breast cancer surgery, as only limited information of these complaints are available. Material and Methods A clinical cohort study using a non-validated questionnaire was conducted among women who presented to routine follow-up at the Breast Cancer Center Rostock, Germany. The subjects were informed that the subjective perception and sensation were in the foreground and that the questionnaire had to be filled out independently according to the current feeling. Results Overall 175 patients could be evaluated. The prevalence of scar pain was 30.8% after breast conserving therapy (BCT) and 34.5% after mastectomy. Following BCT 87.5%, respectively 81.8% of women after mastectomy were very satisfied or satisfied with the scarring. Sensory disorders were increased in the mastectomy group (p = 0.001). Scar pain after previous surgery was a risk factor to develop sensory disorders after BCT (p = 0.008) and mastectomy (p = 0.029). For patients receiving mastectomy, sensory disorders after previous breast surgeries increased the risk for sensory disorders (p = 0.029). Smoking was a risk factor for sensory disorders after mastectomy (p = 0.048). Multivariate analysis could not confirm any of the risk factors. Conclusion This study demonstrated a high satisfaction with scarring after breast surgery and a low level of scar pain. A lack of postoperative information, as well as a low level of actually performed scar care after surgery were observed. Increased focus should be on improved information on postoperative scare care.
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- Max Dieterich
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Interdisciplinary Breast Center, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Interdisciplinary Breast Center, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Interdisciplinary Breast Center, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Interdisciplinary Breast Center, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Interdisciplinary Breast Center, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Interdisciplinary Breast Center, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Interdisciplinary Breast Center, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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Hartmann S, Stachs A, Kühn T, de Boniface J, Banys-Paluchowski M, Reimer T. Targeted Removal of Axillary Lymph Nodes After Carbon Marking in Patients with Breast Cancer Treated with Primary Chemotherapy. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2021; 81:1121-1127. [PMID: 34629491 PMCID: PMC8494517 DOI: 10.1055/a-1471-4234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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In breast cancer patients who have received primary chemotherapy and then no longer have any suspicious lymph nodes clinically and/or on imaging, marking of initially suspicious axillary lymph nodes with targeted removal has recently been discussed and practised both in Germany and internationally as an alternative to complete axillary lymph node dissection. Tattooing of the suspicious lymph nodes with a highly purified carbon suspension is currently being investigated in clinical studies. Compared with other techniques, the advantages of this method are the high rate of intraoperative lymph node detection, avoidance of an immediately preoperative localisation procedure and the low costs. The practical aspects of lymph node tattooing and the current data regarding this method will be described.
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- Steffi Hartmann
- Universitätsklinikum Rostock, Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Rostock, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Rostock, Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Rostock, Germany
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- Klinikum Esslingen, Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Esslingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Surgery, Capio St. Göran's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Lübeck, Germany
- Medizinische Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Rostock, Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Rostock, Germany
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Riedl K, Gati E, Zielke D, Hartmann S, Vyaselev OM, Kushch ND, Jeschke HO, Lang M, Valentí R, Kartsovnik MV, Winter SM. Spin Vortex Crystal Order in Organic Triangular Lattice Compound. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 127:147204. [PMID: 34652199 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.147204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Organic salts represent an ideal experimental playground for studying the interplay between magnetic and charge degrees of freedom, which has culminated in the discovery of several spin-liquid candidates such as κ-(ET)_{2}Cu_{2}(CN)_{3} (κ-Cu). Recent theoretical studies indicate the possibility of chiral spin liquids stabilized by ring exchange, but the parent states with chiral magnetic order have not been observed in this material family. In this Letter, we discuss the properties of the recently synthesized κ-(BETS)_{2}Mn[N(CN)_{2}]_{3} (κ-Mn). Based on analysis of specific heat, magnetic torque, and NMR measurements combined with ab initio calculations, we identify a spin-vortex crystal order. These observations definitively confirm the importance of ring exchange in these materials and support the proposed chiral spin-liquid scenario for triangular lattice organics.
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- Kira Riedl
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max von Laue Str 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max von Laue Str 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max von Laue Str 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia
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- Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia
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- Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Physikalisches Institut, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max von Laue Str 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Walther-Meissner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Walther-Meissner-Strasse 8, Garching D-85748, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Center for Functional Materials, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, USA
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Hartmann S, Stachs A, Schultek G, Gerber B, Reimer T. The Clinical Relevance of Target Lymph Node Biopsy after Primary Systemic Therapy in Initially Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13112620. [PMID: 34073547 PMCID: PMC8198475 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13112620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Simple Summary Currently, the optimal axillary surgical approach for breast cancer patients with initial node-positive disease and conversion to clinically node-negative status after primary systemic therapy is unclear. The aim of our study was to evaluate the clinical impact of removing the initially most suspicious, labeled axillary lymph node in addition to the sentinel lymph node. Metastatic target lymph nodes were found in five out of 63 patients (7.9%), while the sentinel lymph node was either tumor-free or not detected. The removal of the target lymph node influenced the adjuvant systemic therapy in only one case (1.6%). However, complete axillary dissection was indicated in all five cases. Furthermore, with fewer than three sentinel lymph nodes removed, the target lymph node reduced the false-negative rate to less than 10%. We therefore conclude that although the target lymph node has a minor impact on adjuvant systemic therapy, it is relevant for surgical axillary management. Abstract Purpose: To assess the impact of the removal of the target lymph node (TLN) on therapy after the completion of primary systemic therapy (PST) in initially node-positive breast cancer patients. Methods: Pooled data analysis of participants of the prospective CLIP- and TATTOO-study at the University of Rostock was performed. Results: A total of 75 patients were included; 63 of them (84.0%) converted to clinically node-negative after PST. Both TLN and sentinel lymph node (SLN) were identified in 41 patients (51.2%). In five out of 63 patients (7.9%), the TLN was metastatic after PST and the SLN was either tumor-free or not detected. Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) was conducted in all five patients. In one patient, systemic therapy recommendation was influenced by the TLN; adjuvant radiotherapy was influenced by the TLN in zero patients. For patients with fewer than three removed SLNs, the FNR was 28.6% for the SLN biopsy alone and 7.1% for targeted axillary dissection (TAD). Conclusions: Removal of the TLN in addition to the SLN after PST has only minimal impact on the type of adjuvant systemic therapy and radiotherapy. However, the extent of axillary surgery was relevantly affected and FNR was improved by TAD.
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Hartmann S, Stachs A, Gerber B, Knauerhase H, Kamin F, Kundt G, Reimer T. Lost clips after targeted lymph node biopsy in breast cancer patients: Follow-up of the CLIP-study. Eur J Surg Oncol 2021; 47:1907-1912. [PMID: 33962833 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2021.04.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Clipping and selective removal of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients presenting with initially node-positive disease and achieving a nodal downstaging after primary systemic therapy is a less invasive method for axillary staging. An imaging guided localization and successful extirpation of these clipped lymph nodes is not possible in all patients. To date no follow-up data regarding patients with lost clips are available. MATERIAL AND METHODS The oncological outcome of all participants of the CLIP-study and the results of postoperative axillary imaging in those patients with unproven clip resection are presented. RESULTS A total of thirty patients were included into the pilot study. In ten of these patients (33%) the removal of the clipped axillary lymph node could not be verified by intraoperative radiograph. Postoperative imaging did not find lost clips in eight of these ten patients (80%). The lost clip was detected in two patients after surgery (20%), by mammography in one patient during routine follow-up and by computed tomography scan in one patient before radiotherapy. After a median follow-up of 40 months, 26 (87%) patients were still alive. Seven patients (23%) developed distant recurrent disease. No local or axillary recurrences were observed. CONCLUSION Lost clips were detected by postoperative imaging only in a minority of patients. The impact of lost clips on axillary recurrences in breast cancer patients is still unclear and should be further clarified in larger, multicentric trials.
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- Steffi Hartmann
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Klinikum Südstadt, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Biostatistics and Informatics in Medicine and Ageing Research, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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Banys-Paluchowski M, Gasparri ML, de Boniface J, Gentilini O, Stickeler E, Hartmann S, Thill M, Rubio IT, Di Micco R, Bonci EA, Niinikoski L, Kontos M, Karadeniz Cakmak G, Hauptmann M, Peintinger F, Pinto D, Matrai Z, Murawa D, Kadayaprath G, Dostalek L, Nina H, Krivorotko P, Classe JM, Schlichting E, Appelgren M, Paluchowski P, Solbach C, Blohmer JU, Kühn T. Surgical Management of the Axilla in Clinically Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Converting to Clinical Node Negativity through Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Current Status, Knowledge Gaps, and Rationale for the EUBREAST-03 AXSANA Study. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:1565. [PMID: 33805367 PMCID: PMC8037995 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13071565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In the last two decades, surgical methods for axillary staging in breast cancer patients have become less extensive, and full axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is confined to selected patients. In initially node-positive patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy, however, the optimal management remains unclear. Current guidelines vary widely, endorsing different strategies. We performed a literature review on axillary staging strategies and their place in international recommendations. This overview defines knowledge gaps associated with specific procedures, summarizes currently ongoing clinical trials that address these unsolved issues, and provides the rationale for further research. While some guidelines have already implemented surgical de-escalation, replacing ALND with, e.g., sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) or targeted axillary dissection (TAD) in cN+ patients converting to clinical node negativity, others recommend ALND. Numerous techniques are in use for tagging lymph node metastasis, but many questions regarding the marking technique, i.e., the optimal time for marker placement and the number of marked nodes, remain unanswered. The optimal number of SLNs to be excised also remains a matter of debate. Data on oncological safety and quality of life following different staging procedures are lacking. These results provide the rationale for the multinational prospective cohort study AXSANA initiated by EUBREAST, which started enrollment in June 2020 and aims at recruiting 3000 patients in 20 countries (NCT04373655; Funded by AGO-B, Claudia von Schilling Foundation for Breast Cancer Research, AWOgyn, EndoMag, Mammotome, and MeritMedical).
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- Maggie Banys-Paluchowski
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Campus Lübeck, University Hospital of Schleswig Holstein, 23538 Lübeck, Germany
- Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland;
- Faculty of Biomedicine, University of the Italian Switzerland (USI), 6900 Lugano, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; (J.d.B.); (M.A.)
- Department of Surgery, Capio St. Göran’s Hospital, 112 19 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Breast Surgery Unit, San Raffaele Hospital Milan, 20132 Milano MI, Italy; (O.G.); (R.D.M.)
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany;
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany;
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- Department of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology, AGAPLESION Markus Krankenhaus, 60431 Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
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- Breast Surgical Unit, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, 28027 Madrid, Spain;
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- Breast Surgery Unit, San Raffaele Hospital Milan, 20132 Milano MI, Italy; (O.G.); (R.D.M.)
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, “Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuță” Institute of Oncology, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
- 11th Department of Oncological Surgery and Gynecological Oncology, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Breast Surgery Unit, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, 00280 Helsinki, Finland;
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- 1st Department of Surgery, Laiko Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece;
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- Breast and Endocrine Unit, General Surgery Department, Zonguldak BEUN The School of Medicine, Kozlu/Zonguldak 67600, Turkey;
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- Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, 16816 Neuruppin, Germany;
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- Champalimaud Clinical Center, Breast Unit, Champalimaud Foundation, 1400-038 Lisboa, Portugal;
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- Department of Breast and Sarcoma Surgery, National Institute of Oncology, 1122 Budapest, Hungary;
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- Collegium Medicum, University of Zielona Góra, 65-046 Zielona Góra, Poland;
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- Breast Surgical Oncology and Oncoplastic Surgery, Max Institute of Cancer Care, Max Healthcare Delhi, Delhi 110092, India;
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- Gynecologic Oncology Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, General University Hospital, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic;
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- Oncology Hospital, University Hospital Center “Nene Tereza”, 1000 Tirana, Albania;
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- Petrov Research Institute of Oncology, 197758 Saint-Petersburg, Russia;
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- Department of surgical oncology, Institut de cancerologie de l’Ouest Nantes, 44800 Saint Herblain, France;
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- Department for Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, 0188 Oslo, Norway;
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; (J.d.B.); (M.A.)
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Regio Klinikum Pinneberg, 25421 Pinneberg, Germany;
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- Breast Center, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
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- Department of Gynecology and Breast Cancer Center, Charite Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany;
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Klinikum Esslingen, 73730 Esslingen, Germany;
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Eichenauer DA, Kreissl S, Bühnen I, Baues C, Kobe C, van Heek L, Goergen H, Fuchs M, Hartmann S, von Tresckow B, Engert A, Borchmann P. PET-2-guided escalated BEACOPP for advanced nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma: a subgroup analysis of the randomized German Hodgkin Study Group HD18 study. Ann Oncol 2021; 32:807-810. [PMID: 33667668 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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- D A Eichenauer
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne and Dusseldorf, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG), University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne and Dusseldorf, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG), University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne and Dusseldorf, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG), University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG), University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG), University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG), University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne and Dusseldorf, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG), University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne and Dusseldorf, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG), University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Senckenberg Institute of Pathology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne and Dusseldorf, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG), University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Clinic for Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne and Dusseldorf, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG), University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen, Bonn, Cologne and Dusseldorf, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG), University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Banys-Paluchowski M, Stickeler E, de Boniface J, Gentilini O, Thill M, Hartmann S, Mangold M, Solbach C, Blohmer JU, Untch M, Appelgren M, Kolberg HC, Kühn T. Abstract OT-04-02: The AXSANA trial (AXillary Surgery After NeoAdjuvant treatment): An international prospective multicenter cohort study of the EUBREAST study group to evaluate different surgical methods of axillary staging (sentinel lymph node biopsy, targeted axillary dissection, axillary dissection) in clinically node-positive breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT04373655). Cancer Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs20-ot-04-02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Abstract
Background
The optimal surgical staging of the axilla in patients who convert from a clinically positive (cN+) to a clinically negative node status (ycN0) through neoadjuvant chemotherapy is still unclear. Widely diverse techniques such as full Axillary Lymph Node Dissection (ALND), Targeted Axillary Dissection (TAD), Targeted Lymph Node Biopsy (TLNB) and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy alone (SLNB) are given preference in different international guidelines. So far, no comparative data on the oncological outcome or the morbidity of the different procedures are available. Further research is needed to safely de-escalate the radicality of axillary surgery in this patient group.
Trial design
The EUBREAST study group initiated an international prospective cohort study including cN+ patients converting to ycN0 status and treated with different axillary staging techniques according to the standard at their treating institution. Participants are patients with cT1-3 tumors with axillary lymph node metastasis confirmed by core biopsy or fine needle aspiration and scheduled for neoadjuvant systemic therapy. The trial is funded by the AGO-B Study Group, the Claudia von Schilling Foundation for Breast Cancer Research and the AWOgyn (Working Group for Reconstructive Surgery in Oncology-Gynecology) and supported by the NOGGO (North-Eastern German Society of Gynaecologic Oncology) and the German Breast Group.
Primary endpoints: 5-year invasive disease-free survival, 3-year axillary recurrence rate and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). HRQoL will be evaluated using four standardized questionnaires (EORTC QLQ-C 30, EORTC QLQ BR 23, Lymph ICF and SOC-13) at baseline and 1, 3 and 5 years after surgery.
Secondary endpoints are the feasibility and performance of different axillary staging techniques (detection rate, number of removed lymph nodes and association with complications, arm morbidity and quality of life, operating time and use of clinical and economic resources); impact of learning curve, and the detailed mapping of surgical and oncological treatment standards in different countries.
Present accrual (July 7th 2020): 5. The first study participant has been recruited in June 2020.
Target accrual: 3000 patients from EUBREAST member states (20)
Citation Format: Maggie Banys-Paluchowski, Elmar Stickeler, Jana de Boniface, Oreste Gentilini, Marc Thill, Steffi Hartmann, Marina Mangold, Christine Solbach, Jens-Uwe Blohmer, Michael Untch, Matilda Appelgren, Hans-Christian Kolberg, Thorsten Kühn, EUBREAST. The AXSANA trial (AXillary Surgery After NeoAdjuvant treatment): An international prospective multicenter cohort study of the EUBREAST study group to evaluate different surgical methods of axillary staging (sentinel lymph node biopsy, targeted axillary dissection, axillary dissection) in clinically node-positive breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT04373655) [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Virtual Symposium; 2020 Dec 8-11; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(4 Suppl):Abstract nr OT-04-02.
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- 2Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- 3Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet and Department of Surgery, Capio St. Göran’s Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 5Department of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- 6Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Klinikum Südstadt Rostock, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- 7Esculape - Clinical Research Profession, Gladenbach, Germany
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- 8Breast Cancer Center, University Hospital, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- 9Department of Gynecology incl. Breast Center, Charité, CCM, Berlin, Germany
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- 10Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany
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- 13Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Klinikum Esslingen, Esslingen, Germany
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Kolberg HC, Röhm C, Stachs A, Schütz F, Blohmer JU, Wetzig S, Hartmann S, Heil J, Hahn M. Abstract PS1-21: Molecular fluorescence-guided surgery using Beva800 for the assessment of tumor margins during breast conserving surgery of patients with primary breast cancer (MARGIN-II). Cancer Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs20-ps1-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction:The goal of breast conserving surgery (BCS) for early breast cancer (EBC) is to remove the tumor and a surrounding rim of normal tissue, while preserving as much of the normal breast tissue as possible. Incomplete resections are associated with higher rates of surgical re-excision. Repeat surgeries are not only a burden to patients physically but also psychologically and can delay recommended adjuvant therapies. Accurate determination of tumor margins during surgery is therefore critical for successful outcome. Breast cancer tissue produces significantly higher amounts of VEGF-A than healthy tissue. VEGF-A stimulates tumor angiogenesis and is therefore an excellent target for molecular imaging techniques. The fluorescence imaging agent bevacizumab-IRDye800CW (Beva800) is a conjugate of bevacizumab (a humanized antibody targeting human VEGF) and IRDye800CW (a near-infrared fluorescence dye) which binds specifically to VEGF-A. Beva800 provides a potentially highly efficacious approach to imaging specimen and cavity margins during BCS. Herein we present a phase II study that combined Beva800 with the SurgVision Explorer Air camera for intraoperative margin assessment during BCS for EBC.Methods:MARGIN II is a multicenter open-label single arm prospective clinical trial aimed at evaluating Beva800 for assessment of tumor margins in women with EBC scheduled for BCS. The study was a within-patient comparison of positive tumor margin rates using BCS standard of care compared to intraoperative assessment with 4.5 mg Beva800 and fluorescence imaging with the SurgVision Explorer Air camera. Patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy were excluded. All patients received a single intra-venous bolus injection of 4.5 mg of Beva800 three days before surgery. The fluorescent signal was visualized during surgery using NIR fluorescence imaging (700-1000 nm). This wavelength window typically has very low tissue auto-fluorescence (filtering out background noise) and greater tissue penetration depth due to reduced haemoglobin absorption. Standard of care assessment was defined as visual inspection, palpation and, in cases of pre-operative wire marking, specimen sonography or mammography. Beva800 efficacy was determined as the number of patients in which a pathology-confirmed positive margin was identified by fluorescence guided surgery using Beva800 but not by standard of care BCS. The results per patient were divided into two clusters: results after standard of care BCS and results after fluorescence guided surgery, according to their margin status at pathology. The need for re-operation because of involved margins within 30 days after the first BCS and the safety of 4.5 mg Beva800 was assessed.Results:The recruitment goal of 40 patients in 5 centers has almost been reached and results of the final analysis will be presented at the meeting.Conclusion:Molecular fluorescence-guided surgery using Beva800 has the potential to change the practice of breast conserving surgery by avoiding unnecessary re-operations. This would lead to fewer interventions, a reduced burden on patients through repeat surgery and reduced delay of adjuvant therapies.
Citation Format: Hans-Christian Kolberg, Carmen Röhm, Angrit Stachs, Florian Schütz, Jens-Uwe Blohmer, Sarah Wetzig, Steffi Hartmann, Jörg Heil, Markus Hahn. Molecular fluorescence-guided surgery using Beva800 for the assessment of tumor margins during breast conserving surgery of patients with primary breast cancer (MARGIN-II) [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Virtual Symposium; 2020 Dec 8-11; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(4 Suppl):Abstract nr PS1-21.
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- 2Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- 4Diakonissen-Stiftungs-Krankenhaus Speyer, Speyer, Germany
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- 6Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- 2Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Hartmann S, Kühn T, de Boniface J, Stachs A, Winckelmann A, Frisell J, Wiklander-Bråkenhielm I, Stubert J, Gerber B, Reimer T. Carbon tattooing for targeted lymph node biopsy after primary systemic therapy in breast cancer: prospective multicentre TATTOO trial. Br J Surg 2021; 108:302-307. [DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaa083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Background
Several techniques for targeted lymph node biopsy in patients with node-positive breast cancer receiving primary systemic therapy are in use, each with their inherent advantages and disadvantages. The aim of the TATTOO trial was to evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of carbon tattooing of positive lymph nodes as a method for targeted lymph node biopsy avoiding radiation exposure, high costs, and preoperative localization procedures.
Methods
Patients with initially cT1–4c cN1–3 cM0 invasive breast cancer were included in this prospective multicentre trial. Before initiation of primary systemic therapy, a carbon suspension was injected into the most suspicious axillary lymph node. Targeted lymph node biopsy was performed in all patients after completion of primary systemic therapy. Additional sentinel lymph node biopsy was done in those with axillary downstaging, and completion axillary lymph node dissection in patients still presenting with suspicious lymph nodes.
Results
A total of 118 patients were included and 110 were eligible for data analysis. The detection rate for the targeted lymph node was 93.6 per cent (103 of 110), and the sentinel lymph node was identical to the targeted lymph node in 60 per cent. The false-negative rate for the combination of targeted and sentinel node lymph node biopsy (targeted axillary dissection) was 9 per cent.
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Targeted axillary dissection after carbon tattooing is associated with a high detection rate, an acceptable false-negative rate, and appears feasible for clinical use even in healthcare settings with limited resources.
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- S Hartmann
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Klinikum Esslingen, Esslingen, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Capio St Göran’s Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Klinikum Esslingen, Esslingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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Oberbeck S, Schrader A, Warner K, Jungherz D, Crispatzu G, von Jan J, Chmielewski M, Ianevski A, Diebner HH, Mayer P, Kondo Ados A, Wahnschaffe L, Braun T, Müller TA, Wagle P, Bouska A, Neumann T, Pützer S, Varghese L, Pflug N, Thelen M, Makalowski J, Riet N, Göx HJM, Rappl G, Altmüller J, Kotrová M, Persigehl T, Hopfinger G, Hansmann ML, Schlößer H, Stilgenbauer S, Dürig J, Mougiakakos D, von Bergwelt-Baildon M, Roeder I, Hartmann S, Hallek M, Moriggl R, Brüggemann M, Aittokallio T, Iqbal J, Newrzela S, Abken H, Herling M. Noncanonical effector functions of the T-memory-like T-PLL cell are shaped by cooperative TCL1A and TCR signaling. Blood 2020; 136:2786-2802. [PMID: 33301031 PMCID: PMC7731789 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2019003348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) is a poor-prognostic neoplasm. Differentiation stage and immune-effector functions of the underlying tumor cell are insufficiently characterized. Constitutive activation of the T-cell leukemia 1A (TCL1A) oncogene distinguishes the (pre)leukemic cell from regular postthymic T cells. We assessed activation-response patterns of the T-PLL lymphocyte and interrogated the modulatory impact by TCL1A. Immunophenotypic and gene expression profiles revealed a unique spectrum of memory-type differentiation of T-PLL with predominant central-memory stages and frequent noncanonical patterns. Virtually all T-PLL expressed a T-cell receptor (TCR) and/or CD28-coreceptor without overrepresentation of specific TCR clonotypes. The highly activated leukemic cells also revealed losses of negative-regulatory TCR coreceptors (eg, CTLA4). TCR stimulation of T-PLL cells evoked higher-than-normal cell-cycle transition and profiles of cytokine release that resembled those of normal memory T cells. More activated phenotypes and higher TCL1A correlated with inferior clinical outcomes. TCL1A was linked to the marked resistance of T-PLL to activation- and FAS-induced cell death. Enforced TCL1A enhanced phospho-activation of TCR kinases, second-messenger generation, and JAK/STAT or NFAT transcriptional responses. This reduced the input thresholds for IL-2 secretion in a sensitizer-like fashion. Mice of TCL1A-initiated protracted T-PLL development resembled such features. When equipped with epitope-defined TCRs or chimeric antigen receptors, these Lckpr-hTCL1Atg T cells gained a leukemogenic growth advantage in scenarios of receptor stimulation. Overall, we propose a model of T-PLL pathogenesis in which TCL1A enhances TCR signals and drives the accumulation of death-resistant memory-type cells that use amplified low-level stimulatory input, and whose loss of negative coregulators additionally maintains their activated state. Treatment rationales are provided by combined interception in TCR and survival signaling.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Humans
- Immunologic Memory
- Leukemia, Prolymphocytic, T-Cell/genetics
- Leukemia, Prolymphocytic, T-Cell/immunology
- Leukemia, Prolymphocytic, T-Cell/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/pathology
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- S Oberbeck
- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- Senckenberg Institute of Pathology, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Institute for Medical Informatics and Biometry Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Cologne Center for Genomics, Institute of Human Genetics, UoC, Cologne, Germany
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- Medical Department II of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, UoC, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Oncology and Hematology, Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital, Vienna, Austria
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- Senckenberg Institute of Pathology, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Department III of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Clinic for Hematology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 5, Hematology, and Oncology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Institute for Medical Informatics and Biometry Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Senckenberg Institute of Pathology, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and
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- Medical Department II of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Senckenberg Institute of Pathology, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- RCI Regensburg Center for Interventional Immunology, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf
- CECAD Center of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, and
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne (UoC), Cologne, Germany
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Banys-Paluchowski M, Stickeler E, de Boniface J, Gentilini O, Thill M, Hartmann S, Fasching PA, Huebner H, Krawczyk N, Blohmer JU, Solbach C, Untch M, Kühn T. AXSANA (AXillary Surgery After NeoAdjuvant Treatment): A European prospective multicenter cohort study to evaluate different surgical methods of axillary staging (sentinel lymph node biopsy, targeted axillary dissection, axillary dissection) in clinically node-positive breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2020. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1717836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtsmedizin, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen
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- Dept. of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet
- Dept. of Surgery, Capio St. Göran’s Hospital
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Gynäkologische Onkologie, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus
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- Universitäts-Frauenklinik, Klinikum Südstadt Rostock
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- Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN
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- Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie mit Brustzentrum der Charité, CCM
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- Brustzentrum, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch
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- Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Klinikum Esslingen
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Hartmann S, Stachs A, Kühn T, Winckelmann A, de Boniface J, Gerber B, Reimer T. Target Lymph Node Biopsy (TLNB) nach Kohlenstoffmarkierung bei Mammakarzinom-Patientinnen im Rahmen der primären Systemtherapie – Ergebnisse der TATTOO-Studie. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2020. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1717893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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- S Hartmann
- Universitätsfrauenklinik am Klinikum Südstadt
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- Universitätsfrauenklinik am Klinikum Südstadt
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- Universitätsfrauenklinik am Klinikum Südstadt
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- Universitätsfrauenklinik am Klinikum Südstadt
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Stachs A, Stubert J, Reimer T, Hartmann S. Benign Breast Disease in Women. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2020; 116:565-574. [PMID: 31554551 DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2019.0565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Most clinical breast changes in women are benign; in only 3% to 6% of cases are they due to breast cancer. How- ever, there is a lack of up-to-date, evidence-based treatment recommendations for the various benign differential diagnoses. METHODS Selective literature search of PubMed from 1985 to May 2019, including current national (AWMF, Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften [Association of Scientific Medical Societies in Germany]) and inter- national guidelines. RESULTS Mastalgia and fibrocystic changes are common (around 50% of all women over the age of 30). Fibroadenomas occur in 25% of women; they are the most common benign tumors of the breast and do not require treatment. With most benign breast changes the risk of dedifferentiation is very low. However, it is important in the differential diagnosis to distinguish between such benign changes and breast cancer or changes that carry a risk of malignancy. Complex cysts, for example, carry a risk of malig- nancy of 23% to 31%, papillary lesions 16% , and radial scars 7%. Where there is doubt, histological confirmation should be sought by means of percutaneous biopsy. CONCLUSION Benign breast changes can be definitively distinguished from malignant lesions through the selective use of avail- able diagnostic investigations and interdisciplinary collaboration. When lesions of uncertain malignant potential are found (B3 in the biopsy classification), complete excision is indicated. Prospective studies on the early diagnosis of breast cancer in lesions carrying a risk of malignancy are desirable.
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- Angrit Stachs
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rostock
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Schultek G, Stachs A, Hartmann S, Gerber B. Case Report – Milchgangsfistel als Folge einer Core Needle Biopsy (CNB) bei laktierender Patientin. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2020. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1714629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/22/2023] Open
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- Universitätsfrauenklinik Rostock
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- Universitätsfrauenklinik Rostock
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Banys-Paluchowski M, Stickeler E, de Boniface J, Gentilini O, Thill M, Hartmann S, Fasching PA, Huebner H, Krawczyk N, Blohmer JU, Solbach C, Untch M, Kühn T. AXSANA (AXillary Surgery After NeoAdjuvant Treatment): A European prospective multicenter cohort study to evaluate different surgical methods of axillary staging (sentinel lymph node biopsy, targeted axillary dissection, axillary dissection) in clinically node-positive breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2020. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1714515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/22/2023] Open
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtsmedizin, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen
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- Dept. of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet
- Dept. of Surgery, Capio St. Göran’s Hospital
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Gynäkologische Onkologie, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus
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- Universitäts-Frauenklinik, Klinikum Südstadt Rostock
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- Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN
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- Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie mit Brustzentrum der Charité, CCM
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- Brustzentrum, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt
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- Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch
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- Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Klinikum Esslingen
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Hartmann S, Stachs A, Kühn T, Winckelmann A, de Boniface J, Gerber B, Reimer T. TLNB (Target-Lymph-Node-Biopsy) nach Kohlenstoffmarkierung bei Mammakarzinom-Patientinnen nach primärer Systemtherapie Ergebnisse der TATTOO-Studie. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2020. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1714558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/22/2023] Open
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DelRosso LM, Hartmann S, Baumert M, Bruni O, Ferri R. 0943 Increased Non-REM Sleep Instability in Children with Restless Sleep Disorder. Sleep 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Restless sleep disorder (RSD) is a newly recognized condition characterized by motor movements involving large muscle groups with frequent repositioning or bed sheets disruption. We analyzed cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) in these children, a marker of sleep instability that might be associated with the motor episodes of RSD and may play a role in their daytime symptoms.
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Polysomnographic recordings from thirty-eight children who fulfilled RSD diagnostic criteria (23 boys and 15 girls), 23 children with restless legs syndrome (RLS, 18 boys and 5 girls) and 19 controls (10 boys and 9 girls) were included. For CAP analysis, a previously developed, highly precise automated system, based on a deep learning recurrent neural network, was used.
Results
Age and gender were not statistically different between groups. RSD patients showed a lower percentage of A3 CAP subtypes than controls (median 9.8 vs. 18.2, p=0.0089), accompanied by shorter duration of the B phase of the CAP cycle (median 28.2 vs. 29.8 in controls, 30.2 in RLS, p=0.005) and shorter CAP cycle duration than both controls and RLS subjects (median 33.8 vs. 35.0 in controls, 35.8 in RLS, p=0.002). Finally, RSD children also showed a longer duration of CAP cycle sequences, when compared to controls (median 172.7 vs. 141.9, p=0.0063).
Conclusion
In conclusion, our study indicates that NREM sleep EEG shows an increased instability in RSD; these findings add to the current knowledge on the mechanisms of this newly recognized sleep disorder and suggest that sleep instability might be a favoring mechanism for the emergence of the motor episodes characterizing RSD.
Support
Partial support by a grant of the Italian Ministry of Health RC n. 2751598 (R.F.)
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- The University of Adelaide, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
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- The University of Adelaide, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
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- Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, ITALY
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- Oasi Research Institute, Troina, ITALY
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Hartmann S, Baumert M. 0818 Cyclic Alternating Pattern as Indicator for Subjective Sleep Quality in Community-Dwelling Older Men. Sleep 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The micro-architecture of NREM sleep displays a cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) comprising activation phases of slow high-amplitude waves (A1), fast low-amplitude brain activity rhythms (A3) or a mixture of both (A2). In this study, we investigated the relationship between CAP and subjective sleep quality parameters reported by community-dwelling older men from the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Sleep Study.
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CAP was scored in 2,811 overnight EEG recordings using a high performance automated CAP detection system. We quantified the ratio between CAP time and NREM sleep time (CAP rate), the number of A1-phases per hour of NREM sleep (A1 index), and the number of A2+A3-phases per hour of NREM sleep (A2+A3 index). Also, participants were asked to score the quality of their sleep on a Likert scale with five items from light to deep, from short to long, and from restless to restful. The relationship between CAP parameters and the subjective sleep quality measures was determined using ANCOVA with traditional sleep disturbance indices such as obstructive apnea-hypopnea index and arousal index as covariate.
Results
CAP rate decreased significantly with increasing quality of sleep for all three subjective measures (light vs. deep: 58.8±22.3% vs. 54.6±20.5%, p < 0.001; short vs. long: 58.4±21.4% vs. 55.1±20.5%, p < 0.001, restless vs. restful: 59.4±20.8% vs. 55.6±21.0%, p = 0.002). The A1 index did not show any significant variations across all three sleep quality parameters. The A2+A3 index behaved similarly to the CAP rate with decreasing values for each subjective measure (all: p < 0.001).
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CAP rate, especially A2+A3-phases, are reduced in older men who report good sleep quality, while A1 index did not show any significant relationship with subjective sleep quality measures. Hence, CAP is an indicator of sleep quality.
Support
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) provides funding for the MrOS Sleep ancillary study “Outcomes of Sleep Disorders in Older Men” under the following grant numbers: R01 HL071194, R01 HL070848, R01 HL070847, R01 HL070842, R01 HL070841, R01 HL070837, R01 HL070838, and R01 HL070839.
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- S Hartmann
- The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
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- The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
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Hartmann S, Baumert M. 0392 The Effect of Benzodiazepine Use on Non-REM Sleep Instability in Community-Dwelling Older Men. Sleep 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Previous studies on the implications of benzodiazepine (BZD), a widely prescribed pharmacotherapeutic treatment method for sleep insomnia, on sleep architecture demonstrated significantly reduced EEG activity in low-frequency bands. In this study, we explore the effect of BZD on NREM sleep instability also known as cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) in community-dwelling older men.
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CAP was scored in overnight EEG recordings from 30 older men on long-acting BZD (LBZD), 35 older men on short-acting BZD (SBZD), and 50 age-matched men who did not use BZD (NBZD), participating in the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Sleep Study (MrOS sleep). A high performance automated detection system determined the ratio between CAP time and NREM sleep time (CAP rate), the number of A1-phases per hour of NREM sleep (A1 index), and the number of A2+A3-phases per hour of NREM sleep (A2+A3 index). The relationship between CAP parameters and BZD use was determined using the Kruskal-Wallis test by ranks with Bonferroni correction for post-hoc analysis.
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CAP rate was significantly decreased in older men using long-acting BZD (NBZD: 59.6±18.0%, LBZD: 46.9±13.1%, SBZD: 53.0±20.1%) as compared to non-BZD user (p < 0.01). All BZD users demonstrated significantly lower frequencies of A1-phases (NBZD: 19.9±23.0 no./h, LBZD: 6.9±13.3 no./h, SBZD: 4.5±9.9 no./h) as compared to non-BZD users (LBZD: p < 0.01, SBZD: p < 0.001). The A2+A3 index did not show any variations between the three groups.
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Older men using long-acting BZD demonstrate a significantly reduced CAP rate during sleep, particularly less frequent A1-phases, compared to the control group. Moreover, short-acting BZD user show significantly less frequent A1-phases but no difference in CAP rate and A2+A3-phases than older men using no BZD. Hence, BZD usage has a major adverse effect on the occurrence of EEG slow waves.
Support
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) provides funding for the MrOS Sleep ancillary study “Outcomes of Sleep Disorders in Older Men” under the following grant numbers: R01 HL071194, R01 HL070848, R01 HL070847, R01 HL070842, R01 HL070841, R01 HL070837, R01 HL070838, and R01 HL070839.
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- S Hartmann
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
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- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
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Hartmann S, Baumert M. 0393 The Effect of Trazadone Use on Non-REM Sleep Instability in Community-Dwelling Older Men. Sleep 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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With steadily growing numbers of patients with a depressive disorder, the effect of antidepressants on sleep architecture is of increasing concern. One major oral antidepressant medication is trazadone, which has also been prescribed in low doses for sleep insomnia treatment. Here, we investigate the effect of trazadone on NREM sleep instability also known as cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) in community-dwelling older men.
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CAP was scored in overnight EEG recordings from 41 older men on trazadone (TRZ) and 50 age-matched men who did not use trazadone (NTRZ), participating in the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Sleep Study. A high performance automated detection system determined the ratio between CAP time and NREM sleep time (CAP rate), the number of A1-phases per hour of NREM sleep (A1 index), and the number of A2+A3-phases per hour of NREM sleep (A2+A3 index). The effect of TRZ on CAP parameters was determined using the Mann-Whitney U test.
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CAP rate was significantly decreased in men using trazadone (NTRZ: 58.2±19.7%, TRZ: 47.9±15.9%) as compared to non-trazadone user (p < 0.01). Subtype indices did not show any significant difference between both groups but to some extent less frequent A2-A3 phases for TRZ user (A1-phases: NTRZ 13.0±18.7 no./h vs. TRZ 10.8±20.4 no./h, p = 0.35; A2+A3-phases: NTRZ 51.5±33.7 no./h vs. TRZ 44.7±23.3 no./h, p = 0.068).
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CAP rate was significantly decreased in older men on trazadone as compared to older men who did not use trazadone, suggesting that trazadone usage has a stabilising effect on sleep micro-structure.
Support
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) provides funding for the MrOS Sleep ancillary study “Outcomes of Sleep Disorders in Older Men” under the following grant numbers: R01 HL071194, R01 HL070848, R01 HL070847, R01 HL070842, R01 HL070841, R01 HL070837, R01 HL070838, and R01 HL070839.
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- S Hartmann
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
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- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
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Hartmann S, Riklin A, Müntener C, Schüpbach-Regula G, Nathues C, Sidler X. [Use of antibiotics in Swiss piglet production and fattening farms]. SCHWEIZ ARCH TIERH 2020; 161:797-808. [PMID: 31782734 DOI: 10.17236/sat00236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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INTRODUCTION In 164 randomly selected Swiss piglet production farms and 101 fattening farms, the indication for antibiotic use in 2012/2013 was recorded and an animal treatment index (TBI) was calculated for each age group. Sows were treated on average 0.9 days per year mainly due to mastitis-metritis-agalactia (MMA). Suckling piglets were treated on average 0.5 days per production cycle, mainly due to diarrhea and polyarthritis. Weaned piglets were treated during 4.4 days, especially due to diarrhea, polyarthritis and wasting. In fattening pigs, treatments were mainly due to diarrhea and HPS-suspicion, and lasted on average 4.8 days. In sows, antibiotics were used prophylactically on 22.6% of the treatment days, in suckling piglets on 50.5%, in weaners on 86.1% and in fattening pigs on 79.0% of the treatment days. A prophylactic oral antibiotic group therapy did not have a significant positive effect on daily weight gain of fattening pigs, nor was it able to reduce the number of individual or group therapies. In farms with prophylactic oral group therapy, the mortality rate during the first two fattening weeks even tended to be higher (p=0.06) than in farms without oral group therapy. Highest priority critically important antibiotics were used in 22.6% of all treatment days in sows, in 37.5% in suckling piglets, in 17.2% in weaned piglets and in 27.3% in fattening pigs. In many farms, antibiotics were not prescribed and used according to the rules of "prudent use".
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- Departement für Nutztiere, Abteilung Schweinemedizin, Vetsuisse-Fakultät, Universität Zürich
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- Departement für Nutztiere, Abteilung Schweinemedizin, Vetsuisse-Fakultät, Universität Zürich
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- Institut für Veterinärpharmakologie und -toxikologie, Vetsuisse-Fakultät, Universität Zürich
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- Veterinary Public Health Institut (VPHI), Vetsuisse-Fakultät, Universität Bern
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- Veterinary Public Health Institut (VPHI), Vetsuisse-Fakultät, Universität Bern
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- Departement für Nutztiere, Abteilung Schweinemedizin, Vetsuisse-Fakultät, Universität Zürich
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Hartmann S, Stachs A, Kühn T, Winckelmann A, de Boniface J, Gerber B, Reimer T. Abstract OT3-01-01: Feasibility of carbon tattooing for targeted lymph node biopsy in breast cancer patients treated by primary systemic therapy (TATTOO trial). Cancer Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs19-ot3-01-01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Selective removal of initially suspicious axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients downstaged by primary systemic therapy (PST) improves the accuracy of surgical staging and provides the opportunity for less extensive axillary surgery. Different techniques for this targeted lymph node biopsy (TLNB) have been evaluated. These are either prohibited for radiation safety reasons (radioactive seeds) in some countries, or revealed low identification rates for the target lymph node (TLN) in prospective feasibility trials (wire localization of clip-marked TLN). Therefore, an alternative TLN marking procedure avoiding radiation exposure, specialized intraoperative equipment, high costs and preoperative localization procedures is urgently needed. Tattooing TLNs with highly purified carbon suspension prior to PST and identifying the TLN intraoperatively by visual examination, is a method combining low costs with high patient comfort. Because of the data scarcity on the feasibility of TLNB by carbon tattooing, the TATTOO trial was initiated.
Trial design: The Tattoo trial is a single-arm, multicentric, prospective feasibility trial. Before initiation of PST, ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration or core needle biopsy of the most suspicious ipsilateral axillary lymph node (TLN) is performed and a highly purified carbon suspension then injected into the cortex of the sampled lymph node and the adjacent soft tissue. After completion of PST, TLNB and axillary lymph node dissection Level I/II is performed in all patients. In those with clinical and sonographical axillary down-staging, sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is additionally performed.
Eligibility criteria: Prior to tattooing, written informed consent is obtained. Female patients aged at least 18 years, with histologically confirmed invasive uni- or bilateral breast cancer with clinically or sonographically suspicious axillary lymph nodes and planned PST without signs of distant metastases are eligible.
Specific aims: The primary outcome of the trial is the intraoperative identification rate (IR) of the carbon-labeled TLN after PST. Secondary outcomes are the concordance rate (CR) of sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) and TLN, the false negative rate (FNR) of targeted axillary dissection (TAD, i.e. SLNB biopsy + TLNB) and complications associated with the procedure.
Statistical methods: IR is defined as the proportion of patients with intraoperatively visually detectable TLNs of all patients. CR is expressed as the proportion of patients in whom TLNB and SLN biopsy reveal the same lymph nodes. The proportion of patients with negative TLN and/or SLN but with metastatic axillary lymph nodes on ALND out of all patients with positive lymph nodes will be reported as FNR. Complications associated with tattooing (i.e. bleeding, pain, adverse tattoo effects) are reported. Statistical analyses will be carried out using IBM SPSS statistics version 25.
Present and target accrual: Patient accrual was initiated in November 2017. Until now, 84 patients have been included by three sites in Germany and Sweden. The target enrollment of 100 patients is estimated to be reached by August 2019 and the final trial report is planned for 2020.
Contact information
Steffi Hartmann, MD (steffi.hartmann@kliniksued-rostock.de)
Citation Format: Steffi Hartmann, Angrit Stachs, Thorsten Kühn, Antje Winckelmann, Jana de Boniface, Bernd Gerber, Toralf Reimer. Feasibility of carbon tattooing for targeted lymph node biopsy in breast cancer patients treated by primary systemic therapy (TATTOO trial) [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2019 Dec 10-14; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(4 Suppl):Abstract nr OT3-01-01.
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Stubert J, Reister F, Hartmann S, Janni W. The Risks Associated With Obesity in Pregnancy. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2019; 115:276-283. [PMID: 29739495 DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2018.0276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Revised: 06/20/2017] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Approximately one-third of all women of childbearing age are overweight or obese. For these women, pregnancy is associated with increased risks for both mother and child. METHODS This review is based on pertinent publications retrieved by a selective search of PubMed, with special attention to current population-based cohort studies, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and controlled trials. RESULTS Obesity in pregnancy is associated with unfavorable clinical outcomes for both mother and child. Many of the risks have been found to depend linearly on the body-mass index (BMI). The probability of conception declines linearly, starting from a BMI of 29 kg/m2, by 4% for each additional 1 kg/m2 of BMI (hazard ratio 0.96, 95% confidence interval: [0.91; 0.99]). A 10% increase of pregravid BMI increases the relative risk of gestational diabetes and that of preeclampsia by approximately 10% each. A 5 kg/m2 increase of BMI elevates the relative risk of intrauterine death to 1.24 [1.18; 1.30]. An estimated 11% of all neonatal deaths can be attributed to the consequences of maternal overweight and obesity. Nonetheless, in most randomized controlled trials, nutritional and lifestyle interventions did not bring about any clinically relevant reduction in the incidence of gestational diabetes and fetal macrosomia. CONCLUSION The risks associated with obesity in pregnancy cannot necessarily be influenced by intervention. Preventive measures aimed at normalizing body weight before a woman becomes pregnant are, therefore, all the more important.
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- Johannes Stubert
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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Niederstrasser N, Steiger B, Welsch K, Hartmann S, Nilges P, Ljutow A, Ettlin D. [German transcultural translation of the Injustice Experience Questionnaire]. Schmerz 2019; 32:442-448. [PMID: 30306306 DOI: 10.1007/s00482-018-0329-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Occupational and social rehabilitation is influenced by perceived injustice as a result of injury. To assess perceived injustice, the Injustice Experience Questionnaire (IEQ) has been developed and is available in English. The aim of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the English version of the IEQ into German. MATERIALS AND METHODS The IEQ was translated into German according to the criteria for the transcultural adaptation of self-assessment tools. The translation was examined in a sample of 19 pain patients as to whether the translated items were comprehensible, unacceptable or offensive, and what their meaning and the reason for the chosen response were. Data were assessed using nonparametric statistical methods. RESULTS The German translation of the IEQ showed a high degree of comprehensibility. The items' meanings and participants' selected answer options were rated as highly plausible by two raters and the wording of the items was assessed as being neither unacceptable nor offensive by participants. Because of the slightly increased values with regard to Item 3, whose meaning was unrecognized by the raters, the term "Unachtsamkeit" was replaced by "Unaufmerksamkeit." CONCLUSION The study attests to the cultural and linguistic intelligibility and precision of the German translation of the IEQ. In a follow-up study, the translation should be validated in a larger sample of pain patients.
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- N Niederstrasser
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, The Gateway, LE1 9BH, Leicester, Großbritannien.
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- Interdisziplinäre orofaziale Schmerzsprechstunde, Zentrum für Zahnmedizin (ZZM), Universität Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz
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- Schmerzambulanz der Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Universität des Saarlandes Homburg (UKS), Homburg, Deutschland
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- Schmerzzentrum, Kantonsspital St. Gallen (KSG), St. Gallen, Schweiz
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- DRK Schmerzzentrum, Mainz, Deutschland
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- Zentrum für Schmerzmedizin, Schweizerisches Paraplegiker-Zentrum Nottwil (SPZ), Nottwil, Schweiz
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- Interdisziplinäre orofaziale Schmerzsprechstunde, Zentrum für Zahnmedizin (ZZM), Universität Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz
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Thurner L, Bewarder M, Fadle N, Regitz E, Poeschel V, Ziepert M, Schuck R, Altmeyer S, Kemele M, Bock T, Schormann C, Walter S, Szczepanowski M, Klapper W, Monoranu C, Rosenwald A, Moeller P, Kim Y, Buslei R, Kaddu-Mulindwa D, Neumann F, Roemer K, Bohle R, Illerhaus G, Schorb E, Schaefer H, Hansmann M, Hartmann S, Held G, Stilgenbauer S, Murawski N, Pfreundschuh M, Preuss K. SAMD14/NEURABIN-I AS BCR-ANTIGENS OF PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA. Hematol Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.9_2630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- L. Thurner
- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Universität Leipzig; Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics, and Epidemiology; Leipzig Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Department of Neurology; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- University of Kiel; Institute of Pathology, Hematopathology Section and Lymph Node Registry; Kiel Germany
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- University of Kiel; Institute of Pathology, Hematopathology Section and Lymph Node Registry; Kiel Germany
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- University of Würzburg; Institute of Pathology and Neuropathology; Würzburg Germany
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- University of Würzburg; Institute of Pathology and Neuropathology; Würzburg Germany
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- University of Ulm; Department of Pathology; Ulm Germany
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- Saarland Medical school; Department of pathology; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- SozialStiftung Bamberg; Institute of Pathology; Bamberg Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Saarland Medical school; Department of pathology; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Klinikum Stuttgart; Department Hematology and Oncology; Stuttgart Germany
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- University Medical Center Freiburg; Department of Hematology and Oncology; Freiburg Germany
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- University Medical Center Freiburg; Department of Hematology and Oncology; Freiburg Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt; Senckenberg Institute of Pathology; Frankfurt Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt; Senckenberg Institute of Pathology; Frankfurt Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Saarland Medical School; Internal Medicine I, José Carreras Center; Homburg/Saar Germany
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Kümmerlen D, Hartmann S, Riklin A, Figi R, Sidler X. Aspects of animal health, animal welfare and biosecurity during 101 transports of piglets in Switzerland. SCHWEIZ ARCH TIERH 2019; 161:153-163. [DOI: 10.17236/sat00198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Schwaneck EC, Streit A, Krone M, Hartmann S, Müller-Richter U, Kübler AC, Gadeholt O, Schmalzing M, Tony HP, Brands RC. Osteoporosis therapy in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases and osteonecrosis of the jaw. Z Rheumatol 2019; 79:203-209. [PMID: 30796524 DOI: 10.1007/s00393-019-0606-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to assess the prevalence of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) in osteoporosis patients suffering from inflammatory rheumatic diseases, as well as to assess the prevalence of relevant dental, behavioral, and medical risk factors for MRONJ. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 198 patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases and osteoporosis therapy were recruited from a tertiary rheumatological/immunological referral center between June 2015 and September 2016. They were assessed using a structured interview. A maxillofacial surgeon later examined patients complaining of possible symptoms of osteonecrosis. In cases of osteonecrosis, dental records were obtained and evaluated. Preventive measures taken and dental as well as other clinical risk factors were evaluated. RESULTS Of the 198 patients, three suffered from osteonecrosis of the jaw, none of whom had any history of malignant disease or radiation therapy, resulting in a prevalence of 1.5%. Of these three patients, only one was given bisphosphonates intravenously (i.v.), whereas all three had been treated orally. All three diagnoses of MRONJ had been previously known to the patients and their maxillofacial surgeons. Two of the patients had rheumatoid arthritis, and one patient suffered from large vessel vasculitis. Long anti-osteoporotic treatment duration, low functional status, and low bone density of the femur were significantly associated with MRONJ development. CONCLUSION Inflammatory rheumatic diseases constitute a risk factor for MRONJ in patients treated with bisphosphonates for osteoporosis. Patients should be counseled accordingly and should be offered dental screening and regular dental check-ups.
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- E C Schwaneck
- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology (Head: H.-P. Tony), University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacher Straße 6, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology (Head: H.-P. Tony), University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacher Straße 6, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery (Head: A.C. Kübler), University Hospital Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, 97070, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery (Head: A.C. Kübler), University Hospital Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, 97070, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery (Head: A.C. Kübler), University Hospital Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, 97070, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology (Head: H.-P. Tony), University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacher Straße 6, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology (Head: H.-P. Tony), University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacher Straße 6, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology (Head: H.-P. Tony), University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacher Straße 6, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery (Head: A.C. Kübler), University Hospital Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, 97070, Würzburg, Germany
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Fuchs A, Youssef A, Seher A, Hochleitner G, Dalton PD, Hartmann S, Brands RC, Müller-Richter UDA, Linz C. Medical-grade polycaprolactone scaffolds made by melt electrospinning writing for oral bone regeneration - a pilot study in vitro. BMC Oral Health 2019; 19:28. [PMID: 30709394 PMCID: PMC6359770 DOI: 10.1186/s12903-019-0717-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The spectrum of indications for the use of membranes and scaffolds in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery includes, amongst others, guided bone regeneration (GBR). Currently available membrane systems face certain disadvantages such as difficult clinical handling, inconsistent degradation, undirected cell growth and a lack of stability that often complicate their application. Therefore, new membranes which can overcome these issues are of great interest in this field. METHODS In this pilot study, we investigated polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffolds intended to enhance oral wound healing by means of melt electrospinning writing (MEW), which allowed for three-dimensional (3D) printing of micron scale fibers and very exact fiber placement. A singular set of box-shaped scaffolds of different sizes consisting of medical-grade PCL was examined and the scaffolds' morphology was evaluated via scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Each prototype sample with box sizes of 225 μm, 300 μm, 375 μm, 450 μm and 500 μm was assessed for cytotoxicity and cell growth by seeding each scaffold with human osteoblast-like cell line MG63. RESULTS All scaffolds demonstrated good cytocompatibility according to cell viability, protein concentration, and cell number. SEM analysis revealed an exact fiber placement of the MEW scaffolds and the growth of viable MG63 cells on them. For the examined box-shaped scaffolds with pore sizes between 225 μm and 500 μm, a preferred box size for initial osteoblast attachment could not be found. CONCLUSIONS These well-defined 3D scaffolds consisting of medical-grade materials optimized for cell attachment and cell growth hold the key to a promising new approach in GBR in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
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- A. Fuchs
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department for Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry, University Hospital Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department for Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry, University Hospital Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department for Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry, University Hospital Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
- Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research, University Hospital Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2, 97070 Würzburg, Germany
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Hauswald H, Jensen AD, Krauss J, Haselmann R, Lossner K, Hartmann S, Windemuth-Kieselbach C, Münter MW, Debus J. Phase II study of induction chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil followed by radioimmunotherapy with cetuximab and intensity-modulated radiotherapy in combination with a carbon ion boost for locally advanced tumors of the oro-, hypopharynx and larynx. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol 2018; 13:64-73. [PMID: 30370340 PMCID: PMC6199783 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2018.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Revised: 09/16/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Trimodal approach with carbon ions was tolerable and promising. No high-grade radiation adverse events were documented. No adverse events resulted in death of patients. Quality of life recovered for most aspects until the last follow-up visit.
Purpose This phase II trial was designed to evaluate efficacy and safety of a highly intensified therapy in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the oro-, hypopharynx and larynx. Methods In this prospective, mono-centric, open-label, non-randomized phase II trial the single treatment arm consisted of a combined induction chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil, followed by bioradiation with the monoclonal antibody cetuximab, carbon ion boost (24Gy(RBE) in 8 fractions) and IMRT (50 Gy in 25 fractions). The trial was closed early due to slow accrual. Results Eight patients (median age 52.5 years) were enrolled into the trial. The median follow-up was 13 months and the 12-months locoregional tumor control, progression-free survival and overall survival rates were 100.0% each. Complete remission was achieved in 7 patients. The most commonly late radiation adverse event was xerostomia (85.7% at 12 months). Five serious adverse events with recovery were documented in 4 patients: mucositis grade 3 (n = 2), decreased lymphocyte count grade 4, febrile neutropenia grade 4 and hypersensitivity grade 3 to cetuximab (n = 1 each). Most symptom scales had their worst value at the last treatment day and recovered until the 4th follow-up visit. Conclusion The study treatment was tolerable and promising. Reduced quality of life recovered for most aspects until the last follow-up visit.
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- H Hauswald
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Alcedis GmbH, Winchesterstr. 3, 35394 Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Seiro S, Jiao L, Kirchner S, Hartmann S, Friedemann S, Krellner C, Geibel C, Si Q, Steglich F, Wirth S. Evolution of the Kondo lattice and non-Fermi liquid excitations in a heavy-fermion metal. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3324. [PMID: 30127442 PMCID: PMC6102236 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05801-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Strong electron correlations can give rise to extraordinary properties of metals with renormalized Landau quasiparticles. Near a quantum critical point, these quasiparticles can be destroyed and non-Fermi liquid behavior ensues. YbRh2Si2 is a prototypical correlated metal exhibiting the formation of quasiparticle and Kondo lattice coherence, as well as quasiparticle destruction at a field-induced quantum critical point. Here we show how, upon lowering the temperature, Kondo lattice coherence develops at zero field and finally gives way to non-Fermi liquid electronic excitations. By measuring the single-particle excitations through scanning tunneling spectroscopy, we find the Kondo lattice peak displays a non-trivial temperature dependence with a strong increase around 3.3 K. At 0.3 K and with applied magnetic field, the width of this peak is minimized in the quantum critical regime. Our results demonstrate that the lattice Kondo correlations have to be sufficiently developed before quantum criticality can set in.
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- S Seiro
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187, Dresden, Germany
- Institute for Solid State Physics, IFW-Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187, Dresden, Germany
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- Zhejiang Institute for Modern Physics, Zhejiang University, 310027 Hangzhou, PR China
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- School of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TH, UK
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- Institute of Physics, Goethe-University Frankfurt, 60438, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187, Dresden, Germany.
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Springer J, McCormick Smith I, Hartmann S, Winkelmann R, Wilmes D, Cornely O, Kessel J, Löffler J, Rickerts V. Identification of Aspergillus and Mucorales in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples: Comparison of specific and broad-range fungal qPCR assays. Med Mycol 2018; 57:308-313. [DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myy041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- J Springer
- University of Würzburg, Dept. for internal Medicine II, Würzburg, Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, Dr. Senckenberg Institute of Pathology
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, Dr. Senckenberg Institute of Pathology
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- Robert Koch Institut, Berlin, Germany
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- University of Cologne, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Department I of Internal Medicine, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Cologne, Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, Dept. for internal Medicine II
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- University of Würzburg, Dept. for internal Medicine II, Würzburg, Germany
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Hartmann S, Reimer T, Gerber B, Stubert J, Stengel B, Stachs A. Wire localization of clip-marked axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients treated with primary systemic therapy. Eur J Surg Oncol 2018; 44:1307-1311. [PMID: 29935839 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2018.05.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [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: 03/25/2018] [Revised: 05/05/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Clipping and selective removal of initially suspicious axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients who have been sonographically down-staged by primary systemic therapy improves the accuracy of surgical staging and provides the opportunity for more conservative axillary surgery. This study evaluated whether preoperative ultrasound-guided wire localization of the clipped node is useful for routine clinical practice. MATERIAL AND METHODS This prospective, single-center feasibility trial included patients with invasive breast cancer (cT1-3N1-3M0) treated by primary systemic therapy. They underwent ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy and clip placement into the most suspicious axillary lymph node prior to chemotherapy. After primary systemic therapy the clipped lymph node was localized by a wire. All patients underwent target lymph node biopsy, completion axillary lymph node dissection and, if yiN0, axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy. The primary study endpoint was the identification rate of the target lymph node. RESULTS All patients (n = 30) underwent successful clip insertion into the lymph node. After chemotherapy, the clipped target lymph node was visible by ultrasound in 83.3% (25/30). Wire localization was possible in 24 cases (80%), and the clipped node identification rate was 70.8% (17/24 cases). In 9/30 patients (30%) clipped node removal was not confirmed by intraoperative radiography. CONCLUSION Ultrasound-guided wire localization of the target lymph node is not suitable for clinical practice because of limitations regarding clip visibility and selective surgical preparation of the target lymph node. Further prospective evaluation of alternative techniques is needed.
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- Steffi Hartmann
- University of Rostock, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Südring 81, 18059, Rostock, Germany.
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- University of Rostock, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Südring 81, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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- University of Rostock, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Südring 81, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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- University of Rostock, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Südring 81, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Pathology at the Klinikum Südstadt, Südring 81, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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- University of Rostock, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Südring 81, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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Volkmann M, Steiner JM, Fosgate GT, Zentek J, Hartmann S, Kohn B. Chronic Diarrhea in Dogs - Retrospective Study in 136 Cases. J Vet Intern Med 2018; 31:1043-1055. [PMID: 28703447 PMCID: PMC5508351 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.14739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Revised: 02/18/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background Chronic diarrhea (CD) is common in dogs, and information on frequency and distribution of primary and secondary causes is lacking. Objectives To evaluate underlying causes and predictors of outcome in dogs with CD. Animals One hundred and thirty‐six client‐owned dogs with CD (≥3 weeks duration). Methods Retrospective review of medical records (Small Animal Clinic, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 09/2009‐07/2011). Quantification of final diagnoses and comparison of clinical aspects including disease severity and clinicopathological abnormalities among dogs with clinical remission (either complete [gastrointestinal signs absent] or partial [clinical improvement of gastrointestinal signs and reduced episodes with shortened duration]), and those without recovery. Results Ninety percent of dogs were diagnosed with a primary enteropathy: inflammatory (71%; of those 66% dietary responsive, 23% idiopathic, 11% antibiotic responsive), infectious (13%), neoplastic (4%), and in one dog each mechanical disease or systemic vasculitis. Secondary causes were diagnosed in 10% of dogs: exocrine pancreatic (6%), endocrine (2%), and in one dog each hepatic, renal, and cardiac disease. In total, 87% of dogs had clinical remission, whereas 13% died or did not respond to treatment: Lack of recovery was frequently recorded for dogs with primary inflammatory (idiopathic) or neoplastic disease and was significantly associated with increased disease severity scores (P = .005), anemia (hematocrit < 40%, P < .001), severe hypoalbuminemia (serum albumin <2.0 g/dL, P = .008), and severe hypocobalaminemia (serum cobalamin concentration <200 pg/mL, P = .006). Conclusions and clinical importance Inflammatory enteropathies and particularly those of dietary origin were the most common causes of CD in dogs. Findings support the usefulness of hematocrit, and serum albumin and cobalamin concentration as prognostic markers in dogs with CD.
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- Clinic for Small Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
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- Department of Production Animal Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Clinic for Small Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Hartmann S. [Nodular lymphocyte-dominant Hodgkin's lymphoma : LP cells show recurrent mutations in DUSP2, SGK1 and JUNB]. Pathologe 2017; 38:154-157. [PMID: 28879465 DOI: 10.1007/s00292-017-0335-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- S Hartmann
- Dr. Senckenbergisches Institut für Pathologie, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
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