scholarly journals Cancer- and noncancer-specific cumulative incidence of death after exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins: A competing risk analysis among Yusho patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
pp. 106320
Author(s):  
Daisuke Onozuka ◽  
Yuko Nakamura ◽  
Gaku Tsuji ◽  
Masutaka Furue
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tzu-Chieh Lin ◽  
Pin-Wen Wang ◽  
Chun-Teng Lin ◽  
Yu-Jun Chang ◽  
Ying-Ju Lin ◽  
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Abstract Background Most unstable trochanteric fractures are treated with internal fixation and often with high complication rates. Hemiarthroplasty might be an alternative method in difficult condition, especially in unstable comminuted fracture in fragile bone. However, few have investigated the long-term outcomes after hemiarthroplasty for unstable trochanteric fracture. We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study of trochanteric fracture after primary hemiarthroplasty using competing risk analysis on their long-term outcomes, including mortality, readmission and reoperation. Methods We studied a total of 2798 patients over 60 years old, with a mean age of 79 years, of which 68% are females and 67.23% have at least one comorbidity. They underwent a hemiarthroplasty for unstable trochanteric fracture during the period between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2010 and were follow-up until the end of 2012, or death. Survival analysis and Cox model were used to characterize mortality. Competing risk analysis and Fine and Gray model were used to estimate the cumulative incidences of the first readmission and the first reoperation. Results The follow-up mortality rate for 1-year was 17.94%; 2-year, 29.76%; 5-year, 56.8%; and 10-year, 83.38%. The cumulative incidence of the first readmission was 16.4% for 1-year and 22.44% for 3-year. The cumulative incidence of the first reoperation was 13.87% for 1-year, 18.11% for 2-year, 25.79% for 5-year, and 38.24% for 10-year. Male gender, older age, higher Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and lower insured amount were all risk factors for the overall mortality. Older age and higher CCI were risk factors for the first readmission. Older age was a protective factor for reoperation, which is likely due to the competing death. Conclusions The mortality and revision rates after hemiarthroplasty for unstable trochanteric fracture are acceptable as a salvage procedure for this fragile sub-population.


Blood ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 116 (21) ◽  
pp. 2362-2362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Symons ◽  
Allen R. Chen ◽  
M. Sue Leffell ◽  
Marianna Zahurak ◽  
Kathy Schultz ◽  
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Abstract Abstract 2362 HLA-Haploidentical Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) for High Risk Hematologic Malignancies Using Myeloablative Conditioning and High-Dose, Posttransplantation Cyclophosphamide Heather J Symons, Allen R. Chen, M. Sue Leffell, Marianna Zahurak, Kathy Schultz, Heather Karaszkiewicz, Leo Luznik, Javier Bolanos-Meade, Yvette Kasamon, Lode Swinnen, Douglas Gladstone, Richard J. Jones, Ephraim J. Fuchs Historically, myeloablative BMT using T cell-replete bone marrow from partially HLA-mismatched (HLA-haploidentical) related donors has been associated with excessive rates of severe graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and non-relapse mortality (NRM). Based upon promising clinical outcomes using high dose, post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (Cy) as GVHD prophylaxis after non-myeloablative, HLA-haploidentical BMT(Luznik, BBMT 2008;14:641) or after myeloablative, HLA-matched BMT (Luznik, Blood 2010;115(16):3224), we evaluated the safety and efficacy of high-dose, posttransplantation Cy after myeloablative conditioning and T cell-replete, HLA-haploidentical BMT for advanced and refractory hematologic malignancies. Seventeen patients (median age 40, range 13–64; 7 AML, 1 bilineage leukemia, 2 CML, 6 NHL, 1 grey zone lymphoma) have been enrolled, the majority (88%) of whom were not in remission at the time of transplant. Conditioning consisted of IV Busulfan (pharmacokinetically adjusted) on days -6 to -3, Cy (50mg/kg/day) on days -2 and -1 in sixteen patients or Cy (50mg/kg/day) on days -5 and -4 and total body irradiation (300cGy /day) on days -3 to 0 in one patient, followed by T-cell replete bone marrow in all patients. Postgrafting immunosuppression consisted of Cy (50 mg/kg/day) on days 3 and 4, mycophenolate mofetil for 35 days, and tacrolimus for 6 months in all patients. Donor T-cell engraftment occurred in all evaluable patients (n=13). The median times to neutrophil (>500/μ L) and platelet recovery (>20,000/μ L) are 24 days (range, 17–44 days) and 22 days (range, 13–91 days), respectively. On competing risk analysis, the cumulative incidences of grades II-IV and grades III-IV acute graft versus host disease (aGVHD) at day 100 are 24% (95% CI: 7%, 46%) and 12.5% (95% CI: 1.8, 33.9%), respectively (Figure a). On competing risk analysis, the cumulative incidence of chronic GVHD (cGVHD) at one year is 14.7% (95% CI: 0.76, 47.1%). On competing risk analysis, the cumulative incidence of NRM at 100 days is 18% (95% CI: 4%, 39%) (Figure b). NRMs were due to multi-organ system failure in two patients with bulky mediastinal lymphoma and veno-occlusive disease in one patient who had received gemtuzumab ozogamicin 3 weeks prior to BMT. There have been no infectious deaths to date. On competing risk analysis, the cumulative incidence of relapse at 100 days is 29% (95% CI: 10%, 52%) in this poor-risk cohort. With a median follow-up of 10.1 months (range 5.3–12.8 months) in those without events, actuarial overall survival (OS) is 58% at 6 months and 37% at one year and actuarial event-free survival (EFS) is 22% at 6 months and 14% at one year. Myeloablative HLA-haploidentical BMT with T cell replete bone marrow and posttransplantation Cy is associated with promising rates of engraftment, GVHD, and NRM that do not appear substantially different than that seen with non-myeloablative haploidentical BMT with posttransplantation Cy or with myeloablative matched BMT. Based on these data, this approach is being moved into better risk patients. Disclosures: Kasamon: Genentech: Research Funding. Swinnen: Genentech: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakesh Kumar Saroj ◽  
K. Narasimha Murthy ◽  
Mukesh Kumar ◽  
Atanu Bhattacharjee ◽  
Kamalesh Kumar Patel

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyunghan Lee ◽  
Gwang Hyeon Choi ◽  
Eun Sun Jang ◽  
Sook-Hyang Jeong ◽  
Jin–Wook Kim

Abstract Background & Aims: The role of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) surveillance is being questioned in alcoholic cirrhosis because of the relative low HCC risk. Comorbid viral hepatitis may synergistically increase the HCC risk in alcoholic cirrhosis. This study aimed to assess the risk and predictors of HCC in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis by using competing risk analysis in an area with intermediate prevalence for hepatitis B virus.Methods: A total of 965 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis were recruited at a university-affiliated hospital in Korea and randomly assigned to either the derivation (n=643) and validation (n=322) cohort. Subdistribution hazards model of Fine and Gray was used with deaths and liver transplantation treated as competing risks. Death records were confirmed from Korean government databases. A nomogram was developed to calculate the Alcohol-associated Liver Cancer Estimation (ALICE) score.Results: Markers for viral hepatitis were positive in 21.0 % and 25.8 % of patients in derivation and validation cohort, respectively. The cumulative incidence of HCC was 13.5 and 14.9 % at 10 years for derivation and validation cohort, respectively. Age, positivity for viral hepatitis markers, alpha-fetoprotein level, and platelet count were identified as independent predictors of HCC and incorporated in the ALICE score, which discriminated low, intermediate, and high risk for HCC in alcoholic cirrhosis at the cut-off of 120 and 180. Conclusions: HCC risk can be stratified by using clinical parameters including viral markers in alcoholic cirrhosis in an area where the prevalence of viral hepatitis is substantial.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. S135
Author(s):  
David Moreno ◽  
Ignacio Isola ◽  
Raquel Jiménez ◽  
Aina Oliver Caldés ◽  
Luis Gerardo Rodríguez-Lobato ◽  
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