Evaluation of the criteria for renewal of LHRH agonists in patients with prostate cancer: results of the ANAREN Study

Jesús Calleja-Escudero, Víctor Barrondo, Andrés Rodriguez-Alonso, Francisco Gómez-Veiga, Joan Bestard, Antonio Gómez-Caamaño, Anne-Sophie Grandoulier, Maria Pérez-Sampietro, Venancio Chantada-Abal, Raúl Poza de Celis, on behalf of ANAREN Study Group

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This study aims to determine the percentage of patients whose initial luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists prescription was renewed during follow-up, how many changed formulation and how their quality of life evolved.

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Understanding treatment goals and their application in clinical trial design for patients with Alzheimer disease and caregivers

David Gómez-Ulloa, M Chris Runken, Wilton I Rodriguez, Basilio Hernández, Montserrat Chivite, E Anne Davis, Paul Nisbet

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Original Research

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The goal of the present study was to survey patients with AD and caregivers to establish what they considered to be the most important treatment goals, thereby providing data for the systematic incorporation of these goals into Alzheimer disease clinical trials.

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Health-related quality of life and clinical complexity of a real-life cohort of patients with advanced HR+/HER2– breast cancer treated with CDK4/6 inhibitors and endocrine therapy

Barbara Tagliaferri, Ludovica Mollica, Raffella Palumbo, Claudia Leli, Alberto Malovini, Matteo Terzaghi, Erica Quaquarini, Cristina Teragni, Stefano Maccarone, Andrea Premoli, Federico Sottotetti

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Original Research

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This real-life study investigated the link between clinical complexity and quality of life of patients with HR+/HER2– advanced breast cancer treated with CDK4/6 inhibitors.

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Nutritional support management in resectable gastric cancer

Francesco Serra, Paolo Pedrazzoli, Silvia Brugnatelli, Anna Pagani, Salvatore Corallo, Giovanni Rosti, Riccardo Caccialanza, Jacopo Viganò, Ornella Carminati

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Review

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This narrative review presents the most recent data on nutritional support in the resectable stages of gastric cancer, with a particular focus on perioperative strategies, and discusses malnutrition in gastric cancer, nutritional support before and after surgery, and the relationship between nutritional support and chemotherapy.

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