BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Analysis of mortality from the national health registries and data from a specific central registry dealing with the implantation of pacemakers (REPACE) in Czech patients. METHODS AND RESULTS: Retrospective observational analysis of pacemakers' implantation in all Czech patients [n = 82,791; 47,070 (56.9%) men, 75.9 ± 10.4 years old] between 2010 and 2021. Almost 114,000 pacemakers were implanted between 2010 and 2021, of which 27.9% were single-chamber, 67.4% were dual-chamber and 4.6% were biventricular. The annual number of implantations has been steadily increasing with a 6% annual decline in 2020 with increased mortality and reductions in care provided, likely related to COVID-19. The observed 5-year relative survival was 88.6% (overall survival 60.6%) and the 10-year relative survival was 75.9% (overall survival 32.7%). Causes of death 5ary according to the age of the patient. The highest difference 1n the reported numbers in the REPACE Registry did not exceed 2% in comparison with the National Register of Reimbursed Health Services. CONCLUSION: This study followed all Czech patients with pacemaker's implantation in between 2010 and 2021. The annual number of 1mplantations has been steadily 1ncreasing. Patients with implanted pacemakers had a significantly higher mortality than the average population. Number of patients in the registry corresponded almost perfectly with the National Register of Reimbursed Health Services.
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- časopisecké články MeSH
AIM: This study compared the results of nivolumab treatment in patients with pulmonary adenocarcinomas based upon previous chemotherapeutic regimens. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The data source for this retrospective study was the Czech VILP registry of patients with nivolumab-treated adenocarcinomas in second and higher lines of treatment. In relation to objective response rate, progression-free interval, and overall survival, three comparisons of patient were made: A: Those treated in first line with cisplatin and pemetrexed versus carboplatin with paclitaxel or vinorelbine; B: treatment with cisplatin and pemetrexed versus carboplatin with paclitaxel/vinorelbine and bevacizumab; and C: treatment in previous lines with pemetrexed (first-line cisplatin and pemetrexed plus those treated in second line with pemetrexed) versus treatment with taxane (first-line carboplatin and paclitaxel only plus those treated with second-line docetaxel). RESULTS: We observed no differences in objective response rate or progression-free survival between patients treated with the stated chemotherapeutic regimens. We observed a trend towards better overall survival for patients treated with carboplatin plus taxanes or vinorelbine with/without bevacizumab. CONCLUSION: From our overall survival data, a chemotherapeutic regimen of carboplatin plus taxanes or vinorelbine with/without bevacizumab might be a better partner for immunotherapy than a cisplatin and pemetrexed-based one.
BACKGROUND: Although locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) is more common in the elderly population, there is little data on the clinical characteristics and survival of these patients. The aim of the present study was to compare different factors affecting survival in elderly patients with LABC. METHODS: Retrospective analysis was carried out on a cohort of 80 patients aged 70 to 96 years, diagnosed with LABC defined as T3 N1, T4 N0, any N2 or N3, and M0. The prognostic impact of selected clinical parameters including age, comorbidities, tumour grade, HER2 status, tumour stage, local therapies, and systemic treatments was studied. RESULTS: The median age of the patients was 79 years. The majority (n=53; 66%) had at least one significant comorbidity according to the Charlson score evaluation. The median overall survival was 50.6 months. As expected, hormonal therapy was the dominant mode of systemic treatment, but 24% also received at least one line of chemotherapy. Local therapies including surgery and/or radiotherapy were applied in 58% of patients. CONCLUSIONS: The diagnosis of LABC in the elderly is associated with poor prognosis. Age and serious comorbidities were negative prognostic factors.
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- lidé MeSH
- lokální recidiva nádoru mortalita patologie MeSH
- nádory prsu mortalita patologie MeSH
- přežití bez známek nemoci * MeSH
- prognóza MeSH
- retrospektivní studie MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- srovnávací studie MeSH
Even in the era of new drugs, multiple myeloma patients with extramedullary relapse have a poor prognosis. Our goal was to analyze the frequency and outcome of extramedullary relapse occurring in relapsed multiple myeloma patients. In total, we analyzed the prognosis of 226 relapsed multiple myeloma patients treated between 2005 and 2008 and evaluated them for presence of extramedullary relapse. We found evidence of extramedullary relapse in 24% (55 of 226) of relapsed multiple myeloma patients. In 14% (32 of 226) of patients, the lesions were not adjacent to the bone, while extramedullary relapse adjacent to the bone was documented in 10% (23 of 226) of cases. Patients without extramedullary relapse had significantly longer overall survival than patients with extramedullary relapse (109 vs. 38 months; P<0.001). Moreover, patients with soft tissue-related extramedullary relapse had significantly poorer overall survival compared to bone-related extramedullary relapse patients (30 vs. 45 months; P=0.022). Also, overall survival from diagnosis was as low as five months for soft tissue-related extramedullary relapse patients when compared to 12 months overall survival for bone-related extramedullary relapse. This is the first study that shows a significant difference in prognosis for different types of extramedullary relapse. If the extramedullary myeloma infiltration was not bone-related, overall survival after relapse was extremely short (5 months).
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- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mnohočetný myelom * MeSH
- nádory kostí * patologie sekundární mortalita MeSH
- nádory měkkých tkání mortalita MeSH
- následné studie MeSH
- přežití bez známek nemoci MeSH
- retrospektivní studie MeSH
- rizikové faktory MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
UNLABELLED: Chromosomal aberrations are important prognostic factors in multiple myeloma diagnosis. We evaluated the effect common high-risk chromosomal aberrations in a cohort of 102 patients with relapsed disease treated with bortezomib or thalidomide. Our results showed that patients treated with thalidomide with a gain(1)(q21) had inferior survival compared with the bortezomib group. Therefore, bortezomib-based regiments are more effective for patients with relapsed multiple myeloma with an incidence of gain in the gain(1)(q21). BACKGROUND: Prognostic impact of specific chromosomal aberrations in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma (MM) treated with the novel agents is briefly described. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We analyzed the prognostic value of an extended panel of chromosomal aberrations [del(13)(q14), del(17)(p13), t(4;14)(p16;q32), gain(1)(q21), and hyperdiploidy] by using the technique of interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization in a cohort of 102 patients with relapsed MM treated with thalidomide- or bortezomib-based protocols. RESULTS: The gain(1)(q21) had a negative impact on overall survival for patients with MM treated with thalidomide (15.7 vs. 41.3 months; P = .004). Moreover, we confirmed the negative impact of the cumulative effect of 2 or more cytogenetic changes that occur simultaneously on the overall survival in the thalidomide group (20.3 months vs. not yet reached; P = .039). We did not find any significant impact of the aberrations studied on overall survival in the bortezomib cohort of patients. CONCLUSION: We conclude that bortezomib-based protocols are able to partially overcome the negative prognostic impact of the tested chromosomal abnormalities in patients with relapsed MM.
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- chromozomální aberace MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- incidence MeSH
- kyseliny boronové terapeutické užití MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- lidské chromozomy, pár 1 * MeSH
- mnohočetný myelom farmakoterapie genetika mortalita patologie MeSH
- prognóza MeSH
- protinádorové látky terapeutické užití MeSH
- pyraziny terapeutické užití MeSH
- recidiva MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- staging nádorů MeSH
- thalidomid terapeutické užití MeSH
- trizomie * MeSH
- výsledek terapie MeSH
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- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
Zavedení nových léků zlepšilo klinickou odpověď pacientů s diagnostikovaným mnohočetným myelomem (MM), nicméně se stále jedná o nevyléčitelnou chorobu, při níž dochází k častým relapsům. Genetická variabilita každého jedince může významně ovlivnit léčebnou odpověď, citlivost a toxicitu léčby. Analýza jednonukleotidových polymorfizmů (SNPs) pro studium genetických změn je metodou molekulární biologie, která může napomoci k získání informací pro zvýšení efektivity léčby s minimem nežádoucí toxicity a následnou individualizaci léčby. Cílem této práce je podat souhrnný přehled o hodnocení polymorfizmů asociovaných s toxicitou léčby u pacientů s MM.
The introduction of new drugs improved clinical response of patients with diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM); however, MM is still an incurable disease that leads to frequent relapses. Individual genetic variability can significantly affect therapeutic response, sensitivity and toxicity. Analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to study genetic changes is the genomic method that can obtain information for improving the effectiveness of treatment with minimum undesirable toxicity followed by individual treatments. The aim of this paper is to explain the possibility of detection and evaluation of polymorphisms associated with toxicity of treatment in patients with MM.
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- alelická diskriminace, real-time PCR, genotypování, jednonukleotidové polymorfizmy (SNPs),
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- celogenomová asociační studie MeSH
- farmakogenetika MeSH
- financování organizované MeSH
- imunosupresiva škodlivé účinky terapeutické užití MeSH
- jednonukleotidový polymorfismus MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mnohočetný myelom farmakoterapie genetika MeSH
- nemoci periferního nervového systému chemicky indukované MeSH
- žilní tromboembolie chemicky indukované MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
Monoklonální volné lehké řetězce jsou produkovány u naprosté většiny benigních i maligních monoklonálních gamapatií. Monoklonální gamapatie nejasného významu je benigní onemocnění, jehož dlouhodobý průběh však může vyústit v maligní zvrat. Byly identifikovány rizikové faktory pro zvrat MGUS do malignity. V této práci byla pilotně analyzována data z českého registru RMG z dosud zadaných 1125 pacientů s MGUS s ohledem na vyšetřené jednotlivé popsané rizikové faktory. Současně byla provedena analýza volných lehkých řetězců jako prognostického faktoru u pacientů s mnohočetným myelomem a dosaženou kompletní remisí.
Monoclonal free light chains are produced in the vast majority of monoclonal gammopathie. Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance is benign disorder, which long term outcome could be malignant transformation. Several risk factors of malignant transformation of MGUS have been identified. In this work we analyze data from 1125 patients from Czech monoclonal gammopathies registry RMG. Analysis of free light chain ratio as a marker of stringent complete remission was done on the same basis.
UNLABELLED: INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND: Venous thromboembolism (VTE), with the subsequent risk of pulmonary embolism, is a common adverse effect of thalidomide treatment in patients with multiple myeloma (MM). In our retrospective study, we analyzed candidate single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), CINP (rs7011), CETP (rs289747), ALDH1A1 (rs610529), CDKN1A (rs3829963), GAN (rs2608555), vascular endothelial growth factor (rs699947), and ALDH1A1 (rs168351), previously identified in a large association study based on the hypothesis-driven candidate gene approach nominated by the International Myeloma Foundation "Bank On A Cure" (3404 SNPs). In that study, the researchers built a classification tree that enables prediction of individual risk of VTE in patients with MM. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Genotypes of these SNPs were determined in an independent cohort of 111 patients with MM through TaqMan real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) allelic discrimination and were used for prediction of individual VTE risk. RESULTS: The results of this study did not confirm the ability of this classification tree to predict VTE risk in patients with MM from the Czech Republic; of these patients, 21 (19%) developed high-grade VTE. However, in patients with VTE, we found higher frequency of the AC genotype in the CDKN1A gene (42.9% vs. 16.7%; odds ratio 3.64) in comparison with the CC genotype (P = .015). SNPs of other genes as well as age and sex of the patients had no statistically significant influence on the risk of VTE. CONCLUSION: Further studies are needed to confirm the initial analysis that provided predictive information of genetic variations in patients with myeloma that may influence risk of VTE.
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- alely MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- frekvence genu MeSH
- genetické asociační studie MeSH
- genotyp MeSH
- jednonukleotidový polymorfismus MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mnohočetný myelom komplikace farmakoterapie genetika MeSH
- prognóza MeSH
- protinádorové látky aplikace a dávkování škodlivé účinky MeSH
- retrospektivní studie MeSH
- riziko MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- thalidomid aplikace a dávkování škodlivé účinky MeSH
- žilní tromboembolie diagnóza etiologie MeSH
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- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
