Box Hill Hospital

A Modified Delphi Study on the Ethics and Governance of Live Injecting at Aesthetic Conferences. Is There a Better and Safer Alternative?

BACKGROUND: Live clinical demonstrations at aesthetic medicine conferences is common, yet concerns regarding patient safety, commercial influence, and ethical governance. This study established a consensus-based governance framework for live injecting and compared expert and atte...

Tumor response to neoadjuvant treatment as a predictor of benefit for adjuvant treatment in esophago-gastric cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background It is unclear which patients will benefit most from adjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced esophago-gastric adenocarcinoma after systemic neoadjuvant treatment and resection. This study aims to systematically evaluate the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy in patien...

Pembrolizumab and Denosumab in Clear-Cell Renal-Cell Carcinoma.

BACKGROUND: Anti-PD1 immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are effective in clear-cell renal-cell carcinoma (ccRCC). Preliminary data suggest inhibition of Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-κB Ligand (RANKL) signaling may potentiate ICI efficacy. We evaluated the activity and saf...