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This phase I/II study evaluates the influence of selected vegetables (SV) that contain known antitumor components on the survival of stage III-IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. All patients were treated with conventional therapies. SV was added to the daily diet of 5 stage I patients in the toxicity study group (TG) and 6 stage III and IV patients in the treatment group (SVG), but not to the diet of 13 stage III and IV patients in the control group (CG). Age, Karnofsky performance status (KPS), and body mass index of SVG and CG patients were comparable at entry. KPS declined in the CG patients (79 +/- 8 to 55 +/- 11) but improved in the SVG patients (75 +/- 8 to 80 +/- 13) one to three months after entry. Weight change in the CG, SVG, and TG patients was -12 +/- 5%, -2 +/- 2%, and +4 +/- 4%, respectively. The median survival time and mean survival of the CG patients were 4 and 4.8 months, but in the SVG patients they were 15.5 and 15 months (p < 0.01). No clinical signs of toxicity were found in the TG patients in the 24-month study period. Adding SV to the daily diet of NSCLC patients was found to be nontoxic and associated with improved weight maintenance, KPS, and survival of stage III and IV NSCLC patients.
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Carcinoma de Pulmón de Células no Pequeñas/dietoterapia , Suplementos Dietéticos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/dietoterapia , Magnoliopsida , Verduras , Adulto , Anciano , Índice de Masa Corporal , Carcinoma de Pulmón de Células no Pequeñas/mortalidad , República Checa/epidemiología , Femenino , Humanos , Estado de Ejecución de Karnofsky , Neoplasias Pulmonares/mortalidad , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Análisis de SupervivenciaAsunto(s)
Hipotiroidismo/sangre , Lípidos/sangre , Adulto , Anciano , Colesterol/sangre , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Hormonas Tiroideas/sangreAsunto(s)
Adenocarcinoma Papilar/secundario , Neoplasias de la Columna Vertebral/secundario , Neoplasias de la Tiroides/diagnóstico por imagen , Adenocarcinoma Papilar/diagnóstico por imagen , Femenino , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Radiografía , Cintigrafía , Neoplasias de la Columna Vertebral/diagnóstico por imagenAsunto(s)
Vértebras Lumbares , Osteomielitis/diagnóstico , Anciano , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Femenino , Humanos , Osteomielitis/terapiaRESUMEN
Scintigraphic scanning of the lumbar spine skeleton was performed in 9 patients with spondylodiscitis following an operation for the herniation of a lumbar intervertebral disk. The difference in scintigraphic findings demonstrates the valuable diagnostic contribution of this examination to an early diagnosis of postoperative spondylodiscitis.