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    Experimentation of ‘Link for Health’, a new Telehealth application in Cochin Hospital, France

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    Orange and Cochin Hospital have experimented ‘Link for Health’, a new Telehealth application in the Department of Oncology of Cochin Hospital, France.This new application allows a complete Telehealth service combining mobile application, sensors and questionnaires to return by internet to healthcare team.The purpose of this paper is to analyse and experiment the effectiveness of the Telehealth service, in oral and intravenous anti-cancer therapy to improve clinical and process outcomes.Results were analysed in terms of benefits for the patients and the hospital team

    Étude de la relation entre principe d'autonomie, objectif thĂ©rapeutique, et obstination dĂ©raisonnable en cancĂ©rologie. Enjeux liĂ©s au discours mĂ©dical et perspectives thĂ©rapeutiques.

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    The patient-doctor relationship has evolved during the past decades toward a more important role of patients in medical decisions. In France, two laws were passed in the last ten years, reinforcing patients’ autonomy at the end-of-life. In the same time, the improvement of medical capacities and abilities have created new situations. In some of them, all medical abilities are deployed leading to an artificial prolongation of life, with no clear benefit for the patient while toxicity can be unbearable. Oncology has particularly been concerned by this global evolution of medicine. Recent evolutions in treatments have raised a strong demand for survival improvement and cure. Nevertheless, most cancers when at the metastatic stage are incurable and fatal diseases. In this setting, the path from diagnosis to end-of-life implies numerous and important decisions for which different arguments can be balanced. Decision making in this context is often complex and difficult. International studies report a high level of aggressiveness in the end-of-life care of oncology patients. Moreover, this phenomenon has increased in the past years.The contrast is striking between, on the one hand the demand of the society translating into laws reinforcing the patients’ rights at the end-of-life, and on the other hand the high level in the aggressiveness of end-of-life care. This contrast gives evidence of a persistent tension in the decision making process, including at the end-of-life. This tension is particularly important in oncology, where many decisions are to be made at the end-of-life.In this manuscript, following an ethical approach, we describe the setting of care in oncology and characterize an excessive aggressiveness in end-of-life care. The studies presented suggest resources to avoid or decrease this aggressiveness of care. First with advanced discussions, allowing to reinforce the role of patients in end-of-life decisions. Second with an integrated medicine approach, resulting in a limitation of the risk of error in the oncologist decision making process across incurable-cancer care. Finally, acting on the oncologist communication may reveal essential.La relation mĂ©decin-malade a Ă©voluĂ© au cours des derniĂšres dĂ©cennies vers un rĂŽle croissant du patient dans les dĂ©cisions mĂ©dicales. Dans le domaine de la fin de vie, deux lois en dix ans sont venues renforcer l’autonomie des malades. L’accroissement des capacitĂ©s et des pouvoirs de la mĂ©decine a conduit Ă  crĂ©er des situations inĂ©dites. Dans certaines de ces situations, l’ensemble des possibilitĂ©s mĂ©dicales sont dĂ©ployĂ©es pour une prolongation artificielle de la vie, sans que le bĂ©nĂ©fice pour le patient ne soit clair alors que les nuisances peuvent ĂȘtre insoutenables. On parle alors d’obstination dĂ©raisonnable ou d’acharnement thĂ©rapeutique.Cette Ă©volution globale de la mĂ©decine se retrouve pour les traitements mĂ©dicaux des cancers. L’évolution rĂ©cente des thĂ©rapeutiques mĂ©dicales a Ă©tĂ© considĂ©rable faisant naitre puis croitre une forte demande de prolongation de vie et de guĂ©rison chez les patients. Pourtant, la plupart des cancers en situation mĂ©tastatique demeurent incurables et sont frĂ©quemment mortels. Le parcours du malade incurable en cancĂ©rologie, du diagnostic Ă  la fin de vie, va comporter de nombreuses dĂ©cisions pour lesquelles diffĂ©rents arguments peuvent ĂȘtre mis en balance. La prise de dĂ©cision dans ce contexte est souvent complexe et difficile. Des Ă©tudes internationales montrent un niveau Ă©levĂ© de soins agressifs en fin de vie et ce phĂ©nomĂšne s’amplifie au cours des derniĂšres annĂ©es.Le contraste est saisissant entre, d’un cĂŽtĂ© la demande de la sociĂ©tĂ© civile se traduisant par les Ă©volutions lĂ©gislatives rĂ©centes renforçant les droits des malades en fin de vie, et de l’autre cĂŽtĂ© le haut niveau d’agressivitĂ© dans le soin en fin de vie ainsi que son augmentation. Ce contraste tĂ©moigne d’une tension persistante dans le processus dĂ©cisionnel, y compris en fin de vie. Cette tension est particuliĂšrement forte en cancĂ©rologie oĂč les dĂ©cisions mĂ©dicales en fin de vie sont nombreuses.Cette thĂšse, dans le cadre d’une dĂ©marche Ă©thique, explicite le cadre du soin et les spĂ©cificitĂ©s de la cancĂ©rologie puis cherche Ă  dĂ©finir et Ă  caractĂ©riser l’obstination dĂ©raisonnable en cancĂ©rologie. Les Ă©tudes rĂ©alisĂ©es proposent des moyens de lutter contre l’obstination dĂ©raisonnable. D’abord en renforçant la place du patient dans les dĂ©cisions en fin de vie, dans le cadre de discussions anticipĂ©es. Puis en limitant le risque d’erreur dans le processus dĂ©cisionnel du cancĂ©rologue grĂące Ă  une mĂ©decine intĂ©grĂ©e. Enfin, une action sur le discours du cancĂ©rologue, semble ĂȘtre une voie de recherche prometteuse

    Relationship between principle of autonomy, goal of care, and aggressiveness at the end-of-life in oncology : issues concerning the medical speech and therapeutic perspectives

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    La relation mĂ©decin-malade a Ă©voluĂ© au cours des derniĂšres dĂ©cennies vers un rĂŽle croissant du patient dans les dĂ©cisions mĂ©dicales. Dans le domaine de la fin de vie, deux lois en dix ans sont venues renforcer l'autonomie des malades. L'accroissement des capacitĂ©s et des pouvoirs de la mĂ©decine a conduit Ă  crĂ©er des situations inĂ©dites. Dans certaines de ces situations, l'ensemble des possibilitĂ©s mĂ©dicales sont dĂ©ployĂ©es pour une prolongation artificielle de la vie, sans que le bĂ©nĂ©fice pour le patient ne soit clair alors que les nuisances peuvent ĂȘtre insoutenables. On parle alors d'obstination dĂ©raisonnable ou d'acharnement thĂ©rapeutique. Cette Ă©volution globale de la mĂ©decine se retrouve pour les traitements mĂ©dicaux des cancers. L'Ă©volution rĂ©cente des thĂ©rapeutiques mĂ©dicales a Ă©tĂ© considĂ©rable faisant naĂźtre puis croĂźtre une forte demande de prolongation de vie et de guĂ©rison chez les patients. Pourtant, la plupart des cancers en situation mĂ©tastatique demeurent incurables et sont frĂ©quemment mortels. Le parcours du malade incurable en cancĂ©rologie, du diagnostic Ă  la fin de vie, va comporter de nombreuses dĂ©cisions pour lesquelles diffĂ©rents arguments peuvent ĂȘtre mis en balance. La prise de dĂ©cision dans ce contexte est souvent complexe et difficile. Des Ă©tudes internationales montrent un niveau Ă©levĂ© de soins agressifs en fin de vie et ce phĂ©nomĂšne s'amplifie au cours des derniĂšres annĂ©es. Le contraste est saisissant entre d'un cĂŽtĂ© la demande de la sociĂ©tĂ© civile se traduisant par les Ă©volutions lĂ©gislatives rĂ©centes renforçant les droits des malades en fin de vie, et de l'autre cĂŽtĂ© le haut niveau d'agressivitĂ© dans le soin en fin de vie ainsi que son augmentation. Ce contraste tĂ©moigne d'une tension persistante dans le processus dĂ©cisionnel, y compris en fin de vie. Cette tension est particuliĂšrement forte en cancĂ©rologie oĂč les dĂ©cisions mĂ©dicales en fin de vie sont nombreuses. Cette thĂšse, dans le cadre d'une dĂ©marche Ă©thique, explicite le cadre du soin et les spĂ©cificitĂ©s de la cancĂ©rologie puis cherche Ă  dĂ©finir et Ă  caractĂ©riser l'obstination dĂ©raisonnable en cancĂ©rologie. Les Ă©tudes rĂ©alisĂ©es proposent des moyens de lutter contre l'obstination dĂ©raisonnable. D'abord en renforçant la place du patient dans les dĂ©cisions en fin de vie dans le cadre de discussions anticipĂ©es. Puis en limitant le risque d'erreur dans le processus dĂ©cisionnel du cancĂ©rologue grĂące Ă  une mĂ©decine intĂ©grĂ©e. Enfin, une action sur le discours du cancĂ©rologue, semble ĂȘtre une voie de recherche prometteuse.The patient-doctor relationship as evolved during the past decades toward a more important role of patients in medical decisions. In France, two laws were passed in the last ten years, reinforcing patients' autonomy at the end-of-life. In the same time, the improvement of medical capacities and abilities have created new situations. In some of them, all medical abilities are deployed leading to an artificial prolongation of life, with no clear benefit for the patient while toxicity can be unbearable. Oncology has particularly been concerned by this global evolution of medicine. Recent evolutions in treatments have raised a strong demand for life prolongation and cure. Nevertheless, most cancers when at the metastatic stage are incurable and fatal diseases. In this setting, the path from diagnosis to end-of-life implies numerous and important decisions for which different arguments can be balanced. Decision making in this context is often complex and difficult. International studies report a high level of aggressiveness in the end-of-life care of oncology patients. Moreover, this phenomenon has increased in the past years. The contrast is striking between, on the one hand the demand of the society translating into laws reinforcing the patients' rights at the end-of-life, and on the other hand the high level in the aggressiveness of end-of-life care. This contrast gives evidence of a persistent tension in the decision making process, including at the end-of-life. This tension is particularly important in oncology, where many decisions are to be made at the end-of-life. In this manuscript, following an ethical approach, we describe the setting of care in oncology and characterize an excessive aggressiveness in end-of-life care. The studies presented suggest resources to avoid or decrease this aggressiveness of care. First with advanced discussions, allowing to reinforce the role of patients in end-of-life decisions. Second with an integrated medicine approach, resulting in a limitation of the risk of error in the oncologist decision making process across incurable-cancer care. Finally, acting on the oncologist communication may reveal essential

    Adrenocortical carcinoma: Diagnosis, prognostic classification and treatment of localized and advanced disease

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    Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare cancer with an estimated incidence of 0.7 to 2.0 cases per 1 million population per year in the United States. It is an aggressive cancer originating in the cortex of the adrenal gland with a poor prognosis. The 5-year survival rate is less than 15% among patients with metastatic disease. In this article, we review the epidemiology and pathogenesis of ACC, the diagnostic procedures, the prognostic classification of ACC, and the treatment options from localized and resectable forms to advanced disease detailing recent therapeutic developments such as immunotherapy and molecularly targeted therapy

    Goals and aggressiveness of care in metastatic lung cancer.

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    MAPK Pathway Inhibitors in Thyroid Cancer: Preclinical and Clinical Data

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    Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer, with a good prognosis in most cases. However, some cancers of follicular origin are metastatic or recurrent and eventually become radioiodine refractory thyroid cancers (RAIR-TC). These more aggressive cancers are a clinical concern for which the therapeutic arsenal remains limited. Molecular biology of these tumors has highlighted a hyper-activation of the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases (MAPK) pathway (RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK), mostly secondary to the BRAFV600E hotspot mutation occurring in about 60% of papillary cancers and 45% of anaplastic cancers. Therapies targeting the different protagonists of this signaling pathway have been tested in preclinical and clinical models: first and second generation RAF inhibitors and MEK inhibitors. In clinical practice, dual therapies with a BRAF inhibitor and a MEK inhibitor are being recommended in anaplastic cancers with the BRAFV600E mutation. Concerning RAIR-TC, these inhibitors can be used as anti-proliferative drugs, but their efficacy is inconsistent due to primary or secondary resistance. A specific therapeutic approach in thyroid cancers consists of performing a short-term treatment with these MAPK pathway inhibitors to evaluate their capacity to redifferentiate a refractory tumor, with the aim of retreating the patients by radioactive iodine therapy in case of re-expression of the sodium–iodide symporter (NIS). In this work, we report data from recent preclinical and clinical studies on the efficacy of MAPK pathway inhibitors and their resistance mechanisms. We will also report the different preclinical and clinical studies that have investigated the redifferentiation with these therapies

    MAPK Pathway Inhibitors in Thyroid Cancer: Preclinical and Clinical Data

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    Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer, with a good prognosis in most cases. However, some cancers of follicular origin are metastatic or recurrent and eventually become radioiodine refractory thyroid cancers (RAIR-TC). These more aggressive cancers are a clinical concern for which the therapeutic arsenal remains limited. Molecular biology of these tumors has highlighted a hyper-activation of the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases (MAPK) pathway (RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK), mostly secondary to the BRAFV600E hotspot mutation occurring in about 60% of papillary cancers and 45% of anaplastic cancers. Therapies targeting the different protagonists of this signaling pathway have been tested in preclinical and clinical models: first and second generation RAF inhibitors and MEK inhibitors. In clinical practice, dual therapies with a BRAF inhibitor and a MEK inhibitor are being recommended in anaplastic cancers with the BRAFV600E mutation. Concerning RAIR-TC, these inhibitors can be used as anti-proliferative drugs, but their efficacy is inconsistent due to primary or secondary resistance. A specific therapeutic approach in thyroid cancers consists of performing a short-term treatment with these MAPK pathway inhibitors to evaluate their capacity to redifferentiate a refractory tumor, with the aim of retreating the patients by radioactive iodine therapy in case of re-expression of the sodium–iodide symporter (NIS). In this work, we report data from recent preclinical and clinical studies on the efficacy of MAPK pathway inhibitors and their resistance mechanisms. We will also report the different preclinical and clinical studies that have investigated the redifferentiation with these therapies
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