Relaciones de la inmigracion hispana con la Iglesia en el área de Washington D. C., Virginia y Maryland

Este artículo es producto de una investigación sobre la inmigración hispana en el triángulo de Washington D. C., Maryland y Virginia. El estudio pretende analizar las relaciones entre la inmigración hispana y las diferentes Iglesias. Los indocumentados, especialmente hispanos, han sido un dardo en los procesos electorales en los EE. UU., y han sido sometidos a una permanente inseguridad a ser deportados. Desde hace tiempo las diferentes confesiones son su refugio, pero en las dos últimas décadas estas se han convertido en el principal apoyo y protección. Con este estudio se busca conocer lo más destacado de dicha relación

Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19-Free Surgical Pathways During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study.

PURPOSE: As cancer surgery restarts after the first COVID-19 wave, health care providers urgently require data to determine where elective surgery is best performed. This study aimed to determine whether COVID-19-free surgical pathways were associated with lower postoperative pulmonary complication rates compared with hospitals with no defined pathway. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This international, multicenter cohort study included patients who underwent elective surgery for 10 solid cancer types without preoperative suspicion of SARS-CoV-2. Participating hospitals included patients from local emergence of SARS-CoV-2 until April 19, 2020. At the time of surgery, hospitals were defined as having a COVID-19-free surgical pathway (complete segregation of the operating theater, critical care, and inpatient ward areas) or no defined pathway (incomplete or no segregation, areas shared with patients with COVID-19). The primary outcome was 30-day postoperative pulmonary complications (pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, unexpected ventilation). RESULTS: Of 9,171 patients from 447 hospitals in 55 countries, 2,481 were operated on in COVID-19-free surgical pathways. Patients who underwent surgery within COVID-19-free surgical pathways were younger with fewer comorbidities than those in hospitals with no defined pathway but with similar proportions of major surgery. After adjustment, pulmonary complication rates were lower with COVID-19-free surgical pathways (2.2% v 4.9%; adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.62; 95% CI, 0.44 to 0.86). This was consistent in sensitivity analyses for low-risk patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists grade 1/2), propensity score-matched models, and patients with negative SARS-CoV-2 preoperative tests. The postoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection rate was also lower in COVID-19-free surgical pathways (2.1% v 3.6%; aOR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.36 to 0.76). CONCLUSION: Within available resources, dedicated COVID-19-free surgical pathways should be established to provide safe elective cancer surgery during current and before future SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks

Elective cancer surgery in COVID-19-free surgical pathways during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: An international, multicenter, comparative cohort study

PURPOSE As cancer surgery restarts after the first COVID-19 wave, health care providers urgently require data to determine where elective surgery is best performed. This study aimed to determine whether COVID-19–free surgical pathways were associated with lower postoperative pulmonary complication rates compared with hospitals with no defined pathway. PATIENTS AND METHODS This international, multicenter cohort study included patients who underwent elective surgery for 10 solid cancer types without preoperative suspicion of SARS-CoV-2. Participating hospitals included patients from local emergence of SARS-CoV-2 until April 19, 2020. At the time of surgery, hospitals were defined as having a COVID-19–free surgical pathway (complete segregation of the operating theater, critical care, and inpatient ward areas) or no defined pathway (incomplete or no segregation, areas shared with patients with COVID-19). The primary outcome was 30-day postoperative pulmonary complications (pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, unexpected ventilation). RESULTS Of 9,171 patients from 447 hospitals in 55 countries, 2,481 were operated on in COVID-19–free surgical pathways. Patients who underwent surgery within COVID-19–free surgical pathways were younger with fewer comorbidities than those in hospitals with no defined pathway but with similar proportions of major surgery. After adjustment, pulmonary complication rates were lower with COVID-19–free surgical pathways (2.2% v 4.9%; adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.62; 95% CI, 0.44 to 0.86). This was consistent in sensitivity analyses for low-risk patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists grade 1/2), propensity score–matched models, and patients with negative SARS-CoV-2 preoperative tests. The postoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection rate was also lower in COVID-19–free surgical pathways (2.1% v 3.6%; aOR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.36 to 0.76). CONCLUSION Within available resources, dedicated COVID-19–free surgical pathways should be established to provide safe elective cancer surgery during current and before future SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks

Outcomes from elective colorectal cancer surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

This study aimed to describe the change in surgical practice and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on mortality after surgical resection of colorectal cancer during the initial phases of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Activity of the novel BCR kinase inhibitor IQS019 in preclinical models of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Background Pharmacological inhibition of B cell receptor (BCR) signaling has recently emerged as an effective approach in a wide range of B lymphoid neoplasms. However, despite promising clinical activity of the first Bruton’s kinase (Btk) and spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) inhibitors, a small fraction of patients tend to develop progressive disease after initial response to these agents. Methods We evaluated the antitumor activity of IQS019, a new BCR kinase inhibitor with increased affinity for Btk, Syk, and Lck/Yes novel tyrosine kinase (Lyn), in a set of 34 B lymphoid cell lines and primary cultures, including samples with acquired resistance to the first-in-class Btk inhibitor ibrutinib. Safety and efficacy of the compound were then evaluated in two xenograft mouse models of B cell lymphoma. Results IQS019 simultaneously engaged a rapid and dose-dependent de-phosphorylation of both constitutive and IgM-activated Syk, Lyn, and Btk, leading to impaired cell proliferation, reduced CXCL12-dependent cell migration, and induction of caspase-dependent apoptosis. Accordingly, B cell lymphoma-bearing mice receiving IQS019 presented a reduced tumor outgrowth characterized by a decreased mitotic index and a lower infiltration of malignant cells in the spleen, in tight correlation with downregulation of phospho-Syk, phospho-Lyn, and phospho-Btk. More interestingly, IQS019 showed improved efficacy in vitro and in vivo when compared to the first-in-class Btk inhibitor ibrutinib, and was active in cells with acquired resistance to this latest. Conclusions These results define IQS019 as a potential drug candidate for a variety of B lymphoid neoplasms, including cases with acquired resistance to current BCR-targeting therapies

Additional file 1: of Activity of the novel BCR kinase inhibitor IQS019 in preclinical models of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Figure S1. IQS019 tyrosine kinase inhibitory profiling. Tyrosine kinase (TK) and tyrosine kinase-like (TKL) kinome tree was elaborated on the basis of residual in vitro kinase activity upon exposure to 100 nM or 1 μM IQS019, by means of Kinome Render software ( http://bcb.med.usherbrooke.ca/kinomerender.php ). Figure S2. Sensitivity of CLL primary cases to IQS019 is independent of IGHV mutational status and involves a caspase-dependent cell death process. (a) CLL primary cells, 9 of them with ummutated (UM) and 6 with mutated (M) IGHV gene, were treated with increasing concentrations of IQS019 for 24h. Cell viability was determined by MTT method. Shown are the median values from each CLL group (UM and M), referred to control, untreated cells. (b) IQS019 induces caspase-dependent cell death in MCL (UPN-1) and in FL (DOHH-2) cell lines, as well as in two representative CLL primary cultures. Cells were exposed for 24 hours to 5 μM IQS019, in the presence of absence of the pan-caspase inhibitor Q-VD-OPh (10 μM). Apoptosis was determined by simultaneous cytofluorimetric detection of Annexin-V and caspase-3/7 activity. (c) A set of 6 CLL primary cultures were treated with IQS019 as indicated, followed by Western Blot detection of phospho-histone H3 (p-H3), using β- actin as a loading control. Figure S3. Flow cytometry determination of CXCR4 membrane expression in B-NHL cell lines. Four representative cell lines were stained with a PE-labeled anti-CXCR4 antibody and analyzed on an Attune cytometer. CXCR4-specific signal (black curves) and isotypic control (grey filled curve) are represented. Figure S4. Safety and PK properties of IQS019-2MeSO3H in mice. (a) Twenty SCID mice (10 males and 10 females) received a single intravenous injection of IQS019-2MeSO3H at a 2 mg/kg, 10 mg/kg, or 50 mg/kg dose, or equivalent volume of vehicle, and animal weight was recorded at days 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 14, 18 and 21 post-treatment. (b) Mean plasma concentration of IQS019-2MeSO3H in ICR mice over the time, after a single p.o. administration of a 25 mg/kg dose of the compound. Figure S5. Comparison of parental and ibrutinib-resistant derived B-NHL cell line. (a) Dose-response of the UPN-1 parental, and UPN-IbruR derived cell line exposed for 72 hours to increasing concentrations of ibrutinib or IQS019. (b) BTK and PLCG2 exon sequencing in UPN-IbruR cells. (c) Western blot detection of the alternative NF-κB pathway component, p52, in UPN-1 and UPN-IbruR cells. β-actin was used as a loading control. (DOC 3279 kb