Clarisse Kattan

When Meningioma Travels: Rare Extracranial Metastasis—Case and Review

Tala A. Najdi, Sami Abi Farraj, Pierre El Sett, Clarisse Kattan et autres

Meningiomas are the most common primary intracranial tumors; extracranial metastases occur in < 1% of cases, most often to the lungs or bone. Hepatic spread is exceptionally rare and is more common in atypical or recurrent disease. A 73-year-old man with a …

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Management of bladder cancer recurrence following the trimodality therapy

Nahed Damaj, Nabih Naim, Saad Ahmad, Clarisse Kattan et autres

Trimodality therapy (TMT), including transurethral resection (TUR), chemotherapy (CT), and radiotherapy (RT), offers the bladder-preserving treatment option for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). TMT, once indicated, has demonstrated effective and favorable local tumor control in MIBC, with complete response rates ranging …

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The practical roadmap for peri-cystectomy approaches in muscle-invasive bladder cancer

Joseph Gergi Kattan, Clarisse Kattan, Fouad Y. Aoun, Elie Nemr

The management of muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) remains a challenging topic since it is witnessing rapidly evolving changes and new drug approvals. In fact, more effective approaches are now available to improve the outcomes of patients with MIBC who are candidates for …

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Accommodation with anticancer drug shortage: A Lebanese harmful solution

Clarisse Kattan, Joseph Gergi Kattan

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Bladder Perforation during Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor Is Not an Innocent Accident: Literature Review Based on a Clinical Case Experience

Ziad Zalaquett, Maria Catherine Rita Hachem, Clarisse Kattan, Joseph Gergi Kattan

Urothelial Carcinoma (UC) is one of the most frequent cancers worldwide. Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor (TURBT) is a standard treatment in the disease’s early stages, with bladder perforation being a possible and classical complication. However, extravesical tumor seeding resulting from perforation …

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Learning by Debate: Innovative Tool in the Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Program

Ramy Samaha, Clarisse Kattan, Elie Rassy, Joseph Gergi Kattan

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Should Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors be Contraindicated in Lung Cancer Patients with Latent Tuberculosis?

Fadi G. Haddad, Clarisse Kattan, Joseph Gergi Kattan

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The Management of Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Tarek Assi, Nathalie Ibrahim, Rita-Maria K Abboud, Clarisse Kattan et autres

During the ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the benefit of treating patients with cancer must be weighed against the COVID-19 infection risks to patients, staff and society. Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers among men and …

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The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the management of cancer patients in Lebanon: a single institutional experience

Clarisse Kattan, Hassan Badreddine, Elie Rassy, Hampig Raphaël Kourié et autres

“Our experience showed that cancer patients are aware of the COVID-19 morbidity and fear its complications.”The COVID-19 virus has started its spread in Wuhan, China back in December 2019 and evolv...

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What the oncologist needs to know about COVID-19 infection in cancer patients

Elie Rassy, Rita‐Maria Khoury‐Abboud, Nathalie Ibrahim, Clarisse Kattan et autres

“ In this paper, we provide the oncologists with the available evidence concerning COVID-19 in cancer patients to better guide management decisions.”The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-...

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Do checkpoint inhibitors compromise the cancer patients’ Immunity and Increase the Vulnerability to COVID-19 Infection?

Joseph Gergi Kattan, Clarisse Kattan, Tarek Assi

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) has been declared a pandemic by the WHO that claimed the lives of thousands of people within a few months. Cancer patients represent a vulnerable population due to the acquired immunodeficiency associated with anti-cancer …

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Docetaxel Rechallenge in Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Comprehensive Review

Tarek Assi, Elie Rassy, Fadi Sami Farhat, Clarisse Kattan et autres

BACKGROUND: Recent years have witnessed a huge shift in the management and prognosis of metastatic prostate cancer with the advent of new-generation anti-hormonal treatments. Docetaxel, which was initially approved in the castrate-resistant prostate cancer setting, has been approved in the earlier course …

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