Information needs and usage of complementary and alternative medicine in members of a German self-help group for gastrointestinal stroma tumours, sarcoma, and …

…, T Schmidt, H Eisfeld, C Dubois, K Kastrati… - … Therapies in Medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective 40–50% of German cancer patients use some method of complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM) and both patients and doctors often feel insufficiently informed. We …

Not all cancer patients with an interest in CAM are the same. Differences between patients with a CAM interest prior to the cancer diagnosis and those with first-time …

…, H Eisfeld, F Bauer, T Schmidt, K Kastrati… - … Therapies in Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives The aim was to assess differences in age, gender, education and personality (Big
Five) between cancer patients already interested in CAM prior to the diagnosis and cancer …

Importance of and satisfaction with information about their disease in cancer patients

…, F Bauer, C Dubois, T Schmidt, K Kastrati… - Journal of Cancer …, 2020 - Springer
To learn more about information needs and satisfaction with provided information among
cancer patients and whether dissatisfaction with information has any association with how …

[HTML][HTML] Patient-reported experiences with side effects of kidney cancer therapies and corresponding information flow

K Kastrati, V Mathies, AP Kipp, J Huebner - Journal of Patient-Reported …, 2022 - Springer
Background Treatment options for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) have improved
over recent years. Various therapies for metastatic renal cell carcinoma are currently …

Cancer patient motives and expectations on non-medical practitioners

C Keinki, E Ahmadi, K Kastrati, B Zomorodbakhsch… - in vivo, 2022 - iv.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: Non-medical practitioners (NMPs) are an ill-defined group of professionals
offering patient diagnostic and therapeutic methods mostly in the field of complementary …

[HTML][HTML] Systemic therapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC): an evidence-based recommendation of the German interdisciplinary RCC guidelines group

…, L Bergmann, B Brehmer, B Eberhardt, K Kastrati… - World Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose The treatment landscape in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) has evolved
dramatically in recent years. Within the German guideline committee for RCC we evaluated …

Patient-reported experience of diagnosis, management, and burden of renal cell carcinomas: Results> 2,000 patients in 41 countries, with focus on older patients.

RH Giles, L Marconi, R Martinez, D Maskens, K Kastrati… - 2022 - ascopubs.org
306 Background: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is increasing in global prevalence, thereby
increasing burden to health systems, and most of all, to individual patients and their families. …

2022 Global patient survey: Reported experience of diagnosis, management, and burden of renal cell carcinomas.

RH Giles, D Maskens, L Marconi, R Martinez, K Kastrati… - 2023 - ascopubs.org
653 Background: Kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma, RCC) has shown a sustained increase
in its global prevalence thereby presenting increasing burden to health systems, and most …

Brain network segregation and integration during painful thermal stimulation

G Kastrati, WH Thompson, B Schiffler… - Cerebral …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The present study aimed to determine changes in brain network integration/segregation during
thermal pain using methods optimized for network connectivity events with high temporal …

[HTML][HTML] Dimethyl fumarate inhibits the nuclear factor κB pathway in breast cancer cells by covalent modification of p65 protein

I Kastrati, MI Siklos, EL Calderon-Gierszal… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
In breast tumors, activation of the nuclear factor κB (NFκB) pathway promotes survival,
migration, invasion, angiogenesis, stem cell-like properties, and resistance to therapy—all …