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The differences in the total porosity between the natural cork and expanded clay series were not high, depending on the binder. The tests were performed at 28 days and 1 year. The non-steady-state chloride migration coefficient and compressive and flexural strengths were also determined. The total porosity and pore size distributions were obtained. Reference mortars with only sand as aggregate were also made. These cements incorporated slag, limestone and fly ash. In this work, it has been studied mortars prepared with sustainable cements and the lightweight aggregates of natural cork and expanded clay. The combination of eco-friendly cements with lightweight aggregates could provide solutions for developing new building materials. In this regard, the possibility of using cork granulates and expanded clay is a current research topic.
The use of lightweight aggregates in construction materials is a good solution for increasing the contribution to sustainability of civil engineering works, such as maritime ones. Immunotherapy or paclitaxel-platinum regimens may be recommended to combine with apatinib therapy. Furthermore, BRCA may be a putative biomarker for apatinib in HER2-negative breast cancer.
Metastatic breast cancer patients could benefit from apatinib therapy at a low dosage, and the adverse effects are mild in real-world clinical practice. Most of the adverse effects (hypertension, anaemia, and hand-foot syndrome) were grade 1 to 2. Moreover, combination immunotherapy or paclitaxel-platinum regimens shared an improved response to other regimens. Patients with breast cancer susceptibility gene (BRCA) mutations were found to have a longer PFS and OS. The objective response rate (ORR) and the disease control rate (DCR) were 22.7% and 80.5%, respectively. The PFS and OS of 128 patients were 4.7 months and 15.3 months, respectively. Apatinib was taken at a dose of 250 mg orally once per day and combined with standard chemotherapy regimens. Here, we reported the apatinib-based therapy data in HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer. Apatinib is a small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor that targets the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR-2). Treatment options for human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER2)-negative breast cancer patients are limited in comparison to the HER2-positive patients, particularly for metastatic breast cancer patients.