Durable Clinical Benefit after Dual Checkpoint Inhibition and Single-agent Nivolumab Following Pembrolizumab Failure in Mismatch Repair-deficient Colon Cancer by Yat-Fung Chow, Hou-Hsuan Cheng, Ming-Huang Chen

“…Immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) is beneficial in treating tumors with high microsatellite instability or DNA mismatch repair deficiency (dMMR) tumors. …”
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A Rare Occurrence of Primary Hepatic Leiomyosarcoma Associated with Epstein Barr Virus Infection in an AIDs Patient by Haritha Chelimilla, Kanthi Badipatla, Ariyo Ihimoyan, Masooma Niazi

“…Primary hepatic leiomyosarcoma is exceedingly rare accounting for less than 1% of the hepatic tumors. Close to 45 cases have been reported in the English literature. …”
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Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anus to the Lung Confirmed with Allelotyping by Rachel Roth, Susan Moffatt-Bruce, Marino E. Leon

“…The patient was treated with palliative chemotherapy instead of additional surgical treatment. When multiple tumors are present, determining metastatic versus synchronous primary tumors is necessary for appropriate treatment. …”
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Three Trocars Laparoscopic Resection of Angiomyolipoma of the Liver by J. M. Ramia, R. De la Plaza, J. Quiñones, M. D. Sanchez-Tembleque, A. Caminoa, P. Veguillas, J. García Parreño

“…Laparoscopic resection of liver tumors is becoming a excellent approach for operating on benign liver tumors. …”
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Complex Composite Odontoma with Characteristic Histology by Sujatha Govindrajan, J. Muruganandhan, Shaik Shamsudeen, Nalin Kumar, M. Ramasamy, Srinivasa Prasad

“…Odontomas are the most commonly occurring odontogenic tumors, which are considered by many to be hamartomas rather than neoplasms. …”
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REVIEW by Claudia-Ştefania Bala

“…Iron, ferroptosis and association with tumoral evolution and potential therapeutic impact Decision making in Merkel cell carcinoma – surgical oncologist point of view Cardiac toxicity of checkpoint inhibitors (CPI) used in cancer immunotherapy Immune-mediated complications of monoclonal antibodies used in onco-hematology …”
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Expression and Significance of AQP3 in Cutaneous Lesions by Dongfeng Niu, Yanhua Bai, Qian Yao, Wei Hou, Lixin Zhou, Xiaozheng Huang, Chen Zhao

“…Our findings indicate the function of AQP3 maintained in most skin tumors. AQP3 may be used for differential diagnosis in skin tumors.…”
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Chromosomal Changes in relation to Clinical Outcome in Larynx and Pharynx Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Mario Hermsen, Marta Alonso Guervós, Gerrit Meijer, Paul van Diest, Carlos Suárez Nieto, Cesar Alvarez Marcos, Andrés Sampedro

“…Invasive head and neck squamous carcinomas are among the cytogenetically most complex tumors. Perhaps for this reason, there is little consensus on the prognostic value of specific chromosomal aberrations. …”
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Inferior Vena Cava and Renal Vein Thrombosis Associated with Thymic Carcinoma by Vlad Teodor Berbecar, Roxana Jurubita, Marina Paraschiv, Bogdan Obrisca, Bogdan Sorohan, Gener Ismail

“…Thymic tumors are rare mediastinal tumors that can present with a wide variety of symptoms. …”
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Multiple Extrauterine Adenomyomas Presenting in Upper Abdomen and Pelvis: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature by Mana Moghadamfalahi, Daniel S. Metzinger

“…Adenomyomas are benign tumors composed of smooth muscle and endometrial tissue. …”
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Metastasis to Paranasal Sinuses from Carcinoma of Prostate: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature by Elio Bittar Barbosa, Evaldo César Macau Furtado Ferreira, Fernanda Viviane Mariano, Albina Messias de Almeida Milani Altemani, Emerson Taro Inoue Sakuma, Eulalia Sakano

“…Metastasis from distant primary tumors is extremely rare in the paranasal sinuses with few hundred cases in the literature. …”
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Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck by Vivek V. Gurudutt, Eric M. Genden

“…Various pathologic subtypes exist and differ in histology and prognosis. High-risk tumors need aggressive treatment and vigilant surveillance to monitor for recurrence. …”
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Asymptomatic Presentation of Aggressive Ossifying Fibroma:A Case Report by Roopashri Rajesh Kashyap, Gopakumar R. Nair, Subhas Babu Gogineni

“…They are rare, benign, nonaggressive tumors that are commonly seen in head and neck region. …”
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Renal Oncocytoma and Retroperitoneal Ancient Schwannoma: A Benign Mimic of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma by Tyler J. Maiers, Daniel C. Wang, Ali H. Houjaij, Oussama M. Darwish

“…Renal oncocytomas and retroperitoneal schwannomas are rare and typically benign tumors with characteristic histopathologic features. …”
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Primary Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Testis by Takeshi Azuma, Yukihide Matayoshi, Yasushi Nagase

“…Malignant tumors have the potential for metastatic spread and are often fatal. …”
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Modern Prospection for Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy in Malignancies with Liver Metastases by Yi-Hsin Liang, Yu-Yun Shao, Jia-Yi Chen, Po-Chin Liang, Ann-Lii Cheng, Zhong-Zhe Lin

“…Herein, we summarize recent study results reported in the literature regarding the use of HAIC for metastatic liver tumors, with special focus on colorectal cancer.…”
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A rare case of bladder paraganglioma treated successfully with robotic partial cystectomy by Kalyan M Shekhda, Jessal M Palan, Christo B Albor, Simon Wan, Teng-Teng Chung

“…Bladder paragangliomas are rare extra-adrenal urological tumors that account for around 0.05% of bladder cancers. …”
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Massa mediastinal em lactente - relato de caso by Thiago Rezende Silveira, Daniel Pinheiro Ferreira, Elina Tosta Oliveira, Danielle Paula de Oliveira Gonçalves, Eliene Machado de Freitas Félix, Adriana Cartafina Perez Bóscollo

“…INTRODUCTION: Mediastinal Teratoma is a neoplasm originating from germ cells and comprises about 8-16% of tumors in this region. They are uncommon in children and equally incident among sexes. …”
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KRAS, p53 and BRAF Gene Mutations and Aneuploidy in Sporadic Colorectal Cancer Progression by Daniele Calistri, Claudia Rengucci, Ian Seymour, Elena Leonardi, Mauro Truini, Davide Malacarne, Patrizio Castagnola, Walter Giaretti

“…Results: p53, KRAS and BRAF mutations were found in 39%, 34%, and 4% of tumors, respectively. The frequency of p53 mutations increased from 15% for stage A to 48% for stage D and was highest in near-diploid (DI 1.6) tumors. …”
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Clinical, histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of vulvar squamous cell carcinoma by Lorenza Bridi Todeschini, Rita de Cássia Sant’Anna Alves, Adriana Vial Roehe

“…Positive p16 and PDL1 staining was detected in 24.4% and 17.1% of the samples, respectively. p53 expression was negative in 19.5% of the samples, whereas it was overexpressed in 24.4%. p16-positive tumors showed a smaller depth of invasion (DOI) (p = 0.014), while tumors with p53 abnormal expression showed greater DOI (p = 0.041). …”
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