CT and MRI in the diagnosis of epilepsy: methods, findings and possibilities. Literature review by L. Kučinskas, G. Jurkevičiūtė, R. Gleiznienė

“…MRI detects hippocampal sclerosis, cortical development abnormalities, gliosis, vascular malformations, brain tumors, etc. In addition, MRI is a necessary part of presurgical examination of drug-resistant epilepsy patients. …”
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Crossed Renal Ectopia without Fusion: An Uncommon Cause of Abdominal Mass by Ana Ratola, Maria Miguel Almiro, Rita Lacerda Vidal, Nuno Neves, Adelaide Bicho, Sofia Figueiredo

“…Although the initial clinical suspicion was a tumoral lesion, abdominal ultrasound and magnetic resonance examination revealed crossed renal ectopia without fusion. …”
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Inferior Right Hepatic Vein: A Useful Anatomic Variation for Isolated Resection of Segment VIII by Klaus Steinbrück, Reinaldo Fernandes, Giuliano Bento, Rafael Vasconcelos, Gustavo Stoduto, Thomas Auel, Lúcio F. Pacheco-Moreira

“…Although it is the best choice of surgical treatment for tumors located at SVIII, its feasibility can be compromised when the right hepatic vein (RHV) must be resected en bloc with SVIII. …”
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Growing Teratoma Syndrome by Anna Scavuzzo, Zael Arturo Santana Ríos, Nancy Reynoso Noverón, Miguel Angel Jimenez Ríos

“…Prognosis is excellent after the excision of these tumors, but surgery has to be as complete as possible. …”
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Controversies in the Management of Endometrial Cancer by V. Masciullo, G. Amadio, D. Lo Russo, I. Raimondo, A. Giordano, G. Scambia

“…This review summarizes the management of EC and discusses current controversies regarding the role of lymphadenectomy and radiotherapy in patients with intermediate-risk tumors confined to the uterus.…”
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Doxycycline Sclerotherapy of a Cervical Cystic Hygroma: A Caribbean Institution Experience by Nicholas Figaro, Robbie Rampersad, Solaiman Juman

“…Cervical cystic lymphangiomas are rare benign tumors that pose a formidable challenge to surgeons confronted with managing this uncommon entity. …”
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Immunotherapy of Brain Cancers: The Past, the Present, and Future Directions by Lisheng Ge, Neil Hoa, Daniela A. Bota, Josephine Natividad, Andrew Howat, Martin R. Jadus

“…Immunotherapy's strength is that it efficiently treats relatively small tumors in experimental animal models. For some patients, immunotherapy has worked for them while not showing long-term toxicity. …”
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Five Cases of Non-Hodgkin B-Cell Lymphoma of the Ovary by Taylan Senol, Emek Doger, Ilker Kahramanoglu, Ayfer Geduk, Emre Kole, Izzet Yucesoy, Eray Caliskan

“…Ovarian lymphoma can mimic more frequently occurring tumors including advanced epithelial carcinoma and radical surgery may be performed instead of a biopsy. …”
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Perioperative Severe Hypotension in a Patient with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type IIb and Bilateral Adrenalectomies: Time to Review the Evidence for Stress Dose Steroids by Jens Tan, Acsa Zavala, Katherine B. Hagan, Antoinette Van Meter, Uduak Ursula Williams, Wei Zhang, Pascal Owusu-Agyemang

“…Multiple endocrine neoplasia type IIb (MEN IIb) is an endocrine disorder which can manifest with tumors such as pheochromocytomas and neuromas. We present the case of a patient with MEN IIb, after bilateral adrenalectomies, on maintenance steroid replacement, who underwent a neuroma resection and developed severe hypotension. …”
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Frequency and Prognostic Impact of CDKN2A/B Alteration in Oligodendrogliomas: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Satoshi NAKASU, Shoichi DEGUCHI, Yoko NAKASU

“…Although the frequency (95% CI) was very low in grade 2 tumors (0.31%; 0.02-0.4) than in grade 3 tumors (9.4%; 6.2-14.0; I2 = 52.0%), pHR of multivariate analyses with covariates of WHO grade and age was still significant (P = 0.017). …”
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Underlying Anticancer Mechanisms and Synergistic Combinations of Phytochemicals with Cancer Chemotherapeutics: Potential Benefits and Risks by Muhammad Ayaz, Asif Nawaz, Sajjad Ahmad, Osama F. Mosa, Alashary Adam Eisa Hamdoon, Modawy Alnour Khalifa, Abdul Sadiq, Farhat Ullah, Abdul Wadood, Atul Kabra, H. C. Ananda Murthy

“…Cancer therapies are associated with various challenges including the emergence of multidrug resistant tumors, toxicological issues, severe side effects, and economic burden. …”
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Comprehensive evaluation of compound Kushen injection combined with zoledronic acid in treating bone metastasis cancer pain based on meta-analysis and decision tree model by Xi Zhao, Tianwei Meng, Kaiqiang Wang, Xi Yan, Yuqiang Liu, Xinghua Li

“…ObjectiveTo evaluate the safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of combining Compound Kushen Injection (CKI) with zoledronic acid in the treatment of bone metastasis-induced cancer pain in malignant tumors.MethodsA comprehensive search of Chinese and English databases identified randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating CKI combined with zoledronic acid for bone metastases in malignancies. …”
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Autopsias en fallecidos de la tercera edad by Teresita Montero González, José Domingo Hurtado de Mendoza Amat, Marlene García Origuela

“…Objetivo: Mostrar las particularidades en edad, sexo, enfermedades crónicas, en particular los tumores malignos, la sepsis y causas de muerte que se encuentran en las autopsias de fallecidos de la tercera edad. …”
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Diversores de líquido cefalorraquídeo para la reparación de la base craneal en abordajes endonasales endoscópicos by Carlos Roberto Vargas Gálvez, Omar López Arbolay, Marlon Manuel Ortiz Machín

“…Introducción: Los abordajes endonasales endoscópicos ofrecen múltiples ventajas para el manejo quirúrgico de los tumores de la base craneal. Sin embargo, la fístula de líquido cefalorraquídeo postoperatoria es elevada. …”
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Estudio preliminar del tratamiento de úlceras crónicas con equivalentes cutáneos obtenidos por ingeniería de tejidos by Francisco Antonio Arvelo Álvarez, Carlos Cotte, Pedro Pérez, Felipe Sojo

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Behavior of Mortality in Cienfuegos Province in the Period 2013-2022 by Jorge Enrique Portell del Sol, Dania Lázara Pedraza Alejo, Yusimí Alejo Padrón, Leticia Castro Morejón, Ling Denisse Santeiro Pérez, Yaniela Sarmiento Albelo

“…Heart diseases lead mortality in both five-year periods, followed by malignant tumors.…”
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The Major Prognostic Features of Nuclear Receptor NR5A2 in Infiltrating Ductal Breast Carcinomas by Li-Yun Chang, Li-Yu D. Liu, Don A. Roth, Wen-Hung Kuo, Hsiao-Lin Hwa, King-Jen Chang, Fon-Jou Hsieh

“…NR5A2 may be a potential drug target for treating a subset of breast cancer tumors across breast cancer subtypes, especially ER(−) breast tumors. …”
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Retrospective comparative survival analysis of ablation plus systemic therapy versus systemic therapy alone for breast cancer liver metastases, stratified by extrahepatic metastase... by Xuxiazi Zou, Hong-Liang Zou, Xuan Luo, Xu-Wei Chen, Wei-Ling Huang, Chao Zhang, Ge Ren, Jin-Hua Huang, Xue Han, Yi-Quan Jiang

“…Conclusions: Among patients with BCLM (≤3 tumors, each ≤3 cm), AS provide longer survival compared to systemic therapy alone, even with extrahepatic metastases. …”
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Temporal Trends in the Utilization and Survival Outcomes of Lobar, Segmental, and Wedge Resection for Early-Stage NSCLC, 2004 to 2020 by Eden Z. Deng, BS, Xiaofei Wang, PhD, Jianrong Zhang, MD, MPH, Thomas E. Stinchcombe, MD, Chi-Fu (Jeffrey) Yang, MD, Nasser Altorki, MD

“…Younger patients, patients with low comorbidity burden, and patients with smaller tumors have become increasingly likely to receive segmental and wedge resections. …”
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Polymorphic variants of the <i>hOGG1, APEX1, XPD, SOD2</i>, and <i>CAT</i> genes involved in DNA repair processes and antioxidant defense and their association with breast cancer r... by А. А. Timofeeva, V. I. Minina, A. V. Torgunakova, О. А. Soboleva, R. А. Тitov, Ya. А. Zakharova, M. L. Bakanova, А. N. Glushkov

“…The most frequently encountered tumors are luminal tumors. Associations of polymorphisms in the hOGG1 (rs1052133), APEX1 (rs1130409), XPD (rs13181), SOD2 (rs4880), and CAT (rs1001179) genes were studied in 313 nonsmoking postmenopausal patients with luminal B subtype breast cancer. …”
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