Primary retroperitoneal schwannoma. Case presentation by Annia Rivacoba Betancourt, Yusnier Varona Varona, Javier Cruz Batista

“…<p>Schwannoma are soft tissue tumors that originate in Schwann cells of the nerve sheath in peripheral, cranial or visceral nerves, anywhere in the body. …”
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Application of Three-Dimensional (3D) Printing in Neurosurgery by Hao Li, Linyun Lu, Ning Li, Liu Zi, Qian Wen

“…This review comprehensively summarizes and discusses its current application progress and problems, including treatments for common diseases (e.g., intracranial tumors, intracranial hemorrhage, intracranial aneurysms, skull repair, and neural prosthetics), clinical training, and preoperative plans. …”
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Novel Immunotherapeutic Approaches for Neuroblastoma and Malignant Melanoma by Fabio Morandi, Francesco Frassoni, Mirco Ponzoni, Chiara Brignole

“…Neuroblastoma (NB) and malignant melanoma (MM), tumors of pediatric age and adulthood, respectively, share a common origin, both of them deriving from the neural crest cells. …”
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Malignant acanthosis nigricans and breast carcinoma. Presentation of a clinical case by Julio César Camero Machín, Roxana Rivera Rivadulla, Janet González Arencibia

“…The skin manifestations of malignant tumors include a group of dermatoses that can be the sign of the occult neoplasms presence and allow their timely diagnosis. …”
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Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) clinical practice guideline on immunotherapy for the treatment of gynecologic cancer by Anne Mills, Leisha A Emens, Mary L Disis, Kunle Odunsi, John B Liao, Tyler Curiel, Margaret Gatti-Mays, Amir Jazaeri, Emese Zsiros, Marcus O Butler, Jyoti Bajpai, Katherine C Kurnit, Haider Mahdi, Laura Doherty, Claire F Friedman, Melissa A Geller, Sarah F Adams, Shelley A Dodt, Veena S John

“…In addition, many immunotherapy strategies are under investigation for the treatment of earlier stages of disease or in other gynecologic cancers, such as ovarian cancer and rare gynecologic tumors. While the integration of ICIs into the standard of care has improved outcomes for patients, their use requires a nuanced understanding of biomarker testing, treatment selection, patient selection, response evaluation and surveillance, and patient quality of life considerations, among other topics. …”
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Stereotactic Irradiation of GH-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas by G. Minniti, C. Scaringi, D. Amelio, R. Maurizi Enrici

“…We have reviewed the recent published literature on stereotactic techniques for GH-secreting pituitary tumors with the aim to define the efficacy and potential adverse effects of each of these techniques.…”
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Spatial transcriptomic analysis drives PET imaging of tight junction protein expression in pancreatic cancer theranostics by James Wang, Jai Woong Seo, Aris J. Kare, Martin Schneider, Mallesh Pandrala, Spencer K. Tumbale, Marina N. Raie, Gokce Engudar, Nisi Zhang, Yutong Guo, Xiaoxu Zhong, Sofia Ferreira, Bo Wu, Laura D. Attardi, Guillem Pratx, Andrei Iagaru, Ryan L. Brunsing, Gregory W. Charville, Walter G. Park, Katherine W. Ferrara

“…We develop a peptide-based molecular imaging agent targeted to claudin-4 with accumulation to ~25% injected activity per cubic centimeter (IA/cc) in metastases and ~18% IA/cc in tumors. Our work motivates a data-driven approach to selection of molecular targets.…”
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Partial Excision and Ablative Carbon Dioxide Fractional Laser Therapy for Multiple Apocrine Hidrocystomas on the Periorbital Regions and Cheeks by Hiroshi Kitagawa, Isao Sugimoto, Toshinori Bito, Keiichi Yamanaka, Hiroto Terashi

“…To alleviate her symptoms, we began treatment by partially resecting the tumors on the lower eyelids. After surgery, her vision was no longer obscured. …”
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Political economics in health and implications for neurosurgery diseases by Yi Han, Yutao Huang

“…This review will discuss the effects of political-economic factors on the prevalence and treatment of neurosurgical diseases, including stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and brain malignant tumors. Furthermore, the current challenges and future directions will be discussed. …”
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Sclerosing odontogenic carcinoma presenting in the maxilla of a 64-year-old female: A case report by Leyn B. Shakhtour, Jonathan Tucci, Barbara Murphy, Kim Ely, Michael C. Topf

“…Sclerosing odontogenic carcinoma (SOC) is a rare intraosseous carcinoma of the jaw which was recently added to the World Health Organization classification of head and neck tumors. We report a case of SOC in the left maxilla of a 64-year-old who complained of several years of midface swelling, facial pain, and facial weakness. …”
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Preoperative management in octogenarian patients with rectal cancer by Arthur M. Damasceno, Rubens Kesley, Marcus Valadão, Fabrício Braga, Cristiane A. D'Almeida, Marcos B. Pitombo

“…Background: In recent years, the rise in average lifespan has been linked to an increase in the occurrence of diseases associated with aging worldwide. Rectal tumors often occur in elderly patients. Methods: Between January and August 2024, 6 experts in colorectal cancer met to develop an algorithm to organize the interdisciplinary and multimodal preoperative approaches in the octogenarian population with rectal cancer. …”
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Benzo-pyrrolidinyl substituted silicon phthalocyanines: A novel two-photon lysosomal nanoprobe for in vitro photodynamic therapy by Xiuqin Chen, Guizhi Chen, Sitong Cao, Ruoxin Ye, Ruoyi Qiu, Xiangyu Yang, Yiru Peng, Hong Sun

“…The demand for precise tumors treatment has led to the development of specific lysosome-targeting probes capable of elucidating lysosomal dynamics and facilitating targeted cell death. …”
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Beyond Hormone Receptors: liquid biopsy tools to unveil new clinical meanings and empower therapeutic decision-making in Luminal-like metastatic breast cancer by Brenno Pastò, Riccardo Vida, Arianna Dri, Lorenzo Foffano, Serena Della Rossa, Lorenzo Gerratana, Fabio Puglisi

“…Immunohistochemical (IHC) tissue profiling is a standard practice in the management of metastatic breast cancer (mBC), that enables the identification of distinct biological phenotypes based on hormone receptors' expression. Luminal-like tumors primarily benefit from a first line treatment strategy combining endocrine therapy and cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitors. …”
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FBP1 Is an Interacting Partner of Menin by Shadia Zaman, Karen Sukhodolets, Patricia Wang, Jun Qin, David Levens, Sunita K. Agarwal, Stephen J. Marx

“…Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a syndrome characterized by tumors in multiple endocrine tissues such as the parathyroid glands, the pituitary gland, and the enteropancreatic neuroendocrine tissues. …”
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Polymorphous Low-Grade Adenocarcinoma of the Tongue Base Treated by Transoral Robotic Surgery by Jeong Hong Kim, Chang Lim Hyun, Gil Chai Lim

“…We conclude that, in surgery for tongue base tumors with unknown malignant potential, transoral robotic surgery can be considered for achieving a definite resection avoiding a mandibulotomy without complications of dysphagia or aspiration after confirmation of malignancy with a frozen biopsy.…”
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Case report: A case of lateral neck mass: ectopic thyroid carcinoma or lymph node metastasis? by Xinran Wei, Ping Yu, Chengcheng Duan, Jingyue Zhong, Xianji Wu, Siqi Xiao, Wenxi Yu, Guang Zhang

“…ObjectiveTo review a rare case of a lateral neck mass pathologically confirmed as an encapsulated papillary thyroid carcinoma in our center for complementing the lack of management of rare cases, and to explore the differentiation of primary ectopic thyroid carcinoma and metastatic disease in the context of the presence of malignant tumors within the situ thyroid gland.MethodsWe searched for studies on lateral neck ectopic thyroid cancer to compare and analyze it with metastatic carcinoma of the thyroid gland in terms of clinical features, imaging manifestations, pathological features at molecular level, and treatment principles.ResultsBased on available data, we concluded that the mass of this patient was consistent with metastatic lateral neck ectopic thyroid carcinoma.ConclusionOur findings suggest that differentiating between these two conditions is challenging, as there is currently no reliable methods that can adequately determine their nature. …”
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Hepatic Angiomyolipoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Jekaterina Strelčenko, Justas Kuliavas, Eugenijus Stratilatovas, Audrius Dulskas

“…Hepatic angiomyolipomas are uncommon non-cancerous mesenchymal tumors that belong to the perivascular epithelioid cell tumour group. …”
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Cardiac Myxoma Presenting as Dyspnea after Cesarean Delivery by Allison Wyman, William Hurd, Justin Lappen

“…The differential diagnosis is broad and can represent a wide variety of underlying etiologies. Cardiac tumors are one of the rarest causes of dyspnea in a reproductive age women during the postpartum period. …”
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Near-Infrared Imaging of Injured Tissue in Living Subjects Using IR-820 by Suresh I. Prajapati, Carlo O. Martinez, Ali N. Bahadur, Isabel Q. Wu, Wei Zheng, James D. Lechleiter, Linda M. McManus, Gary B. Chisholm, Joel E. Michalek, Paula K. Shireman, Charles Keller

“…We demonstrate the utility of this contrast agent for serially imaging of traumatized tissue (muscle), tissue following reperfusion (eg, stroke), and tumors. IR-820 can also be employed to map regional lymph nodes. …”
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Malignant Spinal Cord Compression Syndrome as an Initial Presentation of Testicular Cancer by Carlos Eduardo Salazar-Mejía, Edio Llerena-Hernández, David Hernández-Barajas, Oscar Vidal-Gutiérrez, Adriana González-Gutiérrez, Rolando Jacob Martínez-Granados, Blanca Otilia Wimer-Castillo

“…This syndrome is a rare event among germ cell tumors (GCT), occurring in only 1.7% of the patients. …”
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