Editorial: Novel technologies applied to flavoromics and sensory evaluation of foods by Geraldine M. Dowling, Geraldine M. Dowling, Geraldine M. Dowling, Michel Aliani, Michel Aliani

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Anaplastic, T-Cell, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Presenting with Haematuria by C. Blick, S. Abdelhadi, D. Bailey, A. Muneer

“…Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) represents about 3% of new cancer cases[1]. Bladder involvement has been found in approximately 3-13% of NHL patients when studied at postmortem[2]. …”
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An Unusual Case of a Tonsillolith by John Chan, Mamun Rashid, Yakubu Karagama

“…Here, we illustrate a case with risk factors of oropharyngeal cancer and a history of fish bone impaction in the throat that was initially diagnosed as a “tonsillar foreign body” which turned out eventually to be a large tonsillolith.…”
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De compras para la salud: Dietas Vegetarianas by Lauren Foster, Wendy J. Dahl

“…Los vegetarianos son menos propensos a generar enfermedades crónicas como la diabetes, hipertensión, enfermedades coronarias y ciertos tipos de cáncer. Pero los vegetarianos tienen un riesgo mayor de sufrir muchas deficiencias de nutrientes, incluyendo el hierro, la vitamina B12, el calcio y el zinc. …”
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Severe Esophageal Stricture Post Accidental Corrosive Substance Ingestion: A Case Report of Balloon Endoscopic Dilation by Leen Jamel Doya, Maria Naamah, Hanin Ahmed Mansour, Ali Ibrahim, Ammar Omran

“…It frequently causes esophageal burns in the acute stage and esophageal stricture, stenosis, and even cancer in the chronic stage. Severe cases of caustic esophagitis may require esophageal replacement. …”
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Mucosal Airway Laceration Secondary To Endobronchial Ultrasonography by Amarinder Sandhu, Edmundo Rubio, Susanti Ie, Michael Boyd

“…Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration is becoming the standard of care for mediastinal sampling to diagnose and stage lung cancer. It is considered to be safe and rivals the gold standard, mediastinoscopy, in safety and accuracy. …”
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A case of stromal sarcoma of the prostate with the incidental detection of prostate adenocarcinoma by Shang Xu, Xinning Wang, Wei Jiao

“…Prostate stromal sarcoma is very rare among patients with prostate cancer, accounting for <0.1 % of prostate malignancy. …”
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The Benefits of Breastfeeding by Cassie C. Rowe, Karla P. Shelnutt, Gail P. A. Kauwell

“…For the mother, it may help to lose weight gained during pregnancy and reduce the chances of developing common diseases like diabetes and breast and ovarian cancer. Breastfeeding is also economical, convenient, and natural. …”
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Diseases and causes of death among the popes by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…Among those who died of natural causes, multi-disease pathology was commonly present as is to be expected in an older population group, and acute terminal febrile illnesses, malaria, stroke, severe heart disease, gout or poly-arthritis, terminal kidney disease, gallstones, cancer, dysentery, the plague, lung infection, gangrene of a leg, abscesses, depression or debilitating psychiatric illness. …”
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Chinese Medicine Treatment for Afatinib-Induced Paronychia by Pei-Yuu Yang, Chen-Jei Tai

“…This shows that these Chinese medicines can not only be used in cancer treatment but also be used in the afatinib-induced paronychia.…”
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Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Rectum Coexistent with Giant Rectal Villous Adenoma Presenting as McKittrick-Wheelock Syndrome by Sammy G. Nakhla, Traci T. Murakami, Srinath Sundararajan

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Use of Fecal Occult Blood Test in Hospitalized Patients: Survey of Physicians Practicing in a Large Central Canadian Health Region and Canadian Gastroenterologists by Stephen Ip, AbdulRazaq AH Sokoro, Al Buchel, Debrah Wirtzfeld, Gerald Konrad, Tunji Fatoye, Harminder Singh

“…BACKGROUND: Although the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) was developed for colorectal cancer screening in the outpatient setting, it continues to be used among hospitalized patients. …”
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The Bioactivities of Phycocyanobilin from Spirulina by Yi Li

“…Phycocyanobilin (PCB) is a linear open-chain tetrapyrrole chromophore that captures and senses light and a variety of biological activities, such as anti-oxidation, anti-cancer, and anti-inflammatory. In this paper, the biological activities of PCB are reviewed, and the related mechanism of PCB and its latest application in disease treatment are introduced. …”
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A Meta-Analysis of Statin Use and Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Yikai Wang, Wenjun Wang, Muqi Wang, Juanjuan Shi, Xiaoli Jia, Shuangsuo Dang

“…Our meta-analysis shows that the use of statins is associated with a lower risk of liver cancer.…”
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Screening and validation of tsRNAs associated with lung adenocarcinoma by LU Chunli, SHAN Yifan, XIE Weijia

“…The effects of tsRNAs expression levels on the prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma patients were analyzed based on the Cancer Genome Atlas （TCGA） database （TCGA-LUAD）. The target genes were predicted based on TRFtarget2.0 and tRFTar databases. …”
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Health risk assessment and microplastic pollution in streams through accumulation and interaction by heavy metals by A.M. Sabilillah, F.R. Palupi, B.K. Adji, A.P. Nugroho

“…Potential health risks were evaluated based on the potential ecological risk index, polymer hazard index, pollution load index, estimated daily intake, target hazard quotient, total target hazard quotient, and target cancer risk.FINDINGS: Microplastics have contaminated the streams and fish and were dominated by small-sized green fibers and low-density polyethylene polymer. …”
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Exploration of the Immune-Related Signatures and Immune Infiltration Analysis in Melanoma by Ai-lan Li, Yong-mei Zhu, Lai-qiang Gao, Shu-yue Wei, Ming-tao Wang, Qiang Ma, You-you Zheng, Jian-hua Li, Qing-feng Wang

“…The transcriptome profiling and clinical data of melanoma were downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas database, and their matched normal samples were obtained from the Genotype-Tissue Expression database. …”
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Real-world evaluation of physiotherapist-led exercise prehabilitation and rehabilitation during autologous stem cell transplantation in myeloma: a single-centre experience by Orla McCourt, Joanne Land, Neil Rabin, Kwee Yong, Abi Fisher, Jonathan Sive, Charalampia Kyriakou, Michael K Luong, Alasdair Longden

“…Functional (6 min walk and timed sit-to-stand tests) and patient-reported outcome measures (European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC-C30) and EuroQol EQ5D-5L were assessed at preharvest, preadmission and in the post-ASCT evaluation (day 100) clinic.Results Patients (n=46) with a diagnosis of multiple myeloma referred for ASCT following induction chemotherapy were assessed. …”
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Evaluation of transcriptomic changes after photobiomodulation in spinal cord injury by Andrew R. Stevens, Mohammed Hadis, Hannah Alldrit, Michael R. Milward, Valentina Di Pietro, Deena M. A. Gendoo, Antonio Belli, William Palin, David J. Davies, Zubair Ahmed

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ESTRO guidelines for developing questionnaires in survey-based radiation oncology research by Amanda Webster, Lotte S. Fog, Emma Hall, Peter S.N. van Rossum, Daan Nevens, Pierre Montay-Gruel, Pierfrancesco Franco, Elizabeth Joyce, Nuria Jornet, Catharine H. Clark, Jenny Bertholet

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