Rapid growing mass of the mandible due to an oral metastasis of thymoma: Case report of an extremely rare localization and review of published cases by Francesco Scilla, Cosimo Rupe, Gioele Gioco, Luca Raffaelli, Filippo Lococo, Ciro Mazzarella, Guido Rindi, Romeo Patini, Carlo Lajolo

“…Background: Cancer metastases in the oral cavity are relatively uncommon, occurring in approximately 1–3% of malignant cases. …”
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Factors Associated With the Recovery of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Patients With Anthracycline-Induced Left Ventricular Dysfunction by Tyler Shugg PharmD, PhD, Tk Nguyen PharmD, Xuesi Hua BS, Blair Richards MPH, James Rae PhD, Robert Dess MD, Daniel Perry MD, Bradley Kay MD, Salim S. Hayek MD, Monika Leja MD, Jasmine A. Luzum PharmD, PhD

“…Results Out of 104 patients, 83% were female, 86% self-reported white race, 53% had breast cancer, median (IQR) age was 52 (22) years, and LVEF recovery was 14% (16%). …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy Of Barium Swallow For Dysphagia, Keeping Rigid Esophagoscopy As The Gold Standard by Ansa Umara Akram, Sadia Chaudhry, Sundas Masood, Amna Kausar, Seema Naveed, Areesha Manzoor

“…Both Barium swallow and Rigid esophagoscopy are successful in the diagnosis of esophageal cancer. The use of a Rigid esophagoscopy is still a gold standard diagnostic and therapeutic tool for upper aerodigestive tract pathologies. …”
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Increased PD-1 expression in livers associated with PD-1-antibody-induced hepatotoxicity by Miro Saarela, Essi Parviainen, Ana Lleo, Luca di Tommaso, Hanna Raunio, Krista Kankaanranta, Katri Vuopala, Aino Rönkä, Sini Nurmenniemi, Raija Kallio, Arja Jukkola, Katri S. Selander

“…Notably, none of the cancer patients had primary nor metastatic liver tumors. …”
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Genome‐wide association study of tuberculosis in the western Chinese Han and Tibetan population by Hao Bai, Mengyuan Song, Shikun Lei, Lin Jiao, Xuejiao Hu, Tao Wu, Jiajia Song, Tangyuheng Liu, Wu Peng, Zhenzhen Zhao, Zirui Meng, Binwu Ying

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Distinct phenotypes of patients and healthcare resource utilization after hospitalization for COVID-19: an observational study by Claire Marant Micallef, Manon Belhassen, Florence Ader, Valeria Martinez, Eric Van Ganse, Marjorie Bérard, Mélanie Née, Mikhail Dziadzko, Frédéric Aubrun

“…Four clusters were characterized by older patients and high proportions of comorbidities, i.e. cancer (cluster 3), mental disorders (cluster 4), cardiac insufficiency (cluster 5) and respiratory failure (cluster 6). …”
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Upregulation of GSTP1 mediated by chimeric TFE3 promotes TFE3-tRCC progression by targeting JNK signaling pathway by Weixu Chen, Mengtong Wu, Lin Du, Changhua Fang, Hao Wang, Wendi Wang, Chengwei Zhang, Hongqian Guo, Gutian Zhang

“…Abstract Background TFE3-translocation renal cell carcinoma (TFE3-tRCC), a distinct subtype of kidney cancer characterized by Xp11.2 translocations, involving TFE3 fusion with various partner genes, lacks effective treatments and prognostic biomarkers for advanced stages. …”
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Contradições entre Narrativas e Práticas dos Consumidores de Dispositivos Eletrônicos para Fumar by Cristina de Abreu Perez, Maribel Carvalho Suarez, Thaysa Nascimento, Luiza Novais Tavares, Karina Prince

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An intraoperative nomogram for predicting secondary margin positivity in breast conserving surgery utilizing frozen section analysis by Cheng Li, Yan Jiang, Xumiao Wu, Yong Luo, Qi Li

“…BackgroundBreast conserving surgery (BCS) is a standard treatment for breast cancer. Intraoperative frozen section analysis (FSA) is widely used for margin assessment in BCS. …”
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MammaPrint Feasibility in a Large Tertiary Urban Medical Center: An Initial Experience by C. Francisco Espinel, Shaughn Keating, Hanina Hibshoosh, Bret Taback, Kathie-Ann Joseph, Mahmoud El-Tamer, Sheldon Feldman

“…The MammaPrint (MP) diagnostic assay stratifies breast cancer patients into high- and low-risk groups using mRNA analysis of a 70-gene profile. …”
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Non3 is an essential Drosophila gene required for proper nucleolus assembly by E. N. Andreyeva, A. A. Ogienko, A. A. Yushkova, J. V. Popova, G. A. Pavlova, E. N. Kozhevnikova, A. V. Ivankin, M. Gatti, A. V. Pindyurin

“…Consistent with its multiple functions, the nucleolus has been implicated in many human diseases, including cancer and degenerative pathologies of the nervous system and heart. …”
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Occurrence of Helicobacter pylori in drinking water sources and antimicrobial resistance profile in the central region of Peru by María Custodio, Raúl Montalvo-Otivo, Jhonatan Crispín-Ayala, Jeampier Bendezu-Meza, Pilar Herrera-Quintana, Heidi De la Cruz, Javier Huarcaya

“…Introduction: Contamination of drinking water by Helicobacter pylori can cause serious diseases, including cancer. The determinants of the infection rate are socioeconomic status, low standard of living and overcrowding. …”
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DNMT1-driven methylation of RORA facilitates esophageal squamous cell carcinoma progression under hypoxia through SLC2A3 by Wenjian Yao, Linlin Shang, Yinghao Wang, Lei Xu, Yu Bai, Mingyu Feng, Xiangbo Jia, Sen Wu

“…These findings turn RORA into potential target of anti-cancer therapeutic agents.…”
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Screening for impact of popular herbs improving mental abilities on the transcriptional level of brain transporters by Mrozikiewicz Przemyslaw M., Bogacz Anna, Bartkowiak-Wieczorek Joanna, Kujawski Radoslaw, Mikolajczak Przemyslaw L., Ozarowski Marcin, Czerny Boguslaw, Mrozikiewicz-Rakowska Beata, Grzeskowiak Edmund

“…These findings suggest that herbs can play an important role in overcoming the BBB and multidrug resistance to pharmacotherapy of brain cancer and mental disorders, based on the activity of selected drug-metabolizing enzymes and transporters located in the BBB…”
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Knowledge and attitudes of primary care physicians regarding acromegaly: a survey study with multinational participation by Aysen Kutan Fenercioglu, Ebru Unur Demircan, Gunay Can, Cem Sulu, Nurver Turfaner Sipahioglu, Hande Mefkure Ozkaya, Pinar Kadioglu

“…Only 36.1% of the Turkish physicians, 29.8% of the European physicians, and 31.3% of the Asian/African physicians knew that serum growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels were diagnostic indicators for acromegaly. Colon cancer and goitre incidences were increased in acromegaly patients. …”
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THE ROLE OF PARASTERNAL MEDIASTINOTOMY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF MEDIASTINAL TUMORS by O. V. Pikin, A. B. Ryabov, A. O. Alexandrov, D. A. Vursol, A. M. Amiraliev

“…The clinical diagnosis of lymphoma was set in 66, thymoma — in 6 patients, lung cancer with affection of mediastinal lymph nodes — in 4 patients, mediastinal tumor — in 4 patients. …”
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Per1/Per2 double knockout transcriptome analysis reveals circadian regulation of hepatic lipid metabolism by Yiran Bu, Si Chen, Mengcheng Ruan, Libang Wu, Hualin Wang, Na Li, Xiuju Zhao, Xiaoli Yu, Zhiguo Liu

“…Hepatic transcriptome sequencing analysis showed that DKO mice exhibited multiple dysfunctions in diurnal rhythm, drug metabolism, cell cycle, cancer pathways, and lipid metabolism. HFD had greater effects on fatty acid oxidation and cholesterol synthesis and metabolism in Per1-/-Per2-/- mice, which was improved by DHA substitution. …”
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Identification of the Transcriptional Networks and the Involvement in Angiotensin II-Induced Injury after CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Knockdown of Cyr61 in HEK293T Cells by Junjie Wang, Dongdong Fu, Soulixay Senouthai, Yan Jiang, Rentong Hu, Yanwu You

“…The differentially expressed genes were affected for small cell lung cancer, axon guidance, Fc gamma R-mediated phagocytosis, MAPK signaling pathway, focal adhesion, insulin resistance, and metabolic pathways. …”
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Is ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation a reliable treatment option for unifocal T1aN0M0 papillary thyroid carcinoma in the isthmus: a retrospective comparative study based on... by Gongli Zhou, Dong Xu, Beibei Zhang, Ruiqing Su, Ke Xu, Xuefeng Zhang, Feng Li, Wei Zhao, Tingting Cai

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Research progress on application of digital health interventions in patients with cutaneous ureterostomy (数字健康干预在输尿管皮肤造口患者中的应用进展) by JI Xuebi (吉学碧), WANG Jun (王俊), WANG Ping (王萍), YE Yingao (叶迎奥), WANG Haifeng (王海峰)

“…In the context of radical surgical interventions for bladder cancer, ureterodermostomy has emerged as a relatively safe procedure, characterized by reduced invasiveness, rapid postoperative recovery, and a favorable survival rate. …”
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