Multiple Cutaneous Metastases as Initial Presentation in Advanced Colon Cancer by Sudheer Nambiar, Asha Karippot

“…In our patient, since she had multiple cutaneous metastases she began treatment with palliative systemic combination chemotherapy.…”
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Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection as Primary Treatment for Metastatic Seminoma by Brian Hu, Siamak Daneshmand

“…External beam radiation therapy and systemic chemotherapy are established treatments for seminoma; however, they are associated with late toxicities such as cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, and secondary malignancy. …”
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Tibial Plasmablastic Lymphoma in a HIV-Negative Child: A Novel Extraoral Localisation by Ali Mala, Yameena Noman Khan, Akbar Ahmed, Naema Khayyam, Kanwal Aftab

“…A FAB/LMB96 group C chemotherapy regimen for aggressive and high-risk cancer was administered with a marked improvement in clinical symptoms.…”
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Modelling the Effects of Snail Control and Health Education in Clonorchiasis Infection in Foshan, China by Shujing Gao, Ruixia Yuan, Yujiang Liu, Xinzhu Meng

“…In this paper, a mathematical model of clonorchiasis sinensis is proposed to mimic its transmission dynamics to assess the effects of intervention strategies such as snail control, health education, and chemotherapy. A threshold dynamics in terms of the basic reproductive number R0 has been established; that is, if R0<1, the disease dies out and the disease-free periodic solution is globally asymptotically stable, and if R0>1, then the disease breaks out. …”
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Rare Case of Adult Undifferentiated (Embryonal) Sarcoma of the Liver Treated with Liver Transplantation: Excellent Long-Term Survival by Renumathy Dhanasekaran, Alan Hemming, Elaine Salazar, Roniel Cabrera

“…We present the case of a 54-year-old gentleman who presented with abdominal distension and a CT scan of his abdomen revealed a large (25 cm) left hepatic lobe tumor. He received chemotherapy for over 1.5 years. The CT scans at the completion of this therapy revealed that the tumor had actually slightly grown in size. …”
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A Delayed Presentation of Perforated Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma of the Small Bowel Resulting in a Large Interloop Faecaloma by Muhammed A. Zishan, Kasra Raufian

“…He proceeded to have an emergency open right hemicolectomy and extended small bowel resection to facilitate gross resection of tumour which in conjunction with adjuvant systemic chemotherapy is considered current best practice to manage such neoplasms. …”
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EGFR T790M-Positive Lung Adenocarcinoma Metastases to the Pituitary Gland Causing Adrenal Insufficiency: A Case Report by Michael L. Adashek, Kenneth Miller, Arit A. Silpasuvan

“…A 64-year-old man, with history of micropapillary thyroid cancer and epidermal growth factor receptor-positive lung adenocarcinoma with no evidence of active disease for 3 years after chemotherapy and radiation on erlotinib, presented with fatigue, nausea, lack of appetite, and xeroderma. …”
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Prepatellar Bursal Infection Caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis with an In Situ Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review by Abdulrahman D. Algarni

“…The patient was successfully treated with a 6-month course of antituberculous chemotherapy. To the best of our knowledge, only two previous cases of tuberculous prepatellar bursal infection have been reported in English literature. …”
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Tracheal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated with Tracheal Resection and Anastomosis in a Cat by Zachary A. Miller, Sheldon Padgett, Alex Terreros, Emily Pearce

“…Further treatment, including surgical revision, radiation therapy, or chemotherapy, was recommended. At the time of publication, no further treatment has been initiated, and a scheduled consultation with the oncologist has been canceled. …”
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Cystic Echinococcosis: Late Rupture and Complication of a Stable Pulmonary Cyst by J Fisher, Y Shargall, S Krajden, F Moid, V Hoffstein

“…Traditional management includes an invasive surgical approach with adjunctive chemotherapy. It has been suggested that observation alone may be appropriate in asymptomatic individuals with stable cysts. …”
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Methotrexate-Associated Lymphoproliferative Disorder in a Patient with Psoriasis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Carolina Afonso, Adriana Roque, Cátia Almeida, Maria Beatriz Pimentão, Maria José Julião, Rodolfo Silva, Catarina Geraldes, Marília Gomes

“…Other cases, however, should receive chemotherapy.…”
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Targeted Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Clarinda W. L. Chua, Su Pin Choo

“…They include trials evaluating a single targeted therapy alone, two or more targeted therapy in tandem or a combination of targeted therapy and conventional chemotherapy. In this article, we seek to review some of the more important trials examining the use of targeted therapy in HCC and to look into what the future holds in terms of targeted treatment of HCC.…”
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Study Regarding the Muscle Strenght After Breast Cancer Surgery by O. Baltag, M. Apostu, R. El-Bsat, C. Predescu

“…We included in this study 25 female subjects (n=25), aged between 33 and 70 years old, who underwent radical mastectomy and received chemotherapy and radiotherapy.…”
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TS Gene Polymorphisms Are Not Good Markers of Response to 5-FU Therapy in Stage III Colon Cancer Patients by A. Fariña-Sarasqueta, M. J. E. M. Gosens, E. Moerland, I. van Lijnschoten, V. E. P. P. Lemmens, G. D. Slooter, H. J. T. Rutten, A. J. C. van den Brule

“…With this study, we aimed to elucidate the role of TS gene polymorphisms genotyping in therapy response in stage III colon carcinoma patients treated with 5-FU adjuvant chemotherapy.…”
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Toll-Like Receptor 4 Activation in Cancer Progression and Therapy by Alja Oblak, Roman Jerala

“…Nevertheless, TLR4 engagement by endotoxin as well as by endogenous ligands represents notable contribution to the outcome of different cancer treatments, such as radiation or chemotherapy. Further research of the role and mechanisms of TLR4 activation in cancer may provide novel antitumor vaccine adjuvants as well as TLR4 inhibitors that could prevent inflammation-induced carcinogenesis.…”
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Pre-clinical study of curcumin in the treatment of gastric Cancer by Minghui Hao, Chungang Zhang

“…Researchers have been investigating natural compounds as potential alternatives to traditional cancer treatments, including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. One such compound is curcumin, which is derived from the rhizome of the turmeric plant. …”
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Lymphomatoid granulomatosis with rare manifestations. Case report by Pedro Rosales Torres, Pedro León Acosta

“…The patient was treated with chemotherapy and died abruptly one month after it began. …”
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Radiation Recall Dermatitis following Radioactive Iodine Therapy: A New Observation by Ikechukwu Chidobem, Tahereh Orouji Jokar, Chisom Mgbodile, Francis Mgbodile, Ghassan Bassil, Nazia Khan

“…Subsequent reports in the literature have associated it with the administration of other drugs, mostly chemotherapy. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of RRD following radioactive iodine therapy.…”
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Neurotropic Melanoma: The Management of Localised Disease by Jeremy Croker, Bryan Burmeister, Matthew Foote

“…Wide local excision with adjuvant radiotherapy where indicated remains the current practice for treatment with chemotherapy predominately being reserved as a salvage treatment for patients with disseminated disease.…”
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A Case Presentation of a Patient with Microsatellite Instability and BRAF Mutant Metastatic Colon Cancer and Bibliography Update by K. Thomopoulou, M. Tzardi, D. Mavroudis, I. Souglakos

“…After progressing on 1st line chemotherapy, the patient has a continuing and long-lasting partial response to 2nd line treatment with pembrolizumab.…”
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