Tumours and cancers in Graeco-Roman times by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…There was however no recognition of benign and malignant, or primary and secondary tumours, in the modern sense. …”
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Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder in a Patient with Worsening Ascites after Liver Transplantation by Harsh D. Patel, Moises I. Nevah Rubin

“…Cytological ascitic fluid analysis revealed EBV (+) malignant cells without a malignant focal point on imaging. …”
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Nanoparticle Albumin-Bound-Paclitaxel in the Treatment of Metastatic Urethral Adenocarcinoma: The Significance of Molecular Profiling and Targeted Therapy by Yasmin M. Abaza, Carlos Alemany

“…Primary urethral cancer is rare and accounts for only 0.003% of all malignancies arising from the female genitourinary tract. …”
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Implications of the Incidental Finding of a MYCN Amplified Adrenal Tumor: A Case Report and Update of a Pediatric Disease Diagnosed in Adults by Anna Koumarianou, Panagiota Oikonomopoulou, Margarita Baka, Dimitrios Vlachodimitropoulos, Stylianos Argentos, Theodoros Piperos, Maria-Ioanna Christodoulou, Kakoulis Theodoulou, Theodoros Mariolis-Sapsakos

“…MYCN is a well-known oncogene overexpressed in different human malignancies including neuroblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, medulloblastoma, astrocytoma, Wilms’ tumor, and small cell lung cancer. …”
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Clear Cell Carcinoma Arising from Ovarian and Thoracic Endometriosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Samantha Mendoza Stanteen, Taemee Pak, Hao Chen, Matthew Carlson, Jessica Lee

“…At the time of her ovarian cancer diagnosis, her tumors were found to be isolated to the sites of her previously known endometriotic lesions, suggesting that malignant transformation of her endometriosis to ovarian cancer had occurred. …”
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Complete Resolution of Pseudomalignant Erosion in a Reflux Gastroesophageal Polyp with Proton Pump Inhibitor by Takahiko Nakajima, Haruo Yagi, Hayato Baba, Takashi Minamisaka, Shigeharu Miwa, Shinichi Hayashi, Takeshi Nishida, Hideki Hatta, Koichi Tsuneyama, Johji Imura

“…A malignant neoplasm could not be ruled out due to the presence of bizarre stromal cells. …”
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Leiomyosarcoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arising in Mature Cystic Teratoma of the Ovary by Tip Pongsuvareeyakul, Kornkanok Sukpan, Somjet Chaicharoen, Surapan Khunamornpong

“…The occurrence of malignant transformation in mature cystic teratoma of the ovary is rare, with squamous cell carcinoma being the most common histologic type. …”
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Balloon Cell Urethral Melanoma: Differential Diagnosis and Management by M. McComiskey, C. Iavazzo, M. Datta, R. Slade, B. Winter-Roach, G. Lambe, V. K. Sangar, M. Smith

“…Introduction. Primary malignant melanoma of the urethra is a rare tumour (0.2% of all melanomas) that most commonly affects the meatus and distal urethra and is three times more common in women than men. …”
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A histomorphological assessment of endoscopic biopsies in patients with upper gastrointestinal diseases in a tertiary hospital setting in Nigeria by Charles NC, Ikhuoria OC, Olalekan KS, Kufre UU, McEinstein EU, Chibuike OI

“…Only one (1.1%) case of malignant duodenal lesion was seen (1.1%). Of the 273 UGIE biopsies, only 4 (1.5%) malignant lesions were seen. …”
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The Effectiveness of Self-Expandable Metallic Stent Insertion in Treating Right-Sided Colonic Obstruction: A Comparison between SEMS and Decompression Tube Placement and an Investi... by Rintaro Moroi, Katsuya Endo, Ryo Ichikawa, Hiroshi Nagai, Hirohiko Shinkai, Tomoya Kimura, Fumitake Ishiyama, Kei Yaguchi, Shoichi Kayaba, Tooru Shimosegawa

“…Self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) is widely used to treat malignant colonic obstruction. However, most reports about SEMS insertion have concentrated on the left colon. …”
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Discrimination of superficial lymph nodes using ultrasonography and tissue metabolomics coupled with machine learning by Lu Li, Xinyue Wang, Hongyan Deng, Wenjuan Lu, Yasu Zhou, Xinhua Ye, Yong Li, Jie Wang

“…IntroductionDiagnosing the types of malignant lymphoma could help determine the most suitable treatment, anticipate the probability of recurrence and guide long-term monitoring and follow-up care.MethodsWe evaluated the differences in benign, lymphoma and metastasis superficial lymph nodes using ultrasonography and tissue metabolomics.ResultsOur findings indicated that three ultrasonographic features, blood supply pattern, cortical echo, and cortex elasticity, hold potential in differentiating malignant lymph nodes from benign ones, and the shape and corticomedullary boundary emerged as significant indicators for distinguishing between metastatic and lymphoma groups. …”
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Preclinical evaluation of DC-CIK cells as potentially effective immunotherapy model for the treatment of glioblastoma by Annika Simone Lück, Jingjing Pu, Ahmad Melhem, Matthias Schneider, Amit Sharma, Ingo G. H. Schmidt-Wolf, Jarek Maciaczyk

“…Abstract Despite the favorable effects of immunotherapies in multiple types of cancers, its complete success in CNS malignancies remains challenging. Recently, a successful clinical trial of cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cell immunotherapy in patients with glioblastoma (GBM) has opened a new avenue for adoptive cellular immunotherapies in CNS malignancies. …”
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The Advantage of PET and CT Integration in Examination of Lung Tumors by Guangming Lu, Zhongqiu Wang, Hong Zhu, Linfeng Chang, Yingxin Chen, Jiang Wu, Yane Zhao

“…Among the 85 patients with lung masses, 59 patients presented with pulmonary malignant neoplasm and 26 patients with benign lesions. …”
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Combination of Maximum Shear Wave Elasticity Modulus and TIRADS Improves the Diagnostic Specificity in Characterizing Thyroid Nodules: A Retrospective Study by Jing Hang, Fan Li, Xiao-hui Qiao, Xin-hua Ye, Ao Li, Lian-fang Du

“…Combining SWE and TIRADS improves the specificity of TIRADS-alone in differentiating between benign and malignant thyroid nodules.…”
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Pancreatic Cancer in Canada: Incidence and Mortality Trends from 1992 to 2005 by Robert Flook, Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten

“…BACKGROUND: Pancreatic cancer is the fourth-ranking cause of death among all major malignancies in Canada and has the lowest five-year survival rate.…”
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Pattern of Orbito-ocular Tumours in Nigeria: a systematic review by Godswill I. Nathaniel, Ugochukwu A. Eze, Arinze A. Onwuegbuna, Chigozie I. Echieh, Helen A. Alen

“…Conclusion There were more malignant than benign tumours from this review. The most common malignant tumours were retinoblastoma (in children) and conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma (in adults) while squamous papilloma was the most common benign tumour. …”
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Histopathological spectrum of ovarian tumors in Jharkhand, India: A retrospective study by Manoj K. Paswan, Helen M. M. Tudu, Smita Kumari Gupta, Saurav Banerjee, Deepali Tirkey

“…Serous cystadenomas (n = 63, 33%) were the most common benign tumors, whereas the most common malignant tumors were serous carcinomas ( n=11, 5.7% ). …”
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BONE MARROW MICROENVIRONMENT INVOLVEMENT IN T-MN: FOCUS ON MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS by Maria Teresa Voso, Giulia Falconi, Emiliano Fabiani

“… Therapy-related myeloid neoplasms (t-MN) are a late complication of cytotoxic therapy (CT) used in the treatment of both malignant and non-malignant diseases. Historically, t-MN has been considered to be a direct consequence of DNA damage induced in normal hematopoietic stem or progenitor cells (HSPC) by CT. …”
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The Clinical and Pathological Presentation of Thyroid Nodules in Children and the Comparison with Adult Population: Experience of a Single Institution by Tamas Solymosi, Gyula Lukacs Toth, Laszlo Budai, Istvan Gal

“…Similarly to iodine-sufficient regions, more nodules are malignant and carcinomas have a clinically more aggressive presentation in children in comparison with adult patients in ID. …”
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High-intensity focused ultrasonic ablation of breast cancer by L. I. Moskvicheva

“…Breast cancer is the most frequent and socially signifi cant malignant tumor disease of the female popula on of the Russian Federa on. …”
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