The Emerging Role of miRNAs and Their Clinical Implication in Biliary Tract Cancer by Nina Nayara Ferreira Martins, Kelly Cristina da Silva Oliveira, Amanda Braga Bona, Marília de Arruda Cardoso Smith, Geraldo Ishak, Paulo Pimentel Assumpção, Rommel Rodríguez Burbano, Danielle Queiroz Calcagno

“…Biliary tract cancers are aggressive malignancies that include gallbladder cancer and tumors of intra- and extrahepatic ducts and have a poor prognosis. …”
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Incidental Detection of a Rare Pediatric High-Grade Fibrosarcoma in a Post-traumatic Setting: The Conundrum of Intra-Abdominal Hematoma versus Neoplasia by Kamand Khalaj, Nikoo Fattahi, Allen C. Omo-Ogboi, Jaiyeola O. Thomas-Ogunniyi, Olanrewaju A. Ogunleye, Ashish Khanal, Larry A. Kramer

“…Infantile fibrosarcoma (IF) is a rare malignant fibroblastic tumor that affects infants and young children, occurring most commonly in the extremities. …”
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Gastric Cancer in the Excluded Stomach 10 Years after Gastric Bypass by Augusto Tinoco, Lorena F. Gottardi, Eduardo D. Boechat

“…Indeed, gastric cancer constitutes the second most common cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide and 95% of such malignancies are adenocarcinomas (De Roover et al., 2006, and Clark et al., 2006). …”
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A Rare Tumor with a Very Rare Initial Presentation: Thymic Carcinoma as Bone Marrow Metastasis by Sonam Sharma, Leelavathi Dawson

“…Among them, thymic carcinoma is the most aggressive thymic epithelial tumor exhibiting cytological malignant features and a diversity of clinicopathological characteristics that can cause diagnostic dilemmas, misdiagnosis, and therapeutic challenge. …”
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A Case of Urachal Carcinoma of the Abdominal Wall in a Kidney Transplant Recipient by Takuya Yamazaki, Yasushi Nagaba, Yoshitaka Shimada, Yoshinori Taoka, Satoru Minamida, Dai Koguchi, Masahiro Hagiwara, Sho Watanuki, Hide Nagaba, Kazunari Yoshida, Yasuo Takeuchi

“…Urachal carcinoma is an extremely rare malignant tumor arising from the urachus in the fetus. …”
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Myxoid Liposarcoma of the Greater Omentum. Case Report and Literature Review by Alexander Marchena Rodríguez, Flavia Linares Tovar, Jorge Carlos González Fariñas

“…Liposarcoma is a malignant tumor of mesodermal origin derived from adiposetissue. …”
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IDH Mutant Cholangiocarcinoma: Pathogenesis, Management, and Future Therapies by Alexander Bray, Vaibhav Sahai

“…These neomorphic point mutations endow mutant IDH (mIDH) with the ability to generate an R-enantiomer of 2-hydroxyglutarate (R2HG), a metabolite that drives malignant transformation through aberrant epigenetic signaling. …”
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Emerging from a PleurX Draining Catheter: An Unexpected Diagnosis by Hasan Arafat, Hamza A Abdul-Hafez, Ali Sabateen

“…Case presentation: A 68-year-old female patient underwent PleurX tube insertion due to malignant pleural effusion. On the third week of insertion, she complained of itching and pain at the site of insertion, a grayish-white worm was visualized at the insertion site. …”
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The Impact of Diabetes on Vascular Disease: Progress from the Perspective of Epidemics and Treatments by Runyang Liu, Lihua Li, Chen Shao, Honghua Cai, Zhongqun Wang

“…Metabolic disorders caused by diabetes can lead to secondary vascular complications, which have long-term malignant effects on the heart, kidneys, brain, and other vital organs of patients. …”
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HCV Proteins and Immunoglobulin Variable Gene (IgV) Subfamilies in HCV-Induced Type II Mixed Cryoglobulinemia: A Concurrent Pathogenetic Role by Giuseppe Sautto, Nicasio Mancini, Laura Solforosi, Roberta A. Diotti, Massimo Clementi, Roberto Burioni

“…Moreover, the same IgV subfamilies are frequently observed in HCV-transformed malignant B-cell clones occasionally complicating MCII. …”
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Angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma with EWSR1-CREB1 gene fusion occurs in lungs and ribs with systemic multiple metastases: a case report and review of the literature by Dongmei Feng, Ying Li, Zhengjin Li, Yun Pan, Yixuan Gao, Jinyan Cha, Chunmei Zhang

“…Angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma (AFH) is a rare soft tissue tumor with intermediate malignant potential, and it rarely metastasizes. We encountered a unique AFH case where, the tumor was discovered initially in unusual locations—the left lung and the left 4th rib. …”
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Giant ovarian serous cystadenoma. A case report by Jorge Luis Estepa Pérez, Tahiluma Santana Pedrasa, Daniel Olivera Fajardo

“…They are regarded as the third group of women benign and malignant tumors. Ovarian serous cystadenomas arise from the superficial coelomic epithelium and are composed of cystic areas. …”
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Intraoperative Diagnosis: Imprint Cytology and Frozen Section in Ovarian Tumor, Averting Additional Surgery by Kiran Lanjewar, Sanjay Deotale, Sunita Vagha, Sudhanshu Dakre

“…A granulosa cell tumor (GCT) is a type of ovarian cancer that constitutes approximately 10% of all ovarian malignancies. In this case, a female patient with hypothyroidism and a history of irregular periods was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian disease (PCOD) after a radiological examination, which subsequently recommended surgery. …”
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Comparative immunohistochemical evaluation between primary and metastatic lesion in a feline osteosarcoma - A case report by Lyvia Cabral Ribeiro Carvalho, Camila Barbosa Amaral, Bárbara Paula dos Santos Batista, Ana Maria Reis Ferreira, Juliana da Silva Leite

“…Still, osteosarcoma (OSA) composes almost 80 % of malignant bone tumors in cats, affecting mostly elder feline individuals. …”
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Current applications of da vinci SP surgical system in gynecologic surgery by Johnny Yi

“…Applications in gynecologic surgery have been described for benign, reconstructive and malignant conditions. This technology shows promise in further minimizing surgical approach for gynecologic surgery, but further level 1 studies are needed to demonstrate its place compared to other existing technologies.…”
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Method for the hystopathological analysis of the cervix specimen, obtained through radio surgery by Alfredo B. Quiñones Ceballos, Martha María Chávez Valdivia, Caridad Socorro Castro, Ileana Franco Zunda

“…<strong>Background:</strong> Radio-surgery recently introduced in our hospital environment as a method to treat curable malignant lesions of the cervix, constituted a challenge for all the anatomopathologists for the histological distortion it may cause. …”
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Human Breast Carcinomal Tissues Display Distinctive FTIR Spectra: Implication for the Histological Characterization of Carcinomas by Tiyu Gao, Jun Feng, Yunxiang Ci

“…The spectral differences confirm the possibility of using FTIR as an accurate and rapid technique to distinguish between normal and malignant breast tissues and classify breast carcinomas in different subtypes.…”
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Metastatic Ureteral Involvement of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Koichi Kodama, Tetsuya Imao, Kazuto Komatsu

“…Metastases from a variety of malignant tumors can involve the ureters, but ureteral involvement by lung cancer is extremely rare and usually described at autopsy. …”
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Rare Presentation of Primary Extramedullary Plasmacytoma as Lip Lesion by Mali Him, Maggie Meier, Vikas Mehta

“…Malignant plasma cell proliferation can be presented as part of disseminated disease of multiple myeloma, as solitary plasmacytoma of bone, or in soft tissue as extramedullary plasmacytoma. …”
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Clinicopathological and Prognostic Significance of CD47 Expression in Lung Neuroendocrine Tumors by Mario Orozco-Morales, Alejandro Avilés-Salas, Norma Hernández-Pedro, Rodrigo Catalán, Graciela Cruz-Rico, Ana Laura Colín-González, Elsa Dosal-Mancilla, Pedro Barrios-Bernal, Oscar Arrieta

“…Recent clinical trials have indicated that inhibition of CD47 with anti-CD47 antibodies exerts a promising antitumor effect against several human malignancies, including NSCLC, melanoma, and hematologic malignancies. …”
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