Fluorescence Lifetime Endoscopy with a Nanosecond Time-Gated CAPS Camera with IRF-Free Deep Learning Method by Pooria Iranian, Thomas Lapauw, Thomas Van den Dries, Sevada Sahakian, Joris Wuts, Valéry Ann Jacobs, Jef Vandemeulebroucke, Maarten Kuijk, Hans Ingelberts

“…Incorporating fluorescence lifetime into endoscopy could further improve the differentiation of malignant and benign cells based on their distinct lifetimes. …”
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Male Breast Cancer Originating in an Accessory Mammary Gland in the Axilla: A Case Report by Jun Yamamura, Norikazu Masuda, Yoshinori Kodama, Hiroyuki Yasojima, Makiko Mizutani, Keiko Kuriyama, Masayuki Mano, Shoji Nakamori, Mitsugu Sekimoto

“…Systemic examinations revealed no evidence of malignant or occult primary lesion in the bilateral mammary glands or in other organs. …”
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Tumor Location Correlates with Clinicopathological Features and Prognosis of the Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm by Zibo Meng, Mingsi Cao, Feiyang Wang, Yushun Zhang, Heshui Wu

“…Solid pseudopapillary neoplasms (SPNs) of the pancreas are rare neoplasms with low malignant behavior. These neoplasms can be aggressive and cause bad ending of SPN patients. …”
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An Overview of Neovaginal Reconstruction Options in Male to Female Transsexuals by Marta Bizic, Vladimir Kojovic, Dragana Duisin, Dusan Stanojevic, Svetlana Vujovic, Aleksandar Milosevic, Gradimir Korac, Miroslav L. Djordjevic

“…Historically, beginnings of the neovaginal creation have their roots in the treatment of Mayer-Rokitansky syndrome and conditions such as cloacal anomalies, certain intersex disorders, vaginal malignancies, or severe vaginal trauma, but have more recently found great purpose in male to female sex reassignment surgery. …”
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A Rapid and Satisfactory Outcome with Combined Immunosuppressive Therapy in Acquired Haemophilia A with Underlying Tuberculosis by G. A. C. Gamakaranage, C. Kulathilake, P. G. N. Nadeeshani, K. H. B. P. Fernandopulle, C. S. Moonesinghe, D. Gunawardena, R. S. Gamage, N. Perera, J. Indrakumar

“…The common underlying diseases are autoimmune disorders, malignancies, infections, and drugs. However, approximately 50% of the cases do not have a specific aetiology and about 10% will not have bleeding manifestations. …”
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Effect of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes on Retinal Injury: A Review of Current Findings by Raffaele Nuzzi, Paolo Caselgrandi, Alessandro Vercelli

“…Scientific research has recently focused on the use of exosomes derived from MSC in various models of retinal damage in vitro and in vivo as they, compared to MSCs, have similar functions and at the same time have different advantages such as greater stability and handling, a lower chance of immunological rejection and no risk of malignant transformation. The purpose of this review is to summarize current knowledge on the therapeutic use of exosomes derived from MSCs in retinal damage and to stimulate new clinical perspectives regarding their use.…”
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Identification of a Novel Primary Atopic Disorder due to STAT6 Gain-of-Function Mutations by Safa Barış, Talal A. Chatila

“…Human inborn errors of immunity (IEI) are a group of distinct genetic disorders affecting children and adults, leading to recurrent infections, immune dysregulations, and malignancies. Over the course of the past decades, this area of research has witnessed significant progress in describing numerous monogenic disorders. …”
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Application and progress of nomograms in gastric cancer by Haiyu Wang, Yumin Ding, Min Zhuang, Kaixu Li, Shujing Zhao, Dehong Li

“…Gastric cancer, as one of the malignant tumors with a significant disease burden globally, emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and personalized treatment for improving patient prognosis. …”
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A Rare Cause of Low Back Pain: Report of a Tailgut Cyst by E. A. Joyce, D. O. Kavanagh, D. C. Winter

“…Complete intact surgical excision is advised to avoid the potential complications of these cysts which include infection, fistula formation, and the possibility of malignant transformation (Hjermstad and Helwig (1988), Mathis et al. (2010)). …”
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Case report: Mucormycosis due to Rhizopus microsporus: an important reminder of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised acute myeloid leukemia by Misato Higuchi, Katsutaro Nishimoto, Tomoka Waseda, Motoi Takenaka, Motoi Takenaka, Hiroyuki Murota, Hiroyuki Murota

“…Hematologic malignancies, diabetes, and the development and widespread use of novel anticancer and immunosuppressive agents have introduced a new dimension of immunosuppression, raising concerns about emerging opportunistic infections. …”
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Helicobacter pylori: pathogenesis by P. Sabanas, L. Jonaitis

“…The latest mechanisms of how H. pylori interact with host tissue and microbiome, induces and modulates its pathogenicity, and influences the development of malignant disease as well as extragastric pathologies are represented in our review article. …”
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Exploring the causal relationship between chronic periodontitis and oral cancer: An insight by Shaswata Karmakar, Baishakhi Modak, Monica Charlotte Solomon

“…Induction of carcinoma by periodontal disease appears possible since the inflammatory mediators and bacterial toxins in the disease have a potential for malignant transformation. Establishing the etio-pathological connections between chronic periodontitis and oral carcinoma would be of great importance. …”
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Carcinoma In Disguise-Atypical Presentation of Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Kawari Sowbhagyalaxmi Ramesh, Abhishek Ganguly, Abhijith Acharya, Manohar V Pai

“…Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the nail unit is a rare malignant subungual tumor. There is often a delay in diagnosis and treatment as it can be often misdiagnosed as chronic paronychia, onychomycosis, pyogenic granuloma, subungual wart, or glomus tumor. …”
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Modern options in coloproctology: transanal endoscopic surgery by O. I. Kit, Yu. A. Gevorkyan, N. V. Soldatkina

“…It was found, that transanal endoscopic resection of benign tumors and early stages of malignant tumors of rectum is a modern, highly effective method of treatment that provides radical tumor removal within any layer of rectal wall and adjacent mesorectal soft tissue due to application of exact tools and precision technic of the intervention, it preserves intestinal function as well.Conclusion. …”
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Staged, Open, No-Ischemia Nephron-Sparing Surgery for Bilateral-Multiple Kidney Tumors in a Patient with Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome by Ahmet Tefekli, Ayşe Deniz Akkaya, Kamil Peker, Terman Gümüş, Metin Vural, Fatin Cezayirli, Ahmet Musaoglu, Tarık Esen

“…Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome (BHDS) is an autosomal dominant genodermatosis characterized by a triad of benign skin tumors (fibrofolliculomas, trichodiscomas, acrochordons) together with an increased risk of developing malignant renal tumors and pulmonary disease such as pneumothoraces and multiple lung cysts. …”
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Syringoid eccrine carcinoma of the nipple in a male patient with lymph node metastasis: A case report by Mukund Sable, Nibedita Sahoo, Chinamyee Panigrahi, Pritinanda Mishra, Pradeep Kumar

“…Syringoid eccrine carcinoma (SEC) is often a diagnostic dilemma due to its morphology and presentation. Usually, these malignancies arise as non-ulcerated nodules or plaques in the head & neck region including the trunk. …”
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Characteristics of Small Bowel Polyps Detected in Cowden Syndrome by Capsule Endoscopy by Keita Saito, Eiki Nomura, Yu Sasaki, Yasuhiko Abe, Nana Kanno, Naoko Mizumoto, Rika Shibuya, Kazuhiro Sakuta, Makoto Yagi, Kazuya Yoshizawa, Daisuke Iwano, Takeshi Sato, Shoichi Nishise, Yoshiyuki Ueno

“…About 30% of Cowden syndrome cases are reportedly complicated by malignant diseases. Hamartomatous polyps occur throughout the gastrointestinal tract, the most common sites being the stomach, colon, esophagus, and duodenum. …”
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Experimental assessment of аdversarial attacks to the deep neural networks in medical image recognition by D. M. Voynov, V. A. Kovalev

“…The white-box Projected Gradient Descent attacks were examined based on 8 classification tasks and 13 image datasets containing more than 900 000 chest X-ray and histology images of malignant tumors. An increase of the amplitude and the number of iterations of adversarial perturbations in generating malicious adversarial images leads to a growth of the fraction of successful attacks for the majority of image types examined in this study. …”
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Herpes zoster after left nephroureterectomy for renal carcinoma: a case report by Yuren Zhang, Jie Li, Qing Ni

“…Abstract Background Diabetes and malignant tumors often lead to abnormal immune function, increasing susceptibility to herpes zoster and severe post-herpetic neuralgia. …”
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Intrahepatic Sarcomatous Cholangiocarcinoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Thana Boonsinsukh, Vichit Viriyaroj, Thammanij Rookkachart, Therdkiat Trongwongsa

“…The literature reviews showed that intrahepatic sarcomatous cholangiocarcinoma is aggressive malignant with poor prognosis. Early detection, radical resection, and careful follow-up would be the treatment for the favorable prognosis.…”
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