Tuberculosis of the Parotid Gland by Vivek Gupta, Kiran Patankar, Archana Shinde, Charu Bhosale, Ajitey Tamhane

“…Clinically, it usually presents as a slow-growing mass indistinguishable from a malignancy. On imaging too, tuberculosis of the parotid may mimic neoplasm. …”
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A Rare Case of an Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor in a Middle-Aged Female by Lamprini Kosma, Lubna Khaldi, Panagiota Galani, Dimitrios Mytas, Sofia Lafoyianni

“…They are regarded as “intermediate malignancy” tumors of unknown etiology. We report a case of a 64-years-old woman with a fever and abdominal discomfort for 3 months; a computer tomography was performed indicating gastrointestinal stromal tumor. …”
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The ‘True’ Splenic Wanderer by R Kanthan, JM Radhi

“…A patient with ‘true’ wandering spleen who presented with chronic, intermittent abdominal pain, weight loss and a right lower quadrant mass that was interpreted as a pelvic lymphoma or a primary pelvic malignancy on computed abdominal tomography (CAT) scan is presented. …”
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Analysis of early diagnostic pathway for prostate cancer in Slovenia by Kokot Mateja Kokalj, Mirosevic Spela, Bric Nika, Petek Davorina

“…Prostate cancer (PCa) is a prevalent male malignancy globally. Prolonged diagnostic intervals are associated with poorer outcomes, emphasizing the need to optimize this process. …”
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Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis Associated with Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review by Maria Mavromati, Annick Gerber, Gregor John

“…Pulmonary vein thrombosis (PVT) mainly occurs following lung transplantation but cases associated with thoracic malignancy have also been described. We describe here the first case of PVT in an asymptomatic patient with metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma.…”
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Epstein–Barr Virus Driven Hodgkin’s Lymphoma after a Short Course of Daratumumab Treatment for Relapsed Multiple Myeloma by Moeen Mohammadi-Oroujeh, Ansa Mehreen, David L. Grinblatt

“…In this case, we describe the potential risk of developing an infectious complication leading to a secondary malignancy after a short course of immunotherapy. We report a patient who presented with Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) driven Hodgkin’s lymphoma after treatment with a short course of daratumumab along with pomalidomide and dexamethasone for relapsed multiple myeloma. …”
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Implications of Intrathecal Chemotherapy for Anaesthesiologists: A Brief Review by Abhijit Nair

“…Intrathecal chemotherapy is routinely prescribed in medical oncology practice, either for prophylaxis or for treatment of leptomeningeal disease due to a primary haematological disease or a metastatic disease due to any other malignancy. As these groups of patients are coagulopathic either because of the disease per se or due to systemic chemotherapy, lumbar puncture in them is considered challenging and is expected to be performed by an anaesthesiologist because of their expertise in this procedure. …”
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A Case of Radical Resection of Esophageal Basaloid Cell Carcinoma After Hemostasis by Transarterial Embolization by Keita Sato, Koji Takahashi

“…Esophageal bleeding management typically involves endoscopy but becomes challenging with large or hemorrhagic tumors, especially in cases of rare basal cell carcinoma. This malignancy, with a poorer prognosis than squamous cell carcinoma, often requires definitive surgery. …”
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The significance of isolated de novo red patches in the bladder in patients referred with suspected urinary tract cancer: Results from the IDENTIFY study by Sinan Khadhouri, Kevin Gallagher, Kenneth R. MacKenzie, Taimur T. Shah, Chuanyu Gao, Eleanor Zimmermann, Miles Mannas, Taeweon Lee, Giancarlo Marra, Juan Gomez Rivas, Gautier Marcq, Mark A. Assmus, Taha Ucar, Francesco Claps, Matteo Boltri, Giuseppe Pizzuto, Tara Burnhope, Nkwam Nkwam, George Tanasescu, Nicholas E. Boxall, Alison P. Downey, Troy A. Sukhu, Marta Antón‐Juanilla, Sonpreet Rai, Madeline Moore, Kathryn Bandeira de Mello, Sian Parsons, John S. McGrath, Veeru Kasivisvanathan, IDENTIFY Study Group: Pubmed indexed collaborator authors

“…Abstract Objectives To assess the contemporary malignancy rate in isolated de novo red patches in the bladder and associated risk factors for better selection of red patch biopsy. …”
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Chromothripsis in Treatment Resistance in Multiple Myeloma by Kyoung Joo Lee, Ki Hong Lee, Kyong-Ah Yoon, Ji Yeon Sohn, Eunyoung Lee, Hyewon Lee, Hyeon-Seok Eom, Sun-Young Kong

“…Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant disease caused by an abnormal proliferation of plasma cells, of which the prognostic factors include chromosomal abnormality, β-2 microglobulin, and albumin. …”
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Aberrant DNA Methylation of FTH-1 and SHOX2 Contributes to Lung Cancer Progression by Salar Tahmasbi, Armin Sadeghi, Habib Zarredar, Milad Asadi, Shahryar Hashemzadeh, Venus Zafari, Hamed Sabbagh-Jadid, Mortaza Raeisi

“…Background: Lung cancer is the most lethal malignancy in the world due to its poor prognosis. DNA methylation change has been identified as a valuable target for cancer, diagnosis, and prognosis. …”
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Intestinal obstruction caused by disseminated mycobacterium avium complex disease following solid organ transplantation: a case report by Akane Mita, Sho Nakakubo, Yusuke Nishimura, Hideki Shima, Masaaki Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Shimamura, Satoshi Konno

“…Positron emission tomography-CT indicated increased uptake at these sites, suggesting a possible malignancy. Endoscopy revealed an elevated lesion with circumferential ulcers, leading to a suspicion of primary malignant lymphoma. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with Pyogenic Spinal Infections among Intravenous Drug Users and Nonusers by Vivek K. Bilolikar, Brendan Gleason, Lee Kripke, Robert Merrill, Colin Whitaker, Jon Handal

“…Immunocompromise, diabetes, and malignancy all predispose patients to spine infections. …”
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Interleukin-10 Polymorphisms in Association with Prognosis in Patients with B-Cell Lymphoma Treated by R-CHOP by Min Kyeong Kim, Kyong-Ah Yoon, Eun Young Park, Jungnam Joo, Eun Young Lee, Hyeon-Seok Eom, Sun-Young Kong

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The Utility of Repeat Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration for Suspected Pancreatic Cancer by Mark Nicaud, Wei Hou, Dennis Collins, Mihir S. Wagh, Shailendra Chauhan, Peter V. Draganov

“…FNA was performed and was negative for malignancy in all patients. Repeat EUS showed pancreatic mass in 27 patients (96.42%) and no mass in 1 (3.58%). …”
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Differences in immune-related toxicity between PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors: a retrospective cohort study in patients with advanced cancer by Cecilia Olsson Ladjevardi, Marcus Skribek, Anthoula Koliadi, Viktoria Rydén, Ali Inan El-Naggar, Evangelos Digkas, Antonios Valachis, Gustav J. Ullenhag

“…Among patients receiving PD-L1 inhibitors, NSCLC (94.4%) was the predominant malignancy, whereas for those treated with PD-1 inhibitor, malignant melanoma constituted the most prevalent malignancy (34.5%). …”
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Artificial intelligence links CT images to pathologic features and survival outcomes of renal masses by Ying Xiong, Linpeng Yao, Jinglai Lin, Jiaxi Yao, Qi Bai, Yuan Huang, Xue Zhang, Risheng Huang, Run Wang, Kang Wang, Yu Qi, Pingyi Zhu, Haoran Wang, Li Liu, Jianjun Zhou, Jianming Guo, Feng Chen, Chenchen Dai, Shuo Wang

“…Two multi-phase convolutional neural networks are developed to predict the malignancy and aggressiveness of renal masses. The first diagnostic model designed to predict the malignancy of renal masses achieves area under the curve (AUC) of 0.871 in the prospective test set. …”
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Cyto-histological correlation of salivary gland lesions according to the Milan reporting system by Shireen Hamid, Muhammad Mudassar, Nida Hamid, Muhammad Sarwar Zia, Tariq Mehmood, Sadia Hameed

“…The cytology cases were categorized based on the Milan Salivary Gland Cytology Reporting System (MSRSGC): nondiagnostic, non-neoplastic, benign, or, salivary gland tumor of unknown malignant potential (SUMP), suspicious for malignancy, or malignant. …”
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Cutaneous Carcinosarcoma with Metastasis to the Parotid Gland by Tze Ling Loh, Jeanne Tomlinson, Ronald Chin, Guy D. Eslick

“…Cutaneous carcinosarcoma is a rare malignancy that exhibits both mesenchymal and epithelial components. …”
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Interactions between the tumor microbiota and breast cancer by Hua Guo

“…Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women worldwide. Changes in the microbiota and their metabolites affect the occurrence and development of breast cancer; however, the specific mechanisms are not clear. …”
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