Different Types of Periampullary Duodenal Diverticula Are Associated with Occurrence and Recurrence of Bile Duct Stones: A Case-Control Study from a Chinese Center by Zhen Sun, Wenhui Bo, Ping Jiang, Quan Sun

“…PAD was correlated with common bile duct (CBD) stones (59.6% versus 35.0% in controls; P=0.008) and negatively correlated with periampullary malignancy (6.8% versus 21.5% in controls; P=0.004). …”
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Adrenal Hemangioma: A Case of Retroperitoneal Tumor by Genta Iwamoto, Kota Shimokihara, Takashi Kawahara, Daiji Takamoto, Masahiro Yao, Jun-ichi Teranishi, Masako Otani, Hiroji Uemura

“…Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron-emission tomography (PET)-CT were unable to confirm or deny malignancy, and tumor markers, including CEA and CA19-9, showed slight elevation. …”
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Hemophagocytic syndrome: Laboratory and molecular characterization by Nooran Salem Yaseen, Sadiq Khalaf Ali, Hussam Saadi Aziz

“…The syndrome can occur as a primary/familial form mostly affecting infants and young children or as an acquired form secondary to an underlying pathology (infection, malignancy, and autoimmune disease) that may have an underlying genetic predisposition, including mutations or polymorphisms. …”
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Simulators of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin: Diagnostic Challenges on Small Biopsies and Clinicopathological Correlation by Kong-Bing Tan, Sze-Hwa Tan, Derrick Chen-Wee Aw, Huma Jaffar, Thiam-Chye Lim, Shu-Jin Lee, Yoke-Sun Lee

“…Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a common and important primary cutaneous malignancy. On skin biopsies, SCC is characterized by significant squamous cell atypia, abnormal keratinization, and invasive features. …”
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A Study on the Role of LPA and ATX in Breast Cancer in Iraq by Anfal Akeel Taha, Hind Salman Jassim, Wafaa Fadhil Hamad

“… Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women and a leading cause of cancer-related mortality. …”
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Autoantibody Response to Murine Double Minute 2 Protein in Immunodiagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Mei Liu, Su-jun Zheng, Yu Chen, Ning Li, Peng-fei Ren, Li-ping Dai, Zhong-ping Duan, Jian-Ying Zhang

“…Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common malignancy worldwide. Although new therapeutic strategies have been continuously developed and applied to clinical treatment for HCC, the prognosis is still very poor. …”
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Giant triple negative pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC) in a young woman: From diagnosis to therapy step by step: A case report by Micol Bottalico, Cristiana Boldrini

“…Several factors contribute to this delay, including the physiological changes that occur during pregnancy, such as breast enlargement, breast tenderness and increased tissue density, which can mask early signs of malignancy. Additionally, a lack of awareness among healthcare providers can lead to symptoms being dismissed as normal pregnancy-related changes, and then being underestimated. …”
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Notch/CXCR4 Partnership in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Progression by Georgia Tsaouli, Elisabetta Ferretti, Diana Bellavia, Alessandra Vacca, Maria Pia Felli

“…Recent advances in chemotherapy have made ALL a curable hematological malignancy. In children, there is 25% chance of disease relapse, typically in the central nervous system. …”
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The Association between Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms of ORAI1 Gene and Breast Cancer in a Taiwanese Population by Wei-Chiao Chang, Peng Yeong Woon, Yu-Wen Hsu, Shengyu Yang, Yi-Ching Chiu, Ming Feng Hou

“…Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women. There is increasing evidence suggesting that ORAI1, components of store-operated calcium channel, play a pivotal role in breast cancer progression and metastasis. …”
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Aggressive Differentiated Thyroid Cancer due to EML4e13-ALKe20 Fusion: A Case Presentation and Review of the Literature by Rodhan Khthir, Zainab Shaheen, Prasanna Santhanam, Saroj Sigdel

“…Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is an indolent malignancy. It rarely presents with aggressive local invasion and/or distant metastatic disease. …”
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Adrenal Incidentalomas in Cancer Patients Are Not Always “Innocent”: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Panagiota Economopoulou, Giannis Mountzios, Ioannis Kotsantis, Marios Bakogeorgos, Vassilios Ramfidis, Ioannis Kapiris, Efstratios Patsouris, Nikolaos Kentepozidis

“…It also emphasizes the importance of a continuous assessment of patients with synchronous primary malignancies, in order to timely evaluate changes in clinical or biological behavior and administrate the appropriate treatment.…”
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Biomarkers in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC): Clinical relevance and prognostic potential by Madhan Krishnan, Shyamaladevi Babu

“…Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a unique malignancy with a distinct epidemiological pattern, primarily affecting populations in Southeast Asia and Southern China. …”
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Oral Lesion as Unusual First Manifestation of Multiple Myeloma: Case Reports and Review of the Literature by A. Romano, M. S. Marescalco, Chiara Liardo, L. Villari, C. Vetro, C. Conticello, F. Di Raimondo, S. Ferlito

“…Extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) and solitary bone plasmacytoma (SBP) represent a disease continuum through a multistage process of cell differentiation, survival, proliferation, and dissemination, strictly related to multiple myeloma (MM), the second most common hematological malignancy. Herein, we report two cases of recurrent oral plasmacytoma progressed to MM, in which the first clinical sign of a more widespread disease was limited to the mouth. …”
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A Case Report Demonstrating How the Clinical Presentation of the Diffuse Sclerosing Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Can Mimic Benign Riedel’s Thyroiditis by Jennifer Walsh, Tomas P. Griffin, Carmel B. Ryan, James Fitzgibbon, Patrick Sheahan, Matthew S. Murphy

“…When managing a patient with presumed RT it is important to consider malignancy in the differential. DSV-PTC is one of the more aggressive forms of thyroid cancer but with early diagnosis and appropriate treatment patients may have excellent outcomes.…”
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Overexpression of PLCG2 and TMEM38A inhibit tumor progression in clear cell renal cell carcinoma by Yiqiao Zhao, Liang Yang, Xiaojie Bai, Lu Du, Huan Lai, Yiyang Liu, Ping Chen, Michael E. DiSanto, Xinhua Zhang

“…Abstract Clear cell renal cell carcinoma is a prevalent urological malignancy, imposing substantial burdens on both patients and society. …”
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Clinicopathological, Histopathological, and Immunohistochemical Analysis of Mandibular Fibrosarcoma in a DSH Cat: A Case Report by Mahmood Ahmadi‐hamedani, Hamid Reza Moslemi, Sahar Ghaffari Khaligh, Mehdi Sedghi, Kimia Sattari

“…The observation of mitotic bodies, pleomorphism, necrosis, and haemorrhage were consistent with malignancy, and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) was suspected. …”
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Promising new drugs and therapeutic approaches for treatment of ovarian cancer—targeting the hallmarks of cancer by Julia Hillmann, Nicolai Maass, Dirk O. Bauerschlag, Inken Flörkemeier

“…Abstract Ovarian cancer remains the most lethal gynecological malignancy. Despite the approval of promising targeted therapy such as bevacizumab and PARP inhibitors, 5-year survival has not improved significantly. …”
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Colposcopy Value in Young Child-bearing Women: Is New Recommendations Necessary? by Fahimeh Sabet, Avishan Aminizad, Fariba Behnamfar, Tajossadat Allameh, Seyedeh Ghazal Shahrokh, Rostami Koushan, Amirmohammad Taravati, Leila Mousavi Seresht

“…Background: Cervical cancer is a common malignancy in women and HPV infection is directly linked to it and can be considerably prevented through routine screenings. …”
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A non-metallic PEEK topology optimization reconstruction implant for large mandibular continuity defects, validated using the MANDYBILATOR apparatus by Bram B. J. Merema, Frederik K. L. Spijkervet, Joep Kraeima, Max J. H. Witjes

“…Abstract In cases of large mandibular continuity defects resulting from malignancy resection, the current standard of care involves using patient-specific/custom titanium reconstruction plates along with autogenous grafts (fibula, scapula, or iliac crest segments). …”
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Autoimmunity promotes chronic lymphocytic leukemia progression in an indolent disease model by Lisa Pfeuffer, Viola Siegert, Riccardo Trozzo, Katja Steiger, Roland Rad, Jürgen Ruland, Maike Buchner

“…Abstract Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a heterogeneous B cell malignancy characterized by the accumulation of functionally incompetent B lymphocytes. …”
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