Do Not Miss the Tumor: A Novel Presentation of Osteosarcoma by Michael DePalma, Sachin Gupta, Jie Nguyen, Divya Talwar, Alexandre Arkader, Lawrence Wells

“…Antalgic gait is a common clinical presentation among pediatric patients and can have many different etiologies, with rare life-threatening etiologies including primary bone malignancies. Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignancy of bone in pediatric and adolescent patients. …”
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Factors Influencing Patient Decisions Regarding Treatments for Skin Growths: A Cross-Sectional Study by David G. Li, Fan Di Xia, Jasmine Rana, Grace J. Young, Forootan Alizadeh, Cara Joyce, Shinjita Das, Arash Mostaghimi

“…Although patients generally prioritized treatment efficacy when selecting a treatment modality, they emphasized different aspects of the treatment experience as a function of age, gender, race, insurance status, and history of malignancy. Patients over age 50 were less likely to consider treatment impact on finances as being “important”, but more so efficacy and visit duration. …”
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Cardiac Tamponade: A Rare Manifestation of Familial Mediterranean Fever by Abdolreza Malek, Tina Zeraati, Ariane Sadr-Nabavi, Niloofar Vakili, Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan

“…Evaluation for probable differential diagnoses including infection, malignancy, and collagen vascular disease showed no remarkable results. …”
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Pancreatic Perivascular Epithelial Cell Tumor (PEComa) with Liver Metastasis: a Case Report and Literature Review by Yu. A. Stepanova, Kh. A. Ayvazyan, D. V. Kalinin, O. I. Zhavoronkova, V. S. Shirokov, A. V. Zhao

“…The presented clinical case demonstrates the most malignant form of this tumor with localization in the pancreas and liver metastases.…”
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A Profile and Three-Year Follow-Up of Patients with Basal Cell Carcinoma in the Western Cape, South Africa by J. C. Gallo, J. W. Schneider, J. de Wet, K. Moxley, H. F. Jordaan, W. I. Visser, B. Tod

“…Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is an important malignancy in sub-Saharan Africa. There is a paucity of data regarding BCC in South Africa. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Detective Flow Imaging Endoscopic Ultrasonography for Evaluating Blood Flow Within Mural Nodules of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms by Kazuki Endo, Haruo Miwa, Kazuya Sugimori, Kozue Shibasaki, Shoichiro Yonei, Yugo Ishino, Shotaro Tsunoda, Hayato Yoshimura, Akihiro Funaoka, Hiromi Tsuchiya, Ritsuko Oishi, Yuichi Suzuki, Satoshi Komiyama, Takashi Kaneko, Manabu Morimoto, Kazushi Numata, Shin Maeda

“…No significant correlation between the DFI blood flow signal patterns and MN malignancy of resected cases was observed. <b>Conclusions:</b> DFI-EUS demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy for detecting MN blood flow. …”
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Neutrophils: From Inflammatory Bowel Disease to Colitis-Associated Colorectal Cancer by Chen T, Liu J, Hang R, Chen Q, Wang D

“…The interplay of genetic factors, environmental influences, and intestinal microbiota contributes to the establishment of an uncontrolled immune environment within the intestine, which can progressively lead to atypical hyperplasia and ultimately to malignancy over a long period. This colorectal malignant tumor that arises from chronic IBD is referred to as colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CAC). …”
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A rare case of recurrent adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast with weak hormone receptor positivity by Jonathan W. Ray, MD, Mena Louis, DO, Nathaniel Grabill, MD, Jaime Morel Ruiz, MD, Priscilla Strom, MD

“…Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the breast is an exceptionally rare malignancy, accounting for less than 0.1% of all breast cancers. …”
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Senescence-Associated Molecular and Epigenetic Alterations in Mesenchymal Stem Cell Cultures from Amniotic Fluid of Normal and Fetus-Affected Pregnancy by Jūratė Savickienė, Sandra Baronaitė, Aistė Zentelytė, Gražina Treigytė, Rūta Navakauskienė

“…Therefore epigenetic factors are important for AF-MSCs senescence process that may be related with individuality of donor or a fetus malignancy status.…”
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Adamantinoma-Like Ewing’s Family Tumor of the Sino Nasal Region: A Case Report and a Brief Review of Literature by Pushpa Mahadevan, Subramaniam Ramkumar, V. P. Gangadharan

“…Ewing's sarcoma family of tumors (EFTs) are malignant mesenchymal tumors with a predilection for bone and soft tissue. …”
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Winging of Scapula due to a Sinister Etiology by Shania Niromi Gunasekera, Priyanka Yogananda, Harindra Karunatilaka, Bimsara Senanayake

“…We present a case where an apical lung malignancy causes winging of scapula by infiltrating C5–C7 roots of brachial plexus, which has been reported only once in the literature. …”
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Proliferating CLL cells express high levels of CXCR4 and CD5 by Daniel Friedman, Drshika P. Mehtani, Jennifer B. Vidler, Piers E. M. Patten, Robbert Hoogeboom

“…Abstract Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is an incurable progressive malignancy of CD5+ B cells with a birth rate between 0.1% and 1% of the entire clone per day. …”
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Rare Case of Multiple Perirenal, Extra-Adrenal Myelolipoma: Case Report, Current Management Options, and Literature Review by Goran Benko, Andrina Kopjar, Marin Plantak, Danijel Cvetko, Vicko Glunčić, Anita Lukić

“…Although myelolipomas are benign and can be managed conservatively, if malignancy is suspected, a surgical procedure is an option. …”
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Selective Capsulotomies and Partial Capsulectomy in Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction Revision Surgery by Pietro Susini, Gianluca Marcaccini, Francesco Ruben Giardino, Mirco Pozzi, Francesco Volanti, Giuseppe Nisi, Roberto Cuomo, Luca Grimaldi

“…Breast cancer with about 2.3 million diagnoses and 685,000 deaths globally is the most frequent malignancy in the female population. Continuous research has led to oncological and reconstructive advances in the management of breast cancer, thus improving outcomes and decreasing patient morbidity. …”
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A 26-Year-Old Male with Mesothelioma Due to Asbestos Exposure by P. Zarogoulidis, M. Orfanidis, T. C. Constadinidis, E. Eleutheriadou, T. Kontakiotis, T. Kerenidi, L. Sakkas, N. Courcoutsakis, K. Zarogoulidis

“…Mesothelioma is a malignancy with poor prognosis, with an average 5-year survival rate being less than 9%. …”
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Biomarkers of inflammation and colorectal cancer risk by Yuting Li, Yuting Li, Yuting Li, Yuexin Luo, Yue Ran, Furong Lu, You Qin

“…Globally, colorectal malignancy ranks among the most prevalent forms of cancer and stands as the third principal cause of cancer-associated mortality. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of ceRNA Networks in UCEC: Prognostic and therapeutic implications. by Li Fan, Mengqiu Lan, Xiaohua Wei, Lili Wei, Liuhong Yang, Liuying Nong, Jiajia Wei, Jingjing Li, Wenjie Huang

“…Endometrial cancer (UCEC) is the most prevalent gynecological malignancy in high-income countries, and its incidence is rising globally. …”
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet-to-lymphocyte Ratio in the Patients with Euthyroid Hashimoto's Thyroiditis by Hacer Nur RESBER, Mumtaz TAKIR, Cundullah TORUN

“…Patients with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic inflammatory disease, and malignancy were excluded from the study. The patients' anthropometric measurements, smoking status, blood examination, and thyroid ultrasounds were evaluated. …”
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Mycobacterium neoaurum Bloodstream Infection Associated with a Totally Implanted Subclavian Port in an Adult with Diabetes and History of Colon Cancer by Jack E. Moseley Jr., Sharanjeet K. Thind

“…Patients such as ours who have a history of malignancy and an indwelling foreign body have most often been reported as acquiring M. neoaurum bacteremia. …”
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Age distribution and types of breast lesions among Afghan women diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) at a tertiary care centre in Afghanistan: a descriptive cross-se... by Ramin Saadaat, Jamshid Abdul-Ghafar, Ahmed Maseh Haidary, Soma Rahmani, Nooria Atta

“…Inflammatory conditions were diagnosed in 9.7% of cases, granulomatous inflammation in 9.1%, lesions only suspicious for malignancy in 5.5%, lipoma in 2.8% and miscellaneous benign lesions in 11.1%. …”
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