Sclerema Neonatorum Treated Successfully with Parenteral Steroids: An Experience from a Resource Poor Country by Sandeep Shrestha, Nagendra Chaudhary, Sujit Koirala, Ruchi Gupta

“…It usually affects ill and preterm neonates. Prognosis is usually poor in many cases despite aggressive management. …”
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CMR in Heart Failure by Daniel M. Sado, Jonathan M. Hasleton, Anna S. Herrey, James C. Moon

“…Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a medical imaging technique with significant advantages, allowing the understanding of aetiology and pathophysiology of HF in the individual patient, permitting specific therapy to be administered and predicting prognosis. This paper discusses the diverse role of CMR in HF.…”
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Alternative Splicing Programs in Prostate Cancer by Claudio Sette

“…This review illustrates some examples of genes whose alternative splicing regulation is relevant to PCa biology and discusses the possibility to exploit alternative splicing regulation as a novel tool for prognosis, diagnosis, and therapeutic approaches to PCa.…”
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CALLY index, but not HALP score, is associated with mortality in cirrhosis patients by Yıldız Günay, Bedel Cihan, Zortuk Ökkeş, Selvi Fatih, Karanci Yusuf

“…The CALLY index and HALP score have recently provided crucial data in the diagnosis, follow-up, and prognosis of numerous diseases, particularly those of a malignant nature and those affecting the gastrointestinal system. …”
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Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Signaling Pathway: An Update on Molecular Biomarkers by Warut Tulalamba, Tavan Janvilisri

“…The important insights toward NPC pathogenesis may offer strategies for identification of novel biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis.…”
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Sinonasal mucormycosis with an unusual involvement of palate by Santosh Kumar Swain

“…It is an emergency clinical condition and has a poor prognosis. The most common variant of the mucormycosis is rhinocerebral type which may spread to the orbit and brain. …”
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Chemokines and Cytokines as Salivary Biomarkers for the Early Diagnosis of Oral Cancer by Gareema Prasad, Michael McCullough

“…The concept that salivary biomarkers can be easily measured and indicate disease states has profound consequences for clinical practice and may open up new strategies for the diagnosis, prognosis, and potential therapy of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). …”
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) as a Biomarker for Cancer-Associated Venous Thrombosis: A Meta-analysis by Alison M. Brown, Sophie Nock, Kathryn Musgrave, Amanda J. Unsworth

“…Cancer-associated thrombosis affects between 1 and 20% of all patients diagnosed with cancer and is associated with significant morbidity and a poorer prognosis. Risk assessment scores exist which include the measurement of biomarkers, and which aim to identify patients at a higher risk of developing thrombotic events, but these are poor predictors and rarely used in routine clinical practice.…”
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Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Intratumoural Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer by Brian M Yan, Jacques Van Dam

“…Pancreatic cancer is the second most frequent gastrointestinal malignancy and carries a dismal prognosis. The current standard of care includes resection, if possible, as well as systemic chemoradiation therapy. …”
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A Case Report of Spindle Cell (Sarcomatoid) Carcinoma of the Larynx by Harry Boamah, Billy Ballard

“…Most spindle cell tumors are polypoid and pedunculated; they are often detected at an early stage, removed by polypectomy during diagnosis, and tend to have a very good prognosis. We present a case of spindle cell carcinoma in a 67-year-old Caucasian male who presented with progressive hoarseness of his voice, dysphagia, odynophagia and a 20-pound weight loss. …”
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Cancer stem cells in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and its associated markers: A review by Lavanya Mallika, Mani Rajarathinam, Sundararajan Thangavel

“…Targeting these progenitor stem cells may aid in improving the overall prognosis of the patient. These cancer stem cells are targeted using various markers that are apparently more or less specific to various types of stem cells.…”
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Prognostic and clinicopathological role of soluble programmed cell death ligand-1 in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a meta-analysis by Hongbin Lu, Lulu Luo, Jie Mi, Min Sun, Huaping Wang, Zheng Wang, Wenwen Ding

“…BackgroundThe significance of soluble programmed death protein ligand-1 (PD-L1) in predicting the prognosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) has been previously analyzed, but with conflicting results. …”
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Influence of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation on atrial and ventricular functional mitral regurgitation by Masaharu Masuda, Kimiko Sekiya, Mitsutoshi Asai, Osamu Iida, Shin Okamoto, Takayuki Ishihara, Kiyonori Nanto, Takashi Kanda, Takuya Tsujimura, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Yosuke Hata, Hiroyuki Uematsu, Taku Toyoshima, Naoko Higashino, Toshiaki Mano

“…It is possible that long‐term prognosis is better in patients with AFMR than with VFMR, and in those with MR improvement than in those without.…”
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Free Fatty Acids in CSF and Neurological Clinical Scores: Prognostic Value for Stroke Severity in ICU by Sayed Gaber, Sherine Ibrahim ElGazzar, Mahmoud Qenawi, Nora Ismail Mohamed Abbas

“…FFA in CSF may serve as an independent prognostic biomarker for assessing the prognosis of acute ischemic stroke and the clinical outcome. …”
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Fournier Gangrene Associated with Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors: A Pharmacovigilance Study with Data from the U.S. FDA Adverse Event Reporting System by Yang Hu, Ziyu Bai, Yan Tang, Rongji Liu, Bin Zhao, Jian Gong, Dan Mei

“…It also provides comprehensive information on the characteristics of FG onset and prognosis. Clinicians should pay more attention to this rare but severe adverse event when prescribing SGLT2 inhibitors in clinical practice.…”
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Prenatal ultrasound diagnosis, associated anomalies and pregnancy outcomes of fetal right aortic arch by Yuting Xie, Zongjie Weng, Ronghua Wang, Qiumei Wu, Wen Ling, Jinwen Chen, Shan Guo

“…The live birth rate was significantly lower in the nonisolated RAA group than the isolated RAA group, and the prognosis of RAA-MB was significantly worse than that of RAA-ALSA. …”
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Novel treatment strategy targeting interleukin-6 induced by cancer associated fibroblasts for peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer by Ema Mitsui, Satoru Kikuchi, Tomohiro Okura, Hiroshi Tazawa, Yuta Une, Noriyuki Nishiwaki, Shinji Kuroda, Kazuhiro Noma, Shunsuke Kagawa, Toshiaki Ohara, Junko Ohtsuka, Rieko Ohki, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara

“…IL-6 expression in the TME was associated with poor prognosis of GC, and CAFs were associated with establishment and progression of PM via IL-6. …”
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A Morphological and Immunohistochemical Study of the Tumoral and Inflammatory Cells in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma by Vlad Herlea, Elena Stoica Mustafa, Andreea Cristina Iorgescu, Nicolae Catalin Pechianu, Dragos Cretoiu, Maria Sajin, Simona Olimpia Dima, Catalin Vasilescu, Cezar Stroescu, Constantin Ungureanu, Traian Dumitrascu, Vladislav Brasoveanu, Minerva Ghinescu, Irinel Popescu

“…This study is aimed at investigating tumoral and inflammatory cells and the significance of the prognostic factors of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC); it is also aimed at determining the role of immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis and prognosis of this neoplasm. Materials and Methods. 230 cases of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma were included in the study group; these cases were selected from the archives of the Department of Pathology of the Fundeni Clinical Institute over a ten-year period. …”
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Expression and prognostic significance of the m6A RNA methylation regulator HNRNPC in HNSCC by Yulin Zhang, Yixu Wang, Jilin Peng, Kun Zhao, Ling Li, Yuan Zhang, Ziyu Zhai, Sijie Yuan, Shichao Li, Shichao Li, Shichao Li, Fanglei Ye, Le Wang

“…The mouse xenograft model elucidated that HNRNPC can promote tumorigenesis and progression of HNSCC.ConclusionsHNRNPC can serve as a valuable predictor of tumor progression and prognosis in patients with HNSCC.…”
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The necroptosis-related lncRNA ENSG00000253385.1 promotes the progression of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by targeting the miR-16-2-3p/VDAC1 axis by Xiaoyang Duan, Jian Shi, Ran Hou, Yajie Huang, Chunyan Wang, Huazhen Du

“…This study aimed to investigate the expression of the lncRNA ENSG00000253385.1 in ESCC tissues and its relationship with clinicopathological features and patient prognosis, and to explore its potential regulatory mechanism in ESCC cells. …”
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