Giant Merkel Cell Carcinoma Masquerading as a Benign Cyst on the Buttock of an African American Man by Marissa J. Perman, Janelle M. King, Laurel L. Leithauser, Hugh M. Gloster

“…He subsequently received adjuvant radiotherapy limited to the tumor bed at a dose of 60 gray.…”
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Brain Metastasis of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review by Orit Kaidar-Person, Jonathan Kuten, Fadi Atrash, Salem Billan, Abraham Kuten

“…A PubMed database search was conducted to review the existing literature regarding brain metastases of NPC, using the search terms “nasopharyngeal neoplasia,” “nasopharyngeal carcinoma,” “nasopharynx,” “radiotherapy,” “central nervous system,” and “brain” in section of “Title/Abstract.” …”
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Functional status, lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio, and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio as prognostic factors of one-year survival rate in elderly patients with advanced-stage non-small... by Ratna Nurhayati, Aulia Rizka, Cleopas Martin Rumende, Noorwati Sutandyo, Arif Hanafi, Edy Rizal Wahyudi, Hamzah Shatri, Anna Mira Lubis, Em Yunir, Muhammad Firdaus, Yuniar Harris Prayitno, Nadira Nibras Taqiyya

“…Medical records were collected, comprising complete blood count prior to chemotherapy or radiotherapy, assessment of functional status through the Barthel Index for Activities of Daily Living (ADL), and 1-year survival post-diagnosis. …”
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Efficient Predictor for Immunotherapy Efficacy: Detecting Pan‐Clones Effector Tumor Antigen‐Specific T Cells in Blood by Nanoparticles Loading Whole Tumor Antigens by Weibiao Zeng, Jin Wang, Zhike Chen, Jian Yang, Ao Zhu, Yan Zheng, Xianlan Chen, Yuhan Liu, Leilei Wu, Yufeng Xie, Sheng Ju, Jun Chen, Cheng Ding, Chang Li, Xin Tong, Mi Liu, Jun Zhao

“…This method can also be applied to evaluate the efficacy of other treatments, such as radiotherapy, oncolytic viruses, and nanomedicine‐based therapies.…”
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A deep learning algorithm to generate synthetic computed tomography images for brain treatments from 0.35 T magnetic resonance imaging by Luca Vellini, Flaviovincenzo Quaranta, Sebastiano Menna, Elisa Pilloni, Francesco Catucci, Jacopo Lenkowicz, Claudio Votta, Michele Aquilano, Andrea D’Aviero, Martina Iezzi, Francesco Preziosi, Alessia Re, Althea Boschetti, Danila Piccari, Antonio Piras, Carmela Di Dio, Alessandro Bombini, Gian Carlo Mattiucci, Davide Cusumano

“…Background and Purpose: The development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)-only Radiotherapy (RT) represents a significant advancement in the field. …”
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Analysis of the efficacy of MALDI-TOF MS technology in identifying microorganisms in cancer patients and oncology hospital environment by Grażyna Czeszewska-Rosiak, Iwona Adamczyk, Agnieszka Ludwiczak, Piotr Fijałkowski, Paweł Fijałkowski, Magdalena Twarużek, Michał Złoch, Dorota Gabryś, Wioletta Miśta, Andrzej Tretyn, Paweł Piotr Pomastowski

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High Detection Rates for Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen–avid Prostate Cancer Recurrence at Low Prostate-specific Antigen levels on Extended Axial Field-of-view Positron Emissio... by Sarah Thomas, Jason Callahan, Paul Conway, Daniel Moon, Hugh Morgan, Johanna Ingbritsen, Melissa Munro, Robert E. Ware, Phil Dundee, Rodney J. Hicks

“…At these levels, disease was largely confined to the pelvis and potentially amenable to salvage radiotherapy. However, more than one-third of these patients had disease exclusively outside the prostate bed, with implications for the efficacy and morbidity of current salvage radiotherapy approaches. …”
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Hemorrhagic Cystitis due to BK Reactivation in a Young Female Treated for Hodgkin-Disease by R. Le Calloch, J. C. Ianotto, C. Berthou, A. Tempescul

“…Hodgkin's lymphoma is a disease with a high rate of curability under classic chemo-radiotherapy regimes. Complications due to chemotherapy could include viral reactivation due to chronic lymphopenia. …”
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Primary spindle cell sarcoma of the hard palate: A rare case report and literature review by Shirley Silva, Daniel Droguett, Dahiana Pulgar, Paola Muñoz

“…Treatment involved surgical resection, reconstruction, and adjuvant radiotherapy. Despite the rarity, this case emphasizes the importance of accumulating clinical data for a comprehensive understanding and improved therapeutic strategies for infrequent malignancies, facilitating informed decision-making in medical practice.…”
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Research progress of Chinese medicinal monomers in the process of melanoma occurrence by Yan Shang, Hailong Zhao

“…Context Melanoma’s aggressiveness and resistance to radiotherapy highlight an urgent need for innovative treatments. …”
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Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: Current Treatments and Potential New Therapeutic Options with Emphasis on TfR1/CD71 by Rosalba Parenti, Lucia Salvatorelli, Gaetano Magro

“…Actually, ATC is refractory to conventional therapies, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and radioiodine (131I) therapy. Accordingly, genetic and molecular characterizations of ATC have been frequently and periodically reviewed in order to identify potential biological markers exploitable for target therapy. …”
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Ewing’s Sarcoma of the Lung as a Second Malignancy in Long-Term Survivor of Childhood Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: A Rare Case Report and Literature Review by Sumit Bharti, Deepak Bhasin, Gautam Goyal, Priya Sharma

“…It is well known that immunodeficiency after radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or haematopoietic stem cell transplantation impairs the antitumour activity of the innate and adaptive immune systems, predisposing the immune system to fail to detect and eliminate newly mutated cells. …”
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Laryngeal Preservation in Managing Advanced Tracheal Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma by Thavakumar Subramaniam, Paul Lennon, John Kinsella, James Paul O’Neill

“…The patient was treated with adjuvant radiotherapy including platinum based chemotherapy in an effort to maximise local control. …”
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Intestinal Radiation-Induced Stricture Favours Small Bowel Obstruction by Phytobezoar: Report of a Case by Alessandra Quercioli, Franco Dallegri, Luciano Ottonello, Fabrizio Montecucco, Giacomo Borgonovo

“…This report provides evidence to consider phytobezoar as a possible cause of small bowel obstruction in patients previously treated with abdominal radiotherapy.…”
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Spontaneous Regression of a Carcinoid Tumor following Pregnancy by A. Sewpaul, D. Bargiela, A. James, S. J. Johnson, J. J. French

“…We present a case of spontaneous regression of a neuroendocrine tumor following pregnancy in the absence of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or alternative medicine (including herbal medicine). …”
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Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma Metastatic to the Thyroid, Presenting Like Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer by Natasha Pollak, Gregory J. Renner, Ronald Miick, Shellaine R. Frazier

“…The thyroid tumor histology and immunophenotype corresponded well with her prior endometrial carcinoma, indicating that the thyroid mass was a metastasis from the endometrial primary. Radiotherapy appears to offer good local disease control in this rare case of endometrioid adenocarcinoma metastatic to the thyroid.…”
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Variant Guillain-Barré Syndrome in a Patient with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma by R. H. Bishay, J. Paton, V. Abraham

“…Previous reports have largely focused on toxicities secondary to chemo- or radiotherapy as a major contributor to the development of acute neuropathies in malignancy. …”
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Research Progress on Tumor Treatment Strategies Targeting TGF-β by Jian ZHANG, Binyue LYU, Xiao ZHAO

“…Combination therapies that show promising results include combination with PD-1 antibodies, and combination with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. New combination therapies, such as CAR-T therapy modified with TGF-βRII, are also emerging in clinical research. …”
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Whistle from Afar: A Case of Endotracheal Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Cancer by Bitoti Chattopadhyay, Biswamit Bhattacharya, Atri Chatterjee, Pijush Kanti Biswas, Nirod Baran Debnath

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Post Irradiation Spindle Cell Carcinoma of Tonsillar Pillar by Prateek Kinra, V. Srinivas, Kavita Sinha, Vibha Dutta

“…The neoplasm occurred as a complication of radiotherapy (excessive cumulative radiation dose of 60 Gray) for carcinoma larynx with a latency period of three years. …”
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