Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck by Vivek V. Gurudutt, Eric M. Genden

“…Various pathologic subtypes exist and differ in histology and prognosis. High-risk tumors need aggressive treatment and vigilant surveillance to monitor for recurrence. …”
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Posterior Mediastinum Ganglioneuroma: a Case Report by Mileny Acosta Fonseca, Elsy Roxana Geroy Moya, Tamara Estrada Sánchez

“…Neuroectodermal tumors are the main cause of mediastinal tumors. Of these, the ganglioneuroma is the most benign and the least frequent, with an incidence of 1 in 100,000 children. …”
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Coexisting Papillary and Clear Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Same Kidney by Murat Ustuner, Busra Yaprak, Kerem Teke, Seyfettin Ciftci, Mucahit Kart, Kursat Yildiz, Melih Culha

“…Bilateral synchronous benign and malignant renal tumors have been defined in some reports. However, unilateral concordance of malignant renal tumors is very rare and there are only a few cases that had synchronous different subtypes of malignant renal tumors arising within the same kidney. …”
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Transient lymphocyte count decrease correlates with oncolytic adenovirus efficacy in humans: mechanistic and biomarker findings from TUNIMO phase I trial by Tuomo Alanko, Akseli Hemminki, Víctor Cervera-Carrascón, Riikka Havunen, Kristian Taipale, Dafne C A Quixabeira, Jorma Sormunen, Katriina Peltola, Suvi Sorsa, Santeri A Pakola, Elise Jirovec, Lyna Haybout, Claudia Kistler, Tatiana V Kudling, Victor Arias, James H A Clubb, Mirte van der Heijden, Teijo Pellinen, Joao M Santos

“…TILT-123 encodes two transgenes: tumor necrosis alpha (TNFa) and interleukin-2 (IL-2). …”
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Surgical Treatment of Primary Intracardiac Myxoma: 20-Year Experience in “Shahid Modarres Hospital”—A Tertiary University Hospital—Tehran, Iran by Zahra Ansari Aval, Hamid Ghaderi, Hassan Tatari, Mahnoosh Foroughi, Seyedeh Adeleh Mirjafari, Mohammad Forozeshfard, Kamal Fani, Isa Khaheshi

“…Although cardiac tumors are not common they may vary in terms of race and surgical approach in different countries. …”
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Pathological variants in HPV-independent vulvar tumours by Sanja A. Farkas, Alvida Qvick, Gisela Helenius, Gabriella Lillsunde-Larsson

“…Copy number variations (CNV) were more common in HPV-associated tumors (n = 13/16, 81%) compared to HPV-negative tumors (n = 9/14, 64%). …”
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Clinical, histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of vulvar squamous cell carcinoma by Lorenza Bridi Todeschini, Rita de Cássia Sant’Anna Alves, Adriana Vial Roehe

“…Positive p16 and PDL1 staining was detected in 24.4% and 17.1% of the samples, respectively. p53 expression was negative in 19.5% of the samples, whereas it was overexpressed in 24.4%. p16-positive tumors showed a smaller depth of invasion (DOI) (p = 0.014), while tumors with p53 abnormal expression showed greater DOI (p = 0.041). …”
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Aurora kinase A expression in pleomorphic adenoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, and mucoepidermoid carcinoma of salivary glands: an immunohistochemical study by Razieh Zare, Leila Izadi, Mario Alberto Alarcón-Sánchez, Masumeh Taghva, Mohammad Ali Ranjbar

“…Abstract Background Aurora kinase A (AurkA) plays a vital role in mitosis and is therefore critical in tumors development and progression. There are a few studies on AurkA expression in salivary gland tumors. …”
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Somatostatin Receptor Type 2–Based Reporter Expression after Plasmid-Based in Vivo Gene Delivery to Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer by Lin Han, Murali Ravoori, Guanglin Wu, Ryo Sakai, Shaoyu Yan, Sheela Singh, Kai Xu, Jack A. Roth, Lin Ji, Vikas Kundra

“…Mice with A549 NSCLC lung tumors were injected intravenously with CMV-SSTR2, CMV-TUSC2-IRES-SSTR2, or CMV-TUSC2 plasmids in DOTAP:cholesterolliposomal nanoparticles. …”
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Dual Reporter Gene Imaging by Jiantu Che, Mikhail Doubrovin, Inna Serganova, Ludmila Ageyeva, Pat Zanzonico, Ronald Blasberg

“…Optical and nuclear imaging of tumors produced from these cell lines provides the opportunity to monitor tumor growth and response to therapy. …”
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A rare case of double pituitary prolactinomas: the diagnostic application of intraoperative ultrasonography and DNA methylation markers by Jared C. Reese, Thomas M. Zervos, Jack Rock, Abeer Tabbarah, Houtan Noushmehr, Grayson Herrgott, Ana Valeria Castro

“…To detect a tumor missing through visual inspection, IOUS was performed. …”
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Assessment of Risk of Malignancy and Concordance in Salivary Gland Cytopathology Using the Milan System of Reporting, with Emphasis on Angiogenesis by Pranita Mohanty, Sonali Kar, Surabhi Singh

“…Follow-up histopathology could be done only in 68.9% cases, and CD34 IHC is done in tumor cases only to differentiate between benign and malignant tumors. …”
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KRAS, p53 and BRAF Gene Mutations and Aneuploidy in Sporadic Colorectal Cancer Progression by Daniele Calistri, Claudia Rengucci, Ian Seymour, Elena Leonardi, Mauro Truini, Davide Malacarne, Patrizio Castagnola, Walter Giaretti

“…Results: p53, KRAS and BRAF mutations were found in 39%, 34%, and 4% of tumors, respectively. The frequency of p53 mutations increased from 15% for stage A to 48% for stage D and was highest in near-diploid (DI 1.6) tumors. …”
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Intracranial ependymoma: A retrospective analysis of clinical features, treatment modalities, and long‐term outcome by Amr Badary, Sarah Zuhair Kurdi, Yasser F. Almealawy, Sura N. Alrubaye, Vivek Sanker, Bipin Chaurasia, Oday Atallah

“…Abstract Objective Ependymomas, rare neuroglial tumors originating from ependymal cells, can occur in the CNS and typically affect the brain's ventricles or spinal cord. …”
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Facial Localization of Malignant Chondroid Syringoma: A Rare Case Report by Deniz Tural, Fatih Selçukbiricik, Feray Günver, Abdülkadir Karışmaz, Süheyla Serdengecti

“…First described by Hirsch and Helwig in 1961, chondroid syringomas (CSs) are rare, benign tumors of the skin arising from the eccrine sweat glands with tumor differentiation in the epithelial and mesenchymal tissues. …”
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Cellular Origins of Regenerating Nodules and Malignancy in the FAH Model of Liver Injury after Bone Marrow Cell Transplantation by Pei-Rong Wang, Yi Li

“…Hepatocytes generated by fusion with bone marrow cells did not form malignant tumors. Extracellular matrix and inflammatory cells had significantly accumulated in liver tumors.…”
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A Rare Occurrence of Primary Hepatic Leiomyosarcoma Associated with Epstein Barr Virus Infection in an AIDs Patient by Haritha Chelimilla, Kanthi Badipatla, Ariyo Ihimoyan, Masooma Niazi

“…The tumors are not yet fully understood, hence the standard of care is not well defined. …”
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Cecal Schwannoma: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Young Woman with Review of Literature by Kalyan Kanneganti, Harish Patel, Masooma Niazi, Kavitha Kumbum, Bhavna Balar

“…Schwannomas are rare mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Occurrence of these tumors is more common in the stomach than in the large intestine. …”
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Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anus to the Lung Confirmed with Allelotyping by Rachel Roth, Susan Moffatt-Bruce, Marino E. Leon

“…The patient was treated with palliative chemotherapy instead of additional surgical treatment. When multiple tumors are present, determining metastatic versus synchronous primary tumors is necessary for appropriate treatment. …”
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Study on the regulatory mechanisms of mitochondrial biosynthesis by polyoxometalates by Shan Lei, Bingnian Chen, Li Wang, Jian Li

“…In recent years, polyoxometalates (POMs) have been extensively researched for their potential in treating diabetes, tumors, cancer, inflammation, and other diseases, both in vitro and in vivo. …”
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