Role of sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) gene polymorphisms in pituitary adenoma development. Literature review by G. Morkūnaitė, B. Glebauskienė, R. Liutkevičienė

“…The most important agent of tumors are genes which could determine tumor appearance. …”
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a 24-Year-Old Female with Beckwith–Wiedemann Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Carolyn G. Ahlers, Quoc-Huy Trinh, Martin Montenovo

“…While BWS has been associated with childhood embryonal tumors, most commonly Wilms tumors and hepatoblastomas, this is the first case report to describe HCC in an adult with BWS. …”
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The Role of the Surgeon and Transurethral Resection in the Treatment of Superficial Bladder Cancer by Alan M. Nieder, Murugesan Manoharan

“…The entire bladder must be visualized, with both 30- and 70-degree lenses, and all abnormal areas must be resected, with separate biopsies from each tumor's base. Repeat TUR is recommended for all high grade tumors and T1 tumors, especially if muscle was not present in the initial specimen. …”
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Intradural Intramedullary Mixed Type Hemangioma: Optimizing the Surgical Management through Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring by Ahmad Jabir Rahyussalim, Adrian Situmeang, Ahmad Yanuar Safri, Zulfa Indah K. Fadhly

“…Intradural intramedullary mixed type hemangioma is a rare histotype of primary spinal cord tumors, though it can carry a severe clinical burden leading to limb dysfunction or motor and sensory disturbances. …”
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Factors Contributing to Diagnosis and Prognosis in Sinonasal Malignancies by Wenjing Li, Jianqiang You, Haixiang Xue, Changjiang Chao

“…This study was intended to explore and analyze the factors which affect the survival and prognosis of patients with malignant tumors of nasal cavity and sinus. Methods. Retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data of 39 cases of malignant tumors of nasal cavity and sinus that met the requirements of the study. …”
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Familial Abdominal and Intestinal Lipomatosis Presenting with Upper GI Bleeding by Yilmaz Bilgic, Hasan Baki Altinsoy, Nezahat Yildirim, Ozkan Alatas, Burhan Hakan Kanat, Abdurrahman Sahin

“…Although lipomas are encapsulated benign tumors, systemic lipomatosis defines infiltrative nonencapsulated tumors resembling normal adipose tissue. …”
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Retroperitoneal Extrarenal Angiomyolipomas: An Evidence-Based Approach to a Rare Clinical Entity by Emmanuel J. Minja, Megan Pellerin, Nicole Saviano, Ronald S. Chamberlain

“…Extrarenal angiomyolipomas (ERAMLs) are rare tumors that present as incidentalomas upon imaging for other conditions. …”
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Intracranial Meningioma Diagnosed during Pregnancy Caused Maternal Death by Zehra Kurdoglu, Orkun Cetin, Ismail Gulsen, Deniz Dirik, M. Deniz Bulut

“…Brain tumors are rarely diagnosed during pregnancy. Accelerated growth of intracranial meningiomas during pregnancy sometimes requires urgent surgical intervention. …”
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Incidental Diagnosis of Oligosymptomatic Bilateral Perirenal Erdheim–Chester Disease during Emergency Investigation for COVID-19 Infection by Juliano Cordova Vargas, Caio Cardozo, Renata Stanzione, Lucas Fiore, Felipe D'Almeida Costa, Rodrigo Fonseca Abreu, Nelson Hamerschlak, Guilherme Perini

“…This diagnosis, albeit rare, should be taken into consideration in the context of incidental findings of abdominal tumors to ensure that treatment, when required, is instituted early.…”
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Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasms of the Pancreas: A Report of Two Cases by Dilip Dan, Rakesh Rambally, Shamir O. Cawich, Ravi Maharaj, Vijay Naraynsingh

“…We report two cases of patients with solid pseudopapillary pancreatic tumors and review the existing literature.…”
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Management of Recurrent Osteoid Osteoma: Case Report by Trupthi Das, M.C. Uthappa, Ravikanth Devathu

“…Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone tumor accounting for 10% of all benign bone tumors and 2 to 3% of all primary bone tumors. …”
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Biomarkers for Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Tara Behne, M. Sitki Copur

“…The hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors and carries a poor survival rate. The management of patients at risk for developing HCC remains challenging. …”
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Bromodomain-Containing Protein 4: A Dynamic Regulator of Breast Cancer Metastasis through Modulation of the Extracellular Matrix by Jude Alsarraj, Kent W. Hunter

“…There is growing evidence that host factors outside of the primary tumors are of major importance in the development of metastasis. …”
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Immuno-PET Imaging of Siglec-15 Using the Zirconium-89-Labeled Therapeutic Antibody, NC318 by Elaine M. Jagoda, Falguni Basuli, Colleen Olkowski, Ido Weiss, Tim E. Phelps, Karen Wong, Anita Thien Ton, Kelly C. Lane, Steve Adler, Donna Butcher, Elijah F. Edmondson, Sol Langermann, Peter L. Choyke

“…Siglec-15+tumors were identified on PET images whereas low/negligible expressing tumors showed lower uptakes. …”
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Implication of fibroblast growth factor 7 in ovarian cancer metastases and patient survival by Laura F. Mortan, Laura F. Mortan, Brooke A. Meelheim, Justin Garland, Justin Garland, Jacqueline A. Bohn, Zitha Redempta Isingizwe, Doris M. Benbrook, Doris M. Benbrook

“…FGF7 mRNA was significantly higher in mouse tumors compared to ascites. FGF7 protein was significantly higher in tumors than in ascites in independent mouse models and clinical specimens. …”
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Mitochondria-targeted photothermal-chemodynamic therapy enhances checkpoint blockade immunotherapy on colon cancer by Benchao Zheng, Hongbo Wang, Shiyi Zhai, Jiangsheng Li, Kuangda Lu

“…Photothermal therapy (PTT), which employs light energy to ablate tumors, can also activate tumor-specific immune responses. …”
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Mismatch repair, p53, and L1 cell adhesion molecule status influence the response to chemotherapy in advanced and recurrent endometrial cancer by Jung Chul Kim, Byungsoo Ahn, Yong Jae Lee, Eun Ji Nam, Sang Wun Kim, Sunghoon Kim, Young Tae Kim, Eunhyang Park, Jung-Yun Lee

“…Results Of the 156 patients, 62 (39.7%), 53 (34.0%), and 41 (26.3%) had p53wt/pMMR, abnormal p53 (p53abn), and MMR-deficient (dMMR) tumors, respectively. PFS and OS were longest in dMMR, followed by p53wt/pMMR, and were the least in p53abn tumors (PFS: p = 0.0006, OS: p = 0.0013). …”
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A Novel, Patient-Specific Mathematical Pathology Approach for Assessment of Surgical Volume: Application to Ductal Carcinoma in situ of The Breast by Mary E. Edgerton, Yao-Li Chuang, Paul Macklin, Wei Yang, Elaine L. Bearer, Vittorio Cristini

“…In accordance with biological observations, our model simulates the diffusion-limited in situ tumors with a relatively short phase of fast initial growth, followed by a prolonged slow-growth phase where tumor size is constrained primarily by the relative weight of cell mitosis and death. …”
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Enhanced effect of radiofrequency ablation on HCC by siRNA-PD-L1-endostatin Co-expression plasmid delivered by Pengfei Chen, Kun Li, Jinwei Chen, He Hei, Jiaxin Geng, Nannan Huang, Mengyu Lei, Huijie Jia, Jianzhuang Ren, Chenwang Jin

“…The combination therapy significantly reduced tumor growth, angiogenesis, and PD-L1/VEGF expression in tumor tissues post-RFA. …”
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FABP6 Expression Correlates with Immune Infiltration and Immunogenicity in Colorectal Cancer Cells by Wenping Lian, Zhongquan Wang, Yajie Ma, Yalin Tong, Xinyu Zhang, Huifang Jin, Shuai Zhao, Ruijing Yu, Shaotan Ju, Xinyun Zhang, Xiaona Guo, Tao Huang, Xianfei Ding, Mengle Peng

“…Enrichment analysis of DEGs revealed that immune-related signaling was significantly activated in hot tumors, while metabolic process pathways were altered in cold tumors. …”
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