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A Rare Case of Lymph Node Metastasis from Early Gastric Cancer [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2019 Gastric cancers that fulfill the Japanese criteria for curative endoscopic resection show a low risk of lymph node (LN) metastasis. Here, we report a case of LN metastasis from early gastric cancer that fulfilled the curative criteria.
Takaaki Yoshikawa +4 more
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Alpha-fetoprotein: a renaissance
Tumor Biology, 2013 Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a major mammalian embryo-specific and tumor-associated protein that is also present in small quantities in adults at normal conditions. Discovery of the phenomenon of AFP biosynthesis in carcinogenesis by G. Abelev and Yu. Tatarinov 50 years ago, in 1963, provoked intensive studies of this protein.
A A, Terentiev, N T, Moldogazieva
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An Unusual Case of Primary Retroperitoneal Germ Cell Tumour in a Young Man
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2018 Some 2–5% of germ cell tumours are of extragonadal origin, with a retroperitoneal location being very rare. The majority of retroperitoneal germ cell tumours have metastasized from a testicular tumour.
Maria João Raposo Linhares Serpa +5 more
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Significance of serum tumor markers monitoring in carcinomas of unknown primary site [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2010 Background/Aim. Unknown primary tumors represent a heterogeneous group of malignancies that are indicative of ominous prognosis. Cancer of unknown primary site (CUP) is defined as the lack of any detectable primary site after full evaluation, and ...
Pejčić Ivica +6 more
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BMC Gastroenterology, 2017 Background Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The significance of pre-treatment AFP (pt-AFP) in non-viral HCC (nvHCC) is not clear.
Siriwardana Rohan Chaminda +6 more
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Intrauterine fetal death caused by seatbelt injury
Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2017 Objective: Severe motor vehicle accidents involving pregnant women can result in fetal and neonatal death. We describe a case in which fetal death occurred due to relatively mild seatbelt injuries and present the characteristic magnetic resonance imaging
Shizuka Yamada +5 more
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Journal of the Pakistan Medical AssociationPineal region tumours are rare and mainly arise at ayounger age. They can be categorized into various types:germ cell tumours (GCT), pineal parenchymal tumours(PPT), meningiomas, gliomas, pineoblastoma, pinealparenchymal tumours of intermediate ...
Saqib Kamran Bakhshi +11 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As part of the European Cooperative Study Group for Paediatric Rare Tumours initiative, we developed standard clinical practice guidelines for ovarian sex cord stromal tumors, based on comprehensive national and international cohort analyses, literature review, and a final expert consensus conference.
Dominik T. Schneider +15 more
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Extragonadal yolk sac tumor of the ureter with neuroendocrine differentiation: A case report
Urology Case ReportsExtragonadal germ cell tumors in the urinary tract are exceptionally rare, with only a small number of cases documented in the literature. Although these neoplasms exhibit considerable histologic heterogeneity, neuroendocrine differentiation within these
Masato Takanashi +2 more
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Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1979 Detection and measurement of serum AFP levels have been found useful in the diagnosis, prognosis and follow up of patients with hepatoma and germ cell tumors [20]. Monitoring maternal and amniotic fluid AFP concentration helps detect a variety of fetal disorders. The in vitro evidence for immunosuppressive effects of AFP suggests a possible role of AFP
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