Urothelial bladder carcinoma metastasizing to the eye: a systematic review and case report [PDF]
The eye is a rare site for disseminated malignancies; nevertheless, several tumors may metastasize to ocular structures. Few cases of urothelial and bladder cancer with eye involvement have been described in the literature thus far.
Brunelli, Matteo +12 more
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Osteopontin and `Melanoma Inhibitory Activity': Comparison of Two Serological Tumor Markers in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma Patients [PDF]
Background: Evaluation of the protein osteopontin (OPN) as a potential new marker in comparison to melanoma inhibitory activity (MIA) for screening and detection of metastatic uveal melanoma. Methods: Plasma levels of 32 patients with uveal melanoma were
Haritoglou, Christos +5 more
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Bilateral diffuse choroidal hemangioma in Sturge Weber syndrome: a case report highlighting the role of multimodal imaging and a brief review of the literature [PDF]
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a patient with bilateral choroidal hemangioma in Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) and highlight multimodal imaging techniques for early detection and management of ocular alterations.
Abdolrahimzadeh +76 more
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Purpose: Describe the use of osimertinib, a third-generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor, as the first-line treatment in a patient with choroidal and central nervous system metastases from EGFR-mutated non-small cell
Matthew G. Field +3 more
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Bilateral Choroidal Metastases from Mesothelioma [PDF]
CASE REPORT A 69-year-old retired carpenter with previous asbestos exposure was diagnosed with pleural epithelioid mesothelioma in 2003. He was treated with a pleural decortication but subsequently relapsed in supraclavicular and axillary lymph nodes and in the peritoneum.
Teh, Amy Y.M. +3 more
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Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among females in India. Cervical cancer usually spreads by local extension and through the lymphatic drainage to the lymph nodes.
Akshay Gopinathan Nair +4 more
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Uveal melanoma: Therapeutic consequences of doubling times and irradiation results; a review [PDF]
Thirty-six of 39 published calculated doubling times (Td's) of uveal melanomas appeared to be longer than 60 days. Metastatic death occurs 35–40 Td's after dissemination.
Manschot, W.A., Strik, R. (Roel) van
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A Case of Metastatic Atypical Neuroendocrine Tumor with ALK Translocation and Diffuse Brain Metastases. [PDF]
A challenge in precision medicine requires identification of actionable driver mutations. Critical to such effort is the deployment of sensitive and well-validated assays for mutation detection.
Ali, Siraj +9 more
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Proton Therapy for Uveal Melanoma in 43 Juvenile Patients: Long-Term Results. [PDF]
PURPOSE: To examine the metastatic and survival rates, eye retention probability, and the visual outcomes of juvenile patients after proton beam radiotherapy (PBRT) for uveal melanoma (UM).
Bergin, C. +4 more
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Diagnostic of small choroidal metastasis
Choroidal metastasis in 23–30 % of cases have multifocal growth. In 10–20 % of patients do not have subjective complaints, due to eccentrical localization of choroidal metastases. In these cases, they are detected by chance during examination.
A. S. Stoyukhina, Yu. N. Yusef
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