Prognostic Value of Bone Marrow Uptake Using 18F-FDG PET/CT Scans in Solid Neoplasms
Journal of Imaging, 2022 Background: Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computerized tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) uptake is known to increase in infective and inflammatory conditions. Systemic inflammation plays a role in oncologic prognosis. Consequently,
Francisco Tustumi +6 more
doaj +1 more source
Pharyngeal-Esophageal Malignancies with Dermatologic Paraneoplastic Syndrome
Life, 2022 Systemic changes often send signals to the skin, and certain neoplastic diseases of the internal organs can also trigger skin manifestations. In this article, the authors make clinical photography presentations of the patients seen at our clinic with ...
Ana Fulga +8 more
doaj +1 more source
Duodenal carcinoid tumour – a case report [PDF]
, 2020 Duodenal carcinoids are rare tumours of the small intestine with heterogenous clinical and pathological characteristics. The long-term prognosis is very good if discovered in the early stages.
Alexescu, Teodora Gabriela +7 more
core +2 more sources
Journal of International Medical Research, 2021 Esophageal fibrovascular polyp is rare in esophageal neoplasms and usually very large. Here, we present a case of giant esophageal fibrovascular polyp. The patient had dysphagia and choking sensation at presentation.
Dan Nie, Ye Zong, Jielin Li
doaj +1 more source
Cancer incidence among male construction workers in Korea: a standardized incidence ratio analysis, 2009-2015 [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2023 OBJECTIVES Construction workers face an elevated risk for several types of cancer. Nevertheless, there is a lack of large-scale epidemiological studies examining the risk of all cancers in construction workers. This study aimed to investigate the risk of
Soonsu Shin +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Does Notch play a tumor suppressor role across diverse squamous cell carcinomas? [PDF]
, 2016 The role of Notch pathway in tumorigenesis is highly variable. It can be tumor suppressive or pro-oncogenic, typically depending on the cellular context.
Biswas, Sangita +5 more
core +1 more source
The role of epidermal growth factor-like module containing mucin-like hormone receptor 2 in human cancers. [PDF]
, 2014 G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are among the most diverse and ubiquitous proteins in all of biology. The epidermal growth factor-seven span transmembrane (EGF-TM7) subfamily of adhesion GPCRs is a small subset whose members are mainly expressed on ...
Bloch, Orin +8 more
core +2 more sources
Progress in the treatment of esophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma
Tumor Biology, 2017 Esophageal neuroendocrine neoplasms are rare. With the improvement and popularization of diagnostic methods, the morbidity statistics have increased annually in recent years.
Zheng Ma, Hongfei Cai, Youbin Cui
doaj +1 more source
Substance use and esophageal neuroendocrine neoplasm: A case–control study
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022 Esophageal neuroendocrine neoplasms (NEN) are extremely rare and little is known about their risk factors. To identify the potential risk factors, we evaluated whether the history of substance use, including alcohol, tobacco and areca nut consumption was
Yao‐Kuang Wang +9 more
doaj +1 more source
Advanced head and neck cancer: Long-term results of chemo-radiotherapy, complications and induction of second malignancies [PDF]
, 2001 Background: Chemo-radiotherapy is superior to radiotherapy alone in the treatment of advanced, inoperable head and neck cancer. The long-term treatment results, the induction of second malignant tumors, and other long-term toxicities are not well defined.
Aydemir, Ü. +6 more
core +1 more source