Neuroendocrine small cell carcinoma of the cervix: A case report. [PDF]
Mol Clin Oncol, 2021 Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) has been found in patients with Merkel cell carcinoma and respiratory tract infections. Merkel cell carcinoma is a primary aggressive neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin.
Giordano G +5 more
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Widespread pain and depression are key modifiable risk factors associated with reduced social participation in older adults: A prospective cohort study in primary care. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore), 2016 In older adults, reduced social participation increases the risk of poor health-related quality of life, increased levels of inflammatory markers and cardiovascular disease, and increased mortality.
Wilkie R +5 more
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CNS erythroblastic sarcoma: a potential emerging pediatric tumor type characterized by NFIA::RUNX1T1/3 fusions. [PDF]
Acta Neuropathol CommunErythroblastic sarcoma (ES) (previously called chloroma or granulocytic sarcoma) are rare hematological neoplams characterized by the proliferation of myeloid blasts at extramedullary sites, and primarily involve the skin and soft tissue of middle-aged ...
Tauziède-Espariat A +17 more
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Genetic and functional characterization of disease associations explains comorbidity. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2017 Understanding relationships between diseases, such as comorbidities, has important socio-economic implications, ranging from clinical study design to health care planning.
Rubio-Perez C +9 more
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EWSR1-The Most Common Rearranged Gene in Soft Tissue Lesions, Which Also Occurs in Different Bone Lesions: An Updated Review. [PDF]
Diagnostics (Basel), 2021 EWSR1 belongs to the FET family of RNA-binding proteins including also Fused in Sarcoma (FUS), and TATA-box binding protein Associated Factor 15 (TAF15).
Flucke U +6 more
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A dualistic model of primary anal canal adenocarcinoma with distinct cellular origins, etiologies, inflammatory microenvironments and mutational signatures: implications for personalised medicine. [PDF]
Br J Cancer, 2018 Primary adenocarcinoma of the anal canal is a rare and aggressive gastrointestinal disease with unclear pathogenesis. Because of its rarity, no clear clinical practice guideline has been defined and a targeted therapeutic armamentarium has yet to be ...
Herfs M +23 more
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Pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of primary melanoma of the colon. [PDF]
World J Surg Oncol, 2011 Background Melanomas within the alimentary tract are usually metastatic in origin. On the other hand, primary melanomas of the gastrointestinal tract are relatively uncommon.
Khalid U, Saleem T, Imam AM, Khan MR.
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Sarin exposure, mortality and cancer incidence in UK military veterans involved in human experiments at Porton Down: 52-year follow-up. [PDF]
Occup Environ MedObjectives We investigated whether UK military personnel exposed to sarin during the ‘Service Volunteer Programme’ at Porton Down had increased rates of mortality or cancer incidence over a 52-year follow-up.
Archer G +4 more
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Trends in dermatomyositis- and polymyositis-related mortality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, 1985-2007: multiple cause-of-death analysis. [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2010 Background Dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) are rare systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases with high fatality rates. There have been few population-based mortality studies of dermatomyositis and polymyositis in the world, and none have been ...
Santo AH +4 more
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Automated recognition of malignancy mentions in biomedical literature. [PDF]
BMC Bioinformatics, 2006 BACKGROUND: The rapid proliferation of biomedical text makes it increasingly difficult for researchers to identify, synthesize, and utilize developed knowledge in their fields of interest.
Jin Y +8 more
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