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Maspin differential expression patterns as a potential marker for targeted screening of esophageal adenocarcinoma/gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
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Public Library of Science
, 2019 , Article)
Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a predisposing factor of esophageal adenocarcinoma/gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (ECA/GEJ Aca). BE patients are stratified and subsequently monitored according to the risk of malignant ...
Gastric Necrosis and Perforation Following Massive Gastric Dilatation in an Adolescent Girl: A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen.
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Frontiers Media
, 2019 , Article)
Gastric necrosis with perforation is a rare and potentially life-threatening condition in childhood beyond the neonatal period. We report a case of gastric necrosis and perforation of a portion of the great curvature due ...
Novel therapeutic targets in salivary duct carcinoma uncovered by comprehensive molecular profiling.
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Wiley Open Access
, 2019 , Article)
Salivary duct carcinoma (SDC) is a rare, aggressive salivary gland malignancy, which often presents at an advanced stage. A proportion of SDC are characterized by HER2 amplification and/or overexpression of androgen receptor ...
Novel Epigenetic Biomarkers in Pregnancy-Related Disorders and Cancers
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MDPI
, 2019 , Article)
As the majority of cancers and gestational diseases are prognostically stage- and grade-dependent, the ultimate goal of ongoing studies in precision medicine is to provide early and timely diagnosis of such disorders. These ...
Molecular characterization of cancers with NTRK gene fusions
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Springer Nature
, 2019 , Article)
Targeted inhibitors of neurotropic tyrosine kinases are highly effective in selected patients with gene fusions involving NTRK1, NTRK2, or NTRK3. These fusions are consistently detected in rare cancer types (e.g., secretory ...
Acute perforated appendicitis after blunt abdominal trauma: A report from a 7-year-old
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WB Saunders
, 2019 , Article)
Individually, trauma and appendicitis are some of the most common conditions in clinical practice, particularly in emergency medicine. In rare cases, trauma and appendicitis may co-exist, imposing a dilemma of whether these ...
Triple Negative Breast Cancer Profile, from Gene to microRNA, in Relation to Ethnicity.
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MDPI
, 2019 , Article)
Breast cancer is the most frequent cause of cancer-related deaths among women worldwide. It is classified into four major molecular subtypes. Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs), a subgroup of breast cancer, are defined ...
Laparoscopic Extirpation of Adrenal Gland Ganglioneuroma Incidentally Diagnosed During Evaluation for Patchy Alopecia Areata in an Adolescent Boy
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Karger
, 2019 , Article)
We present a 17-year-old boy with an incidentally diagnosed left adrenal ganglioneuroma (GN) during the diagnostic work up of alopecia areata (AA). Clinical Presentation and Intervention Laboratory investigations revealed ...
Letter to Editor: Apocrine carcinoma is the fact. Comment on the recent paper entitled "Invasive apocrine carcinoma of the breast: Myth or fact?" by Gurrado et al (Breast J. 2019 Sep 8. doi: 10.1111/tbj.13569. [Epub ahead of print].
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Wiley
, 2019 , Article)
The most recent WHO classification of breast cancer also recognizes the concept of “pure apocrine carcinoma” (called carcinoma with apocrine differentiation) with cancers having >90% of apocrine morphology (an essential ...
Somatostatin receptor SSTR2A and SSTR5 expression in neuroendocrine breast cancer.
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Article)
Neuroendocrine breast cancer (NEBC) is a group of rare tumors, which could benefit from therapy targeting the somatostatin receptors (SSTRs). In particular, SSTR2A and SSTR5 are potential targets given their consistent ...