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Thoracic psammomatous meningioma with osseous metaplasia: a controversial diagnosis of a case report and literature review

Spinal psammomatous meningioma with calcification is commonly observed, but distinctive osseous differentiation rarely occurs.

Authors: Chao Wang, Yunqing Chen, Lu Zhang, Xuexiao Ma, Bohua Chen and Shuzhong Li

A rare case of rectal cancer with perianal metastasis: a case report

Cancer metastasis from colon cancer to an anal fistula is very rare. We herein reported a rare case in which local excision was performed for metastatic anal fistula cancer originating from rectal cancer.

Authors: Takuto Ikeda, Atsushi Nanashima, Akiko Ichihara, Eiji Kitamura, Kenzo Nagatomo and Hiroyuki Tanaka

Unusual synchronous double primary treatment-naïve lung adenocarcinoma harboring T790M and L858R mutations in early-stage lung cancer

Concurrent mutations of synchronous multiple primary non-small cell lung cancer (SMPNSCLC) is rare, and only a few cases have been reported. Herein, we present a case of early-stage SMPNSCLC with T790M and L85...

Authors: Ching-Fu Weng, Po-Ju Chen, Ailun Heather Tseng, Shih-Hung Huang and Henry Hsin-Chung Lee

An extremely rare primary sarcoma of the lung with peritoneal and small bowel metastases: a case report

Primary sarcoma of the lung is a very rare malignant tumor accounting for less than 0.5% of all lung tumors and presenting diagnostic and treatment challenge. We describe a case of a patient diagnosed with pri...

Authors: Sanja Pleština, Nikša Librenjak, Ante Marušić, Lovorka Batelja Vuletić, Zoran Janevski and Marko Jakopović

Perioperative chemotherapy versus neoadjuvant chemoradiation for patients with adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus in Austria: a retrospective analysis

The aim of this study was to compare the outcome of patients with adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus (AEG type I) treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation or perioperative chemotherapy.

Authors: Oliver O. Koch, Michael Weitzendorfer, Martin Varga, Andreas Tschoner, Richard Partl, Alexander Perathoner, Philipp Gehwolf, Karin S. Kapp, Reinhold Függer, Dietmar Öfner and Klaus Emmanuel

Efficacy and safety of preoperative 5-fluorouracil, cisplatin, and mitomycin C in combination with radiotherapy in patients with resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: a long-term follow-up study

We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 5-fluorouracil-based neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NACRT) in patients with resectable/borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

Authors: Yutaka Endo, Minoru Kitago, Koichi Aiura, Masahiro Shinoda, Hiroshi Yagi, Yuta Abe, Go Oshima, Shutaro Hori, Yutaka Nakano, Osamu Itano, Junichi Fukada, Yohei Masugi and Yuko Kitagawa

Laparoscopic gastrectomy with and without prophylactic drains in gastric cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis

The number of patients who are undergoing laparoscopic gastrectomy for treating gastric cancer is increasing. Although prophylactic drains have been widely employed following the procedure, there are few studi...

Authors: Norihiro Shimoike, Shin Akagawa, Daisuke Yagi, Masazumi Sakaguchi, Yukinari Tokoro, Eiichiro Nakao, Takuya Tamura, Yusuke Fujii, Yuki Mochida, Yoshihisa Umemoto, Hidero Yoshimoto and Seiichiro Kanaya

Role and limitation of neoadjuvant hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy in advanced hepatocelluar carcinoma patients with Child-Pugh class A

Patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have a poor oncologic outcome. In this study, we evaluated the role and limitation of neoadjuvant hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) in advanced...

Authors: Beom-Hui Lee, Dong-Shik Lee, Chan Woo Cho and Sung-Su Yun

Effect of the intermittent Pringle maneuver on liver damage after hepatectomy: a retrospective cohort study

The Pringle maneuver (PM) interrupts the blood flow through the hepatic artery and portal vein to help control bleeding. This study analyzes the effects of the intermittent Pringle maneuver (IPM) on the surgic...

Authors: Xiaolin Wei, Wenjing Zheng, Zhiqing Yang, Hui Liu, Tengqian Tang, Xiaowu Li and Xiangde Liu

Curative efficacy of low frequency electrical stimulation in preventing urinary retention after cervical cancer operation

To evaluate the clinical significance of low-frequency electrical stimulation in preventing urinary retention after radical hysterectomy.

Authors: Huan Li, Can-Kun Zhou, Jing Song, Wei-Ying Zhang, Su-Mei Wang, Yi-Ling Gu, Kang Wang, Zhe Ma, Yan Hu, Ai-Min Xiao, Jian-Liu Wang and Rui-Fang Wu

High-Mobility Group Box 1 expression predicts survival of patients after resection of adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of Vater

Expression of High-Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1), a multifunctional protein involved in DNA function as well as cell proliferation, inflammation, and the immune response, has been reported to be prognostic in s...

Authors: Takashi Murakami, Ryusei Matsuyama, Michio Ueda, Yasuhisa Mochizuki, Yuki Homma, Kunio Kameda, Keiichi Yazawa, Yusuke Izumisawa, Tadao Fukushima, Nobuyuki Kamimukai, Kenichi Yoshida, Noriyuki Kamiya, Robert M. Hoffman and Itaru Endo

Is there a need for neoadjuvant short-course radiotherapy in T3 rectal cancer with positive lymph node involvement? A single-center retrospective cohort study

Neoadjuvant short-course radiotherapy is used to reduce local recurrences in stage III rectal cancer. Radiotherapy is not harmless, and meticulous total mesorectal excision surgery alone has been reported to r...

Authors: Minna Räsänen, Laura Renkonen-Sinisalo, Harri Mustonen and Anna Lepistö

P.R.O.P.S. — A novel Pre-Operative Predictive Score for unresectability in patients with colorectal peritoneal metastases being considered for cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)

Twenty to thirty percent of planned cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS and HIPEC) procedures are abandoned intra-operatively. Pre-operative factors associated with unresec...

Authors: Zachary Zihui Yong, Grace Hwei Ching Tan, Nicholas Shannon, Claramae Chia and Melissa Ching Ching Teo

AJCC 7th edition staging classification is more applicable than AJCC 8th edition staging classification for invasive IPMN

Both the 7th and 8th editions of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging systems have been introduced for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. However, the applicability of these classifications for invasi...

Authors: Zhiyao Fan, He Cheng, Kaizhou Jin, Yitao Gong, Qiuyi Huang, Jin Xu, Quanxing Ni, Xianjun Yu, Chen Liu and Guopei Luo

Validity of additional surgical resection by comparing the operative risk with the stratified lymph node metastatic risk in patients with early gastric cancer after endoscopic submucosal dissection

Treatment guidelines for early gastric cancer (EGC) recommend additional gastrectomy for lesions which do not achieve curative resection after ESD, due to the potential risk of lymph node metastasis (LNM). How...

Authors: Hidenori Akaike, Yoshihiko Kawaguchi, Kensuke Shiraishi, Hiroki Shimizu, Shinji Furuya, Naohiro Hosomura, Hidetake Amemiya, Hiromichi Kawaida, Makoto Sudoh, Shingo Inoue, Hiroshi Kohno and Daisuke Ichikawa

Should internal mammary lymph node sentinel biopsy be performed in breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Results from studies of internal mammary lymph node sentinel biopsy are inconsistent.

Authors: Jing Gong, Yongfu Yu, Gaosong Wu, Congyao Lin and Xin Tu

Needle tract seeding following endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for pancreatic cancer: a report of two cases

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is a useful tool in pancreatic cancer diagnosis. However, the procedure itself may cause peritoneal dissemination and needle tract seeding at the p...

Authors: Toshiki Matsui, Kenichiro Nishikawa, Hiroki Yukimoto, Koji Katsuta, Yoshihumi Nakamura, Shota Tanaka, Michiaki Oiwa, Hiroki Nakahashi, Yuta Shomi, Yuji Haruki, Kentaro Taniguchi, Makoto Shimomura and Shuji Isaji

Treatment response and preliminary efficacy of hepatic tumour laser ablation under the guidance of percutaneous and endoscopic ultrasonography

Studies focusing on the treatment effectiveness of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided laser ablation (LA) for hepatic tumours or the technical differences from percutaneous ultrasonography (US)-guided LA ...

Authors: Weilu Chai, Qiyu Zhao, Huiming Song, Chao Cheng, Guo Tian and Tian’an Jiang

Prognostic role of pretreatment thrombocytosis on survival in patients with cervical cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

This meta-analysis summarized the prognostic role of an elevated platelet count before treatment on survival outcomes in patients with cervical cancer.

Authors: Weijuan Cao, Xiaomin Yao, Danwei Cen, Yajun Zhi, Ningwei Zhu and Liyong Xu

An anatomic anal sphincter-saving procedure for rectal cancers located at anorectal junction

This study aims to present the feasibility of the open approach of hemilevator excision (HLE) as a promising alternative of the laparoscopic and/or robotic ones for the treatment of low rectal cancer extending...

Authors: Theodoros Mariolis-Sapsakos, Giannos Psathas, Taxiarchis Konstantinos Nikolouzakis, Konstantinos Laschos, Charikleia Triantopoulou, Gerasimos Bonatsos and John Tsiaoussis

The impact of histological type on the accuracy of preoperative N staging in patients with gastric cancer

The low accuracy of preoperative diagnosis of lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer (GC) complicates decisions on patient indication for neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Authors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Yoshihiko Kawaguchi, Kensuke Shiraishi, Hidenori Akaike, Hiroki Shimizu, Shinji Furuya, Naohiro Hosomura, Hidetake Amemiya, Hiromichi Kawaida, Makoto Sudo, Hiroshi Kono and Daisuke Ichikawa

Comparison of seventh and eighth edition of AJCC staging system in melanomas at locoregional stage

The eighth edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system has been effective since January 2018. It has introduced some major changes in the localized/locoregional melanoma classificat...

Authors: Pawel Teterycz, Iwona Ługowska, Hanna Koseła-Paterczyk and Piotr Rutkowski

Clinical silence of pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma with subcutaneous metastasis: a case report

Dissemination of lung cancer to cutaneous sites usually results in a poor prognosis. Pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (PLELC) is a rare tumor, and no therapeutic strategy for it has yet been establis...

Authors: Takafumi Shima, Kohei Taniguchi, Yasutsugu Kobayashi, Shotaro Kakimoto, Nagahisa Fujio and Kazuhisa Uchiyama

Screening and systematic follow-up for cardiopulmonary comorbidity in elective surgery for colorectal cancer: a randomised feasibility study

One third of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) have comorbidity, which impairs their postoperative outcomes. Scoring systems may predict mortality, but there is limited evidence of effective interventions ...

Authors: Hans B. Rahr, Susanna Streym, Charlotte G. Kryh-Jensen, Helene T. Hougaard, Anne S. Knudsen, Steffen H. Kristensen and Ejler Ejlersen

Repeat liver resection for pure large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the gallbladder: a favorable outcome

The pure large cell type is a rare variant of primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the gallbladder. Few reports have mentioned extended survival. Although a multimodal treatment has been described in the treatm...

Authors: Ahmad Abutaka, Moamena El-Matbouly, Irfan Helmy, Walid Elmoghazy, Ibnouf Sulieman, Mohamed Ben Gashir, Madiha Soofi, Hatem Khalaf and Ahmed Elaffandi

Risk factors for febrile neutropenia and effectiveness of primary prophylaxis with pegfilgrastim in patients with esophageal cancer treated with docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil

The docetaxel, 5-fluorouracil, and cisplatin (DCF) regimen is an effective form of chemotherapy for advanced esophageal cancer. However, the incidence of adverse events such as febrile neutropenia and hematolo...

Authors: Yu Ohkura, Masaki Ueno and Harushi Udagawa

Is hepatic artery coil embolization useful in distal pancreatectomy with en bloc celiac axis resection for locally advanced pancreatic cancer?

The exact contribution of preoperative coil embolization in distal pancreatectomy with en bloc celiac axis resection (DP-CAR) for the prevention of ischemic liver complication is not fully elucidated.

Authors: Atsuhiko Ueda, Nozomu Sakai, Hideyuki Yoshitomi, Katsunori Furukawa, Tsukasa Takayashiki, Satoshi Kuboki, Shigetsugu Takano, Daisuke Suzuki, Shingo Kagawa, Takashi Mishima, Eri Nakadai, Masaru Miyazaki and Masayuki Ohtsuka

Surgery for gastrointestinal metastases of malignant melanoma — a retrospective exploratory study

Cutaneous melanoma has a rapidly increasing incidence in Sweden, and it has more than doubled in the last two decades. In recent years, new systemic treatments for patients with metastatic disease have increas...

Authors: Carl Jacob Holmberg, Gulan Alwan, Lars Ny, Roger Olofsson Bagge and Dimitrios Katsarelias

Prognostic significance of Human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 expression in patients with resectable gastric adenocarcinoma

The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) overexpression and clinicopathologic factors and overall survival rate in patients who under...

Authors: Hyeongbin Kim, SangHyuk Seo, KwangHee Kim, Yo-Han Park, MinSung An, HyungJoo Baik, ChangSoo Choi and SangHoon Oh

Rare breast and subcutaneous metastases from pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor: a case report

Neuroendocrine tumors are a group of rare neoplasms, and the pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) represent only 1–2% of all pancreatic malignant tumors. The most common sites of these tumors include the g...

Authors: Dorotea Bosco, Salvatore Perrotti, Corrado Spatola, Giada Maria Vecchio, Rosalia Latino and Antonio Di Cataldo

Bacterial colonization of seromas after breast cancer surgery with and without local steroid prophylaxis

Seroma formation is a frequent postoperative sequela after mastectomy for primary breast cancer. We investigated the role of bacterial colonization of seroma fluid with three different culture methods and the ...

Authors: Christen Kirk Axelsson, Gro Maria Qvamme, Mette Okholm, Charlotte Lanng, Magnus Arpi, Minea Bruusgaard Mortensen, Birgitte Wegeberg and Pal Bela Szecsi

Retraction Note: Diagnostic and prognostic value of plasma microRNA-195 in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

This article [1] is retracted at the request of Editor-in-Chief due to overlap with articles [2–5].

Authors: Keli Su, Tingcui Zhang, Yongrui Wang and Guijun Hao

A prospective, randomised double-blind study on the anaesthetic effect of dexmedetomidine hydrochloride in brainstem tumour surgery

Brainstem tumour surgery is difficult, and accidents can easily occur.

Authors: Sheng-Xiang Wu and Hua-Qin Chen

Intrapancreatic accessory spleen false positive to 68Ga-Dotatoc: case report and literature review

Intrapancreatic accessory spleen (IPAS) is an uncommon finding of pancreatic mass. Differential diagnosis with pancreatic tumor, especially with non-functional neuroendocrine tumor (NF-NET), may be very hard a...

Authors: Francesco Lancellotti, Luca Sacco, Saverio Cerasari, Vittoria Bellato, Simone Cicconi, Antonio Ciardi, Edoardo Maria Muttillo, Tiziana Feola, Roberto Caronna and Piero Chirletti

A systematic review of the comparison of the incidence of seeding metastasis between endoscopic biliary drainage and percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage for resectable malignant biliary obstruction

Endoscopic biliary drainage (EBD) and percutaneous biliary drainage (PTBD) are the two main strategies of preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) for resectable malignant biliary obstruction (MBO) worldwide, but w...

Authors: Lei Wang, Nanping Lin, Fuli Xin, Qiao Ke, Yongyi Zeng and Jingfeng Liu

Divergent immunohistochemical expression of CD21 and CD23 by follicular dendritic cells with increasing grade of follicular lymphoma

Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical differences have been described in FDCs of primary and secondary follicles, illustrating the highly compartmentalized structure of lymph follicles. Differences in FDC im...

Authors: Fisnik Kurshumliu, Fatlinda Sadiku-Zehri, Ardita Qerimi, Zana Vela, Fisnik Jashari, Samir Bytyci, Vlore Rashiti and Shemsedin Sadiku

Short-term evaluation of immune levels and nutritional values of EN versus PN in gastric cancer: a systematic review and a meta-analysis

Postsurgical patients’ oral feeding begins with clear fluids 1–3 days after surgery. This might not be sufficiently nutritious to boost the host immune system and provide sufficient energy in gastric neoplasti...

Authors: Fan Xin, Said Abdulrahman Salim Mzee, Godwin Botwe, Han He, Sun Zhiyu, Chen Gong, Said Twahir Said and Chen Jixing

A type of neoplasia deadlier than gastric adenocarcinoma? Report of a case of primary gastric squamous cell carcinoma

Primary gastric squamous cell carcinoma is an extremely rare malignancy with few case reports reported so far in the current medical literature. Its incidence varies between 0.04 and 0.07% of all gastric malig...

Authors: Michail G. Vailas, Athanasios Syllaios, Natasha Hasemaki, Maria Sotiropoulou, Eustratia Mpaili, Helen Sarlanis, Evangelos Felekouras and Alexandros Papalampros

Predictive risk factors for anastomotic leakage after anterior resection of rectal cancer in elderly patients over 80 years old: an analysis of 288 consecutive patients

Anastomotic leakage (AL) is a common complication after anterior resection of rectal cancer. Few studies have been conducted to determine whether the traditional predictors of AL can be applied to elderly pati...

Authors: Sicheng Zhou, Haitao Zhou, Zhaoxu Zheng, Jianwei Liang, Zhixiang Zhou and Xishan Wang

Comparison of retroperitoneal laparoscopic versus open adrenalectomy for large pheochromocytoma: a single-center retrospective study

It remains unclear whether retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy (RLA) is safe and effective for the treatment of large pheochromocytoma (PHEO). This retrospective study aimed to identify the advantages a...

Authors: Wei Zhu, Shaogang Wang, Guanghui Du, Hailang Liu, Jinjin Lu and Weimin Yang

The impact of pharmacological thromboprophylaxis and disease-stage on postoperative bleeding following colorectal cancer surgery

Pharmacological thromboprophylaxis after colorectal cancer (CRC) surgery is internationally recommended for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the risk...

Authors: Hiroyuki Ohta, Toru Miyake, Tomoharu Shimizu, Hiromichi Sonoda, Tomoyuki Ueki, Sachiko Kaida, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Hiroya Iida and Masaji Tani

Giant villous adenoma of rectum- what is the malignant potential and what is the optimal treatment? A case and review of literature

Villous adenomas are dubiously benign lesions, which are difficult to interpret because of their malignant potential. Distal villous adenomas present with bleeding or mucus discharge. Giant adenomas are not am...

Authors: Lovenish Bains, Pawanindra Lal, Anubhav Vindal and Meeta Singh

The neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of peritoneal metastasis during staging laparoscopy for advanced gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort analysis

The use of staging laparoscopy (SL) has become widespread in patients with advanced gastric cancer (GC). This study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) for the prese...

Authors: Naohiko Nakamura, Shinichi Kinami, Yoritaka Fujii, Seiko Miura, Jun Fujita, Daisuke Kaida, Yasuto Tomita, Takashi Miyata, Hideto Fujita, Nobuhiko Ueda, Yasuo Iida and Takeo Kosaka

Shoulder girdle resection: surgical technique modification and introduction of a new classification system

Different classification systems for surgical tumor resections in the proximal humerus and scapula have been described, but none are specific or have been recently revised. The purpose of this article is to re...

Authors: Ahmad Shehadeh, Ahmad Ja’afar, Ula Isleem, Anas Hamad and Ahmed Salem

Analysis of the clinical efficacy of tumor resection methods used in 20 patients with clavicular tumor

To retrospectively analyze the tumor resection method used in 20 patients with clavicular tumors and evaluate its clinical efficacy.

Authors: Yun Liu, Xian-Ying Huang, Wen-Yu Feng, Xiao-Ting Luo, Chang-Wu Wei, Jian-Hong Liu, Yin-Juan Lai, Zeng-Ming Xiao, Xiao Zhang and Xin-Li Zhan

Retraction Note: Decreased miR-154 expression and its clinical significance in human colorectal cancer

The Editor-in-Chief is retracting this article [1] due to overlap with the following articles (amongst others) [2–6].

Authors: Yang Kai, Cheng Qiang, Pan Xinxin, Zhou Miaomiao and Lin Kuailu

Retraction Note: Decreased microRNA-452 expression and its prognostic significance in human osteosarcoma

The Editor-in-Chief is retracting this article [1] due to overlap with previously published articles [2, 3]. Fig. 3D “miR-452 mimics” is very similar to Fig. 3D “si-BANCR” in article [2]. Fig. 3D “miRNC” is ve...

Authors: Ren-Zeng Li and Li-Min Wang

Expression of Concern to: Increased expression of LncRNA BANCR and its prognostic significance in human hepatocellular carcinoma

Authors: Tao Zhou and Yanjing Gao

Expression of Concern to: Decreased miR-198 expression and its prognostic significance in human gastric cancer

Authors: Zhigang Cui, Xin Zheng and Di Kong

Hepatectomy for metachronous colorectal liver metastases following complete cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for peritoneal metastases: a report of three cases

Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for peritoneal metastasis (PM) from colorectal cancer (CRC) has been reported to substantially improve the prognosis and the q...

Authors: Kyoji Ito, Nobuyuki Takemura, Fuyuki Inagaki, Fuminori Mihara, Toshiaki Kurokawa, Yoshimasa Gohda, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Hideaki Yano and Norihiro Kokudo