Fertility Preservation and Long-Term Monitoring of Gonadotoxicity in Girls, Adolescents and Young Adults Undergoing Cancer Treatment by Kaja Michalczyk, Aneta Cymbaluk-Płoska

“…An expert panel including oncologists, radiation oncologists, endocrinologists and gynecologists should always consider fertility preservation in pediatric, adolescent and AYA cancer patients, minding patients’ medical condition, cancer staging and potential risk of treatment-related gonadotoxicity.…”
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Incidence of renal cell carcinoma in Santiago de Cuba by Lesyibeth Rodríguez-Cruzata

“…Variables studies were as follow: incidence, age, sex, risk factors, symptoms and signs, histologic type and cancer staging. Results: it was more frequent between the fifth and sixth decades of life and in males. …”
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The Role of Vitamin D as a Prognostic Marker in Papillary Thyroid Cancer by Ashank Bains, Taha Mur, Nathan Wallace, Jacob Pieter Noordzij

“…Furthermore, the use of vitamin D as a prognostic marker has received increased attention, both in regards to clinical outcomes and cancer staging. In this review, we briefly discuss the metabolism and proposed mechanism of action of vitamin D in the context of PTC, and explore links between modulators in the vitamin D pathway and progression of PTC. …”
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Reconstruction with iliac pedestal cup and proximal femur tumor prosthesis after wide resection of chondrosarcoma - 10-year follow-up results by Diogo Lino Moura, Rúben Fonseca, João Freitas, António Figueiredo, José Casanova

“…This report presents an active, 43 year-old man who was diagnosed with recurrent clear cell chondrosarcoma of the proximal left femur, previously reconstructed with a total hip prosthesis, extending to the weight-bearing dome of the acetabulum. Cancer staging study revealed no signs of tumor dissemination at distance. …”
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Anti-Cancer Auto-Antibodies: Roles, Applications and Open Issues by Hugo de Jonge, Luisa Iamele, Maristella Maggi, Greta Pessino, Claudia Scotti

“…It has been demonstrated that some of these auto-antibodies can be used for early detection and cancer staging, as well as for monitoring of cancer regression during treatment and follow up. …”
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MiRNA-Based Inspired Approach in Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer by Vlad Cristian Munteanu, Raluca Andrada Munteanu, Anca Onaciu, Ioana Berindan-Neagoe, Bogdan Petrut, Ioan Coman

“…Moreover, these analytes have great potential for prostate cancer early detection, more accurate prostate cancer staging and also for decision making respecting therapy schemes. …”
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The prognostic significance of duodenal wall invasion in pancreatic adenocarcinoma by Ahmad Alkhasawneh, Tasnuva Rashid, Ibraheem Mohammed, Basma Elhaddad, Hassan Al-Balas, Mayur Virarkar, Ziad Awad, Brett Baskovich, Arun Gopinath

“…Abstract Objective The most recent edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Manual (AJCC, 8th edition) relies only on tumor size for staging resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma, and the presence of duodenal wall invasion (DWI) no longer has an impact on staging. …”
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Multiparametric MRI and Radiomics in Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Current Literature by Federico Midiri, Federica Vernuccio, Pierpaolo Purpura, Pierpaolo Alongi, Tommaso Vincenzo Bartolotta

“…Multiparametric MRI (mp-MRI) has high sensitivity and specificity in the detection of PCa, and it is currently the most widely used imaging technique for tumor localization and cancer staging. mp-MRI plays a key role in risk stratification of naïve patients, in active surveillance for low-risk patients, and in monitoring recurrence after definitive therapy. …”
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PRE- AND POSTOPERATIVE IMAGING METHODS IN COLORECTAL CANCER by Gleim Dias de SOUZA, Luciana Rodrigues Queiroz SOUZA, Ronaldo Mafia CUENCA, Vinícius Martins VILELA, Bruno Eduardo de Morais SANTOS, Felipe Souza de AGUIAR

“…Objective: To demonstrate the high accuracy of CT and MRI for pre and postoperative colorectal cancer staging. Methods: Search and analysis of articles in Pubmed, Scielo, Capes Periodicals and American College of Radiology with headings “colorectal cancer” and “colonography”. …”
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Normal size of benign upper neck nodes on MRI: parotid, submandibular, occipital, facial, retroauricular and level IIb nodal groups by Qi Yong H. Ai, Tiffany Y. So, Kuo Feng Hung, Ann D. King

“…Abstract Purpose Nodal size is an important imaging criterion for differentiating benign from malignant nodes in the head and neck cancer staging. This study evaluated the size of normal nodes in less well-documented nodal groups in the upper head and neck on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). …”
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Management of hepatocellular carcinoma: international guidelines by Luigi Fenoglio, Elisabetta Castagna, Cristina Serraino, Adele Cardellicchio, Fulvio Pomero, Christian Bracco, Maurizio Grosso

“…The Barcelona-Clinic-Liver-Cancer staging system identifies patients with early HCC who may benefit from curative therapies, those at intermediate or advanced disease stage who may benefit from palliative treatments, as well as those at end-stage with a very poor life expectancy. …”
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Imaging of Bladder Cancer: Standard Applications and Future Trends by Rasha Taha Abouelkheir, Abdalla Abdelhamid, Mohamed Abou El-Ghar, Tarek El-Diasty

“…This review will discuss the standard application, novel imaging modalities and their additive role in patients with bladder cancer. Staging can be performed with CT, but distinguishing between T1 and T2 BCa (bladder cancer) cannot be assessed. …”
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Bladder preservation in muscle-invasive bladder cancer: a comprehensive review by Judy Hamad, Hannah McCloskey, Matthew I. Milowsky, Trevor Royce, Angela Smith

“…Technological advancements involving cancer staging, TURBT technique, and chemotherapy and radiation therapy regimens have improved BPT outcomes, with oncologic outcomes now comparable to those of radical cystectomy. …”
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Ulcer-forming colon cancer can develop cavity-forming metastatic lung tumors by Daisuke Inoue, Shoji Oura

“…Endoscopic biopsy pathologically showed atypical cells growing in a cribriform fashion, leading to the diagnosis of cecal cancer. Staging CT showed multiple lung nodules either in a solid or a cavity-forming fashion and a presumed peritoneal disseminating lesion. …”
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Breast cancer incidence and mortality in Tyrol/Austria after fifteen years of opportunistic mammography screening by Frede Thomas, Buchberger Wolfgang, Oberaigner Willi, Knapp Rudolf, Marth Christian, Siebert Uwe

“…In addition, for incidence data we analysed data on breast cancer staging and compared these with EU guidelines.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>For the analysis of time trend in breast cancer mortality in age groups 40-79, an age-period-cohort model fits well and shows for years 2002-2006 a statistically significant reduction of 26% (95% CI 13%-36%) in breast cancer mortality as compared to 1992-1996.…”
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Development of clinical photoacoustic imaging system by Kew, Kok Wen

“…These results demonstrate the clinical potential of non-invasive opto-acoustic imaging for facile identification of sentinel lymph nodes in cancer staging and metastasis detection with promising diagnostic capability. …”
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Evaluation of Patients Diagnosed with Incidental Gallbladder Cancers After Cholecystectomy by Oğuz Çatal, Bahri Özer, Mustafa Şit, Ferdi Bolat, Hayri Erkol

“…Tumour, node, metastasis staging of union internationale contre le cancer was used in cancer staging.Results:In 3691 patients, gallbladder cancer was detected in 16 patients (0.5%). …”
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Establishment of a staging system for visceral sarcoma by Bingnan Wang, Lun Xu, Meng Fang, Biqiang Zheng, Wangjun Yan

“…Conclusions The visceral sarcoma staging system is applicable for STS of the abdomen and thoracic visceral organs and is better than the current FIGO staging system for female genital sarcoma and should be incorporated into the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual.…”
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Chromatin Remodeling Enzyme Cluster Predicts Prognosis and Clinical Benefit of Therapeutic Strategy in Breast Cancer by Chia-Yu Kuo, Sin-Hua Moi, Ming-Feng Hou, Chi-Wen Luo, Mei-Ren Pan

“…The treatment provided for breast cancer depends on the expression of hormone receptors, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2), and cancer staging. Surgical intervention, along with chemotherapy or radiation therapy, is the mainstay of treatment. …”
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Spatiality Sensitive Learning for Cancer Metastasis Detection in Whole-Slide Images by Haixia Zheng, Yu Zhou, Xin Huang

“…Metastasis detection in lymph nodes via microscopic examination of histopathological images is one of the most crucial diagnostic procedures for breast cancer staging. The manual analysis is extremely labor-intensive and time-consuming because of complexities and diversities of histopathology images. …”
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