Preliminary study of some of the main intratumor stroma components in gastric carcinomas.

Aim: The relationship between stromal compartment and tumor behavior in gastric carcinomas is still poorly understood and defined. Therefore, the authors started, with this preliminary study, an analysis of stromal compartment morphology and behavior in tumors arising from gastric mucosa epithelium.

Materials And Methods: The study group included 75 patients operated for gastric carcinoma.

Current Therapeutic Approaches in Cervical Cancer Based on the Stage of the Disease: Is There Room for Improvement?

Cervical cancer continues to be among the most common malignancies in women, and in recent decades, important measures have been taken to reduce its incidence. The first and most important steps to achieve this goal are oriented toward prevention through screening programs and vaccination, mainly against oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) strains 16 and 18. The therapeutic approach is based on the diagnosis and treatment guidelines for cervical cancer, which establish for each stage (FIGO, TNM) specific conduct.

The portrait of a stranger: the hypereosinophilic syndrome with cardiac involvement.

Introduction: Hypereosinophilic syndrome is a rare clinical condition, and cardiac involvement confers a poor prognosis. Hypereosinophilic myocarditis is a medical emergency and targeted treatment should be started promptly even before a definitive diagnosis could be made.

Case Presentation: A 27-year-old female patient is hospitalized for exertional dyspnea, chest pain, and fatigue for the past 2 weeks.

Health information seeking behaviour and decision making by patients undergoing breast cancer surgery: A qualitative study.

Background: Information is critical for patients having to decide about the best treatment option, and an in-depth understanding of their information behaviour can help health and information services to improve and facilitate their access to reliable information.

Objective: To investigate the health information-seeking behaviour and information sources and their roles in decision making among breast cancer patients in Romania in the context of the surgical treatment.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 34 patients who were treated surgically for breast cancer at the Bucharest Oncology Institute.

Rectal Neuroendocrine Tumour with an Aggressive Behaviour.

Neuroendocrine tumors are rare epithelial neoplasms with the specific biological characteristics which can make the diagnosis and treatment questionable, and, which in general, have a good prognosis. In recent decades, the incidence of rectal neuroendocrine tumors has increased due to the accessibility of colonoscopy and the introduction of screening programs for colorectal tumors. We present the case of a 55-year-old patient who presented for rectal bleeding started 6 months before.