Grading pancreatic adenocarcinomas on fine needle aspiration cytology. The outstanding issues.

Objective: The three-tier grading scheme described in "The Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology (PSC) System for reporting Pancreaticobiliary Cytopathology" (TPSCRPBC) which remained unchanged following the WHO Reporting System for Pancreaticobiliary Cytopathology (WRPBC) was evaluated on pancreatic adenocarcinomas (PACs) reported on endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology (EUS-FNAC).

Methods: The Papanicolaou and May Grunwald Giemsa-stained smears from 116 cases of PACs were graded using the three-tier grading scheme laid down by TPSCRPBC/WRPBC. Cases exhibiting multiple grades were assigned primary, secondary and tertiary grades.

Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Pancreatic Adenocarcinomas Revisited. A Detailed Cytological Analysis.

Background: Early detection of pancreatic adenocarcinomas is essential for improving survival. In this regard, endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology (EUS-FNAC) has established itself as the method of choice for its ability to target lesions smaller than those which could be targeted by the traditional imaging methods like transabdominal ultrasound. Identifying these tumors correctly on FNA may be challenging because pancreatic adenocarcinomas may show a wide range of morphological features and the presence of contaminants from the gastrointestinal tract may show up as potential pitfalls.

An Overview of Medullary Thyroid Cancer Cases Treated at Kuwait Cancer Control Center.

Introduction: Medullary thyroid cancers (MTC) constitute about 5% of all thyroid cancers. The 10-year overall survival (OS) rate of patients with localized disease in thyroid for this pathology is 80% to 90% which is comparable with differentiated thyroid cancers, figures drop to 75% for cases with nodal metastases. Only 20% of patients with distant metastases at diagnosis survive for 10 years.

Safety and tolerability of regorafenib: a real-life experience.

Background: Regorafenib has been approved among the treatment options for patients with advanced stage colorectal cancer (CRC), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). In this study, we aim to report the real-life experience of the safety and tolerability regorafenib in our institution.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective chart review of 43 patients who received regorafenib in Kuwait Cancer Control Center (KCCC) from 2016 to the end of 2019.

Brain Metastasis from Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third leading cause of cancer death in the Western world, accounting for approximately 140,000 new cases and more than 51,000 deaths in 2010 in the United States. In Kuwait, CRC is the first most-diagnosed neoplasm among males and overall, the second leading cause of death from cancer. The 5-year survival rate in 2002-2004 was 61% for men and 62% for women.

Skull metastasis from carcinoma of the cervix: a rare case and review of the literature.

Skeletal metastasis from carcinoma of the cervix occurs in 0.8-23% of cases. The majority of bone metastases occur either in the long bones or in the vertebrae.

Acute myelogenous leukemia following treatment of invasive cervix carcinoma: a case report and a review of the literature.

Second malignancy is one of the late complications of long-term cancer survivors, treated with radiation or chemotherapy. Here is a case report on acute myelogenous leukemia, which developed after 63 months following the completion of treatment with surgery and platinum-based chemoradiation in a patient of carcinoma cervix IB. The above-mentioned second malignancy is one of the late sequelae of platinum-based chemoradiation.