[A 2024 inventory in oncology news].

The editorial board of the Bulletin du cancer has compiled a summary of the news from 2024 in oncology, based on the main results presented at international congresses or published over the past year. After a year marked by the success of the Olympic Games, the selection of data is presented and discussed in podiums of three main results by topic. Emphasis is placed on studies that have an immediate impact on practice and on data that raise important questions for the year 2025.

CD248 Cleaved Form in Human Colorectal Cancer Stroma: Implications for Tumor Behavior and Prognosis.

CD248 (endosialin/tumor endothelial marker 1) is upregulated in cancer, including colorectal cancer (CRC), but its exact role in tumor progression remains to be elucidated. Previous studies have shown that the extracellular domain of CD248 mediates the interaction between tumor cells and extracellular matrix proteins and that interfering with this interaction may reduce tumor invasion and migration activities. We have examined the expression of CD248 in 117 human CRC samples by immunohistochemistry and investigated the association with various clinicopathologic features, including the occurrence of metastasis, intratumoral immune cell density and overall survival.

Descriptive epidemiology of 399 histologically confirmed newly diagnosed meningeal solitary fibrous tumours and haemangiopericytomas in France: 2006-2015.

Purpose: Meningeal solitary fibrous tumour (SFT) and haemangiopericytoma (HPC) are uncommon tumours that have been merged into a single entity in the last 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System. To describe the epidemiology of SFT/HPC operated in France and, to assess their incidence.

Methods: We processed the French Brain Tumour Database (FBTDB) to conduct a nationwide population-based study of all histopathologically confirmed SFT/HPC between 2006 and 2015.

[Determinants of human papillomavirus vaccine amongst boys in Reunion Island: Survey of parents and general practitioners].

Objectives: To describe the knowledge, barriers and acceptability factors of parents and general practitioners about HPV vaccination amongst boys in Reunion Island, in order to adapt primary prevention locally.

Methods: This was a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional, observational study involving 88 parents of boys aged 11 to 19 and 81 general practitioners based in Reunion Island. Both populations volunteered to answer a questionnaire available online or on paper.