Publications by authors named "Nancy W Shen"

Aleukemic leukemia cutis (ALC) is a rare condition that is characterized by leukemic cells in the skin before presenting in the peripheral blood or bone marrow. We report a case of a 43-year-old woman who underwent assessment for bilateral facial nodules arising 1 month after COVID-19 infection. A punch biopsy specimen showed a malignant neoplasm primarily composed of immature blasts dissecting through the collagen in the dermis, concerning for myeloid sarcoma versus leukemia cutis.

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Immune-modulating therapies targeting the programmed cell death-1/programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) immunosuppressive system have been used successfully in many solid tumor types. There is evidence that biomarkers such as PD-L1 and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I help identify candidates for anti-programmed cell death-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibition, though the evidence is limited in ovarian malignancies. PD-L1 and MHC Class I immunostaining was performed on pretreatment whole tissue sections in 30 cases of high-grade ovarian carcinoma.

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