Publications by authors named "Voorhees G"

We present a 31-year-old female patient with primary glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) of the thoracic spine, diagnosed in approximately mid-2020. Her symptoms began several months prior with right foot paresthesia, which progressed to neuropathy ascending from her distal to proximal right lower extremity. Over several months, she developed lumbo-thoracic throbbing pain, which was dermatomal radiating anteriorly.

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  • - Primary urinary tract metastatic melanoma is a very rare type of cancer that can develop from melanocytes in mucosal tissue instead of the skin, making it difficult to diagnose and treat.
  • - This case report follows a patient who experienced a lengthy diagnostic process of 2.5 months before being diagnosed with this unusual melanoma variant.
  • - After consulting an interdisciplinary tumor board, the patient opted for immunotherapy treatment with ipilimumab and nivolumab, surviving nearly five months post-treatment, with death suspected to be cardiovascular-related due to preexisting conditions.
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We present a case of primary small cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx (SCCH), with a rare association with human papillomavirus (HPV). A comparison is made to 11 previously known, well-documented cases of SCCH with a review of the literature concerning SCCH. Our patient's age of 23 years is the lowest among all previously reported cases, with an age range of 35-75.

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The relationship between glutathione metabolism, menadione sodium bisulphite oxidation of protein thiols, and the synthesis of hsc70 was investigated using CHO cells. A 30-min/37 degrees C exposure to menadione, a compound which redox cycles to produce superoxide anion radicals and hydrogen peroxide, resulted in rapid accumulation of hsc70 mRNA. PAGE and Western blot analysis indicated increased synthesis such that accumulation of hsc70 occurred.

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The concentration of glutathione (GSH) and the expressions of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase and gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) were assessed in rat embryo fibroblasts (REF) displaying various stages of X-ray-induced transformation. A secondary culture of REF cells was irradiated, and a normal-immortalized cell line (X-REF-23) was isolated. Chronic exposure of X-REF-23 cells to 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) yielded cells (X-REF-23-TP) capable of benign tumor formation in nude mice.

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The question of whether depletion of glutathione (GSH) could affect the synthesis of stress proteins was investigated in Hep G2 cells. Cells were exposed to BSO/DEM at 37 degrees C to deplete glutathione. When 95% of the glutathione was depleted cells were washed, and BSO was added to cells previously exposed to BSO/DEM; then the cells were incubated at 37, 38.

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The induction of hsp-70 by gamma irradiation was studied in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Synthesis of hsp-70 was assessed by SDS-PAGE of radiolabeled proteins while levels of hsp-70 mRNA were estimated by Northern blot analysis of total RNA. SDS-PAGE analysis indicated that the synthesis of hsp-70 was enhanced in cells exposed to 400 or 1000 Gy.

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A retrospective review of the records of the Division of Neuropathology at the New York University Medical Center between 1977 and 1988 revealed 53 cases of adult supratentorial astrocytomas. Fifty were fibrillary, and three were gemistocytic. Two additional patients had pilocytic tumors and were not included in the study.

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Distinguishing cutaneous signs which are associated with hereditary cancer-prone syndromes are known as cancer-associated genodermatoses. Muir-Torre syndrome (M-T) is characterized by the occurrence of sebaceous hyperplasia, adenoma and carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma with sebaceous differentiation, and/or keratoacanthoma in association with visceral cancer (often multiple), and improved survival. Family studies of M-T have been either wholly lacking or too incomplete to elucidate hereditary aetiology.

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Because of the high incidence of colorectal cancer, familial aggregations of this disease are common. Differentiation between etiologies contributing to familial clustering (which may have resulted either from common environmental exposure or from mere chance) and primary genetic factors may prove vexing to the physician. This report deals with the myriad problems encountered when attempting to make such etiologic distinctions in order to provide appropriate surveillance and management, based upon tumor spectrum and natural history, for patients at increased cancer risk.

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Familial testicular cancer is rare. This report describes a family with an unusual cancer spectrum that included the infantile form of embryonal carcinoma of the testis in the son of a cancer-free but putative obligate gene carrier mother, and the adult form of embryonal carcinoma in this women's maternal half-brother (their mutual mother had malignant melanoma and urinary bladder carcinoma). Hereditary syndrome designation remains elusive.

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