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JMIR Res Protoc
January 2025
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore.
Background: Metastatic spine tumor surgery (MSTS) is often complex and extensive leading to significant blood loss. Allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT) is the mainstay of blood replenishment but with immune-mediated postoperative complications. Alternative blood management techniques (salvaged blood transfusion [SBT]) allow us to overcome such complications.
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January 2025
Translational Research Support Office, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan.
Purpose: Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-targeted therapies have shown promise in treating -amplified metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Identifying optimal biomarkers for treatment decisions remains challenging. This study explores the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in predicting treatment responses to trastuzumab plus pertuzumab (TP) in patients with -amplified mCRC from the phase II TRIUMPH trial.
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January 2025
Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece.
Carcinosarcoma (CS), also known as metaplastic breast carcinoma with mesenchymal differentiation, is one of the five distinct subtypes of metaplastic breast cancer. It is considered as a mixed, biphasic neoplasm consisting of a carcinomatous component combined with a malignant nonepithelial element of mesenchymal origin without an intermediate transition zone. Although cellular origin of this neoplasm remains controversial, most researchers declare that neoplastic cells derive from a cellular structure with potential biphasic differentiation.
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February 2025
Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka India.
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) secondary to mediastinal teratoma is a very rare clinical entity. They can be primary or secondary to any infections, malignancy, etc. Yet at times, there could be a delay in the diagnosis.
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January 2025
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Fibrosing mediastinitis is a rare chronic inflammatory condition characterized by excessive fibrotic process in the mediastinum. Although various infectious processes are more common causes, it can also be related to several malignancies. We report a case of a 28-year-old woman with fibrosing mediastinitis related to an aggressive primary gray-zone lymphoma causing complete occlusion of the superior vena cava (SVC) and the innominate veins.
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