Tumour budding in invasive ductal breast carcinomas: correlation with clinicopathological prognostic parameters and hormone receptor status by Sachin Sebastian Francis, Swati Sharma

“…Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were also done to demonstrate the significance of association.ResultsHigh-grade PTB showed significant associations with LVI (p = 0.046), PNI (p = 0.017), and axillary lymph node involvement (p = 0.021). In contrast, high-grade ITB was only significantly correlated with axillary lymph node involvement (p = 0.044). …”
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Nomograms for predicting the prognosis in multiple primary esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by Kexi Wang, Jian Zhong, Danting Su, Changsen Leng, Jianhua Fu, Qianwen Liu

“…In addition, we further evaluated the effect of postoperative adjuvant therapy on SMPESCs patients with lymph node metastasis.Results In univariate and multivariate analyses of DFS and OS, age, site of the main lesion, lymph node metastasis, total number of lymph nodes dissected, lactate dehydrogenase level and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio were identified as independent prognostic factors. …”
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Immunohistochemical study of Ki-67 expression in the tumor cells and the stromal cells of colorectal adenocarcinoma by M. A. Shyshkin

“…Direct strong correlation between histological grade of the tumor and the depth of invasion, and also direct medium correlation between histological grade of the tumor and the presence of lymph node metastasis, clinical stage of the tumor were revealed. …”
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The Role of C11-Choline-PET/CT-Guided Secondary Lymphadenectomy in Patients with PSA Failure after Radical Prostatectomy: Lessons Learned from Eight Cases by Thomas Martini, Roman Mayr, Emanuela Trenti, Salvatore Palermo, Evi Comploj, Armin Pycha, Maria Zywica, Michele Lodde

“…The aim of this paper was to evaluate the PSA response in patients with BF after radical prostatectomy (RP) who underwent secondary lymphadenectomy (LAD) due to 11C-choline-PET/CT findings. Material and Methods. Eight patients with BF and positive lymph nodes in 11C-choline-PET/CT after RP were retrospectively included in the study. …”
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Endoscopic surgery for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: cases review and investigation of technique dissemination in China by Yinghui Liang, Shuangta Xu

“…The most frequently questioned issues regarding the trans-breast and trans-axillary approaches were the completeness of central lymph node dissection (with 66.78% and 40.46% of respondents, respectively, considering the lymph node dissection to be incomplete). …”
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An examination of the cytomorphological trends in tuberculous lymphadenitis at a tertiary care hospital of southern Assam by Sukanya Choudhury, Payel Hazari, Nicky Choudhury, Shah Alam Sheikh

“…It prevents unnecessary biopsy of lymph nodes and it can be used for collection of material for cytomorphological and bacteriological examination. …”
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Adenoid cystic carcinoma of head and neck: A single institutional analysis of 66 patients treated with multi-modality approach by Ajeet Kumar Gandhi, Soumyajit Roy, Ahitagni Biswas, Suman Bhasker, Atul Sharma, Alok Thakar, Bidhu Kalyan Mohanti

“…Conclusion: Surgery followed by adjuvant radiotherapy remains the treatment of choice for HN ACC. Lymph node involvement and ICE confer poor prognosis.…”
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COURSE OF PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA DIAGNOSED IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE AND FOLLOWED THROUGH ADULTHOOD: EXPERIENCE FROM A TERTIARY REFERRAL CENTER by Hülya Hacışahinoğulları, Elif İnan Balcı, Ahmet Yalın İşcan, Gülşah Yenidünya Yalın, Özlem Soyluk Selçukbiricik, İsmail Cem Sormaz, Firdevs Baş, Ayşe Kubat Üzüm, Yasemin Giles Şenyürek, Şükran Poyrazoğlu, Nurdan Gül

“…The patients underwent total thyroidectomy (n=9), total thyroidectomy with central lymph node dissection (n=9), or total thyroidectomy with central and lateral lymph node dissection (n=12). …”
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Sarcoidosis Incidentally Diagnosed: A Case Report by Besir Kesici, Ahmet Burak Toros, Levent Bayraktar, Adem Dervisoglu

“…With no clinical symptoms, our patient was diagnosed with sarcoidosis upon identifying noncaseous granuloma in the lymph node biopsy material collected during the laparoscopic operation, performed for gallbladder polyp.…”
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Role of E-cadherin and β-catenin in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by A. A. Petrova, S. I. Samoylova, L. V. Magomedkerimova, S. A. Parts, I. V. Reshetov

“…High expression levels of β-catenin and E-cadherin are associated with lymph node metastasis, poor prognosis and poor response to treatment.Conclusion. …”
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Relevance of Platelet-lymphocyte Ratio in Tumor Characteristics and Survival in Clear Cell-renal Cell Carcinoma by Santhosh Srinivasan, Poulose Chally, Abdul Azeez, Pankaj Bhirud

“…PLR shown a strong link with both renal vein invasion (P = 0.029) and lymph node metastasis (P < 0.001) in our study, after being compared to tumor size, Fuhrman’s grading, metastasis-free survival, and lymph node metastasis. …”
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Computed Tomography Imaging Characteristics in the Diagnosis and Assessment of Cellulitis in Patients with Leg Swelling by In-Chul Nam, Doo-Ri Kim, Jeong-Sub Lee, Jeongjae Kim, Young-Heun Shin, Jung-Ho Won, Yong-June Lee

“…The qualitative CT features analyzed included skin thickening (83.9%), subcutaneous edema (94.8%), early venous return (82.8%), lymph node pathological findings (72.4%), and prominent lymph node enhancement (79.3%). …”
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Effect of prognostic factors on survival rates in patients with non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma by D. V. Semenov, R. V. Orlova, V. I. Shirokorad, S. V. Kostritsky

“…The prognostic factors, such as age over 75 years, type of metastases, metastases to liver, lymph nodes, and hemoglobin level, may provide a personalized approach to comprehensive treatment and evaluation of survival rates in patients with nccRCC.…”
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THE ROLE OF PARASTERNAL MEDIASTINOTOMY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF MEDIASTINAL TUMORS by O. V. Pikin, A. B. Ryabov, A. O. Alexandrov, D. A. Vursol, A. M. Amiraliev

“…The clinical diagnosis of lymphoma was set in 66, thymoma — in 6 patients, lung cancer with affection of mediastinal lymph nodes — in 4 patients, mediastinal tumor — in 4 patients. …”
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ROLE OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY WITH PNEUMOGASTROGRAPHY IN DETERMINING THE REGRESSION GRADE OF LOCALLY ADVANCED GASTRIC CANCER AFTER NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY by I. D. Amelina, A. M. Karachun, D. V. Nesterov, L. N. Shevkunov, A. S. Artemieva, S. S. Bagnenko, S. L. Trofimov

“…All patients underwent subtotal gastric resection or gastrectomy with lymph node dissection and previously received neoadjuvant polychemotherapy. …”
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Improvements and challenges in intraperitoneal laparoscopic para‐aortic lymphadenectomy: The novel “tent‐pitching” antegrade approach and vascular anatomical variations in the para... by Xiaoshan Chai, Tianyu Zhu, Zhaoying Chen, Hongwen Zhang, Xianqing Wu

“…The two groups were further compared based on the success rate of lymph node clearance at the renal vein level, perioperative complications, and the number of removed lymph nodes. …”
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Neurosarcoidosis. Difficulties of diagnosis by L. Kh.-B. Akhmatkhanova, E. V. Shevchenko, A. G. Gutsalyuk, D. V. Burenchev, G. R. Ramazanov

“…Brain MRI revealed leptomeningeal enhancement of the contrast agent. Lymph node biopsy confirmed granulomatous lymphadenitis characteristic of sarcoidosis. …”
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COEXISTANCE OF CERVICAL CANCER AND MISSED ABORTION by А. L. Chernyshova, L. А. Kolomiets, Е. А. Fesik, М. К. Merzlyakova

“…First, human chorionic trophoblast was shown to be a target for HPV, resulting in termination of pregnancy, as evidenced by the analysis of HPV of the abortion material (high HPV 16 viral load). In addition, iliac lymph node metastasis occurred in minimal tumor invasion, significantly affecting the rate of survival.…”
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PSA DENSITY - A MARKER FOR POORLY-DIFFERENTIATED PROSTATE CANCER by Tosho Ganev

“…Results: We found that an elevated PSAD - especially above 0.15 ng/ml2 – increases the probability of detecting a poorly-differentiated cancer (with a high Gleason score) with unfavorable features from the pathological report after the radical prostatectomy (seminal vesicle involvement, lymph node metastases and extraprostatic tumor extension). …”
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Three patients with both Hodgkin&#x2032;s lymphoma and <i>Castleman&#x2032;s disease</i>: Clinicopathologic correlations and lack of association with HHV-8 by Haque Saadiya, Kirk Robert van

“…It has been proposed that patients with both HL and CD will have lymph nodes with HHV-8-negative morphology. <b> Materials and Methods</b> : We present a series of three cases in a retrospective study where patients had both HL and PCD. …”
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