Role of diffusion weighted imaging and contrast-enhanced MRI in the evaluation of intrapelvic recurrence of gynecological malignant tumor. by Kazuhiro Kitajima, Utaru Tanaka, Yoshiko Ueno, Tetsuo Maeda, Yuko Suenaga, Satoru Takahashi, Masashi Deguchi, Yoshiya Miyahara, Yasuhiko Ebina, Hideto Yamada, Masakatsu Tsurusaki, Yukihisa Tamaki, Kazuro Sugimura

“…<h4>Results</h4>Locally recurrent disease, lymph node recurrence, peritoneal dissemination and bone metastases were present in 48.4%, 29.0%, 16.1%, and 6.5% of the patients, respectively. …”
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Investigations on the blood parasites and their ineidence in cattle in elazığ region by Nazir DUMANL, Edip ÖZER

“…The last group contained lymph node, liver and spleen smears of 4 cattle in which some symptom related with blood parasites were seen after slaughtering in the slaug'hterhouse.…”
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VIRTUAL MULTISLICE-CT-BRONCHOSCOPY AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN PATIENTS WITH BRONCHIAL TUMORS by P. M. Kotlyarov, N. I. Sergeev, V. A. Rebrikova, О. V. Tatarnikova

“…In patients with lung and hilar lymph node metastases, infiltration of segmental and lobar bronchi led to the impaired ventilation of the affected segments or lobes of the lungs, thus resulting in the development of atelectasis. …”
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Comparison of microvascular density in cervical carcinoma in relation to predictive pathohistological parameters by Mandić Aljoša, Ivković-Kapicl Tatjana, Gutić Bojana, Maričić Slobodan, Stevanović Nemanja, Šolajić Nenad, Nikin Zoran, Maksimović Tamara, Stevanović Tijana

“…The aim is to analyze microvascular density (MVD) in groups of patients with high grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (H-SIL), and cervical carcinoma, and to compare MVD in relation to the degree of tumor differentiation, size, presence of lymphovascular invasion and lymph node metastases. Materials and methods: The study was retrospective, conducted on histopathological samples of 109 patients who underwent hysterectomy with/without adnexectomy. …”
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Comparative Diagnostic Value of 18F-FDG–PET–CT and Intraoperative Examination in Cervical Cancer Staging by Goran Malenković, Jelena Malenković, Sanja Tomić, Armin Šljivo, Fatima Gavrankapetanović-Smailbegović, Slobodan Tomić

“…The agreement with histopathological examination was moderate for 18F-FDG–PET–CT and poor for intraoperative examination for lymph node metastasis, highlighting that the overall accuracy of 18F-FDG–PET–CT (82.1%) was significantly higher than that of intraoperative examination (66.1%) (<i>p</i> = 0.002). …”
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Proposed Nodal Cancer Index (NCI) in ovarian carcinomatosis by M D Ray, Manish Kumar Gaur

“…Retroperitoneal lymph nodes and bilateral pelvic lymph node dissection were routinely done in all the cases. …”
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Tattoo-less chest wall and regional nodal irradiation using surface imaging by Boris Mueller, Yulin Song, Xingchen Zhai, Yubei Liang, Paul Tamas, Simon Powell, David M Guttmann, Diana Roth O’Brien, Beryl McCormick, Atif Khan, Laura Cervino-Arriba, Bo Zhao, Linda Hong, Lior Z. Braunstein

“…With the advent of contemporary surface imaging technology, we evaluated setup accuracy, time, and dosimetric parameters between traditional tattoo-based setup techniques and a “tattoo-less” approach for lymph node positive and high-risk breast cancer patients requiring chest wall and regional nodal radiation.Material/MethodsPatients receiving chest wall radiation for breast cancer underwent a traditional tattoo-based setup (TTB), alternating daily with a tattoo-less setup via surface imaging using AlignRT (ART) to serve as an internal control. …”
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The Role of Ultrasound as a Predictor of Malignancy in Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules—A Multicenter Study by Reem J. Al Argan, Dania M. Alkhafaji, Feras M. Almajid, Njoud K. Alkhaldi, Zahra A. Al Ghareeb, Moutaz F. Osman, Manal A. Hasan, Safi G. Alqatari, Abrar J. Alwaheed, Fatima E. Ismaeel, Reem S. AlSulaiman

“…Solid hypoechoic nodules showed 82.3% specificity and 63.0% positive predictive value (PPV); microcalcifications demonstrated 84.1% specificity and 68.4% PPV; lymph node involvement had 87.6% specificity and 68.9% PPV. …”
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<i>CCND1</i> and <i>PTEN</i> genes as markers of progression in vulvar cancer by A. V. Busarova, N. A. Petrusenko, P. A. Kruze, N. V. Porhanova

“…The study included 50 patients aged 29–80 years with the diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva without metastases – group 1 (n = 25) and with metastases to the lymph nodes – group 2 (n = 25). Total DNA from paraffin blocks of tumor and conditionally healthy vulvar tissue served as the material for the study. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Features of Various Variants of Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis by N. N. Makar’yants, R. B. Amansakhedov, L. N. Lepekha, A. Kh. Semenova, E. I. Shmelev, N. G. Dem’yanenko

“…Enlarged intrathoracic lymph nodes are most common in subacute EAA in 45.9% of cases and less common in acute and chronic EAA in 20 and 23.8% of cases, respectively. …”
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Male breast cancer: a clinicopathological study of an Egyptian population (Alexandria experience) by Maher Soliman, Marcin Hetnał

“…Only negative axillary lymph node and positive hormone receptor status were significantly associated with favorable DFS and OS. …”
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The impact of HIV infection on spectrum of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Siberia and Far East by E. V. Kulchavenya

“…If in HIV-infected patients most common form was TB of the central nervous system (43.8%), followed by the second – the bone and joints TB (34.5%), and TB of peripheral lymph node TB (11.7%). The proportion of urogenital tuberculosis in HIV-infected was negligible (1.9%). …”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF BILATERAL BREAST CANCER HEMATOGENOUS METASTASIS by E. A. Fesik, N. V. Krakhmal, M. V. Zavyalova, E. M. Slonimskaya, S. V. Vtoryshin, V. M. Perelmuter

“…When metachronous bilateral lesions in the case of the presence of hematogenous metastasis was detected more severe fibrosis of the stroma of the tumor was determined a lower percentage rate and the expression of receptors for estrogen, as well as more and larger percentage of the affected lymph node metastases.…”
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LAPAROSCOPIC GASTRECTOMY WITH LONGMIRE’S PROCEDURE by R. A. Zubkov, A. V. Shelekhov, E. S. Baryshnikov, A. S. Zagaynov

“…To develop a way to perform the laparoscopic total gastrectomy with jejunal interposition (Longmire’s procedure).Material and methods. The study presents the technology of laparoscopic total gastrectomy with a lymph node dissection D1α and jejunal interposition. …”
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COMPARISON OF POSTOPERATIVE AND ONCOLOGICAL OUTCOMES IN ROBOTIC AND OPEN RIGHT COLECTOMY FOR COLON CANCER by Sercan Yüksel, Uğur Topal, Ece Batur, Anıl Demir, İsmail Çalıkoğlu, Erdal Karaköse, Erdal Ercan, Zafer Teke, Hasan Bektaş

“…The total number of lymph nodes dissected was 37.2 vs. 41.9 (p=0.179). …”
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Robot-assisted Radical Cystectomy with Intracorporeal Urinary Diversion following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: An Initial Experience by Tünkut Doğanca, Ömer Burak Argun, Mustafa Bilal Tuna, İlter Tüfek, Can Öbek, Ali Rıza Kural

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 14 patients underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy for invasive bladder tumors, followed by robot-assisted radical cystectomy, extended lymph node dissection, and intracorporeal urinary diversion. …”
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A Clinical and Pathological Comparison of Different Immunomorphological Subvariants of Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at Initial Diagnosis by IA Shupletsova, AM Kovrigina, TN Moiseeva, EI Dorokhina, SM Kulikov

“…To study clinical course of NLPHL in patients with different IHC-subvariants of the disease and identify a poor prognosis subgroup. Materials & Methods. From 2010 to 2017 the Department of Anatomic Pathology at the National Medical Hematology Research Center undertook morphological and IHC-analysis of lymph node and bone marrow core biopsies of 60 NLPHL patients: 47 men and 13 women (male/female ratio of 3.6:1) aged 17–68 years (median 37 years). …”
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Does adenomyosis influence tumor characteristics and survival in endometrioid-type endometrial cancer?? by Gorkem Ulger, Sevki Goksun Gokulu, Kasim Akay, Hamza Yildiz, Ali Yildizbakan, Tolgay Tuyan Ilhan, Hakan Aytan

“…Similarly, rates of myometrial invasion (81.3% vs. 65.5%, p = 0.001), cervical stromal invasion (9.0% vs. 14.1%, p = 0.005), and lymph node metastasis (4.2% vs. 14.4%, p = 0.001) were significantly lower in patients with adenomyosis. …”
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Hormone receptor status (estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor), human epidermal growth factor-2 and p53 in South Indian breast cancer patients: A tertiary care center experienc... by Rashmi Patnayak, Amitabh Jena, Nandyala Rukmangadha, Amit Kumar Chowhan, K Sambasivaiah, Bobbit Venkatesh Phaneendra, Mandyam Kumaraswamy Reddy

“…We have undertaken this study with the aim to evaluate the ER, PR, HER-2 and p53 expressions in invasive breast carcinomas by IHC and to compare the HER-2 expression with various clinicopathological parameters. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective single institutional study from January 2001 to December 2010, 389 cases of histopathologically diagnosed infiltrating carcinoma of breast were evaluated taking into account various parameters like age, tumour size, grade, lymph node involvement, ER and PR. …”
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Evaluation of Kynu, Defb2, Camp, and Penk Expression Levels as Psoriasis Marker in the Imiquimod-Induced Psoriasis Model by Zahra Emami, Saeideh Sadat Shobeiri, Razia Khorrami, Navideh Haghnavaz, Mohammad Ali Rezaee, Malihe Moghadam, Safoora Pordel, Mojtaba Sankian

“…In order to assess the systemic response, the spleen and lymph node indexes were also evaluated. Results. …”
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