Thirty years of population-based breast cancer screening in Iceland: a comparison of quality indicators and tumour characteristics between women aged 40–49 and 50–69 years by Alfheidur Haraldsdottir, Helgi Birgisson, Agust I. Agustsson, Laufey Tryggvadottir

“…Among screen-detected cases, women aged 40–49 years exhibited a higher proportion of tumours larger than 20 mm (29.7% vs. 21.7%), more lymph node positivity (41.2% vs. 28.2%) and higher human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positivity (18.6% vs. 11.8%), compared to those aged 50–69 years. …”
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THE VALUE OF PET/CT IN THE DIAGNOSIS, STADING AND MONITORING OF COLORECTAL CANCER by V. I. Chernov, N. M. Goncharova, V. E. Goldberg, E. A. Dudnikova, R. V. Zelchan, A. A. Medvedeva, I. G. Sinilkin, O. D. Bragina, A. V. Avgustinovich, A. V. Goldberg, R. V. Ermolenko, N. O. Popova, E. I. Simolina, V. V. Vysotskaya

“…Data on the value of PET with 18F-FDG in visualization of the primary tumor, detection of lymph node and distant metastases and assessment of the treatment response in patients with colorectal cancer were presented.Conclusion. …”
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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND METAANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF BREAST-CONSERVING SURGERY AFTER NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS by A. R. Bosieva, M. V. Ermoshchenkova, A. D. Zikiryakhodzhayev, N. N. Volchenko

“…One of the main advantages of NACT is the reduction of the tumor size and regression of lymph node metastasis.The aim of the study was to analyze the outcomes of breast-conserving surgery after NACT compared to adjuvant chemotherapy, including the examination of the width of resection margins and the frequency of re-operations, the volume of tissue removed and cosmetic outcomes.Material and Methods. …”
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Regional intra-arterial polychemotherapy to increase the effectiveness of conservative treatment of locally invasive oral squamous cell carcinoma by А. М. Mudunov, B. I. Dolgushin, А. А. Аkhundov, М. N. Narimanov, D. А. Safarov, I. А. Тrofimov, B. G. Pkheshkhova

“…Histological study of the surgical material of primary tumor region as well as metastases of the cervical lymph nodes on the tumor side revealed pathomorphism of 4 grade. …”
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Bronchoplatic surgery in the treatment of patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer by A. A. Aksarin, M. D. Ter-Ovanesov, S. M. Kopeyka

“…If metastases in these lymph nodes were not detected, we performed bronchoplastic lobectomy. …”
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Immunohistochemical study of neoangiogenesis markers in squamous cell lung cancer by M. M. Baudarbekova

“…Aim – to study VEGFR-2 and CD34 immunohistochemical expression in squamous cell lung cancer. Materials and methods. Pathomorphological and immunohistochemical studies of surgical material from 20 patients, which were treated in ZRCOD because of SCLC, were conducted: 10 patients with SCLC without metastases in regional lymph nodes formed the I group of study and 10 patients with SCLC with metastases in regional lymph nodes formed the II group of study. 10 samples of regional lymph nodes with metastases were also examined (the III group of study). …”
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Feasibility of simultaneous integrated boost for high-dose treatment of high-risk prostate cancer by E. S. Sukhikh, L. G. Sukhikh, A. V. Taletsky, Zh. A. Startseva, V. V. Verkhoturova, V. V. Rozanov, E. A. Selikhova

“…The improvement of treatment outcomes is associated with radiation dose escalation and prophylactic irradiation of lymph nodes, therefore, the development of the new treatment schemes is needed. …”
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Repeatability and prognostic value of radiomic features: a study in esophageal cancer and nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Jie Gong, Fan Meng, Changhao Liu, Jianchao Lu, Jie Li, Zhi Yang, Hongfei Sun, Xinzhi Teng, Jiang Zhang, Jing Cai, Mei Shi, Lina Zhao

“…Tumor, peritumor, and lymph node regions were defined as regions of interest. …”
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Impact of Para-Aortic Lymphadenectomy on Clinically FIGO Stage IIIC1 High-Grade Endometrial Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study from Two Tertiary Centers in Korea and Taiwan by Yen-Ling Lai, Jun-Hyeong Seo, Koping Chang, Hyun-Soo Kim, Jung Chen, Tyan-Shin Yang, Yu-Li Chen, Yoo-Young Lee

“…After staging surgery, 34 (60.7%) patients had pathologically confirmed lymph node metastases. Within a median follow-up of 57.5 months, there were no significant differences in recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) between the two groups. …”
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FDG PET/CT AND PSMA PET/CT IN MUSCULOSKELETAL SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS by Ellen Nogueira Lima, Thaisa Ramos Freire, Mayara Branco E. Silva, Natalia Tobar Toledo Prudente Silva, Thiago Alves, Allan Santos, Mariana Lima, José Carvalheira, Mauricio Etchebehere, Elba Etchebehere

“…SUVmax values were obtained in both studies of the primary STS lesion, locoregional lymph node metastases (LRLNs), distant lymph node metastases (DLNs), and bone metastases. …”
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Multidisciplinary strategies to reduce radiotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity in breast cancer: surgical and technological innovations by Kai Lu, Zhenhua Sun, Yide Yi

“…Surgical refinements, including breast-conserving surgery with sentinel lymph node biopsy and total mastectomy, effectively reduce radiation fields and cardiac exposure. …”
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High NUSAP1 expression predicts poor survival in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma by Shengkai Zhou, Haiyun Li, Li Zhang, Jinxiang Chen

“…NUSAP1 overexpression was significantly associated with lymph node metastasis (P = 0.023) and TNM stage (P = 0.008); Kaplan-Meier survival curves revealed that patients with high NUSAP1 expression had worse prognoses than patients with low NUSAP1 expression. …”
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Prognostic significance of ımmunhistochemical axl expression in pancreas ductal adenocarcinomas by Ozden Oz, Asuman Argon, Tulu Ayata Kebat, Ozlem Ozdemir, Savas Yakan

“…Features of tumors; size, lymphovascular invasion (LVI), perineural invasion (PNI), resection margin (RM), lymph node metastasis (LNM), differentiation, tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, stage and overall survival were recorded. …”
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Papillary thyroid cancer with translocation in the TPM3‑NTRK1 gene by M. R. Savchuk, N. V. Shved, N. A. Savelov, I. L. Plaksa

“…The sizes of the tumor node varied from 0.5 . 0.5 cm to 4.0 . 3.0 cm. All patients had metastases to the lymph nodes, in 3 cases the tumor grew beyond the thyroid capsule. …”
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The value of whole-body MRI instead of only brain MRI in addition to 18 F-FDG PET/CT in the staging of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer by Hanna Holmstrand, M Lindskog, A Sundin, T Hansen

“…WB-MRI and FDG-PET/CT both showed maximum sensitivity and specificity for primary tumor diagnosis and similar sensitivity (p = 1.00) and specificity (p = 0.70) for detection of distant metastases. For diagnosis of lymph node metastases, WB-MRI showed lower sensitivity, 0.65 (95% CI: 0.38–0.86) than FDG-PET/CT, 1.00 (95% CI: 0.80-1.00) (p < 0.05), but similar specificity (p = 0.59). …”
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Occult breast cancer. Literature review and case series by О. S. Khodorovich, V. A. Solodkiy, A. A. Kalinina-Masri, О. Р. Bliznyukov, T. V. Sherstneva, I. A. Lazukina, L. B. Kanakhina

“…It includes axillary lymphadenopathy and histologically appears to be a metastatic lesion of the lymph nodes from undetectable invasive BC.Materials and methods. …”
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Prophylaxis of complications after radical operations in patients, suffering a mammary gland cancer by Yu. O. Vinnyk, V. G. Vlasenko, A. V. Baranova

“…After radical operations with the lymph node dissection in patients, suffering mammary gland cancer, the early morbidity rate is rather high, and mainly connected with lymphovenous drainage outflow. …”
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Analyzing the efficacy of conservative versus surgical treatment of chronic mixed blepharitis via laser Doppler flowmetry and interferometry by Tatyana N. Safonova, Natalya P. Kintyukhina

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GLUT-1 and Carbonic Anhydrase IX Immunoexpression in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Abeer Salah Salman, Layla Sabri Yas

“…Histological grade and TNM (T: tumor, N: extent of spread to the lymph node, M: presence of metastasis) clinical staging were done. …”
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Determinants of Survival in Cancer Rectum: Our Experience at a Tertiary Care Center by Rashmi Singh, Anup Kumar, Manika Verma, Payal Raina

“…Fifteen patients underwent upfront surgery, among them 66.6% of cases had ≤12 lymph node removal. 40% (6 / 15) of patients had either proximal (n = 1), distal (n = 2), or CRM positive (n = 3) (3 / 6). …”
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