BACKGROUND After focused high dose radiotherapy of brain metastases, differentiation between tumor recurrence and radiation-induced lesions by conventional MRI is challenging. This study investigates the usefulness of dynamic O-(2-18F-Fluoroethyl)-L-Tyrosine positron emission tomography (18F-FET PET) in patients with MRI-based suspicion of tumor recurrence after focused high dose radiotherapy o...

Post-surgical tumor recurrence is a common problem in cancer treatment. In the present study, the role of neem leaf glycoprotein (NLGP), a novel immunomodulator, in prevention of post-surgical recurrence of solid sarcoma was examined. Data suggest that NLGP prevents tumor recurrence after surgical removal of sarcoma in Swiss mice and increases their tumor-free survival time. In NLGP-treated tum...

Objective: This study aimed to analyse the risk factors of the recurrence and metastasis of breast cancer after breast-conserving surgery. Methods: There were 102 breast cancer patients who underwent breast surgery reservations in 404 Hospital of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army from January 2011 to December 2014. We had recorded these cases’ 5-y recurrence rate and transfer rate after 1-5 ...

BACKGROUND The majority of patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHCC) who undergo complete tumor resection subsequently develop tumor recurrence. The objectives of this study were to determine the risk factors for IHCC recurrence after curative (R0) liver resection and to identify the feasibility about postoperative adjuvant radiation therapy (RT). METHODS We retrospectively reviewe...

Introduction: Lipomas are among the most common tumors of the human body. However, they are uncommon in the oral cavity and are observed as slow growing, painless, and asymptomatic yellowish submucosal masses. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice and recurrence is not expected.    Case Report: The case of a 30-year-old woman with a huge lipoma on the tip of her tongue since 3 years, is ...

OBJECTIVE Recurrence of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) arises from areas of microscopic tumor infiltration that have yet to disrupt the blood-brain barrier. We hypothesize that these microscopic foci of invasion cause subtle variations in the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and FLAIR signal detectable with the use of computational big-data modeling. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-six patien...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine factors impacting recurrence and long-term survival of adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the head and neck after definitive resection. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study at an academic tertiary care hospital. METHODS Patients with ACC of the head and neck treated at our institution were reviewed. Those not receiving surgery, or with metastatic disease...

PURPOSE To evaluate individual tumor control following chemoreduction for retinoblastoma. METHODS Prospective nonrandomized single-center case series of 457 retinoblastomas managed with six cycles of chemoreduction (vincristine, etoposide, and carboplatin). The tumors were then managed with chemoreduction alone (group A) or chemoreduction combined with thermotherapy (group B), cryotherapy (gr...

The indication for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is expanding in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Early detection and effective management of recurrence has become an important issue in LDLT for HCC. This study aimed to find an optimal screening protocol in terms of screening interval and screening tools by analyzing recurrence pattern after LDLT for HCC. A total of 205 LDLT patients...

Cancer Chemo-Immunotherapy In article number 2103497, Yubin Huang, Dongfang Zhou, and co-workers demonstrate an engineered endogenous tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs)-targeting biomimetic nano-red-blood-cell (RBC) system to deliver chemotherapeutic doxorubicin oxygen for enhanced cancer chemo-immunotherapy. TAMs-targeting depletion hypoxia alleviation synergistically reprogram the tumor immu...