The aim of the study was to evaluate dynamic contrast-enhanced breast magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) features for the prediction of early and late recurrences in patients with breast cancer.Of 1030 breast cancer patients who underwent surgery at our hospital from January 2007 to July 2011, 83 recurrent breast cancer patients were enrolled in this study. We compared MRI features (backgroun...

Intracerebral haemorrhage is a rare complication of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN). We present the clinico-pathologic findings of a 62 year-old patient with systemic involvement by PAN, who developed temporary decrease of consciousness and a mild left hemisyndrome due to a small right dorsal thalamic haemorrhage. No clear cause for the haemorrhage was found on postmortem examination.

Combined genetic and epigenetic analysis of sporadic colon cancer suggest that it can no longer be viewed as a single disease. There are at least three different subsets with distinct clinico-pathologic features, with important implications for preventions, screening, and therapy.