Newly defined benign soft tissue tumor with bony shell may mimic malignancy

It's not often that a pathologist gets to make a diagnosis that works for the patient by preventing treatment from occurring.
The American Journal of Managed Care

New Definition of Rectal Cancer Could Reduce Variability in Treatment

A new definition of rectal cancer in the Netherlands prompted reclassification of cancer as sigmoid tumors, which could lead to better treatment. Rectal and sigmoidal tumors have been hard to ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Researchers Define Unique, Soft Tissue Benign Tumor with Bony Shell That May Previously Have Been Mistaken as Malignant

Paper in @ModernPathology (bit.ly/4ouqhoe) defines the OSET, a slow-growing, benign tumor w/ a bony shell that can be mistaken for malignancy. “A misdiagnosis could result in a patient receiving ...
Healthline

Knockout Cell Lines for Liver Cancer: Definition and Uses

Medical researchers use knockout cells to study how genes function and how genes can be used for medical treatments. For example, a knockout cell line for liver cancer might turn off a gene linked ...
Cure Today

Expanding Definition of Cancer Survivorship Highlights Need for New Standards

Survivorship standards guide multidisciplinary collaboration, addressing resource gaps and enhancing services across all survivorship stages. The definition of survivorship now includes the entire ...
ascopubs.org

Refining the serum miR-371a-3p test for viable germ cell tumor detection: Identification and definition of an indeterminate range.

Prognostic value of circulating cell-free DNA in association with choriocarcinoma syndrome development in patients with germ cell tumors. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2023 ASCO ...