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Wilms tumour
Wilms tumour (WT) is a childhood embryonal tumour that is paradigmatic of the intersection between disrupted organogenesis and tumorigenesis. Many WT...
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Isolated cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the sacrum in an immunocompetent patient: a case report and literature review
BackgroundCryptococcus neoformans , an opportunistic fungal pathogen, seldom causes infection in immunocompetent people. Cryptococcal osteomyelitis...
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[225Ac]Ac- and [111In]In-DOTA-trastuzumab theranostic pair: cellular dosimetry and cytotoxicity in vitro and tumour and normal tissue uptake in vivo in NRG mice with HER2-positive human breast cancer xenografts
BackgroundTrastuzumab (Herceptin) has improved the outcome for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer (BC) but brain metastases (BM) remain a...
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Assessing circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) as a prognostic biomarker in locally advanced rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
IntroductionCirculating tumour DNA (ctDNA) has emerged as a promising biomarker in various cancer types, including locally advanced rectal cancer...
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Surgical outcome of isolated benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors without neurofibromatosis
BackgroundBenign peripheral nerve sheath tumors (BPNSTs) include schwannomas and neurofibromas. About 10% of soft tissue sarcomas are malignant...
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Single-cell profiling of tumour evolution in multiple myeloma — opportunities for precision medicine
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a haematological malignancy of plasma cells characterized by substantial intraclonal genetic heterogeneity. Although...
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Parvimonas micra is associated with tumour immune profiles in molecular subtypes of colorectal cancer
The importance of the tumour microbiome in different aspects of colorectal cancer (CRC) has been increasingly recognised, but many questions remain....
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Effect of Gemcitabine based chemotherapy on the immunogenicity of pancreatic tumour cells and T-cells
PurposeChemotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer has limited efficacy due to the difficultly of treating established tumours and the evolution of...
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Compromised activity of natural killer cells in diffuse large b-cell lymphoma is related to lymphoma-induced modification of their surface receptor expression
While natural killer (NK) cells are essential players in detection and elimination of malignant cells, these surveillance properties can be...
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Tissue-resident memory T cells in the urogenital tract
Our understanding of T cell memory responses changed drastically with the discovery that specialized T cell memory populations reside within...
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A first-in-human study of [68Ga]Ga-CDI: a positron emitting radiopharmaceutical for imaging tumour cell death
PurposeThis study assesses human biodistribution, radiation dosimetry, safety and tumour uptake of cell death indicator labelled with 68 Ga ([ 68 Ga]Ga-...
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Isolated Frontal Sinus Undifferentiated Carcinoma: First case Report in the Literature
Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma (SNUC) is a rare tumor which is aggressive in nature, has a different clinical course in contrast to sinonasal...
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Intratumoural administration and tumour tissue targeting of cancer immunotherapies
Immune-checkpoint inhibitors and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells are revolutionizing oncology and haematology practice. With these and other...
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Pituitary stem cells: past, present and future perspectives
Pituitary cells that express the transcription factor SOX2 are stem cells because they can self-renew and differentiate into multiple pituitary...
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Characteristics of premanufacture CD8+ T cells determine CAR-T efficacy in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Although chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have become an important treatment option for patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancies,...
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The effect of postoperative early lumbar drainage on delayed fever after cerebellopontine angle tumour surgery: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
BackgroundPostoperative fever is one of the common complications in neurosurgery, and intracranial aseptic inflammation and infection are important...
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts-derived HAPLN1 promotes tumour invasion through extracellular matrix remodeling in gastric cancer
BackgroundCancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are the most principal cells of depositing and remodeling extracellular matrix (ECM) within solid...
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CD44v3 is a marker of invasive cancer stem cells driving metastasis in gastric carcinoma
BackgroundCancer stem cells (CSCs) are at the origin of tumour initiation and progression in gastric adenocarcinoma (GC). However, markers of...
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Multifaceted microglia — key players in primary brain tumour heterogeneity
Microglia are the resident innate immune cells of the immune-privileged CNS and, as such, represent the first line of defence against tissue injury...
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Radiosynthesis and preclinical evaluation of [11C]SNX-ab as an Hsp90α,β isoform-selective PET probe for in vivo brain and tumour imaging
BackgroundThe molecular chaperone, Hsp90, is a key player in the protein quality control system that maintains homeostasis under cellular stress...