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Complication and conversion outcomes in transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach (TOETVA): a retrospective multicenter propensity score-matched cohort study
Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy with vestibular approach (TOETVA) is a scarless thyroid surgery used as an alternative to open conventional surgery. Our aim was to investigate possible risk factors for comp...
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Open AccessRobotic parathyroidectomy is a feasible technique for primary hyperparathyroidism
Focused parathyroidectomy is the gold standard treatment modality for primary hyperparathyroidism, which allows accurate preoperative localization. Robotic parathyroidectomy has emerged as a feasible procedure...
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Open AccessComparison of delayed bleeding to immediate bleeding following thyroidectomy
It is important to identify risk factors for post-thyroidectomy bleeding requiring airway intervention or reoperation. Therefore, we aimed to compare the characteristics of patients with postoperative bleeding...
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Open AccessCo-inhibition of glutaminolysis and one-carbon metabolism promotes ROS accumulation leading to enhancement of chemotherapeutic efficacy in anaplastic thyroid cancer
Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is one of the most aggressive tumors with an extremely poor prognosis. Based on the several biological features related to glutamine metabolism in ATC, we hypothesized glutamino...
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Open AccessPMCA inhibition reverses drug resistance in clinically refractory cancer patient-derived models
Cancer cells have developed molecular strategies to cope with evolutionary stressors in the dynamic tumor microenvironment. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α (PGC1α) is a metabolic rh...
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Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy using the vestibular approach with an endoscopic retractor in thyroid cancer: experience with the first 132 patients
Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy using the vestibular approach (TOETVA) is a novel technique for thyroid cancer surgery. We aimed to review our initial experiences with TOETVA for the management of thyroid c...
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Open AccessSoLAT (Sorafenib Lenvatinib alternating treatment): a new treatment protocol with alternating Sorafenib and Lenvatinib for refractory thyroid Cancer
In the last decade, several tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), which disrupt pathways involved in the proliferation and tumorigenesis of thyroid cancer, have been extensively studied. Two different TKIs, lenva...
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Open AccessPhase III study of cisplatin with or without S-1 in patients with stage IVB, recurrent, or persistent cervical cancer
This open-label phase III trial evaluated efficacy and safety of S-1 plus cisplatin vs. cisplatin alone as first-line chemotherapy in patients with stage IVB, recurrent, or persistent cervical cancer.
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Long-term outcomes of ethanol injection therapy for locally recurrent papillary thyroid cancer
The standard treatment regimen for locally recurrent lesions is total thyroidectomy, or complete removal of the recurrent thyroid lesion within the thyroid bed. However, reoperation increases the risk of compl...
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Open AccessPotential anti-cancer effect of N-hydroxy-7-(2-naphthylthio) heptanomide (HNHA), a novel histone deacetylase inhibitor, for the treatment of thyroid cancer
Thyroid cancer has been indicated to have a higher global proportion of DNA methylation and a decreased level of histone acetylation. Previous studies showed that histone gene reviser and epigenetic changes ro...
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Reducing neck incision length during thyroid surgery does not improve satisfaction in patients
Postoperative neck cosmesis is a major concern of patients undergoing thyroid surgery. Patients will likely be more satisfied with the long-term cosmetic appearance of smaller than larger thyroidectomy scars. ...
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Open AccessSolitary lateral neck node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma
Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is associated with a high incidence of regional node metastasis, but the patterns of lateral neck node metastasis (LNM) vary. Occasionally, a solitary LNM (SLNM) is seen in PT...
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Three isolated, large retroperitoneal leiomyomas
Leiomyomas are very rare as retroperitoneal neoplasms. The pathogenesis of retroperitoneal leiomyomas remains obscure. A 42-year-old multiparous woman presented with a large abdominopelvic mass. At surgery, th...
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Comparison of laparoscopic truncal vagotomy with gastrojejunostomy and open surgery in peptic pyloric stenosis
Little is known about the advantages of laparoscopic truncal vagotomy with gastrojejunostomy (LTVGJ) over open truncal vagotomy with gastrojejunostomy (OTVGJ) for peptic pyloric stenosis (PPS). This study aime...
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Ovarian and multiple lymph nodes recurrence of acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a case report and review of literature
Ovarian involvement of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) without relapse in the bone marrow or other extramedullary site is rare. We report a case of ovarian relapse in a 13-year-old girl who was diagnosed wi...
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Extragastrointestinal stromal tumor arising from the vagina: MR findings
