ABSTRACT Recognition of the molecular basis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors has paved the way for significant breakthroughs in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease as well as positioned gastrointestinal stromal tumors as a framework for the concept of precision oncology in solid tumors. The incorporation of novel targeted agents...
ABSTRACT Hemangioendothelioma is a rare vascular tumor whose etiology has not yet been defined. Currently, it is known to affect different sites, such as the abdominal-pelvic cavity. It is also known to present intermediate characteristics to hemangioma and angiosarcoma. In recent studies, 50-76% of patients are asymptomatic. Surgical treatment is...
ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize patients with soft tissue sarcoma in their demographic, clinical, histopathological and treatment aspects, treatment toxicity, and postoperative complications occurring within 30 days of the first surgery. Methods: A retrospective cohort study with clinical data collection and referring to the treatment of patients with soft tissue sarcomas, obtained through...
ABSTRACT Objectives: Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) are aggressive neuroectodermal neoplasms and are originated from neuroectodermal tissues. They belong to a larger group of tumors known as Ewing tumors and are unusual in adult population. This case reports PNET in the oldest patient quoted in literature and established it as a differential...
ABSTRACT Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors (pPNETs) are part of the Ewing sarcoma family. A few more than 30 cases of pPNETs originating on the pancreas have been reported in the consulted literature. We report a locally advanced pancreatic pPNET, with the longest follow-up and survival in the consulted literature, considering...
