Christopher F Sharpley, Vicki Bitsika, David H R Christie
{"title":"Psychological Distress among Prostate Cancer Patients: Fact Or Fiction?","authors":"Christopher F Sharpley, Vicki Bitsika, David H R Christie","doi":"10.4137/cmo.s955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/cmo.s955","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although the detrimental effect upon psychological well-being of receiving a diagnosis of, or treatment for, cancer has been demonstrated across many different types of cancer, three recent reviews of the psychological health of prostate cancer patients have produced contradictory conclusions. In order to elucidate the reasons for these apparent different conclusions, each of these reviews is described, with principal methods and findings summarised. Actual data, methodology used to select/reject research studies for inclusion in reviews, plus the validity of strict methodological culling of some research studies are discussed. Several extra studies and commentaries are also described, and a resolution of the apparent contradictory review conclusions is offered.</p>","PeriodicalId":88451,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Oncology","volume":"2 ","pages":"563-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/cmo.s955","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29974339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Primary MALT Type Skin Lymphoma—Is ‘Wait and See’ a Possible Strategy?","authors":"F. Delli, T. Zaraboukas, I. Mandekou‐Lefaki","doi":"10.4137/CMO.S336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/CMO.S336","url":null,"abstract":"Primary cutaneous lymphomas are the second most common site of extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma. A specifically type named extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphomas are indolent low-grade neoplasma. We report a case of a 42-year-old white man with multiple subcutaneous tumors located on the trunk and neck. The histopathological exam showed a non-epidermotropic, dense lymphocytic infiltrate. Histologic, immunohistochemical and cytologenetic analysis diagnosed primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma MALT type. Investigation for other extranodal MALT lymphoma gastrointestinal tract, lung, salivary and thyroid glands was negative. The patient refused radiotherapy, but he accepted every 6 months close follow-up. Over a seven years period, we noticed a progressively disappearance of the skin lesions. The necessity of aggressive treatment of this disease with excellent prognosis is discussed. The treatment necessity of primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma MALT type is discussed.","PeriodicalId":88451,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Oncology","volume":"21 1","pages":"153 - 158"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83784374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Palestinian children in the hemato-oncology ward of an israeli hospital.","authors":"Miri Nehari, Bella Bielorai, Amos Toren","doi":"10.4137/cmo.s346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/cmo.s346","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>An encounter between Palestinian parents of children with cancer and Israeli medical staff is a very special situation where \"potential enemies\" interact in a caring, trusting and intimate relationship for long periods of time. Our aim was to study the psychological and cultural encounter in order to understand the dynamics involved.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The study is a qualitative one. Data was collected by way of structured in-depth interviews. Participants were physicians and nurses employed in the department, and Palestinian parents accompanying their children who were hospitalized during the research period.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>SIX MAIN THEMES EMERGED FROM THE ANALYSIS OF THE INTERVIEWS: (1) The decision to come to Israel for treatment. (2) The \"meeting points\" of the two peoples: the Israeli check points and the Palestinian Authority permits. (3) Encounter with the Israeli hospital. (4) Relationship between medical staff and parents. (5) Language and cultural barriers. (6) Emotions, thoughts and behaviors during high security tension.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The interviews depict a poignant picture of the unique encounter between Israeli Doctors and nurses and Palestinian parents. The psychological mechanism used by parents and doctors is \"splitting\"-having a dichotomized, simple emotional-perceptual picture of a situation with no conflicts. Nurses use another psychological mechanism in addition which enables them to contain the paradox and the conflict.</p>","PeriodicalId":88451,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Oncology","volume":"2 ","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/cmo.s346","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29974332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Primary osteosarcoma of the right heart ventricle and atrium; a case report.","authors":"Terje Forslund, John Melin, Anders Seppä","doi":"10.4137/cmo.s541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/cmo.s541","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Most primary malignancies of the heart, among them also osteosarcoma are found in the left and very uncommonly in the right ventricle. We report a 75-year-old patient with a primary osteosarcoma sited in the right ventricle occluding the pulmonary outflow. The diagnosis was made when the patient was alive, using echocardiography and computerized scan tomography examinations. Like in previous reports on such malignancies, it was far too late for surgical or other therapeutic interventions, and the histological diagnosis was made post mortem.</p>","PeriodicalId":88451,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Oncology","volume":"2 ","pages":"43-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/cmo.s541","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29974337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ali Adouani, Jed Bouguila, Yassine Jeblaoui, Mehdi Ben Aicha, Mouhamed Ali Abdelali, Mouna Hellali, Karima Zitouni, Landolsi Amani, Zairi Issam
{"title":"B-cell lymphoma of the mandible: a case report.","authors":"Ali Adouani, Jed Bouguila, Yassine Jeblaoui, Mehdi Ben Aicha, Mouhamed Ali Abdelali, Mouna Hellali, Karima Zitouni, Landolsi Amani, Zairi Issam","doi":"10.4137/cmo.s366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/cmo.s366","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The mandible is an infrequent localisation of primary osseous non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Few cases of mandibular non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL) have been reported.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>A rare condition of primary malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the mandible in 53-year-old man, was reported at the Department of Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery in Charles Nicolle Hospital (Tunis, Tunisia). Histologic and Immunohistochemical (IHC) examination Confirmed a B-Cell lymphoma.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The purpose of this report is to describe this rare case of NHL of the mandible, explore the diagnosis and workup, and discuss treatment strategies. In this localisation, neither the clinical features nor the radiologic appearances are often pathognomonic.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Particular care must be taken to consider lymphoma in the differential diagnosis because this uncommon lesion can pose significant diagnostic problems and is frequently misdiagnosed.</p>","PeriodicalId":88451,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Oncology","volume":"2 ","pages":"445-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/cmo.s366","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30119765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohammed Ahmed Abdel-Muneem Nouh, Masashi Inui, Yoshiyuki Kakehi
{"title":"Renal Cell Carcinoma with IVC Thrombi; Current Concepts and Future Perspectives.","authors":"Mohammed Ahmed Abdel-Muneem Nouh, Masashi Inui, Yoshiyuki Kakehi","doi":"10.4137/cmo.s464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/cmo.s464","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The incidence of venous extension to the inferior vena cava (IVC) in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is markedly increased recently mostly due to the advances in diagnostic modalities. Such vascular invasion implies a heightened biologic behavior and a surgical challenge during the course of treatment. In this study, we reviewed the classification guidelines, recent diagnostic tools and up-to-date therapeutic modalities for RCC with IVC tumor thrombi added to the prognostic significance regarding the pathologic nature of vascular invasion; cephalad extent of thrombi and any associated distant metastasis. Also, we are providing our suggestion regarding the use of angioscopy for removal of IVC thrombi in a relatively bloodless field without aggressive surgical manipulations or shunt techniques for maintenance of hemodynamic stability.</p>","PeriodicalId":88451,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Oncology","volume":"2 ","pages":"247-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/cmo.s464","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30119987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A phantom study on target localization accuracy using cone-beam computed tomography.","authors":"Hui Yan, Liwei Zhang, Fang-Fang Yin","doi":"10.4137/cmo.s808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/cmo.s808","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study is to evaluate the 3-dimensional target localization accuracy of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) using an on-board imager (OBI). An anthropomorphic pelvis phantom was used to simulate a range of offsets in the three translational directions and rotations around each of the three axes. After a translational or rotational offset was applied, a CBCT scan of the phantom was followed by image registration to detect the offsets in six degrees. The detected offsets were compared to the offset actually applied to give the detection error of the phantom position. Afterwards, the phantom was positioned by automatically moving the couch based on the detected offsets. A second CBCT scan followed by image registration was performed to give the residual error of the phantom positioning. On the average the detection errors and their standard deviations along the lateral, longitudinal and vertical axis are 0.3 ± 0.1, 0.3 ± 0.1 and 0.4 ± 0.1 mm respectively with respect to translational shifts ranging from 0 to 10 mm. The corresponding residual errors after positioning are 0.3 ± 0.1, 0.5 ± 0.1 and 0.3 ± 0.1 mm. For simulated rotational shifts ranging from 0 to 5 degrees, the average detection error and their standard deviation around lateral, longitudinal, and vertical axes are 0.1 ± 0.0, 0.2 ± 0.0, and 0.2 ± 0.0 degrees respectively. The residual errors after positioning are 0.4 ± 0.1, 0.6 ± 0.1, and 0.3 ± 0.1 mm along the lateral, longitudinal and vertical directions. These results indicate that target localization based on CBCT is capable of achieving sub-millimeter accuracy.</p>","PeriodicalId":88451,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Oncology","volume":"2 ","pages":"501-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/cmo.s808","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30120336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nef as a Proliferative Factor for Kidney Epithelial Cells in HIV-Associated Nephropathy.","authors":"Krishna K Ratnam, Cijiang John He, Paul Klotman","doi":"10.4137/cmo.s661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/cmo.s661","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88451,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Oncology","volume":"2 ","pages":"539-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/cmo.s661","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30120340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heba Al-Khashnam, Hisham Burezq, Ibrahim Al-Aradi, Humoud Al-Sabah, Khalid Al-Abdulhadi
{"title":"Unusual malignant transformation of recurrent sebaceoma. A case report.","authors":"Heba Al-Khashnam, Hisham Burezq, Ibrahim Al-Aradi, Humoud Al-Sabah, Khalid Al-Abdulhadi","doi":"10.4137/cmo.s477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/cmo.s477","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sebaceoma is a benign tumor composed of incompletely differentiated sebaceous cells of varying degrees of maturity. Sebaceomas was never reported as a known premalignant lesion.This is a report of a sixteen year old boy who presented with a malignant transformation of a recurrent sebaceoma which was excised twice by Moh's surgery. Excision was done with a free margin of 1 cm down to the parotid fascia. Reconstruction was performed on the same set by using cervicofascial flap extending down to the supra-clavicular area. The patient had an uneventful postoperative period apart from distal marginal necrosis of the flap, which healed nicely with conservative measures and daily dressing and was sent to our cancer centre to start his adjuvant radiotherapy.Previous literature stated that sebaceoma is a distinctive benign tumor. We have presented a case of an unusual malignant transformation of a preauricular recurrent sebaceoma. This indicates that sebaceoma does have a potential risk of malignant transformation. We believe that managing recurrent sebaceoma more aggressively with wide local excision and postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy would provide better prognosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":88451,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Oncology","volume":"2 ","pages":"389-92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/cmo.s477","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30120480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ricardo J Komotar, Marc L Otten, Robert M Starke, Richard C E Anderson
{"title":"Chromosome 1p and 11q deletions and outcome in neuroblastoma-a critical review.","authors":"Ricardo J Komotar, Marc L Otten, Robert M Starke, Richard C E Anderson","doi":"10.4137/cmo.s391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/cmo.s391","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88451,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Oncology","volume":"2 ","pages":"419-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/cmo.s391","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30120485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}