A woman in her 50s with a history of hemochromatosis, psoriasis, and type 2 diabetes presented with a 3-month history of abdominal pain, weight loss, and a large palpable fixed abdominal mass. What is your diagnosis?
A 50-year-old woman presented to the dermatology department with a 10-year history of recurrent plaque outbreaks between her toes and a history of Bowen disease in the anus that had been treated with excision and skin grafting. What is your…
A woman in her 40s with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreas with liver metastases undergoing treatment with oral cabozantinib presented to a routine oncology appointment with tongue lesions for 1 week. What is your diagnosis?
Importance Integration of molecular biomarker information into systemic therapy has become standard practice in breast cancer care. However, its implementation in guiding radiotherapy (RT) is slower. Although postoperative RT is recommended for most patients after breast-conserving surgery and, depending on risk…
Importance Achieving remission is the first step toward a cure in treating aggressive B-cell lymphomas. Radiographic imaging, such as fluorodeoxyglucose–positron emission tomography/computed tomography scans are the current standard to define remission at the end of therapy but lack specificity for lymphoma…
Importance Since 2003, the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) has developed and disseminated the Long-Term Follow-Up Guidelines for Survivors of Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancers. These guidelines have benchmarked the standard of care for long-term survivors of childhood cancer in North America…
A 70-year-old man with a history of hypertension and chronic migraine presented with 10 months of progressive generalized muscle weakness and stiffness. Physical examination revealed generalized muscle wasting except for hypertrophy of bilateral shoulder muscles, and a deltoid muscle biopsy…
Importance Immune checkpoint inhibitors have transformed the treatment landscape for metastatic renal cell carcinoma; however, the failure of first-line therapeutic strategies remains a considerable challenge. Currently, clinicians face various issues, such as managing cases in patients who progress during treatment or…
Importance Evidence-based treatment decisions for advanced gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP-NENs) require individualized patient-centered decision-making that accounts for patient and cancer characteristics. Objective To create an accessible guidance document to educate clinicians and patients on biomarkers informing prognosis and treatment in unresectable or…
A 65-year-old woman presented with a 6-month history of postmenopausal vaginal bleeding, and endometrial biopsy showed grade 2 endometrioid adenocarcinoma. What would you do next?
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