A 58-year-old man with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and JAK2-positive myeloproliferative neoplasm is referred for newly diagnosed oligometastatic prostate cancer with substantial urinary symptoms. What would you do next?
A 75-year-old man with myelodysplastic syndrome that has been well controlled with lenalidomide develops multiple nonhealing cutaneous ulcers. What is your diagnosis?
A 76-year-old woman presents with a palpable left axillary mass, yet no breast lesions are found. What is your diagnosis?
Importance Colorectal cancers (CRCs) with deficient DNA mismatch repair (dMMR) account for 15% of all CRCs. Deficient MMR is a predictive biomarker associated with responsiveness to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in solid tumors, including CRC. The remarkable effectiveness of ICIs in…
A 46-year-old man presented with a left shoulder mass. He reported limited shoulder movements and denied other symptoms. What is your diagnosis?
Importance A true revolution in the management of advanced genitourinary cancers has occurred with the discovery and adoption of immunotherapy (IO). The therapeutic benefits of IO were recently observed not to be solely confined to patients with disseminated disease but also…
Importance The combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors with antiangiogenic agents has revolutionized the treatment landscape of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, due to rapid publication of new studies that attained their predefined primary end points, a lack of robust cross-trial comparison…
A 31-year-old man presented with left cervical and left inguinal masses and intermittent itching and night sweats for 2 years. What is your diagnosis?
Importance Human papillomavirus (HPV)–positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma has an overall favorable prognosis, yet a subset of patients will experience devastating disease recurrence. Current surveillance standards for detection of recurrent disease are imperfect. There is growing interest in improving detection of…
A 53-year-old woman with mycosis fungoides presented with hyperpigmentation of the oral mucosa. Examination of the mouth revealed multiple coalescing painless nonpruritic black macules and patches on the tongue, roof of the mouth, and buccal mucosa. What is your diagnosis?
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