The prognostic significance of the circumferential resection margin in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients without neoadjuvant treatment
Yang Z, Lin H, Wang Z, Rong L, Zhang X, Wang L, Qin J, Xue X, Li Y, Xue L. The prognostic significance of the circumferential resection margin in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients without neoadjuvant treatment. BMC Cancer 2022, 22: 1180. PMID: 36384463, PMCID: PMC9670431, DOI: 10.1186/s12885-022-10276-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEsophageal squamous cell carcinomaEsophageal squamous cell carcinoma patientsRoyal College of Pathologists criteriaRoyal College of PathologistsCRM statusCollege of American PathologistsResection marginsPrognostic factorsPrognostic significancePrognostic valueSquamous cell carcinoma patientsLong-term prognostic significanceCircumferential resection marginCell carcinoma patientsCollege of American Pathologists criteriaSquamous cell carcinomaLymph node metastasisMultivariate survival analysisLong-term survivalPN0 subgroupPN3 subgroupsNeoadjuvant therapyNeoadjuvant treatmentPT3 tumorsTumor distanceIncreased Expression of LEF1 and β-Catenin in Invasive Micropapillary Carcinoma of the Breast is Associated With Lymphovascular Invasion and Lymph Node Metastasis
Dolezal D, Zhang X, Harigopal M. Increased Expression of LEF1 and β-Catenin in Invasive Micropapillary Carcinoma of the Breast is Associated With Lymphovascular Invasion and Lymph Node Metastasis. Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology 2022, 30: 557-565. PMID: 35960138, DOI: 10.1097/pai.0000000000001052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive micropapillary breast carcinomaLymph node metastasisLymphoid enhancer-binding factor 1Lymphovascular invasionNode metastasisNodal metastasisPrimary tumorΒ-cateninBreast tumorsRare breast cancer subtypeSmall tumor cell clustersLEF1 expressionMicropapillary breast carcinomaAggressive breast tumorsBasal-like carcinomasInvasive micropapillary carcinomaΒ-catenin expression levelsBreast cancer subtypesΒ-catenin expressionTumor cell clustersEnhancer-binding factor 1Disease relapseMicropapillary carcinomaBreast carcinomaHigh incidence