Purpose
Malignant hepatocellular neoplasm, not otherwise specified (HCN-NOS) is a provisional diagnostic entity, characterised by intermediate or a combination of hepatoblastoma and pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma (p-HCC) features. We compared the characteristics of HCN-NOS with hepatoblastoma and p-HCC.
Materials and Methods
The records of 148 pediatric patients diagnosed with hepatocellular malignancy after resection were retrieved from the institutional database. Clinical parameters and histopathology slides were reviewed to re-establish each patient’s diagnosis. Molecular analyses were conducted in 37 patients.
Results
Patients were profiled as 21 (14.2%) with HCN-NOS, 109 (73.6%) with hepatoblastoma, and 18 (12.2%) with p-HCC. The median age was 8.6 years in HCN-NOS, 1.2 years in hepatoblastoma, and 7.9 years in p-HCC. Background liver disease was frequently observed in p-HCC (11/18, 61%) but infrequent in HCN-NOS (4/21, 19%) and hepatoblastoma (4/109, 3.7%). HCN-NOS presented with a more advanced PRETEXT stage (p=0.012), metastasis (p < 0.001), and lymphovascular invasion (p < 0.001) than hepatoblastoma and p-HCC. Patients with HCN-NOS received longer cycles of preoperative chemotherapy; however, they reported a lower decrease in serum alpha-fetoprotein and tumor size than hepatoblastoma (p=0.043, p=0.004, and p=0.044, respectively). HCN-NOS was an independent poor prognostic factor for event-free survival (hazard ratio, 4.968; 95% confidence interval, 2.004 to 12.32; p < 0.001).
Conclusion
The possibility of HCN-NOS should be considered in pediatric patients with liver cancer, especially those ≥ 5 years old with no background liver disease. Because HCN-NOS exhibits poor chemoresponsiveness and unfavourable postoperative prognosis, liver transplantation should be strongly considered.
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The expression of major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I) has previously been reported to be negatively associated with estrogen receptor (ER) expression. Furthermore, MHC I expression, level of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), and expression of interferon (IFN) mediator MxA are positively associated with one another in human breast cancers. This study aimed to investigate the mechanisms of association of MHC I with ER and IFN signaling.
Materials and Methods
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Results
HLA-ABC protein expression was decreased after β-estradiol treatment or hESR-GFP transfection and increased after fulvestrant or IFN-γ treatment in cell lines. In GEO data, HLA-A and MxA expression was increased after ESR1 shRNA transfection. In patients, ER Allred score was significantly lower and the HLA-ABC expression, TIL levels, and Ki-67 were significantly higher in the estrogen modulator treated group than the chemotherapy treated group.
Conclusion
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Assessing the status of metastasis in sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) by pathologists is an essential task for the accurate staging of breast cancer. However, histopathological evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes by a pathologist is not easy and is a tedious and time-consuming task. The purpose of this study is to review a challenge competition (HeLP 2018) to develop automated solutions for the classification of metastases in hematoxylin and eosin–stained frozen tissue sections of SLNs in breast cancer patients.
Materials and Methods
A total of 297 digital slides were obtained from frozen SLN sections, which include post–neoadjuvant cases (n = 144, 48.5%) in Asan Medical Center, South Korea. The slides were divided into training, development, and validation sets. All of the imaging datasets have been manually segmented by expert pathologists. A total of 10 participants were allowed to use the Kakao challenge platform for six weeks with two P40 GPUs. The algorithms were assessed in terms of the AUC (area under receiver operating characteristic curve).
Results
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Conclusion
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In the presence of interferon, proteasome subunits are replaced by their inducible counterparts to form an immunoproteasome (IP) plays a key role in generation of antigenic peptides presented by MHC class I molecules, leading to elicitation of a T cell‒mediated immune response. Although the roles of IP in other cancers, and inflammatory diseases have been extensively studied, its significance in breast cancer is unclear.
Materials and Methods
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Results
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Conclusion
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Materials and Methods
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Results
The mean number of HEVs in pre-NAC biopsies was 12 (range, 0 to 72). The amounts of TILs and TLSs, HEV density, and CXCL13 expression showed robust correlations with each other. A lower pre-NAC clinical T stage, higher TIL and TLS levels, a higher HEV density, CD20-positive cell density, and CXCL13 expression were significant predictors of a pathologic complete response (pCR). Higher CD8-positive cell density and levels of CXCL13 expression were significantly associated with a better disease-free survival rate.
Conclusion
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