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Gangadharan J, Mathews A, Prasanna Kumary SN, Somanathan T, Jayasree K, Narayanan G. Angiosarcoma of the head and neck: A clinicopathologic study with special emphasis on diagnostic pitfalls. INDIAN J PATHOL MICR 2024:00004270-990000000-00111. [PMID: 38391320 DOI: 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_655_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Angiosarcoma (AS) is a rare malignant vascular tumor that phenotypically and functionally recapitulate normal endothelium. They constitute approximately 2-4% of soft tissue sarcomas. We present 36 cases of head and neck AS diagnosed for 11 years at a tertiary care hospital in South India to analyze the clinical, pathological, and immunophenotypic profiles with special emphasis on their differential diagnoses and diagnostic pitfalls. MATERIALS AND METHODS Head and neck AS diagnosed from January 2006 to December 2017 were included. Clinical characteristics, treatment received, and follow-up data were obtained from electronic medical records. Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained slides and immunohistochemistry (IHC) slides were reviewed, and the histomorphological features, immunohistochemical staining, and their utility in resolving differential diagnosis were assessed. RESULTS Twenty-two females and 14 males were diagnosed with head and neck AS in the study period. Histomorphological patterns observed were mixed vasoformative and solid (n = 22), pure vasoformative (n = 13), and pure solid (n = 1). Neoplastic cells showed epithelioid, spindly, signet cell-like, clear cell, and rhabdoid morphology. CD31 was positive in 100% of cases, and CD34 was positive in 40% of cases. Differential diagnoses included melanoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, and large-cell lymphoma. Surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy were the treatment modalities used. Twelve patients developed local recurrence, and 12 patients developed metastasis on follow-up. Twenty-five patients died of disease, on an average of 24 months after diagnosis. CONCLUSION Head and neck AS pose a significant diagnostic challenge due to their broad morphologic spectrum. Proper clinicopathologic correlation is necessary to avoid misdiagnosis.
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- Department of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Department of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Department of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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Sharaf SS, Lekshmi A, S A, K G A, Jyothi S P A, Chandrasekharan A, Somanathan T, Santhosh Kumar TR, K S. A multiplex immunoprofiling approach for detecting the co-localization of breast cancer biomarkers using a combination of Alexafluor - Quantum dot conjugates and a panel of chromogenic dyes. Pathol Res Pract 2024; 253:155033. [PMID: 38134837 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2023.155033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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There is a plethora of information embedded in a tissue section that the conventional IHC understands only partially. Predictive biomarkers for precision immuno-oncology heavily dependent on the spatial arrangement of cells and the co-expression patterns in the tissue sections. Here we have explored the versatility of indirect multiplex immunofluorescence (mIF) and indirect multiplex immunohistochemistry (mIHC) for the labeling of breast cancer prognostic markers in routinely processed, formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues at high resolution. The multiplex immunohistochemistry protocol utilized sequential staining for the chromogenic immunolabelling of Estrogen Receptor α (ERα) or Progesterone Receptor (PR), Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2), and Nucleoside diphosphate kinase 1 (NM23) by multicolor chromogens in different combinations. A feasible workflow for multiplex immunofluorescence was also effectively standardized for ERα, PR, and HER2 using combinations of commercially available Alexa Fluor and Quantum dots semiconductor nanocrystal conjugated secondary antibodies. Multiplex chromogenic immunolabeling revealed differential expression of the markers on the same slide. Kappa statistics revealed perfect agreement with uniplex immunohistochemistry. For multiplex fluorescence approach, surface receptor detection using Quantum dots and Alexa fluor dyes for cytoplasmic or nuclear markers performed well for profiling multiple co-localized biomarkers on a single paraffin tissue section. The technique developed reveals additional information such as co-expression, spatial relationships, and tumor heterogeneity, providing a deeper insight into developing combinatorial therapeutic strategies in clinical care. This high throughput workflow complements the outcomes of traditional IHC while saving tissue, time, labour, and reagents.
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- Shanaz S Sharaf
- Laboratory of Molecular Cytopathology and Proteomics, Division of Cancer Research, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Laboratory of Molecular Cytopathology and Proteomics, Division of Cancer Research, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Cancer Research program 1, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Cancer Research program 1, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Cancer Research program 1, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Cancer Research program 1, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Division of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Cancer Research program 1, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Cytopathology and Proteomics, Division of Cancer Research, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
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Varghese BT, Nadarajan AR, Thomas S, Iype EM, George NA, K M JK, Lal SS, Somanathan T. Spectrum of malignant scalp tumours and its impact on management-a tertiary care cancer centre experience. World J Surg Oncol 2023; 21:330. [PMID: 37845728 PMCID: PMC10580575 DOI: 10.1186/s12957-023-03200-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Tumours on the scalp are diverse and often exhibit site- and histology-specific characteristics. Reconstructing the scalp after oncological resection has always been challenging because of its unique anatomy. METHODOLOGY A retrospective review of patients with malignant scalp tumour operated on at a single institution over 10 years was performed. Data were collected and analysed regarding the scalp tumour profile, treatment, and the outcome of these procedures. RESULTS Of the 66 patients in our study, 33 (50%) had SCC. In addition to this, 21% were sarcomas, 17% were appendageal carcinomas, 11% were BCCs, and 1% was neuroendocrine carcinoma. Cortical erosion was observed in 6 patients in the CT imaging, all with SCC histology. Among the eight patients with pathological nodal involvement, three had angiosarcoma, three had SCC, one had appendageal carcinoma, and one had neuroendocrine carcinoma. The mean surgical defect size was 67.4 cm2. The surgical defect was reconstructed with local flaps in 58% of patients and primary closure in 27%. Local and systemic recurrence was noted in 25% of patients. Tumour size more than 6 cm, tumour histology (SCC & sarcoma), unplanned margin-positive excision, and residual disease in re-excision had higher recurrence, even though the p-value was not significant. CONCLUSION Scalp tumours are heterogeneous in their clinical profiles. Often, its tumour biology and microscopic extent are underestimated. High suspicion, histological diagnosis, and clear surgical margins are all requirements in successfully treating scalp tumours. In order to minimize morbidity and restore an aesthetic and functional outcome, it is critical to use the simplest scalp reconstruction whenever possible.
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- Bipin T Varghese
- Department of Head and Neck Oncology, Regional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram, India.
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- Department of Head and Neck Oncology, Regional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Department of Head and Neck Oncology, Regional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Department of Head and Neck Oncology, Regional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Department of Head and Neck Oncology, Regional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Department of Pathology, Regional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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Parambil ST, Thankayyan SKR, Antony GR, Littleflower AB, Augustine P, Somanathan T, Subhadradevi L. YAP transduction drives triple-negative breast cancer aggressiveness through modulating the EGFR‒AKT axis in patient-derived xenograft cells. Med Oncol 2023; 40:137. [PMID: 37014473 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-023-02007-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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Aside from the high prevalence of incidents of breast cancer, the high grade of heterogeneity and the dearth of standard treatment guidelines make triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) the most refractory subtype. Though still in its infancy, the Hippo pathway has been known to play a critical role in tumorigenesis. However, the molecular mechanics through which the pathway exploits the breast cancer (BC) cell vulnerability are largely unexplored. In this study, we observed a relatively higher expression of the Hippo effector, yes-associated protein (YAP), in TNBC patients compared to non-TNBC patients. Thus, we sought to investigate the contribution of Hippo signaling in TNBC by focusing particularly on transducers of the pathway. Impeding YAP transactivation by means of RNA interference or pharmacological inhibition was carried out, followed by evaluation of the subsequent biological changes at the molecular level. We successfully translated the observed data into a TNBC patient-derived xenograft cell line (PDXC). We discovered that nuclear translocation of YAP was associated with TNBC aggressive characteristics and activated the EGFR-AKT axis. Here, we explored the putative role of the Hippo transducer in enhancing cancer hostility and observed that YAP transduction drives proliferation, migration, and survival of TNBC by preventing cellular apoptosis through mediating EGFR activation. These observations suggest that YAP represents a major vulnerability in TNBC cells that may be exploited therapeutically.
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- Sulfath Thottungal Parambil
- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Division of Cancer Research, Regional Cancer Centre (Research Centre, University of Kerala), Thiruvananthapuram, 695011, Kerala, India
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- Division of Cancer Biology, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram, 695014, India
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Division of Cancer Research, Regional Cancer Centre (Research Centre, University of Kerala), Thiruvananthapuram, 695011, Kerala, India
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Division of Cancer Research, Regional Cancer Centre (Research Centre, University of Kerala), Thiruvananthapuram, 695011, Kerala, India
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre (Research Centre, University of Kerala), Thiruvananthapuram, 695011, Kerala, India
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- Division of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre (Research Centre, University of Kerala), Thiruvananthapuram, 695011, Kerala, India
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Division of Cancer Research, Regional Cancer Centre (Research Centre, University of Kerala), Thiruvananthapuram, 695011, Kerala, India.
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Jeethy Ram T, Lekshmi A, Darvin P, Rajappan P, Jagathnath Krishna KM, Anoop TM, Augustine P, Mathew AP, Cherian K, Bhargavan RV, Somanathan T, Radhakrishna Pillai M, Santhosh Kumar TR, Sujathan K. Co-expression of galectin-3 and vimentin in triple negative breast cancer cells promotes tumor progression, metastasis and survival. Tumour Biol 2023; 45:31-54. [PMID: 37574746 DOI: 10.3233/tub-230002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Lack of druggable targets and complex expression heterogeneity of known targets is common among TNBC subtypes. An enhanced expression of galectin-3 in TNBCs has already been documented. We have observed a tumor progression-dependent galectin-3 expression in TNBCs compared to adjacent epithelium and non TNBCs. OBJECTIVE To unravel the association of galectin- 3 in tumor progression, aggressiveness and drug resistance in TNBC patients. METHODS Galectin-3 expression in 489 breast cancer tissues was correlated with clinicopathological features and the results were validated in cell lines and mouse model by silencing galectin-3 using shRNA and the proteins were profiled by western blot and qRT-PCR. Protein interaction was analyzed by GFP Trap and Mass spectrometry. RESULTS Galectin-3 expression correlated with tumor stage in TNBC and a lower galectin-3 expression was associated with poor patient survival. The positive correlation between galectin-3, vimentin and CD44 expression, pinpoints galectin-3 contribution to epithelial to mesenchymal transition, drug resistance and stemness. Vimentin was found as an interacting partner of galectin-3. Duplexing of galecin-3 and vimentin in patient samples revealed the presence of tumor cells co-expressing both galectin-3 and vimentin. In vitro studies also showed its role in tumor cell survival and metastatic potential, elementary for tumor progression. In vivo studies further confirmed its metastatic potential. CONCLUSIONS Tumor progression dependent expression pattern of galectin 3 was found to indicate prognosis. Co-expression of galectin-3 and vimentin in tumor cells promotes tumor dissemination, survival and its metastatic capability in TNBCs.
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- T Jeethy Ram
- Division of Cancer Research, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Division of Cancer Research, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Cancer Research, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Cancer Research, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Medical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Cancer Research, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Cancer Research, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Division of Cancer Research, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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Tamilvanan M, Sasieekhumar AR, Somanathan T, Pandurangan A. Synthesis, Characterization and Photocrosslinking Properties of Poly(4-acryloyloxyphenyl-4'-fluorostyryl ketone). Polym Sci Ser A 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s0965545x21350157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Alukal AT, Rema P, Suchetha S, Dinesh D, Mathew A, Krishna KMJ, Somanathan T, Sivaranjith J. Evaluation of Factors Affecting Margin Positivity and Persistent Disease After Leep for Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia. J Obstet Gynaecol India 2021; 71:411-416. [PMID: 34566301 DOI: 10.1007/s13224-021-01450-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is the precursor lesion of cervical cancer. Untreated high-grade CIN significantly increases the risk of developing invasive cancer. Conization is the main treatment. Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) is the most common conization method used. The study aims to assess the risk factors associated with positive margin and persistent disease after LEEP for CIN. Materials and Methods A total of 156 patients who underwent LEEP during 2011-2018 included in the study. We analyzed the socio-demographic characteristics, colposcopy details, dimensions of LEEP specimen (thickness, length, volume) and histopathology (margin positivity, grade). Persistent disease was histologically confirmed by repeat LEEP and hysterectomy. Results Margin positivity was noted in 33.3% (52) patients. Residual disease was noted in 26.2% (41) of the patients who had undergone a repeat LEEP or hysterectomy. There was a significant association between margin positivity and Swede score of 5 or more, a high-grade lesion on IFCPC score, inner margin involvement, LEEP done in a single pass. The cutoff for margin positivity was length of 0.513 cm and thickness of 0.35 cm. A significant association between residual disease and margin positivity, postmenopausal status, Swede score of 5 or more, high-grade lesion on IFCPC score, inner margin involvement was observed. The chance of residual disease was less if the cone specimen had minimum length of 0.775 cm and minimum thickness of 0.65 cm. Conclusion When in doubt regarding the margins, it is always better to perform multiple passes for lesions with a high Swede score with an initial smear of HSIL. Postmenopausal women with inner margin positivity have a high chance of residual disease and should be either kept on close follow-up or consider a repeat procedure.
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- Anila Tresa Alukal
- Division of Gynecological Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
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- Division of Gynecological Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
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- Division of Gynecological Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
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- Division of Gynecological Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
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- Department of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
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Cancer metastasis and therapy resistance are the foremost hurdles in oncology at the moment. This review aims to pinpoint the functional aspects of a unique multifaceted glycosylated molecule in both intracellular and extracellular compartments of a cell namely galectin-3 along with its metastatic potential in different types of cancer. All materials reviewed here were collected through the search engines PubMed, Scopus, and Google scholar. Among the 15 galectins identified, the chimeric gal-3 plays an indispensable role in the differentiation, transformation, and multi-step process of tumor metastasis. It has been implicated in the molecular mechanisms that allow the cancer cells to survive in the intravascular milieu and promote tumor cell extravasation, ultimately leading to metastasis. Gal-3 has also been found to have a pivotal role in immune surveillance and pro-angiogenesis and several studies have pointed out the importance of gal-3 in establishing a resistant phenotype, particularly through the epithelial-mesenchymal transition process. Additionally, some recent findings suggest the use of gal-3 inhibitors in overcoming therapeutic resistance. All these reports suggest that the deregulation of these specific lectins at the cellular level could inhibit cancer progression and metastasis. A more systematic study of glycosylation in clinical samples along with the development of selective gal-3 antagonists inhibiting the activity of these molecules at the cellular level offers an innovative strategy for primary cancer prevention.
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- T Jeethy Ram
- Division of Cancer Research, Regional Cancer Centre, Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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- Division of Cancer Research, Regional Cancer Centre, Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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- Division of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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- Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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Cheung LC, Ramadas K, Muwonge R, Katki HA, Thomas G, Graubard BI, Basu P, Sankaranarayanan R, Somanathan T, Chaturvedi AK. Risk-Based Selection of Individuals for Oral Cancer Screening. J Clin Oncol 2021; 39:663-674. [PMID: 33449824 PMCID: PMC8189638 DOI: 10.1200/jco.20.02855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Revised: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE We evaluated proof of principle for resource-efficient, risk-based screening through reanalysis of the Kerala Oral Cancer Screening Trial. METHODS The cluster-randomized trial included three triennial rounds of visual inspection (seven clusters, n = 96,516) versus standard of care (six clusters, n = 95,354) and up to 9 years of follow-up. We developed a Cox regression-based risk prediction model for oral cancer incidence. Using this risk prediction model to adjust for the oral cancer risk imbalance between arms, through intention-to-treat (ITT) analyses that accounted for cluster randomization, we calculated the relative (hazard ratios [HRs]) and absolute (rate differences [RDs]) screening efficacy on oral cancer mortality and compared screening efficiency across risk thresholds. RESULTS Oral cancer mortality was reduced by 27% in the screening versus control arms (HR = 0.73; 95% CI, 0.54 to 0.98), including a 29% reduction in ever-tobacco and/or ever-alcohol users (HR = 0.71; 95% CI, 0.51 to 0.99). This relative efficacy was similar across oral cancer risk quartiles (P interaction = .59); consequently, the absolute efficacy increased with increasing model-predicted risk-overall trial: RD in the lowest risk quartile (Q1) = 0.5/100,000 versus 13.4/100,000 in the highest quartile (Q4), P trend = .059 and ever-tobacco and/or ever-alcohol users: Q1 RD = 1.0/100,000 versus Q4 = 22.5/100,000; P trend = .026. In a population akin to the Kerala trial, screening of 100% of individuals would provide 27.1% oral cancer mortality reduction at number needed to screen (NNS) = 2,043. Restriction of screening to ever-tobacco and/or ever-alcohol users with no additional risk stratification would substantially enhance efficiency (43.4% screened for 23.3% oral cancer mortality reduction at NNS = 1,029), whereas risk prediction model-based screening of 50% of ever-tobacco and/or ever-alcohol users at highest risk would further enhance efficiency with little loss in program sensitivity (21.7% screened for 19.7% oral cancer mortality reduction at NNS = 610). CONCLUSION In the Kerala trial, the efficacy of oral cancer screening was greatest in individuals at highest oral cancer risk. These results provide proof of principle that risk-based oral cancer screening could substantially enhance the efficiency of screening programs.
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- Li C. Cheung
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
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Sengodan SK, Hemalatha SK, Nadhan R, Somanathan T, Mathew AP, Chil A, Kopczynski J, Nair RS, Kumar JM, Srinivas P. β-hCG-induced mutant BRCA1 ignites drug resistance in susceptible breast tissue. Carcinogenesis 2020; 40:1415-1426. [PMID: 30963174 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgz070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Revised: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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β-hCG expression in breast cancer is highly controversial with reports supporting both protective and tumorigenic effects. It has also been reported that risk of breast cancer at an early age is increased with full-term pregnancies if a woman is a BRCA1 mutation carrier. We have already demonstrated that BRCA1-defective cells express high levels of β-hCG and that when BRCA1 is restored, β-hCG level is reduced. Also, BRCA1 can bind to the promoter and reduce the levels of β-hCG. β-hCG induces tumorigenicity in BRCA1-defective cells by directly binding to TGFBRII and induces TGFBRII-mediated cell proliferation. In this study, we analyzed the mechanism of action of β-hCG on BRCA1 expression and its influence on drug sensitivity in breast cancer cells. We demonstrate that β-hCG induces mutant BRCA1 protein expression in BRCA1 mutant cells; however, in BRCA1 wild-type cells, β-hCG reduced wild-type BRCA1 protein expression. Transcriptionally, β-hCG could induce Slug/LSD1-mediated repression of wild-type and mutant BRCA1 messenger RNA levels. However, β-hCG induces HSP90-mediated stabilization of mutant BRCA1 and hence the overexpression of mutant BRCA1 protein, resulting in partial restoration of homologous recombination repair of damaged DNA. This contributes to drug resistance to HSP90 inhibitor 17AAG in BRCA1-defective cancer cells. A combination of HSP90 inhibitor and TGFBRII inhibitor has shown to sensitize β-hCG expressing BRCA1-defective breast cancers to cell death. Targeting the β-hCG-HSP90-TGFBRII axis could prove an effective treatment strategy for BRCA1-mutated breast tumors.
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- Satheesh Kumar Sengodan
- Cancer Research Program, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.,Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Cancer Research Program, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Cancer Research Program, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Department of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Kielce Cancer Center, Kielce, Poland
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- Cancer Research Program, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.,Oncology Research, Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA
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- Cancer Research Program, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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Thomas G, Tr S, George S P, Somanathan T, Sarojam S, Krishnankutti N, Sreedharan H, Ankathil R. Prognostic Implications of DNA Repair, Ploidy and Telomerase in the Malignant Transformation Risk Assessment of Leukoplakia. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2020; 21:309-316. [PMID: 32102504 PMCID: PMC7332132 DOI: 10.31557/apjcp.2020.21.2.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although leukoplakia shows a higher risk for malignant transformation to oral cancer, currently there are no clinically relevant biomarker which can predict the potentially high risk leukoplakia. This study aimed to investigate the genetic alterations such as DNA ploidy, telomerase expression and DNA repair capacity as predictive markers of malignant transformation risk of leukoplakia. METHODS The study was initiated in September 2005 and patients were followed up to March 2014. Two hundred patients with oral leukoplakia, 100 patients with oral cancer and 100 healthy, age and sex matched adults with normal oral mucosa as controls were recruited. The DNA ploidy content was measured by high resolution flow cytometry, level of telomerase expression was identified by TRAP assay and intrinsic DNA repair capacity was measured by mutagen induced chromosome sensitivity assay of cultured peripheral blood lymphocytes. The Chi-square test or Fisher's Exact test was used for comparison of categorical variables between biomarkers. A p value less than or equal to 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Analysis was performed with SPSS software version 16. Logistic regression was used to find the association between the dependent and three independent variables. RESULTS There was significant difference in the distribution of ploidy status, telomerase activity and DNA repair capacity among control, leukoplakia and oral cancer group (p<0.001). When the molecular markers were compared with histological grading of leukoplakia, both DNA ploidy analysis and telomerase activity showed statistical significance (p<0.001). Both aneuploidy and telomerase positivity was found to coincide with high-risk sites of leukoplakia and were statistically significant (p.
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- Gigi Thomas
- Division of Community Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Medical College Campus, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Division of Cancer Research, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Regional Cancer Centre, Medical College Campus, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Division of Cytopathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Medical College Campus, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Research Associate, Child Development Centre, Medical College Campus,Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala,India
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- Division of Cancer Research, Regional Cancer Centre, Medical College Campus, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Human Genome Centre, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, University Sains Malaysia, 16150, KubangKerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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Anila KR, Iype E, Rafi M, Somanathan T, Jayasree K. Sinonasal mucosal melanoma: A 9-year experience from a tertiary-cancer centre in South India. Clin Cancer Investig J 2020. [DOI: 10.4103/ccij.ccij_71_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Anila KR, Ramadas K, Iype E, Preethi TR, Mathews A, Somanathan T, Jayasree K. Sinonasal nonsalivary-type adenocarcinoma: A 9-year experience from a tertiary cancer center in South India. Clin Cancer Investig J 2019. [DOI: 10.4103/ccij.ccij_33_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Krishna VM, Somanathan T, Manikandan E, Tadi KK, Uvarajan S. Neurotransmitter Dopamine Enhanced Sensing Detection Using Fibre-Like Carbon Nanotubes by Chemical Vapor Deposition Technique. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2018; 18:5380-5389. [PMID: 29458589 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2018.15425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are still receiving much attention in bio-sensing applications due to their remarkable properties. In this present research work, fibre-like carbon nanotubes (f-CNTs) were successfully fabricated over copper-molybdenum (Cu-Mo) substituted alumina nanoparticles at atmospheric pressure by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique and effectively employed as a neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) sensor. The obtained product was purified and structurally characterized by various techniques such as, field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), Raman spectroscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis. Structural characterization, which reveals the material contains fibre-like multi walled carbon nanotubes with graphene layers having diameter in the range of 10-20 nm and 200-300 nm inner and outer, respectively and has certain crystallinity. The weight percentages of Cu, Mo in Alumina catalyst, reaction temperature, acetylene flow rate and reaction time have been optimised to yield maximum of carbon product. Electrochemical properties of the material towards DA sensing were studied by cyclic voltammetry (CV), and diffuse pulse voltammetry (DPV) techniques. The sensor exhibits linear relationship among the peak current and DA concentration from 8 to 45 μM with detection limit of 5.3 μM (S/N = 3). The presence of structural analogues of DA has no deleterious effect on the DA anodic peak current.
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- Vemula Mohana Krishna
- Department of Nanoscience, School of Basic Sciences, Vels University, Chennai 600117, India
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- Department of Nanoscience, School of Basic Sciences, Vels University, Chennai 600117, India
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- Department of Physics and Bio-Chemistry, TVUAC Campus, Thiruvalluvar University, Thennangur 604408, India
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- Institute of Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem-91904, Israel
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- Department of Physics and Bio-Chemistry, TVUAC Campus, Thiruvalluvar University, Thennangur 604408, India
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Krishna VM, Somanathan T, Manikandan E, Umar A, Maaza M. Large-scale synthesis of coiled-like shaped carbon nanotubes using bi-metal catalyst. Appl Nanosci 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-018-0667-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs), especially carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with coiled structure exhibit scientifically fascinating. They may be projected as an innovative preference to future technological materials. Coiled carbon nanotubes (c-CNTs) on a large-scale were successfully synthesized with the help of bi-metal substituted α-alumina nanoparticles catalyst via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique. Highly spring-like carbon nanostructures were observed by field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) examination. Furthermore, the obtained material has high purity, which correlates the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analysis. Raman spectroscopy reveals that the carbon multi layers are well graphitized and crystalline, even if they have defects in its structure due to coiled morphology. High-resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM) describes internal structure and dia of the product. Ultimately, results support the activity of bi-metal impregnated α-alumina nanoparticles catalyst to determine the high yield, graphitization and internal structure of the material. We have also studied the purified c-CNTs magnetic properties at room temperature and will be an added advantage in several applications.
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Saritha VN, Veena VS, Jagathnath Krishna KM, Somanathan T, Sujathan K. Significance of DNA Replication Licensing Proteins (MCM2, MCM5 and CDC6), p16 and p63 as Markers of Premalignant Lesions of the Uterine Cervix: Its Usefulness to Predict Malignant Potential. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2018; 19:141-148. [PMID: 29373905 PMCID: PMC5844608 DOI: 10.22034/apjcp.2018.19.1.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Cervical cancer continues to be a leading cancer among women in many parts of the world. Nation-wide screening
with the Pap smear has not been implemented in India due to the lack of adequately trained cytologists. Identification
of biomarkers to predict malignant potential of the identified low risk lesions is essential to avoid excessive retesting
and follow up. The current study analyzed the expression patterns of DNA replication licensing proteins, proliferation
inhibitor protein p16INK4A and tumor suppresser protein p63 in cervical tissues and smears to assess the ability of
these proteins to predict progression. Methods: Cervical smears and corresponding tissues were immunostained using
mouse monoclonal antibodies against MCM2, MCM5, CDC6, p16 and p63. Smears were treated with a non-ionic
surfactant sodium deoxycholate prior to immuno-cytochemistry. The standard ABC method of immunohistochemistry
was performed using DAB as the chromogen. The immunostained samples were scored on a 0-3+ scale and staining
patterns of smears were compared with those of tissue sections. Sensitivity and specificity for each of these markers were
calculated taking histopathology as the gold standard. Result: All the markers were positive in malignant and dysplastic
cells. MCM protein expression was found to be up-regulated in LSIL, HSIL and in malignancies to a greater extent
than p16 as well as p63. CDC6 protein was preferentially expressed in high grade lesions and in invasive squamous
cell carcinomas. A progressive increase in the expression of DNA replication licensing proteins in accordance with
the grades of cervical intraepithelial lesion suggests these markers as significant to predict malignant potential of low
grade lesions in cervical smears. Conclusion: MCMs and CDC6 can be applied as biomarkers to predict malignant
potential of low grade lesions identified in screening programmes and retesting / follow up might be confined to those
with high risk lesions alone so that overuse of resources can be safely avoided.
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- V N Saritha
- Division of Cancer Research, , Regional Cancer Centre,Trivandrum, Kerla, India.
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Mena M, Lloveras B, Tous S, Bogers J, Maffini F, Gangane N, Kumar RV, Somanathan T, Lucas E, Anantharaman D, Gheit T, Castellsagué X, Pawlita M, de Sanjosé S, Alemany L, Tommasino M. Development and validation of a protocol for optimizing the use of paraffin blocks in molecular epidemiological studies: The example from the HPV-AHEAD study. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0184520. [PMID: 29036167 PMCID: PMC5642890 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 08/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Worldwide use of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded blocks (FFPE) is extensive in diagnosis and research. Yet, there is a lack of optimized/standardized protocols to process the blocks and verify the quality and presence of the targeted tissue. In the context of an international study on head and neck cancer (HNC)-HPV-AHEAD, a standardized protocol for optimizing the use of FFPEs in molecular epidemiology was developed and validated. First, a protocol for sectioning the FFPE was developed to prevent cross-contamination and distributed between participating centers. Before processing blocks, all sectioning centers underwent a quality control to guarantee a satisfactory training process. The first and last sections of the FFPEs were used for histopathological assessment. A consensus histopathology evaluation form was developed by an international panel of pathologists and evaluated for four indicators in a pilot analysis in order to validate it: 1) presence/type of tumor tissue, 2) identification of other tissue components that could affect the molecular diagnosis and 3) quality of the tissue. No HPV DNA was found in sections from empty FFPE generated in any histology laboratories of HPV-AHEAD consortium and all centers passed quality assurance for processing after quality control. The pilot analysis to validate the histopathology form included 355 HNC cases. The form was filled by six pathologists and each case was randomly assigned to two of them. Most samples (86%) were considered satisfactory. Presence of >50% of invasive carcinoma was observed in all sections of 66% of cases. Substantial necrosis (>50%) was present in <2% of samples. The concordance for the indicators targeted to validate the histopathology form was very high (kappa > 0.85) between first and last sections and fair to high between pathologists (kappa/pabak 0.21-0.72). The protocol allowed to correctly process without signs of contamination all FFPE of the study. The histopathology evaluation of the cases assured the presence of the targeted tissue, identified the presence of other tissues that could disturb the molecular diagnosis and allowed the assessment of tissue quality.
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- Marisa Mena
- Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO)-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER in primary and secondary prevention of viral induced cancers (CIBERONC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pathology. Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO)-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER in primary and secondary prevention of viral induced cancers (CIBERONC), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of cell biology and histology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Division of Pathology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
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- Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, India
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
- Cancer Research Program, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO)-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO)-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO)-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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Gheit T, Anantharaman D, Holzinger D, Alemany L, Tous S, Lucas E, Prabhu PR, Pawlita M, Ridder R, Rehm S, Bogers J, Maffini F, Chiocca S, Lloveras B, Kumar RV, Somanathan T, de Sanjosé S, Castellsagué X, Arbyn M, Brennan P, Sankaranarayanan R, Pillai MR, Gangane N, Tommasino M. Role of mucosal high-risk human papillomavirus types in head and neck cancers in central India. Int J Cancer 2017; 141:143-151. [PMID: 28369859 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.30712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Revised: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Mucosal high-risk (HR) human papillomaviruses (HPV) cause a subset of head and neck cancers (HNC). The HPV-attributable fraction of HNC varies substantially between countries. Although HNC has a very high incidence in the Indian subcontinent, information on the contribution of HPV infection is limited. Here, we evaluated the HPV-attributable fraction in HNC (N = 364) collected in a central region of India. HNC from three different anatomical subsites were included, namely, oral cavity (n = 252), oropharynx (n = 53) and hypopharynx/larynx (n = 59). In this retrospective study, HPV-driven HNC were defined by presence of both viral DNA and RNA. Overexpression of p16INK4a was also evaluated. HR-HPV DNA was detected in 13.7% of the cases; however, only 2.7% were positive for both HPV DNA and RNA. The highest percentage of HPV DNA/RNA double positivity was found in oropharynx (9.4%), followed by larynx (1.7%) and oral cavity (1.6%) (p = 0.02). More than half of HPV DNA/RNA-positive cases were p16INK4a -negative, while a considerable number of HPV RNA-negative cases were p16INK4a -positive (17.9%). HPV16 was the major type associated with HNC (60.0%), although cases positive for HPV18, 35 and 56 were also detected. Our data indicate that the proportion and types of mucosal HR-HPV associated with HNC in this central Indian region differ from those in other (developed) parts of the world. This may be explained by differences in smoking and/or sexual behaviour compared with North America and northern Europe. Moreover, we show that p16INK4a staining appeared not to be a good surrogate marker of HPV transformation in the Indian HNC cases.
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- Tarik Gheit
- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, 69008, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, 69008, France
- Cancer Research Program, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, 695014, India
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- Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain & CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Publica, Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO)-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain
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- L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain & CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Publica, Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO)-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, 69008, France
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- Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695014, India
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- Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Roche MTM laboratories, Mannheim, Germany
- Ventana Medical Systems Inc, Tucson, AZ
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- Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Pg/Marítim 25-29, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
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- Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560029, India
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- L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain & CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Publica, Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO)-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain
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- L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain & CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Publica, Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO)-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain
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- Unit of Cancer Epidemiology/Belgian Cancer Centre, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, B1050, Belgium
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, 69008, France
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- Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, Maharashtra State, 442102, India
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Primary Ewing's sarcoma (EWS) arising from cranial bones is rare and accounts for only 1%–4% of all EWS. We report the case of a 15-year-old girl with EWS of the frontoparietal region of the skull. She underwent excision following which she received combination chemotherapy with vincristine, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide alternating with ifosfamide, and VP16 and local radiation of 45 Gy. She is alive in complete remission at 40 months.
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- Geetha Narayanan
- Department of Medical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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- Department of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a group of inherited blistering disorders that are divided into three categories based on the plane of cleavage of the blister, mode of inheritance, and the presence or absence of scars. Squamous cell carcinoma developing in epidermolyis bullosa is rare and presents a therapeutic dilemma. The authors report a case of congenital epidermolysis bullosa with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma.
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- Chandramohan K Nair
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Medical College PO, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
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Kuriakose MA, Ramdas K, Dey B, Iyer S, Rajan G, Elango KK, Suresh A, Ravindran D, Kumar RR, R P, Ramachandran S, Kumar NA, Thomas G, Somanathan T, Ravindran HK, Ranganathan K, Katakam SB, Parashuram S, Jayaprakash V, Pillai MR. A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Phase IIB Trial of Curcumin in Oral Leukoplakia. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2016; 9:683-91. [PMID: 27267893 DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-15-0390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2015] [Accepted: 04/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Oral leukoplakia is a potentially malignant lesion of the oral cavity, for which no effective treatment is available. We investigated the effectiveness of curcumin, a potent inhibitor of NF-κB/COX-2, molecules perturbed in oral carcinogenesis, to treat leukoplakia. Subjects with oral leukoplakia (n = 223) were randomized (1:1 ratio) to receive orally, either 3.6 g/day of curcumin (n = 111) or placebo (n = 112), for 6 months. The primary endpoint was clinical response obtained by bi-dimensional measurement of leukoplakia size at recruitment and 6 months. Histologic response, combined clinical and histologic response, durability and effect of long-term therapy for an additional six months in partial responders, safety and compliance were the secondary endpoints. Clinical response was observed in 75 (67.5%) subjects [95% confidence interval (CI), 58.4-75.6] in the curcumin and 62 (55.3%; 95% CI, 46.1-64.2) in placebo arm (P = 0.03). This response was durable, with 16 of the 18 (88.9%; 95% CI, 67.2-96.9) subjects with complete response in curcumin and 7 of 8 subjects (87.5%) in placebo arm, demonstrating no relapse after 6 months follow-up. Difference in histologic response between curcumin and placebo was not significant (HR, 0.88, 95% CI, 0.45-1.71; P = 0.71). Combined clinical and histologic response assessment indicated a significantly better response with curcumin (HR, 0.50; 95% CI, 0.27-0.92; P = 0.02). Continued therapy, in subjects with partial response at 6 months, did not yield additional benefit. The treatment did not raise any safety concerns. Treatment of oral leukoplakia with curcumin (3.6 g for six months), thus was well tolerated and demonstrated significant and durable clinical response for 6 months. Cancer Prev Res; 9(8); 683-91. ©2016 AACR.
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- Moni Abraham Kuriakose
- Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India. Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Center, Bengaluru, India. Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India
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- Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India. Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Center, Bengaluru, India. Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Regional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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Odontogenic ghost cell carcinoma (OGCC) is an exceptionally rare malignant odontogenic epithelial tumor. It is characterized by ameloblastic-like islands of epithelial cells with aberrant keratinization in the form of ghost cells with varying amounts of dysplastic dentin. Malignant histological characteristics include infiltration, cellular pleomorphism, numerous mitosis and necrosis. Its biological behavior varies from slow-growing locally invasive lesions to rapidly growing highly aggressive tumors. OGCC metastasizing to distant sites is extremely rare. Only three cases of metastasis have been reported in literature. We are reporting the case of a 54-year-old male patient who presented with tender swelling in the malar region. Histopathological examination revealed OGCC and he received postoperative radiotherapy. Two years later, he presented with a lung mass. Biopsy from the lung lesion showed the same morphology as that of maxillary tumor with scattered ghost cells. This case points to the aggressive behavior of OGCC and its metastatic potential. It also highlights the need for long-term follow-up of these patients.
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Anila KR, Chandramohan K, Mathews A, Somanathan T, Jayasree K. Role of frozen section in the intra-operative margin assessment during breast conserving surgery. Indian J Cancer 2016; 53:235-238. [DOI: 10.4103/0019-509x.197732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Aravindan BK, Prabhakar J, Somanathan T, Subhadra L. The role of chemokine receptor 4 and its ligand stromal cell derived factor 1 in breast cancer. Ann Transl Med 2015; 3:23. [PMID: 25738143 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2014.12.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2014] [Accepted: 11/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Breast tumour cells express the chemokine receptor C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) and frequently metastasize to organs with an abundant source of CXCR4 ligand, stromal cell derived factor1 (SDF1). For this reason, CXCR4/SDF1 has garnered much interest as a target for therapeutic intervention. The present study is an attempt to correlate the CXCR4/SDF1 expression patterns with clinicopathological factors, patient survival, and its coexistence and response to 17-β estradiol (E2) and 4-hydoxytamoxifen (4OHT) in breast cancer cells. Immunohistochemistry and Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction were performed to assess the protein and gene level expressions of CXCR4 and SDF1 in normal and tumour breast tissue. The effect of E2 and 4OHT on expression of CXCR4 and SDF1 in breast cancer cells were assessed using RT-PCR, Immunofluorescence microscopy and colocalization. The CXCR4 and SDF1 were over expressed and have a significant correlation with each other as well as with histological grade, tumour size and poor survival of patients. The study also showed a modulatory effect of E2 and 4OHT on the expression and colocalization of CXCR4/SDF1 in breast cancer cells. The correlation of CXCR4/SDF1 with other parameters and modulatory effect of E2 and 4OHT on the expression and colocalization of CXCR4/SDF1 in breast cancer cells are likely to open up new avenues for the successful management of this malignancy.
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- Binu Kottakkal Aravindan
- 1 Division of Cancer Research, 2 Division of Surgical Oncology, 3 Division of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Post Box No. 2417, Medical College P.O, Thiruvananthapuram- 695011, Kerala, India
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- 1 Division of Cancer Research, 2 Division of Surgical Oncology, 3 Division of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Post Box No. 2417, Medical College P.O, Thiruvananthapuram- 695011, Kerala, India
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- 1 Division of Cancer Research, 2 Division of Surgical Oncology, 3 Division of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Post Box No. 2417, Medical College P.O, Thiruvananthapuram- 695011, Kerala, India
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- 1 Division of Cancer Research, 2 Division of Surgical Oncology, 3 Division of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Post Box No. 2417, Medical College P.O, Thiruvananthapuram- 695011, Kerala, India
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Vasudevan J, Somanathan T, Chandramohan K, Koshy S. Adrenal myelolipoma masquerading as retroperitoneal sarcoma. Clin Cancer Investig J 2015. [DOI: 10.4103/2278-0513.149060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Sukumaran R, Kattoor J, Pillai KR, Ramadas PT, Nayak N, Somanathan T, George NA, Sebastian P. Fine needle aspiration cytology of thyroid lesions and its correlation with histopathology in a series of 248 patients. Indian J Surg Oncol 2014; 5:237-41. [PMID: 25419075 DOI: 10.1007/s13193-014-0348-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Thyroid swellings are a significant clinical problem in the general population but majority of them are nonneoplastic and do not require surgery. The initial screening procedures include ultrasonography, fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and radionucleotide scan. An initial screening test which will diagnose thyroid lesions accurately will help to avoid surgery in nonneoplastic conditions. The aim of the present study is to correlate the cytology findings with final histopathology. Two hundred and forty-eight cases of thyroid nodules which underwent FNAC followed by surgery were included in this study. The cytology diagnoses were classified into nondiagnostic/unsatisfactory, benign, atypia of undetermined significance/follicular lesion of undetermined significance, follicular neoplasm/suspicious for a follicular neoplasm, suspicious for malignancy and malignant. The fine needle aspiration diagnosis was compared with the histopathology diagnosis. In majority of cases the FNA diagnosis was in concordance with final histopathology. A high incidence of follicular variant of papillary carcinoma thyroid was detected in this study. The awareness of this entity and the search for fine nuclear details of papillary carcinoma can lead to proper identification of this category of tumors and thus help to avoid false negative and equivocal results. Fine needle aspiration cytology is a simple, cost effective, rapid to perform procedure with high degree of accuracy and is recommended as the first line investigation for the diagnosis of thyroid lesions.
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- Renu Sukumaran
- Division of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala India 695011
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- Division of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala India 695011
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- Division of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala India 695011
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- Division of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala India 695011
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- Division of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala India 695011
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- Division of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala India 695011
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala India
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala India
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Melanomas arising in the skin, mucous membranes, and eye are encountered commonly than melanomas involving the breast. Melanomas in the breast are usually metastatic. Primary melanoma of the breast is extremely rare. We report a case of malignant melanoma of breast (primary/metastatic) that presented as a breast lump in a patient with no detectable cutaneous, mucosal or ocular lesion and who is a known case of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and had relapsed twice. The unexpected challenges faced during the diagnosis prompted us to report this case.
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- Department of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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Sukumaran R, Somanathan T, Mathews A, Kattor J, Sambasivan S, Nair RP. Role of frozen section in intraoperative assessment of ovarian masses: a tertiary oncology center experience. Indian J Surg Oncol 2014; 5:99-103. [PMID: 25114460 DOI: 10.1007/s13193-014-0311-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Surgical management of ovarian lesions vary considerably depending on the nature of the lesion. As the preoperative imaging and serum tumor marker levels are of limited value in the proper categorization of ovarian lesions, intraoperative pathological assessment is commonly requested for a primary diagnosis. Aim of the study is to assess the accuracy of the frozen section in the diagnosis of ovarian masses in our center and to analyze the causes of diagnostic discrepancies. In this retrospective study, frozen section diagnosis of 233 cases of ovarian masses was compared with the permanent section diagnosis. The overall accuracy of frozen section was 91.85 %. The sensitivity of frozen section diagnosis for benign, borderline and malignant tumors was 99.2, 88.46 and 82.95 % respectively. The corresponding specificity was 96.5, 93.23 and 99.3 %. There were 19 discordant cases including 18 false negative cases and one false positive case. Frozen section is an important diagnostic tool to determine the nature of ovarian masses. Careful macroscopic examination, evaluation of multiple sections along with clinical and radiological findings helps to reduce false positive and false negative results. Frozen section examination has limitations especially in cases of borderline tumors. This modality is most effective when the pathologist and surgeon are aware of the advantages and limitations.
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- Renu Sukumaran
- Division of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala 695011 India
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- Division of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala 695011 India
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- Division of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala 695011 India
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- Division of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala 695011 India
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala India
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- Renu Sukumaran
- Department of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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- Department of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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- Department of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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- Department of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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A-62-year-old lady presented with complaints of cough, dyspnea and hemoptysis of 3 months duration. A radiological evaluation revealed a mass lesion in the left lung along with significant lymphadenopathy. With a clinical and radiological diagnosis of carcinoma of the lung, the patient was taken up for biopsy. The specimen consisted mainly of grey-white friable soft-tissue, which on histopathological evaluation showed small cell carcinoma, which was confirmed with immunohistochemistry. Apart from the carcinomatous component, many hyphae and fruiting bodies of Aspergillus were also seen. We are reporting this case because, though the finding of hyphal forms of Aspergillus is not so uncommon in lung biopsies, detection of fruiting bodies of Aspergillus in histopathological section is an extremely rare finding. The hyphal forms of Aspergillus can be confused with the hyphal forms of other fungi, but when fruiting bodies are present a definite diagnosis is possible at the histopathology level itself. We would also like to highlight that contamination should be excluded before labeling a case as Aspergillosis because of the potentially toxic medication implicated in the treatment.
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- K R Anila
- Department of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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Amyloid is a pathologic proteinaceous substance deposited between cells in various tissues in a variety of clinical conditions. We report a case of amyloidosis of tongue with extensive chondroid metaplasia diagnosed on incisional biopsy in a multiple myeloma patient, who underwent autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant for the same in 2010 and now presented with disease relapse after 2 years.
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Prabhakaran P, Sanjayan R, Somanathan T, Narayanan G. Rhabdomyosarcoma of prostate presenting as bladder outlet obstruction in a young adult. Ecancermedicalscience 2013; 7:360. [PMID: 24143154 PMCID: PMC3796445 DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2013.360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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A 19-year-old boy presented with bladder outlet obstruction and on evaluation was found to have prostatomegaly, which on biopsy was diagnostic of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). He had pulmonary metastasis and received chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, actinomycin D, and radical radiotherapy. At one year, his prostatic tumour has resolved completely. Embryonal RMS of prostate occurs more commonly in infancy and childhood, so occurrence in young adults is rare, and a high index of suspicion is essential for early diagnosis and treatment.
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- Pranab Prabhakaran
- Department of Medical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, 695011 Kerala, India
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Sukumaran R, Mathews A, Somanathan T, Kattoor J. Renal cell carcinoma metastasizing to adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction: a rare case of tumor-to-tumor metastasis. INDIAN J PATHOL MICR 2013; 55:525-7. [PMID: 23455795 DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.107799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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The simultaneous occurrence of two primary tumors in one patient is not uncommon, but one tumor metastasizing to another malignancy is a rare phenomenon. Tumor-to-tumor metastasis was first described by Berent in 1902. Since then fewer than 200 cases have been reported in the literature. In most of these cases renal cell carcinoma acted as a recipient tumor. In tumor-to-tumor metastasis renal cell carcinoma acting as a donor is exceedingly rare and there are no reported cases of adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction acting as a recipient. We present a case of renal cell carcinoma metastasizing to an adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of such a combination.
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- Renu Sukumaran
- Department of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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Anila KR, Somanathan T, Mathews A, Jayasree K. An unusual variant of prostatic adenocarcinoma with metastasis to testis. A case report. Gulf J Oncolog 2012:73-76. [PMID: 22773221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/13/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Ductal adenocarcinoma of the prostate is considered to be a rare variant of prostatic adenocarcinoma when compared to the more common acinar adenocarcinoma. We report here a case of ductal adenocarcinoma of the prostate in a 68-year old man who presented with complaints of abdominal pain, retention of urine and hematuria of one month duration. Clinical examination showed prostatomegaly. The serum Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) value was raised to 79ng/mL. Histopathological and immunohistochemical evaluation of resected specimen of prostate revealed ductal adenocarcinoma of the prostate. The patient was lost to follow up and presented four years after the initial diagnosis with metastasis to the bone and testis. Though prostatic cancers have the ability for wide spread dissemination, metastasis to testis is rare. Immunohistochemical staining with PSA and Prostatic Acid Phosphatase (PAP) can help in establishing prostatic nature of the neoplasm. We are reporting this case because of the rarity of metastasis of prostatic carcinoma to testis and for stressing the need for keeping in mind the possibility of metastatic carcinoma also while dealing with testicular tumors.
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- K R Anila
- Department of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
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Kr A, Sebastian P, Somanathan T, George NA, Jayasree K. Significance of incidentally detected thyroid tissue in lymph nodes of neck dissections in patients with head and neck carcinoma. Int J Surg Pathol 2012; 20:564-9. [PMID: 22674918 DOI: 10.1177/1066896912449042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND The incidental discovery of thyroid tissue in lymph nodes of neck dissections performed for a separate primary head and neck cancer is an unusual clinical entity. Careful screening of large number of lymph nodes in the neck dissection specimens by the pathologist is critical in picking up such cases. There is controversy regarding clinical significance of such incidentally detected thyroid tissue in cervical nodes as to whether these represent benign inclusions or whether they represent metastatic focus of an underlying thyroid cancer. The appropriate clinical approach in such cases is less clear because it occurs in the context of another malignancy, usually squamous cell carcinomas with a more aggressive potential. MATERIALS AND METHODS On reviewing the records of 1602 neck dissections done in patients with head and neck cancers over the years 2007-2011, this study identified 5 patients with incidentally detected thyroid tissue with features of malignancy in cervical lymph nodes. Subsequent thyroidectomies done in 4 cases showed primary thyroid cancer. CONCLUSION The study's results emphasize the need for the clinician to do an accurate reevaluation and follow-up of patients with incidental occult metastasis for detection of primary thyroid tumor. A thorough sampling and screening of lymph nodes in neck dissection specimens by the pathologist is also essential. Incidentally discovered thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes need not always be benign inclusions. Aggressive therapy, however, may not be needed in all cases.
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- Anila Kr
- Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
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Thomas G, Kunnambath R, Somanathan T, Mathew B, Pandey M, Rangaswamy S. Long-Term Outcome of Surgical Excision of Leukoplakia in a Screening Intervention Trial, Kerala, India. JIAOMR 2012. [DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10011-1276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Pillai KR, Mani KS, Jayalal KS, Preethi TR, Somanathan T, Jayasree K. Psammoma bodies in fine needle aspiration cytology of the breast: A clinicopathological study of 30 cases. Diagn Cytopathol 2011; 41:384-91. [DOI: 10.1002/dc.22812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2011] [Accepted: 11/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Anila KR, Mathew AP, Somanathan T, Mathews A, Jayasree K. Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma With Heterologous (Liposarcomatous) Differentiation. Int J Surg Pathol 2011; 20:416-9. [DOI: 10.1177/1066896911429298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A 44-year-old woman presented with right flank mass of 6 months duration. A right side renal tumor was diagnosed, and a radical nephrectomy was performed. Histopathological examination showed chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (CRCC) with sarcomatoid transformation. The sarcomatous component contained large pleomorphic lipoblasts. The CRCC was positive for Hale’s colloidal iron stain, whereas the sarcomatous component was negative. Based on histopathological and immunohistochemical findings, a diagnosis of sarcomatoid CRCC with heterologous liposarcomatous differentiation was made. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the second reported case of a sarcomatoid CRCC where the sarcomatous component displayed features of liposarcoma. The case has been reported for its rarity.
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- K. R. Anila
- Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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Muralee M, Ahamed I, Somanathan T, Anila KS. Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the stomach - a rare pathological entity. Gulf J Oncolog 2011:78-81. [PMID: 21177215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/28/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Hepatoid adenocarcinoma is a rare cancer with an extremely poor prognosis. Here, we describe two cases referred to our hospital with suspected gastric cancer. Gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed lesions in the stomach. Biopsy from the lesions was reported as adenocarcinoma. Both the patients underwent exploratory laparotomy. One was an operable lesion and the other was an inoperable lesion. Total gastrectomy was done in the operable lesion and feeding jejunostomy was done in the inoperable case. Histologically, both turned out to be hepatoid adenocarcinomas. Retrospective analysis showed the serum levels of alphafetoprotein (AFP) are markedly elevated in both cases. We describe this rare entity of hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the stomach, and review the literature concerning the clinicopathological aspects of the cases.
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- M Muralee
- Division of Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
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Cherian MP, Nair B, Thomas S, Somanathan T, Sebastian P. Synchronous papillary carcinoma in thyroglossal duct cyst and thyroid gland: Case report and review of literature. Head Neck 2009; 31:1387-91. [DOI: 10.1002/hed.21029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Pillai KR, Sujathan K, Mani KS, Jayalal KS, Somanathan T. Psammoma bodies in cervical smear in association with keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma of cervix: A case report. Diagn Cytopathol 2009; 37:450-4. [DOI: 10.1002/dc.21025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Lakshmi S, Rema P, Somanathan T. p16ink4a is a surrogate marker for high-risk and malignant cervical lesions in the presence of human papillomavirus. Pathobiology 2009; 76:141-8. [PMID: 19468254 DOI: 10.1159/000209392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2008] [Accepted: 11/18/2008] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To strengthen the role of high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) in the development of cervical cancer, and the association between HPV and the cell cycle inhibitor gene p16ink4a in cervical carcinogenesis. METHODS In this study, the association between p16ink4a and the presence of HPV DNA in cervical lesions was investigated in a total of 177 cervical biopsies classified as benign (n = 42), low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL; n = 34), high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL; n = 48) and invasive cancer (n = 53). p16ink4a expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry while HPV DNA was localized by in situ hybridization. RESULTS No significant association was found between p16ink4a expression and HPV presence in benign and LSIL samples. In HSIL and invasive cancer, a significant association was found between p16ink4a overexpression and the presence of HPV DNA. CONCLUSION Immunohistochemical p16ink4a expression is associated with HPV infection in HSIL and cervical cancer, suggesting a role of p16 as a biomarker of HPV-associated cervical lesions.
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- S Lakshmi
- Division of Molecular Medicine, Regional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram, India.
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Subramanian S, Sankaranarayanan R, Bapat B, Somanathan T, Thomas G, Mathew B, Vinoda J, Ramadas K. Cost-effectiveness of oral cancer screening: results from a cluster randomized controlled trial in India. Bull World Health Organ 2009; 87:200-6. [PMID: 19377716 PMCID: PMC2654641 DOI: 10.2471/blt.08.053231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2008] [Revised: 07/03/2008] [Accepted: 07/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate oral cancer screening by visual inspection. METHODS A cluster randomized controlled trial was initiated in Trivandrum district, Kerala, India. Of 13 population clusters, seven were randomly allocated to three rounds of screening between 1996 and 2004, while standard care was provided in six (control arm). An activity-based approach was employed to calculate costs associated with various components of the screening trial. Information on the resources used and on clinical events in each trial arm was derived from trial databases. Total costs for each cluster were estimated in 2004 United States dollars (US$). The incremental cost per life-year saved was calculated for all eligible individuals and for high-risk individuals (i.e. tobacco or alcohol users). FINDINGS The proportion of oral cancers detected at an early stage (i.e. stage I or II) was higher in the intervention arm than the control arm (42% versus 24%, respectively). The incremental cost per life-year saved was US$ 835 for all individuals eligible for screening and US$ 156 for high-risk individuals. Oral cancer screening by visual inspection was performed for under US$ 6 per person. CONCLUSION The most cost-effective approach to oral cancer screening by visual inspection is to offer it to the high-risk population. Targeted screening of this group will ensure that screening can be offered at a reasonable cost in a limited-resource setting.
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Arbyn M, Sankaranarayanan R, Muwonge R, Keita N, Dolo A, Mbalawa CG, Nouhou H, Sakande B, Wesley R, Somanathan T, Sharma A, Shastri S, Basu P. Pooled analysis of the accuracy of five cervical cancer screening tests assessed in eleven studies in Africa and India. Int J Cancer 2008; 123:153-60. [PMID: 18404671 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Cervical cancer is the main cancer among women in sub-Saharan Africa, India and other parts of the developing world. Evaluation of screening performance of effective, feasible and affordable early detection and management methods is a public health priority. Five screening methods, naked eye visual inspection of the cervix uteri after application of diluted acetic acid (VIA), or Lugol's iodine (VILI) or with a magnifying device (VIAM), the Pap smear and human papillomavirus testing with the high-risk probe of the Hybrid Capture-2 assay (HC2), were evaluated in 11 studies in India and Africa. More than 58,000 women, aged 25-64 years, were tested with 2-5 screening tests and outcome verification was done on all women independent of the screen test results. The outcome was presence or absence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) of different degrees or invasive cervical cancer. Verification was based on colposcopy and histological interpretation of colposcopy-directed biopsies. Negative colposcopy was accepted as a truly negative outcome. VIA showed a sensitivity of 79% (95% CI 73-85%) and 83% (95% CI 77-89%), and a specificity of 85% (95% CI 81-89%) and 84% (95% CI 80-88%) for the outcomes CIN2+ or CIN3+, respectively. VILI was on average 10% more sensitive and equally specific. VIAM showed similar results as VIA. The Pap smear showed lowest sensitivity, even at the lowest cutoff of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (57%; 95% CI 38-76%) for CIN2+ but the specificity was rather high (93%; 95% CI 89-97%). The HC2-assay showed a sensitivity for CIN2+ of 62% (95% CI 56-68%) and a specificity of 94% (95% CI 92-95%). Substantial interstudy variation was observed in the accuracy of the visual screening methods. Accuracy of visual methods and cytology increased over time, whereas performance of HC2 was constant. Results of visual tests and colposcopy were highly correlated. This study was the largest ever done that evaluates the cross-sectional accuracy of screening tests for cervical cancer precursors in developing countries. The merit of the study was that all screened subjects were submitted to confirmatory investigations avoiding to verification bias. A major finding was the consistently higher sensitivity but equal specificity of VILI compared with VIA. Nevertheless, some caution is warranted in the interpretation of observed accuracy measures, since a certain degree of gold standard misclassification cannot be excluded. Because of the correlation between visual screening tests and colposcopy and a certain degree of over-diagnosis of apparent CIN2+ by study pathologists, it is possible that both sensitivity and specificity of VIA and VILI were overestimated. Gold standard verification error could also explain the surprisingly low sensitivity of HC2, which contrasts with findings from other studies.
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- Marc Arbyn
- Scientific Institute of Public Health, Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, Brussels, Belgium.
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Balaji R, Ramachandran K, Somanathan T, Nair SG, Krishnakumar AS, Venugopal M. Breast Metastases in an Adolescent Woman with Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Maxillary Sinus. Breast J 2007; 13:426-8. [PMID: 17593053 DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2007.00456.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Ravikanth Balaji
- Division of Imageology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
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Most common malignancy involving orbit is secondary deposits. Orbital metastasis from thyroid malignancy is rare (3.6%) and is usually from follicular and medullary carcinoma thyroid. Here we are presenting the case report of a lady who presented with loss of vision and on evaluation was found to have orbital metastasis from papillary carcinoma thyroid.
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- P. R. Shyla
- Department of ENT, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
- A-6, Kowdiar Gardens, Trivandrum, 695 003 Kerala India
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- Department of ENT, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
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Haris PS, Balan A, Varghese B, Somanathan T. A Giant De Novo Primary Intraosseous Carcinoma of Mandible Diagnosed by FNAC. J Indian Acad Oral Med Radiol 2007. [DOI: 10.4103/0972-1363.168291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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Somanathan T, Pandurangan A, Sathiyamoorthy D. Catalytic influence of mesoporous Co-MCM-41 molecular sieves for the synthesis of SWNTs via CVD method. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcata.2006.04.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Nair RP, Somanathan T, Sebastian P. Scar recurrence of uterine sarcoma: a case report. J Reprod Med 2006; 51:507-9. [PMID: 16846093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Uterine leiomyosarcoma is an aggressive tumor that has a propensity for recurrence. Most of the recurrences occur at either pelvic or distant sites, such as lung or liver. Recurrences in the laparotomy scar are extremely rare. CASE A 52-year-old woman underwent hysterectomy for stage I, grade 2 uterine leiomyosarcoma. She did not receive any adjuvant treatment. She presented 2 years later with wound recurrence. She had no evidence of intraabdominal disease. She underwent radical resection with mesh repair. Pathology revealed high grade spindle cell sarcoma very similar to the previous cancer. After completion of 18 months of follow-up, she was disease free. CONCLUSION Radical resection of isolated metastases may be of benefit for these patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rema Prabhakaran Nair
- Divisions of Surgical Oncology and Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
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