BACKGROUND: Margin status in breast lumpectomy procedures is a prognostic factor for
local recurrence and the need to obtain clear margins is often a cause for repeated surgical …

Background & Aims The guidelines of the European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology,
Hepatology, and Nutrition allow for diagnosis of celiac disease without biopsies in children …

Aims The distinction between benign and malignant thyroid nodules has important
therapeutic implications. Our objective was to develop an assay that could classify …

The definitive identification of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) has significant clinical
implications, yet other malignancies often involve the lung pleura, confounding the …

BACKGROUND: This trial was designed to study performance of a novel handheld probe
(Dune Medical Devices, Caesarea, Israel) in intraoperative detection of positive margins and …

AIM: To compare the microRNA (miR) profiles in the primary tumor of patients with recurrent
and non-recurrent gastric cancer. METHODS: The study group included 45 patients who …

Summary Background and Aim Clinical and experimental data suggest an important role for
intestinal microflora in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease, and probiotics have …

There is emerging evidence for the prognostic role of various microRNA (miRNA) molecules
in colon cancer. The aim of this study was therefore to compare the miRNA profiles in the …

Immunohistochemistry (IHC) testing for mismatch repair proteins (MMRP) is currently being
used primarily in colorectal cancer resection specimens. We aimed to compare the results of …

OBJECTIVES: Cowden syndrome (CS), associated with germlinePTENmutations, is an
autosomal-dominant disorder with increased frequencies of thyroid and breast cancers …