Exposure to asbestos fibers is associated with non-neoplastic pleural diseases including plaques, fibrosis, and benign effusions, as well as with diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma. Translocation and retention of fibers are fundamental processes in understanding the interactions between the dose and dimensions of fibers retained at this anatomic site and the subsequent pathological reaction...

The paper represents an overview of updated literature concerning common skin neoplasms. The clinical manifestation of the basal cell carcinoma varies significantly according to the patients age, tumor size, localization and duration of the neoplastic process, histological type of the tumor, including proliferative activity and stromal reactions.

OBJECTIVE In this pictorial essay, we review the MR appearance of cranial nerve enhancement in a variety of entities including neoplastic, infectious, and idiopathic diseases. CONCLUSION MRI with contrast enhancement is a valuable tool for detecting and characterizing disease of the cranial nerves. Abnormal cranial nerve enhancement on MRI may sometimes be the first or only indication of an u...

Inflammatory cytokines plus the human immunodeficiency virus Tat protein apparently trigger the development of early Kaposi's sarcoma. Activated spindle cells provide a self-perpetuating, autocrine-supported mechanism for further development of hyperplastic lesions. In more advanced stages, a true neoplastic process may develop.

A woman with heavy pre-treated ovarian cancer sought consultation regarding additional treatments. The case raises the vexing question of whether there may be a time in the course of the disease process where it is most appropriate to state further anti-neoplastic therapy will not be of clinical utility.

Myositis ossificans circumscripta is a benign lesion characterized by focal heterotopic soft tissue ossification, occurring in young people generally after localized trauma. Clinical and radiological appearances may mimic a sarcomatous neoplastic process. We report a case of myositis ossificans occurring after trauma, so as to illustrate the different imaging features of this benign pathology o...

The tumour-host microenvironment plays key roles in cancer, but the mechanisms involved are not fully understood. Two new studies provide insight into this problem by showing that through cell competition, a fitness-sensing process that usually eliminates defective cells, pre-cancerous lesions signal the death of surrounding tissue that in turn promotes their neoplastic transformation.

A wide range of inflammatory as well neoplastic lesions can present cutaneous and subcutaneous swellings all over the body. FNAC (Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology) is considered to be first reliable technique for diagnosing them. To assess cytological spectrum presenting skin swellings. It was an observational study conducted in Department Pathology, Govt. Medical College, Jammu. performed on pa...

Breast cancer spread to distant sites is often incurable. Our recent findings demonstrate that Type I interferons secreted by tumor cells induce anti-metastatic immune responses that prevent breast cancer metastasis to the bone. This provides novel insights into the importance of the crosstalk between neoplastic and immune cells in the metastatic process.

The stomach is a very rare location of metastatic deposits. We present case gastric deposit from primary colon cancer. Computed tomography (CT) indicated cancer, but also revealed the presence cancer in region greater curvature and antrum. With progression creation an extraluminal tumor mass, process progresses manner that transversal merges into located stomach. patient underwent subtotal gast...