BACKGROUND Evidence for the effects of marital status and marital status change on physical health is equivocal. METHOD Structural equation models examined whether marital status predicted physical health. Six groups were examined simultaneously: married (M); widowed (W); divorced (D); never married (NM); newly widowed (NW); and newly divorced (ND). There were four annual measures (T1-T4). Bo...

BACKGROUND There is limited evidence that Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) arising from a nodal basin without evidence of a primary cutaneous (PC) site has better prognosis. We present our experience at 2 tertiary care referral centers with stage III MCC with and without a PC site. METHODS Fifty stage III MCC patients were identified between 1996 and 2011. Clinical data were analyzed, with primary...

One of the rare neoplasms of cervix uteri and vagina is clear cell carcinoma; mostly in patients with a positive past medical history of intrauterine diethylstilbestrol (DES) exposure which reveals the importance of other unknown risk factors of gynecologic neoplasms. 2 Asian women referred to the gynecology-oncology department. The first one came with a complaint of prolonged vaginal discharge...

background: in the era of well-developed site-specific treatment strategies in cancer, identification of occult primary is of paramount importance in cup patients. furthermore, exact determination of the extent of the disease may help in optimizing treatment planning. the aim of the present study was to investigate additional value of f-18 fdg pet/ct in patients with cancer of unknown primary (...

primary de novo intraosseous carcinoma is a rare neoplastic lesion which commonly occurs in the jaws. it is an epithelial odontogenic malignancy arising from odontogenic epithelial residues in the bone rather than from a preexisting epithelial lesion. in the present case report, the clinical, radiological and histological features of primary de novo intraosseous carcinoma are discussed and its ...