OBJECTIVE: This study describes a large, well-documented case series of salivary gland polymorphous adenocarcinomas (PAC) from a single Brazilian center.
METHODS: Demographic data, clinical presentation, histopathological and immunohistochemical features from 26 cases of PAC were analyzed and discussed in detail.
RESULTS: Most patients were females (n = 21), with a ratio of 1:4.2 (male: female) with a mean age of 58.8 years (ranging from 36 to 84 years). The most common clinical presentation was a fibrocollagenous, firm nodular lesion, with a mean size of 2.46 cm (ranging from 0.5 to 3 cm). Most lesions occurred on the palate (n = 16), followed by buccal mucosa (n = 3), upper lip (n = 3), buccal vestibule (n = 2) and alveolar ridge (n = 1). Histologically, various growth patterns were observed, including tubular, solid, cribriform, papillary, and cystic. Additionally, glomeruloid slit-like structures, mucous, and clear cells were noted. Surface papillary epithelial hyperplasia was observed in a few cases. Nine cases exhibited myxoid and collagenous areas, while two cases showed fusiform areas and another case demonstrated squamous differentiation. Clear cell predominance was noted in two cases, and peri- and intraneural invasion was seen in eight cases. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed positivity for S-100, p63 and CK7, and negativity for p40 in all cases. The Ki-67 proliferation index was markedly low in most cases, with a mean of 2.5%.
CONCLUSIONS: We have provided a broad, detailed description of the clinical and microscopic features of PAC in a large, Brazilian cohort. These findings, in a resource-limited area, may be quite useful for establishing a proper diagnosis.

Molecular medicine opened new horizons in understanding disease mechanisms and discovering target interventions. The wider availability of DNA and RNA sequencing, immunohistochemical analysis, proteomics, and other molecular tests changed how physicians manage diseases. The gastric cancer molecular classification proposed by The Cancer Genome Atlas Program divides gastric adenocarcinomas into four subtypes. However, the available targets and/or immunotherapies approved for clinical use seem to be dissociated from these molecular subtypes. Until a more reliable interpretation of the stupendous amount of data provided by the molecular classifications is presented, the clinical guidelines will rely on available actionable targets and approved therapies to guide clinicians in conducting cancer management in the era of molecular therapies.

BACKGROUND: Despite the preference for multimodal treatment for gastric cancer, abandonment of chemotherapy treatment as well as the need for upfront surgery in obstructed patients brings negative impacts on the treatment. The difficulty of accessing treatment in specialized centers in the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS) scenario is an aggravating factor.
OBJECTIVE: To identify advantages, prognostic factors, complications, and neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapies survival in gastric cancer treatment in SUS setting.
METHODS: The retrospective study included 81 patients with gastric adenocarcinoma who underwent treatment according to INT0116 trial (adjuvant chemoradiotherapy), CLASSIC trial (adjuvant chemotherapy), FLOT4-AIO trial (perioperative chemotherapy), and surgery with curative intention (R0 resection and D2 lymphadenectomy) in a single cancer center between 2015 and 2020. Individuals with other histological types, gastric stump, esophageal cancer, other treatment protocols, and stage Ia or IV were excluded.
RESULTS: Patients were grouped into FLOT4-AIO (26 patients), CLASSIC (25 patients), and INT0116 (30 patients). The average age was 61 years old. More than 60% of patients had pathological stage III. The treatment completion rate was 56%. The pathological complete response rate of the FLOT4-AIO group was 7.7%. Among the prognostic factors that impacted overall survival and disease-free survival were alcoholism, early postoperative complications, and anatomopathological status pN2 and pN3. The 3-year overall survival rate was 64.9%, with the CLASSIC subgroup having the best survival (79.8%).
CONCLUSIONS: The treatment strategy for gastric cancer varies according to the need for initial surgery. The CLASSIC subgroup had better overall survival and disease-free survival. The INT0116 regimen also protected against mortality, but not with statistical significance. Although FLOT4-AIO is the preferred treatment, the difficulty in carrying out neoadjuvant treatment in SUS scenario had a negative impact on the results due to the criticality of food intake and worse treatment tolerance.

UNASSIGNED: The study sought to determine clinical characteristics and histologic subtypes of a cohort of lung cancer patients in a tertiary facility.
UNASSIGNED: Retrospective review of the medical records of histology-confirmed lung cancer cases at the respiratory clinic over a 3-year period.
UNASSIGNED: Respiratory Clinic, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
UNASSIGNED: All adult patients with histologically diagnosed lung cancer were enrolled.
UNASSIGNED: Lung cancer histological types.
UNASSIGNED: The proportion of lung cancer cases was 12.4%. The majority were women (57.8%) and the mean age at diagnosis was 55.8±16.0 years. The patients were predominantly non-smokers (61%). Common symptoms were chronic cough and chest pain. More than two-thirds of the cases presented in clinical stages III and IV with the predominant histological subtype being adenocarcinoma in smokers and non-smokers. Genetic testing for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and Anaplastic Lymphoma kinase (ALK) mutations were largely absent.
UNASSIGNED: The majority of lung cancer patients presented late with advanced disease. Adenocarcinoma was the predominant histological subtype in a predominantly non-smoking population, with an increased prevalence among women less than 60 years. This should encourage testing for genetic mutations to improve patient survival.
UNASSIGNED: None declared.

BACKGROUND: Esophageal carcinoma (EC) and gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma (GCA) have high incidence rates in the Chaoshan region of South China. Multifocal esophageal and cardiac cancer (MECC) is commonly observed in this region in clinical practice. However, the genomic characteristics of MECC remains unclear.
METHODS: In this study, a total of 2123 clinical samples of EC and GCA were analyzed to determine the frequency of multifocal tumors, as well as their occurrence sites and pathological types. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to model the relationship between age, sex, and tumor state concerning survival in our analysis of the cohort of 541 patients with available follow-up data. We performed whole-genome sequencing on 20 tumor foci and 10 normal samples from 10 MECC patients to infer clonal structure on 6 MECC patients to explore genome characteristics.
RESULTS: The MECC rate of EC and GCA was 5.65% (121 of 2123). Age and sex were potential factors that may influence the risk of MECC (p < 0.001). Furthermore, MECC patients showed worse survival compared with single tumor patients. We found that 12 foci from 6 patients were multicentric origin model (MC), which exhibited significant heterogeneity of variations in paired foci and had an increased number of germline mutations in immune genes compared to metastatic model. In MC cases, different lesions in the same patient were driven by distinct mutation and copy number variation (CNV) events. Although TP53 and other driver mutation genes have a high frequency in the samples, their mutation sites show significant heterogeneity in paired tumor specimens. On the other hand, CNV genes exhibited higher concordance in paired samples, especially in the amplification of oncogenes and the deletion of tumor suppressor genes.
CONCLUSIONS: The extent of inter-tumor heterogeneity suggests both monoclonal and polyclonal origins of MECC, which could provide insight into the genome diversity of MECC and guide clinical implementation.

The genomic characteristics of Peruvian patients with gastric adenocarcinoma from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds were examined in consideration of the possibility that patients from different socioeconomic backgrounds may be exposed to different risk factors. We conducted a prospective pilot study in two Peruvian cities (Lima and Ica). This study enrolled 15 patients from low socioeconomic status (LSES) and 15 patients from medium/high socioeconomic status (MHSES). The genomic profiling of gastric adenocarcinoma samples was done through the FoundationOne CDx platform. We compared the genomic characteristics and the need for targeted therapy and immunotherapy between LSES and MHSES. The genes with higher rates of alterations were TP53 (73.3% vs. 50.0%, P = 0.2635); CDH1 (26.7% vs. 28.6%, P = 1); CDKN2A (20.0% vs. 28.6%, P = 1); KRAS (33.3% vs. 7.1%, P = 0.1686); ARID1A (20.0% vs. 14.3%, P = 1); MLL2 (13.3% vs. 21.4%, P = 1) and SOX9 (33.3% vs. 0.0%, P = 0.0421) in LSES versus HMSES, respectively. There was no significant difference in tumor mutational burden (P = 0.377) or microsatellite status (P = 1). The LSES group had a higher need for targeted therapy or immunotherapy according to gene involvement and alterations. A significant genomic difference exists among patients with gastric adenocarcinoma of different socioeconomic status, which may result in a different need for targeted therapy and immunotherapy.

瘘管相关性肛门腺癌是一种罕见的肛门肿瘤，本文报道1例。该患者为37岁男性，肛瘘伴反复肛旁结块、肿痛溃脓20余年，磁共振成像检查示左侧高位肛周脓肿伴复杂性括约肌间瘘。镜下观察：纤维及炎性肉芽组织中见大量细胞外黏液，黏液被纤维间隔分成大小不一的黏液湖，部分纤维间隔表面衬覆梁索状异型腺上皮，局部乳头状增生，细胞多呈柱状，核圆形或卵圆形位于基底部，散在少量杯状细胞，局部细胞异型明显，极性紊乱，核仁清晰，小灶区域黏液湖内可见簇状或印戒样细胞，局灶区域伴出血及含铁血黄素沉积。免疫组织化学：异型上皮细胞细胞角蛋白（CK）7、CK20、MUC2、CDX2、SATB2、Villin、MSH2、MSH6、PMS2、MLH1阳性，MUC5AC部分阳性，突触素局灶区域阳性，MUC6、GCDFP15、嗜铬粒素A阴性。分子检测：KRAS基因第2号外显子第12位密码子突变，NRAS、BRAF V600E及PIK3CA基因未见突变。本文回顾其临床病理特征并复习相关文献，旨在提高对该病的认识，避免漏诊、误诊。.

阑尾杯状细胞腺癌少见，本文报道1例以卵巢肿瘤为首发症状的转移性阑尾杯状细胞腺癌。患者女，67岁。腹痛2个月，CT示盆腔巨大囊实性肿物，考虑附件来源。术中送检左卵巢肿物，镜下观察大片坏死物中见印戒样/杯状细胞呈片状、筛状、腺管样或单个细胞排列。冷冻病理考虑转移性腺癌，建议临床检查消化道。术中探查发现阑尾肿物。遂行全子宫、双附件+右半结肠切除术。镜下观察少许阑尾肿瘤组织学形态与卵巢肿物一致，其他区域肿瘤细胞似神经内分泌细胞呈巢团、缎带状排列。卵巢和阑尾肿瘤均表达SATB2、CDX2，阑尾肿瘤局灶表达突触素。患者术后接受化疗。随访10个月，未见复发。.

目的： 探讨非典型宫颈管腺细胞（atypical endocervical cells，AEC）的临床病理学特征。 方法： 收集首都医科大学附属北京妇产医院2021年3月至2023年12月宫颈液基细胞学判读为AEC病例的人乳头瘤病毒（humanpapilloma virus，HPV）、组织学等资料并分析。 结果： AEC共123例，检出率为0.09%（123/131 966），包括98例非典型宫颈管腺细胞-非特异（AEC，nototherwise specified，AEC-NOS）和25例非典型宫颈管腺细胞-倾向于肿瘤（AEC，favor neoplastic，AEC-FN）。AEC-NOS及AEC-FN病例HPV阳性率分别为35.6%、65.2%。AEC-NOS病例中73例有组织学随访结果，13例为高级别上皮病变，包括2例子宫内膜非典型增生、7例宫颈HPV相关性腺癌及原位腺癌、4例宫颈高级别鳞状上皮内病变（HSIL）及鳞状细胞癌。AEC-FN病例中20例有组织学结果，16例组织学为高级别上皮病变，包括2例子宫内膜腺癌、8例宫颈HPV相关性原位腺癌及腺癌、1例宫颈胃型腺癌、5例宫颈HSIL及鳞状细胞癌；2例活检病理为良性的AEC-FN病例，复阅细胞涂片后，细胞学仍高度提示存在宫颈高级别腺上皮病变。 结论： AEC提示宫颈癌及癌前病变风险性增高，尤其是宫颈腺癌及原位腺癌；HPV阴性的AEC病例出现宫颈癌及癌前病变的风险性明显较HPV阳性者低；对于AEC-FN病例，无论是否感染HPV、无论初次活检结果如何，都要引起高度重视。.

BACKGROUND: Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) are thought to stimulate antitumor immunity and positively impact prognosis and response to immune checkpoint blockade. In gastric cancers (GCs), however, TLSs are predominantly found in GC with poor prognosis and limited treatment response. We, therefore, hypothesize that immune cell composition and function of TLS depends on tumor location and the tumor immune environment.
METHODS: Spatial transcriptomics and immunohistochemistry were used to characterize the phenotype of CD45+ immune cells inside and outside of TLS using archival resection specimens from GC primary tumors and peritoneal metastases.
RESULTS: We identified significant intrapatient and interpatient diversity of the cellular composition and maturation status of TLS in GC. Tumor location (primary vs metastatic site) accounted for the majority of differences in TLS maturity, as TLS in peritoneal metastases were predominantly immature. This was associated with higher levels of tumor-infiltrating macrophages and Tregs and less plasma cells compared with tumors with mature TLS. Furthermore, mature TLSs were characterized by overexpression of antitumor immune pathways such as B cell-related pathways, MHC class II antigen presentation while immature TLS were associated with protumor pathways, including T cell exhaustion and enhancement of DNA repair pathways in the corresponding cancer.
CONCLUSIONS: The observation that GC-derived peritoneal metastases often contain immature TLS which are associated with immune suppressive regulatory tumor-infiltrating leucocytes, is in keeping with the lack of response to immune checkpoint blockade and the poor prognostic features of peritoneal metastatic GC, which needs to be taken into account when optimizing immunomodulatory strategies for metastatic GC.