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Combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma (cHCC-CCA) is a rare malignancy with poor prognosis and unclear benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy. To identify the appropriate candidates for postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in cHCC-CCA, we developed a prognostic model to predict patient outcomes and stratify populations accordingly. This retrospective study included 75 cHCC-CCA patients treated at Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital from 2009 to 2019. Prognostic factors were identified via univariate and multivariate Cox regression. Model performance was assessed using ROC curves, calibration plots, and decision curve analysis. Propensity score matching (PSM) was applied to reduce bias. Adjuvant chemotherapy significantly improved overall survival (OS) in Kaplan-Meier (p = 0.029) and PSM analyses (p = 0.0011). Five independent prognostic factors were identified: macrovascular invasion, lymph node metastasis, the largest tumor size >5 cm, the high expression of CD8, and the high expression of FOXP3. The nomogram showed good predictive performance. Among high-risk patients stratified by the nomogram, those receiving adjuvant chemotherapy had longer OS (p = 0.013), while no significant benefit was observed in the low-risk group (p = 0.084). Adjuvant chemotherapy improves postoperative survival in cHCC-CCA. The nomogram provides individualized risk stratification and may inform treatment decisions.
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Cancer Rep (Hoboken)
September 2025
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan.
Background: Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is a challenging malignancy characterized by metastatic tumors with an unidentified primary site, even after extensive pathological and radiographic evaluation. Recent advancements in gene expression profiling and comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) using next-generation sequencing (NGS) have enabled the identification of potential tissue origins, thereby facilitating personalized treatment strategies. Although most cases of CUP present as adenocarcinomas or poorly differentiated tumors, the treatment remains largely empirical, with limited success from molecularly tailored therapies.
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August 2025
Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea.
Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the benefit of neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy (nCRT) versus adjuvant chemotherapy alone after surgery without nCRT on oncologic and perioperative outcomes of patients with extremely low rectal cancer requiring abdominoperineal resection (APR) when initially diagnosed.
Methods: Between March 2001 and December 2018, 88 patients who underwent APR for low rectal adenocarcinoma (anal verge < 4 cm) with clinical stage II and III (clinical T3/4, N -/+) were retrieved from a retrospective database. Sixty-eight patients received adjuvant chemotherapy alone after APR without nCRT, and 20 patients received nCRT before APR.
Korean J Clin Oncol
August 2025
Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Purpose: Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a common dose-limiting toxicity associated with oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy in gastric cancer patients. Recent studies suggest that high-dose intravenous selenium may exert neuroprotective effects in patients receiving platinum-based chemotherapy.
Methods: This pilot study analyzed patients with stage III gastric adenocarcinoma who underwent gastrectomy between January and December 2024.
Eur J Surg Oncol
September 2025
Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address:
Background: Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality among gynecologic malignancies. Despite cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and systemic therapy, peritoneal recurrence remains common. Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) delivers heated chemotherapy directly to the peritoneal cavity, enhancing local cytotoxicity and offering a potential therapeutic strategy.
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August 2025
Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, 1107 Beirut, Lebanon; Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, American University of Beirut, 1107 Beirut, Lebanon. Electronic address:
Background: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) is used to reduce breast cancer size before surgery, allowing for breast conservation surgery (BCS) instead of mastectomy. However, concerns exist about higher positive margins and local recurrence rates.
Aims: This study compared the incidence of positive margins, local recurrence rates, and other oncologic outcomes of BCS performed either upfront or after NACT.