New horizons in breast cancer: the promise of immunotherapy.

Immunology and immunotherapy of cancer is an expanding field in oncology, with recent great achievements obtained through the new successful approaches implemented to circumvent immune evasion, which is undoubtedly considered a novel hallmark of cancer. Translational research in this topic has revealed targets that can be modulated in the clinical setting with new compounds and strategies. Like most of the tumors, breast cancer is considered a complex and heterogeneous disease in which host immune responses have been also recently demonstrated of critical relevance. T infiltrating lymphocyte measurement is suggested as a powerful new tool necessary to predict early breast cancer evolution, especially for the her2-positive and triple-negative subtypes. Other biomarkers in tissue and peripheral blood are under intense scrutiny to ascertain their eventual role as prognostic and/or predictive factors. This background has fueled the interest in developing clinical research strategies to test activity of modern immunotherapy in breast cancer, which constitutes the main focus of this review.

Fracasos de la embolización en el tratamiento del mioma uterino / Embolization failures in the treatment of uterine myoma

La embolización de la arteria uterina ha sido descrita como un método efectivo y seguro en el tratamiento de los miomas sintomáticos. Se presentan 3 casos de pacientes con útero miomatoso sintomático, y su tratamiento mediante esta técnica. En estos 3 casos, las complicaciones postembolización de los miomas hizo necesaria la práctica de una histerectomía. Así mismo se describen otras complicaciones derivadas de la técnica señaladas en la revisión bibliográfica realizada

Uterine artery embolization has been described as an effective and safe treatment for women with symptomatic uterine leiomyomata. We report three cases of women with symptomatic myomatous uterus and their treatment by this approach. In these three cases, hysterectomy was required due to complications following the embolizations. We also describe other complications of this therapeutic approach that came to light in the literature review

Estudio inmunohistoquímico de los factores de trancripción de desarrollo neural (TTF1, ASCL1 y BRN2) en los tumores neuroendocrinos de próstata / Immunohistochemical study of the neural development transcription factors (TTF1, ASCL1 and BRN2) in neuroendocrine prostate tumours

Objetivo: El carcinoma neuroendocrino de célula pequeña de próstata es una neoplasia infrecuente que supone el 0,5-1% de todas las neoplasias prostáticas. La mediana de supervivencia cáncer-específica de los pacientes con carcinoma neuroendocrino de célula pequeña de próstata es de 19 meses, y el 60,5% de los pacientes presentan enfermedad metastásica. Los factores de transcripción de desarrollo neural son moléculas implicadas en la organogénesis del sistema nervioso central y de precursores neuroendocrinos de diversos tejidos, que incluyen la glándula suprarrenal, el tiroides, el pulmón y la próstata, entre otros órganos. Material y métodos: Presentamos 3 casos de esta infrecuente entidad, aplicando los nuevos criterios de la OMS. Realizamos estudios mediante tinción de H-E y analizamos la expresión de los factores de transcripción de desarrollo neurales Achaete-scute homolog like 1, Thyroid transcription factor 1 y los factores de transcripción clase iii/iv POU, como nueva línea de investigación en la carcinogénesis de los tumores neuroendocrinos de próstata. Resultados: En el caso 1 no se observó inmunoexpresión para TTF1. Los casos 2 y 3 presentaron inmunotinción positiva para ASCL1, e inmunotinción negativa en el caso 1. La inmunotinción para BRN2 fue negativa en el caso 1 y positiva en los casos 2 y 3. Conclusión: Actualmente, la OMS no reconoce ningún marcador molecular ni genético con valor pronóstico. ASCL-1 está relacionado con las vías de señalización NOTCH y WNT. ASCL-1, TTF1 y BRN2 podrían usarse para el diagnóstico precoz y como factor pronóstico y diana terapéutica

Objective: Prostatic small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma is an uncommon malignancy that constitutes 0.5-1% of all prostate malignancies. The median cancer-specific survival of patients with prostatic small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma is 19 months, and 60.5% of the patients have metastatic disease. Neural development transcription factors are molecules involved in the organogenesis of the central nervous system and of neuroendocrine precursors of various tissues, including the suprarenal gland, thyroid glands, lungs and prostate. Material and methods: We present 3 cases of this uncommon condition, applying the new World Health Organisation criteria. We conducted studies through haematoxylin and eosin staining and analysed the expression of the neural development transcription factors achaete-scute homolog like 1, thyroid transcription factor 1 and the class III/IV POU transcription factors, as a new research line in the carcinogenesis of prostatic neuroendocrine tumours. Results: In case 1, there was no TTF1 immunoexpression. Cases 2 and 3 had positive immunostaining for ASCL1, and Case 1 had negative immunostaining. BRN2 immunostaining was negative in case 1 and positive in cases 2 and 3. Conclusion: The World Health Organisation does not recognise any molecular or genetic marker with prognostic value. ASCL-1 is related to the NOTCH and WNT signalling pathways. ASCL-1, TTF1 and BRN2 could be used for early diagnosis and as prognostic factors and therapeutic targets

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs): SEAP-SEOM consensus on pathologic and molecular diagnosis

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal neoplasms of the digestive tract, with an incidence of 1.1 cases/100,000 inhabitants/year. A group of experts from the Spanish Society of Pathology and the Spanish Society of Oncology met to discuss a brief update on GISTs and agree on aspects relating to the pathological and molecular diagnosis of these tumors. GISTs are generally solitary, well-circumscribed lesions of variable size (< 10 mm-35 cm) that may present with intra- or extra-luminal parietal growth or a mixed-type (hourglass) growth pattern. Histologically, they are unencapsulated neoplasms displaying expansive growth and spindle-shaped (70%), epithelioid (20%), or mixed cellularity (10%). Mitotic activity is generally moderate or low and should be evaluated only in areas with high cellularity or higher mitotic frequency. The great majority of GISTs harbour mutually exclusive activating mutations in genes coding for the type III receptor tyrosine kinases KIT and PDGFRA; less commonly, GISTs have also been reported to display mutations elsewhere, including BRAF and NF1 and SDH-complex genes. The method most widely used to detect KIT and PDGFRA mutations is amplification of the exons involved by polymerase chain reaction followed by direct sequencing (Sanger method) of these amplification products. Molecular analyses should always specify the type of analysis performed, the region or mutations evaluated, and the sensitivity of the detection method employed (AU)

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Immunohistochemical study of the neural development transcription factors (TTF1, ASCL1 and BRN2) in neuroendocrine prostate tumours. / Estudio inmunohistoquímico de los factores de trancripción de desarrollo neural (TTF1, ASCL1 y BRN2) en los tumores neuroendocrinos de próstata.

OBJECTIVE: Prostatic small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma is an uncommon malignancy that constitutes 0.5-1% of all prostate malignancies. The median cancer-specific survival of patients with prostatic small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma is 19 months, and 60.5% of the patients have metastatic disease. Neural development transcription factors are molecules involved in the organogenesis of the central nervous system and of neuroendocrine precursors of various tissues, including the suprarenal gland, thyroid glands, lungs and prostate. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We present 3 cases of this uncommon condition, applying the new World Health Organisation criteria. We conducted studies through haematoxylin and eosin staining and analysed the expression of the neural development transcription factors achaete-scute homolog like 1, thyroid transcription factor 1 and the class III/IV POU transcription factors, as a new research line in the carcinogenesis of prostatic neuroendocrine tumours. RESULTS: In case 1, there was no TTF1 immunoexpression. Cases 2 and 3 had positive immunostaining for ASCL1, and Case 1 had negative immunostaining. BRN2 immunostaining was negative in case 1 and positive in cases 2 and 3. CONCLUSION: The World Health Organisation does not recognise any molecular or genetic marker with prognostic value. ASCL-1 is related to the NOTCH and WNT signalling pathways. ASCL-1, TTF1 and BRN2 could be used for early diagnosis and as prognostic factors and therapeutic targets.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs): SEAP-SEOM consensus on pathologic and molecular diagnosis.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal neoplasms of the digestive tract, with an incidence of 1.1 cases/100,000 inhabitants/year. A group of experts from the Spanish Society of Pathology and the Spanish Society of Oncology met to discuss a brief update on GISTs and agree on aspects relating to the pathological and molecular diagnosis of these tumors. GISTs are generally solitary, well-circumscribed lesions of variable size (<10 mm-35 cm) that may present with intra- or extra-luminal parietal growth or a mixed-type (hourglass) growth pattern. Histologically, they are unencapsulated neoplasms displaying expansive growth and spindle-shaped (70%), epithelioid (20%), or mixed cellularity (10%). Mitotic activity is generally moderate or low and should be evaluated only in areas with high cellularity or higher mitotic frequency. The great majority of GISTs harbour mutually exclusive activating mutations in genes coding for the type III receptor tyrosine kinases KIT and PDGFRA; less commonly, GISTs have also been reported to display mutations elsewhere, including BRAF and NF1 and SDH-complex genes. The method most widely used to detect KIT and PDGFRA mutations is amplification of the exons involved by polymerase chain reaction followed by direct sequencing (Sanger method) of these amplification products. Molecular analyses should always specify the type of analysis performed, the region or mutations evaluated, and the sensitivity of the detection method employed.

Lesión polipoidea colónica infrecuente / No disponible

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