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Case 18-2005: A 45-year-old woman with a painful mass in the abdomen

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A case study of a 45-year-old woman admitted in the hospital with merely a painful abdominal mass is discussed along with further progress and observations during her treatments. An abdominal ultrasonograhic study performed at an evaluation showed a highly vascular, mixed echoic mass, 3.5 cm by 3.5 cm by 1.0 cm, in the lower right anterior abdominal wall.

Author: Oliva, Esther, Muto, Michael G., O'Neill, Mary Jane
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2005
United Kingdom, Care and treatment, Usage, Diagnosis, Abdominal pain, Abdominal ultrasonography

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Activating mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor underlying responsiveness of non-small-cell lung cancer to gefitnib

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A study conducted to search for mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene in primary tumors from patients with non-small-cell lung cancer. Screening for such mutations in lung cancers may identify patients with response to gefitinib, is presented.

Author: Bell, Daphne W., Haluska, Frank G., Lynch, Thomas J., Brannigan, Brian W., Harris, Patricia L., Sordella, Rafaella, Haserlat, Sara M., Gurubhagavatula, Sarada, Okimoto, Ross A., Supko, Jeffrey G.
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2004
Analysis, Drug therapy, Mutation (Biology), Mutation, Lung cancer, Non-small cell, Non-small cell lung cancer, Epidermal growth factor receptors

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Case 11-2006: A 54-year-old woman with a mass in the pelvis

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A 54-year-old woman with a mass in the pelvis was examined and diagnostic procedure was performed on her. Anatomical diagnosis showed mixed high-grade serous papillary and transitional-cell carcinoma of the fallopian tube, FIGO stage IIIC.

Author: Oliva, Esther, Supko, Jeffrey G., Krasner, Carolyn N., Roche, Maria, Horowitz, Neil S., Lee, Susanna I.
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2006
Adenocarcinoma

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