Transitional cell carcinoma

Gastrointestinal system

Published in David A Lisle, Imaging for Students, 2012

Other renal causes of acute flank pain include acute pyelonephritis, transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the ureter causing obstruction and ‘clot colic’, i.e. ureteric colic due to a blood clot complicating haematuria. In the patient with acute flank pain, initial assessment is directed towards confirming or excluding urinary tract obstruction secondary to a ureteric calculus.

Human leucocyte antigen – G gene polymorphism in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients in Mansoura University Hospitals

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Published in Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2021

Ghada Barakat, Asser Elsharkawy, Yasmin Nabiel

The polymorphisms of HLA-G were discovered to be common with multiple types of malignancies such as urinary bladder transitional cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, cervical cancer, esophageal cancer, neuroblastoma of childhood and breast cancer [24–27]. The relation of the HLA-G polymorphism and the laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) has not been widely studied yet.

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Human leucocyte antigen – G gene polymorphism in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients in Mansoura University Hospitals