Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: April 16

By Sarah Jarvis • April 16, 2024

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The research roundup provides an overview of the past week’s research from Mayo Clinic Laboratories consultants, including featured abstracts and a complete list of published studies and reviews.

Featured Abstract

Postoperative radiation therapy for thymic carcinoma: An analysis of the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group/European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database.

R0 resection and radiation therapy have been associated with improved overall survival (OS) in patients with thymic carcinoma (TC). Here, we analyzed which subgroups of patients derive the greatest benefit from postoperative radiation therapy (PORT).

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Published to PubMed This Week

• Central subfield thickness predicts visual acuity outcomes in plaque-irradiated eyes with choroidal melanoma.
  Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
• Long-term ultrasound twinkling detectability and safety of a polymethyl methacrylate soft tissue marker compared to conventional breast biopsy markers-A preclinical study in a porcine model.
  Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
• Clinical specificity of two assays for immunoglobulin kappa and lambda free light chains.
  Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
• Secondary involvement of the urinary bladder by endometrial carcinoma.
  Mayo Clinic Proceedings
• Commentary on severe hypokalaemia associated with paralysis after a large carbohydrate intake following exercise.
  Clinical Chemistry
• Clinicopathologic characteristics, etiologies, and outcome of secondary oxalate nephropathy.
  Mayo Clinic Proceedings
• Membranous nephropathy-diagnosis and identification of target antigens.
  Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
• A complement C4-derived glycopeptide is a biomarker for PMM2-CDG.
  JCI Insight
• Prognostic immunohistochemistry for Ki-67 and OTP on small biopsies of pulmonary carcinoid tumors: Ki-67 index predicts progression-free survival and atypical histology.
  The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
• Mesothelioma of uncertain malignant potential (MUMP) of the tunica vaginalis: Proposal for reclassification as "complex mesothelial tumor of the tunica vaginalis".
  The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
• Clinical validation of a targeted next generation sequencing panel for lymphoid malignancies.
  The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
• Highly sensitized candidates remain at risk for microvascular inflammation even when donor-specific antibody is avoided: A matched cohort study.
  Transplantation
• An inconspicuous identification: isolation and identification of a novel Pichia species presenting as fungemia following cardiac surgery.
  International Journal of Infectious Diseases
• Comparative transcriptomic analysis of Staphylococcus epidermidis associated with periprosthetic joint infection under in vivo and in vitro conditions.
  International Journal of Medical Microbiology
• Diagnostic utility of MOG antibody testing in cerebrospinal fluid.
  Annals of Neurology
• Incidence of adult rib fracture injuries and changing hospitalization practice patterns: a 10-year analysis.
  European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
• TP53 variant allele frequency and therapy-related setting independently predict survival in myelodysplastic syndromes with del(5q).
  British Journal of Haematology

Sarah Jarvis

Sarah Jarvis is a Senior Marketing Specialist at Mayo Clinic Laboratories. She supports marketing strategies for paid media.