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Volume 39, Issue 1, 2025

Online ISSN: 3042-3511

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Volume 39 , Issue 1, (2025)

Published: 31.03.2025.

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Welcome to Issue 39, No. 1 – the first of our two annual publications for this year. Inside, you'll find a curated selection of articles. Start your year with the essential knowledge and perspectives offered in this timely edition

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01.04.2018.

Special Session: Residents Session

Proliferation marker Ki-67 in early breast cancer

Aim: Determination of cut-off value for Ki67 index, it’s corelation in luminal breast carcinoma with patient’s age, tumor size, histological grade (HG), and expression of estrogen (ER) and progesterone (PR). Introduction: Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease characterized by different morphology, immunohistochemical profile, clinical course and response to applied therapy. Ki67 proliferative index is one of the prognostic and predictive factors, whose methodological determination and analysis are still unstandardized. Material and Methods: Retrospectively, we analysed 120 pathohistological reports of patients who were treated in the period 01.01.2009. until 31.12.2011. at the Oncology Institute of Vojvodina, and to whom immunohistochemistry was proven luminal breast cancer (positive ER and PR, negative HER2), without axillary lymph node metastases. Results: The average patient’s age was 57.42±10.17 years; average tumor size 17.98±6.97mm; recurrence was registered in 8 (6.7%) patients with average recurrence time of 49±20.23 months. “Cut off” Ki67 value of prognostic significance for period without recurrence is 20.75%. For correlation testing χ2 and Kendal τ-b tests were used. It’s shown unsignificant relationship between Ki67 and patient’s age (p=0.401 and p=0.293), as well as the strength of expression ER (p=1.00, p=0.957) and PR (p=0.273, p=0.189). Significant correlation is present for Ki67 with size (p=0.035, p=0.20) and tumor’s HG (p=0.041, p=0.20). Conclusion: Breast carcinoma is heterogeneous disease, so it’s difficult to predict its course and outcome using standard histopathological factors and biomarkers. For prognostic-predictive purposes, it’s necessary to include additional biomarkers, where Ki67 stands out above all, whose high value correlates with factors of bad prognosis.

Tanja Lakic, Tatjana Ivkovic-Kapicl

01.04.2018.

Poster session

Pathohistological evaluation of tumor regression at breast cancer after neoadjuvant therapy

Aim: Evaluation of pathological estimation results of therapeutic response of primary breast carcinoma to applied neoadjuvant therapy. Introduction: Breast carcinoma is heterogeneous disease, that could be classified into several molecular subtypes by using immunohistochemical analysis and in situ hybridization. Neoadjuvant therapy is applied in cases of locally advanced breast carcinoma and for tumor chemosensitivity evaluation, which is very significant for disease prognosis. Material and Methods: The research was conducted on 35 female patients, that were treated with radical mastectomy in 2017, after IV cycle of neoadjuvant therapy, in Clinical Centre of Montenegro. Before treatment, all patients underwent core biopsy (confirmed invasive breast carcinoma, molecular subtype determined).Pathohistological response of primary tumor to applied therapy was estimated as complete response (pCR), partial response (pPR) and no response (pNR). Results: Average age in examined group of patients was 59,25 years.In 68,58% of cases it was invasive ductal, in 17,14% invasive lobular and in 14,28% mixed invasive carcinoma. Representation of molecular subtypes was (without change in respect to the core biopsy): 34,28% Luminal A, 42,85% Luminal B Her2 negative, 5,71% Luminal B Her2 positive, 8,58% Her2 positive and 8,58% triple negative. In 6 patients (17,15%) pCR was obtained, in 21 (71,42%) pPR, and in 4 (11,43%) no response. In group of patients confirmed for pCR, it was Her2 positive or triple negative carcinoma. Conclusion: Applying of neoadjuvant therapy leads to tumor response to applied therapy. Most commonly it is partial response, while complete response most commonly occurs in Her2 positive or triple negative carcinomas.

Tatjana Culafic, Mirjana Miladinovic, Ljiljana Vuckovic, Mileta Golubovic, Filip Vukmirovic, Ivana Jelicic, Tanja Lakic, Janja Raonic

01.04.2018.

Poster session

Choristoma of the stomach: A case report

Aim: To present a case report of choristoma of the stomach. Introduction: Ectopic pancreas is defined as the presence of pancreatic tissue outside its normal location without anatomic or vascular connections with the pancreas. It mostly occurs in upper gastrointestinal tract, predominantly in the stomach. It s likely to occur in men, at the age of 30-50 years. Case report: A thirty-year old male patient presented to the hospital for evaluation of epigastric symptoms. After clinical examinations, he underwent an esophago-gastroduodenoscopy which showed intramural tumor located along the greater curvature. The biopsy was taken which revealed normal gastric mucosa so it was suspected for gastrointestinal stromal tumor. The patient was submitted to laparoscopic partial gastrectomy and the material was received for pathohistological analysis. Macroscopically, there were several fragments, gray-pink coloured and lined with pink mucosa. In the largest fragment it was noticed irregular, oval gray-white node, measured 4x2.5x0.5cm. On serial cutting it was yellow. Histologically, described fragments revealed normal fundic mucosa and irregular node was consisted of pancreatic tissue localized in submucosa and lamina muscularis. It was formed of normal acini and Langerhans islets, with focally dilated pancreatic ducts and presence of mixed inflammatory infiltrate. Dysplasia wasn t found in the pancreatic tissue. The POSTER SESIJA 58 MATERIA MEDICA • Vol. 34 • Issue 1, suplement 1 • april 2018. established diagnosis was Ectopic pancreatic tissue in stomach Choristoma of the stomach. Conclusion: Choristoma is rare condition and usually incidental finding important to be diagnosed because of the serious complications depending on which tissue is present in the organ, such as inflammation, bleeding and mailignant transformation.

Aleksandra Ilic, Tanja Lakic, Mirjana Zivojinov, Matilda Djolai

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