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It is useful in special situations where either the primary tumour is inoperable or there is an extensive invasive disease with soft tissue, tracheal or oesophageal infiltration. The outcome of the treatment is usually unsatisfactory and the post-therapy complications are frequent and severe. Thereafter, the patients can be followed with yearly clinical examination, chest X ray and Tg 131 determination. Mortality the overall mortality rate reported in the literature varies from 0-18%. The reported respective 5-year, 10-year, 15-year, and 20-year survival is 90-95% [9. Despite the aggressive nature of thyroid carcinoma in children, the outcome and long term survival is very good. Although rare, occasional mortalities do occur especially in children who are less than 10 years old at the time of diagnosis. Prognostic factors the host and tumour factors are predictor of survival in almost all cancers. None of the known variables like age, sex, histology, type of surgery, radioiodine therapy and nodal status influences survival. This is because very few large series have been published with long term follow-up. In most of the published report the number of children is too small, and the upper age cut-off varies from 12-year to 25-years that does not permit robust statistical analysis. However, to determine death rate, the duration of follow-up should be longer than 5 years in the majority of patients. On the other hand, it is well known that the vast majority of recurrences occur in the first 5 years after the primary treatment. Therefore the importance of prognostic factors is calculated in relation to disease-free survival. There is disagreement in the literature on the relation between tumour histopathology and disease free survival. In this series, there was no correlation between tumour histopathology and disease-free survival, although the patients with follicular cancer were quite numerous. This is probably due to the moderate iodine deficiency which was observed in Northern India till mid eighties [9. Recently, more and more authors have claimed that local metastases adversely influence disease-free survival [9. In this group, diagnosis of lymph node metastases was associated with a doubled risk of recurrence. Routine use of radical thyroid surgery in their study did not improve the outcome and was associated with an increased risk of complications. In their opinion complete thyroid removal should be standard in patients with distant metastases, extensive lymph node involvement or invasive extracapsular tumours. Of those patients who underwent less than total thyroidectomy, only 15% remained relapse free after 10 years, with 59% of them having relapsed during the first 5 years of observation. By contrast, disease-free survival was very good in patients treated by total thyroidectomy. There is a risk of bias in the estimation of the recurrence rate following surgery performed at many centres over a long period of time, as disease free patients may more easily disappear from the long term control. Whereas some authors question the necessity of extensive thyroid surgery, others [9. In their opinion, combined treatment decreases the rate of local and distant metastases. In fact, radioiodine treatment results not only in thyroid ablation but also in the treatment of micrometastases undetectable by other imaging method [9. These patients were mostly asymptomatic and pulmonary metastases would have remained undetected for a longer time, increasing morbidity and mortality significantly, if remnant thyroid tissue ablation with radioiodine were 131 not attempted in these patients. The biological behaviour differs from that in adults and is related to the factor of age. Younger the age (<10 years), more aggressive and 131 widespread is the disease with male preponderance and high mortality. A total/near total thyroidectomy followed by I ablation of residual/remnant thyroid tissue and nodal or distal metastases if present reduces the rate of mortality and recurrence. Unfortunately, his work was largely forgotten, and for many hundreds of years there was no progress in thyroid surgery. In fact in 1850, the mortality rate for thyroid surgery was very high, about 50% of patients died following thyroidectomy, usually from uncontrolled bleeding. Theodor Kocher of Berne, Switzerland made outstanding contributions to the understanding of thyroid disease at the turn of the past century. In recognition of his accomplishment, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1909. Since that time, there have been major advances in the understanding of thyroid disorders and in the management of patients with thyroid nodules. Thyroid scans using radioactive iodine became available and were frequently used in identifying functional abnormalities of the thyroid gland. However, it soon became evident that this procedure was of little help in separating malignant from the more numerous benign thyroid nodules. Pre-operative evaluation Pre-operative preparation of patients for thyroidectomy may include evaluation of thyroid function and vocal cord movement by direct or indirect laryngoscopy. The cytology report usually is classified as non-diagnostic, benign, suspicious or malignant. Non-diagnostic cytology indicates that there is insufficient number of thyroid cells in the aspirate. Aspiration should be repeated since a diagnosis will be obtained in approximately 50 per cent of the repeat aspirates. Malignant thyroid aspirations may include cytology findings consistent with thyroid cancer which may be papillary, medullary, anaplastic and thyroid lymphomas. These patients often end up requiring surgical removal of the thyroid lobe that harbours the nodule. Surgery is recommended for the treatment of thyroid nodules from which a suspicious aspiration has been obtained. Thyroid surgery An incision that provides a clear exposure of the thyroid gland, maintenance of a relatively bloodless field, and appropriate traction and counter traction of the thyroid gland, all aid in the performance of a safe operation. Thyroid surgery is performed with the patient in supine position with a hyperextended neck. A low transverse cervical incision is made two finger-breadths above the manubrium. An incision made too low results in a scar that is much more conspicuous if it descends down to the level of the manubrium when the neck is no longer hyperextended. The lateral borders of the incision approach the medial borders of the sternocleidomastoid muscle but can be lengthened if the lateral neck is to be investigated. The midline raphe is opened and the lobe with the tumour is exposed after separating the sternothyroid muscles off the thyroid capsule. Lobectomy is initiated by mobilizing the supero-medial aspect of the thyroid, which is tethered to the larynx by the suspensory ligament. The superior branch of the external laryngeal nerve is usually located superior to the superior thyroid vessels. The recurrent laryngeal nerve is in the tracheoesophageal groove and visualization of this nerve is of utmost importance. The dissection is aided if the lobe of the thyroid is rotated medially and anteriorly by finger traction on a gauze sponge. The surgeon preserves the blood flow to the parathyroid glands by ligating the inferior thyroid artery close the thyroid gland [10. Occasionally in some cases, the blood flow to the parathyroid gland could not be preserved. A small portion is sent for frozen section and if it is confirmed to be parathyroid tissue, the gland is sliced into small fragments and transplanted to the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Lobectomy and isthmectomy are completed with full visualization of the recurrent laryngeal nerve and parathyroid glands. Particular care must be taken near the cornu of the larynx just before the nerve enters the larynx. A remnant of less than 2 grams, sufficient only to preserve the parathyroid glands, should be left in place. There is limited literature on the efficacy of prophylactic neck dissection in patients with well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma who do not have palpable lymph nodes [10. Radioactive iodine appears to be beneficial in such circumstances, but it is much less effective in ablating palpable regional metastatic lymph nodes. The use of selective removal of palpable nodes in the lateral compartment (Berry/cherry picking) has largely been abandoned. Modified radical neck dissection can be accomplished using an enbloc dissection that removes all of the lymphatic and adipose tissue in the lateral neck compartment while avoiding the cosmetic or functional abnormality of removal of muscle groups employed in the classic radical neck dissection. When enlarged lymph nodes are present either in the tracheoesophageal groove, the superior mediastinum, or the jugular area, central compartment clearance should be done. The 97 benefit of systematic lymphadenectomy, in all cases, remains controversial [10. But if used, it is placed in the thyroid bed and the other end is brought out through a gap in the middle of the incision and sutured in place. There are several prognostic factors that were studied using univariate and multivariate analysis in the past three decades. The scheme for categorizing patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer by prognostic risk categories is shown in Table 10. Based on their evaluation, patients are divided into low-risk and high-risk groups. Lymph node metastasis at the time of initial examination seems to have little influence on the risk of death from papillary thyroid carcinoma. However, it increases the risk of loco regional recurrence and decreases the survival rates of follicular thyroid carcinoma. Poorly differentiated tumours are often locally invasive and are associated with a much worse prognosis. The high-risk tumours are those with any of the following characteristics: follicular histology, extra-thyroidal extension, tumour size exceeding 4 cm, and presence of distant metastases. Patients who are less than 45 years old are low-risk while those over 45 years old are high-risk patients. The low-risk group consisted of low-risk patients (under age 45) with low-risk tumour, and the high-risk group consisted of high-risk patients (above the age of 45) with high-risk tumour. The intermediate-risk group consisted of low-risk patients (under the age of 45) with high-risk tumour or high-risk patients with low-risk tumour. Based on these separate risk group categories, these investigators had determined significant differences in their survival rate (low-risk= 99%, intermediate-risk= 87%, and high-risk= 57%) at 20 years). The appropriate surgery of thyroid cancer patients should be based on the risk-group analysis. In the low-risk group, loboisthmusectomy (hemithyroidectomy) are probably sufficient. In the intermediate-risk group, the extent of surgery should be based mainly on tumour-related factors. All types of papillary, follicular, and follicular variant of papillary cancers account for 90% of all cases. Proponents of the near total thyroidectomy argue that there is insignificant decrease of local recurrence and mortality following total thyroidectomy, to justify the potential risks of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury and permanent hypoparathyroidism. They argue that the reported incidence of recurrent nerve injury (0-7%) and permanent hypoparathyroidism (0 8%) varies with the extent of operation, the history of previous neck surgery, and the 99 experience and training of the surgeons [10. They also feel that the cervical lymph node metastasis may have a minor effect on local recurrence in high-risk patients who are over 45 years old. In the low-risk patients, the presence or absence of nodal metastasis has no effect on long term survival (22). The fact that local recurrence signifies a substantial risk of subsequent tumour-related mortality should be emphasized. Patients undergoing lobectomy have a recurrence rate in the contralateral lobe of 5 to 25%, with a mean of 7%. Up to one-half of the patients who were initially considered as low-risk eventually died of thyroid cancer. The result of these retrospective studies probably underestimates the benefits of these treatments because patients with more extensive disease were more likely to be included in the group receiving more extensive treatment. In unilateral carcinoma both the central and the ipsilateral cervico-lateral lymph nodes should be dissected. The authors performed bilateral cervico-central and cervico-lateral lymphadenectomy in multicentric bilateral carcinomas. If only a unilateral lobectomy has been performed initially for a follicular cell-derived cancer, it is often prudent to consider completion thyroidectomy for lesions that are anticipated to have an aggressive behaviour, because large thyroid remnants are difficult to ablate with radioactive iodine [10.

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Potential somatic mutations and copy 113,114 number alterations were identified as described previously. Conditioned Media Cell lines were grown to 80-90% confluency on 15cm plates and then washed three times in serum free media without antibiotics. Cells were then cultured for 3 days in serum free and antibiotic free media to produced conditioned media. Cells were incubated for 96 hours, and cell number was quantified by luciferase activity. This was to prevent clotting of follicular fluid and consequent obscuring of cellular signal. Plates were then rinsed with tap water 3x and allowed to dry overnight at room temperature. Samples were then rinsed with 1% acetic acid 4x until all unbound dye had been removed. Once plates were dry, 200uL 10mM Trizma Base solution (Sigma) was added to each well and incubated rocking at room temperature 10 min to allow all dye to dissolve. Coli) on ice before being combined with Xtremegene and Optimem at room temperature for 15 min. Transfection cocktails were added dropwise to 10cm plates of 293T cells in antibiotic free media and incubated at th th 37?C. Three days later the media was replaced and virus was harvested on the 4 and 5 days. Viral harvest was performed by collecting media from lenti-viral plates and centrifuging at 500g for 10 minutes to remove dead 293T cells. Viral containing supernatent was combined with 1 volume Lenti-X concentrator (Clontech) to 3 volumes supernatent and incubated at 4?C for 30 min before centrifugation to pellet viral constructs. Cells and virus containing media were incubated together overnight at 37?C and media was replaced the following day. Luciferization of Cell Lines Cell lines were combined with mCherry-luc containing lentiviral particles (generously provided by Dr. Selection was maintained until non-infected control cells had died, at which point positive selection was performed via flow cytometry selecting for mCherry expression. Subcutaneous tumors were measured with calipers and tumor volume calculated using the 2 115,116 standard formula 0. Luminol Imaging Mice were anesthetized with isoflurane and injected with luciferin intraperitoneally or subcutaneously in accordance with tumor location (Gold Biotechnology). Post-image processing and quantification of bioluminescence was performed with Living Image software (PerkinElmer). Intensity scales were normalized across time points for each cell line prior to quantitative analysis of average radiance measured in p/s/cm? Histology After euthanasia, necropsies were immediately performed, and tissues were placed in cassettes. Tissues were fixed for 24 hours at room temperature in 10% neutral buffered formalin, then transferred to 70% ethanol. Tissues were embedded in paraffin blocks, and histologic sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Paraffin embedded sections were incubated in hydrogen peroxidase and absolute alcohol for 30 minutes to block endogenous peroxidase activity. Antigen retrieval was performed using pressure cooker pretreatment in citrate buffer 83 (pH=6. Tissue sections were subsequently incubated with the primary antibody for 40 minutes at 25?C. Appropriate positive (prostate) and negative (incubation with secondary antibody only) controls were stained in parallel for each round of immunohistochemistry. Beads were then added to the antibody-bound samples and incubated for 45 min at 4?C with rotation. Bound cells were rinsed and examined under a microscope until cells in the non-infected control group were no longer visible, and infected cells finally resuspended in media to expand infected population. Briefly, cells were manually removed from plate and resuspended in hypotonic 86 buffer prior to cell lysis via dounce. Centrifugation separated out the chromatin pellet, and the solubilized nuclear fraction was further digested with micrococcal nuclease. Proteins identified in the empty vector control samples were removed from finalized list of potential interacting proteins. Cell debris was spun down for 10 min full speed and supernatent cleared for 1 hour at 4?C with unbound protein-G sepharose beads (Sigma Aldrich). Unbound protein-G sepharose beads were added to solutions and incubation continued for 30 more minutes. Bound antibody and protein 87 complexes were eluted with Laemmli buffer (Boston BioProducts) and interactions validated by western blot. Cells were processed via the Alkaline protocol as outlined in the Trevigen Comet Assay kit (Trevigen). Processing of Follicular Fluid In Vitro Fertilization clinic in pre-processed, frozen aliquots. Bovine follicular fluid was generously donated by the Tsang lab from research cows at the University of New Hampshire in pre-processed, frozen aliquots. Follicular fluid was harvested along with mature follicles via transvaginal ultrasound aspiration. Once eggs had been removed, discarded follicular fluid was stored briefly at 4?C until it could be picked up by researchers for further experimentation (less than 20 min). Follicular fluid samples were transferred to ice and immediately centrifuged at 1,500g for 10 min at 4?C as per standard follicular fluid processing 119 guidelines. The bloody pellet was discarded and the supernatant containing follicular fluid was then used for experimental purposes within the next hour. For paired samples comparing frozen fresh follicular fluid to fresh follicular fluid, a fresh sample was divided and one half kept on ice breifly while the second half was flash frozen in ethanol and 89 dry ice and transferred to -80?C for 15 min before being thawed on ice. Chemiluminescent Analysis of Follicular Fluid Frozen, pre-spun follicular fluids were thawed on ice and immediately measured. Fresh Ascites samples were spun down at 1,000rpm to remove blood cells, fat cells, and other debris, and the supernatant was immediately measured. Initial start time was delayed for 5 seconds to prevent variation in start time, with 2 second measurements taken every 5 seconds over the course of 15 minutes. We now understand that ovarian cancer is not just one disease arising from the ovarian surface epithelium, but 3,4,24 a heterogenous disease with origins across the female reproductive tract. As mass scale genetic data becomes available not only for ovarian cancer, but for other diseases as well, we expect that similar disconnects will be found between the most commonly used cell lines and the diseases they represent. While end stage tumors are readily accessible to develop both hereditary and spontaneous models of ovarian cancer, carrying this diversity through models of early progression presents a significant challenge to researchers. Molecular Characterization of Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines While genetic relevance plays an important role in ensuring the ultimate goal of successfully translating therapies from bench to bedside, many other factors are equally essential to selecting a relevant and useful ovarian cancer cell line. Thus a careful examination of cell lines before they are widely used is a useful tool to ensure the highest probability of translational success. In Vivo Tumor Formation the ability to form xenografts in vivo is also important to leveraging cell lines for pre-clinical research. This suggests that optimal xenograft growth may be achieved in the environment most closely associated with that of the original tumor. Given recent research showing the metabolic dependence of ovarian tumors on the omentum, it is probable that proximity to this tissue may 124,125 be one of the many growth advantages of intraperitoneal tumor growth. Another factor that may impact xenograft growth in vivo is the origin of the cell line. The most common sources of ovarian cancer derived cell models include tumors, metastases, or tumor cells found in ascites, all of which are differently adapted to best fit their biological 45 niche. We now know that clinically ovarian cancer may have many different faces during its different reincarnations, 126,127 especially after recurrence when it develops drug resistance. Thus it may be overly simplistic to choose a cell line only based on its drug resistance status, when a primary tumor resistant to platinum treatment may have a different resistance mechanism than ascites from a recurrent tumor where secondary 126 128 resistance has developed. Going forward, better records of tumor origins and patient history can help better select cell lines from tumors that more closely reflect the intended treatment population and may inform the optimal environment for in vivo modeling of a particular cell line. To further explore the differences between primary and recurring tumors, one group has recently developed ovarian cancer cell lines from three ovarian cancer patients, with matched samples derived from primary tumor, recurrent tumor, and 128 ascites. Further studies of matched samples would elucidate the differences and similarities between tumors from different sources and time points within the same patient, ultimately giving us a better idea of how much location and timing matters in cell line selection and the ability of the tumors to form xenografts. Microenvironment and Ovarian Cancer Models Our work in supplemental chapter 8 focused on modeling the impact of ovulation on fallopian tube epithelium. In order to model the microenvironmental impact of ovulation ex vivo, a special transwell membrane had to be employed to maintain fallopian tube polarization as well as both cilliated and secretory sub-populations in culture. Using this model, we were able to establish that follicular fluid had a similar proliferatory phenotype to serum containing media, which is unsurprising as follicular fluid 129 131 is primarily derived from thecal capillary serum. However, we were unable to establish a novel phenotype for follicular fluid beyond that of the serum. A possible reason for this discrepancy is the heavy reliance on small volumes of follicular fluid and brief viability ex vivo of fallopian tubes, necessitating new samples from different women for virtually every experiment. While follicular fluid is known to vary from woman to woman and even within the same woman over the course of follicle development, it is unknown how widely fallopian tube epithelium varies 133 135 between individuals. In general, 2-D cell culture does little to preserve the original environment of the cells being modeled. Our primary fallopian tube epithelium ex vivo cultures as well as similar methods by others seeks to preserve cellular polarization and in rare cases even stroma in order to better recapitulate the 37,39,136 original biological setting. Although novel culturing methods are common to fallopian tube models, tumor models are still overwhelmingly 2-D. Given our newfound understanding of the importance of tumor microenvironment, several labs are seeking to change this bias and to develop equally novel methods to make microenvironmentally relevant insights into late stage ovarian cancer. Promising new studies have focused on the communication and metabolic dependency of ovarian cancer cells on the adipose tissue of the omentum, using similar transwell plates as in supplementary chapter 8, which allow the co-culture of cancer cells above and adipose tissue below to measure signaling 124,125 interactions. Applying already familiar techniques used to model fallopian tube epithelium to end stage ovarian cancer models could offer additional opportunities to further characterize cell lines in vitro. Other labs, led by ground breaking methods developed in the Brugge lab, seek to model the initiation of metastasis in ovarian cancer by modeling the clearing of the mesothelium. This is done by 96 spheroid assays that allow the tumor cells to interact with each other in a more organic matter, resulting in decreased drug sensitivity and increased malignancy. The future of ovarian cancer research is likely to be driven by similar novel modeling techniques that go beyond traditional 2-D cell culture in an effort better understand and treat this disease in the context of its unique environment. Tumor heterogeneity One last important characteristic of clinical ovarian cancer that is often overlooked at the lab bench is tumor heterogeneity. Perhaps even more startling is a recent study with a small but powerful data set which took 11 spatially separated samples from across the primary tumor and metastases of a patient with ovarian cancer during cytoreductive surgery and performed whole exome sequencing to determine the similarities and 141 differences of each sample. However, this work was performed on tumor derived cell lines that are heavily selected under the pressures of 2D culture and may underestimate variation within the same tumor. Understanding ovarian cancer as a quickly evolving and heterogenous entity is daunting and raises many challenges both in modeling and treatment. However, better models, as evidenced by the work of the 97 Brugge lab and others, are the first step to understanding the underlying mechanisms and potential weaknesses of this deadly disease. While most ovarian tumors are initially sensitive to standard taxane and platinum-based chemotherapy, recurrent tumors are much more likely to be resistant, leading to 126,127 limited treatment options and ultimately a mere 44% 5 year survival rate. Novel drug targeting strategies offer one way to overcome this unmet clinical challenge. To overcome difficulties targeting the protein 142 itself, researchers have recently sought to inhibit interacting proteins. Unfortunately, low yield made it necessary to perform the immunoprecipitation experiments in the context of S3 HeLa cells rather than ovarian cancer cell lines. Lastly, inhibiting dimerization of transcription factors is a promising way to inhibit their function. If left untreated the side effects are severe and may result in growth deficits and intellectual disabilities. Hypothyroidism is much more common in females than males, and incidence is particularly high in older females. Various studies of Japanese, European, and American populations estimate that between 10-20% of women over 55 years 144,145 of age will develop hypothyroidism, with the highest prevalence seen in Caucasian women. While synthetic thyroid hormone is generally well tolerated, side effects are primarily due to overcompensation, 145 resulting in hyperthyroid symptoms including anxiety, weight loss, and osteoporosis. Since the average 146 age of onset for ovarian cancer is 63, it is likely that some women with ovarian cancer already take thyroid replacement hormones. While treatment would ideally exclusively impact the proliferation of the tumor, in the case of most ovarian cancer patients, whose diagnosis is typically post-menopause, ovulation has already 101 146 ceased and thus the fallopian tubes and even uterus are unnecessary to survival and quality of life. Less ideal are necrosis, which can cause inflammation and damage the surrounding tissue, and senescence, where cells are blocked from proliferating but not necessarily primed to die. In contrast, our research using cell cycle analysis and Annexin V staining found little apoptosis but significant cell cycle arrest (Figure 3. In contrast, flow cytometry is considered to be a more robust technique as the levels of apoptosis can be measured in each cell individually.

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This approach has not always been applicable series from a small number of centers have been described in the in Western countries, where there has been a lack of widespread literature [41,133,156,233?236]. Long-term outcomes after official training programs, so that resection rates have not been endoscopic resection of gastric neoplasias are rarely described as high as those from Japanese studies, although a clear learning [133,156,236]. Nevertheless, the recent efforts made by that described long-term outcomes following endoscopic resec Western institutions to organize specific training programs and tion of gastric superficial lesions [133], rates of en bloc and R0 re to produce guidelines permit an expectation that differences section were comparable to those in Eastern meta-analyses of with the Eastern world should disappear. Recurrence rates were also comparable How far can this evidence be extended to Western (4% vs. Current management of esopha ture presents lower rates of complete resection and higher com geal squamous-cell carcinoma in Japan and other countries. Analysis of 201 surgically resected superficial squamous cell complete resection (69%) but with similar complications, even carcinomas. Mucosal squamous cell carcino series in Sweden also achieved lower rates of complete resection ma of the esophagus: a clinicopathologic study of 30 cases. High rate of lymph-node metastasis in submucosal esophageal squamous-cell carcinomas and worse results with only a 53% complete resection rate and an im adenocarcinomas. Randomized studyof two endo-kni sults similar to those of Eastern series, suggesting that with prop ves for endoscopic submucosal dissection of esophageal cancer. 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