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Cancer, Jan 14, 2017

Unique features and worse outcomes have been reported for cancers among adolescents and young adu... more Unique features and worse outcomes have been reported for cancers among adolescents and young adults (AYAs; 15-39 years old). The aim of this study was to explore the mortality and survival patterns of malignant central nervous system (CNS) tumors among AYAs in Southern-Eastern Europe (SEE) in comparison with the US Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program. Malignant CNS tumors diagnosed in AYAs during the period spanning 1990-2014 were retrieved from 14 population-based cancer registries in the SEE region (n = 11,438). Age-adjusted mortality rates were calculated and survival patterns were evaluated via Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox regression analyses, and they were compared with respective 1990-2012 figures from SEER (n = 13,573). Mortality rates in SEE (range, 11.9-18.5 deaths per million) were higher overall than the SEER rate (9.4 deaths per million), with decreasing trends in both regions. Survival rates increased during a comparable period (2001-2009) in SEE ...

European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990), Nov 1, 2017

To present incidence of central nervous system (CNS) tumours among adolescents and young adults (... more To present incidence of central nervous system (CNS) tumours among adolescents and young adults (AYAs; 15-39 years) derived from registries of Southern and Eastern Europe (SEE) in comparison to the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER), US and explore changes due to etiological parameters or registration improvement via evaluating time trends. Diagnoses of 11,438 incident malignant CNS tumours in AYAs (1990-2014) were retrieved from 14 collaborating SEE cancer registries and 13,573 from the publicly available SEER database (1990-2012). Age-adjusted incidence rates (AIRs) were calculated; Poisson and joinpoint regression analyses were performed for temporal trends. The overall AIR of malignant CNS tumours among AYAs was higher in SEE (28.1/million) compared to SEER (24.7/million). Astrocytomas comprised almost half of the cases in both regions, albeit the higher proportion of unspecified cases in SEE registries (30% versus 2.5% in SEER). Similar were the age and gender di...

Hepato-gastroenterology

We present the case of a 53 year-old patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenia associated with Wil... more We present the case of a 53 year-old patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenia associated with Wilson's disease. Idiopathic thrombocytopenia was diagnosed in August of 1994, and as the response to corticosteroid therapy was poor, the patient underwent a splenectomy in October of the same year. A liver biopsy, which was performed during the operation, showed Wilson's disease in the form of mild, chronic, active hepatitis. The serum ceruloplasmin was low, and the Kayser Fleischer's ring was positive. MRI of the brain showed cortical reductive changes with areas of copper accumulation in the white brain matter. An unusual presentation of Wilson's disease associated with idiopathic thrombocytopenia has not been published as of yet. The diagnosis of Wilson's disease was made at an advanced, adult age, which may implicate a heterozygous genetic configuration.

Serbian Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research, 2011

Medical Journal of Montenegro, 2013

European Journal of Haematology, 2009

... Sweet's syndrome associated with paracentric inversion of chromosome 3q in a patient with... more ... Sweet's syndrome associated with paracentric inversion of chromosome 3q in a patient with multiple myeloma. Milica D. Čolović,; Gradimir M. Janković,; Angelina Z. Novak,; Rajko M.Strahinja,; Nataa R. Čolović. Article first published online: 24 APR 2009. ...