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Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains a major cause of cancer mortality in South Africa. Understanding locally relevant and modifiable risk factors is crucial for prevention. [...]

Concordance of NECTIN-4 gene and protein expression and clinic-pathologic associations in matched bladder cancer (BC) triplets, defined as histological specimens from transurethral resection of the bladder (TUR-B), radical cystectomy (RC), and lymphadenectomy (LA) from the same patient, remains unknown. With Enfortumab Vedotin (EV) potentially moving into earlier treatment settings, understanding expression of NECTIN-4 and other targets in archival tissue samples is important. [...]

RAS family proteins, including HRAS, NRAS, and KRAS, are frequently mutated in cancer. Although there has been recent success in designing inhibitors that target oncogenic RAS, they elicit resistance and treating RAS-driven cancer remains difficult. [...]

Steatotic liver diseases (SLDs), including metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD; formerly known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) and alcoholic liver disease, are the leading causes of chronic hepatitis, liver dysfunction, cirrhosis and liver cancer development. Severe manifestations of MASLD and alcoholic liver disease include metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH; formerly known as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) and alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH) or a combination thereof, termed metabolic dysfunction and alcohol-associated liver disease. [...]