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This paper presents the creation of a thesaurus in the Maritime Heritage (MH) field. The suggested controlled vocabulary could improve methods for archiving oral sources, written accounts, imagery, 3D archeology, and other multimedia objects related to people and periods from ancient times to recent history. It has been created to cover the indexing needs for resources from Greek Maritime Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) institutions hosted in a MH platform of the research infrastructure Intelligent Research Infrastructure for Shipping, Supply chain, Transport and Logistics (EN.I.R.I.S.S.T.). Its terms are derived from the collections pertinent to maritime activities. Although the construction of this vocabulary took into consideration specific data and their documentation, the goal is to go beyond EN.I.R.I.S.S.T. to assist MH documentation projects and professionals/researchers in organising and archiving MH data. The long-term ambition is to leave an imprint in improving MH data communication in general and contribute to promoting MH as a separate Cultural Heritage (CH) branch. The methodological approach was sensitive to the history of the artefacts, the shipping history and terminology, CH and general vocabularies, as well as the pre-existing practices. Terms and subject headings already existing in the vocabularies of reference were leveraged. The rules and standards of thematic indexing, monolingual and multilingual thesauri creation, and terminology standards were followed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) represents a rare subtype of breast carcinoma, originating from the lobule. Unlike ductal carcinoma, ILC does not express E-cadherin and thus can metastasize to uncommon sites. We aimed to investigate the clinicopathological characteristics of the rare subgroup of ILC patients with gastrointestinal (GI) metastases. A PubMed search was undertaken using the terms "Lobular Breast Carcinoma" AND "Gastrointestinal Metastasis." We identified 169 cases, with metachronous GI metastatic disease being approximately twice as common as synchronous GI metastases. The median age at initial diagnosis was 56.7 years (24-88). The majority of patients were hormonal receptor-positive and only a small minority was HER2-positive. The appearance of a gastrointestinal lesion was often the mode of revelation of ILC. Differential diagnosis from primary gastrointestinal cancer is sometimes challenging, especially in the case of signet-ring cell carcinoma. The median time from breast cancer diagnosis to GI metastases was 6.5 years (0-33). Most common metastatic sites include the stomach, colon, and rectum, in order of decreasing frequency, whereas metastases were found in every part of the digestive tract. In conclusion, metastases of ILC can arise in the gastrointestinal tract and they should be managed similarly to metastatic breast cancer., Competing Interests: Conflicts of interest: In compliance with the ICMJE uniform disclosure form, all authors declare the following: Payment/services info: All authors have declared that no financial support was received from any organization for the submitted work. Financial relationships: All authors have declared that they have no financial relationships at present or within the previous three years with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work. Other relationships: All authors have declared that there are no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work., (Copyright © 2024, Kioleoglou et al.)