Expression of hepcidin mRNA is uniformly suppressed in hepatocellular carcinoma.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) has emerged as a new treatment option for patients with oligometastatic disease. SABR delivers precise, high-dose, hypofractionated radiotherapy, and achieves excellent rates of local control for primary tumors or metastases. A recent randomized phase II trial evalua...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Palma DA,Olson R,Harrow S,Correa RJM,Schneiders F,Haasbeek CJA,Rodrigues GB,Lock M,Yaremko BP,Bauman GS,Ahmad B,Schellenberg D,Liu M,Gaede S,Laba J,Mulroy L,Senthi S,Louie AV,Swaminath A,Chalmers A,Warner A,Slot

更新日期：2019-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypoxia is an important factor that contributes to tumour aggressiveness and correlates with poor prognosis and resistance to conventional therapy. Therefore, identifying hypoxic environments within tumours is extremely useful for understanding cancer biology and developing novel therapeutic strategies. Seve...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Takei N,Yoneda A,Kosaka M,Sakai-Sawada K,Tamura Y

更新日期：2019-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic inflammation has been implicated in cancer development and progression. This study examined the best cutoff value of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients. METHODS:The relationship between ESR and clinical characteristics was analyzed in 182 DLBCL pa...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Wu S,Zhou Y,Hua HY,Zhang Y,Zhu WY,Wang ZQ,Li J,Gao HQ,Wu XH,Lu TX,Hua D

更新日期：2018-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe toxicity to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) based chemotherapy in gastrointestinal cancer has been associated with constitutional genetic alterations of the dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase gene (DPYD). METHODS:In this study, we evaluated DPYD promoter methylation through quantitative methylation-specific PCR a...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Savva-Bordalo J,Ramalho-Carvalho J,Pinheiro M,Costa VL,Rodrigues A,Dias PC,Veiga I,Machado M,Teixeira MR,Henrique R,Jerónimo C

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase-derived reactive oxygen species (ROS) not only can promote cancer progression, but also they have recently emerged as mediators of the mucosal immune system. However, the roles and clinical relevance of the collective or individual NADPH oxidase (NO...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Cho SY,Kim S,Son MJ,Kim G,Singh P,Kim HN,Choi HG,Yoo HJ,Ko YB,Lee BS,Eun HS

更新日期：2019-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal treatment for patients with brain metastasis from gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) has not been established. This study aims to investigate the clinical characteristics and the management of brain metastasis from GTN in relation to patients' outcomes. METHODS:We retrospectively investig...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Xiao C,Yang J,Zhao J,Ren T,Feng F,Wan X,Xiang Y

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with poorer outcomes in some cancers. Its effect on ovarian cancer is less clear. We consider the effect of DM on overall survival (OS) and progression free survival (PFS) in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). METHODS:A retrospective cohort study of 215 patie...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Akhavan S,Ghahghaei-Nezamabadi A,Modaresgilani M,Mousavi AS,Sepidarkish M,Tehranian A,Rezayof E

更新日期：2018-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Distinguishing between multiple primary lung cancers and metastatic tumors is often difficult when the tumor histology is same. Since genomic instability is a common feature of cancer, we hypothesized that independently arising neoplasms in an individual patient would exhibit measurable genomic variation, en...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Shen C,Xu H,Liu L,Zhou Y,Chen D,Du H,Han Z,Che G

更新日期：2013-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidermal growth factor receptor exon 20 insertion (EGFRex20ins) mutations represent approximately 4-12% of EGFR mutations and are generally refractory to the 1st and 2nd generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Development of effective therapies for patients with EGFRex20ins mutant non-small-cell ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Fang W,Huang Y,Hong S,Zhang Z,Wang M,Gan J,Wang W,Guo H,Wang K,Zhang L

更新日期：2019-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estrogen (17β-estradiol) promotes the survival and proliferation of breast cancer cells and its receptors represent important therapeutic targets. The cellular actions of estrogen are mediated by the nuclear estrogen receptors ERα and ERβ as well as the 7-transmembrane spanning G protein-coupled estrogen rec...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Zekas E,Prossnitz ER

更新日期：2015-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) reported remarkable achievements in several solid tumours. However, in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) promising results are limited to patients with deficient mismatch repair/microsatellite instability-high (dMMR/MSI-high) tumours due to their immune-enriched microenv...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Antoniotti C,Borelli B,Rossini D,Pietrantonio F,Morano F,Salvatore L,Lonardi S,Marmorino F,Tamberi S,Corallo S,Tortora G,Bergamo F,Brunella DS,Boccaccino A,Grassi E,Racca P,Tamburini E,Aprile G,Moretto R,Boni L,Fa

更新日期：2020-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women world-wide. Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly aggressive subtype that lacks expression of hormone receptors for estrogen, progesterone and human epidermal growth factor 2; and is associated with a high propensity for metastatic spread. Sever...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Avery-Kiejda KA,Braye SG,Forbes JF,Scott RJ

更新日期：2014-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal peritoneal carcinomatosis (CRPC) is a common form of systemic metastasis of intra-abdominal cancers. Intraperitoneal chemotherapy is a preferable option for colorectal cancer. Here we reported that a new system, 5-FU-loaded hydrogel system, can improve the therapeutic effects of intraperitoneal ch...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Wang Y,Gong C,Yang L,Wu Q,Shi S,Shi H,Qian Z,Wei Y

更新日期：2010-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:RhoC is a small G protein/GTPase and involved in tumor mobility, invasion and metastasis. Previously, up-regulated RhoC expression is found to play an important role in ovarian carcinogenesis and subsequent progression by modulating proliferation, apoptosis, migration and invasion. METHODS:We transfected Rh...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Gou WF,Zhao Y,Lu H,Yang XF,Xiu YL,Zhao S,Liu JM,Zhu ZT,Sun HZ,Liu YP,Xu F,Takano Y,Zheng HC

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thyroid transcription factor (TTF)-1 expression is a diagnostic marker and a good prognostic indicator for lung adenocarcinoma. However, its good prognostic ability might be due to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-sensitizing mutations as shown by the positive correlation between TTF-1 expression and ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Park JY,Jang SH,Kim HI,Kim JH,Park S,Hwang YI,Jung KS,Seo J,Lee CY,Ko Y,Park YB

更新日期：2019-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Outpatient autologous stem cell transplantations (ASCTs) in multiple myeloma and lymphoma patients have been shown to reduce the overall costs and improve the quality of life relative to inpatient ASCTs. This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed with the aim of comprehensively comparing the risk...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Owattanapanich W,Suphadirekkul K,Kunacheewa C,Ungprasert P,Prayongratana K

更新日期：2018-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cell-free DNA's (cfDNA) use as a biomarker in cancer is challenging due to genetic heterogeneity of malignancies and rarity of tumor-derived molecules. Here we describe and demonstrate a novel machine-learning guided panel design strategy for improving the detection of tumor variants in cfDNA. Using this app...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Cario CL,Chen E,Leong L,Emami NC,Lopez K,Tenggara I,Simko JP,Friedlander TW,Li PS,Paris PL,Carroll PR,Witte JS

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic cancer is poorly characterized at genetic and non-genetic levels. The current study evaluates in a large cohort of patients the prognostic relevance of molecular subtypes and key transcription factors in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). METHODS:We performed gene expression analysis of who...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Janky R,Binda MM,Allemeersch J,Van den Broeck A,Govaere O,Swinnen JV,Roskams T,Aerts S,Topal B

更新日期：2016-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of raloxifene, a novel selective estrogen receptor modulator, were studied in a mouse metastatic mammary cancer model expressing cytoplasmic ERα. METHODS:Mammary tumors, induced by inoculation of syngeneic BALB/c mice with BJMC3879luc2 cells, were subsequently treated with raloxifene at 0, 18 an...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Shibata MA,Morimoto J,Shibata E,Kurose H,Akamatsu K,Li ZL,Kusakabe M,Ohmichi M,Otsuki Y

更新日期：2010-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is a well-established approach to treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) recommended by both the European Society for Medical Oncology and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network based on the results from randomized controlled studies. H...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Sureda A,André M,Borchmann P,da Silva MG,Gisselbrecht C,Vassilakopoulos TP,Zinzani PL,Walewski J

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cervical cancer is the 4th highest cause of female reproductive tract malignancies. Multiple loci have been identified as important determinant factors for tumor susceptibility. In this report, we aimed to explore the roles of gene polymorphisms affecting x-ray repair cross complementing 1 (XRCC1), the tumor...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Liu GC,Zhou YF,Su XC,Zhang J

更新日期：2019-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) overexpression is an important prognostic and predictive biomarker in human breast cancer. SERBP1, a protein that is supposed to regulate the stability of PAI-1 mRNA, may play a role in gynaecological cancers as well, since upregulation of SERBP1 was described in ova...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Serce NB,Boesl A,Klaman I,von Serényi S,Noetzel E,Press MF,Dimmler A,Hartmann A,Sehouli J,Knuechel R,Beckmann MW,Fasching PA,Dahl E

更新日期：2012-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUD:The incidence of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury has increased due to RLN lymph node dissection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of intraoperative ultrasonography (IU) to detect RLN nodal metastases in esophageal cancer patients. METHODS:Sixty patients with esophageal cancer underwen...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Wang J,Liu M,Shen J,Ouyang H,Xie X,Lin T,Li A,Yang H

更新日期：2018-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the safety and efficacy of simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) or late course accelerated boost (LCAB) with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) to the vaginal cuff for high risk cervical cancer patients after radical hysterectomy. METHODS:Between October 2009 and January 2012, patients with high ris...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Wang X,Zhao Y,Shen Y,Shu P,Li Z,Bai S,Xu F

更新日期：2015-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To the best of our knowledge, no study has reported mediastinal shift accompanied with obstructive atelectasis due to bulky primary esophageal tumor components treated with adaptive radiotherapy and concurrent chemotherapy. CASE PRESENTATION:Here we report the case of a 65-year-old male patient diagnosed wi...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Sakanaka K,Fujii K,Mizowaki T

更新日期：2020-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no consensus regarding resection of the primary tumour with few or absent symptoms in patients with synchronous unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). A potential benefit of resection of the primary tumour is to prevent complications of the primary tumour in later stages of the disease. We...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： 't Lam-Boer J,Mol L,Verhoef C,de Haan AF,Yilmaz M,Punt CJ,de Wilt JH,Koopman M

更新日期：2014-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term survival in numerous cancers often correlates with specific whole transcriptome profiles or the expression patterns of smaller numbers of transcripts. In some instances, these are better predictors of survival than are standard classification methods such as clinical stage or hormone receptor statu...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Mandel J,Avula R,Prochownik EV

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To date, there is no report in the international literature of an oligodendroglioma of the ciliary body, nor is there an analysis of the possible origins of this lesion. CASE PRESENTATION:Here we report on a 52-year-old man admitted to our hospital with a ciliary body tumor revealed by clinical examination ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Guo Q,Hao J,Sun Sb,Xu Sp,Yang Q,Guo Ql,Cui Gd

更新日期：2010-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nivestim™ (filgrastim) is a follow-on biologic agent licensed in the EU for the treatment of neutropenia and febrile neutropenia induced by myelosuppressive chemotherapy. Nivestim™ has been studied in phase 2 and 3 clinical trials where its efficacy and safety was found to be similar to its reference product...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Kamioner D,Fruehauf S,Maloisel F,Cals L,Lepretre S,Berthou C

更新日期：2013-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tissue-transglutaminase (TG2), a dual function G-protein, plays key roles in cell differentiation and migration. In our previous studies we reported the mechanism of TG2-induced cell differentiation. In present study, we explored the mechanism of how TG2 may be involved in cell migration. METHODS:To study t...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Kumar A,Hu J,LaVoie HA,Walsh KB,DiPette DJ,Singh US

更新日期：2014-04-11 00:00:00