Female breast cancer incidence and mortality in China, 2013.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central airway obstruction related to endobronchial malignancy is one of the most difficult oncological complications and requires efficient palliative intervention. METHODS:Fifty-three consecutive patients with unresectable endobronchial malignancy receiving bronchoscopic cryotherapy as palliative treatmen...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Kuo SC,Lo YL,Chou CL,Chung FT,Lin SM,Liu CY,Kuo HP

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rab27A and Rab27B are the major components of vesicle fusion and trafficking in exosome secretion and play important roles in tumor progression and metastasis. In addition, Rab27A and Rab27B are associated with tumor prognosis. This study investigated the prognostic roles of Rab27A and Rab27B expression in p...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Koh HM,Song DH

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of primary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the diaphragm in a 64-year-old man. The patient was hospitalized for a computed tomography (CT)-detected large tissue mass at the left lower lung field. Complete tumor excision followed by pathological investigation was performed. Microscopically, the t...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Fu J,Wu Q,Zhang Y,Zhang X,Wang Z

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined two cases of primary lung cancer with sebaceous-like clear cells (SLCCs), defined as clear carcinoma cells with microvacuolated cytoplasm and centrally located nuclei, which were selected from among 281 surgical/autopsy cases of lung cancer (2/281, 0.7%). Both cases were higher stage (stage IIA and IIIA), ...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Matsukuma S,Obara K,Kono T,Takeo H,Sato K

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:  To evaluate the conditions of palliative chemotherapy in terminally ill patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and to discuss the potential factors that affect the prognosis of these patients. METHODS:  All 205 terminally ill patients with advanced NSCLC, who died in our hospital durin...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Yang D,Qiu M,Zou LQ,Zhang W,Jiang Y,Zhang DY,Yan X

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the cytotoxic and antitumor activity of spider venom (SV). METHODS:Cell proliferation and cytotoxicity were determined by 3 H-methyl thymidine incorporation ([3 H]-TDR) assay. DNA fragmentation and cell cycle kinetics were analyzed by FACS. In vivo inhibition of tumor s...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Gao L,Zhang J,Liu X,Zhao M,Li L,Liu X,Zhao B

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:  The 12th National Lung Cancer Academic Conference was held in Wu Han, China in 2011. METHODS:  The content of the conference involved recent research achievements and progress in the field of lung cancer, including the epidemiology of lung cancer and molecules, new methods and technology for early-screeni...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Liu Y,Chen G,Qiu X,Chen J,Zhou Q

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic effect of molecular subtypes on male breast cancer (MBC) remains unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinicopathological and prognostic factors of MBC patients. METHODS:From 1 January 1990 to 31 December 2014, the data of 152 MBC and 304 female breast cancer (FBC) patients were...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Zhao J,Wang B,Zhao J,Mao Y,Liu J,Yang Y

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nm23-H1 gene has been found to be an inhibitor of tumor metastasis in lung cancer. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play key roles in tumor metastasis through multiple signaling pathways. This study explored whether the nm23-H1 gene could inhibit invasion and metastasis of lung cancer cells by regulating miRNA-660-5p targ...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Ai C,Ma G,Deng Y,Zheng Q,Gen Y,Li W,Li Y,Zu L,Zhou Q

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma has been shown to respond remarkably to PD-1 inhibitors; however, the biomarkers for this therapy have not been fully proven. We report a case of pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma with overexpressed PD-L1, in which a complete response to nivolumab was sustained for >14 months. Immunohisto...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Okamura K,Fukuda Y,Soda H,Ogawara D,Iwasaki K,Fuchi S,Suyama T,Yoshida M,Harada T,Fukuda M,Mukae H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed cell death-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) antibody has proven to be effective in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients positive for programmed cell death-1 ligand-1. However, there are currently no reports which evaluate drug efficacy by continuous bronchoscopic observation. A 75-year-ol...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Morikawa K,Kida H,Handa H,Inoue T,Miyazawa T,Mineshita M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To compare the efficiency and toxicity of bevacizumab by intrapleural or intravenous infusion in the management of malignant pleural effusion in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS:Sensitizing mutation negative NSCLC patients with malignant pleural effusion were randomized into two gro...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Nie K,Zhang Z,You Y,Zhuang X,Zhang C,Ji Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of patients diagnosed with early stage disease (T1a or T1b) has been increasing. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of esophagectomy (ES), endoscopic therapy (ET), and radiotherapy (RT) on long-term survival in elderly patients with cT1N0M0 esophageal cancer. METHODS:We searched t...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Qin J,Peng Y,Chen W,Ma H,Zheng Y,Li Y,Wang J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old woman visited our hospital complaining of right chest pain. Chest computed tomography showed a 55 × 45 mm tumor in the right upper lobe. Bronchoscopy revealed displaced anomalous B 1 and B 2+3 arising from the right main bronchus, and the patient was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma by transbronchial l...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Tajima K,Uchida N,Sasamoto H,Okada T,Kohri T,Mogi A,Kuwano H

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the surgical management of a male patient with early-stage lung cancer who underwent thoracoscopic completion right lower lobectomy after previously undergoing sublobar resection for multifocal ground glass nodules of the lung. Perioperative considerations associated with the management of dense ...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Liu YW,Chou SH,Hung JY,Kao CN,Chang PC

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study was conducted to compare the clinicopathological characteristics, survival outcomes, and metastatic patterns between pulmonary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) and other non-small cell lung cancer (ONSCLC), and to identify the prognostic factors of LCNEC. METHODS:Data of patients diagno...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Yang Q,Xu Z,Chen X,Zheng L,Yu Y,Zhao X,Chen M,Luo B,Wang J,Sun J

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diagnostic work-up to evaluate possible mediastinal lymph node involvement in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) should be performed once suspected as a result of computed tomography. Cytological/histological verification is always compulsory. In recent years, diagnostic tools for mediastinal evaluatio...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Dango S,Guenter J,Passlick B

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal cancer with a history of distal gastrectomy is a clinical problem. To our knowledge there have been no reports of remnant stomach fed from the left gastroepiploic artery being used in esophageal reconstruction. We, herein, report four cases of esophagogastric reconstruction using remnant stomach with a sing...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： You B,Hou SC,Li H,Hu B

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchomediastinal fistula is an extremely rare complication resulting from diseases such as mediastinitis or mediastinal malignancies. In patients with lung cancer, bronchomediastinal fistula formation has rarely been reported, except during post-chemotherapy or post-radiation therapy complications. An 84-year-old vi...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Song SH,Oh YJ,Chae SM,Lee J

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The combination of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and chemotherapy is thought to increase treatment efficacy in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study investigated the efficacy and potential mechanisms of different combined modes of icotinib plus pemetrexed in EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma ...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Cui J,Zhang Y,Su D,Li T,Li Y

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasmid construction of small fragments of interest (such as insertion of small fragment marker genes, expression of shRNA, siRNA, etc) is the basis of many biomolecular experiments. Here, we describe a method to clone short DNA into vectors by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), named one-step PCR cloning. Our...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Tao CC,Yang Y,Li F,Qiao L,Wu Y,Sun XD,Zhang YY,Li CL

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most tumor cells show different metabolic pathways than normal cells. Even under the conditions of sufficient oxygen, they produce energy by a high rate of glycolysis followed by lactic acid fermentation in the cytosol, which is known as aerobic glycolysis or the Warburg effect. Lung cancer is a malignant tumor with o...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Li XB,Gu JD,Zhou QH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) are frequently elderly with poor performance status and usually cannot withstand chemotherapy because of its toxicities. We report a case of an elderly woman with chronic renal failure undergoing HD who was diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer and treated with orally...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Luo J,Ni L,Wang M,Zhong W,Xiao Y,Zheng K,Hu P

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been reported that there are more circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the pulmonary vein (PV) than in the peripheral blood; however, it is unclear whether the CTC count changes in the PV after resection of a lung lobe. METHODS:Thirty-three lung cancer patients were recruited for the study, including 17...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Duan X,Zhu Y,Cui Y,Yang Z,Zhou S,Han Y,Yu D,Xiao N,Cao X,Li Y,Liu S,Wang Z,Zhang W,Feng L,Zhang K,Shou J,Liu Z,Xu S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pleomorphic carcinoma (PC) of the lung is a rare histological type of lung carcinoma. The association between computed tomography (CT) findings and histology with outcome remains unclear. We examined the relationships between CT features and histopathologic findings, and evaluated the impact of CT features a...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Onoda H,Kimura T,Tao H,Okabe K,Matsumoto T,Ikeda E

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the correlation between mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor (C-Met) and human epidermal growth receptor 2 (HER2) protein expression in primary lung adenocarcinoma tissues. METHOD:A total of 1479 resected primary lung adenocarcinoma patients were enrolled in the present study for detectin...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Yang L,Che Y,Guo L,Zheng B,Wang B,Yang Z,Zhu Y,Li J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vagus nerve and recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury are not rare complications of lung cancer surgery and can cause lethal consequences. Until now, no optimal method other than paying greater attention during surgery has been available. METHODS:Four patients underwent lung surgery that involved RLN or va...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Li H,Hu Y,Huang J,Yang Y,Xing K,Luo Q

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although FGF19 gene aberrations are associated with carcinogenesis and progression in human cancers, the roles of FGF19 genetic amplification and expression in Chinese patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) and FGF19 amplification as a potential therapeutic target for LSCC are not well understood....

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Zhang X,Kong M,Zhang Z,Xu S,Yan F,Wei L,Zhou J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of active anti-cancer treatment (AAT) compared with best supportive care (BSC) in elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS:A retrospective analysis of 144 patients, aged 70 or older, with stage IIIb/IV NSCLC from 672 patients...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Kim JH,Ryu MS,Ryu YJ,Lee JH,Shim SS,Kim Y,Chang JH

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the case of a 17-year-old man who developed mediastinal growing teratoma syndrome following two cycles of chemotherapy, after an initial diagnosis of primary mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumor. The large, rapidly-growing mediastinal tumor was completely resected in conjunction with right...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Kao CN,Chou SH,Huang CL,Lin CH,Chiang HH,Lee JY,Li HP,Chang PC,Liu YW

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00