Male breast cancer: A closer look at patient and tumor characteristics and factors associated with survival.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have previously demonstrated the survival benefit of both EGFR-TKI treatment and chemotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring EGFR mutations. The aim of the present study was to clarify the factors influencing the treatment sequence after failure of EGFR-TKI ther...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Mizuno T,Horinouchi H,Watanabe S,Sato J,Morita R,Murakami S,Goto Y,Kanda S,Fujiwara Y,Yamamoto N,Ohe Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:Acquired respiratory-digestive tract fistulas occur with abnormal communication between the airways and digestive tract, causing the interflow of gas and liquid. Despite advances in surgical methods and the development of multimodal therapy in recent years, patients with acquired respiratory-digestive tract fistulas c...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Wang H,Ke M,Li W,Wang Z,Li H,Cong M,Zeng Y,Chen L,Lai G,Xie B,Zhang N,Li W,Zhou H,Wang X,Lin D,Zhou Y,Zhang H,Li D,Song X,Wang J,Wu S,Tao M,Sha Z,Tan Q,Han X,Luo L,Ma H,Wang Z

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, risk factors, and survival of lung cancer in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). METHODS:IPF with lung cancer from tertiary hospitals consisted of 1685 patients who had been diagnosed between 2003 and 2007. We reviewed their medical record...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Lee KJ,Chung MP,Kim YW,Lee JH,Kim KS,Ryu JS,Lee HL,Park SW,Park CS,Uh ST,Lee YC,Park SJ,Kim KH,Jeon YJ,Choi WI,Park YB,Kim DS,Jeong SH,Lee JH,Park MS

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to compare survival between standard lobectomy and surgeons' preference sublobar resection among patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS:Medical records of patients undergoing pulmonary resection between 2006 and 2016 were reviewed retrospectively. Differences in d...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Huang CS,Hsu PK,Chen CK,Yeh YC,Hsu HS,Shih CC,Huang BS

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metastatic or recurrent thyroid cancer often behaves aggressively, and approximately two-thirds of patients present with radioiodine resistance. Effective therapies to suppress thyroid cancer metastasis are urgently needed. Nevirapine has been proved to suppress tumor growth and induce differentiation in sev...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Shang H,Zhao J,Yao J,Wang H,Wang S,Dong J,Liao L

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor recurrence or residual tumor after targeted therapy is common in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). There is a lack of high-level evidence on which type of treatment should be employed for these patients and the role of salvage surgery has not been well reported in the literatur...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Song W,Di S,Liu J,Fan B,Zhao J,Zhou S,Chen S,Dong H,Yue C,Gong T

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we present a case of invasive thymoma with intraluminal growth into the left and right brachiocephalic veins, superior vena cava and the right atrium. Resection of the mass, double partial upper lobe lobectomy and superior vena cava, and left and right brachiocephalic vein replacement were performed. Pathologica...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Shen W,Cao Y,Wang X,Zhang P,Zhou Q

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A giant thoracic neoplasm is extremely rare and poorly understood. Our systemic study introduced computed tomography angiography (CTA) with three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction imaging and evaluated correlations between imaging, pathology, and surgical management. METHODS:Data from 45 patients undergoing s...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Feng Z,Li M,Liu F,Peng Y,Ren W,Xie H,Peng Z

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was conducted to investigate the gene expression profiles associated with thymoma to better understand the molecular mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of thymoma. METHODS:Eight patients with thymomas (type A, AB, B1, and B2) and four controls with thymic cysts were analyzed using microarray p...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Meng FJ,Wang S,Zhang J,Yan YJ,Wang CY,Yang CR,Guan ZY,Wang CL

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fundamental treatment for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) involves total or subtotal thyroidectomy. Iodine-131 ((131)I) is routinely utilized to target remnant thyroid cancer and metastasis after thyroidectomy. The effectiveness of other therapeutic modalities remains unsatisfactory; thus, these patients have a poor...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Wang HJ,Yao JM,Zhang ZW,Zhao JY,Shang HX,Liao L,Dong JJ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor mutation burden (TMB) is an important determinant and biomarker for response of targeted therapy and prognosis in patients with lung cancer. The present study aimed to determine whether radiomics signature could non-invasively predict the TMB status and driver mutations in patients with resectable earl...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Wang X,Kong C,Xu W,Yang S,Shi D,Zhang J,Du M,Wang S,Bai Y,Zhang T,Chen Z,Ma Z,Wang J,Dong G,Sun M,Yin R,Chen F

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60-year-old woman was urgently admitted to our hospital because of vertigo and left hemiplegia. Laboratory examination showed thrombocytopenia, high levels of D-dimer and carcinoembryonic antigen. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed multiple bilateral cerebral infarctions. Chest computed tomography (CT) ...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Nakano Y,Koide N,Koyama Y,Nitta K,Koizumi T

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 15% of lung cancer patients are diagnosed in early stages. Microscopic proof of disease cannot always be obtained because of comorbidity or reluctance to undergo invasive diagnostic procedures. In the current study, survival data of patients with and without pathology are compared. METHODS:One...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Zehentmayr F,Sprenger M,Rettenbacher L,Wass R,Porsch P,Fastner G,Pirich C,Studnicka M,Sedlmayer F

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Capn4 and ZEB1 play important roles in the metastasis of several types of cancer. However, the roles and relationship of Capn4 and ZEB1 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remain unclear. METHODS:ESCC tumor tissues and corresponding normal esophageal epithelial tissues were obtained from 86 patient...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Zhao YL,Li JB,Li YJ,Li SJ,Zhou SH,Xia H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both hypoxia and oncogenic mutations rewire tumor metabolism. In this study, glucose and glutamine metabolism-related markers were examined in stage I - resectable stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Furthermore, expression of metabolism-related markers was correlated with mutational status to exa...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Meijer TWH,Looijen-Salamon MG,Lok J,van den Heuvel M,Tops B,Kaanders JHAM,Span PN,Bussink J

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a major type of lung cancer with high morbidity and high mortality. miR-874 has been determined to play a role in tumor suppression in several cancers. The purpose of our study was to detect the biological mechanisms of miR-874 and AQP3 in NSCLC. METHODS:CCK-8 and Trans...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Wang S,Wu Y,Yang S,Liu X,Lu Y,Liu F,Li G,Tian G

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uridine 5'-diphospho-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1*27) is known to impair the effect of UGT in basic research; however, little clinical investigation has been conducted. To evaluate the effect of the UGT1A1*27 polymorphism in irinotecan therapy, we conducted a prospective study. METHODS:Eligibility cr...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Fukuda M,Suetsugu T,Shimada M,Kitazaki T,Hashiguchi K,Kishimoto J,Harada T,Seto T,Ebi N,Takayama K,Sugio K,Semba H,Nakanishi Y,Ichinose Y

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:The standard of care for patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is chemotherapy and radiotherapy, even for patients with limited disease. To define the role of surgical resection in patients with limited SCLC, we investigated the outcomes of patients diagnosed with limited-stage disease (LD) SCLC. METH...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Kawano D,Okamoto T,Fujishita T,Suzuki Y,Kitahara H,Shimamatsu S,Maehara Y

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is a monoclonal plasma cell neoplasm that has a tendency to bleed easily. However, the potential risks of transbronchial biopsy in such cases have not been fully proven. Here, we report a case of parotid and intrathoracic AL amyloid tumors that presented as endobronchial pro...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Tomono H,Soda H,Fukuda Y,Tanaka Y,Ono S,Shimada M,Iwasaki K,Hisanaga M,Yamaguchi H,Mukae H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atezolizumab was the first immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) to be introduced as a first-line treatment option for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC), in combination with carboplatin and etoposide (CE) chemotherapy. However, SCLC treatment options after progression to first-line chemotherapy are limited,...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Kataoka N,Kunimatsu Y,Tachibana Y,Sugimoto T,Sato I,Tani N,Ogura Y,Hirose K,Takeda T

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most lethal type of cancer. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs) have been identified as crucial regulators in the development of NSCLC. The aim of our study was to explore the molecular mechanism of SNHG1 to enable better treatment for NSCLC patient...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Li X,Zheng H

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigated the correlations between CXCR4 and VEGF-C expression and lymph node metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS:Tumor specimens, lymph nodes, and normal lung tissues were obtained from 110 NSCLC patients who underwent complete resection. Quantitative reverse transcripti...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Bi MM,Shang B,Wang Z,Chen G

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigates the outcome of synchronous stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who received radical thoracic radiotherapy (TRT). METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the charts of stage IV NSCLC patients treated with TRT between January 2007 and December 2011. Radiotherapy was consid...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Wang J,Ji Z,Wang X,Liang J,Hui Z,Lv J,Zhou Z,Yin W,Wang L

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated the effect of micro-RNA 24 (miR-24) and WWOX on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell proliferation and migration in vitro and in vivo. METHODS:We performed bioinformatics analysis and 3' untranslated region luciferase assay to investigate the direct target of miR-24. Proliferation, apopto...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Wang XH,Gan CZ,Xie JY

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite recent advances in treating non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), their role in ALK-positive NSCLC patients is unclear. We investigated the efficacy of ICIs in patients with ALK-positive NSCLC. METHODS:Between 2011 and 2018, a total of 14 ALK-positive NSCLC pat...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Heo JY,Park C,Keam B,Ock CY,Kim M,Kim TM,Kim DW,Kim SH,Kim YJ,Lee JS,Heo DS

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have been conducted on the relationship between chronic periodontitis and postoperative pneumonia (POP) in patients with lung and esophageal cancer. Furthermore, it remains controversial as to whether improving the periodontal condition of patients with lung and esophageal cancer before surgery r...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Jia C,Luan Y,Li X,Zhang X,Li C

更新日期：2021-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The abundance of tumor infiltrating CD8 T cells is an important parameter for antitumor effect of PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitors, which is less in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation than wild-type non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The mechanism still requires further study. METHODS:...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Zhao C,Su C,Li X,Zhou C

更新日期：2020-08-01 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