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BACKGROUND:The concentration of Des-gamma-carboxy-prothrombin (DCP) or PIVKA-II has been described to be increased in patients with hepatocellular cancer, along with its elevation in vitamin K deficient states by warfarin or dicoumarol treatment. The aim of the study was to investigate its clinical value in HCC in comparison with alpha-fetoprotein. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Measurements were performed in duplicate in serum of 87 patients with benign (acute/chronic hepatitis B/C/autoimmune, liver cirrhosis B/C/alcoholic) and 154 patients with highly probable (CT, MRT imaging) or histologically proven HCC. Two commercial or research ELISA tests (1: Eitest MonoP-II, Eisai, Tokyo, Japan; 2: Asserachrom PIVKA-II, Stago, France) using murine monoclonal anti-PIVKA-II antibodies were used comparatively and compared with a laboratory-developed conventional AFP-RIA. RESULTS:By ROC analysis, a highly significant discrimination (p < 0.0001) was found at cutoffs of 0.09 AU/ml (Eisai) or 0.8 ng/ml (Stago) at a specificity of about 90% (Eisai: s = 78.6%, ppv = 0.92, npv = 0.70; Stago: s = 77.9%, ppv = 0.93, npv = 0.70) compared with the AFP-test at a cutoff of 45 ng/ml (sp = 91%, s = 58.4%, ppv = 0.92, npv = 0.55). A higher significant correlation was seen between both DCP tests in malignant (rS = 0.89, p < 0.0001) than benign groups (rS = 0.41, p < 0.001) and a lower correlation between the AFP and Eisai (rS = 0.27/0.36, p < 0.01) and Stago test for the malignant group (0.16; p < 0.05). CONCLUSION:DCP determination in serum/plasma adds significantly in the discrimination between benign and malignant liver diseases.
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Anticancer Resjournal_title
Anticancer researchauthors
Lamerz R,Runge M,Stieber P,Meissner Esubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-07-01 00:00:00pages
2489-93issue
4Aeissn
0250-7005issn
1791-7530journal_volume
19pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:Mammalian cells transfected with the S. cerevisiae APN1 protein acquire resistance to oxidizing agents, the damage of which is mainly repaired via DNA base excision repair (BER). We have recently hypothesized that this effect might be linked to the possible capacity of APN1 to accelerate mammalian BER by its 3' dieste...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Grape seed extracts were more cytotoxic than grape peel extracts. Methanol and 70% methanol extracts of grape seed selectively killed two human oral tumor cell lines, more efficiently than human gingival fibroblasts. ESR spectroscopy revealed that these extracts produced radicals under alkaline conditions and enhanced...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:L-Histidinol, a structural analogue of the essential amino acid L-histidine, enhances the toxicity of a variety of anticancer drugs for many tumor cells of animal origin. In this study, the effects of L-histidinol on the proliferation and anticancer drug susceptibility of two human tumor cell lines of lymphoid origin,...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymph node metastases from squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) can reach 20% in some high risk subgroups, and while early detection of metastasis may potentially improve overall and/or disease-specific survival, techniques for early detection have not been established. One such technique is the use of sentinel lym...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:R-spondins control WNT signaling and RSPO1 and LGR6, two of its receptors, are uniquely expressed at high levels in high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC). The aim of this study was to assess the interrelations between the expression of the RSPOs and LGRs in HGSOC and in the ovarian surface (OSE) and f...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.14623
更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:S-1, an oral 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-based medicine that combines tegafur, gimeracil and oteracil potassium is commonly used as an adjuvant chemotherapeutic drug for the treatment of colorectal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We enrolled 53 patients who underwent curative resection for colorectal cancer and live...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The effects of supplemental selenium on 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA)-induced and murine mammary tumor virus (MuMTV)-induced mammary tumorigenesis were investigated in BALB/c mice. Selenium (4-10 ppm), administered in the drinking water, inhibited mammary tumor formation in DMBA-treated mice. The higher doses ...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The different clinical evolution of breast cancer with similar pathological characteristics prompted the authors to investigate the prognostic significance of different biological markers. METHODS:Seventy-one primary breast carcinoma specimens obtained by mastectomy or quadrantectomy were examined for the d...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Patients with metastatic head-and-neck cancer require individual therapies facilitated by prognostic tools. A tool to estimate the risk of recurrent or new cerebral metastases following whole-brain irradiation (WBI) is presented. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Age, gender, performance status, cancer site, number ...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.12714
更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The tumors of the gastrointestinal system have been associated with various immune disorders. The goal of this study was to correlate the presence of the anti-dsDNA autoantibodies in the serum of patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma suffering from the prognosis of their disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We i...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The number of silver stained nucleolar organiser regions (AgNORs) was assessed in biopsy specimens of 78 patients with prostatic adenocarcinoma followed up for a mean of 15.6 years. The number of Ag-NORs was related to histological features, clinical stage, DNA ploidy, S-phase fraction (SPF) and clinical outcome. In 3...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate the development of colorectal cancer (CRC). We aimed to investigate miRNAs and their relation to cancer-related signaling pathways in site-specific CRC. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We used a total of 24 left- and right-sided Finnish CRC samples (discovery cohort) and The Cancer Gen...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.14360
更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the utility of the bone markers total alkaline phosphatase (TAP), bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BAP), aminoterminal propeptide of type I collagen (PINP), carboxyterminal propeptide of type I collagen (PICP), pyridinoline crosslinks (PYD), deoxypyridinoline crosslinks (DPD), cr...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:Hepatic resection has become the standard treatment for patients with primary or metastatic liver malignancies. The aim of our study was to evaluate the clinical outcome of hepatic resection in patients with advanced ovarian cancer (AOC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:All patients undergoing hepatic resection for AOC in ou...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:Investigation of the oxygenation status of organotypic multicellular spheroids (OMS) and their response to irradiation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Tumour specimens of glioblastoma multiforme patients (n = 16) were initiated as OMS. Following 20 Gy gamma-irradiation, the cell migratory capacity was evaluated. Sphero...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Pharmacologically active components of ginseng, particularly protopanaxadiol (PPD)-type ginsenosides, have potent anticancer effects, although their effects on highly malignant glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) have not been systemically evaluated. Identification of effective anticancer ginsenosides and further ...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Although reckoned necessary for survival benefit, neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) of gastric cancer (GC) patients has so far provided questionable results. Consequently, searching for new and clearer systems of response to NAC, post-NAC re-evaluation and prognostic prediction appears essential. The purpos...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.13208
更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A female patient with stage IV-M1c (distant lymph node and breast metastases), chemotherapy-refractory melanoma was treated with the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4)-inhibitory monoclonal antibody ipilimumab. At first evaluation following induction treatment, there was marked increase in the volume of the lym...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Most patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma are diagnosed with locally advanced (unresectable) or metastatic disease. The aim of this study was to investigate possible prognostic factors of survival in such patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Two hundred and fifteen patients were studied retrospectively. Twenty...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The growth inhibitory effect of trimetrexate (TMQ) is maintained in MCF-7 breast cancer but is decreased in Hs 824.T human bone marrow cells by a priming- and non-toxic 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) dose. Incubation of MCF-7 breast cells with 10 microM TMQ alone or in combination with 10 M 5-FU (TMQ 2 h prior to 5-FU [TMQ/5-F...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:In this study we aimed to determine if advanced age represents a risk factor for negative perioperative and long-term outcome in patients undergoing curative surgery ductal pancreatic adenocarcinoma surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Two-hundred-twenty-one consecutive patients, twelve (6%) patients ≥80 years...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Roles for mutant (mt) KRAS in the innate immune microenvironment in colorectal cancer (CRC) were explored. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Human CRC HCT116-derived, mtKRAS-disrupted (HKe3) cells that express exogenous mtKRAS and allogenic cytokine-activated killer (CAK) cells were co-cultured in 3D floating (3DF)...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.14465
更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Cyclin D1 is a mediator of cell-cycle control that is frequently overexpressed in primary ductal breast carcinomas, but its role is controversial. A polymorphism in the CCND1 gene, G870A, results in an aberrantly spliced protein (cyclin D1b) lacking the Thr-286 phosphorylation site necessary for nuclear ...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Urinary gonadotropin peptide (UGP) has been measured in gynecological and urological cancers, but its usefulness in the diagnosis of cancers of digestive organs has not been investigated. In this report, UGP was measured by sandwich enzyme immunoassay in 311 patients, including 166 patients with cancers of digestive o...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of the study was the evaluation of the detectability of treated liver metastases using one FDG-PET measurement. The study includes 42 patients (80 lesions) from different primary tumours. Standardized Uptake Values (SUV) as well as the tumour to liver Ratio (T/L) were used for evaluation. A T/L > 1.0 was consi...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its analogs have potent chemoprotective actions in mouse skin tumorigenesis models. To assess this association in humans, we investigated the relationship of prediagnostic serum concentrations of DHEA and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) to the subsequent risk of devel...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical significance of the circulating levels of activin A and matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and -9 (MMP-9) was investigated in patients with breast cancer (BC) or prostate cancer (PC) with (M1) or without (M0) bone metastasis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:MMP-2, MMP-9 and activin A blood concentrations ...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:To estimate the clinical outcomes of induction chemotherapy (IC) followed by standard chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and CRT alone in patients with locally advanced human papilloma virus (HPV)-negative oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Consecutive patients with histologically-proven HPV-negative...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.11276
更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00
