Abstract：
:This study investigates the treatment management and survival of inoperable advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. The objective was to treat all patients with induction chemotherapy and then to stratify them for surgery, radiotherapy, second-line chemotherapy or supportive treatment. Of the 359 patients enrolled in the study, 336 fulfilled the study criteria and were classified as follows: 90 stage IIIa, 135 stage IIIb and 111 stage IV. Histological types included 131 squamous cell, 123 adenocarcinomas, 53 undifferentiated non-small, 15 large cell, 3 adenosquamous, 3 bronchoalveolar and 8 unclassified. For all patients induction therapy involved Cisplatin (CDDP) combined chemotherapy and 84% of the patients were also treated with Vindesine and Epirubicin. The mean number of courses was 4 (minimum 2, maximum 11). The result of induction therapy was 49% complete and partial for at least 8 weeks; with minor response included, the total response rate was 67.6%. Fourteen patients (4.16%) achieved analytically complete response, 151 (45%) partial response and 62 (18.5%) minor response. The second-line treatment implemented was as follows: surgical excision, 22 patients (Group A); radiotherapy, 106 patients (Group B); chemotherapy, 91 patients (Group C) and supportive treatment, 117 patients (Group D). Median survival in months was 72 (range 5-120+), 12 (range 2-118), 15 (range 3-48) and 7 (range 3-120) for Groups A-D respectively. There was a statistically significant difference in survival in Group A patients (p < 0.001) but no difference was observed between Groups B and C. Group D patients had significantly lower survival than the other three groups. In conclusion, induction chemotherapy renders a reasonably high response rate in operable NSCLC patients and second-line radiotherapy treatment is not superior to second-line chemotherapy.
journal_name
Anticancer Resjournal_title
Anticancer researchauthors
Stathopoulos GP,Dafni UG,Malamos NA,Rigatos S,Kouvatseas G,Moschopoulos Nsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-07-01 00:00:00pages
3543-8issue
4Ceissn
0250-7005issn
1791-7530journal_volume
19pub_type
临床试验,杂志文章abstract：:Although cancer belongs to one of the leading causes of death around the world, fortunately studies have shown that tumor cells have various targets that are susceptible to attack. Interestingly, tumor cells are comprised of cellular membranes, which are altered in chemical composition relative to non-neoplastic cells...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer is an incurable disease. The main treatment is chemotherapy with cytotoxic agents. On the basis of our experience in clinical trials, the objectives have been to determine response rate, life prolongation and clinical benefit. In our trials and in those of other authors, all of...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:To evaluate the role of low mechanical index (MI) contrast-enhanced sonography (CEUS) for the characterization of small hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) in cirrhotic patients by comparing the results to ultrafast dynamic gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Between Sep...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Prediction of biological behavior is crucial for selection of new therapeutic modalities in GIST. Here, we aimed to assess whether KIT and PDGFRA mutations have survival impact in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifty-five Brazilian patients with completely resected GIST were ex...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:To identify predictors of local control and survival after whole-brain irradiation (WBI) for cerebral metastases from cancer of unknown primary (CUP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:In 140 patients receiving WBI alone or following resection, seven factors were investigated including treatment approach, WBI-regime...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.12492
更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Autophagy is an evolutionarily-conserved catabolic process which furthers cell survival, especially in times of nutritional stress. Whilst being by itself a pro-survival mechanism, it has many areas of overlap with apoptosis. Autophagic cell death is recognised as a subset of programmed cell death, with features more ...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Mistletoe lectins (MLs) are the active components of aqueous mistletoe extracts widely used in complementary cancer therapy, however, it is not clear if they bind to carbohydrate residues only or whether they interact with proteins as well. Protein-protein interactions do not seem unlikely as MLs act at very...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:We screened nine 1,2-dihydro-quinolines using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) cytotoxicity assay in HepG2 and SMMC cells and identified ethyl-2-cyano-2-(2- (methoxycarbonyl)allyl)quinoline-1(2H)-carboxylate (compound 5) as a potential anticancer agent. In order to further deve...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The constant overexpression of glycolysis and active mitochondrial function are critical for productive energy required for the immortal proliferation of cancer cells. The genes related to glycolysis and mitochondrial respiration might have some function during stomach carcinogenesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Nonterminal cellular differentiation has recently been shown to induce transformed cells to revert to a benign state and to become resistant to retransformation by chemical and physical carcinogens without limiting their proliferative potential. Nonterminal differentiation also induces native 3T3 T mesenchymal stem ce...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Previously, the antitumour activity of some flavone-8-acetic acid (FAA) derivatives substituted with an acid function in position 2 of the benzene ring was evaluated. The most active compound resulted the one bearing a fluorine atom in position 7 of the flavone nucleus. In this paper, we evaluated new mono- ...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Only 0.1-0.17% of all lung cancer patients are diagnosed with stage I or II small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Radiochemotherapy remains the standard treatment for limited stage disease. This study focused on prognostic factors in early stage SCLC treated with radiochemotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Seven f...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.11482
更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Acquired resistance to platinum-based chemotherapy (Pt-chemo) is a major problem for improving the prognosis for patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). However, the molecular mechanism of acquired resistance to Pt-chemo is not well understood. MATERIALS AND METHODS:hMLH1 promoter methylatio...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Silencing mediator of retinoid and thyroid receptors (SMRT) is a nuclear corepressor in thyroid and estrogen hormones pathways. The aim was to evaluate SMRT expression in relation to thyroid hormone levels and prognostic markers in breast cancer (BC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Serum and tumor tissues were ob...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.14663
更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Many arylamines (including carcinogens) and hydrazine drugs are acetylated by the cytosolic N-acetyltransferase (NAT). NAT plays an important role in the first step of arylamine metabolism and has been found in immortalized human cell lines, human and laboratory animal tissues. Human colon tumor cell line (colo 205) h...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Aggrecan, the large aggregating proteoglycan, is a major component of the cartilage extracellular matrix. The C-terminal globular domain (G3) of the aggrecan molecule exhibits a pattern of alternative splicing that involves three exons. Each corresponds to a subdomain, epidermal growth factor 1(EGF1), EGF2, ...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Adjuvant radioimmunotherapy (RIT) for human colonic cancer was performed in a nude rat model of experimental liver metastases. Thirty-three rats were injected intraportally through a mesenteric vein with 5 x 10(6) cells from the human colonic cancer cell line LS174T. Within half an hour, 20 MBq (n = 2), 75 MBq (n = 5)...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We have investigated the combined effects of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3] and its fluoroanalog 26,26,26,27,27,27-hexafluoro-1,25-(OH)2D3 [F6-1,25-(OH)2D3] with sodium butyrate (NaB) on growth and differentiation of HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia cells. F6-1,25-(OH)2D3 was 10-fold more active than 1,25-(...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:BK virus was isolated by Gardner et al in 1971 from the urine of an immunosuppressed patient with a kidney allograft. Antibodies to this virus are ubiquitous in the general populations worldwide, but the oncogenic capacity of BKV in humans had not been reported. The virus transformed in vitro permissive human and non-...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Catalytic activity and FdUMP binding characteristics of thymidylate synthase (TS) were determined in 22 tumor biopsies of patients to be treated (15) or just treated (7) for colorectal cancer with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin. In 19 samples both parameters could be determined and were found to represent a wide range ...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Metallothioneins (MT) are low molecular weight cysteine-rich proteins, present in a wide variety of eukaryotes. Although their physiological function is not entirely understood, recently it was found that in vitro human MTs (hMTs) expression prevents apoptosis. In the present study, the apoptosis preventing effect of ...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:We hypothesized that a nomogram can accurately predict overall survival (OS) for patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) after hepatectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A nomogram to predict OS based was developed using data from 185 ICC patients who had undergone hepatectomy. The nomogram was evaluated by co...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A 60-year-old male patient with advanced gastric adenocarcinoma was treated by subtotal gastrectomy with dissection of the regional lymph nodes. Microscopic examination of the tumour revealed tubular adenocarcinoma which invaded the muscularis propria. There was no evidence of metastatic carcinoma in the dissected lym...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We investigated the effects of an exogenous cdk inhibitor, butyrolactone-I, on cell growth inhibition, apoptosis induction, and the regulation of apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells with mutated p53. Cell growth was dose-dependently inhibited by Butyrolactone-I in PANC-1 and AsPC-1 cells. Phosphorylation of pRb and C...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Concentrations of soluble CD44 standard (sCD44std) and CD44 variant 6 (sCD44v6) isoforms were determined in the sera of 59 patients with distant metastasis from breast cancer receiving second line hormone- or chemotherapy, in comparison to 46 breast cancer patients without detectable recurrent disease and 21 healthy b...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:The aim of this report was to summarize the real-world experience with lipegfilgrastim as a neutropenia prophylaxis in a large cohort of lymphoma patients receiving immuno-, chemo-therapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Observational clinical data were derived from two phase IV studies (NADIR and LEOS) with simil...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.14782
更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Despite numerous studies, the etiology of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) remains unknown. A hypothesis of autoantigen stimulation in leukemic clone selection might explain 'stereotypy' of B-cell receptors. In healthy cells, cofilin-1 (CFL1) has multiple functions. Its role was described in several ma...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.14653
更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer stem cells (CSCs) have a high tumorigenic ability to form patient-derived tumor xenografts (PDXs). PDXs are an attractive pre-clinical model, but gene expression and biological behavior of cancer cells in the tumor will change during establishment and passage of PDXs. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Human colo...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Delayed elimination of methotrexate associated with serious side-effects has been attributed to the co-administration of benzimidazole proton pump inhibitors. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We have retrospectively analyzed the causes of delayed methotrexate elimination in patients who had received the rescue agent gl...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Serum levels of thymidine kinase 1 (TK1), an enzyme involved in the G1-S phase of the cell cycle, have been previously shown to correlate with the prognosis of lymphoid malignancies. We hypothesized that TK1 levels will be higher in aggressive, compared to indolent lymphoproliferative, malignancies and this may serve ...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00
