Induction of Th1 response by dendritic cells pulsed with autologous melanoma apoptotic bodies.

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the prophylactic efficacy of postoperative single intravesical instillation with pirarubicin (THP) and mitomycin C (MMC) for low-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMBC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 103 clinically low-risk NMBC patients were preoperatively randomized into either THP (n=4...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Yamamoto S,Kageyama Y,Fujii Y,Aizawa T,Urakami S,Fukui I

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old Caucasian smoker male patient underwent right orchiectomy and spermatic cord resection for intrascrotal transilluminating mass. Histology findings suggested diagnosis of metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC). After positive CT-scan for primary neoplasm, total left nephrectomy was accomplished. Patie...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Lauro S,Lanzetta G,Bria E,Trasatti L,Costarelli L,Vecchione A

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ano-genital carcinoma is a polyfactorial and polygenic disease. Certain strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) have been detected in a high percentage of patients. It has been suggested that p53 polymorphisms may be relevant for the interaction with viral proteins that inactivates p53. MATERIALS AND METHODS:...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Realacci M,Perrone GA,Sale P,Tafani M,Di Vito M,Perrone-Donnorso R,Zotti G,Russo MA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) lack expression of three important receptors, and have limited treatment options. High expression of junctional adhesion molecule-A (JAM-A) has been linked with aggressive tumor phenotypes including TNBC. This study aimed to evaluate the bioactivity of a JAM-A-down-r...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Vellanki SH,Cruz RGB,Richards CE,Smith YE,Hudson L,Jahns H,Hopkins AM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to investigate cell death (particularly apoptosis) induced by etoposide, radiation, and both, and to examine p53 protein expression in relation to cell death. Nude mice transplanted with a human tumor (ependymoblastoma) were treated with etoposide (5-40 mg/kg) or 1-2 Gy X-ray irradiati...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Toda H,Hasegawa M,Hayakawa K,Kawashima M,Nakamura Y,Yamakawa M,Mitsuhashi N,Niibe H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radical modulation activity of hot water and NaOH extracts of the thorn apple of Crataegus Cuneata Sieb. et. Zucc. was investigated, using ESR spectroscopy. The radical intensity of sodium ascorbate was slightly reduced at lower concentrations of the extracts, but it was synergistically enhanced at higher concentr...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Satoh K,Anzai S,Sakagami H

更新日期：1998-07-01 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

authors： Mahteme H,Lövqvist A,Graf W,Lundqvist H,Carlsson J,Sundin A

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We examined whether the perioperative systemic inflammation score (SIS), which describes systemic inflammation and/or malnutrition, affected the tumor recurrence and survival in advanced gastric cancer patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study retrospectively analyzed 160 patients with stage II/III gastric cancer w...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Hara K,Aoyama T,Yamada T,Nakazono M,Nagasawa S,Shimoda Y,Kumazu Y,Numata M,Hayashi T,Tamagawa H,Shiozawa M,Morinaga S,Yukawa N,Rino Y,Masuda M,Ogata T,Oshima T

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the tolerability and efficacy of oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy (OBC) in patients ≥ 75 years old with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We reviewed the medical records of 126 patients with unresectable stage IV CRC in terms of OBC administered as first-line chemotherapy whenever ...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Fukuchi M,Ishibashi K,Tajima Y,Okada N,Yokoyama M,Chika N,Hatano S,Matsuzawa T,Kumamoto K,Kumagai Y,Baba H,Mochiki E,Ishida H

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-Penicillamine, a structural analog of cysteine, has the ability to chelate metal ions and reacts with cysteine. We have shown earlier that D-Penicillamin is a potential inhibitor of tat-mediated transactivation of HIV-1-LTR (14) and possesses anti-HIV-1 activity (23). Following this approach, we evaluated the anti-t...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Demirhan I,Chandra A,Sarin PS,Hasselmayer O,Hofmann D,Chandra P

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary complications (PCs) after esophagectomy for patients with esophageal cancer have been correlated with prolonged hospital stays and in-hospital mortality. Previous studies have shown that minimally-invasive esophagectomy (MIE) is associated with a lower rate of PCs compared to conventional open surg...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Kubo N,Ohira M,Yamashita Y,Sakurai K,Toyokawa T,Tanaka H,Muguruma K,Shibutani M,Yamazoe S,Kimura K,Nagahara H,Amano R,Ohtani H,Yashiro M,Maeda K,Hirakawa K

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In tumor cells, doxorubicin (DOX) is excreted by P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and the multidrug resistance-associated protein (mrp). Both transporters might also be involved in cellular regulatory volume decrease (RVD). To study the hepatobiliary excretion of DOX during RVD, isolated livers of Wistar and multidrug resistance...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Gaugg M,Haslmayer P,Jäger W,Thalhammer T

更新日期：2001-07-01 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

authors： Eneh S,Heikkinen S,Hartikainen JM,Kuopio T,Mecklin JP,Kosma VM,Mannermaa A

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood cells of cancer patients with advanced renal carcinoma and treated with interleukin-2 by intravenous application were studied by electron microscopy at different intervals from the beginning of rIL-2 administration. Morphofunctional modifications of lymphocytes, circulating hystiocytes containing phag...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Capelli E,Barni S,Vaccarone R,Fortis C,Nano R

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination therapies are used in the clinic to achieve cure, better efficacy and to circumvent resistant disease in patients. Initial assessment of the effect of such combinations, usually of two agents, is frequently performed using in vitro assays. In this review, we give a short summary of the types of analyses th...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： El Hassouni B,Mantini G,Li Petri G,Capula M,Boyd L,Weinstein HNW,Vallés-Marti A,Kouwenhoven MCM,Giovannetti E,Westerman BA,Peters GJ,EORTC PAMM Group.

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraosseous lipomas are rare benign primary bone tumors, with an incidence of one per thousand bone tumors. We studied eleven cases of intraosseous lipoma of the calcaneus. All the patients received radiographic examinations and MRI with T1-and T2-weighted images with Gd-DTPA enhancement. Seven patients received tumo...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Hirata M,Kusuzaki K,Hirasawa Y

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein we report on a case of synchronous large gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) and adenocarcinoma of the stomach treated with radical surgery following neoadjuvant therapy with imatinib mesylate. A 58-year-old man was referred to our hospital with a large mass in the peritoneal cavity. Abdominal computed tomogr...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Namikawa T,Munekage E,Munekage M,Maeda M,Yatabe T,Kitagawa H,Sakamoto K,Obatake M,Kobayashi M,Hanazaki K

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Androgens are essential for the growth of most prostate cancers (PCa). As a result, androgen ablation is the mainstay of the treatment of PCa. Proteins of the polycomb and trithorax family are master epigenetic regulators of cell type specific gene expression including androgen receptor. MATERIALS AND M...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Wang S,Tailor K,Kwabi-Addo B

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Secretory phospholipase-A2 (sPLA2) mediates growth and proliferation of human esophageal adenocarcinoma cells (HEAC). Two major molecular pathways of cancer growth regulation include extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK 1/2) and protein kinase-B (AKT). Phospholipase enzymes have been demonstrat...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Sadaria MR,Yu JA,Meng X,Fullerton DA,Reece TB,Weyant MJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cisplatin-based chemotherapy seems to improve the control of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)-related symptoms, but assessment of symptomatic gain in these patients is often difficult. This study was designed to test a method for the assessment of clinical benefit in elderly advanced NSCLC patients, after ...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Lippe P,Silva RR,Giuliodori L,Monterubbianesi MC,Mattioli R,Massacesi C,Cascinu S,Tummarello D,Cellerino R

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aberrant methylation of tumor suppressor gene (TSG) promoters has been extensively investigated in nasopharyngeal carcinomas (NPC) from South East Asia but not from North Africa. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The methylation status of p16, deleted in lung and esophageal cancer (DLEC1), zinc finger, MYND-type contain...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Ayadi W,Karray-Hakim H,Khabir A,Feki L,Charfi S,Boudawara T,Ghorbel A,Daoud J,Frikha M,Busson P,Hammami A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Failure of cancer chemotherapy caused by multidrug resistance (MDR) of tumor cells is mediated by ABC transporters that reduce the uptake of cytotoxic agents. Similar transporters are responsible for amyloid clearance in nerve cells in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The aim of this study was to compare the bi...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Molnar J,Ocsovszki I,Pusztai R

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The purpose of this study was to clarify the role and the predictive strength of the adhesion molecule CD44s (standard isoform) in colorectal carcinogenesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:CD44s immunohistochemical expression was evaluated in 100 patients with colon adenoma and 100 patients with colon adenocarcinoma...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Visca P,Del Nonno F,Botti C,Marandino F,Sebastiani V,Di Tondo U,Donnorso RP,Trombetta G,Filippi S,Alo PL

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Recent studies implied a significant role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF1α) in cell transformation. This study aimed to assess the effects of HIF1α on the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and tumorigenesis of lung adenocarcinoma cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Invasion, migration and colony ...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Liu KH,Tsai YT,Chin SY,Lee WR,Chen YC,Shen SC

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prognosis of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) differs within the same stage and grade. Our aim was to investigate the incidence of COX-2 in primary RCC tumors at different stages according to the occurrence of metastasis, and the impact of this biomarker on the survival of RCC patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The c...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Kankuri-Tammilehto MK,Söderström KO,Pelliniemi TT,Vahlberg T,Pyrhönen SO,Salminen EK

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis is a complex process which results in the growth of tumor cells at sites distant from the primary neoplasm. It is likely that many of the large number of biological changes associated with metastatic ability are controlled through alterations in the expression of a relatively small number of key genes usual...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Wright JA,Egan SE,Greenberg AH

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is one of the most aggressive human malignancies, remaining generally incurable. Histone deacetylase (HDAC) seems to play a role in regulating transcription of genes involved in ATC, making HDAC inhibitors (HDACI) promising anticancer drugs for ATC. The purpose of this rev...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Spartalis E,Athanasiadis DI,Chrysikos D,Spartalis M,Boutzios G,Schizas D,Garmpis N,Damaskos C,Paschou SA,Ioannidis A,Tsourouflis G,Dimitroulis D,Nikiteas NI

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Metabolic syndrome has been identified as a risk factor for colorectal cancer and adenoma. The aim of our study was to assess the risk of colorectal cancer and adenoma in an adult Italian population with metabolic syndrome. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Ninety patients with metabolic syndrome were prospectively compared ag...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Fiori E,Lamazza A,De Masi E,Schillaci A,Crocetti D,Antoniozzi A,Sterpetti AV,De Toma G

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Even though prostate cancer (PCa) has good prognosis, there is a discrepancy in the risk among ethnic groups, with high morbidity in African American men. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in interleukin 10 (IL-10) have been associated with inflammation and cancer risk. We investigated the associati...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Abbas M,Mason T,Ibad A,Khraiwesh M,Apprey V,Kanaan Y,Wilson B,Dunston G,Ricks-Santi L,Brim H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Amentoflavone has been shown to be effective against a variety of cancer cells, but its role in bladder cancer remains unclear. Thus, the aim of this study is to evaluate whether amentoflavone may induce toxicity effect of bladder cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Herein, we evaluated amentoflavone effects ...

journal_title：Anticancer research

authors： Chiang CH,Yeh CY,Chung JG,Chiang IT,Hsu FT

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00