Preoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen, albumin and age are supplementary to UICC staging systems in predicting survival for colorectal cancer patients undergoing surgical treatment.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endometrial cancer, one of the most common malignant tumors, is a serious threat to women's health. Endometrial hyperplasia is a precursor of endometrial cancer. S100 calcium binding protein P (S100P) has been found to play important roles in many types of cancer. The present study aimed to investigate the e...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Zhang D,Chen X,Xia H,Wang L,Zhao H,Xu B,Zhang A,Zhang W

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The "EMERGE" study, aimed to capture real-life management patterns and outcomes in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) in Greece, also accounting for hormone (HR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status. METHODS:"EMERGE" was a multicenter, retrospective cohort study of adult MBC patients diagn...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Kotsakis A,Ardavanis A,Koumakis G,Samantas E,Psyrri A,Papadimitriou C

更新日期：2019-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks the third among the most common malignancies globally. It is well known that microRNAs (miRNAs) play vital roles in destabilizing mRNAs and repressing their translations in this disease. However, the mechanism of miRNA-induced mRNA cleavage remains to be investigated. METHOD:In...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Zhou F,Tang D,Xu Y,He H,Wu Y,Lin L,Dong J,Tan W,Dai Y

更新日期：2020-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this work, we have conducted a case-control study in order to assess the effect of tobacco and three genetic polymorphisms in XPC, ERCC2 and ERCC5 genes (rs2228001, rs13181 and rs17655) in bladder cancer development in Tunisia. We have also tried to evaluate whether these variants affect the bladder tumor...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Rouissi K,Bahria IB,Bougatef K,Marrakchi R,Stambouli N,Hamdi K,Cherif M,Ben Slama MR,Sfaxi M,Othman FB,Chebil M,Elgaaied AB,Ouerhani S

更新日期：2011-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Loss of DNA mismatch repair (MMR) in humans, mainly due to mutations in the hMLH1 gene, is linked to hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). Because not all MLH1 alterations result in loss of MMR function, accurate characterization of variants and their classification in terms of their effect on M...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Vogelsang M,Comino A,Zupanec N,Hudler P,Komel R

更新日期：2009-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HER2/neu overexpression is linked to promotion of angiogenesis in breast cancer. We therefore tested the activity of the combination of Trastuzumab with metronomic, low dose chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide (CTX) and methotrexate (MTX) in metastatic breast cancer (MBC). METHODS:Between April 2002 and June...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Orlando L,Cardillo A,Ghisini R,Rocca A,Balduzzi A,Torrisi R,Peruzzotti G,Goldhirsch A,Pietri E,Colleoni M

更新日期：2006-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multi-drug Resistance associated Protein-1 (MRP1) can export chemotherapeutics from cancer cells and is implicated in chemoresistance, particularly as is it known to be up-regulated by chemotherapeutics. Our aims in this study were to determine whether activation of Notch signalling is responsible for chemot...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Kim B,Stephen SL,Hanby AM,Horgan K,Perry SL,Richardson J,Roundhill EA,Valleley EM,Verghese ET,Williams BJ,Thorne JL,Hughes TA

更新日期：2015-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a type of neoplasm that is highly prevalent in East Asia and Africa with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), genetic, and dietary factors implicated as possible aetiologic factors. Previous studies suggested the association of certain cytokines with the invasion and metastatic propert...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Chew MM,Gan SY,Khoo AS,Tan EL

更新日期：2010-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women with ovarian cancer can present with a variety of symptoms and signs, and an increasing range of tests are available for their investigation. A number of international guidelines provide advice for the initial assessment of possible ovarian cancer in symptomatic women. We systematically identified and ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Funston G,Van Melle M,Baun ML,Jensen H,Helsper C,Emery J,Crosbie EJ,Thompson M,Hamilton W,Walter FM

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Schiavone G,Epistolio S,Martin V,Molinari F,Barizzi J,Mazzucchelli L,Frattini M,Wannesson L

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer screening is key to early detection and thus to early treatment, but uptake is often sub-optimal, particularly amongst lower income groups. It is proposed that the imminent introduction of the single-sample Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) in Scotland may lead to increased uptake as compare...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Chambers JA,Callander AS,Grangeret R,O'Carroll RE

更新日期：2016-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the association between physical activity (PA) and quality of life (QoL) among breast and colorectal cancer survivors in Korea. METHODS:A total of 224 cancer survivors (151 breast and 73 colorectal cancers) who completed treatments were recruited. We measured PA level with Godin Leisure-Time ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Park JH,Lee DH,Kim SI,Kim NK,Jeon JY

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CD73 is one of the critical component in the formation of immunosuppressive microenvironment in cancers. We aimed to provide an overview of the current status of CD73 expression and its relationship with clinicopathlogical features and prognosis in different cancers. METHODS:PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE a...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Jiang T,Xu X,Qiao M,Li X,Zhao C,Zhou F,Gao G,Wu F,Chen X,Su C,Ren S,Zhai C,Zhou C

更新日期：2018-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In high-income countries (HICs), increased rates of survival among pediatric cancer patients are achieved through the use of protocol-driven treatment. Compared to HICs, differences in infrastructure, supportive care, and human resources, make compliance with protocol-driven treatment challenging in low- and...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Vasudevan L,Schroeder K,Raveendran Y,Goel K,Makarushka C,Masalu N,Zullig LL

更新日期：2020-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Survival rates of lung cancer remains poor and the impact of comorbidities on the prognosis is discussed. The objective of this study was to assess if the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) was associated with 8-year survival rates by histological type. METHODS:A cohort study was conducted using randomly sele...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Seigneurin A,Delafosse P,Trétarre B,Woronoff AS,Velten M,Grosclaude P,Guizard AV,Lapôtre-Ledoux B,Bara S,Molinié F,Colonna M

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isothiocyanates are natural compounds found in consumable cruciferous vegetables. They have been shown to inhibit chemical carcinogenesis by a wide variety of chemical carcinogens in animal models. Recent studies have also shown that isothiocyanates have antitumor activity, inhibiting the growth of several t...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Wu X,Zhu Y,Yan H,Liu B,Li Y,Zhou Q,Xu K

更新日期：2010-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic paragangliomas are rare tumors, with only 16 reported cases to date. One of these cases demonstrates metastasis to lymph node, while another case was functional, however, none of these cases showed malignant and large, pancreatic paraganglioma with marked invasion. Also another unique feature was ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Al-Jiffry BO,Alnemary Y,Khayat SH,Haiba M,Hatem M

更新日期：2013-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CD73 has both enzymatic and non-enzymatic functions in cells. As a nucleotidase, CD73 plays its enzymatic function by catalyzing the hydrolysis of AMP into adenosine and phosphate. In addition to this, accumulating data have shown that CD73 is a key regulatory molecule involved in cancer growth and metastasi...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Gao ZW,Wang HP,Lin F,Wang X,Long M,Zhang HZ,Dong K

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide. Sub- Saharan Africa has a high incidence, prevalence and mortality due to shortage and underutilization of screening facilities. This study aims to assess knowledge and attitude towards cervical cancer and its prevention, as well as prac...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Ruddies F,Gizaw M,Teka B,Thies S,Wienke A,Kaufmann AM,Abebe T,Addissie A,Kantelhardt EJ

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In general, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines have demonstrated efficacy in young women worldwide, but there is limited evidence on the efficacy of the quadrivalent HPV6/11/16/18 vaccine in adult women and no evidence of its effectiveness in Japanese adult women in particular. This study aims to evaluate t...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Kurokawa T,Yamamoto M,Onuma T,Tsuyoshi H,Shinagawa A,Chino Y,Yoshida Y

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco smoking is associated with a unique mutational signature in the human cancer genome. It is unclear whether tobacco smoking-altered DNA methylations and gene expressions affect smoking-related mutational signature. METHODS:We systematically analyzed the smoking-related DNA methylation sites reported ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Chen Z,Wen W,Cai Q,Long J,Wang Y,Lin W,Shu XO,Zheng W,Guo X

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kaiso has been identified as a new member of the POZ-zinc finger family of transcription factors that are implicated in development and cancer. Although controversy still exists, Kaiso is supposed to be involved in human cancer. However, there is limited information regarding the clinical significance of cyt...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Dai SD,Wang Y,Miao Y,Zhao Y,Zhang Y,Jiang GY,Zhang PX,Yang ZQ,Wang EH

更新日期：2009-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improving the coordination of cancer care is a priority area for service improvement. However, quality improvement initiatives are hindered by the lack of accurate and reliable measures of this aspect of cancer care. This study was conducted to develop a questionnaire to measures patients' experience of canc...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Young JM,Walsh J,Butow PN,Solomon MJ,Shaw J

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is one of the standard care regimens for patients with resectable early-stage breast cancer. It would be advantageous to determine the chemosensitivity of tumors before initiating NAC. One of the parameters potentially compromising such chemosensitivity would be a hypoxic micro...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Aomatsu N,Yashiro M,Kashiwagi S,Kawajiri H,Takashima T,Ohsawa M,Wakasa K,Hirakawa K

更新日期：2014-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate detection of patients with minimal residual disease (MRD) after surgery for stage II colon cancer (CC) remains an urgent unmet clinical need to improve selection of patients who might benefit form adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT). Presence of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is indicative for MRD and has hi...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Schraa SJ,van Rooijen KL,van der Kruijssen DEW,Rubio Alarcón C,Phallen J,Sausen M,Simmons J,Coupé VMH,van Grevenstein WMU,Elias S,Verkooijen HM,Laclé MM,Bosch LJW,van den Broek D,Meijer GA,Velculescu VE,Fijneman RJA,Vin

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:BAG-1 is a multifunctional co-chaperone of heat shock proteins (Hsc70/Hsp70) that is expressed in most cells. It interacts with Bcl-2 and Raf indicating that it might connect protein folding with other signaling pathways. Evidence that BAG-1 expression is frequently altered in human cancers, in particular in...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Götz R,Kramer BW,Camarero G,Rapp UR

更新日期：2004-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ETS variant 1 (ETV1) and E3 ubiquitin ligase constitutive photomorphogenetic 1 (COP1) have been proposed to be a pair of oncogene and tumor suppressor. However, the co-existing status of ETV1 and COP1 in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and their predictive role in determining the patient's outcome are u...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Ouyang M,Wang H,Ma J,Lü W,Li J,Yao C,Chang G,Bi J,Wang S,Wang W

更新日期：2015-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Expression of Nodal, a member of the TGF-β superfamily, is commonly absent in differentiated tissues, while its re-expression occurs in a variety of human malignancy. However, little is known about its involvement in ovarian tumorigenesis. Herein, we focused on the functional roles of Nodal in ovarian endome...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Miura R,Yokoi A,Matsumoto T,Oguri Y,Hashimura M,Tochimoto M,Kajita S,Saegusa M

更新日期：2019-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single-cell mRNA profiling of circulating tumour cells may contribute to a better understanding of the biology of these cells and their role in the metastatic process. In addition, such analyses may reveal new knowledge about the mechanisms underlying chemotherapy resistance and tumour progression in patient...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Lapin M,Tjensvoll K,Oltedal S,Javle M,Smaaland R,Gilje B,Nordgård O

更新日期：2017-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was performed to design a predictive tool that allows the estimation of overall survival (OS) of elderly myeloma patients (aged ≥ 65 years) presenting with myeloma-induced spinal cord compression (SCC). METHODS:One-hundred-and-sixteen patients irradiated for motor deficits of the legs due to myel...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Rades D,Conde-Moreno AJ,Cacicedo J,Veninga T,Gebauer N,Bartscht T,Schild SE

更新日期：2016-04-25 00:00:00