Regorafenib treatment outcome for Taiwanese patients with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors after failure of imatinib and sunitinib: A prospective, non-randomized, single-center study.

abstract：:Serine/threonine kinase 39 (STK39) is associated with hypertension, autism, Parkinson's disease and various types of cancer in recent years. This study investigated STK39 expression and possible roles in osteosarcoma using qPCR and western blot analysis. Compared to normal bone tissues, the mRNA and protein expression...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Huang T,Zhou Y,Cao Y,Tao J,Zhou ZH,Hang DH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRs) can function as tumor suppressors or oncogenes in different types of human malignancy, and may provide an effective therapy for cancer. The expression and functions of miR-592 have previously been studied in relation to cancer. However, the expression and potential functions of miR-592 in hepatocellul...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang W,Zhang H,Tang M,Liu L,Zhou Z,Zhang S,Wang L

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study reported the decreased expression of long non-coding RNA mortal obligate RNA transcript (lncRNA MORT) in 16 types of cancer, while the functionality of lncRNA MORT in cancer biology remains unknown. Therefore, the present study was conducted to characterize the functionality of lncRNA MORT in prostate...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Shi Z,Guo F,Jia D,Huang J,Chen J,Sun M,Qi F,Liang C

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study compared two methods for the detection of severe cervical dysplasia in women with atypical squamous cells of underdetermined significance (ASC-US) cytology; digital colposcopy with adjunctive dynamic spectral imaging (DSI) and conventional colposcopy. IMPROVE-COLPO was a two-arm cross-sectional study...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Harris KE,Lavin PT,Akin MD,Papagiannakis E,Denardis S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is a genetically complex tumor type and one of the leading causes of cancer-associated disability and mortality. Genetic instability, such as chromosomal instability, is associated with the tumorigenesis of LSCC. Copy number variations (CNVs) have been demonstrated to contribut...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li D,Wang X,Lu S,Wang P,Wang X,Yin W,Zhu W,Li S

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant factor that affects the value of the Ki-67 proliferation index (IK) is the interpretation and implementation approach. This method is based on visual or automated methods to count tumor nuclei labeled with Ki-67 antigen, and is prone to errors. Detection of Ki-67 is a useful tool in breast cancer and con...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Suciu C,Muresan A,Cornea R,Suciu O,Dema A,Raica M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoid tumors are neuroendocrine neoplasms derived from enterochromaffin cells. Skeletal metastases from carcinoid tumors are considered to be extremely rare. In this study, we present two cases of carcinoid tumors that metastasized to the bone. Furthermore, we review 50 published case reports and reveal the featur...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hori T,Yasuda T,Suzuki K,Kanamori M,Kimura T

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is an aggressive malignant disease that is resistant to various chemotherapeutic agents and commonly relapses. Efficient elimination of metastasized PDA is critical for a positive post-surgical treatment outcome. The present study analyzed the effect of the B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Kasai S,Sasaki T,Watanabe A,Nishiya M,Yasuhira S,Shibazaki M,Maesawa C

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current case-control study was conducted to assess the value of activated fibroblasts with high α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) expression as an indicator of survival in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. In total, 47 patients diagnosed with HCC who underwent a liver biopsy at the Veterans Affairs Medical Cent...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Parikh JG,Kulkarni A,Johns C

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with renal medullary carcinoma (RMC) have a poor prognosis, usually due to late diagnosis. Computed tomography (CT) analysis may aid the differentiation between RMC and other types of renal cell carcinoma, in order to establish an accurate early diagnosis. There is a limited number of reports in the literatur...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Shi Z,Zhuang Q,You R,Li Y,Li J,Cao D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to detect methylation of the RAR-β gene in tissues from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. The methylation of the RAR-β gene in DNA from 80 cases with NSCLC and corresponding non-malignant tissues was tested using methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR; MSP). The result...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhao X,Wang N,Zhang M,Xue S,Shi K,Chen Z

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroadenomas are a type of benign tumor that occur in young women below the age of 35 years old. The tumors are the second most common type of tumor after fibrocystic disease. The chance of carcinoma arising in a fibroadenoma is extremely low. To date, <130 such cases have been reported. Previous studies have reporte...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zheng H,Chen J,Wu X,Jin L,Qi C

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast lumpectomy is usually performed under general or local anesthesia. To the best of our knowledge, whether conscious sedation with intranasal dexmedetomidine and local anesthesia is an effective anesthetic technique has not been studied. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of conscious ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yuan YJ,Zhou P,Xia F,Zhang XB,He SS,Guo DY,Xing YH,Zhao HW

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to measure the expression of WNT1 in ameloblastoma (AB). Immunohistochemistry was used to observe changes in WNT1 expression in 80 AB samples, 10 keratocystic odontogenic tumor (KCOT) samples and 10 normal oral mucosa (NOM) samples. Western blotting and reverse transcription-quantitative polyme...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang GN,Zhong M,Chen Y,Ji J,Gao XQ,Wang TF

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Correlation between CT features of adrenocortical and adrenal medullary tumors and the expression of miR-96 in serum were investigated. A total of 230 patients with adrenocortical tumors and 194 patients with adrenal medullary tumors were selected in Dongying People's Hospital from August 2013 to August 2017. The two ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xu Y,Wang Z,Bi Y,Duan Z,Yue X

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression levels of α-enolase, also known as enolase 1 (ENO1), in liver cancer tissues and the autoantibody levels of ENO1 in the sera of patients with liver cancer were detected to investigate the function of ENO1 in the invasion and metastasis of liver cancer, as well as its clinical diagnostic value. Small int...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang L,Lu T,Yang Y,Hu L

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted therapy of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene has been associated with improved prognosis. However, there is a shortage on data from real-world clinical practice in management of EGFR-positive NSCLC patients in Poland. The present stu...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ramlau R,Krawczyk P,Dziadziuszko R,Chmielewska I,Milanowski J,Olszewski W,Stencel K,Ramlau-Piątek K,Segiet A,Skroński M,Grudny J,Chorostowska-Wynimko J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platinum-compound chemotherapy is known to have ototoxic side-effects. However, there is a paucity of literature examining hearing function prospectively and longitudinally in cohorts containing paediatric and adult patients treated within the same cisplatin- or carboplatin-containing treatment trial protocols. In Ger...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Nitz A,Kontopantelis E,Bielack S,Koscielniak E,Klingebiel T,Langer T,Paulides M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory ability of micro-ribose nucleic acid-130a (miRNA-130a) in the proliferation and invasive growth of human brain glioma cells and its mechanism were investigated. RT-qPCR was used to analyze expression of miRNA-130a in U-87MG glioma specimens; lipidosome was used to mediate miRNA-130a mimic transfecting gliom...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lu K,Shen H,Zhu S,Bi S,Wu S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate whether an increase in cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) activity is involved in apoptosis of human bladder cancer T24 cells induced by isoliquiritigenin (ISL). The viability of T24 cells was estimated using a sulforhodamine B assay. Cell morphological changes were examin...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Si L,Yang X,Yan X,Wang Y,Zheng Q

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite all efforts at management, prognosis of advanced lung cancer is extremely poor, with a median survival time of ~1 year. The number of cancer patients aged >70 years is significantly increased among the cancer patient population. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical importance of age in lung ca...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Tas F,Ciftci R,Kilic L,Karabulut S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 (MIC-1) of early gastric cancer treated using endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and its correlation with prognosis were investigated. One hundred and forty-seven patients with early gastric cancer (less than 20 mm in diameter) were recruited and assigned into an obse...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang N,Lu B

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are an approved first-line therapy against unresectable or advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring EGFR gene activating mutations. However, the majority of tumors develop acquired resistance against EGFR-TKIs and some tumors exhibi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yamaura T,Muto S,Mine H,Takagi H,Watanabe M,Ozaki Y,Inoue T,Fukuhara M,Okabe N,Matsumura Y,Hasegawa T,Osugi J,Hoshino M,Higuchi M,Shio Y,Suzuki H

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[-2]pro-prostate-specific antigen (2pPSA), a proform of PSA, is a new marker in patients at risk of prostate cancer. We explored the potential role of 2pPSA in the identification of patients with metastatic progression following radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer. Seventy-six patients with biochemical (PSA) rec...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Sottile A,Ortega C,Berruti A,Mangioni M,Saponaro S,Polo A,Prati V,Muto G,Aglietta M,Montemurro F

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The warning statement issued by the United States Food and Drug Administration against the use of laparoscopic power morcellators prompted a discussion about the methods of preoperative diagnosis of uterine myometrial lesions. Since 1994, transcervical needle biopsies have been performed to differentiate between uteri...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Murakami M,Ichimura T,Kasai M,Matsuda M,Kawamura N,Fukuda T,Sumi T

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease have an increased risk of colorectal cancer, and the differentiation between neoplastic and inflammatory lesions often poses a clinical dilemma. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance (MR) enterography with ult...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yu H,Feng C,Wang Z,Li J,Wang Y,Hu X,Li Z,Shen Y,Hu D

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the radiosensitizing effect of apatinib on esophageal cancer cells, and to preliminarily investigate the underlying mechanism, KYSE-150 cells were treated with apatinib, x-ray or apatinib combined with x-ray, and compared with a blank control. It was observed that apatinib significantly inhibited vascular...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hu L,Sun F,Sun Z,Ni X,Wang J,Wang J,Zhou M,Feng Y,Kong Z,Hua Q,Yu J

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbohydrate sulfotransferase 15 (CHST15) synthesizes matrix proteoglycan that regulates various pathogenic mediators and contributes to tissue remodeling and fibrosis during injury. CHST15 has been reported to promote tumor growth and invasion in various types of cancer. Our previous study reported the safety and eff...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Matsuda Y,Fujii Y,Matsukawa M,Ishiwata T,Nishimura M,Arai T

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acanthus ebracteatus Vahl. is commonly consumed with the aim of curing cancer, inflammatory conditions and skin diseases in traditional Thai medicine. It is known to contain various phytochemicals; however, very little is known about the effects of A. ebracteatus protein hydrolysate on cancer cells, including its mole...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Khamwut A,Jevapatarakul D,Reamtong O,T-Thienprasert NP

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choristoma is a mass of tissue that is histologically normal for the organ or part of the body from which it originates, but is located at an abnormal site. Choristoma of the nervous system involves the occurrence of residual dysplastic tissues outside the nervous system and exhibits a low incidence. Thus far, there h...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Chang PF,Qu LM,Li M,Qi B

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00