Prostate stem cell antigen is expressed in normal and malignant human brain tissues.

abstract：:Tricholemmal carcinoma is an extremely rare malignancy of the skin, and its biological behavior and management is controversial. The objective of the present study was to investigate the clinicopathological characteristics and management of tricholemmal carcinoma of the head and neck region. The study analyzed 15 pati...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Feng Z,Zhu HG,Wang LZ,Zheng JW,Chen WT,Zhang Z,Dong W,Qu W,Wang YA

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary mediastinal seminoma is a rare extragonadal germ cell tumour that mainly occurs in males. The present study reports the case of a 27-year-old woman that presented with superior vena cava syndrome and a large mass in the mediastinum, which was diagnosed as primary female mediastinal seminoma. The patient receiv...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Cao J,Zhou Y,Zou F,Ma JA,Hu C

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA (miR)-204-5p was previously identified to be downregulated in melanoma compared with melanocytic nevi. This observation prompted a functional study on miR-204-5p and the newly-identified miR-3065-5p, two miRNAs suggested to be tumor-suppressive oncomiRs. Application of miR-204-5p mimics or inhibitors resulted...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Palkina N,Komina A,Aksenenko M,Moshev A,Savchenko A,Ruksha T

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salivary gland carcinomas are rare tumors, representing ~0.5% of all malignancies. Myoepithelioma is also uncommon, representing ~1% of all salivary gland tumors. Myoepithelial carcinoma (MC) is even rarer, representing 0.2 to 0.6% of all salivary gland tumors. We herein report a case of MC with multiple metastases ar...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Panelli Santos KCP,Matsuzaki H,Unetsubo T,Tsuyoshi S,Nagatsuka H,Asaumi JI

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a rare condition. The current study presents the cases of 2 female patients aged 38 and 47 years old, respectively, who were initially diagnosed with NSCLC adenocarcinoma on histology. Both patients initially presented with chest pain and a cough, and subse...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Mushi RT,Yang Y,Cai Q,Zhang R,Wu G,Dong X

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Euchromatic histone-lysine N-methyltransferase (G9A), the primary histone methyltransferase for histone H3 Lys9, has been identified to be upregulated in numerous types of cancer. The aim of the present study was to analyze the clinical significance of G9A, and preliminarily explore its function in hepatocellular carc...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Qin J,Li Q,Zeng Z,Wu P,Jiang Y,Luo T,Ji X,Zhang Q,Hao Y,Chen L

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) accounts for 30% of all pediatric cancers. Currently available treatments exhibit toxicity and certain patients may develop resistance. Thus, less toxic and chemoresistance-reversal agents are required. In the present study, the potential effect of curcumin, a component of Curcuma lo...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Pimentel-Gutiérrez HJ,Bobadilla-Morales L,Barba-Barba CC,Ortega-De-La-Torre C,Sánchez-Zubieta FA,Corona-Rivera JR,González-Quezada BA,Armendáriz-Borunda JS,Silva-Cruz R,Corona-Rivera A

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs of approximately 22 base pairs that regulate the expression of genes by targeting messenger RNA with complementarity with the miRNA base sequence. Regulation of gene expression by miRNAs is crucial in cellular development and differentiation, and recent studies suggest a re...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yanokura M,Banno K,Kobayashi Y,Kisu I,Ueki A,Ono A,Masuda K,Nomura H,Hirasawa A,Susumu N,Aoki D

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) catalyzes the first step of arachidonic acid metabolism to inflammatory mediator leukotrienes. The present study assessed 5-LO expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) tissue specimens for associations with clinicopathological and survival data from patients, then explored 5-LO act...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Bai CY,Zhang JY,Shi TW,Bai YQ,Wu BL,Du ZP,Wu ZY,Xu XE,Wang SH,Wu JY,Te RY,Zhang JY,Xu LY,Li EM

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The periostin protein, encoded by the POSTN gene, is a component of the extracellular matrix, which is expressed by fibroblasts and has been observed in a variety of human malignancies. The present study aimed to detect the expression of periostin in the tissues of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients and benig...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hong LZ,Wei XW,Chen JF,Shi Y

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study reports a case of pancreatic vasoactive intestinal peptide-secreting tumor (VIPoma), of 2.2 cm in diameter, arising from the region of the uncus of the pancreas with liver metastases in a 50-year-old patient, which demonstrated unusual multiple-phase spiral computed tomography (MPSCT) results. The pa...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Chen Y,Shi D,Dong F,Han SG,Qian ZH,Yang LI,Wang Y,Yu RS,Li QH,Fu YB

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to perform a retrospective analysis to investigate the outcome and toxicity of radiation (RT) and chemoradiation (CRT) in elderly, inoperable patients >70 years old. Between 2003 and 2012, 1,024 patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the esophagus were treated at the Department...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xu HY,DU ZD,Zhou L,Yu M,Ding ZY,Lu Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distant metastases from colorectal cancer (CRC) most frequently spread to the liver and lungs. CRC metastasis to the kidney is extremely rare and may be generally associated with an unfavorable prognosis. Thus, patients with metastatic CRC and kidney metastasis are a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The present s...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Dulskas A,Bagurskas P,Sinkevicius Z,Samalavicius NE

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer (GC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. The usual treatment of GC consists of surgery with additional adjuvant chemotherapy. In the present study, the feasibility and safety of adjuvant S-1 plus oxaliplatin (SOX) chemotherapy for patients with GC and the optimal dosage of...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yang L,Yang Y,Qin Q,Zhou A,Zhao J,Wang J,Shu C,Yuan X,Hu S

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to conduct a prognosis analysis of Taiwanese patients with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), who are resistant to or were unable to tolerate imatinib or sunitinib, and were subsequently treated with regorafenib. The study considered the survival, potential prognostic factors a...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hu CH,Yeh CN,Chen JS,Tsai CY,Wang SY,Cheng CT,Yeh TS

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovial sarcoma is a rare, highly malignant soft-tissue tumor that occurs primarily in the extremities. At present, there is no effective clinical treatment for this condition. The present study reports the case of a 49-year-old male who was diagnosed with pleural synovial sarcoma and treated with recombinant human e...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Teng C,Li LI,Shen W,Li J,Liu Y,Jiang Q,Xin T,Huang D,Song X,Lv Y,Jin Y

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers, which is the leading cause of cancer-related death among various cancers worldwide. Flavokawain A (FKA), a chalcone found in the kava plant, exerts potent anticancer activity. However, the activity and mechanisms of FKA in inhibiting the viability of paclitaxel (PTX)-resi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li J,Zheng L,Yan M,Wu J,Liu Y,Tian X,Jiang W,Zhang L,Wang R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent successful use of the immune checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) anti-programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)/PD-1 ligand 1 in clinical trials indicates their crucial role in obtaining an effective cancer immune therapy. These CPIs have been identified to have an effective therapeutic response, particularly in tumors w...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Cai LL,Wang J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma (OS) is the third most frequent type of cancer in adolescents and represents >56% of all bone tumors. In addition, metastatic OS frequently demonstrates resistance to conventional chemotherapy; thus, the development of novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of patients with metastatic OS is warranted....

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li X,Yan ML,Yu Q

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the optimal strategy and dosimetric measurement of thoracic radiotherapy based on three-dimensional (3D) modeling of mediastinal lymph nodes (MLNs). A 3D model of MLNs was constructed from a Chinese Visible Human female dataset. Image registration and fusion between reco...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang JB,Zhao LR,Cui TX,Chen XW,Yang Q,Zhou YB,Chen ZT,Zhang SX,Sun JG

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-37, a new IL-1 family member, has received increasing attention in recent years. In the past decade, it has been determined that IL-37 is expressed in various normal cells and tissues and is regulated by inflammatory stimuli and pro-cytokines via different signal transduction pathways. Recently, it ha...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang L,Quan Y,Yue Y,Heng X,Che F

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous melanoma (CM) is the most aggressive form of skin cancer, exhibits an increasing incidence worldwide and has a high potential to develop metastasis. The current study aimed to identify a set of parameters that may aid in predicting the probability and timing of the onset of CM metastasis. A retrospective ana...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Pjanova D,Ruklisa D,Kregere E,Azarjana K,Ozola A,Cema I

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oncostatin M (OSM) induces the differentiation of liver cancer stem cells (LCSCs) and increases sensitivity to the chemotherapeutic agent 5-fluorouracil, whereas salinomycin (Sal) induces apoptosis in cancer stem cells and inhibits the proliferation of liver cancer cells. However, there have been no studies investigat...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Fu C,Wang L,Tian G,Zhang C,Zhao Y,Xu H,Su M,Wang Y

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3892/ol.2012.934.]. ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Fan L,Wang H,Xia X,Rao Y,Ma X,Ma D,Wu P,Chen G

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impairment of microRNA (miRNA) biogenesis may be involved in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). The objective of the present study was to investigate the mRNA levels of important miRNA machinery components, DICER1, DROSHA, DiGeroge syndrome critical region gene 8 (DGCR8), and Argonaute 2 (AGO2), and their correl...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lee SS,Min H,Ha JY,Kim BH,Choi MS,Kim S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is one of the most lethal types of cancer, and its poor prognosis is primarily due to drug resistance and cancer recurrence. As it is associated with a low five-year survival rate, lung cancer stem cells (LCSCs) have been the subject of numerous recent studies. For these studies of LCSCs, lung cancer cell ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang Y,Jiang M,Du C,Yu Y,Liu Y,Li M,Luo F

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial chondrosarcoma is a rare malignant cartilage-forming tumor, with only a small number of cases in the posterior cranial fossa reported previously. The present study reports the case of a 40-year-old male patient who was admitted to Tianjin Huanhu Hospital with a progressive headache and dizziness that had ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Chi J,Zhang M,Kang J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cause of cancer-associated mortality worldwide. Currently, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) remains a widely used chemotherapeutic drug in the treatment of CRC; however, 5-FU resistance during treatment has become a common problem. Livin, a member of the inhibitor of apoptosis pro...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu S,Li X,Li Q,Liu H,Shi Y,Zhuo H,Li C,Zhu H

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the efficacy of combination chemotherapy with arsenic trioxide (ATO), interferon α (IFN) and zidovudine (AZT) for adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL), the precise mechanism underlying this combination treatment effect is unknown. In the present study, ATO/IFN/AZT was examined in an ATL leukemic cell line (S1T...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hachiman M,Yoshimitsu M,Ezinne C,Kuroki A,Kozako T,Arima N

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia occurs in a wide range of solid tumors, and is strongly associated with radio-resistance of malignant tumors. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of endostatin combined with ionizing radiation (IR) on hypoxic conditions. A total of 24 mice bearing SKOV3 ovarian carcinoma were divided int...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang YC,Li XM,Yu Z,Shi XL,Li Y,Wang WL

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00