Chloroquine potentiates the anticancer effect of sunitinib on renal cell carcinoma by inhibiting autophagy and inducing apoptosis.

abstract：:Breast tissue is very sensitive to ionizing radiation due to the presence of reproductive hormones, including estrogen. In the present pilot study, the efficiency of mammography X-rays to induce DNA double strand breaks (DSB) in mammary epithelial cells was investigated. For this, freshly resected healthy breast tissu...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Depuydt J,Viaene T,Blondeel P,Roche N,Van den Broecke R,Thierens H,Vral A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a treatment modality that has clinical applications in both non-neoplastic and neoplastic diseases. PDT involves a light-sensitive compound (photosensitizer), light and molecular oxygen. This procedure may lead to several different cellular responses, including cell death. Alterations in ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Pacheco-Soares C,Maftou-Costa M,DA Cunha Menezes Costa CG,DE Siqueira Silva AC,Moraes KC

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to compare intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in irradiation of lung cancer. Plans of 14 patients were compared. The results demonstrated that in peripheral lung cancer, V5 (%) of the lung in partial-arc (PA)-VMAT was decreased comp...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li Y,Wang J,Tan L,Hui B,Ma X,Yan Y,Xue C,Shi X,Drokow EK,Ren J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are enzymes for extracellular matrix remodeling that are involved in tumor growth, progression and metastasis. Among them, MMP-9 has been implicated in tumor angiogenesis. Tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase (TIMP)-2, a member of the family of MMP inhibitors, induces apoptosis...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wajner SM,Capp C,Brasil BA,Meurer L,Maia AL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between the dynamic intensity-modulated radiation therapy planned γ analysis passing rate and respiratory amplitude (A) and period (T) for different tumor volumes. A total of 30 patients with malignant lung tumors were divided into three groups: A; B; and...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xie K,Sun H,Lin T,Gao L,Sui J,Ni X

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study reports the clinical data of two patients with renal pelvis carcinoma and one patient with renal carcinoma who developed port-site metastasis following retroperitoneal laparoscopic surgery. The current study aimed to identify the cause and prognosis of the occurrence of port-site metastasis subsequen...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang N,Wang K,Zhong D,Liu X,Sun JI,Lin L,Ge L,Yang BO

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of studies have revealed the usefulness of multimodal imaging in gliomas. Although the results have been heavily affected by the method used for region of interest (ROI) design, the most discriminatory method for setting the ROI remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to determine the most suitable ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Takano K,Kinoshita M,Arita H,Okita Y,Chiba Y,Kagawa N,Watanabe Y,Shimosegawa E,Hatazawa J,Hashimoto N,Fujimoto Y,Kishima H

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

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：:Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is a rare event characterized by benign soft-tissue tumors that occur when uterine leiomyomas metastasize to the lung. The present study reports the case of a 47-year-old female patient who presented with multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules on a chest X-ray during a heal...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wei WT,Chen PC

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of breast cancer is increasing throughout the world. Although significant progress has been made in diagnostic techniques and targeted therapies, the prognosis of breast cancer remains poor. Regulator of differentiation 1 (ROD1) may inhibit the development of several types of cancer. However, the role of...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhou Y,Zou H,Wu E,Huang L,Yin R,Mei Y,Zhu X

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain patients with lymphoma may harbor mutations in perforin 1 (PRF1), unc-13 homolog D (UNC13D), syntaxin 11 (STX11), STXBP2 (syntaxin binding protein 2) or SH2 domain containing 1A (SH2D1A), which causes functional defects of cytotoxic lymphocytes. Data regarding the association between genetic defects and the de...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Chen X,Zhang Y,Wang F,Wang M,Teng W,Lin Y,Han X,Jin F,Xu Y,Cao P,Fang J,Zhu P,Tong C,Liu H

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical activity offers a paradoxical hormetic effect and a health benefit to cancer survivors; however, the biochemical mechanisms have not been entirely elucidated. Despite the well-documented evidence implicating oxidative stress in breast cancer, the association between health benefits and redox status has not be...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Tomasello B,Malfa GA,Strazzanti A,Gangi S,Di Giacomo C,Basile F,Renis M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study describes the case of a 48-year-old man who was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma with an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) 21 L858R mutation. The patient received surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy. When multiple lung metastases appeared, icotinib was administered. Following resistance to icot...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lu H,Chen B,Qin J,Xie F,Han N,Huang Z

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that members of the brain-expressed X-linked (BEX) family participate in a wide range of biological functions in normal and tumor tissues. However, their role and clinical significance in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) remains unclear. The present study investigated The Cancer Genome Atl...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang ZH,Luan ZY,Han F,Chen HQ,Liu WB,Liu JY,Cao J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among women, and diagnosis and treatment represent a substantial challenge due to the lack of adequate molecular targets. It has been shown that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) serve pivotal roles in regulating gene expression in tumors. The roles of long intervening noncoding ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhu Q,Li Y,Dong X,Yang Y,Wang H,Guo S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is a major subtype of non-small cell lung cancer. Despite significant progress in its diagnosis and treatment, the mortality and morbidity rate of LUAD remains high worldwide. The aim of the present study was to perform a systematic investigation of the tumor microenvironment (TME) and ident...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yuan J,Yuan B,Zeng L,Liu B,Chen Y,Meng X,Sun R,Lv X,Wang W,Yang S

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite advances in the diagnosis and treatment in recent years, lung cancer is still one of the primary causes of cancer-associated morbidity and mortality in globally. Abnormally expressed microRNAs (miRNAs/miRs) in tumor tissues serve vital roles in the pathological mechanism of tumors and have become prospective b...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhuo E,Cai C,Liu W,Li K,Zhao W

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpesvirus entry mediator (HVEM) displays dual signals in T-cell activation according to the ligands and intracytoplasmic effectors it interacts with. High HVEM expression may play an immunosuppressive role in several malignancies. The present study investigated the clinical impact of HVEM on intrahepatic cholangioca...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ma B,Meng H,Tian Y,Wang Y,Song T,Zhang T,Wu Q,Cui Y,Li H,Zhang W,Li Q

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain-specific metastasis is one of the primary causes of recurrence following complete resection of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and the underlying mechanism remains unclear. The present study was designed to investigate the correlation between C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) expression and brain-specif...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang L,Wang Z,Liu X,Liu F

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is crucial to classify cervical lesions into high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs) and low-grade SILs (LSILs), as LSILs are conservatively treated by observation, based on an expectation of natural regression, whereas HSILs usually require electrosurgical excision. In the present study, peripheral blo...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zou C,Lyu Y,Jiang J,Cao Y,Wang M,Sang C,Zhang R,Li H,Liew CC,Cheng C,Zhao S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study reports a case of hemorrhage from branches of the right obturator artery following laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. On post-operative day 9, the patient complained of lower abdominal pain, and the hemoglobin and hematocrit levels had decreased. Emergency computed tomography angiography showed a la...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hiroshige T,Matsuo M,Ueda K,Nakiri M,Nishihara K,Igawa T

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in women. The human wings apart-like (hWAPL) gene, which is 30,793 bp long and located on 10q23.2., is a human homologue of the WAPL gene in Drosophila melanogaster. hWAPL has the characteristics of an oncogene in uterine cervical cancer. The present study in...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lu X,Cui J,Fu M,Wang W

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant transformation of an epidermoid cyst is rare. The current report presents a case of a 55-year-old female patient with squamous cell carcinoma arising from a benign epidermoid cyst in the left temporal region and prepontine area. She had undergone subtotal resection of an epidermoid cyst 7 months previously. ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ding S,Jin Y,Jiang J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The IL-6R/JAK2/STAT3 pathway mediated by interleukin-6 (IL-6) plays an important role in the occurrence and development of multiple myeloma (MM), which is associated with decreased microRNA-451a. However, the biological function of microRNA-451a in MM remains unclear. The bone marrow (BM) of patients with MM was sampl...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhong L,Xu Z,Jin X,He Y,Zhang J,Jiang T,Chen J

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone metastasis is an uncommon event in advanced gastric cancer patients and bone metastases are rarely detected as isolated lesions. However, eleven years after treatment for locally advanced gastric cancer, including total gastrectomy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy, a 49-year-old female was admitted to the IX Div...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Iovino F,Orditura M,Auriemma PP,Ciorra FR,Giordano G,Orabona C,Bara F,Sergio R,Savastano B,Fabozzi A,Laterza MM,Ventriglia J,Petrillo A,Della Corte CM,DE Vita F

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is a common tumor of the digestive system with poor prognosis. Studies have shown that aberrant microRNA (miRNA) expression can affect CRC progression by regulating target genes. In the present study, we investigated the functional roles and potential mechanisms of miR-331-3p in CRC. The exp...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang H,Wang R,Wang M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to explore the targets of forkhead box D3 (FOXD3) in lung cancer, and thus contribute to the diagnosis and therapy of the disease. The gene expression profile of GSE64513 was downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. The dataset contained 3 FOXD3 knockout A549 lung canc...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Jiang W,Liu P,Li X

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extragastrointestinal stromal tumors (EGISTs) are relatively rare soft tissue neoplasms arising from the extra gastrointestinal tract. The current study presents a case of primary EGIST of the prostate observed in a 55-year-old male. Imaging studies showed a 10×10.5×9.5-cm prostate mass. On histological observation, t...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu S,Yu Q,Han W,Qi L,Zu X,Zeng F,Xie Y,Liu J

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the current study was to investigate the potential role of microRNA-183-5p (miR-183-5p) in the proliferation, invasion and metastasis of pancreatic cancer, and to identify promising target genes of oncogenic miR-183-5p. Western blotting and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) were used to investig...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Miao F,Zhu J,Chen Y,Tang N,Wang X,Li X

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the newest status of patients diagnosed Burkitt lymphoma (BL), an aggressive lymphoma subset with a high cure rate. Furthermore, the study aimed to create prognostic nomograms to consider various prognostic factors and estimate patient survival, paving the way for clini...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lu J,Tan H,Li B,Chen S,Xu L,Zou Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00