Abstract:
BACKGROUND/AIM:Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is highly malignant, metastatic and recurrent, remaining generally incurable, and responsible for approximately 14% of all thyroid carcinoma-related deaths. MTC can metastasize to lymph nodes, trachea and distant organs, such as brain, lungs, liver and bones. MTC cells are resistant to chemotherapy and traditional external therapies are not showing definite clinical benefits. Scientists are trying to understand the molecular background of carcinogenesis and histone deacetylase (HDAC) seems to play a potential role to gene transcription. On the other hand, HDAC inhibitors (HDACI) hamper the HDAC action giving promising results as new anticancer drugs. The purpose of this review was to evaluate the current status of research considering the role of HDACIs in MTC treatment and to present the latest trends in MTC treatment protocols. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This literature review was accomplished using the MEDLINE database. The key words/phrases were; HDACI, medullary thyroid cancer, HDACI in the therapy of neuroendocrine tumors, HDACI in MTC. Forty-one articles were selected from the total number of the search's results. Only sixteen papers focus on the use of HDACIs in the treatment of MTC. In order to extract our conclusions, we took into account some studies whose main topic does not strictly refer to the MTC but they contain noteworthy and useful information. Only English articles published up to August 2016 were assessed and used for writing this review. RESULTS:Molecules, such as valproid acid (VPA), vorinostat, suberoyl bis-hydroxamic acid (SBHA), depsipeptide, belinostat, m-carboxycinnamic acid bis-hydroxamine (CBHA) and AB3 have shown promising antitumor effects against MTC. CONCLUSION:HDACIs represent a promising field for targeted therapy both for its anticancer properties, as well as for augmenting radiotherapeutic modalities. More trials are needed.
journal_name
Anticancer Resjournal_title
Anticancer researchauthors
Damaskos C,Garmpis N,Valsami S,Spartalis E,Antoniou EA,Tomos P,Karamaroudis S,Zoumpou T,Pergialiotis V,Stergios K,Michaelides C,Kontzoglou K,Perrea D,Nikiteas N,Dimitroulis Ddoi
10.21873/anticanres.11070subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-10-01 00:00:00pages
5019-5024issue
10eissn
0250-7005issn
1791-7530pii
36/10/5019journal_volume
36pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:BACKGROUND/AIM:Malignant tumors of the salivary glands are rare and heterogeneous, with more than 20 subtypes, and classified mainly by histopathology. Their diagnosis is often challenging and their etiology unknown. Here, the possible association between human polyomaviruses (PyVs) and one or more salivary gland tumor...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.12532
更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND/AIM:Since the first description of five pericytomas with the t(7;12)/ACTB-GLI1 fusion gene, only three new tumors were studied by both cytogenetics and molecular techniques. We report here genetic data on another case of this rare tumor. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Cytogenetic, fluorescence in situ hybridization ...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.14065
更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Breast cancer grows in a hormone-rich environment which influences its biological features and thus, ultimately, its clinical behavior. Circulating hormone levels were measured in premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer patients prior to surgery, and correlated with all available clinical and biologic...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND/AIM:Sarcoma of the oral cavity is rare accounting for around 1% of all malignant oral tumors. The purpose of this study was to find important prognostic factors for patients with oral sarcoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study included 1,643 patients examined from April 1980 to March 2010 at the Departments of...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:
更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Epidemiological data suggest a more favorable outcome of breast carcinoma in women taking cardiac glycosides. This study investigated whether digoxin could inhibit tumor growth in mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Tumor growth experiments were done in mice grafted with the neuroblastoma cell lines SH-SY5Y, Neuro-...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The presence of steroid receptors in breast cancer is usually considered as a good indicator for responsiveness to antiestrogen treatment. However, not all estrogen-receptor (ER) positive tumors respond to tamoxifen, probably owing to the natural heterogeneity of breast cancer, which after tamoxifen treatment can resu...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of the study was the evaluation of the detectability of treated liver metastases using one FDG-PET measurement. The study includes 42 patients (80 lesions) from different primary tumours. Standardized Uptake Values (SUV) as well as the tumour to liver Ratio (T/L) were used for evaluation. A T/L > 1.0 was consi...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs are able to control vital tumor biological processes, such as proliferation, tissue transformation and cell migration, as well as apoptosis. One of the micro RNAs, namely miR-1, has been classified as a tumor suppressor, however, preliminary data did not confirm this finding in ovarian cancer (OC) ...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND/AIM:5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA), a precursor of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX), is now used for photodynamic therapy (PDT) of pre-cancers of the skin and photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) of brain tumors. Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) of cancers with ultrasound has been studied using 5-ALA as a sonosensitizer. In this ar...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:We herein report a comparison of the radiolabels 177Lu and 125I bound to the monoclonal antibody HH1 that targets the CD37 antigen expressed on non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Mixtures of 177Lu and 125I-labeled HH1 antibody were co-injected into nude mice carrying Ramos xenografts and th...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND/AIM:Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is still a deadly type of cancer for which there are few effective therapeutic strategies. Development of a new molecule targeting agent is urgently desired. Previously we showed that recombination signal binding protein for immunoglobulin-kappa-J region (RBPJ) and mastermin...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.12758
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Procathepsin D is over-secreted by some human cancer cells. This enzymatically inactive precursor has been established as playing an important role in the development of several types of cancer. In the present investigation, we used both the isolated human procathepsin D and a synthetic 44 amino acid peptide correspon...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:To evaluate factors associated with the selection of first-line bevacizumab plus chemotherapy and clinical response in HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer (MBC) in clinical practice in Spain. PATIENTS AND METHODS:All consecutive adult female patients with HER2-negative MBC who had received first-line bevacizuma...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Almost all individuals with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) develop peripheral nerve sheath tumors (PNSTs), mainly benign neurofibromas, however about 10% of PNSTs will undergo transformation to malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs). Surgical treatment of PNSTs has traditionally been regarded as a standard ...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.21873/anticanres.14136
更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Previous reports indicate that the p53 yeast functional assay is a highly sensitive method of detection of p53 mutations in clinical specimens. Our earlier report (1) showed a 35.4% p53 mutation frequency in Hong Kong colorectal carcinoma (CRC) patients, when conventional molecular screening techniques were ...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Inconsistent reporting in published meta-analyses compared to registered protocol are poorly understood. The aim of the study was to assess inconsistencies between registered protocols and published reports among oncology drug meta-analyses. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A cross-sectional study was performed includ...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.11928
更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:To evaluate the efficacy of prophylactic radiotherapy at intervention sites in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). PATIENTS AND METHODS:From 05/2010 to 12/2014, 53 patients with histologically confirmed MPM were treated in order to prevent interventional site metastases. Irradiation was carried out...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2015-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Complementary antitumor treatments are required to increase the cure rate achieved by surgery and/or radiotherapy by avoiding future recurrences and metastases. The growth of most solid tumors, particularly carcinomas, depends upon the simultaneous development of internal tumor vasculature to allow the proliferation o...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) may be a valuable tool for detection of malignant proceedings. The aim of our study was to investigate LOH in the serum of patients with adenocarcinoma of the distal oesophagus and the cardia for diagnostic and prognostic utility. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Matched tumour and serum sa...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Glioblastomas are the most frequent and most malignant astrocytic gliomas. The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene is the most frequently amplified and overexpressed in glioblastomas. The expression of bcl-2 and Bax in EGFR-antisense transfected and un-transfected glioblastoma cell line, U87E and U87V was stu...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The results of palliative chemotherapy in 162 patients suffering from exocrine pancreatic cancer are presented. They are mainly discussed with respect to the possibility of improving survival of exocrine pancreatic cancer patients by an efficacy-orientated sequential polychemotherapy (EOSP). In about 40% of the patien...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effect of selenite on mitochondrial morphology, selenoprotein synthesis, membrane potential, phosphorylating respiration, P/O ratio and respiratory control index were evaluated relative to selenite inhibition of DNA synthesis in murine mammary epithelial cell lines. No inhibition of mitochondrial function was note...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The concentration of Des-gamma-carboxy-prothrombin (DCP) or PIVKA-II has been described to be increased in patients with hepatocellular cancer, along with its elevation in vitamin K deficient states by warfarin or dicoumarol treatment. The aim of the study was to investigate its clinical value in HCC in comp...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:Adenomatous polyps are precursor lesions for colorectal carcinoma. The risk of cancer development has been associated with age and size, amount of villous component and high-grade dysplasia of adenomas. The subject-related and adenoma-related risk factors for severely dysplastic lesions were further investig...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) on chemically-induced hepatic carcinogenesis (HCC) in mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In a first set of experiments, mice were treated with diethylnitrosoamine intraperitoneally at two weeks of age. They were fed chow containing ...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.13880
更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The most widely-known anti-tumor drugs often induce marked immunosuppression which can give rise to one or more sepses. Anti-infection measures immediately applied can sometimes prove largely ineffective or even useless, the patient dying not as a result of the spread of the tumour but as a direct consequence of oppor...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Immunocytochemical assays were performed on frozen sections of inflammatory breast carcinomas (n = 22) using the following monoclonal antibodies (MoAb): anti-pHER2/neu, cathepsin, pS2, ER, PR and MoAb Ki67. The distribution of these proteins, known as prognostic indicators, was evaluated with an image analysis system ...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Irofulven (MGI 114) is a novel, clinically active sesquiterpene whose mechanism of action is not fully understood. We sought to identify apoptotic effectors induced by this agent in human pancreatic cancer cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS:MTT assay was used to assess IC50-Apoptosis was quantitated by flow cytom...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) refers to the process in which highly invasive cancer cells mimic endothelial cells by forming blood channels. In the present study, we investigated the effect of curcumin, a natural product from turmeric, on VM of SK-Hep-1 human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. MATERIALS AND ...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The multistep nature of cancer suggested from chemical carcinogenesis studies, epidemiological data and cell culture experiments could be explained by the occurrence of somatic mutations resulting in inappropriate expression of normal cellular sequences which have an intrinsic potential of becoming cancer genes. The d...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1983-03-01 00:00:00