A rare case of extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma localized to the ovary and detected via abdominal computed tomography angiography.

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that a small subpopulation of stem-like cancer cells within most solid tumors are responsible for the malignancy of aggressive cancer cells, including tumorigenicity and relapse of solid tumors. These tumor cells may be enriched and maintained in vitro in the presence of growth factors (GFs),...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Kim J,Jung J,Lee SJ,Lee JS,Park MJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitin-like modifier-activating enzyme 7 (UBA7) is a specific E1-like ubiquitin-activating enzyme involved in interferon-stimulated gene 15 (ISG15) conjugation. UBA7 expression has been reported to be notably decreased in lung cancer. The present study aimed to investigate the changes in UBA7 expression in breast c...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lin M,Li Y,Qin S,Jiao Y,Hua F

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homoisoflavanone-1 is a natural compound that may be extracted from the Chinese medicinal herb Polygonatum odoratum, which has pronounced antioxidant activities. The present study reports that homoisoflavanone-1 significantly inhibited tumor cell growth and induced apoptosis in A549 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ning D,Jin M,Xv T,Sun J,Li M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tanshinone IIA exhibits natural antioxidative and antineoplastic activity. However, to the best of our knowledge, the effects of tanshinone IIA on human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells remains unknown. The present study aimed to investigate whether tanshinone IIA inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of human na...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu B,Liu L,Zang A,Song Z,Yang H,Wang Z,Shang Y,Ma T,Zhang Y

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer is a common malignancy in China, with the second highest mortality rate worldwide. Advanced gastric cancer usually exhibits a poor prognosis with a low 5-year survival rate. Therefore, developing novel drugs for the treatment of this cancer will be beneficial for patients. Demethylzeylasteral, an extrac...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yang Y,Zhao M,Hu T,Su F,Qian F,Wang Z

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene may be a risk factor for pancreatic cancer (PC). We investigated the association of two single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the VDR gene with PC in age- and gender-matched patients and controls. PC (n=91) and healthy control (n=80) samples were genotyped for the...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li L,Wu B,Yang L,Yin G,Wei W,Sui S,Liu J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer is one of leading causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide and is a notable disease due to its heterogeneity. Recently, numerous studies have investigated the molecular basis of gastric cancer, involving the alteration of pathogenesis, and invasion and metastasis. With the development of modern tech...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Jin Z,Jiang W,Wang L

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine the impact of obesity on radiation-induced gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary (GU) toxicity. The cases of 54 patients with prostate cancer, treated with three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (RT), were reviewed. For each patient, the body mass index (BMI), dis...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Doi H,Ishimaru F,Tanooka M,Inoue H,Odawara S,Takada Y,Niwa Y,Fujiwara M,Kamikonya N,Yamamoto S,Hirota S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current report presents the case of a 43-year-old male suffering from a penile cutaneous horn. A surgical excision of the lesion was performed and histopathology demonstrated hyperkeratosis, dyskeratosis and epithelial hyperplasia. The cutaneous horn progressed to squamous cell carcinoma <1.5 months following surg...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhou Y,Tang Y,Tang J,Xia B,Dai Y

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a disease of the clonal hematopoietic stem cells caused by a balanced translocation between the long arms of chromosomes 9 and 22. Overall, 90-95% of CML patients present with a Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome t(9;22)(q34;q11) translocation and in addition, variant complex translocations...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Asif M,Hussain A,Malik A,Rasool M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) formation is important for invasion and metastasis of tumor cells in gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC). The present study aimed to investigate the association between signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (STAT3), phosphor-STAT3 (p-STAT3), hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) and VM f...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Song YY,Sun LD,Liu ML,Liu ZL,Chen F,Zhang YZ,Zheng Y,Zhang JP

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleobindin 2 (NUCB-2) is a multifunctional protein that contains several functional domains and is associated with a wide variety of biological processes, such as food intake and energy homeostasis. NUCB-2 has been demonstrated to be associated with worse malignant outcomes and cell migration in breast and prostate ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Tao R,Niu WB,Dou PH,Ni SB,Yu YP,Cai LC,Wang XY,Li SY,Zhang C,Luo ZG

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-associated mortality worldwide and its prognosis is poor. Few effective biomarkers for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have been translated into the clinical practice aiming to assist in the treatment plan design and prognosis evaluation. The aim of the present study was t...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hao L,Du B,Xi X

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the influence of microRNA-183 (miR-183) on the migration and invasion of A375 human melanoma cells, an A375 cell line with stable miR-183 overexpression or knockdown was constructed using lentiviral transfection. The change of miR-183 expression in these cells and in non-transfected controls was verified usi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang Y,Wang G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fourth most common cause of cancer-associated death worldwide. Glioma-associated oncogene homolog 1 (Gli1) is a key component and functions as a reliable marker of Hedgehog signaling pathway activation. Previous studies have demonstrated that Gli1 serves important roles in the pro...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hu Z,Xie F,Hu A,Xu M,Liu Y,Zhang J,Xiao J,Song Y,Zhong J,Chen B

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of recurrent diffuse low-grade gliomas (LGGs) is controversial. In the present study, the multidisciplinary management of 35 patients with recurrent LGGs was retrospectively analyzed. Tumor progression or recurrence was defined by clinical, radiological and/or metabolic pejorative evolution. All patient...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Spitaels J,Devriendt D,Sadeghi N,Luce S,De Witte O,Goldman S,Mélot C,Lefranc F

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to elucidate the role of cluster of differentiation (CD)8+, CD4+, natural killer (NK), and myeloid (CD11b+) cells in the course of the growth and rejection of experimental major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I-deficient, HPV16 E6/E7-associated TC-1/A9 tumors in mice. Stable mouse lines...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Indrová M,Rossowska J,Pajtasz-Piasecka E,Mikyšková R,Richter J,Rosina J,Sedlacek R,Fišerová A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione transferase Mu 1 (GSTM1) induces cancer drug resistance by hydrolyzing cancer chemotherapeutics or activating the anti-apoptosis pathway. However, the chemoresistance-inducing mechanism of GSTM1 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains unknown. In the present study, the expression of GSTM1 was examined in...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Fu XT,Song K,Zhou J,Shi YH,Liu WR,Tian MX,Jin L,Shi GM,Gao Q,Ding ZB,Fan J

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxic microenvironments and angiogenesis have been a focus of tumor research in previous years. The aim of the the present study was to create a hypoxic model and observe the effect of hypoxia on the expression of hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α), insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-1) and vascular endothelial gro...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu Q,Xu Z,Mao S,Chen W,Zeng R,Zhou S,Liu J

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：:Cancer immunotherapies are designed to elicit T-cell responses that inhibit tumor growth. Previous studies have demonstrated that interleukin 21 (IL-21) is a promising cytokine for cancer immunotherapy due to its ability to induce the immunity of T cells and natural killer cells, whereas blockade of the interaction of...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Pan XC,Li L,Mao JJ,Yao W,Zheng JN,Liu M,Fu JJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-associated mortality in China and worldwide. Increasing numbers of studies have demonstrated that microRNAs (miRNAs/miRs) have vital functions in numerous developmental processes and tumorigenesis. The aim of the present study was to investigate miR-154 expression in non...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu S,Yang Y,Chen L,Liu D,Dong H

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleomorphic adenomas (PAs) of salivary glands are the most frequent entity of solid parotid tumors. Nonetheless, their genetics is not yet well understood. Thus, the current study characterized 14 PAs using a unique combination of cytogenetic, molecular cytogenetic and/or molecular karyotyping based approaches. The cu...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Thielker J,Weise A,Othman MAK,Carreria IM,Melo JB,Von Eggeling F,Guntinas-Lichius O,Ziegler M,Liehr T

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regenerating islet-derived family, member 4 (REG4, which encodes Reg IV) is a marker for cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic utility of Reg IV measurement in sera from esophageal cancer patients. Reg IV expression was examined in 269 esophageal cancer samples by immuno...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Oue N,Noguchi T,Anami K,Sentani K,Sakamoto N,Uraoka N,Wakamatsu Y,Sasaki H,Yasui W

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to identify a specific biological marker for the diagnosis of colorectal adenomas through the analysis of variations in serum protein profiling in colorectal adenoma patients. The study was conducted at the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University (Wuhan, China) between September 2011 and M...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhou ZY,Tao DD,Cao JW,Luo HS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of dexmedetomidine (Dex) on the respiratory function during anesthesia induction in pediatric patients undergoing retinoblastoma (RB) resection. A total of 87 pediatric patients who underwent RB resection in Yidu Central Hospital of Weifang were recruited into this s...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Rong X,Sun C,Zhang F,Zheng J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs are proposed to serve vital functions in the regulation of tumor progression and invasion. However, the expression levels of miR-203 in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and its clinical significance remain unknown. In the present study, the association between B-cell-specific moloney murine leukemia virus ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Chen T,Xu C,Chen J,Ding C,Xu Z,Li C,Zhao J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoacylase 1 (ACY1) is important for regulating the proliferation of numerous types of cancer. However, the expression and mechanisms underlying the function of ACY1 in colorectal cancer remain unclear. In order to investigate the expression and function of ACY1 in colorectal cancer, tumor tissue and blood samples w...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yu B,Liu X,Cao X,Zhang M,Chang H

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal glucose metabolism is critical in colorectal cancer (CRC) development. Expression of the pyruvate kinase (PK) M2 isoform, rather than the PKM1 isoform, serves important functions in reprogramming the glucose metabolism of cancer cells. Preferential expression of PKM2 is primarily driven by alternative splicin...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Sun Y,Luo M,Chang G,Ren W,Wu K,Li X,Shen J,Zhao X,Hu Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00