Usefulness of PET/CT for diagnosis of periosteal chondrosarcoma of the femur: A case report.

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：:The present study reports the case of a 20-year-old female who was identified to have a left renal angiomyolipoma (AML) with hemorrhage. Following temporary conservative observation, the patient received continuous ultrasonic follow-up. Due to the rapid growth of the lesion, further examinations were performed. Comput...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liang W,Xu S

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanomas affect the foot and ankle region and are associated with a poor prognosis. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the functional and oncological outcomes of salvage surgery using cutaneous flaps for soft tissue reconstruction of the foot and ankle following the extended resection of a melanoma. A retro...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu JF,Zhao LR,Lu LJ,Chen L,Liu ZG,Gong X,Liu B

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present retrospective study was to ascertain the significance of pathological complete response (pCR) on overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) in each disease subtype of operable breast cancer. Using a single-institution database, 90 patients were identified, who received neoadjuvant che...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Kawajiri H,Takashima T,Aomatsu N,Kashiwagi S,Noda S,Onoda N,Ishikawa T,Hirakawa K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Being biomarkers that reflect host nutritional and immune status, prognostic nutritional index (PNI) and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) have been identified to be independent prognostic factors in various malignancies. The aim of the present study was to determine the predictive value of these parameters for the pr...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yang T,Mao P,Chen X,Niu X,Xu G,Bai X,Xie W

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein family member 3 (WASF3) is required for invasion and metastasis in different cancer cell types, and has been demonstrated to possess prognostic value in various types of human cancer. However, to the best of our knowledge, the expression profile of WASF3 and its correlations with the c...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wu J,Wang GC,Chen XJ,Xue ZR

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver kinase B1 (LKB1)/5'-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase pathway has been reported to facilitate glioma cell growth by improving growth conditions. To investigate the clinical significance of LKB1 in human gliomas western blot analysis and quantitative polymerase chain reaction experiments were p...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Huang J,Chen H,Wei Q,Zhang Z,Zhong Z,Xu Y

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:Hypermethylated in cancer 1 (HIC1) is a putative suppressor gene, cooperating with TP53 in the regulation of apoptosis. The promoter site of this gene contains CpG islands susceptible to methylation. Altered methylation leads to the silencing of HIC1. Persistent loss of HIC1 function reflects the attenuation of proapo...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Markowski J,Sieroń AL,Kasperczyk K,Ciupińska-Kajor M,Auguściak-Duma A,Likus W

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little information from clinical trials is available regarding the efficacy of trastuzumab treatment in subcentimetric breast carcinomas (BCs). The aim of this study was to verify the existence of correlations between HER2 and hormone receptor status, Ki67 values, grade, histotype and node involvement in a cohort of p...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ieni A,Giuffrè G,Lanzafame S,Nuciforo G,Curduman M,Villari L,Roz E,Certo G,Cabibi D,Salomone E,Labate A,Messina D,Franco V,Adamo V,Tuccari G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant secondary metabolites including alkaloids, demonstrate a complex diversity in their molecular scaffolds and exhibit tremendous pharmacological potential as anti-cancerous therapeutics. The present study aimed to evaluate the anticancer activity of a natural alkaloid, mecambridine, against human oral squamous cel...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lin N,Li Z,Wang D,Zheng K,Wu Y,Wang H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Septin 2 (SEPT2) is a tumor-related gene belonging to the SEPT family that affects the cellular processes of hepatoma carcinoma cells, glioblastoma cells and mesangial cells and is highly expressed in breast cancer, biliary tract cancer and acute myeloid leukemia. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common type ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： He H,Li J,Xu M,Kan Z,Gao Y,Yuan C

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to retrospectively review the contribution of 18F-fluorodeoxygluose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) in the assessment of biochemical recurrence in patients with a diagnosis of local-stage prostate cancer (PCa) who underwent radical prostatectomy (RP) or receive...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Öztürk H,Karapolat I

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal adenocarcinoma has shown a significant increase in incidence in recent years. It is thought that the development of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), followed by columnar-lined esophagus and the development of dysplasia, leads to invasive adenocarcinoma. The exact pathogenesis of this process, the dia...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Jaœkiewicz K,Iżycka-Œwieszewska E,Janiak M,Lysiak-Szydłowska W,Adrych K,Reinartz J,Jankun J,Skrzypczak-Jankun E

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：:Deoxypodophyllotoxin (DPPT) is extracted and separated from citrus-related plants, including Podophyllum (P.) peltatum, P. pleianthum, P. emodi (also called P. hexandrum) and Diphylleia grayi. DPPT has significant antitumor and antiviral activity. However, due to its strong toxicity and side effects, its use is limite...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hu S,Zhou Q,Wu WR,Duan YX,Gao ZY,Li YW,Lu Q

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ganoderma lucidum (G. lucidum) mushroom is one of the most extensively studied functional foods, known for its numerous health benefits, including the inhibition of tumor cell growth. The present study assessed the anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic activity of a novel G. lucidum polysaccharide peptide (GL-PP) i...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang C,Lin D,Chen Q,Lin S,Shi S,Chen C

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of amentoflavone on sorafenib-induced apoptosis in sorafenib-resistant hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. The sorafenib-resistant SK-Hep1 (SK-Hep1R) cell line was established for the present study. Initially, the differences in sorafenib-induced cytotoxicity and apopt...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Chen WL,Hsieh CL,Chen JH,Huang CS,Chen WT,Kuo YC,Chen CY,Hsu FT

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinogenesis is characterized by an abnormal regulation of the cell cycle. Regulators of the cell cycle such as cyclin E play an important role in neoplasia and may be correlated with prognosis. The clinical significance of the expression of cyclin E in stage III colorectal carcinoma has not yet been investigated. T...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Rath-Wolfson L,Bergman M,Ori Y,Goldman A,Ram E,Koren R,Salman H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men, with increased incidence rates observed in older individuals. Prostate cancer is primarily driven via activation of the androgen receptor (AR), the principal transcriptional factor governing prostate cancer cellular programming and its associated metabolism. On...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Dan C,Zhang H,Zeng W,Huang L,Gong X,Li H,Yang E,Wang L,Yao Q

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study aimed to explore whether the efficiency of the standard International Prognostic Index (S-IPI), revised-IPI (R-IPI) and enhanced-IPI (NCCN-IPI) in evaluating the prognosis of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) may be improved by interim 18F-FDG PET/CT. A total of 185 patients with ne...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Jiang M,Chen P,Ruan X,Ye X,Pan Y,Zhang J,Huang Q,Zhou W,Wu H,Wang Q

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is defined as any malignant tumor that develops or differentiates from cells in the peripheral nerve sheath. This tumor is commonly associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and previous radiotherapy treatment. Primary intraosseous MPNSTs are extremely rare and a ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

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

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) functions as a transcriptional coregulator by modulating histone methylation and has been associated with numerous high-risk cancers. Previously, our group and others identified LSD1 as an upregulated gene in ovarian cancer, and reported that the upregulation of LSD1 was associated...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Shao G,Wan X,Lai W,Wu C,Jin J,Liu X,Wei Y,Lin Q,Zhang L,Shao Q

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has a high incidence and mortality rate, particularly in Southern China. Apogossypolone (ApoG2) is a novel derivative of gossypol with antitumor activity and less toxicity. The human NPC CNE-2 cell line was studied in the in vitro model; whilst 4 week-old male nude mice (BALB/c-nu) were ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zheng R,Chen K,Zhang Y,Huang J,Shi F,Wu G,Wang S

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：:Cervical cancer (CC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-associated mortalities in women from developing countries. Similar to other types of cancer, CC is considered to be a multifactorial disease, involving socioeconomic, cultural, immunological and epigenetic factors, as well as persistent human papilloma virus ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Mendoza-Almanza G,Ortíz-Sánchez E,Rocha-Zavaleta L,Rivas-Santiago C,Esparza-Ibarra E,Olmos J

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer and embryo expression protein 65 (CEP65) is a centrosomal protein that is expressed at relatively high levels in embryonic tissue and different cancerous tissues, but its role in tumorigenesis remains unknown. In the present study, CEP65 was stably expressed in AGS gastric cancer cells. CEP65 was found to promo...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Jin G,Peng L,Zhang J,Qu L,Shou C

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma (OS) is identified as the most commonly diagnosed malignant cancer of bone, and has approximately three million new cases annually. miR-26a plays an important role in the development of various types of cancer. We investigated whether miR-26a can regulate the migration and invasion of OS by targeting high...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu J,Mi B,Wang Y,Shi C,Mi X,Lu Y,Yu P

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The RAS/RAF and PI3K/PTEN signaling pathways play central roles in hepatocarcinogenesis. KRAS, NRAS, HRAS, BRAF, PIK3CA, PIK3R1 and PTEN are key cancer-related genes in the RAS/RAF and PI3K/PTEN signaling pathways. Genetic alterations in these genes often lead to the dysregulation of the two cascades. Little is known ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hou W,Liu J,Chen P,Wang H,Ye BC,Qiang F

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the expression of regulator of G protein signaling 2 (RGS2) are involved in the genesis and development of a number of malignancies. However, the association between changes in the expression of RGS2 and breast invasive carcinoma of no special type (BIC-NST) remains unknown. The present study found that, in...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang C,Ye Q,Cao Y,Tan J,Wang F,Jiang J,Cao Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00