Autologous immune enhancement therapy against an advanced epithelioid sarcoma: A case report.

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：: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：:A 72-year-old man initially presented with lumbar and right chest pain, but was later found out to also have an elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level at 2,000.0 ng/ml. Further evaluation disclosed metastatic prostate cancer involving the bones and lymph nodes. The patient was initially treated with combined a...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Kato T,Komiya A,Yuasa J,Kaga K,Kaga M,Kojima S,Naya Y,Isaka S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SIRT6, is a member of the NAD-dependent sirtuin family of enzymes, and has been reported as a novel tumor suppressor gene or oncogene, dependent on the type of cancer. However, the role of SIRT6 in osteosarcoma has not been investigated. The present study demonstrated that the expression of SIRT6 was downregulated in ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Gao Y,Qu Y,Zhou Q,Ma Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies, we observed that STAT1 and Survivin correlated negatively with gastric cancer tissues, and that the functions of the IFN-γ-STAT1 pathway and Survivin in gastric cancer are the same as those reported for other types of cancer. In this study, the SGC7901 gastric cancer cell line and 83 gastric cance...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Deng H,Zhen H,Fu Z,Huang X,Zhou H,Liu L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages are a heterogeneous group of phagocytes that play critical roles in inflammation, infection and tumor growth. Macrophages respond to different environmental factors and are thereby polarized into specialized functional subsets. Although hypoxia is an important environmental factor, its impact on human macr...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ke X,Chen C,Song Y,Cai Q,Li J,Tang Y,Han X,Qu W,Chen A,Wang H,Xu G,Liu D

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The danger of overexposure to solar ultraviolet radiation has been widely reviewed since the 1980s due to the depletion of the ozone layer. However, the benefits of mild exposure of the skin to ultraviolet (UV) light have not been widely investigated. Numerous reports have demonstrated that an association exists betwe...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Rivas M,Rojas E,Araya MC,Calaf GM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical utility of plasma chromogranin A (CgA) in patients diagnosed with early-stage pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) in terms of diagnostic value and treatment response. A total of 35 patients with PNETs were prospectively enrolled from August 2010 to April 2...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Tseng CM,Cheng TY,Chen TB,Tien YW,Chen CC,Lin JT,Wang HP

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seven-amino acid truncated (7ND) protein is an N-terminal deletion mutant of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and it functions as a dominant-negative inhibitor. 7ND and wild-type MCP-1 form a heterodimer, which binds to MCP-1 receptors and inhibits monocyte chemotaxis. In the present study, the 7ND prote...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Luo S,Zhou C,Zhang J,Chen M,Li H,Zheng S,Quan J

更新日期：2018-05-01 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 causes of lung cancer in never-smokers remain unclear. The potential contribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) to the carcinogenesis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been reported. In 2008, a prospective registry of never-smokers with NSCLC was established at the Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, O...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Isa SI,Kurahara Y,Yamamoto S,Tamiya A,Omachi N,Asami K,Okishio K,Utsumi T,Ito N,Yoon HE,Matsumura A,Atagi S,Kawaguchi T

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningiomas may be classified as neurofibromin 2 (NF2)-associated and non-NF2 meningiomas depending on the presence or absence of molecular alterations in the NF2 gene. One of the characteristic histological features of meningiomas is the whorl formation of neoplastic arachnoid cells. NF2 is a human homolog of the Dro...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Tate G,Kishimoto K,Mitsuya T

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer negatively impacts global health, and the incidence of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is highest among all forms of lung cancer. Chemotherapy failure mainly occurs due to drug resistance; however, the associated molecular mechanism remains unclear. Casein kinase II (CK2), which plays important roles in...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Jin C,Song P,Pang J

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA hypomethylation is associated with carcinogenesis due to its involvement in cancer initiation and progression. In this study we analyzed the hypomethylation status of candidate genes in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC) using a large-scale, high-throughput DNA methylation profiling technique. Results reveale...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yoo KH,Park YK,Chang SG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the use of statins has been reported to be associated with a reduced risk of prostate cancer (PCa), particularly metastatic PCa. The mechanisms underlying these epidemiological observations are poorly understood. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a critical initial step and a hallmark for can...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xie F,Liu J,Li C,Zhao Y

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, the preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been demonstrated to be a beneficial prognostic marker in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). However, to the best of our knowledge, the postoperative NLR has rarely been investigated. Therefore, the present study evaluated the pr...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Nishihara K,Suekane S,Ueda K,Nakiri M,Matsuo M,Igawa T

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study reported three rare cases of multicystic vestibular schwannoma with fluid-fluid levels. These three tumors exhibited apparent fluid-fluid levels that demonstrated a radiological appearance of two fluid levels in the cystic area. Two cases had an acute history, whereas one case presented with a chroni...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li P,Bi Z,Hao S,Zhang J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between cyclin A expression and efficacy of paclitaxel-based chemotherapy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). The expression of cyclin A was examined in 48 newly diagnosed ESCC patients prior to treatment using the MaxVision immunohistoch...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Huang JX,Shen SL,Lin M,Xiao W,Chen WC,Lin MS,Yu H,Chen P,Qian RY

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extremely delicate shift from an inflammatory process to tumorigenesis is a field of major scientific interest. While the inflammation induced by environmental agents has well known underlying mechanisms, less is known concerning the oncogenic changes that follow an inflammatory chronic status in the tissue microe...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Neagu M,Constantin C,Caruntu C,Dumitru C,Surcel M,Zurac S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis negatively affects the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In the present study, niclosamide, which is known to suppress the proliferation of HCC cells, was investigated for possible suppressant effects on the migration of HCC cells. HLF and PLC/PRF/5 HCC cells were cultured in the presence of nicl...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Tomizawa M,Shinozaki F,Motoyoshi Y,Sugiyama T,Yamamoto S,Ishige N

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective therapies are limited for pancreatic cancer, particularly for those with distant tumour metastases. Therefore, more individualised drug screening is urgently required. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a powerful tool to investigate the genomic landscape of patients and the mechanism of drug response, whic...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Guan Z,Lan H,Sun D,Wang X,Jin K

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to determine the relationship between human papillomavirus (HPV) and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) in cervical cancer using 62 tissues of cervical cancer, and to compare the findings to penile cancer. HPV-DNA integration is a crucial factor for malignant transformation in cervical cancer and can be identi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Senba M,Buziba N,Mori N,Fujita S,Morimoto K,Wada A,Toriyama K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sclerosing stromal tumor (SST) of the ovary, which was first described by Chalvardjian and Scully in 1973, is a rare ovarian neoplasm, occurring predominantly in young women. The most common clinical symptom in patients with SST is menstrual irregularities. Microscopically, the tumor is characterized by the presence o...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Tian T,Zhu Q,Chen W,Wang S,Sui W,Wu J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast metastasis is a rare pattern of distant metastasis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) following curative treatment. The present study reported two patients with breast metastasis from NPC and reviewed four such patients reported in the literature, including the analysis of clinical profiles, pathological diagn...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xiao W,He Z,Xing C,Zhen W,Wang S,Lin H

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast (MBC) is a rare and heterogeneous type of neoplasm. Knowledge about its clinical characteristics, prognostic significance and optimal treatment modalities is fragmentary and controversial. The present retrospective study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of the clinicopathol...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xiao M,Yang Z,Tang X,Mu L,Cao X,Wang X

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and cryoablation are alternative forms of therapy used widely in various pathological states, including treatment of carcinogenesis. The reason is that ablation techniques have ability of modulating the immune system. Furthermore, recent studies have applied this form of therapy on tumor ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu Y,Cao CS,Yu Y,Si YM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations required for curcumin to exert its anticancer activity (IC50, 20 µM) are difficult to achieve in the blood plasma of patients, due to the low bioavailability of the compound. Therefore, much effort has been devoted to the development of curcumin analogues that exhibit stronger anticancer activity an...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhou DY,Zhao SQ,DU ZY,Zheng XI,Zhang K

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelioid angiosarcoma (EA) is an extremely rare subtype of angiosarcoma, which is characterized by large cells with an epithelioid morphology. EA typically arises in deep soft tissues, including the adrenal gland, skin and thyroid, however, EA rarely arises in the spine. The current study presents a case of osteoly...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lang J,Chen L,Chen B,Chen K,Liu A,Li J,Wang J

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corosolic acid (CRA), a pentacyclic triterpene isolated from medicinal herbs, has been reported to exhibit anticancer properties in several cancers. However, the anticancer activity of CRA in osteosarcoma cells is still unclear. In the present study, the inhibitory effect of CRA in osteosarcoma MG-63 cells was investi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Jia Y,Yuan H,Shan S,Xu G,Yu J,Zhao C,Mou X

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that the chronic administration of valproic acid (VPA) suppresses angiogenesis in vivo; however, the mechanisms implicated in VPA-induced autophagy remain unclear. The current study aimed to assess VPA-induced autophagy in three prostate cancer cell lines (PC3, DU145 and LNCaP), in a...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xia Q,Zheng Y,Jiang W,Huang Z,Wang M,Rodriguez R,Jin X

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00