Activating transcription factor-3 (ATF3) functions as a tumor suppressor in colon cancer and is up-regulated upon heat-shock protein 90 (Hsp90) inhibition.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Europe, gastric cancer remains diagnosed at advanced stage (serosal and/or lymph node involvement). Despite curative management combining perioperative systemic chemotherapy and gastrectomy with D1-D2 lymph node dissection, 5-year survival rates of T3 and/or N + patients remain under 30%. More than 50% of...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Glehen O,Passot G,Villeneuve L,Vaudoyer D,Bin-Dorel S,Boschetti G,Piaton E,Garofalo A

更新日期：2014-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alterations in the redox balance are involved in the origin, promotion and progression of cancer. Inter-individual differences in the oxidative stress regulation can explain a part of the variability in cancer susceptibility.The aim of this study was to evaluate if polymorphisms in genes codifying for the di...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Rodrigues P,de Marco G,Furriol J,Mansego ML,Pineda-Alonso M,Gonzalez-Neira A,Martin-Escudero JC,Benitez J,Lluch A,Chaves FJ,Eroles P

更新日期：2014-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To identify and to assess factors enhancing or hindering the delivery of breast and cervical cancer screening services in Malawi with regard to accessibility, uptake, acceptability and effectiveness. METHODS:Systematic review of published scientific evidence. A search of six bibliographic databases and grey...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Pittalis C,Panteli E,Schouten E,Magongwa I,Gajewski J

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) may serve as a measure of tumour burden and a useful tool for non-invasive monitoring of cancer. However, ctDNA is not always detectable in patients at time of diagnosis of metastatic disease. Therefore, there is a need to understand the correlation between ctDNA levels and the...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： McEvoy AC,Warburton L,Al-Ogaili Z,Celliers L,Calapre L,Pereira MR,Khattak MA,Meniawy TM,Millward M,Ziman M,Gray ES

更新日期：2018-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer worldwide. A major drawback in the lung cancer treatment field is the lack of realistic mouse models that replicate the complexity of human malignancy and immune contexture within the tumor microenvironment. Such models are urgently needed. Mutations of the tumor p...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Ramelow J,Brooks CD,Gao L,Almiman AA,Williams TM,Villalona-Calero MA,Duan W

更新日期：2020-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The metastasis-promoting protein S100A4 induces expression of ephrin-A1 and osteopontin in osteosarcoma cell lines. The aim of this study was to investigate S100A4-mediated stimulation of ephrin-A1 and osteopontin in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines, and to characterize the expression of these b...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Rud AK,Lund-Iversen M,Berge G,Brustugun OT,Solberg SK,Mælandsmo GM,Boye K

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metformin is a biguanide oral hypoglycaemic agent commonly used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. In addition to its anti-diabetic effect, metformin has also been associated with a reduced risk of cancer incidence of a number of solid tumours, including prostate cancer (PCa). However, the underl...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Crawley D,Chandra A,Loda M,Gillett C,Cathcart P,Challacombe B,Cook G,Cahill D,Santa Olalla A,Cahill F,George G,Rudman S,Van Hemelrijck M

更新日期：2017-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer stem cell (CSC) hypothesis has not been well demonstrated by the lack of the most convincing evidence concerning a single cell capable of giving rise to a tumor. The scarcity in quantity and improper approaches for isolation and purification of CSCs have become the major obstacles for great developmen...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Li HZ,Yi TB,Wu ZY

更新日期：2008-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most malignant central nervous system tumor. Alkylating agent, temozolomide (TMZ), is currently the first-line chemotherapeutic agent for GBM. However, the sensitivity of GBM cells to TMZ is affected by many factors. And, several clinic trials, including co-administration...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Li L,Huang Y,Gao Y,Shi T,Xu Y,Li H,Hyytiäinen M,Keski-Oja J,Jiang Q,Hu Y,Du Z

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphovascular invasion (LBVI) including lymphatic (LVI) and blood (BVI) vessel invasion is a critical step in cancer metastasis. In breast cancer, the optimal detection method of LBVI remains unclear. This research aimed to compare the prognostic value of different assessments of the LVI and BVI in patients...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Gujam FJ,Going JJ,Mohammed ZM,Orange C,Edwards J,McMillan DC

更新日期：2014-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic variability of thyroid carcinomas has led to the search for accurate biomarkers at the molecular level. Follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) is a typical example of differentiated thyroid carcinomas (DTC) in which challenges are faced in the differential diagnosis. METHODS:We used high-throughp...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Celestino R,Nome T,Pestana A,Hoff AM,Gonçalves AP,Pereira L,Cavadas B,Eloy C,Bjøro T,Sobrinho-Simões M,Skotheim RI,Soares P

更新日期：2018-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer incidence varies between social groups, but differences have not been thoroughly examined in New Zealand. The objectives of this study are to determine whether trends in breast cancer incidence varied by ethnicity and socioeconomic position between 1981 and 2004 in New Zealand, and to assess po...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Cunningham R,Shaw C,Blakely T,Atkinson J,Sarfati D

更新日期：2010-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a malignant disease that demonstrates resistance to standard chemotherapeutic agents. Yet Active immunization using genetically modified dendritic cells holds promise for the adjuvant treatment of malignancies to eradicate or control residual disease. Cytokine-induced killer (CI...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Wang D,Zhang B,Gao H,Ding G,Wu Q,Zhang J,Liao L,Chen H

更新日期：2014-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) gene exerts oncogene-like activities and its (over)expression has been linked to several human malignancies. Here, we studied a possible association between EZH2 expression and prognosis in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). METHODS:EZH2 protein expression in RC...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Wagener N,Macher-Goeppinger S,Pritsch M,Hüsing J,Hoppe-Seyler K,Schirmacher P,Pfitzenmaier J,Haferkamp A,Hoppe-Seyler F,Hohenfellner M

更新日期：2010-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to investigate the clinical utility of serum and histological MMP-9 detection during neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). METHODS:A total of 303 TNBC patients who underwent weekly paclitaxel plus carboplatin treatments followed by surgical resection were ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Wang RX,Chen S,Huang L,Shao ZM

更新日期：2018-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several lines of evidence indicate that Sirt1, a class III histone deacetylase (HDAC) is implicated in the initiation and progression of malignancies and thus gained attraction as druggable target. Since data on the role of Sirt1 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are sparse, we investigated the expr...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Stenzinger A,Endris V,Klauschen F,Sinn B,Lorenz K,Warth A,Goeppert B,Ehemann V,Muckenhuber A,Kamphues C,Bahra M,Neuhaus P,Weichert W

更新日期：2013-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CD133 (prominin-1) is widely believed to be a cancer stem cell marker in various solid tumor types, and CD133 has been correlated with tumor-initiating capacity. Recently, the nuclear location of CD133 expression in tumors has been discussed, but hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not been included in these ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Chen YL,Lin PY,Ming YZ,Huang WC,Chen RF,Chen PM,Chu PY

更新日期：2017-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) exhibit characteristics quite distinct from other kinds of breast cancer, presenting as an aggressive disease--recurring and metastasizing more often than other kinds of breast cancer, without tumor-specific treatment options and accounts for 15% of all types of breast ca...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Kaur P,Nagaraja GM,Zheng H,Gizachew D,Galukande M,Krishnan S,Asea A

更新日期：2012-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between colorectal cancer (CRC) and smoking has not been consistent. Incomplete smoking history and association to a specific subset of CRC tumors have been proposed as explanations. The adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene has been reported to have a "gatekeeper" function in the colonic muc...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Sarebø M,Skjelbred CF,Breistein R,Lothe IM,Hagen PC,Bock G,Hansteen IL,Kure EH

更新日期：2006-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plenty of studies have demonstrated the prognostic value of various inflammation-based indexes in cancer. This study was designed to investigate the prognostic value of the C-reactive protein/albumin (CRP/Alb) ratio in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. METHODS:A retrospective study of 423 cases with newly...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Wei XL,Wang FH,Zhang DS,Qiu MZ,Ren C,Jin Y,Zhou YX,Wang DS,He MM,Bai L,Wang F,Luo HY,Li YH,Xu RH

更新日期：2015-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer related death in the world with a five-year survival rate of less than 5%. Not all PDAC are the same, because there exist intra-tumoral heterogeneity between PDAC, which poses a great challenge to personalized treatments for PDAC. ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Zhao L,Zhao H,Yan H

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To compare the survival outcomes and acute toxicities of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT), induction chemotherapy (IC) plus radiotherapy (RT), and IC plus CCRT in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) treated using intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). METHODS:Patients w...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Li WF,Li YQ,Chen L,Zhang Y,Guo R,Zhang F,Peng H,Sun Y,Ma J

更新日期：2015-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent large trials have shown the survival benefits of 10-year use of tamoxifen by reducing late recurrence compared with 5-year therapy in estrogen receptor(ER)-positive breast cancer. We tried to identify clinical factors associated with the late recurrence. METHODS:We reviewed our database of ER-positiv...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Lee ES,Han W,Kim MK,Kim J,Yoo TK,Lee MH,Lee KH,Kim TY,Moon HG,Im SA,Noh DY,Lee ES

更新日期：2016-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the increase in cancer incidence in the last years in Serbia, no nation-wide, population-based cancer epidemiology data have been reported. In this study cancer incidence and mortality rates for Serbia are presented using nation-wide data from two population-based cancer registries. These rates are a...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Mihajlović J,Pechlivanoglou P,Miladinov-Mikov M,Zivković S,Postma MJ

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retrospective studies show improved outcomes in colorectal cancer patients if taking statins, including overall survival, pathological response of rectal cancer to preoperative chemoradiotherapy (pCRT), and reduced acute and late toxicities of pelvic radiation. Major tumour regression following pCRT has stro...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Jameson MB,Gormly K,Espinoza D,Hague W,Asghari G,Jeffery GM,Price TJ,Karapetis CS,Arendse M,Armstrong J,Childs J,Frizelle FA,Ngan S,Stevenson A,Oostendorp M,Ackland SP

更新日期：2019-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Novel biomarkers and molecular monitoring tools hold potential to improve outcome for patients following resection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). We hypothesized that the combined longitudinal analysis of mutated cell-free plasma KRAS (cfKRASmut) and CA 19-9 during adjuvant treatment and follow-...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Hussung S,Akhoundova D,Hipp J,Follo M,Klar RFU,Philipp U,Scherer F,von Bubnoff N,Duyster J,Boerries M,Wittel U,Fritsch RM

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Loss of DNA mismatch repair (MMR) in humans, mainly due to mutations in the hMLH1 gene, is linked to hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). Because not all MLH1 alterations result in loss of MMR function, accurate characterization of variants and their classification in terms of their effect on M...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Vogelsang M,Comino A,Zupanec N,Hudler P,Komel R

更新日期：2009-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For most patients, pancreatic adenocarcinoma responds poorly to treatment, and novel therapeutic approaches are needed. Standard-of-care paclitaxel (PTX), combined with birinapant (BRP), a bivalent mimetic of the apoptosis antagonist SMAC (second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases), exerts synergisti...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Niu J,Wang X,Qu J,Mager DE,Straubinger RM

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Free flap-mediated gene therapy in the tumor bed following surgical resection is a promising approach in cancer targeted treatment of residual disease. We investigated the selective killing efficacy of a lentivirus-mediated cytosine deaminase-thymidine kinase (CDglyTK) gene in transplanted breast cancer deli...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Zhang J,Liu Y,Zang M,Zhu S,Chen B,Li S,Xue B,Yan L

更新日期：2019-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhibition of DNA-binding of proteins by small-molecule chemicals holds immense potential in manipulating the activities of DNA-binding proteins. Such a chemical inhibition of DNA-binding of proteins can be used to modulate processes such as replication, transcription, DNA repair and maintenance of epigeneti...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Patel M,Patel D,Datta S,Singh U

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00