Abstract:
:Alphafetoprotein (AFP) is an oncofetal glycoprotein that frequently reappears in sera of patients affected by hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and yolk-sac tumours (YST). In these cases AFP determination represents a useful marker for monitoring the therapeutic response and the clinical evolution of the neoplastic disease. AFP is a heterogeneous molecule with respect to the carbohydrate moiety and the different AFP glycoforms can be separated and characterized by their affinity for lectins, such as Concanavalin A (con A), and Lens culinaris agglutinin (LCA). Increased production of LCA-reactive AFP has been proposed as a specific and early marker for HCC, while Con A non-reactive AFP could be a marker for YST and gastrointestinal malignancies. In this review the molecular basis of AFP microheterogeneity and the clinical application of AFP isoforms will be discussed.
journal_name
Anticancer Resjournal_title
Anticancer researchauthors
Seregni E,Botti C,Bombardieri Esubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-07-01 00:00:00pages
1491-9issue
4eissn
0250-7005issn
1791-7530journal_volume
15pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:BACKGROUND:Tumorigenesis involves the aberrant function of proteins that regulate growth control, including Oct-1. Oct-1 is a DNA binding transcription factor that activates genes that encode proteins required for S-phase and cell growth. For example, Oct-1 activates the histone H2B promoter and the promoters for the s...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The antitumor effect of endogenous tumor necrosis factor (en-TNF) with cyclophosphamide (CY) was analyzed using the murine Meth A tumor model. En-TNF was induced by the administration of interferon-gamma (4 micrograms/kg: 1 x 10(4) units/ mouse) as a primer and Streptococcus preparation OK-432 (100 KE/kg) as a trigger...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer is still very unsatisfactory. Treosulfan is an alkylating agent used for conventional, as well as high-dose chemotherapy regimens, whereby plasma concentrations over 500 μg/ml can be achieved. We investigated the effects of treosulfan on pancreatic cancer cell lines. ...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recent results concerning new antitumor metallocene derivatives have shown that not only numerous titanocene dihalides and bis(pseudohalides) exhibit antiproliferative activity, but that also some titanocene complexes (C5H5)2TiX2 containing carboxylates or hydrochlorinated aminothiophenolates as ligands X, are charact...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::PHIC [NSC-350602; (1,2-diaminocyclohexane) (isocitrato) platinum (II)] is a new highly water-soluble platinum derivative. Preclinical studies showed antitumor activity on a wide range of tumors, no cross-resistance with cisplatin and little or no nephrotoxicity in mice and baboons. A phase I clinical trial was then in...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Principal caregivers (PCs) of cancer patients experience high levels of stress that may significantly impact their quality of life (QoL). PCs' QoL during early phases of the disease (when patients were still on chemotherapy) were assessed. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The PCs of all patients meeting the inclusion c...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:CYP3A4 is the most abundant xenobiotic-metabolizing cytochrome P450 isoform. We examined the structural features of the CYP3A4 molecule with regard to ligand access. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The deleted amino acid sequences of X-ray data sets of CYP3A4s were complemented by molecular modeling techniques. Molec...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND/AIM:Cytological analysis for diagnosing malignant pleural effusion associated with lung adenocarcinoma (Ad-MPE) shows limited sensitivity and novel diagnostic biomarkers are needed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the profile of four microRNAs (miRNAs) in exosomes in Ad-MPE and benign (non-neoplastic) ...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.13039
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In germ cell testicular tumors (GCTT) mdm-2 gene was analyzed for amplification and transcripts but not for protein. The purpose of this study is to determine whether mdm-2 protein level is aberrant in GCTT and if so, what is the relationship between mdm-2 overexpression and other disease parameters includin...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Nuclear morphometry can be expected to improve the distinction between benign and malignant lesions. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Forty fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) samples fixed in 50% ethanol were collected at the African Oncology Institute, Sabratha, Libya, during the period 2004-2007. All diagnoses repo...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Bone metastases are a sign of advanced tumor disease. Surgical therapy is only occasionally curative. Therefore, the therapeutic goals are a limited surgical excision, immediate mobilization, effective stabilization and the avoidance of local recurrence. We investigated the effect of the anthracycline daunorubicin (DN...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of phagocytosis of killed yeast on the induction of apoptosis in human metastatic breast cancer cells (MCF-7 and ZR-75-1) and non-metastatic breast cancer cells (HCC70). Heat-killed Saccharomyces cerevisiae, baker's and brewer's yeast, was cultured with cancer ce...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND/AIM:Nodal staging is used in colorectal cancer (CRC) to determine which patients should receive adjuvant chemotherapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging (ICG-FI) in sentinel lymph node (SLN) detection compared to the standard technique. MATERIALS AND ME...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.11048
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Eighteen patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome were studied with 111In-pentetreotide SPECT in order to localize gastrinoma, the tumour responsible for this pathology. NMR imaging was also carried out. Eight patients were operated. 111In-pentetreotide was reinjected 4 hours before operation and the radioactivity of ...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effect of doxorubicin and Congo Red on prion protein (PrP) infectivity in experimental scrapie was studied to better understand the effect of these compounds in prion diseases and to establish whether a dose-response correlation exists for Congo Red. This was performed in order to test the effectiveness of compoun...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2009-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The phase II NEJ001 trial suggested that gefitinib was active against advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) even in patients with poor performance status (PS). Clinical response among the patients harboring epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation with poor PS is fair; however, gefitinib does n...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Mitoxantrone resistance has been related to the expression of a drug efflux pump breast cancer resistance pump (BCRP) but little is known of the intracellular protein changes. In this work, differential protein expression in a squamous lung carcinoma cell line, DLKP, and its mitoxantrone-resistant variant (D...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:To report the outcomes of salvage robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (S-RaRP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fourteen patients underwent S-RaRP. The mean initial prostatic-specific antigen level was 14.3 ng/ml and mean Gleason score was 6.93. Initial definitive treatment was external irradiation in 11 cases, cyberknife i...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.11550
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The anti-tumor properties of arsenic trioxide have attracted extensive attention after successfully inducing apoptosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia cells. However, the therapeutic spectrum should not only be restricted to acute promyelocytic leukemia, but should also extend into other types of tumor cells. In this ...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Twelve inoperable lung cancer patients were treated with a combination chemotherapy of cisplatinum (CDDP) and etoposide (VP16), as a continuous infusion for 5 days, every 21 days, and with a daily oral administration of GaCl3. Dosages of CDDP and VP16 were adapted in order to obtain an area under the curve (AUC) of 80...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Biodegradable loaded systems are promising devices for controlled and sustained release of anticancer drugs to brain tumours. We investigated the influence of drug-release profiles of 5-fluorouracil-loaded microspheres designed for the treatment of malignant gliomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS:2.5 mg 5-FU delive...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND/AIM:Activation of the c-JUN N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway has been associated with poor survival of ovarian cancer patients, but the role(s) and significance of JNK signaling in ovarian cancer cells remain poorly understood. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the role of JNK specifical...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effects of supplemental selenium on 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA)-induced and murine mammary tumor virus (MuMTV)-induced mammary tumorigenesis were investigated in BALB/c mice. Selenium (4-10 ppm), administered in the drinking water, inhibited mammary tumor formation in DMBA-treated mice. The higher doses ...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1981-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Heterodimer cooperation between ErbB receptors has limited clinical usefulness of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), erlotinib and gefitinib in the treatment of cancer. However, combination treatment of TKIs with gamma-tocotrienol targets multiple ErbB receptors and significantly inhibit +SA murine ...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have previously reported that polaprezinc in sodium alginate suspension (P-AG) inhibited the incidence of oral mucositis induced by radiochemotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer. The present study was designed to investigate whether P-AG prevents oral mucositis in all patients (36 patients) with hematolog...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recently we demonstrated that several flavonoids can inhibit the proliferation of certain human thyroid cancer cell lines. Among the flavonoids tested, apigenin and luteolin are the most effective inhibitors of these tumor cell lines. In the present study, we investigated the signal transduction mechanism associated w...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:To investigate whether there is a difference in selenium levels before and after radiotherapy (RT) and to study the effects of serum selenium levels on RT-related toxicity in patients undergoing RT for head and neck cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A population of 47 consecutive patients was enrolled in the study. RT ...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND/AIM:Typical carcinoids (TC) and atypical carcinoids (AC) are rare diseases. A paucity of randomized studies and disagreements among various guidelines makes the management challenging. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Using codes for TC (8240) and AC (8249) in the National Cancer Database (NCDB), all surgically resecte...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.13900
更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:The aim of this study was to evaluate the detection rate of bone metastases and the added value of 11C-acetate (ACE) positron-emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) compared to bone scintigraphy (BS) in high-risk prostate cancer (PC). MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 66 untreated patients with high-risk ...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.11246
更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::At present the available treatment modalities are not therapeutic for disseminated stage III- and IV melanoma. The management of these patients therefore concentrates primarily on effective palliation taking care to improve the quality of life. As an exception from this rule, patients with regional or solitary metasta...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1987-05-01 00:00:00