Cancer stem-like sphere cells induced from de-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma-derived cell lines possess the resistance to anti-cancer drugs.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) comprises a heterogeneous group of diseases which are generally associated with poor prognosis. Up to now, no targeted treatment beyond anti-VEGF therapy has been approved for TNBC and cytotoxic agents remain the mainstay of treatment. Ixazomib is a selective and reversib...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Rinnerthaler G,Gampenrieder SP,Petzer A,Burgstaller S,Fuchs D,Rossmann D,Balic M,Egle D,Rumpold H,Singer CF,Bartsch R,Petru E,Melchardt T,Ulmer H,Mlineritsch B,Greil R

更新日期：2018-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic counselling and testing for Lynch syndrome (LS) have recently been introduced in several Latin America countries. We aimed to characterize the clinical, molecular and mismatch repair (MMR) variants spectrum of patients with suspected LS in Latin America. METHODS:Eleven LS hereditary cancer registrie...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Rossi BM,Palmero EI,López-Kostner F,Sarroca C,Vaccaro CA,Spirandelli F,Ashton-Prolla P,Rodriguez Y,de Campos Reis Galvão H,Reis RM,Escremim de Paula A,Capochin Romagnolo LG,Alvarez K,Della Valle A,Neffa F,Kalfayan PG,Spir

更新日期：2017-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mounting evidence demonstrates a causal role for S100 proteins in tumourigenesis and several S100 isoforms have shown utility as biomarkers of several types of cancer. The S100 family is comprised of 21 small isoforms, many of them implicated in important cellular functions such as proliferation, motility an...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Martínez-Aguilar J,Clifton-Bligh R,Molloy MP

更新日期：2015-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perineural invasion (PNI) is correlated with adverse survival in several malignancies, but its significance in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains to be clearly defined. The objective of this study was to determine the association between PNI status and clinical outcomes. METHODS:We retrospect...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Chen JW,Xie JD,Ling YH,Li P,Yan SM,Xi SY,Luo RZ,Yun JP,Xie D,Cai MY

更新日期：2014-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error in Fig. 6c and in the figure legends for Fig. 5c and Fig. 6c. ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Nilsson G,Kannius-Janson M

更新日期：2020-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death among gynecologic diseases in Western countries. We have previously identified a miR-200-E-cadherin axis that plays an important role in ovarian inclusion cyst formation and tumor invasion. The purpose of this study was to determine if the miR-200 pathway is invol...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Yang J,Zhou Y,Ng SK,Huang KC,Ni X,Choi PW,Hasselblatt K,Muto MG,Welch WR,Berkowitz RS,Ng SW

更新日期：2017-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) has emerged as a new treatment option for patients with oligometastatic disease. SABR delivers precise, high-dose, hypofractionated radiotherapy, and achieves excellent rates of local control for primary tumors or metastases. A recent randomized phase II trial evalua...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Palma DA,Olson R,Harrow S,Correa RJM,Schneiders F,Haasbeek CJA,Rodrigues GB,Lock M,Yaremko BP,Bauman GS,Ahmad B,Schellenberg D,Liu M,Gaede S,Laba J,Mulroy L,Senthi S,Louie AV,Swaminath A,Chalmers A,Warner A,Slot

更新日期：2019-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:KIAA1199 is a recently identified novel gene that is up-regulated in human cancer with poor survival. Our proteomic study on signaling polarity in chemotactic cells revealed KIAA1199 as a novel protein target that may be involved in cellular chemotaxis and motility. In the present study, we examined the func...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Jami MS,Hou J,Liu M,Varney ML,Hassan H,Dong J,Geng L,Wang J,Yu F,Huang X,Peng H,Fu K,Li Y,Singh RK,Ding SJ

更新日期：2014-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soft tissue metastases, in particular intraneural metastasis, from any carcinomas seldom occur. To our knowledge, no case of sciatic nerve palsy due to intraneural metastasis of gastric carcinoma is reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION:A case is reported of a 82-year old woman with sciatic nerve pa...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Ichikawa J,Matsumoto S,Shimoji T,Tanizawa T,Gokita T,Hayakawa K,Aoki K,Ina S,Kanda H

更新日期：2012-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:H. pylori, whose infection increases tumor invasiveness and metastasis, is generally labelled as the strongest risk factor for the development of gastric cancer. It appears not to be a coincidence that there is also an overexpression of CXCR4 and an obvious involvement in gastric cancer metastasis. The aim o...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Zhao C,Lu X,Bu X,Zhang N,Wang W

更新日期：2010-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most staging systems for soft tissue sarcoma are based on histologic malignancy-grade, tumor size and tumor depth. These factors are generally dichotomized, size at 5 cm. We believe it is unlikely that tumor depth per se should influence a tumor's metastatic capability. Therefore we hypothesized that the unf...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Rydholm A,Gustafson P

更新日期：2003-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 (LFA-1; CD18/CD11a) is one of the main adhesion molecules used by immune cells to infiltrate the liver under inflammatory conditions. Recently, the expression of this integrin has also been reported on several solid tumors, including colorectal cancer. However, its fu...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Benedicto A,Marquez J,Herrero A,Olaso E,Kolaczkowska E,Arteta B

更新日期：2017-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gynecologic cancer is one of the most common malignant diseases in working-age women. This study investigated whether several characteristics influence return to work after treatment of gynecologic cancer. METHODS:We investigated the correlations between return to work and several other characteristics in 1...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Nakamura K,Masuyama H,Nishida T,Haraga J,Ida N,Saijo M,Haruma T,Kusumoto T,Seki N,Hiramatsu Y

更新日期：2016-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:S100 calcium binding protein A8 (S100A8) has been implicated as a prognostic indicator in several types of cancer. However, previous studies are limited in their ability to predict the clinical behavior of the cancer. Here, we sought to identify a molecular signature based on S100A8 expression and to assess ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Kim SK,Kim EJ,Leem SH,Ha YS,Kim YJ,Kim WJ

更新日期：2010-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genome-wide changes in DNA methylation are an epigenetic phenomenon that can lead to the development of disease. The study of global DNA methylation utilizes technology that requires both expensive equipment and highly specialized skill sets. METHODS:We have designed and developed an assay, CpGlobal, which ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Anisowicz A,Huang H,Braunschweiger KI,Liu Z,Giese H,Wang H,Mamaev S,Olejnik J,Massion PP,Del Mastro RG

更新日期：2008-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of breast cancer among young women (aged ≤40 years) has increased in North America and Europe. Fewer than 10% of cases among young women are attributable to inherited BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, suggesting an important role for somatic mutations. This study investigated genomic differences betwee...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Mealey NE,O'Sullivan DE,Pader J,Ruan Y,Wang E,Quan ML,Brenner DR

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic cancer is the fourth-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. The silent nature of the disease and its poor prognosis, the need for further research, along with the need to assess the outcomes of current approaches necessitate an ongoing evaluation of the epidemiology and mortality-tre...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Saad AM,Turk T,Al-Husseini MJ,Abdel-Rahman O

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients undergone kidney transplantation present higher risk of Urothelial Carcinoma (UC) development and represent a subgroup of special interest. To date, vinflunine is the only drug approved in Europe for the treatment of advanced UC after failure of platinum-based chemotherapy. However, to our knowledge...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Bordi P,Tiseo M,Baldari G,Buti S

更新日期：2016-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastric Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and colorectal polyps are more prevalent in African Americans than in the general population. We aimed to investigate whether gastric H. pylori infection is associated with colorectal polyps in African Americans. METHODS:Medical records of African Americans,...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Brim H,Zahaf M,Laiyemo AO,Nouraie M,Pérez-Pérez GI,Smoot DT,Lee E,Razjouyan H,Ashktorab H

更新日期：2014-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Internal mammary and/or supraclavicular (IM-SC) lymph node (LN) recurrence without distant metastasis (DM) in patients with breast cancer is rare, and there have been few reports on its clinical outcomes. METHODS:We enrolled 4237 patients with clinical stage I-IIIC breast cancer treated between January 2007...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Inari H,Teruya N,Kishi M,Horii R,Akiyama F,Takahashi S,Ito Y,Ueno T,Iwase T,Ohno S

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In past decades, circular RNAs (circRNAs) have achieved increasing attention because of its regulatory role in different kinds of cancers. However, how circAGFG1 regulates cervical cancer (CC) is still largely undiscovered. This study aims to evaluate the role of a novel circRNAs and related molecular mechan...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Wu F,Zhou J

更新日期：2019-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality among women in Malaysia. Delayed diagnosis is preventable and has major effects on patients' prognosis and survival. The objectives of our study were to identify the magnitude of delayed diagnosis and its associated factors in women with breast cancer in...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Norsa'adah B,Rampal KG,Rahmah MA,Naing NN,Biswal BM

更新日期：2011-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overall survival of HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer patients has been significantly improved with inclusion of trastuzumab to chemotherapy. Several studies have demonstrated discordant HER2 status in the primary and metastatic tumour. However, rates of discordance vary considerably in published report...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Chan A,Morey A,Brown B,Hastrich D,Willsher P,Ingram D

更新日期：2012-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:B7-H4, a co-inhibitory molecule of the B7 family, can restrain T cell proliferation, cytokine secretion and the development of cytotoxicity. B7-H4 is expressed in tumor tissues at a higher level than in normal tissues, and has a potential effect to protect tumors from anti-tumor immune responses. This case-c...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Zhang J,Zhang M,Jiang W,Wang L,Fu Z,Li D,Pang D,Li D

更新日期：2009-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostate cancer displays different morphologies which, in turn, affect patient outcome. This fact prompted questions about the lineage relationship between differentiated, more treatable prostate adenocarcinoma and poorly differentiated, less treatable non-adenocarcinoma including small cell carcinoma, and t...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Kanan AD,Corey E,Vêncio RZN,Ishwar A,Liu AY

更新日期：2019-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine influence of prognostic factors in addition to UICC staging systems, on cancer-specific and overall survival rates for patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) undergoing surgical treatment. METHODS:Between January 1996 and December 2006, a total of 1367 CRC patients who ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Sun LC,Chu KS,Cheng SC,Lu CY,Kuo CH,Hsieh JS,Shih YL,Chang SJ,Wang JY

更新日期：2009-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thymosin β10 (Tβ10) expression is associated with malignant phenotypes in many cancers. However, the role and mechanisms of Tβ10 in liver fluke-associated cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) are not fully understood. In this study, we investigated the expression of Tβ10 in CCA tumor tissues and cell lines as well as mo...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Sribenja S,Sawanyawisuth K,Kraiklang R,Wongkham C,Vaeteewoottacharn K,Obchoei S,Yao Q,Wongkham S,Chen C

更新日期：2013-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioblastoma (GBM) tumors exhibit strong phenotypic differences that can be quantified using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), but the underlying biological drivers of these imaging phenotypes remain largely unknown. An Imaging-Genomics analysis was performed to reveal the mechanistic associations between MR...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Grossmann P,Gutman DA,Dunn WD Jr,Holder CA,Aerts HJ

更新日期：2016-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is often difficult to diagnose inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)-associated neoplasia endoscopically due to background inflammation. In addition, due to the absence of sensitive tumor biomarkers, countermeasures against IBD-associated neoplasia are crucial. The purpose of this study is to develop a new dia...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Kinugasa H,Hiraoka S,Nouso K,Yamamoto S,Hirai M,Terasawa H,Yasutomi E,Oka S,Ohmori M,Yamasaki Y,Inokuchi T,Takahara M,Harada K,Tanaka T,Okada H

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer patients may harbor micrometastases that remain dormant, clinically undetectable during a variable period of time. A traumatic event or surgery may trigger the balance towards tumor growth as a result of associated angiogenesis, cytokine and growth factors release. CASE PRESENTATION:We describe a pat...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： El Saghir NS,Elhajj II,Geara FB,Hourani MH

更新日期：2005-08-04 00:00:00