Predictive and prognostic value of Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) - 9 in neoadjuvant chemotherapy for triple-negative breast cancer patients.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the presentation, help seeking behaviour for breast cancer in Singapore. Nor was there a study exploring the experience of patients in their breast cancer journey. METHODS:A qualitative interview study with thematic analysis, conducted with 36 patients. RESULTS:There is no clear patte...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Ng CWQ,Lim JNW,Liu J,Hartman M

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was performed to investigate the effect of microRNA-203 (miR-203) and ΔNp63 on cell proliferation and the functional connection between miR-203 and ΔNp63 in ESCC. METHODS:We employed 2 human ESCC cell lines, Eca109 and TE-1, as the model system. The effect of miR-203 and ΔNp63 on cell proliferati...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Yuan Y,Zeng ZY,Liu XH,Gong DJ,Tao J,Cheng HZ,Huang SD

更新日期：2011-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The EGFR-T790M mutation is clinically detected using re-biopsy in approximately 50% of patients with acquired resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who harbor EGFR mutations. However, little is known about the popu...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Yoshimura A,Yamada T,Okura N,Takeda T,Furutani W,Kubota Y,Shiotsu S,Hiranuma O,Nishioka N,Chihara Y,Tamiya N,Kaneko Y,Uchino J,Takayama K

更新日期：2018-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the presence of both HIV infection and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), the risk of cancer development despite treatment may be greater. We investigated clinical predictors of persistent cytological abnormalities in women who had had a large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ). METH...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Adam Y,van Gelderen CJ,de Bruyn G,McIntyre JA,Turton DA,Martinson NA

更新日期：2008-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is an effective tool for axillary staging in patients with invasive breast cancer. This procedure has been recently proposed as part of the treatment for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), because cases of undetected invasive foci and nodal metastases occasionally...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Zavagno G,Carcoforo P,Marconato R,Franchini Z,Scalco G,Burelli P,Pietrarota P,Lise M,Mencarelli R,Capitanio G,Ballarin A,Pierobon ME,Marconato G,Nitti D

更新日期：2005-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several stromal cell subtypes including macrophages contribute to tumor progression by inducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) at the invasive front, a mechanism also linked to metastasis. Tumor associated macrophages (TAM) reside mainly at the invasive front but they also infiltrate tumors and in t...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Bonde AK,Tischler V,Kumar S,Soltermann A,Schwendener RA

更新日期：2012-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early life social environment may influence breast cancer through shaping risk factors operating in early life, adolescence and adulthood, or may be associated with breast cancer risk independent of known risk factors. We investigated the associations between early life socioeconomic status (SES) and mammogr...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Tehranifar P,Cohn BA,Flom JD,Protacio A,Cirillo P,Lumey LH,Michels KB,Terry MB

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiangiogenic therapies are considered promising for the treatment of glioblastoma (GB). The non-collagenous C-terminal globular NC1 domain of type VIII collagen a1 chain, Vastatin, is an endogenous antiangiogenic polypeptide. Sustained enhanced expression of Vastatin was shown to inhibit tumour growth and ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Li Y,Li J,Woo YM,Shen Z,Yao H,Cai Y,Lin MC,Poon WS

更新日期：2017-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, a phase II clinical trial in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has suggested that the combination of sorafenib and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) is feasible and side effects are manageable. However, preclinical experimental data explaining the interaction mechanism(s) are lacking. Our objective is to investig...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Deng L,Ren Z,Jia Q,Wu W,Shen H,Wang Y

更新日期：2013-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported the following errors in the article. ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Perez EA,de Haas SL,Eiermann W,Barrios CH,Toi M,Im YH,Conte PF,Martin M,Pienkowski T,Pivot XB,Burris HA 3rd,Stanzel S,Patre M,Ellis PA

更新日期：2019-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioblastomas (GBMs) are highly malignant brain tumours with a poor prognosis, and current cytotoxic regimens provide only a limited survival benefit. The PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway has been an attractive target for therapy due to its high activation in GBMs as well as other cancers. The dual pan-PI3K/mTOR kinase...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Netland IA,Førde HE,Sleire L,Leiss L,Rahman MA,Skeie BS,Gjerde CH,Enger PØ,Goplen D

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancers of unknown primary (CUPs) constitute ~5% of all cancers. The tumors have an aggressive biological and clinical behavior. The aim of the present study has been to uncover whether CUPs exhibit distinct molecular features compared to metastases of known origin. METHODS:Employing genome wide transcripto...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Vikeså J,Møller AK,Kaczkowski B,Borup R,Winther O,Henao R,Krogh A,Perell K,Jensen F,Daugaard G,Nielsen FC

更新日期：2015-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women in the United States. Although the causes of this disease are incompletely understood, oxidative DNA damage is presumed to play a critical role in breast carcinogenesis. A common oxidatively induced DNA lesion is 8-hydroxyguanine (8-OH-Gua),...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Nyaga SG,Lohani A,Jaruga P,Trzeciak AR,Dizdaroglu M,Evans MK

更新日期：2006-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The high complication rates of surgically implanted port catheter systems (SIPCS) represents a major drawback in the treatment of isolated liver neoplasms by hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) of chemotherapy. Interventionally implanted port catheter systems (IIPCS) have evolved into a promising alternative tha...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Hildebrandt B,Pech M,Nicolaou A,Langrehr JM,Kurcz J,Bartels B,Miersch A,Felix R,Neuhaus P,Riess H,Dörken B,Ricke J

更新日期：2007-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are strong indications for a causal association between areca-nut consumption and cancers. In Meghalaya, India, the variety of areca-nut is used as raw and unprocessed form whose chemical composition and pharmacological actions have been reported. Yet we know little on the initial pathway involved in a...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Kurkalang S,Banerjee A,Ghoshal N,Dkhar H,Chatterjee A

更新日期：2013-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of chemotherapy regimens with moderate or high risk of febrile neutropenia (defined as having a FN incidence of 10% or more) and the respective incidence and clinical management of FN in breast cancer and NHL has not been studied in Belgium. The existence of a medical need for G-CSF primary and secon...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Gerlier L,Lamotte M,Awada A,Bosly A,Bries G,Cocquyt V,Focan C,Henry S,Lalami Y,Machiels JP,Mebis J,Straetmans N,Verhoeven D,Somers L

更新日期：2010-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peritoneal dissemination is the most common type of recurrence in advanced gastric cancer. The main mechanism is thought to be via the exfoliation of free cancer cells (FCCs) from tumor in the gastric serosa. The frequency of recurrence thus increases once the tumor cells penetrate the serosa. However, this ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Huang B,Sun Z,Wang Z,Lu C,Xing C,Zhao B,Xu H

更新日期：2013-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As one of the malignant tumors most often affecting children and young adults, Ewing sarcoma (ES) is characterized by early metastasis contributing to unfavorable prognosis. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for ES metastasis remain poorly understood. In this study, we aimed to explore whether Wn...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Jin Z,Zhao C,Han X,Han Y

更新日期：2012-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelets are frequently altered in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. Platelet lysates (hPL) can enhance HCC cell growth and decrease apoptosis. The aims were to evaluate whether hPL can modulate the actions of sorafenib or regorafenib, two clinical HCC multikinase antagonists. METHODS:Several human ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： D'Alessandro R,Refolo MG,Lippolis C,Giannuzzi G,Carella N,Messa C,Cavallini A,Carr BI

更新日期：2014-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuroblastoma patients show heterogeneous clinical courses ranging from life-threatening progression to spontaneous regression. Recently, gene expression profiles of neuroblastoma tumours were associated with clinically different phenotypes. However, such data is still rare for important patient subgroups, s...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Warnat P,Oberthuer A,Fischer M,Westermann F,Eils R,Brors B

更新日期：2007-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It remains presently unclear whether disease progression in colorectal carcinoma (CRC), from early, to invasive and metastatic forms, is associated to a gradual increase in genetic instability and to a scheme of sequentially occurring Copy Number Alterations (CNAs). METHODS:In this work we set to determine ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Orsetti B,Selves J,Bascoul-Mollevi C,Lasorsa L,Gordien K,Bibeau F,Massemin B,Paraf F,Soubeyran I,Hostein I,Dapremont V,Guimbaud R,Cazaux C,Longy M,Theillet C

更新日期：2014-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a large body of evidence which suggests that bile acids increase the risk of colon cancer and act as tumor promoters, however, the mechanism(s) of bile acids mediated tumorigenesis is not clear. Previously we showed that deoxycholic acid (DCA), a tumorogenic bile acid, and ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Powell AA,Akare S,Qi W,Herzer P,Jean-Louis S,Feldman RA,Martinez JD

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no biological or epidemiological data on the association between NOS3 promoter polymorphisms and prostate cancer. The polymorphisms in the promoter region of NOS3 gene may be responsible for variations in the plasma NO, which may promote cancer progression by providing a selective growth advantage t...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Marangoni K,Araújo TG,Neves AF,Goulart LR

更新日期：2008-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Axonal sensory peripheral neuropathy is the major dose-limiting side effect of paclitaxel.Omega-3 fatty acids have beneficial effects on neurological disorders from their effects on neurons cells and inhibition of the formation of proinflammatory cytokines involved in peripheral neuropathy. METHODS:This stu...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Ghoreishi Z,Esfahani A,Djazayeri A,Djalali M,Golestan B,Ayromlou H,Hashemzade S,Asghari Jafarabadi M,Montazeri V,Keshavarz SA,Darabi M

更新日期：2012-08-15 00:00:00

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:First-line treatment with FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab (BEV) is highly effective and regarded as one of the standards-of-care for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), despite the high incidence of neutropenia and diarrhea as side effects. AXEPT, an Asian phase III study, showed that modified CAPI...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Miyo M,Kato T,Yoshino T,Yamanaka T,Bando H,Satake H,Yamazaki K,Taniguchi H,Oki E,Kotaka M,Oba K,Miyata Y,Muro K,Komatsu Y,Baba H,Tsuji A

更新日期：2020-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclooxygenases (COX) play a key role in prostaglandin metabolism and are important for tumor development and progression. The aim of this study was to analyze the prognostic impact of COX-2 expression in a cohort of lymph node-negative breast cancer patients not treated in the adjuvant setting. METHODS:COX...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Sicking I,Rommens K,Battista MJ,Böhm D,Gebhard S,Lebrecht A,Cotarelo C,Hoffmann G,Hengstler JG,Schmidt M

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST) is increasingly used in the treatment of breast cancer, yet it is clear that there is significant geographical variation in its use in the UK. This study aimed to examine stated practice across UK breast units, in terms of indications for use, radiological monitoring, patho...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Whitehead I,Irwin GW,Bannon F,Coles CE,Copson E,Cutress RI,Dave RV,Gardiner MD,Grayson M,Holcombe C,Irshad S,O'Brien C,O'Connell RL,Palmieri C,Shaaban AM,Sharma N,Singh JK,Potter S,McIntosh SA,NeST Study Research Co

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies of human polyomavirus (HPyV) infection and lung cancer are limited and those regarding the association of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and lung cancer have produced inconsistent results. METHODS:We conducted a nested case-control study to assess the association between incident lung cancer o...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Colombara DV,Manhart LE,Carter JJ,Hawes SE,Weiss NS,Hughes JP,Qiao YL,Taylor PR,Smith JS,Galloway DA

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The predictive value of thymidylate synthase (TS) for clinical sensitivity to pemetrexed-containing chemotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains controversial. This meta-analysis is performed to provide an assessment of whether expression variations of TS are associated with objec...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Wang L,Wang R,Pan Y,Sun Y,Zhang J,Chen H

更新日期：2014-03-19 00:00:00