The small molecule Bcl-2/Mcl-1 inhibitor TW-37 shows single-agent cytotoxicity in neuroblastoma cell lines.

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the availability of effective anti-EGFR therapies for various solid malignancies, such as non-cell small lung cancer, colorectal cancer and squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, the knowledge of EGFR and K-RAS status becomes clinically important. The aim of this study was to analyse EGFR express...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Van Damme N,Deron P,Van Roy N,Demetter P,Bols A,Van Dorpe J,Baert F,Van Laethem JL,Speleman F,Pauwels P,Peeters M

更新日期：2010-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Associations between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and colorectal cancer have been reported previously but few studies have characterized PAH exposure using biological measurements. We evaluated colorectal cancer risk in relation to urinary concentration of 1-hydroxypyrene glucuronide (1-OHPG), a p...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Hofmann JN,Liao LM,Strickland PT,Shu XO,Yang G,Ji BT,Li HL,Rothman N,Kamangar F,Gao YT,Zheng W,Chow WH

更新日期：2013-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRs) represent a distinct class of posttranscriptional modulators of gene expression with remarkable stability in sera. Several miRs are oncogenic (oncomiRs) and are deregulated in the pathogenesis of breast cancer and function to inhibit tumor suppressors. Routine blood monitoring of these circu...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Sochor M,Basova P,Pesta M,Dusilkova N,Bartos J,Burda P,Pospisil V,Stopka T

更新日期：2014-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer (BRPC) is frequently associated with positive surgical margins and a poor prognosis because the tumor is in contact with major vessels. This study evaluated the relationship between the margin-negative (R0) resection rate and findings indicating peripancreatic vascular...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Yasuta S,Kobayashi T,Aizawa H,Takahashi S,Ikeda M,Konishi M,Kojima M,Kuno H,Uesaka K,Morinaga S,Miyamoto A,Toyama H,Takakura N,Sugimachi K,Takayama W

更新日期：2020-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 after curative gastrectomy has been performed as a standard treatment for Stage II and III gastric cancer (GC) in Japan, patients with Stage III GC still have a high incidence of recurrence and a poor prognostic outcome. The aim of this study was to investigate risk fa...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Nishibeppu K,Komatsu S,Ichikawa D,Imamura T,Kosuga T,Okamoto K,Konishi H,Shiozaki A,Fujiwara H,Otsuji E

更新日期：2018-01-30 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:Metastatic progression due to development or enrichment of therapy-resistant tumor cells is eventually lethal. Molecular characterization of such chemotherapy resistant tumor cell clones may identify markers responsible for malignant progression and potential targets for new treatment. Here, in a case of sta...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Hjortland GO,Meza-Zepeda LA,Beiske K,Ree AH,Tveito S,Hoifodt H,Bohler PJ,Hole KH,Myklebost O,Fodstad O,Smeland S,Hovig E

更新日期：2011-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radium-223 has been shown to improve overall survival in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with symptomatic bone metastases. The bone scan response to radium-223 has only been described in one single center trial of 14 patients, none of whom achieved the outstanding bone scan response ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： McNamara MA,George DJ

更新日期：2015-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The first-generation epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors gefitinib and erlotinib have both been proven effective for treating advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), especially in East Asian patients. We conducted this meta-analysis to compare their efficacy and safety in treatin...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Zhang W,Wei Y,Yu D,Xu J,Peng J

更新日期：2018-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is a cornerstone in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. Adverse musculoskeletal and cardiovascular effects of ADT are widely reported and investigations into the potential of exercise to ameliorate the effects of treatment are warranted. The 'Football Club (FC) Prost...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Uth J,Schmidt JF,Christensen JF,Hornstrup T,Andersen LJ,Hansen PR,Christensen KB,Andersen LL,Helge EW,Brasso K,Rørth M,Krustrup P,Midtgaard J

更新日期：2013-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyaluronan (HA) an important component of the extracellular matrix, has been linked to tumor progression and drug resistance in several malignancies. However, limited data is available for ovarian cancer. This study investigated the role of hyaluronan (HA) and a potential link between the HA-CD44 pathway and...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Ricciardelli C,Ween MP,Lokman NA,Tan IA,Pyragius CE,Oehler MK

更新日期：2013-10-14 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

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journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Knoerl R,Weller E,Halpenny B,Berry D

更新日期：2019-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer vaccine is one of the attractive treatment modalities for patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). However, because of delayed immune responses, its clinical benefits, besides for overall survival (OS), are not well captured by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Response Evaluat...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Noguchi M,Moriya F,Suekane S,Ohnishi R,Matsueda S,Sasada T,Yamada A,Itoh K

更新日期：2013-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compared with World Health Organization-defined acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) not otherwise specified, patients with AML with myelodysplasia-related changes (AML-MRC) are generally older and more likely to have poor-risk cytogenetics, leading to poor response and prognosis. More than one-half of all older (≥...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Seymour JF,Döhner H,Butrym A,Wierzbowska A,Selleslag D,Jang JH,Kumar R,Cavenagh J,Schuh AC,Candoni A,Récher C,Sandhu I,Del Castillo TB,Al-Ali HK,Falantes J,Stone RM,Minden MD,Weaver J,Songer S,Beach CL,Dombret H

更新日期：2017-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was performed to create and validate a scoring system for the survival of patients with malignant spinal cord compression (SCC) from myeloma. METHODS:Of the entire cohort (N = 216), 108 patients were assigned to a test group and 108 patients to a validation group. In the test group, nine pre-trea...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Douglas S,Schild SE,Rades D

更新日期：2012-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in women worldwide. Therefore, it is of great significance to identify the biological mechanism of tumorigenesis and explore the development of breast cancer to achieve a better prognosis for individuals suffering from breast cancer. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) h...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Xia L,Li F,Qiu J,Feng Z,Xu Z,Chen Z,Sun J

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The historical basis and contemporary evidence for the use of immune strategies for prevention of malignancies are reviewed. Emphasis is focussed on the Febrile Infections and Melanoma (FEBIM) study on melanoma and on malignancies that seem to be related to an overexpression of human endogenous retrovirus K ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Krone B,Kölmel KF,Grange JM

更新日期：2014-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing evidence revealed that high expression level of lncRNA SNHG1 was associated with the unfavorable prognosis of cancer and maybe used as a valuable biomarker for cancer patients. The present meta->analysis is to analyze existing data to reveal potential clinical application of SNHG1 on cancer progno...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Dong B,Chen X,Zhang Y,Zhu C,Dong Q

更新日期：2019-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is the most common form of malignancy affecting women worldwide. It is also the leading cancer in females in Cyprus, with approximately 400 new cases diagnosed annually. It is well recognized that genetic variation as well as environmental factors modulate breast cancer risk. The main aim of th...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Hadjisavvas A,Loizidou MA,Middleton N,Michael T,Papachristoforou R,Kakouri E,Daniel M,Papadopoulos P,Malas S,Marcou Y,Kyriacou K

更新日期：2010-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of current therapies in improving the survival of lung cancer patients remains far from satisfactory. It is consequently desirable to find more appropriate therapeutic opportunities based on informed insights. A molecular pharmacological analysis was undertaken to design an improved chemotherapeut...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Gemma A,Li C,Sugiyama Y,Matsuda K,Seike Y,Kosaihira S,Minegishi Y,Noro R,Nara M,Seike M,Yoshimura A,Shionoya A,Kawakami A,Ogawa N,Uesaka H,Kudoh S

更新日期：2006-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although preoperative radiotherapy (RT) is widely used as the initial treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer (RC) in the neoadjuvant setting, factors determining clinical response have not been adequately defined. In order to find other factors possibly related with radiosensitivity, we evaluated the r...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Kitayama J,Yasuda K,Kawai K,Sunami E,Nagawa H

更新日期：2011-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs involved in post-transcriptional gene expression regulation and have been described as key regulators of carcinogenesis. Aberrant miRNA expression has been frequently reported in sporadic breast cancers, but few studies have focused on profiling hereditary breast ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Pessôa-Pereira D,Evangelista AF,Causin RL,da Costa Vieira RA,Abrahão-Machado LF,Santana IVV,da Silva VD,de Souza KCB,de Oliveira-Silva RJ,Fernandes GC,Reis RM,Palmero EI,Marques MMC

更新日期：2020-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are at increased risk for developing cancer. As approximately 8% of the world's population is living with T2D, even a slight increase in cancer risk could result in an enormous impact on the number of persons developing cancer. In addition, several glucose lowering drug cl...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Schrijnders D,de Bock GH,Houweling ST,van Hateren KJJ,Groenier KH,Johnson JA,Bilo HJG,Kleefstra N,Landman GWD

更新日期：2017-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mucosal melanomas represent about 1% of all melanoma cases and classically have a worse prognosis than cutaneous melanomas. Due to the rarity of mucosal melanomas, only limited clinical studies with metastatic mucosal melanoma are available. Mucosal melanomas most commonly contain mutations in the gene CKIT,...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Kim CY,Kim DW,Kim K,Curry J,Torres-Cabala C,Patel S

更新日期：2014-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subsyndromal delirium, a condition in which patients exhibit some, but not all, of the symptoms of delirium, can negatively affect the outcomes of patients with cancer. However, the incidence of subsyndromal delirium in patients with gastric cancer is unknown. Here, we investigated the incidence and risk fac...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Hwang H,Lee KM,Son KL,Jung D,Kim WH,Lee JY,Kong SH,Suh YS,Lee HJ,Yang HK,Hahm BJ

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Weekly docetaxel has occasionally been used in the neoadjuvant to downstage breast cancer to reduce toxicity and possibly enhance quality of life. However, no studies have compared the standard three weekly regimen to the weekly regimen in terms of quality of life. The primary aim of our study was to compare...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Walker LG,Eremin JM,Aloysius MM,Vassanasiri W,Walker MB,El-Sheemy M,Cowley G,Beer J,Samphao S,Wiseman J,Jibril JA,Valerio D,Clarke DJ,Kamal M,Thorpe GW,Baria K,Eremin O

更新日期：2011-05-18 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: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:Myxoid liposarcoma (MLS) has the tendency to metastasize extrapulmonary. Although prognostic factors at the initial diagnosis of MLS have been reported, those at diagnosis of metastasis remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic factors for disease-specific survival at the in...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Shinoda Y,Kobayashi E,Kobayashi H,Mori T,Asano N,Nakayama R,Morioka H,Iwata S,Yonemoto T,Ishii T,Hiruma T,Kawai A,Kawano H

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00