Should tumor depth be included in prognostication of soft tissue sarcoma?

abstract：BACKGROUND:Art therapy may improve the physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing of individuals for a variety of purposes. It remains understudied and underutilized in cancer care. We sought to determine the ability of a pilot art therapy program to improve the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of cancer patie...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Elimimian EB,Elson L,Stone E,Butler RS,Doll M,Roshon S,Kondaki C,Padgett A,Nahleh ZA

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to maximize later health, there are established components and guidelines for quality follow-up care of breast cancer survivors. However, adherence to quality follow-up in Canada may not be optimal, and may vary by province. We determined and compared the proportion of patients in each province who ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： McBride ML,Groome PA,Decker K,Kendell C,Jiang L,Whitehead M,Li D,Grunfeld E,CanIMPACT Team.

更新日期：2019-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to describe the real-world treatment and overall survival (OS) of German patients with a diagnosis of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (aNSCLC), and to explore factors associated with the real-world mortality risk. METHODS:This was a retrospective German claims data analys...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Hardtstock F,Myers D,Li T,Cizova D,Maywald U,Wilke T,Griesinger F

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extrahepatic biliary duct cancers (EBDC) are uncommon malignancies characterized by a poor prognosis with high rate of loco-regional recurrence. The purpose of the present study is to assess the feasibility and the potential impact of adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) in a series of patients treated in one institut...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Bonet Beltrán M,Roth AD,Mentha G,Allal AS

更新日期：2011-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The International Agency for Research on Cancer classified radon and its decay-products as Group-1-human-carcinogens, and with the current knowledge they are linked specifically to lung cancer. Biokinetic models predict that radon could deliver a carcinogenic dose to breast tissue. Our previous work suggeste...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Peng C,DuPre N,VoPham T,Heng YJ,Baker GM,Rubadue CA,Glass K,Sonawane A,Zeleznik O,Kraft P,Hankinson SE,Eliassen AH,Hart JE,Laden F,Tamimi RM

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Luminal breast cancer (L-BCa) comprises the majority of incurable, distally metastatic breast cancer cases. Estrogen supports growth of L-BCa cells but suppresses invasiveness. Estrogen also induces the progesterone receptor (PR). Invasiveness and metastasis of L-BCa cells is supported by the short PR isofor...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Rosati R,Oppat K,Huang Y,Kim S,Ratnam M

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and prognostic value of disseminated tumor cells in bone marrow of breast carcinoma patients with early disease, and to analyze this finding in relation to lymph node involvement, determined by sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy analysis, and to prognostic...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Solá M,Margelí M,Castellá E,Julian JF,Rull M,Gubern JM,Mariscal A,Barnadas A,Fraile M

更新日期：2011-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Following definitive chemoradiation for anal squamous cell carcinoma (ASCC), patients face a variety of chronic issues including: bowel dysfunction, accelerated bone loss, sexual dysfunction, and psychosocial distress. The increasing incidence of this disease, high cure rates, and significant long-term sequelae warran...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Savoie MB,Laffan A,Brickman C,Daniels B,Levin A,Rowen T,Smith J,Van Blarigan EL,Hope TA,Berry-Lawhorn JM,Anwar M,Van Loon K

更新日期：2019-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2), the key enzyme in the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandins, is involved in critical steps of tumor onset and progression, and is a strong predictor of chemotherapy resistance and poor outcome in advanced ovarian cancer. To our knowledge, no data has been reported until ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Ferrandina G,Ranelletti FO,Martinelli E,Paglia A,Zannoni GF,Scambia G

更新日期：2006-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuroblastoma are pediatric tumors of the sympathetic nervous system with a poor prognosis. Apoptosis is often deregulated in cancer cells, but only a few defects in apoptotic routes have been identified in neuroblastoma. METHODS:Here we investigated genomic aberrations affecting genes of the intrinsic apop...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Lamers F,Schild L,Koster J,Speleman F,Øra I,Westerhout EM,van Sluis P,Versteeg R,Caron HN,Molenaar JJ

更新日期：2012-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Desmoid tumour is a benign, non metastasising neoplasm characterised by an elevated deposition of organic macromolecules in the extracellular matrix (ECM). The matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of zinc-dependent proteinases involved in the degradation of ECM macromolecules. The MMPs and their nat...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Balducci C,Lilli C,Stabellini G,Marinucci L,Giustozzi G,Becchetti A,Cagini L,Locci P

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the last part of the 1990s the chance of surviving breast cancer increased. Changes in survival functions reflect a mixture of effects. Both, the introduction of adjuvant treatments and early screening with mammography played a role in the decline in mortality. Evaluating the contribution of these int...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Vilaprinyo E,Rué M,Marcos-Gragera R,Martínez-Alonso M

更新日期：2009-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Orthodenticle homeobox 1 (OTX1) is a transcription factor that plays an important role in various human cancers. However, the function of OTX1 in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is largely unknown. We aimed to explore the roles of OTX1 in LSCC and its possible molecular mechanism. METHODS:The expre...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Tu XP,Li H,Chen LS,Luo XN,Lu ZM,Zhang SY,Chen SH

更新日期：2020-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An emerging immunotherapy is infusion of tumor infiltrating Lymphocytes (TIL), with objective response rates of around 50% versus 19% for ipilimumab. As an Advanced Therapeutic Medicinal Products (ATMP), TIL is highly personalized and complex therapy. It requests substantial upfront investments from the hosp...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Retèl VP,Steuten LMG,Geukes Foppen MH,Mewes JC,Lindenberg MA,Haanen JBAG,van Harten WH

更新日期：2018-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frequent failure and severe side effects of current sarcoma therapy warrants new therapeutic approaches. The small-molecule MDM2 antagonist Nutlin-3a activates the p53 pathway and efficiently induces apoptosis in tumours with amplified MDM2 gene and overexpression of MDM2 protein. However, the majority of hu...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Ohnstad HO,Paulsen EB,Noordhuis P,Berg M,Lothe RA,Vassilev LT,Myklebost O

更新日期：2011-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The care itinerary for cancer involves difficulties that occur in several different areas, whether in the diagnostic procedures, in surgery, or in adjuvant treatment. The aim of this work was to obtain a valid instrument measuring satisfaction among patients with breast cancer and exploring their care itiner...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Defossez G,Mathoulin-Pelissier S,Ingrand I,Gasquet I,Sifer-Riviere L,Ingrand P,Salamon R,Migeot V,REPERES research network.

更新日期：2007-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reactivation of hepatitis B or C virus can occur in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Recommendations for selective or systematic hepatitis B virus testing prior chemotherapy for solid tumors differ. The primary aim was to determine the seroprevalence of hepatitis B or C in a low endemic country. The second ...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Brasseur M,Heurgué-Berlot A,Barbe C,Brami C,Rey JB,Vella-Boucaud J,Dabouz F,Deslée G,Grange F,Volet J,Bouché O

更新日期：2015-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little information is available concerning how patient delay may be affected by mass disasters. The main objectives of the present study are to identify whether there was a post-disaster increase in the risk of experiencing patient delay among breast cancer patients in an area affected by the 2011 triple dis...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Ozaki A,Nomura S,Leppold C,Tsubokura M,Tanimoto T,Yokota T,Saji S,Sawano T,Tsukada M,Morita T,Ochi S,Kato S,Kami M,Nemoto T,Kanazawa Y,Ohira H

更新日期：2017-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (PIPAC), with or without electrostatic precipitation (ePIPAC), was recently introduced in the treatment of peritoneal metastases (PM) from ovarian cancer (OC). Preliminary clinical data are promising, but several methodological issues as well the anticancer ef...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Van de Sande L,Willaert W,Cosyns S,De Clercq K,Shariati M,Remaut K,Ceelen W

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To provide estimations of partial and total prevalence of 24 cancer sites in France in 2008. The estimations of partial prevalence were compared with the previous estimations for 2002. METHODS:Nationwide estimations of incidence and survival data from cancer registries were used for partial prevalence. Nati...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Colonna M,Mitton N,Bossard N,Belot A,Grosclaude P,French Network of Cancer Registries (FRANCIM).

更新日期：2015-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are crucially involved in the regulation of multiple stages of cancer progression. Elevated MMP levels have been associated with the development of metastases and poor prognosis in several types of cancer. However, the role of MMPs in osteosarcoma and their prognostic value i...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Kunz P,Sähr H,Lehner B,Fischer C,Seebach E,Fellenberg J

更新日期：2016-03-15 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:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) of solid cancers comprises the administration of a photosensitizer followed by illumination of the photosensitizer-replete tumor with laser light. This induces a state of local oxidative stress, culminating in the destruction of tumor tissue and microvasculature and induction of an...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Weijer R,Broekgaarden M,van Golen RF,Bulle E,Nieuwenhuis E,Jongejan A,Moerland PD,van Kampen AH,van Gulik TM,Heger M

更新日期：2015-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As aging is the most significant risk factor for cancer development, long-term prostate cancer (PCa) survivors have an evident risk of developing subsequent primary cancers (SPCs). Radiotherapy itself is an additional risk factor for cancer development and the SPCs appearing beyond 5 years after radiotherapy...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Vuolukka K,Auvinen P,Palmgren JE,Aaltomaa S,Kataja V

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are detectable in peripheral blood of metastatic breast cancer patients (MBC). In this paper we evaluate a new CTC separation method based on a combination of anti-EpCAM- and anti-cytokeratin magnetic cell separation with the aim to improve CTC detection with low target antigen...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Weissenstein U,Schumann A,Reif M,Link S,Toffol-Schmidt UD,Heusser P

更新日期：2012-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggested that cancer stem-like cells contribute to tumor vasculogenesis by differentiating into endothelial cells. However, such process is governed by still undefined mechanism. METHODS:At varying differentiation levels, three representative colon cancer cells were cultured in endothelial-i...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Liu Z,Qi L,Li Y,Zhao X,Sun B

更新日期：2017-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is well known that estrogen receptor α (ERα) participates in the pathogenic progress of breast cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. In neuroblastoma cells and related cancer clinical specimens, moreover, the ectopic expression of ERα has been identified. However, the...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Cao P,Feng F,Dong G,Yu C,Feng S,Song E,Shi G,Liang Y,Liang G

更新日期：2015-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sorafenib is an orally active multikinase tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that targets B-type Raf kinase (BRAF), vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR) 1 and 2, and rearranged during transfection (RET), inducing anti-angiogenic and pro-apoptotic actions in a wide range of solid tumors. A side e...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Schneider TC,Kapiteijn E,van Wezel T,Smit JWA,van der Hoeven JJM,Morreau H

更新日期：2016-01-19 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:Prognostic factors aid in the stratification and treatment of cancer. This study evaluated prognostic importance of tumor infiltrating immune cell in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma. METHODS:Profiles of infiltrating immune cells and clinicopathological data were available for 78 OSCC patients wit...

journal_title：BMC cancer

authors： Fang J,Li X,Ma D,Liu X,Chen Y,Wang Y,Lui VWY,Xia J,Cheng B,Wang Z

更新日期：2017-05-26 00:00:00