abstract：:Although it is the most widely used biomarker for prostate cancer, the use of prostate specific antigen (PSA) is controversial due to its limitations in specificity and sensitivity. The proteasome is a complex associated with cell proliferation and apoptosis, and the abnormity of these processes may lead to tumor occu...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wei X,Zeng W,Xie K,Diao P,Tang P

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal cancer is one of the most common types of malignant tumors located within the digestive system, with >50% of esophageal cancer cases worldwide occurring in China. Recent studies have demonstrated that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are frequently dysregulated in cancer; however, few lncRNAs have been charac...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Chen R,Xia W,Wang X,Qiu M,Yin R,Wang S,Xi X,Wang J,Xu Y,Dong G,Xu L,De W

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have revealed that fibrosis may affect the biological behavior of tumors, however associated research on papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is rare. The aim of the present study was to explore the association between interstitial fibrosis (IF) and the biological behavior of PTMC. In the present s...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu X,Zhang S,Gang Q,Shen S,Zhang J,Lun Y,Xu D,Duan Z,Xin S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was performed to quantify tumor neo-vessels, macrophages and fibroblasts in the tumor microenvironment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and explore the prognostic factors of HCC. The distribution of tumor neo-vessels, macrophages and fibroblasts was quantified by immunohistochemistry and inverted mi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Fang M,Yuan J,Chen M,Sun Z,Liu L,Cheng G,Ying H,Yang S,Chen M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-37, a new IL-1 family member, has received increasing attention in recent years. In the past decade, it has been determined that IL-37 is expressed in various normal cells and tissues and is regulated by inflammatory stimuli and pro-cytokines via different signal transduction pathways. Recently, it ha...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang L,Quan Y,Yue Y,Heng X,Che F

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate potential recurrence-risk biomarkers based on significant pathways for Luminal A breast cancer through gene expression profile analysis. Initially, the gene expression profiles of Luminal A breast cancer patients were downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas database. The differen...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Gao H,Yang M,Zhang X

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinicopathological value and exploration of the potential molecular mechanism of microRNA-183-5p (miR-183-5p) have been investigated in various cancers; however, to the best of the author's knowledge, no similar research has been reported for bladder cancer. In the present study, it was revealed that the expressi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Gao JM,Huang LZ,Huang ZG,He RQ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebroma, a nervous system tumor located in the cranial cavity, seriously affects health and may even become life-threatening. The aim of the study was to investigate and discuss the expression levels of cluster of differentiation 44 (CD44) and Golgi protein 73 (GP73) in different types of cerebroma tissues and to st...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yuan Y,Shi L,Wang S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been widely reported that patient-derived tumor xenografts (PDXs) are more similar to tumor tissues than conventional cancer cell lines. Kinetochore-associated protein 2 (KNTC2) is known to be upregulated specifically in tumor tissues of cancer patients and is recognized as a potential target for cancer therapy...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Makita Y,Teratani M,Murata S,Hoashi Y,Matsumoto S,Kawamata Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) is aberrantly expressed in a number of tumors. In the present study, it was demonstrated that the gene and protein levels of NNMT were significantly increased in gastric cancer cells. Furthermore, upregulation of NNMT significantly increas...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liang L,Zeng M,Pan H,Liu H,He Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the most common type of malignancy to metastasize to the brain, with the median survival time of patients being 6-11 months. In the present study, the aim was to compare the actionable gene mutation profiles of primary lung adenocarcinoma (LC) samples and LC brain metastasis (LCBM) samples through targe...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ma Y,Chen K,Yang Z,Guan M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the bone is rare and typically causes an extensive bone lesion. The present study describes a case of diffuse large B-cell primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the bone, which occurred in the right femur, and was initially treated with surgery and chemotherapy. Following a 7-year period of complete ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hu JY,Yu D,Wu YH

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ganoderma lucidum (G. lucidum) mushroom is one of the most extensively studied functional foods, known for its numerous health benefits, including the inhibition of tumor cell growth. The present study assessed the anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic activity of a novel G. lucidum polysaccharide peptide (GL-PP) i...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang C,Lin D,Chen Q,Lin S,Shi S,Chen C

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety and immunological responsiveness of a peptide vaccine of ring finger protein 43 and 34-kDa translocase of the outer mitochondrial membrane combined with uracil-tegafur/leucovorin (UFT/LV) was previously demonstrated in metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) in a phase I clinical trial. To clarify the survival b...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Kawamura J,Sugiura F,Sukegawa Y,Yoshioka Y,Hida JI,Hazama S,Okuno K

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical importance of melanoma-associated antigen D4 (MAGE-D4) expression in glioma, and to identify it as a valuable prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target. To achieve this, the expression of MAGE-D4 protein in 124 tumor tissues from patients with glioma was meas...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yan J,Wen J,Wei ZD,Li XS,Li P,Xiao SW

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a rare leukemia characterized by the balanced reciprocal translocation between the promyelocytic leukemia gene on chromosome 15 and the retinoic acid receptor α (RARα) gene on chromosome 17, and accounts for 10-15% of newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia each year. The combined ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Chen C,Huang X,Wang K,Chen K,Gao D,Qian S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Berberine is sourced from multiple medicinal herb resources and is easy to extract. With the advantages of low price, safety and convenience, berberine may have potential for wide clinical use. The present study aimed to investigate whether berberine inhibited the viability of colon cancer and whether it regulated the...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lü Y,Han B,Yu H,Cui Z,Li Z,Wang J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant antitumor activity of Momordica anti-human immunodeficiency virus protein of 30 kDa (MAP30) purified from Momordica charantia has been the subject of previous research. However, the effective mechanism of MAP30 on malignant glioma cells has not yet been clarified. The aim of the present study was to invest...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Jiang Y,Miao J,Wang D,Zhou J,Liu B,Jiao F,Liang J,Wang Y,Fan C,Zhang Q

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the optimal strategy and dosimetric measurement of thoracic radiotherapy based on three-dimensional (3D) modeling of mediastinal lymph nodes (MLNs). A 3D model of MLNs was constructed from a Chinese Visible Human female dataset. Image registration and fusion between reco...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang JB,Zhao LR,Cui TX,Chen XW,Yang Q,Zhou YB,Chen ZT,Zhang SX,Sun JG

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HRas proto-oncogene (HRAS) is one of the most commonly mutated genes in thyroid cancer, with mutations frequently occurring in the follicular and Hurthle cell subtypes. However, the contribution of mutations in HRAS to papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) progression and the tall-cell variant (TCV) is poorly understood. ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Dou R,Zhang L,Lu T,Liu D,Mei F,Huang J,Qian L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliomas are the most common type of primary brain tumor in adults, where more than half of the cases are malignant, and the prognosis is poor. The early viral 1A (E1A) protein has been widely recognized to be essential for adenoviral replication and production of progeny virions in human cells, a process that is regul...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu F,Xu K,Yang H,Li Y,Liu J,Wang J,Guan Z

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a common type of rheumatoid disease, which has recently been demonstrated to be associated with the expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether MMP-2 interference reduced the osteogenic differentiation of fibroblasts and to expl...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yuan B,Wu Z

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to explore the targets of forkhead box D3 (FOXD3) in lung cancer, and thus contribute to the diagnosis and therapy of the disease. The gene expression profile of GSE64513 was downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. The dataset contained 3 FOXD3 knockout A549 lung canc...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Jiang W,Liu P,Li X

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of death in smokers and the most common cause for cancer mortality in both males and females in the United States. Predisposition of this malignancy to distant metastasis leads to poor prognosis; therefore, it is urgent to discover novel therapeutic agents for me...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang Y,Lian J,Wang X

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored cell surface protein and exhibits an organ-dependent expression pattern in cancer. PSCA is upregulated in prostate cancer and downregulated in gastric cancer. PSCA is expressed in a variety of human organs. Although certain studies prev...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ono H,Sakamoto H,Yoshida T,Saeki N

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) has long been considered to be a key regulator of growth factor receptor- and integrin-mediated signals, with pivotal roles in tumor cells through its kinase activity and scaffolding function. Increased FAK expression and activity has been observed in tumors of various origins and is often ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li M,Hou F,Zhao J,Zhang T,Li D,Wu W,Liu X,Xu L

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to comparatively analyze the impact of laparoscopic myomectomy (LM) and transcervical resection of myoma (TCRM) on ovarian function, immune function and quality of sexual life of patients with hysteromyoma. Two hundred and forty patients with hysteromyoma admitted into the Second Affiliated Hospital of...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang Y,Gu X,Meng Y,Guo H,Du J,Xing W

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sunitinib based adjuvant chemotherapy combined with chloroquine (CQ) for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is in clinical trials; however, its anti-RCC effect and the mechanism remain unclear. In the present study, the anti-RCC effect of sunitinib with CQ and the underlying mechanism was investigated. An MTT...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li ML,Xu YZ,Lu WJ,Li YH,Tan SS,Lin HJ,Wu TM,Li Y,Wang SY,Zhao YL

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagonoma is an extremely rare pancreatic α-islet cell tumor and is often accompanied by certain clinical symptoms including necrotizing migratory erythema (NME), diabetes, weight loss and anemia. The objectives of the current review were to discern the clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of glucag...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Song X,Zheng S,Yang G,Xiong G,Cao Z,Feng M,Zhang T,Zhao Y

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genetically engineered Salmonella typhimurium strain that may be applied in the medically useful therapeutic strategy of using bacterial agents to target breast cancer in a tumor-bearing nude mouse model has been previously reported. Furthermore, immune cell accumulation in breast tumor types has been observed, part...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yang M,Xu J,Wang Q,Zhang AQ,Wang K

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer is a major cause of cancer-associated mortality worldwide. The aberrant expression of microRNA (miRNA) is involved in tumorigenesis. Ras proteins transfer information from the extracellular environment to internal cellular compartments and are essential in numerous signal transduction pathways. To inves...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Bo X,Chen Y,Sheng W,Gong Y,Wang H,Gao W,Zhang B

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear how microRNA (miR)-494 inhibits the proliferation of cervical cancer cells by altering the expression of SOCS6. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the molecular mechanism underlying miR-494 regulation of suppressor of cytokine signaling 6 (SOCS6) in human cervical cancer samples and the hu...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Cheng L,Kong B,Zhao Y,Jiang J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy is widely administered to patients with advanced lung cancer; however, data regarding chemotherapeutic sensitivity are limited. The present study aimed to investigate the predictive value of inflammatory indexes for chemotherapeutic efficacy in advanced lung cancer. Patients with stage III and IV unresect...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Sun H,Hu P,Du J,Wang X

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant expression of Ras homolog enriched in brain (RHEB) has been observed in a variety of cancer tissues and is closely associated with clinicopathological features. However, the expression profile of RHEB in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and its clinical signature with underlying mechanisms have no...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu F,Pan Z,Zhang J,Ni J,Wang C,Wang Z,Gu F,Dong W,Zhou W,Liu H

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to compare intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in irradiation of lung cancer. Plans of 14 patients were compared. The results demonstrated that in peripheral lung cancer, V5 (%) of the lung in partial-arc (PA)-VMAT was decreased comp...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li Y,Wang J,Tan L,Hui B,Ma X,Yan Y,Xue C,Shi X,Drokow EK,Ren J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to elucidate the role of cluster of differentiation (CD)8+, CD4+, natural killer (NK), and myeloid (CD11b+) cells in the course of the growth and rejection of experimental major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I-deficient, HPV16 E6/E7-associated TC-1/A9 tumors in mice. Stable mouse lines...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Indrová M,Rossowska J,Pajtasz-Piasecka E,Mikyšková R,Richter J,Rosina J,Sedlacek R,Fišerová A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypericum ascyron L. (Great St. Johnswort), which belongs to the Hypericaceae family, has been used for the treatment of hematemesis, metrorrhagia, rheumatism, swelling, stomach ache, abscesses, dysentery and irregular menstruation for >2,000 years in China. The aim of the present study was to clarify the anticancer a...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li XM,Luo XG,He JF,Wang N,Zhou H,Yang PL,Zhang TC

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung is one of the most common sites for bladder cancer to metastasize. Although the involvement of the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in bladder cancer progression has been established, the mechanism of EMT induction remains unclear. In order to investigate this, T24-parental (P) and T24-lung (L) bladder ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhu J,Huang Z,Zhang M,Wang W,Liang H,Zeng J,Wu K,Wang X,Hsieh JT,Guo P,Fan J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atorvastatin (ATST), a drug commonly used to reduce the levels of cholesterol and low-density lipoproteins, is a prospective agent for the prevention of colorectal cancer in patients with hyperlipidemia. ATST in combination with functional components is a promising strategy for cancer chemoprevention. In the present s...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhou M,Zheng J,Bi J,Wu X,Lyu J,Gao K

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations is necessary for the selection of suitable patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) for treatment with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Cytology specimens are known to be suitable for EGFR mutation detection, although tissue specimens should be...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Asaka S,Yoshizawa A,Nakata R,Negishi T,Yamamoto H,Shiina T,Shigeto S,Matsuda K,Kobayashi Y,Honda T

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00