Gustative Roussy Immune Score is a Predictor for Major Pathological Response in Rectal Cancer: A Result from the Preoperative Intraarterial Chemoembolization Combined with Radiotherapy (PCAR) Study.

Despite the emergence of various treatment strategies for rectal cancer based on neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, there is currently a lack of reliable biomarkers to determine which patients will respond well to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Through collecting hematological and biochemical parameters data of patients prior to receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, we evaluated the predictive value of systemic inflammatory indices for pathological response and prognosis in rectal cancer patients. We found that baseline GRIm-Score was an independent predictor for MPR in rectal cancer patients.

[Distribution, Sources, and Ecological Risk Evaluation of Heavy Metals in Surface Sediments of Taihu Lake].

For the surface sediment samples of Taihu Lake in 2010, the eight physicochemical indices of pH, temperature, Eh, water content, porosity, grain size, total phosphorus, and Loss-on-ignition were measured and analyzed, along with the contents of nine heavy metals:Cu, Zn, Ni, Cr, Pb, Ba, Mn, Co, and V. The order of magnitudes of heavy metal content of surface sediments in Taihu Lake was:Mn>Ba>Zn>Cr>V>Ni>Pb>Cu>Co. This suggested that the contents of the nine heavy metals were beyond the background value, which had a close connection to the geology of the Taihu Lake Basin and were influenced by human activity to varying degrees.

Inhibiting the redox function of APE1 suppresses cervical cancer metastasis via disengagement of ZEB1 from E-cadherin in EMT.

Background: Metastasis is a major challenge in cervical cancer treatment. Previous studies have shown that the dual functional protein apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) promotes tumor metastasis and is overexpressed in cervical cancer. However, the biological role and mechanism of APE1 in cervical cancer metastasis have rarely been studied.

FokI polymorphism in vitamin D receptor gene and risk of breast cancer among Caucasian women.

Vitamin D plays a central role in cellular proliferation, apoptosis induction, and tumor growth suppression. The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is a crucial mediator for the cellular effects of vitamin D. A series of epidemiological studies have examined the association between the VDR FokI polymorphism and breast cancer risk, but the findings remain inconclusive.

Californium-252 brachytherapy combined with external-beam radiotherapy for cervical cancer: long-term treatment results.

Purpose: To observe, by retrospective analysis, the curative effects and complications due to californium-252 (252Cf) neutron intracavitary brachytherapy (ICBT) combined with external-beam radiotherapy (EBRT) in the treatment of cervical cancer.

Methods And Materials: From February 1999 to December 2007, 696 patients with cervical cancer (Stages IB to IIIB) were treated with 252Cf-ICBT in combination of EBRT. Of all, 31 patients were at Stage IB, 104 at IIA, 363 at IIB, 64 at IIIA, and 134 at IIIB.