Publications by authors named "Dan Cong"

Purpose: To evaluate whether BeEAM is an alternative to BEAM for autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

Methods: Data of 60 patients with relapsed or refractory DLBCL who underwent ASCT from January 2018 to June 2023 in our center, including 30 patients in the BeEAM group and 30 patients in the BEAM group, were retrospectively analyzed. The time to hematopoietic reconstitution, treatment-related adverse events, number of hospitalization days, hospitalization cost, and survival benefit were compared between the two groups.

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The progression of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) may be related to abnormal fatty acid metabolism (FAM). The present study investigated the relationship between FAM-related genes and LUAD prognosis. LUAD samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas were collected.

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To demonstrate the efficacy of fruquintinib administration after local radiotherapy in a patient with metastatic colon cancer with high microsatellite instability and the KRAS exon 2 p. G12D mutation. The patient was administered four cycles of pembrolizumab intravenous infusion and achieved stable disease as the best outcome.

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Background: While programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) blockade has demonstrated varying effectiveness in treating advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), no validated prognostic factors have been identified. Immune-related adverse events (irAEs) have been shown to predict immunotherapy outcomes in multiple cancers, but their relationship with ESCC remains unclear. This study aims to evaluate the prognostic value of irAEs in patients with advanced ESCC treated with camrelizumab.

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This experiment aimed to detect serum erythropoietin (EPO) levels in patients with haematological tumours and to investigate its clinical significance. For this purpose, 110 patients with haematological tumours admitted to our hospital between January 2019 and December 2020 were selected as the study population according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and they were included in the case group, and the clinical data of the patients were retrospectively analysed. 90 cases of people without hematological tumors who underwent physical examination during the same period were also included as a control group.

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Background: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a malignant tumor with the highest mortality rate in our country. It has been found in many studies that microRNA-4521 (miR-4521) is abnormally expressed and plays a role in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and other cancers.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between miR-4521 expression and clinical prognosis, as well as its influence on cell biological behavior.

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MicroRNAs exert crucial effects in the drug resistance. The purpose of this research was to investigate the miR-25-3p effects on DDP resistance in NSCLC. We used RT-qPCR to evaluate the expression of miR-25-3p.

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ZFP57 is a master regulator of genomic imprinting. It has both maternal and zygotic functions that are partially redundant in maintaining DNA methylation at some imprinting control regions (ICRs). In this study, we found that DNA methylation was lost at most known ICRs in mutant embryos.

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Ferroptosis is a multi-step regulated cell death that is characterized by excessive iron accumulation and lipid peroxidation. Cancer cells can acquire resistance to ferroptosis by the upregulation of anti-ferroptotic proteins or by the downregulation of pro-ferroptotic proteins. Apoptosis-inducing factor mitochondria-associated 2 (AIFM2, also known as FSP1 or PRG3) has been recently demonstrated as an endogenous ferroptosis suppressor, but its mechanism remains obscure.

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The objective of this study was to examine the function of the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) HOXA11-AS in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In total, samples from liver tumor and surrounding normal liver tissues were collected from 66 cases of HCC patients. Normal liver cell line HL-7702 and HCC cell lines HepG2, Hep3B, MHCC-97H and BEL7402 were used.

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Cancer, the uncontrolled growth of cells, is a major disease that threatens the worldwide population. Among all cancer types, lung cancer has the highest morbidity rate, with a survival rate of less than 5%. Various studies have focused on discovering a potent anticancer drug that will increase the survival rate of lung cancer patients.

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In the present study, we analyzed microRNA (miRNA) and gene expression profiles using 499 papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) samples and 58 normal thyroid tissues obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas database. A pivotal regulatory network of 18 miRNA and 16 targets was identified. Upregulated miRNAs (miR-222, miR-221, miR-146b, miR-181a/b/d, miR-34a, and miR-424) and downregulated miRNAs (miR-9-1, miR-138, miR-363, miR-20b, miR-195, and miR-152) were identified.

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