Comprehensive analysis of Cuproplasia and immune microenvironment in lung adenocarcinoma.

Trace elements such as copper are essential for human health. Recently the journal Nat Rev Cancer has put forward the concept of Cuproplasia, a way of promoting tumor growth through reliance on copper. We attempted to conduct a comprehensive analysis of Cuproplasia-related genes in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) to explore the mechanism of action of Cuproplasia-related genes in LUAD.

Cancer-associated fibroblasts induce growth and radioresistance of breast cancer cells through paracrine IL-6.

In breast cancer, the most numerous stromal cells are cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), which are associated with disease progression and chemoresistance. However, few studies have explored the function of CAFs in breast cancer cell radiosensitivity. Here, CAF-derived conditioned media was observed to induce breast cancer cell growth and radioresistance.

Efficacy of sorafenib combined with transcatheter hepatic arterial chemoembolization in treating intermediate-advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

Purpose: To explore the efficacy and safety of sorafenib combined with transcatheter hepatic arterial chemoembolization (TACE) in the treatment of intermediate-advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: A total of 132 intermediate-advanced HCC patients were divided into two groups, namely, control group (n=66, TACE) and Sorafenib group (n=66, TACE combined with sorafenib). Then, the clinical efficacy and incidence rate of adverse reactions were compared s.

NUCKS1 Promotes Proliferation, Invasion and Migration of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Upregulating CDK1 Expression.

Background: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a predominant type of lung cancer with a high mortality rate.

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the roles of nuclear casein kinase and cyclin-dependent kinase substrate 1 (NUCKS1) in NSCLC and to identify the potential mechanisms.

Materials And Methods: The expression of NUCKS1 in several NSCLC cells was detected firstly.

Development and interpretation of a pathomics-based model for the prediction of microsatellite instability in Colorectal Cancer.

Microsatellite instability (MSI) has been approved as a pan-cancer biomarker for immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy. However, current MSI identification methods are not available for all patients. We proposed an ensemble multiple instance deep learning model to predict microsatellite status based on histopathology images, and interpreted the pathomics-based model with multi-omics correlation.

Radiomics-based nomogram using CT imaging for noninvasive preoperative prediction of early recurrence in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to develop and validate a radiomics nomogram based on radiomics features and clinical data for the non-invasive preoperative prediction of early recurrence (≤2 years) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: We enrolled 262 HCC patients who underwent preoperative contrast-enhanced computed tomography and curative resection (training cohort, n=214; validation cohort, n=48). We applied propensity score matching (PSM) to eliminate redundancy between clinical characteristics and image features, and the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) was used to prevent overfitting.

Smoking Exposure and Survival of Patients with Esophagus Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Smoking is a well-known major risk factor in development of esophageal cancer, but few studies have reported the association between smoking status and prognosis of these patients. We conduct the present study to summarize current evidence. A computerized search of the PubMed and EMBASE was performed up to April 30, 2015.

Efficacy of adding bevacizumab in the first-line chemotherapy of metastatic colorectal cancer: evidence from seven randomized clinical trials.

Background. Efficacy of adding bevacizumab in first-line chemotherapy of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) has been controversial. The aim of this study is to gather current data to analyze efficacy of adding bevacizumab to the most used combination first-line chemotherapy in mCRC, based on the 2012 meta-analysis reported by Macedo et al.