Publications by authors named "Junquan Yang"

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  • The study analyzed the effectiveness of befotertinib, a drug for treating non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR T790M mutation, showing positive outcomes in patients with brain metastases and a manageable safety profile.
  • Two groups of patients received different doses of the drug, and after tracking their progress for nearly four years, the overall survival rates were reported as 23.9 months and 31.5 months for the lower and higher doses, respectively.
  • The results suggest that befotertinib offers significant overall survival benefits compared to other third-generation treatments, with adverse effects mostly manageable and in line with previous findings for similar cancer types.
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Background: Garsorasib (D-1553; InventisBio, Shangai, China), a potent KRAS inhibitor, has shown promising antitumour activity in patients with KRAS-mutated (ie, Gly12Cys) non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in a phase 1 study. We report results from a phase 2 study conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of garsorasib in patients with locally advanced or metastatic KRAS-mutated NSCLC.

Methods: This open-label, multicentre, single-arm, phase 2 trial enrolled adult patients with KRAS-mutated NSCLC who had previously been treated with platinum-based chemotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors from 43 hospitals in China.

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Importance: Programmed cell death ligand 1 inhibitors combined with chemotherapy has changed the approach to first-line treatment in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC). It remained unknown whether adding a programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) inhibitor to chemotherapy provided similar or better benefits in patients with extensive-stage SCLC, which would add evidence on the efficacy of checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of extensive-stage SCLC.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and adverse event profile of the PD-1 inhibitor serplulimab plus chemotherapy compared with placebo plus chemotherapy as first-line treatment in patients with extensive-stage SCLC.

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Introduction: Befotertinib (D-0316) is a novel, third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). This study evaluated befotertinib in patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC who developed an EGFR T790M mutation after progression on first- or second-generation EGFR TKI therapy.

Methods: This was a single-arm, open-label, phase 2 study at 49 hospitals across mainland China.

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Objective: To investigate the procedure of pre-transfusion testing and transfusion strategy of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) treated by daratumumab (DarA).

Methods: The blood samples of MM patients before and after DarA treatment from the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University were collected, and the ABO/Rh blood group antigen identification and DAT test results were compared. The results of antibody screening and cross matching of the patients before and after inactivation of red blood cells with 0.

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Background: Previous studies have demonstrated the preclinical pharmacological and toxicological consistency, and clinical pharmacokinetic equivalence of bevacizumab biosimilar LY01008 with reference bevacizumab (Avastin). This randomized controlled trial aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of LY01008 with Avastin in first-line treatment of Chinese patients with advanced or recurrent non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Methods: Stage IIIB-IV NSCLC patients with evaluable lesions, good physical status, and adequate organ functions from 67 centers across China were randomized in a ratio of 1:1 to receive LY01008 or Avastin 15 mg/kg intravenously in combination with paclitaxel/carboplatin (combined treatment) for 4-6 cycles, followed by maintenance monotherapy with LY01008 until disease progression, intolerable toxicity, or death.

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Purpose: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection has been recognized as a cause of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC). Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is one of the most common pathologic types of HNSCC. Clinical trials show that there are differences in response to immunotherapy according to HPV status.

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  • High-risk HPV infection is associated with the onset of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC), a type of head and neck cancer that has seen a rising incidence in recent years.
  • A study analyzed 49 OPSCC cases to evaluate the presence of HPV types 16 and 18, alongside the expression levels of proteins P53, P21, and Cdc2, utilizing various diagnostic methodologies to gather clinical data.
  • The findings indicated that 28.6% of OPSCC cases were HPV-DNA positive, with a notably higher prevalence in non-smokers, and revealed no significant correlations between HPV infection and patient demographics, tumor characteristics, or protein expression levels.
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Ginsenoside Rg1 (Rg1) has been widely used in a broad range of cardiovascular and cerebral-vascular diseases because of its unique therapeutic properties. However, the underlying mechanisms of Rg1 in the treatment of atherosclerosis have not been fully explored. This study sought to determine the precise molecular mechanisms on how Rg1 might be involved in regulating apoptosis in serum deprivation-induced Raw264.

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Novel tumor antigens and their related autoantibodies have tremendous potential for early diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In this study, we identify antigens from NSCLC tissue and autoantibodies in sera of patients with NSCLC using a modified proteomics-based approach. We seperated and identified four NSCLC-associated proteins extracted from the cytosol in tumor tissues by mini-two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, followed by Western blot and hybridization with individual sera for confirmation of antibody binding.

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Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma is a common malignant tumor of otolaryngeal region. At present, effective treatment of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma still depends on surgery and radiotherapy. In recent years, application of CO2 laser resection in the treatment of stage T1 glottic carcinoma can remove the tumor completely and reduce the injury of laryngeal tissues.

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The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between the expression of p53, p21 and Cdc2 in the early laryngeal cancer with negative pathological margins and its local recurrence. During 2004-2010, a total of 85 patients with early laryngeal cancer were selected in Tangshan Union Hospital, Hebei, China, and immunohistochemical method was used to detect the expression of p53, p21 and Cdc2 in the negative pathological margin tissues. All patients were followed up for two years to collect pathological data for evaluating the survival and tumor recurrence.

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The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical significance of microRNA-181b (miR-181b) expression in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). MiR-181b expression in 126 pairs of surgically removed NSCLC tissues and their corresponding normal lung tissues was measured by real-time quantitative RT-PCR assay. Additionally, the correlation of miR-181b expression with clinicopathological factors or prognosis of patients was analyzed.

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Objective: To study the relationship between expression of caveolin-1 (Cav-1) and pERK1/2 and prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Methods: Cav-1 and pERK1/2 protein expression was assessed by immunohistochemistry in samples obtained from 160 patients with NSCLC and 20 patients with normal lung tissue.

Results: Normal bronchial and alveolar epithelial cells were positive for Cav-1 (membranous and cytoplasmic staining patterns).

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