Efficacy and safety of daratumumab in the treatment of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background: Daratumumab as a monoclonal antibody has shown promising results in the treatment of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). However, the efficacy and safety of daratumumab-based regimens compared to control regimens have not been fully established.

Methods: The search was conducted using electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases) up to December 2022.

PRL-3 and MMP9 Expression and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Markers in Circulating Tumor Cells From Patients With Colorectal Cancer: Potential Value in Clinical Practice.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical correlation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) with PRL-3 and MMP9 expression in the circulating tumor cells (CTCs) of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC).

Materials And Methods: Between January 2016 and December 2018, the EMT phenotype-based subsets of CTCs and the expression levels of PRL-3 and MMP9 in CTCs were identified, and their clinical values in 172 patients were evaluated. The CTCs were isolated, classified, and counted using the CanPatrol™ CTC filtration system.

Expression of DNM3 is associated with good outcome in colorectal cancer.

The aim of this study is to reveal the potential value of dynamin3 (DNM3) in colorectal cancer (CRC) evaluation of clinical diagnosis and prognosis. A total of 100 tissue samples were collected from 50 patients with stages I-IV, CRC tissues ( = 50) paired with non-cancerous adjacent colorectal tissues ( = 50). The expression levels of DNM3 were detected in 50 cases of CRC tissues and 50 cases of non-cancerous adjacent colorectal tissues by real-time fluorescent quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).

Clinical study of XiangShaLiuJunZi decoction combined with S-1 as maintenance therapy for stage III or IV gastric carcinoma and colorectal carcinoma.

Introduction: S-1, a new oral fluorouracil chemotherapeutical drug, has been increasingly used in clinical maintenance after first-line chemotherapy for stage III or IV gastric carcinoma (GC) and colorectal carcinoma (CRC) for its own advantages. XiangshaLiujunzi Decoction (XSLJZD), a classic traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formula with effects of alleviating the adverse reactions of chemotherapy and improving the quality of life of cancer patients has been gradually confirmed, with no more reports about the maintenance therapy mode of combination of chemotherapeutic drugs and TCM. We designed the study of XSLJZD combined with S-1 in the maintenance therapy of Stage III or IV GC and CRC, and hoped that this research program will go further and comprehensively evaluate its efficacy and safety.

Hospitalization costs of treating colorectal cancer in China: A retrospective analysis.

Background: The objective of this study was to explore the influence factors of hospitalization costs of treating colorectal cancer in China. And the study provides new estimates on hospitalization costs and length of hospital stay for patients with colorectal cancer in China.

Methods: Data for inpatient hospitalization associated with colorectal cancer were obtained from a 3-tier hospital in Guangdong Province and were analyzed post hoc.

An efficient method that combines the ThinPrep cytologic test with E6/E7 mRNA testing for cervical cancer screening.

Cervical cancer is strongly associated with persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infections. The ThinPrep cytologic test (TCT), HPV DNA detection, and E6/E7 mRNA testing are widely used to screen for cervical abnormalities. This study aimed to find a suitable method for cervical cancer diagnosis (but not for cervical cancer distant metastasis), especially among women whose TCT results are atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) or worse (including ASCUS).

Breast cancer laterality and molecular subtype likely share a common risk factor.

Background: To investigate the epidemiological features of breast cancer laterality and molecular subtypes in southern China.

Materials And Methods: A total of 2,049 cases who were diagnosed with unilateral breast cancer in the past 5 years were classified based on laterality and molecular subtypes. Molecular subtypes were defined in accordance with the 2013 St.

Bilateral thoracic kidneys combined with inferior vena cava located behind the anterior abdominal wall: A case report and review of literature.

Ectopic thoracic kidneys are the rarest form of renal ectopia. Moreover, congenital abnormality of a primary anterior inferior vena cava (IVC) located behind the anterior abdominal wall is extremely rare. To date, only one such case has been reported.

Construction of a recombinant eukaryotic expression vector containing gene and its expression in colon cancer cells.

Introduction: Dynamin 3 (DNM3) is a large GTPase that possesses mechanochemical properties and has been shown to be involved in malignancies. However, most studies about DNM3 are observational, and knowledge of the precise molecular mechanism of DNM3 remains limited.

Materials And Methods: We constructed a PCDH-CMV-MCS-EF1a-GFP-Puro-DNM3 recombinant eukaryotic expression vector, which was then transfected into SW620 and LoVo cells.

Addition of bevacizumab to systemic therapy for locally advanced and metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Radiotherapy is a vital treatment option for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Concurrent cisplatin-based radiochemotherapy with or without adjuvant chemotherapy had acquired good clinical effects with good local control rates. However, a number of patients present with metastasis following systemic regimens or initial diagnosis of locally advanced NPC, which cause difficulty for subsequent therapy.

Association of PHD3 and HIF2α gene expression with clinicopathological characteristics in human hepatocellular carcinoma.

Egl-9 family hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)3/prolyl hydroxylase 3 (EGLN3/PHD3) serves a role in the progression and prognosis of cancer. PHD3 is able to induce apoptosis in HepG2 cells. In the present study, the protein levels of PHD3 and HIF2α were analyzed by western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry in 84 paired hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues and adjacent non-tumor liver tissues.

Positive expression of Y-box binding protein 1 and prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis.

Background: Y-box binding protein 1 (YB-1) belongs to the cold shock domain protein family involved in transcription and translation. We conducted a meta-analysis of the association between YB-1 expression and the survival and clinicopathological features in NSCLC.

Methods: PubMed and Embase were searched to identify studies that evaluated the YB-1 expression (by immunohistochemistry) and overall survival (OS) in NSCLC.

Primary Pulmonary Paraganglioma: A Case Report and Review of Literature.

Primary pulmonary paraganglioma is a rare disease. We report a case of a 37-year old female patient with space-occupying lesions in the right lower pulmonary lobe during a routine examination without any symptoms. The patient underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) resection of the right middle lobe and dissection of hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes under general anesthesia.

Surgical resection and post-operative radiotherapy in an adult renal neuroblastoma patient with multiple bone and joint metastases: A case report.

Renal neuroblastoma is uncommon, particularly in adults, with only a few cases having been reported in studies published in the English language. The incidence is only 0.12 cases/1 million individuals in those aged >20 years.

Effects of α-enolase (ENO1) over-expression on malignant biological behaviors of AGS cells.

Objective: To investigate the effects of α-Enolase (ENO1) over-expression on the proliferative and migratory abilities of AGS cells.

Methods: The target gene was cloned and mounted to the eukaryotic expression vector pcDNA3.1(+), then was transfected into gastric cancer cell lines AGS.

Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder: A case report and review of the literature.

Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder (SCBC) is a type of rare malignant tumor of the urinary tract. As it does not have specific symptoms and its epidemiological features are similar to transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, it is often misdiagnosed. SCBC is highly aggressive, metastasizes very early and has a poor prognosis, and consequently, it has become a focus for urological surgeons and oncologists.

Effect of stable transfection with PHD3 on growth and proliferation of HepG2 cells in vitro and in vivo.

Objective: To establish a human hepatoma HepG2 cell line with stable expression of Prolyl hydroxylase domain 3 (PHD3) gene and study its effect of growth and proliferation in nude mice xenograft tumor.

Methods: Eukaryotic expression vectors of pcDNA 3.1-PHD3 was constructed.

Tumor suppressor TSLC1 inhibits growth, proliferation, invasiveness and angiogenesis in nude mice xenografted tumor of Eca109 cells.

Tumor suppressor in lung cancer 1 (TSLC1) is a novel tumor suppressor gene whose inactivation is implicated in the occurrence, invasion, metastasis and prognosis of esophageal cancer. TSLC1 was studied by comparing the tumor formation of TSLC1 transfectant and control cells in nude mice. Compared with blank group and mock group, tumor size and infiltrating range of transfected group was less, differentiation of tumor tissue was slightly better, and differences of tumor angiogenesis was worse.

Function and expression of prolyl hydroxylase 3 in cancers.

Hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) is a product of tumor cells that plays an important role in protecting tumor cells and adjusting to low oxygen tension through driving the progression and aggressiveness of tumors and changing the growth, angiogenesis, differentiation and metastasis of tumors. Prolyl hydroxylase 3 (PHD3) is a member of PHDs that are induced in hypoxia. Many studies have shown that PHD3 not only can hydroxylate HIF-1α, but also has various other biological functions.

Effect of TSLC1 gene on growth and apoptosis in human esophageal carcinoma Eca109 cells.

Introduction: To explore the effect of tumor suppressor in lung cancer 1 (TSLC1) on proliferation and apoptosis in esophageal cancer Eca109 cells.

Material And Methods: Eca109 cells were divided into three groups: TSLC1 transfected group (TTG), mock group (MG) and untransfected group (UTG). The TTG and MG were transfected transiently with the pIRES2-EGFP-TSLC1 eukaryotic expression vector and pIRES2-EGFP vector respectively.

Construction of a recombinant eukaryotic expression vector containing PHD3 gene and its expression in HepG2 cells.

Prolyl hydroxylase domain 3 (PHD3) is a hypoxia inducible factor-α (HIFα) regulator; it degrades HIFα in the presence of oxygen. Recently, there have been an increasing number of studies about the role of PHD3 in proliferation and apoptosis of cancer cells. However, most of the evidence for the role of PHD3 is observational, and little is known of the molecular mechanism.

Construction of eukaryotic expression vector of TSLC1 gene.

Introduction: To construct a eukaryotic expression vector of the tumour suppressor in lung cancer 1 (TSLC1) gene, so as to explore the mechanisms of tumour suppression of the gene theoretically.

Material And Methods: The open reading frame (ORF) of TSLC1 gene was amplified with RT-PCR from normal human foreskin acrobystia, and cloned to pMD19-T simple vector (TA Clone method). The resultant plasmid was transformed into Escherichia coli JM109 for amplification.

Function and histopathology of a cell adhesion molecule TSLC1 in cancer.

Even less than a decade since the discovery of TSLC1, overwhelming evidence demonstrates that the loss of TSLC1 expression by methylation-mediated epigenetic silencing or LOH is crucially implicated in various processes during tumorigenesis. Here, we summarize TSLC1 function, highlighting the concept that TSLC1 mediates the formation of tumor suppressor network via its multidomain structure and bridges extracellular adhesive activity with intracellular signaling. Next, we focus on the histopathology of TSLC1 in various cancers and the association with clinicopathological characteristics.