Publications by authors named "Tohsei Ohmura"
Background: Survivin and livin are highly expressed in cancer cells and transformed cells, but show little or no expression in normal differentiated tissues. Human antibody responses to tumor-associated antigens have been detected, but little is known about the response to survivin and livin in breast cancer patients.
Methods: We examined the prevalence of anti-survivin and livin antibodies in breast cancer patients with a specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using recombinant protein.
Background: Little is known about how breast cancer cells are affected by the different regimens of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) hormone therapy in combination with epirubicin (EPI).
Materials And Methods: The effectiveness of EPI with and without MPA pretreatment was compared when used on FM3A mouse breast cancer (FM3A) cells transplanted in female C3H/He mice. The effects of these regimens on angiogenesis induced by FM3A tumor were evaluated.