Real-World Survival Outcomes Based on Mutation Status in Chinese Patients With Lung Adenocarcinoma After Complete Resection: Results From the ICAN Study.

Introduction: The adjuvant treatment of patients with resected lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) remains unstandardized. We analyzed the survival outcomes of these patients based on mutation status and adjuvant chemotherapy treatment.

Methods: This noninterventional real-world study (ICAN) enrolled Chinese patients with resected stages I to III LUAD from April 8, 2010, to December 31, 2010.

polymorphisms associated with warfarin stable dose in Chinese patients: a stepwise conditional analysis.

The aim of this study was to investigate whether variability in warfarin stable dose (WSD) could be influenced by vitamin K-related polymorphisms in patients with heart valve replacement. Twenty-nine vitamin K-related SNPs in 208 patients who initially took warfarin and achieved WSD were genotyped. After conducting conditional analysis for both -1639G>A and *3, rs1800139 and rs1800154 were significantly associated with WSD (p = 0.

LRP1 and APOA1 Polymorphisms: Impact on Warfarin International Normalized Ratio-Related Phenotypes.

Warfarin international normalized ratio (INR)-related phenotypes such as the percentage of INR time in the therapeutic range (PTTR) and INR variability are associated with warfarin adverse reactions. However, INR-related phenotypes greatly vary among patients, and the underlying mechanism remains unclear. As a key cofactor for coagulation proteins, vitamin K can affect warfarin INR values.

Final report of a prospective randomized study on thoracic radiotherapy target volume for limited-stage small cell lung cancer with radiation dosimetric analyses.

Background: The thoracic radiotherapy (TRT) target volume for limited-stage small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) has been controversial for decades. In this report, the final results of a prospective randomized trial on the TRT target volume before and after induction chemotherapy are presented.

Methods: After 2 cycles of etoposide and cisplatin, patients arm were randomized to receive TRT to the postchemotherapy or prechemotherapy tumor volume in a study arm and a control arm.

PIM1 gene silencing inhibits proliferation and promotes apoptosis of human esophageal cancer cell line Eca-109.

We aimed to study the effect of PIM1 gene silencing on the proliferation and apoptosis of human esophageal cancer cell line Eca109. Cultured Eca109 cells were transfected with the recombinant plasmids in mediation of Lipofectamine TM 2000 Reagent. The Eca109 cells in logarithmic growth phase were collected and assigned into three groups: the PIM1 siRNA group (stably transfected with PIM1-shRNA plasmids), the negative control (NC) group (transfected with vacant plasmids), and the blank group (Eca109 cells without any transfection).

Chemokine receptor CXCR4 expression and lung cancer prognosis: a meta-analysis.

The chemokine receptor CXCR4 is a G protein-coupled receptor that plays an important role in several biological processes, such as trafficking and homeostasis of immune cells (like T lymphocytes), alteration of cell skeleton rearrangement and cell migration. To investigate whether the CXCR4 protein impacts on lung cancer prognosis, a meta-analysis was performed. Our meta-analysis study involved 2,037 lung cancer patients from 24 studies by a comprehensive search from PubMed, Embase and CNKI databases up to September 2014.

MiR-133a modulates osteogenic differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells.

Arterial calcification is a key pathologic component of vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, and peripheral vascular disease. A hallmark of this pathological process is the phenotypic transition of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) to osteoblast-like cells. Several studies have demonstrated that microRNAs (miRNAs) regulate osteoblast differentiation, but it is unclear whether miRNAs also regulate VSMC-mediated arterial calcification.

[Clinicopathological features and prognostic analysis of esophageal sarcomatoid carcinoma].

Objective: To analyze the clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of a rare histological type of esophageal cancer-sarcomatoid carcinoma.

Methods: Clinicopathological data of 31 patients with esophageal sarcomatoid carcinoma who underwent surgery in the Department of Thoracic Surgery of Zhejiang Cancer Hospital from Jan 2000 to Dec 2009 were collected and analyzed. The survival analysis was performed using Kaplan-Meier method.

[Related factors of right recurrent nerve nodal involvement in esophageal cancer].

Objective: To study the related factors of right recurrent nerve nodal involvement in esophageal cancer.

Methods: 280 patients with thoracic esophageal cancer received esophagectomy and right recurrent nerve node dissection. The clinicopathological data were analyzed retrospectively.