Publications by authors named "Xiuhua Shi"

Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks as the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Studies have shown that CRC patients with KRAS mutations, especially KRAS, have an increased risk of metastasis. Emerging evidence indicates that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are crucial in the carcinogenesis and progression of various cancers, regulating multiple biological processes but the link between KRAS mutations and lncRNAs in CRC remains unclear.

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Drug-induced protective autophagy significantly affects the efficacy of anticancer therapies. Enhancing tumor cell sensitivity to treatment by inhibiting autophagy is essential for effective cancer therapy. Our study, analyzing data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) public database, HCC cell lines, and liver cancer tissue samples, found that miR-22-3p is expressed at low levels in HCC and is significantly associated with clinicopathological features and patient prognosis.

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Objectives: Pituitary abscess (PA) accounts for only 0.3-0.5% of sellar masses, and the lack of specific clinical symptoms makes diagnosing PA difficult without a surgical biopsy.

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Background: Mammalian ste20-like kinase 4 (MST4) and autophagy have been implicated in ailments such as inflammatory and cancers.

Methods: In this study, the expression of MST4 data was extracted from TCGA, GTEx, and GEPIA. The infiltration of immune cells and methylation level of MST4 in tumor and normal tissues were extracted from GEPIA 2021, TISIDB, UALCAN, EWAS, MethSurv, and MEXPRESS database.

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Objective: To explore the safety of anlotinib capsules combined with the PD-1 inhibitor (camrelizumab) in the third-line treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and their effect on serum tumor markers.

Methods: 88 patients with advanced NSCLC treated in the Oncology Department of our hospital from December 2018 to December 2019 were selected as research subjects and randomly and equally split into the single treatment group (STG) and combined treatment group (CTG). The levels of serum tumor markers after treatment were detected in both groups, and the incidence of adverse reactions during treatment was recorded.

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Background: The purpose of this study was to describe the clinicopathological characteristics of breast DCIS in Chinese women and compare with that of patients in western countries.

Method: From December 2005 to December 2015, 617 women diagnosed with pure DCIS after surgery at our institution were enrolled, and the clinicopathological characteristics were described.

Results: In this study, the percentage of patients detected on screening, diagnosed at ≤50 years of age, with tumor size ≤2.

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May-Thurner syndrome (MTS) is caused by venous occlusion because of compression of the iliac vein by the iliac artery and vertebral body, leading to left lower extremity deep venous thrombosis, eventually resulting in a series of symptoms. Endovascular treatment has now become the most preferred method of treatment of MTS. The authors report a 66-year-old woman who was hospitalized because of increasing swelling in her left lower limb for almost 2 weeks.

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Gliomas are the most common neoplasms in the central nervous system. The lack of efficacy of glioma therapies necessitates in-depth studies of glioma pathology, especially of the underlying molecular mechanisms that transform normal glial cells into tumor cells. Here we report that a deubiquitinating enzyme, ubiquitin-specific protease 2a (USP2a), and its substrate, fatty acid synthase (FASN), are over-expressed in glioma tissue.

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A 41-year-old female visited Ruijin Hospital because her face was swollen for more than 2 months. The patient was initially diagnosed with Cushing's disease (CD). Several examinations, including a dexamethasone suppression test (DST) at 2 mg and 8 mg, pituitary MRI, abdominal CT, punch biopsy of adrenal masses, and bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling (BIPSS), were performed, but the findings were not consistent with the clinical presentation.

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Background: Bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling (BIPSS), currently, is the gold standard test for the differential diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome (CS), but few data are available on the efficacy and accuracy of BIPSS in the qualitative diagnosis of ACTH-dependent CS and lateralization of Cushing's disease (CD); especially, the evaluation of BIPSS in all CD patients with transsphenoidal surgery (TSS). As a result, we investigated whether such invasive test compared other noninvasive tests may affect the efficacy and accuracy of diagnosis and TSS treatment in ACTH-dependent CS.

Objective: We investigated the efficacy and lateralized accuracy of diagnostic and therapeutic of BIPSS in ACTH-dependent CS.

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Pituitary adenomas are common benign intracranial neoplasms representing about 10-25% of all intracranial neoplasm. Significant morbidity can occur along with pituitary adenomas due to hormonal dysfunction and mass effects. The pathogenesis of pituitary adenoma is unclear, however, etiologic factors include genetic events, hormonal stimulation, and growth factors [1], all of which promote cell proliferation and transformation in the tumor.

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