Background: Osimertinib (Osm) is the preferred treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) T790M mutation. Nevertheless, the resistance of NSCLC cells to Osm will eventually develop, which remains the biggest obstacle to treating such diseases. Raddeanin A (RA) exhibits a potent anti-tumor effect on various types of cancer cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeural precursor cell expressed developmentally down-regulated 4-like protein (NEDD4L), an E3 ubiquitin ligase, exerts an important role in diverse biological processes including development, tumorigenesis, and tumor progression. Although the role of NEDD4L in the pathogenesis of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) has been described, the mechanism by which NEDD4L promotes LUAD progression remains poorly understood. In the study, the correlation between NEDD4L level and clinical outcome in LUAD patients was analysed using the data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma (NKTCL) of non-upper aerodigestive tract (NUAT) was found to have clinical heterogeneity compared with NKTCL of the upper aerodigestive tract (UAT) in small scale studies. We conducted this study in a much larger cohort to analyze the clinical characteristics, prognostic factors, treatment modality, and clinical outcomes of patients with NUAT-NKTCL.
Materials And Methods: From January 2001 to December 2017, a total of 757 NKTCL patients were identified and included in this study, including 92 NUAT-NKTCL patients (12.
Cisplatin and nedaplatin show significant antitumor activity and have been widely used for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). However, it is still unclear whether the efficacy and safety of nedaplatin-based regimens are comparable to those of cisplatin-based regimens in patients with metastatic/recurrent or advanced ESCC. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the efficacy and safety of these two regimens for the treatment of metastatic/recurrent and advanced ESCC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Salvage treatment for locoregionally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma remains a significant challenge. The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy, toxicity and prognostic factors of a triplet chemotherapy regimen involving cisplatin, fluorouracil and paclitaxel (TPF) for locoregionally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cases contraindicated for re-irradiation/surgery.
Methods: Patients with locoregionally recurrent NPC unsuitable for re-irradiation/surgery were treated with TPF therapy.
Overexpression of miR-155 in nasopharygeal carcinoma (NPC) is partly driven by Epstein-Bar virus infection. However the role of miR-155 in NPC oncogenesis is unclear. This study showed that miR-155 inhibitor could inhibit the cell migration in NPC cell lines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Zinc finger, DHHC-type containing 2 (ZDHHC2), originally named as reduced expression associated with metastasis protein (REAM), has been proposed as a putative tumor/metastasis suppressor gene and is often aberrantly decreased in human cancers. However ZDHHC2 expression pattern and its clinical significance have not yet been investigated in gastric adenocarcinoma.
Methodology/principal Findings: Quantitative Real-Time PCR (qRT-PCR) and immunostaining were performed to detect ZDHHC2 expression in gastric adenocarcinoma, and then the correlation between ZDHHC2 expression and clinicpathologic parameters, and patient survival was analyzed.
The present study was carried out to elucidate the neuroprotective effect and influence of resveratrol on the extracellular levels of neurotransmitter and neuromodulator during ischemia/reperfusion in rats. Male rats were divided into three groups: sham operation, ischemia treatment, and ischemia combined with resveratrol treatment (resveratrol-treated group, 30 mg/kg intraperitoneally for 7 days). Cerebral ischemia was induced by using the model of middle cerebral artery occlusion.
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