For most cancers, survival rates depend on the early detection of the disease. So far, no biomarkers exist to cope with this difficult task. New proteomic technologies have brought the hope of discovering novel early cancer-specific biomarkers in complex biological samples and/or of the setting up of new clinically relevant test systems. Novel mass spectrometry-(MS) based technologies in particular, such as surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionisation time of flight (SELDI-ToF-MS), have shown promising results in the recent literature. Here, proteomic profiles of control and disease states are compared to find biomarkers for diagnosis. This paper aims to address the authors' own work and that of other groups in clinical cancer proteomics based on SELDI-ToF-MS. Shortcomings and hopes for the future are discussed.
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Trends Pharmacol Sci
January 2025
Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Background: The availability and affordability of safe, effective cancer therapies are core requirements for effective cancer control. Global disparities exist in access, however, yielding unequal cancer outcomes. The goal of this study was to provide updated data regarding the formulary availability, out-of-pocket costs, and accessibility of cancer medicines in countries across the full spectrum of economic development areas.
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December 2024
Institute for Surgical Pathology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Germany; Core Facility for Histopathology and Digital Pathology, University of Freiburg, Germany; Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany. Electronic address:
Background: In pancreatic surgery Postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) represents the most dreaded complication, for which pancreatic texture is acknowledged as one of the strongest predictors. No consensual objective reference has been defined to evaluate the pancreas composition. The presented study aimed to mine histology data of the pancreatic tissue composition with AI assist and correlate it with clinic-pathological parameters derived from the RECOPANC study.
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Lung Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
Background: To evaluate the real-world surgical and pathological outcomes following neoadjuvant nivolumab in combination with chemotherapy in a multicentre national cohort of patients.
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December 2024
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
Objective: To determine the association between concurrent statin use with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and lung cancer-specific and overall mortality in patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Materials And Methods: SEER-Medicare was used to conduct a retrospective study of Medicare beneficiaries ≥65 years of age diagnosed with NSCLC between 2007 and 2017 treated with an ICI. Patients were followed from date of first ICI claim until death, 1 month from last ICI claim, or 12/31/2018, whichever came first.
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