Loss of nucleolar localization of NAT10 promotes cell migration and invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma.

NAT10, a nucleolar acetyltransferase, participates in a variety of cellular processes including ribosome biogenesis and DNA damage response. Immunohistochemistry staining showed that cytoplasmic and membranous NAT10 is related to the clinical pathologic characteristics in human cancer tissues. However, the mechanism about how NAT10 translocates from the nucleolus to cytoplasm and membrane is unclear.

[Analysis of Prolonged Hospitalizations (Longer than 7 days): 115 Lung Cancer Patients after Video Assistant Thoracic Surgery (VATS)].

Background: Thoracoscopic surgery has gradually become the major procedure for lung cancer surgery in our department. Its characteristics are minimal trauma and quick recovery, which make approximately 90% of patients discharge from the hospital after surgery. However, the postoperative complications still happen now and then.

[Exploration of Postoperative Follow-up Strategies for Early Staged NSCLC Patients on the Basis of Follow-up Result of 416 Stage I NSCLC Patients after Lobectomy].

Background: Currently, there is no consensus on the follow-up strategy (follow-up time interval and content) of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the world, and the relevant clinical evidence is also very limited. In this study, we aimed to summarize the recurrence/metastasis sites and timings of stage I NSCLC patients based on their follow-up data, aiming to provide a basis of follow-up time interval and content for this group of patients.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the 416 stage I NSCLC patients that underwent continuous anatomic lobectomy between Jan.

The impact of primary tumour location in patients undergoing hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastasis.

Background: Primary tumour location has long been debated as a prognostic factor in colorectal cancer patients with liver metastases (CRLM) undergoing liver resection. This retrospective study was conducted to clarify the prognostic value of tumour location after radical hepatectomy for CRLM and its underlying causes.

Methods: We retrospectively analysed clinical data from 420 patients with CRLM whom underwent liver resection between January 2002 and December 2015.

[Corrigendum] Candidate of metastasis 1 regulates in vitro growth and invasion of bladder cancer cells.

We noted an accidental error in Fig. 5 in the above-mentioned article. The image of the apoptotic analysis of the pEF control cells was accidently duplicated during composition of the final figure, such that it overlapped with the RT112 COM1rib result.

SMURF1 facilitates estrogen receptor ɑ signaling in breast cancer cells.

Background: Estrogen receptor alpha (ER alpha) is expressed in the majority of breast cancers and promotes estrogen-dependent cancer progression. ER alpha positive breast cancer can be well controlled by ER alpha modulators, such as tamoxifen. However, tamoxifen resistance is commonly observed by altered ER alpha signaling.

The Transcription Factor AP4 Promotes Oncogenic Phenotypes and Cisplatin Resistance by Regulating Expression.

Lysosomal-associated protein transmembrane-4 beta (LAPTM4B) is a novel oncogene, whose overexpression is involved in cancer occurrence and progression. However, the mechanism of LAPTM4B transcriptional regulation remains unclear. In this study, the results of transcription factor (TF) profiling plate arrays indicated that AP4 was a potential transcription factor regulating LAPTM4B expression.

Survival prediction in patients with resectable colorectal liver metastases: Clinical risk scores and tumor response to chemotherapy.

Clinical risk scores and response to pre-operative chemotherapy are prognostic factors of colorectal liver metastases. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of combining these factors to predict patient survival and to select patients for curative therapy. The study included 189 patients who underwent hepatectomy following neo-adjuvant chemotherapy, for initially resectable colorectal liver metastases, between January 2005 and December 2015.

CYP1A1 genetic polymorphism is a promising predictor to improve chemotherapy effects in patients with metastatic breast cancer treated with docetaxel plus thiotepa vs. docetaxel plus capecitabine.

Purpose: A prospective study was performed to compare the outcome for metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients treated with docetaxel plus thiotepa (DT) or docetaxel plus capecitabine (DC), and to explore the value of CYP1A1*2C polymorphisms in predicting clinical efficacy of these chemotherapies.

Methods: MBC patients (n = 130) were randomized to treatment with DT (n = 65) or DC (n = 65). Response rate, disease control rate, progression-free and overall survival were monitored.

Emotional distress and dysfunctional illness perception are associated with low mental and physical quality of life in Chinese breast cancer patients.

Background: To evaluate the relationship between quality of life (QOL) and physical as well as psychological variables in Chinese breast cancer patients.

Methods: This multicenter cross-sectional study enrolled 254 Chinese breast cancer patients in different stages and treatment phases. They answered standard instruments assessing QOL (EORTC), somatic symptom severity (PHQ-15), depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (GAD-7), health-related anxiety (WI-7), illness perception (BIPQ), and sense of coherence (SOC-9).

Long-term survival and toxicity outcomes of intensity modulated radiation therapy for the treatment of esophageal cancer: A large single-institutional cohort study.

Purpose: In patients with esophageal cancer (EC), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) improves dose sparing to the heart and lung, with some evidence showing clinical benefit. Herein, we report our cumulative clinical experience with the use of IMRT for EC.

Methods And Materials: This is a retrospective analysis of 587 patients with nonmetastatic EC who were treated consecutively with IMRT from January 2004 to June 30, 2013.

Long-term postoperative survival prediction in patients with colorectal liver metastasis.

Numerous factors affect the prognosis of colorectal liver metastasis (CRLM) patients after hepatic resection. We investigated several factors related to overall survival in patients with CRLM to identify those most likely to benefit from hepatic resection, and produced a rational tumor biology score system. Three hundred CRLM patients treated with preoperative chemotherapy followed by hepatic resection between 2006 and 2016 were enrolled in our study.

SHARPIN stabilizes estrogen receptor α and promotes breast cancer cell proliferation.

Estrogen receptor α is expressed in the majority of breast cancers and promotes estrogen-dependent cancer progression. In our study, we identified the novel E3 ubiquitin ligase SHARPIN function to facilitate ERα signaling. SHARPIN is highly expressed in human breast cancer and correlates with ERα protein level by immunohistochemistry.

Gefitinib Plus Chemotherapy Versus Chemotherapy in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutation-Positive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Resistant to First-Line Gefitinib (IMPRESS): Overall Survival and Biomarker Analyses.

Purpose The Iressa Mutation-Positive Multicentre Treatment Beyond ProgRESsion Study (IMPRESS) compared the continuation of gefitinib plus chemotherapy with placebo plus chemotherapy in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor ( EGFR) mutation-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer with progression (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors 1.1) after first-line gefitinib. Primary results indicated no difference between treatments in terms of progression-free survival (PFS).

NAT10 is upregulated in hepatocellular carcinoma and enhances mutant p53 activity.

Background: N-acetyltransferase 10 (NAT10) is a histone acetyltransferase which is involved in a wide range of cellular processes. Recent evidences indicate that NAT10 is involved in the development of human cancers. Previous study showed that NAT10 acetylates the tumor suppressor p53 and regulates p53 activation.

Reduced Expression of RanBPM Is Associated with Poorer Survival from Lung Cancer and Increased Proliferation and Invasion of Lung Cancer Cells .

Background/aim: Ran binding protein microtubule-organizing centre (RanBPM), also known as RanBP9, is a scaffold protein conserved through evolution. We investigated the role of RanBPM in human lung cancer.

Materials And Methods: Transcripts of RanBPM were determined in 56 human lung cancers along with paired normal lung tissues using real-time PCR.

Clinical benefit of sunitinib in gastrointestinal stromal tumors with different exon 11 mutation genotypes.

Aim: To assess the efficacy of second-line sunitinib therapy in gastrointestinal stromal tumor patients with different exon 11 mutation genotypes.

Patients & Methods: Thirty eight of the 75 patients received imatinib (IM) dose escalation followed by sunitinib (IM escalation group), while 37 were switched to sunitinib directly after the failure of first-line IM treatment (sunitinib group). Progression-free survival and overall survival were compared.

Prognostic relevance of UCH-L1 and α-internexin in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

Prognostic biomarkers for the pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors are needed. Proteomic study on insulinoma has been rarely reported. We identified the differential expression of proteins between insulinoma and their paired tissues by proteomic analysis, and evaluated the prognostic significance of specific proteins in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors including insulinoma.

Impact of platinum/pemetrexed combination versus other platinum-based regimens on adjuvant chemotherapy in resected lung adenocarcinoma.

For advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), although platinum/pemetrexed is known to result in a longer survival compared with other regimens, the outcome in the adjuvant setting is still unknown. In this study, the difference of the disease-free survival (DFS) between lung adenocarcinoma patients treated with platinum/pemetrexed and with other platinum-based doublets was concerned. A total of 389 radically resected lung adenocarcinoma patients received adjuvant chemotherapy with platinum/pemetrexed chemotherapy (Group A, n = 143) or other third generation platinum-based regimens (Group B, n = 246) were analyzed in terms of DFS.

A global burden of gastric cancer: the major impact of China.

Gastric cancer (GC) is a highly aggressive cancer and a major cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Approximately half of the world's GC cases and deaths occur in china. GC presents challenges in early diagnosis and effective therapy due to a lack of understanding of the underlying molecular biology.

Effect of visceral pleural invasion on the prognosis of patients with lymph node negative non-small cell lung cancer.

Background: Visceral pleural invasion (VPI) is an adverse prognostic factor in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); however, its effect in relation to tumor size remains under debate. To better understand the prognostic impact and potential consequences for staging, we examined correlations between VPI and clinicopathologic characteristics in patients with NSCLC, particularly those with lymph node negative NSCLC.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 813 cases of radically resected NSCLC treated in our institution between December 2005 and December 2011.

Circulating microRNA-422a is associated with lymphatic metastasis in lung cancer.

To identify specific circulating microRNAs that were associated with the lymphatic metastasis in lung cancer, we performed miRNA microarray analysis of lymph node with and without metastasis from five lung cancer patients. Top six differentially expressed miRNAs were selected for further validation. A training cohort of 26 patients with lung cancer was firstly recruited and the selected miRNAs in the plasma samples were investigated.

PLCE1 Promotes Esophageal Cancer Cell Progression by Maintaining the Transcriptional Activity of Snail.

Esophageal cancer is among the most deadly malignant diseases. However, the genetic factors contributing to its occurrence are poorly understood. Multiple studies with large clinic-based cohorts revealed that variations of the phospholipase C epsilon (PLCE1) gene were associated with esophageal cancer susceptibility.