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Cancers, Volume 15, Issue 5

2023 March-1 - 276 articles

Cover Story: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Approximately 15% of breast cancers harbor an amplification of the ERBB2 gene and/or an overexpression of the HER2 protein and are thus classified as HER2-positive. However, HER2 protein expression could be heterogeneous, showing different patterns of spatial distribution. This feature, also called “spatial heterogeneity”, may potentially affect treatment, response, and assessment of HER2 status, ultimately impacting the best treatment strategy. The activity of some new pharmacological agents, belonging to the group of antibody–drug conjugates, may represent an opportunity for overcoming this issue. In this review, we summarize the currently known mechanisms of resistance to anti-HER2 therapy, focusing on available evidence on HER2 heterogeneity and spatial distribution and their treatment implications. View this paper
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Articles (276)

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,650 Views
19 Pages

DNA Methylation and Prospects for Predicting the Therapeutic Effect of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Triple-Negative and Luminal B Breast Cancer

  • Vladimir O. Sigin,
  • Alexey I. Kalinkin,
  • Alexandra F. Nikolaeva,
  • Ekaterina O. Ignatova,
  • Ekaterina B. Kuznetsova,
  • Galina G. Chesnokova,
  • Nikolai V. Litviakov,
  • Matvey M. Tsyganov,
  • Marina K. Ibragimova and
  • Vladimir V. Strelnikov
  • + 7 authors

6 March 2023

Despite advances in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer (BC), the main cause of deaths is resistance to existing therapies. An approach to improve the effectiveness of therapy in patients with aggressive BC subtypes is neoadjuvant chemothera...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Breast Cancer: Novel Histological and Molecular Markers for Diagnosis, Prognosis, Therapeutic Prediction, and Drug Resistance)
  • Review
  • Open Access
86 Citations
15,500 Views
35 Pages

Predictive Biomarkers for Checkpoint Inhibitor Immune-Related Adverse Events

  • Iñigo Les,
  • Mireia Martínez,
  • Inés Pérez-Francisco,
  • María Cabero,
  • Lucía Teijeira,
  • Virginia Arrazubi,
  • Nuria Torrego,
  • Ana Campillo-Calatayud,
  • Iñaki Elejalde and
  • David Escors
  • + 1 author

6 March 2023

Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are antagonists of inhibitory receptors in the immune system, such as the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4, the programmed cell death protein-1 and its ligand PD-L1, and they are increasingly used in can...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy)
  • Review
  • Open Access
36 Citations
10,097 Views
14 Pages

A Comprehensive Review of Prognostic Factors in Patients with Gastric Adenocarcinoma

  • Styliani Mantziari,
  • Penelope St Amour,
  • Francesco Abboretti,
  • Hugo Teixeira-Farinha,
  • Sergio Gaspar Figueiredo,
  • Caroline Gronnier,
  • Dimitrios Schizas,
  • Nicolas Demartines and
  • Markus Schäfer

6 March 2023

Gastric adenocarcinoma remains associated with a poor long-term survival, despite recent therapeutical advances. In most parts of the world where systematic screening programs do not exist, diagnosis is often made at advanced stages, affecting long-t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Review Papers on Gastroesophageal Junction and Gastric Cancers)
  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
7,817 Views
24 Pages

6 March 2023

Defects in DNA repair pathways can lead to genomic instability in multiple tumor types, which contributes to tumor immunogenicity. Inhibition of DNA damage response (DDR) has been reported to increase tumor susceptibility to anticancer immunotherapy....

(This article belongs to the Collection Mechanism of Immunotherapy in Cancers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,527 Views
25 Pages

Pro-Apoptotic and Anti-Cancer Activity of the Vernonanthura Nudiflora Hydroethanolic Extract

  • Almog Nadir,
  • Anna Shteinfer-Kuzmine,
  • Swaroop Kumar Pandey,
  • Juan Ortas,
  • Daniel Kerekes and
  • Varda Shoshan-Barmatz

6 March 2023

The mitochondrial voltage-dependent anion channel 1 (VDAC1) protein is involved in several essential cancer hallmarks, including energy and metabolism reprogramming and apoptotic cell death evasion. In this study, we demonstrated the ability of hydro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
4,314 Views
17 Pages

6 March 2023

Radiotherapy, including brachytherapy, is a major therapeutic regimen for cervical cancer. Radioresistance is a decisive factor in radiation treatment failure. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in the tumor...

(This article belongs to the Section Tumor Microenvironment)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,761 Views
24 Pages

Breast Cancer Risk and Breast-Cancer-Specific Mortality following Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomy in BRCA Carriers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  • Faiza Gaba,
  • Oleg Blyuss,
  • Alex Tan,
  • Daniel Munblit,
  • Samuel Oxley,
  • Khalid Khan,
  • Rosa Legood and
  • Ranjit Manchanda

6 March 2023

Background: Risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) is the gold standard method of ovarian cancer risk reduction, but the data are conflicting regarding the impact on breast cancer (BC) outcomes. This study aimed to quantify BC risk/mortality in B...

(This article belongs to the Collection Women’s Cancers Risk: Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer and Endometrial Cancer)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,104 Views
18 Pages

PKCθ Regulates Pituitary Adenoma Bone Invasion by Activating Osteoclast in NF-κB/IL-1β-Dependent Manner

  • Quanji Wang,
  • Zhuowei Lei,
  • Zihan Wang,
  • Qian Jiang,
  • Zhuo Zhang,
  • Xiaojin Liu,
  • Biao Xing,
  • Sihan Li,
  • Xiang Guo and
  • Ting Lei
  • + 5 authors

6 March 2023

Background: Pituitary adenoma (PA) bone invasion results in adverse outcomes, such as reduced rates of complete surgical resection and biochemical remission as well as increased recurrence rates, though few studies have been conducted. Methods: We co...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,865 Views
12 Pages

Impact of Epstein Barr Virus Infection on Treatment Opportunities in Patients with Nasopharyngeal Cancer

  • Francesco Perri,
  • Francesco Sabbatino,
  • Alessandro Ottaiano,
  • Roberta Fusco,
  • Michele Caraglia,
  • Marco Cascella,
  • Francesco Longo,
  • Rosalia Anna Rega,
  • Giovanni Salzano and
  • Franco Ionna
  • + 7 authors

6 March 2023

Chemical, physical, and infectious agents may induce carcinogenesis, and in the latter case, viruses are involved in most cases. The occurrence of virus-induced carcinogenesis is a complex process caused by an interaction across multiple genes, mainl...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,930 Views
23 Pages

Anti-Cancer Stem-Cell-Targeted Therapies in Prostate Cancer

  • Samantha Gogola,
  • Michael Rejzer,
  • Hisham F. Bahmad,
  • Ferial Alloush,
  • Yumna Omarzai and
  • Robert Poppiti

6 March 2023

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second-most commonly diagnosed cancer in men around the world. It is treated using a risk stratification approach in accordance with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) in the United States. The main treatmen...

(This article belongs to the Section Tumor Microenvironment)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,936 Views
11 Pages

6 March 2023

(1) Background: EWS fusion genes are associated with Ewing sarcoma and other Ewing family tumors including desmoplastic small round tumor, DSRCT. We utilize a clinical genomics workflow to reveal real-world frequencies of EWS fusion events, catalogin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ewing Sarcoma: Basic Biology, Clinical Challenges and Future Perspectives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,415 Views
13 Pages

Independent Validation of a Deep Learning nnU-Net Tool for Neuroblastoma Detection and Segmentation in MR Images

  • Diana Veiga-Canuto,
  • Leonor Cerdà-Alberich,
  • Ana Jiménez-Pastor,
  • José Miguel Carot Sierra,
  • Armando Gomis-Maya,
  • Cinta Sangüesa-Nebot,
  • Matías Fernández-Patón,
  • Blanca Martínez de las Heras,
  • Sabine Taschner-Mandl and
  • Luis Martí-Bonmatí
  • + 8 authors

6 March 2023

Objectives. To externally validate and assess the accuracy of a previously trained fully automatic nnU-Net CNN algorithm to identify and segment primary neuroblastoma tumors in MR images in a large children cohort. Methods. An international multicent...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Oncology: State-of-the-Art Research in Spain)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,219 Views
9 Pages

Evaluating the Protective Effect of Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin against SARS-CoV-2 in Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Patients: A Multicenter Observational Trial

  • Rodolfo Hurle,
  • Francesco Soria,
  • Roberto Contieri,
  • Pier Paolo Avolio,
  • Stefano Mancon,
  • Massimo Lazzeri,
  • Valentina Bernasconi,
  • Simone Mazzoli,
  • Giuseppe Pizzuto and
  • Paolo Casale
  • + 10 authors

6 March 2023

We aim to evaluate the potential protective role of intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) against SARS-CoV-2 in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). Patients treated with intravesical adjuvant therapy for NMIBC between Janu...

(This article belongs to the Collection The Impact of COVID-19 Infection in Cancer)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,705 Views
17 Pages

Sodium New Houttuyfonate Induces Apoptosis of Breast Cancer Cells via ROS/PDK1/AKT/GSK3β Axis

  • Lixin He,
  • Huili Feng,
  • Baoyi Yin,
  • Wenxuan Li,
  • Xiao Wang,
  • Talha Umar,
  • Hongbo Gao,
  • Ning Zhou and
  • Changwei Qiu

6 March 2023

Background: Sodium new houttuyfonate (SNH) has been reported to have anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, and anti-cancer effects. However, few studies have investigated the effect of SNH on breast cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate whether...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
9,037 Views
21 Pages

6 March 2023

Treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has evolved rapidly over the last decade as improved understanding of cytogenetic and molecular drivers of leukemogenesis refined survival prognostication and enabled development of targeted therapeutics. Mo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Acute Myeloid Leukemia: The Future Is Bright)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,227 Views
22 Pages

Phenotypic Plasticity in Circulating Tumor Cells Is Associated with Poor Response to Therapy in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

  • Evan N. Cohen,
  • Gitanjali Jayachandran,
  • Hui Gao,
  • Phillip Peabody,
  • Heather B. McBride,
  • Franklin D. Alvarez,
  • Megumi Kai,
  • Juhee Song,
  • Yu Shen and
  • James M. Reuben
  • + 4 authors

6 March 2023

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are indicators of metastatic spread and progression. In a longitudinal, single-center trial of patients with metastatic breast cancer starting a new line of treatment, a microcavity array was used to enrich CTCs from 18...

(This article belongs to the Collection Malignant and Non-malignant Atypical Circulating Cell in Cancer: Their Heterogeneity and Plasticity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,692 Views
18 Pages

First-Line Immunotherapy with Check-Point Inhibitors: Prospective Assessment of Cognitive Function

  • Jamie S. Myers,
  • Adam C. Parks,
  • Jonathan D. Mahnken,
  • Kate J. Young,
  • Harsh B. Pathak,
  • Rajni V. Puri,
  • Amber Unrein,
  • Phyllis Switzer,
  • Yazan Abdulateef and
  • Jeffrey M. Burns
  • + 3 authors

6 March 2023

Approximately 40% of patients with cancer are eligible for check-point inhibitor (CPI) therapy. Little research has examined the potential cognitive impact of CPIs. First-line CPI therapy offers a unique research opportunity without chemotherapy-rela...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cognitive Outcomes in Cancer: Recent Advances and Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,924 Views
15 Pages

5 March 2023

This study aimed to establish a new clinical-radiomics nomogram based on ultrasound (US) for cervical lymph node metastasis (LNM) in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). We collected 211 patients with PTC between June 2018 and April 2020, then we rando...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Head and Neck Cancer Imaging and Image Analysis)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,348 Views
15 Pages

5 March 2023

Early antibiotic discontinuation has been proposed in patients with hematologic malignancy with fever of unknown origin during febrile neutropenia (FN). We intended to investigate the safety of early antibiotic discontinuation in FN. Two reviewers in...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,880 Views
14 Pages

HotSPOT: A Computational Tool to Design Targeted Sequencing Panels to Assess Early Photocarcinogenesis

  • Sydney R. Grant,
  • Spencer R. Rosario,
  • Andrew D. Patentreger,
  • Nico Shary,
  • Megan E. Fitzgerald,
  • Prashant K. Singh,
  • Barbara A. Foster,
  • Wendy J. Huss,
  • Lei Wei and
  • Gyorgy Paragh

5 March 2023

Mutations found in skin are acquired in specific patterns, clustering around mutation-prone genomic locations. The most mutation-prone genomic areas, mutation hotspots, first induce the growth of small cell clones in healthy skin. Mutations accumulat...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Biomarkers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4,154 Views
23 Pages

Development and Experimental Validation of a Novel Prognostic Signature for Gastric Cancer

  • Chengcheng Liu,
  • Yuying Huo,
  • Yansong Zhang,
  • Fumei Yin,
  • Taoyu Chen,
  • Zhenyi Wang,
  • Juntao Gao,
  • Peng Jin,
  • Xiangyu Li and
  • Michael Q. Zhang
  • + 1 author

5 March 2023

Background: Gastric cancer is a malignant tumor with high morbidity and mortality. Therefore, the accurate recognition of prognostic molecular markers is the key to improving treatment efficacy and prognosis. Methods: In this study, we developed a st...

(This article belongs to the Topic Application of Big Medical Data in Precision Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,532 Views
15 Pages

Prognostic Value of Measurable Residual Disease in Patients with AML Undergoing HSCT: A Multicenter Study

  • Teresa Caballero-Velázquez,
  • Olga Pérez-López,
  • Ana Yeguas Bermejo,
  • Eduardo Rodríguez Arbolí,
  • Enrique Colado Varela,
  • Amparo Sempere Talens,
  • María Belén Vidriales,
  • María Solé-Rodríguez,
  • Covadonga Quirós Caso and
  • Jose A. Pérez-Simón
  • + 4 authors

5 March 2023

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) represents the best therapeutic option for many patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, relapse remains the main cause of mortality after transplantation. The detection of measura...

  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
7,003 Views
35 Pages

Immunotargeting of Cancer Stem Cells

  • Ayse Sedef Köseer,
  • Simona Di Gaetano,
  • Claudia Arndt,
  • Michael Bachmann and
  • Anna Dubrovska

5 March 2023

The generally accepted view is that CSCs hijack the signaling pathways attributed to normal stem cells that regulate the self-renewal and differentiation processes. Therefore, the development of selective targeting strategies for CSC, although clinic...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,051 Views
26 Pages

A Novel Phenazine Analog, CPUL1, Suppresses Autophagic Flux and Proliferation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Insight from Integrated Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analysis

  • Jiaqin Chen,
  • Dong Feng,
  • Yuanyuan Lu,
  • Yanjun Zhang,
  • Hanxiang Jiang,
  • Man Yuan,
  • Yifan Xu,
  • Jianjun Zou,
  • Yubing Zhu and
  • Ying Wang
  • + 2 authors

5 March 2023

Background: CPUL1, a phenazine analog, has demonstrated potent antitumor properties against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and indicates a promising prospect in pharmaceutical development. However, the underlying mechanisms remain largely obscure. Me...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Drug Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,306 Views
14 Pages

5 March 2023

This study aimed to add real-world evidence to the literature regarding the effectiveness and safety of durvalumab consolidation (DC) after concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) in the treatment of unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSC...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Era of Cancer Research: From Large-Scale Cohorts to Big-Data)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,954 Views
14 Pages

Lenalidomide Maintenance and Measurable Residual Disease in a Real-World Multiple Myeloma Transplanted Population Receiving Different Treatment Strategies Guided by Access to Novel Drugs in Brazil

  • Anna Beatriz dos Santos Salgado,
  • Roberto Jose Pessoa Magalhães,
  • Robéria M. Pontes,
  • Eduarda da Silva Barbosa,
  • Juan Flores-Montero,
  • Luzalba Sanoja-Flores,
  • Marcelo Gerardin Poirot Land,
  • Glicinia Pimenta,
  • Hélio dos Santos Dutra and
  • Angelo Maiolino
  • + 2 authors

4 March 2023

Despite recent advances in multiple myeloma (MM), the incorporation of novel agents and measurable residual disease (MRD) monitoring in low-income countries remains a challenge. Although lenalidomide maintenance (M-Len) after autologous stem cell tra...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multiple Myeloma: Recent Advances in Diagnosis, Analysis and Therapeutic Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,179 Views
13 Pages

4 March 2023

Introduction: This study compares the risk of GC according to age at H. pylori eradication, stratified based on the presence of family history of GC using a population-based large cohort. Method: We analyzed individuals who underwent GC screening bet...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Paper in Section “Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention” in 2022–2023)
  • Review
  • Open Access
41 Citations
9,750 Views
21 Pages

The New Frontier of Immunotherapy: Chimeric Antigen Receptor T (CAR-T) Cell and Macrophage (CAR-M) Therapy against Breast Cancer

  • Giuseppe Schepisi,
  • Caterina Gianni,
  • Michela Palleschi,
  • Sara Bleve,
  • Chiara Casadei,
  • Cristian Lolli,
  • Laura Ridolfi,
  • Giovanni Martinelli and
  • Ugo De Giorgi

4 March 2023

Breast cancer represents one of the most common tumor histologies. To date, based on the specific histotype, different therapeutic strategies, including immunotherapies, capable of prolonging survival are used. More recently, the astonishing results...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue CAR T Cell Therapy for Cancers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,250 Views
17 Pages

The Change in Social Eating over Time in People with Head and Neck Cancer Treated with Primary (Chemo)Radiotherapy: The Role of Swallowing, Oral Function, and Nutritional Status

  • Aurora Ninfa,
  • Femke Jansen,
  • Antonella Delle Fave,
  • Birgit I. Lissenberg-Witte,
  • Nicole Pizzorni,
  • Robert J. Baatenburg de Jong,
  • Femke Lamers,
  • C. René Leemans,
  • Robert P. Takes and
  • Irma M. Verdonck-de Leeuw
  • + 2 authors

4 March 2023

This study aimed at investigating the change in social eating problems from diagnosis to 24 months after primary (chemo)radiotherapy and its associations with swallowing, oral function, and nutritional status, in addition to the clinical, personal, p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cancer and Nutrients)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,665 Views
11 Pages

A Biterm Topic Model for Sparse Mutation Data

  • Itay Sason,
  • Yuexi Chen,
  • Mark D. M. Leiserson and
  • Roded Sharan

4 March 2023

Mutational signature analysis promises to reveal the processes that shape cancer genomes for applications in diagnosis and therapy. However, most current methods are geared toward rich mutation data that has been extracted from whole-genome or whole-...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Informatics and Big Data)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,515 Views
19 Pages

4 March 2023

Alterations in gut microbiota play a pivotal role in the adenoma-carcinoma sequence. However, there is still a notable lack of the correct implementation of tissue and fecal sampling in the setting of human gut microbiota examination. This study aime...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Gastrointestinal Malignancies in the Era of Precision Oncology: From Bench to Bedside and Back Again)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,603 Views
27 Pages

Transcriptional Basis of Ca2+ Remodeling Reversal Induced by Polyamine Synthesis Inhibition in Colorectal Cancer Cells

  • Enrique Pérez-Riesgo,
  • Elena Hernando-Pérez,
  • Verónica Feijóo,
  • Sendoa Tajada,
  • Lucía Núñez and
  • Carlos Villalobos

4 March 2023

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is associated with mutations in APC/Wnt leading to c-myc activation and the overexpression of ODC1, the limiting step in polyamine synthesis. CRC cells also display a remodeling of intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis that contribut...

(This article belongs to the Collection Ion Channels in Cancer Therapies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,590 Views
24 Pages

4 March 2023

We previously reported a splicing defect (CD22ΔE12) associated with the deletion of exon 12 of the inhibitory co-receptor CD22 (Siglec-2) in leukemia cells from patients with CD19+ B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). CD22ΔE1...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Informatics and Big Data)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,012 Views
19 Pages

Evaluation of Electrochemotherapy with Bleomycin in the Treatment of Colorectal Hepatic Metastases in a Rat Model

  • Antonios E. Spiliotis,
  • Sebastian Holländer,
  • Jeannette Rudzitis-Auth,
  • Gudrun Wagenpfeil,
  • Robert Eisele,
  • Spyridon Nika,
  • Orestis Mallis Kyriakides,
  • Matthias W. Laschke,
  • Michael D. Menger and
  • Gereon Gäbelein
  • + 1 author

4 March 2023

Background: The available ablative procedures for the treatment of hepatic cancer have contraindications due to the heat-sink effect and the risk of thermal injuries. Electrochemotherapy (ECT) as a nonthermal approach may be utilized for the treatmen...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
35 Citations
5,999 Views
12 Pages

Applications of Machine Learning in Palliative Care: A Systematic Review

  • Erwin Vu,
  • Nina Steinmann,
  • Christina Schröder,
  • Robert Förster,
  • Daniel M. Aebersold,
  • Steffen Eychmüller,
  • Nikola Cihoric,
  • Caroline Hertler,
  • Paul Windisch and
  • Daniel R. Zwahlen

4 March 2023

Objective: To summarize the available literature on using machine learning (ML) for palliative care practice as well as research and to assess the adherence of the published studies to the most important ML best practices. Methods: The MEDLINE databa...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Survivorship and Quality of Life)
  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,713 Views
11 Pages

Assessment of Barriers and Challenges to Screening, Diagnosis, and Biomarker Testing in Early-Stage Lung Cancer

  • Reza Zarinshenas,
  • Arya Amini,
  • Isa Mambetsariev,
  • Tariq Abuali,
  • Jeremy Fricke,
  • Colton Ladbury and
  • Ravi Salgia

3 March 2023

Management of lung cancer has transformed over the past decade and is no longer considered a singular disease as it now has multiple sub-classifications based on molecular markers. The current treatment paradigm requires a multidisciplinary approach....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Monitoring Treatment Response of Biomarkers in Cancer)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,068 Views
18 Pages

A Dual Biomarker TK1 Protein and CA125 or HE4-Based Algorithm as a Better Diagnostic Tool than ROMA Index in Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer

  • Diana Cviič,
  • Kiran Jagarlamudi,
  • Leon Meglič,
  • Erik Škof,
  • Andrej Zore,
  • David Lukanović,
  • Staffan Eriksson and
  • Joško Osredkar

3 March 2023

Background: The early detection of ovarian cancer is presently not effective, and it is crucial to establish biomarkers for the early diagnosis of ovarian cancer to improve the survival of patients. Materials and methods: The aim of this study was to...

(This article belongs to the Topic Biomarker Development and Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,560 Views
20 Pages

GBE1 Promotes Glioma Progression by Enhancing Aerobic Glycolysis through Inhibition of FBP1

  • Zhen Chen,
  • Han Bao,
  • Jingfang Long,
  • Peiqi Zhao,
  • Xiaowei Hu,
  • Hao Wang,
  • Ying Zhang,
  • Jianjing Yang,
  • Qichuan Zhuge and
  • Lei Xia

3 March 2023

Tumor metabolism characterized by aerobic glycolysis makes the Warburg effect a unique target for tumor therapy. Recent studies have found that glycogen branching enzyme 1 (GBE1) is involved in cancer progression. However, the study of GBE1 in glioma...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Cancer Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,909 Views
16 Pages

Zinc Finger Protein 90 Knockdown Promotes Cisplatin Sensitivity via Nrf2/HO-1 Pathway in Ovarian Cancer Cell

  • Ching-Hu Wu,
  • Chien-Wei Feng,
  • Chiu-Lin Wang,
  • Zhi-Hong Wen,
  • Cheng-Yu Long and
  • Feng-Hsiang Tang

3 March 2023

Our study discussed the role of Zfp90 in ovarian cancer (OC) cell lines’ sensitivity to cisplatin. We used two OC cell lines, SK-OV-3 and ES-2, to evaluate their role in cisplatin sensitization. The protein levels of p-Akt, ERK, caspase 3, Bcl-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Ovarian Cancer)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,146 Views
19 Pages

Transgenic HA-1-Specific CD8+ T-Lymphocytes Selectively Target Leukemic Cells

  • Artem Pilunov,
  • Dmitrii S. Romaniuk,
  • Anton Shmelev,
  • Savely Sheetikov,
  • Anna N. Gabashvili,
  • Alexandra Khmelevskaya,
  • Dmitry Dianov,
  • Ksenia Zornikova,
  • Naina T. Shakirova and
  • Grigory A. Efimov
  • + 2 authors

3 March 2023

A significant share of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantations (allo-HSCT) results in the relapse of malignant disease. The T cell immune response to minor histocompatibility antigens (MiHAs) promotes a favorable graft-versus-leukemia res...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Acute Myeloid Leukemia: The Future Is Bright)
  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
3,664 Views
17 Pages

Leveraging Marine Predators Algorithm with Deep Learning for Lung and Colon Cancer Diagnosis

  • Hanan Abdullah Mengash,
  • Mohammad Alamgeer,
  • Mashael Maashi,
  • Mahmoud Othman,
  • Manar Ahmed Hamza,
  • Sara Saadeldeen Ibrahim,
  • Abu Sarwar Zamani and
  • Ishfaq Yaseen

3 March 2023

Cancer is a deadly disease caused by various biochemical abnormalities and genetic diseases. Colon and lung cancer have developed as two major causes of disability and death in human beings. The histopathological detection of these malignancies is a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Research: Knowledge Representation and Data Perspectives)
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  • Open Access
24 Citations
10,411 Views
16 Pages

The Clinical Spectrum, Diagnosis, and Management of GATA2 Deficiency

  • Marta Santiago,
  • Alessandro Liquori,
  • Esperanza Such,
  • Ángel Zúñiga and
  • José Cervera

3 March 2023

Hereditary myeloid malignancy syndromes (HMMSs) are rare but are becoming increasingly significant in clinical practice. One of the most well-known syndromes within this group is GATA2 deficiency. The GATA2 gene encodes a zinc finger transcription fa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genomics of Rare Hematologic Cancers)
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14 Citations
5,114 Views
14 Pages

Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor (uPAR) Cooperates with Mutated KRAS in Regulating Cellular Plasticity and Gemcitabine Response in Pancreatic Adenocarcinomas

  • Luogen Peng,
  • Yuchan Li,
  • Sha Yao,
  • Jochen Gaedcke,
  • Victor M. Baart,
  • Cornelis F. M. Sier,
  • Albrecht Neesse,
  • Volker Ellenrieder,
  • Hanibal Bohnenberger and
  • Stefan Küffer
  • + 3 authors

3 March 2023

Background: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains one of the most lethal cancers. Given the currently limited therapeutic options, the definition of molecular subgroups with the development of tailored therapies remains the most promising s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Drug Resistance in Gastrointestinal Cancer)
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4 Citations
4,286 Views
15 Pages

ImmunoPET Imaging Identifies the Optimal Timepoint for Combination Therapy in Xenograft Models of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

  • Ziqi Li,
  • Erika Belitzky,
  • Ondrej Blaha,
  • Alessandra Cavaliere,
  • Samantha R. Katz,
  • Mariam Aboian,
  • Lindy Melegari,
  • Khashayar Rajabimoghadam,
  • Stephen Kurpiewski and
  • Bernadette Marquez-Nostra
  • + 1 author

3 March 2023

(1) Purpose: The glycoprotein non-metastatic melanoma B (gpNMB) is a type 1 transmembrane protein that is overexpressed in numerous cancers, including triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Its overexpression is associated with lower overall survival...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Cancer Biology)
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52 Citations
7,672 Views
13 Pages

The Impact of Gut Microbiota-Derived Metabolites on the Tumor Immune Microenvironment

  • Maik Luu,
  • Burkhard Schütz,
  • Matthias Lauth and
  • Alexander Visekruna

3 March 2023

Prevention of the effectiveness of anti-tumor immune responses is one of the canonical cancer hallmarks. The competition for crucial nutrients within the tumor microenvironment (TME) between cancer cells and immune cells creates a complex interplay c...

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1 Citations
2,612 Views
15 Pages

Higher Age (≥60 Years) Increases the Risk for Adverse Events during Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

  • Monika Haubitz,
  • Vittoria S. von Petersdorff,
  • Ingrid Helsen,
  • Claudio Brunold,
  • Elisabeth Oppliger Leibundgut and
  • Gabriela M. Baerlocher

3 March 2023

Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (autoHSCT) is a standard of care for patients with hemato-oncologic diseases. This procedure is highly regulated, and a quality assurance system needs to be in place. Deviations from defined processe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation or New Cellular Therapies for Neoplasias)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,804 Views
22 Pages

Discovering Synergistic Compounds with BYL-719 in PI3K Overactivated Basal-like PDXs

  • David C. Boyd,
  • Emily K. Zboril,
  • Amy L. Olex,
  • Tess J. Leftwich,
  • Nicole S. Hairr,
  • Holly A. Byers,
  • Aaron D. Valentine,
  • Julia E. Altman,
  • Mohammad A. Alzubi and
  • J. Chuck Harrell
  • + 4 authors

3 March 2023

Basal-like triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) tumor cells are difficult to eliminate due to resistance mechanisms that promote survival. While this breast cancer subtype has low PIK3CA mutation rates when compared to estrogen receptor-positive (ER+...

(This article belongs to the Collection Combination Therapies in Cancers)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,852 Views
20 Pages

2-Arachidonoylglycerol Modulates CXCL12-Mediated Chemotaxis in Mantle Cell Lymphoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

  • Magali Merrien,
  • Agata M. Wasik,
  • Christopher M. Melén,
  • Mohammad Hamdy Abdelrazak Morsy,
  • Kristina Sonnevi,
  • Henna-Riikka Junlén,
  • Birger Christensson,
  • Björn E. Wahlin and
  • Birgitta Sander

3 March 2023

To survive chemotherapy, lymphoma cells can relocate to protective niches where they receive support from the non-malignant cells. The biolipid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG), an agonist for the cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2, is released by stroma...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Study on Tumor Microenvironment in Lymphoma)
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31 Citations
7,307 Views
22 Pages

3 March 2023

Over the past decade, the treatment landscape of CLL has vastly changed from the conventional FC (fludarabine and cyclophosphamide) and FCR (FC with rituximab) chemotherapies to targeted therapies, including inhibitors of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK)...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Targeted Drugs in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,490 Views
12 Pages

3 March 2023

Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) represents 85% of new cases of lung cancer. Over the past two decades, treatment of patients with NSCLC has evolved from the empiric use of chemotherapy to more advanced targeted therapy dedicated to patients with a...

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