简介:Cancerscreeningisasourceofmuchdebate.Attheinterfacebetweenpublichealth,specialistcare,economicsandpolicy,itcreatestensionsbetweenprofessionalgroups,politicians,themediaandthepublic.Ascreeningtestmaybecheap,butapplyingittoapopulation(withrigorousqualitycontrolandeffectiveprocessingofpatientswithabnormalresults)createsahugeworkloadandthereforecost.Screeningcanalsohavepsychologicaleffectsonindividualswithfalse-positiveresultswhorequireinvestigationbutareeventuallyfoundnottohavecancer.
简介:Ithabeenknownforsometimethatsometumourshavetheabilitytoproducaehormones.Thishastraditionallybeentermed‘ectopic'hormoneproduction,butwiththeincreasingsensitivityofmodenmoleculartechniques,ithasbecomeclearthatthisisamisnomer;manytissuescanproducehormoner,andnormallydosoatlowlevels,thehormonesactinglocallyascytokinesinaparacrinemanner.Intumours,bymechanismsthatremainunclear,productionofthesehormonesand/orincompletelyprocessedprecursorsisinereased,andthetem‘eutopic’productionismoreappropriate.
简介:Inthepastdecade,anincreasedamountofclinically-orientedresearchinvolvingimmunotoxinshasbeenpublished.Immunotoxinsareagroupofartificially-madecytotoxicmoleculestargetingcancercells.Thesemoleculescomposedofatargetingmoiety,suchasaligandoranantibody,linkedtotoxinmoiety,whichisatoxinwitheithertruncatedordeletedcell-bindingdomainthatpreventsitfrombindingtonormalcells.Immunotoxinscanbedividedintotwocategories:chemicallyconjugatedimmunotoxinsandrecombinantones.Theimmunotoxinsofthefirstcategoryhaveshownlimitedefficacyinclinicaltrialsinpatientswithhematologicmalignanciesandsolidtumors.Withinthelastfewyears,single-chainimmunotoxinsprovideenhancedtherapeuticefficacyoverconjugatedformsandresultinimprovedantitumoractivity.Inthisreview,webrieflyillustratethedesignoftheimmunotoxinsandtheirapplicationsinclinicaltrials.Cellular&MolecularImmunology.2005;2(2):106-112.
简介:DuckhepatitisBvims(DHBV)DNAwasdetectedindifferenttumorousnodulesofduckswithhepaticmulticentriccancerorintrahepaticmetastasisbySouthernblottechnique.Among7duckswithhepatocellularcarcinomaofmultipletumornodules,thehybridizationpatternofIntegratedDHBVDNAIndifferenttumorousnoduleswasidenticalin3casesanddifferentin2cases.OnecaseshowedasimilarhybridizationpatternintwotumorousnodulesandotheronewasnegativetorDHBVDNA.IntegratedDHBVDNAwasalsoidentifiedinametastaticlungcancerofduckswithhepatocellularcarcinoma.Thehybridizationpatternofmetastasisoflungswasasthesomeasthatinprimaryhepatocellularcarcinoma.ThesamediscretehybridizationbandsInthedifferenttumorousnodulesindicatethatthesenodulesmightarisefromonetransformedcell.ThedifferenthybridizationpatternsInvarioustumorousnodulesshowthatthesetumorousnodulesmightarisefromvarioustransformedcells.Theresultssuggestthatthehyb
简介:Tumorgrowthandmetastasisareangiogenesis-dependent.Anti-angiogenictherapymaybeausefulapproachtocancertherapy.Thisreviewdiscussedtumorangiogenesisandimmunotherapyoftargetingtumorangiogenesisfromtwomainaspects:(1)activevaccinationtoinduceeffectiveanti-angiogenesisimmunity;(2)passiveimmunotherapywithanti-pro-angiogenicmoleculesrelevantantibody.Evidencefromtherecentyearssuggestedthatanti-angiogenictherapyshouldbeoneofthemostpromisingapproachestocancertherapy.
简介:Wehavereviewedthegenetherapyingastrointestinaldiseases^[1].GastriccanceriscommoninChina^(2-20),anditsearlydiagnosisandtreatmentarestilldifficultuptonow^(13-36).Theex-pressionofanexogenousgeneintroducedbygenetherapyintopa-tientswithgliomascanbemonitorednon-invasivelybypositron-emissiontornography^[4].
简介:Nitricoxide(NO)isapleiotropicregulator,criticaltonumerousbiologicalprocesses,includingva-sodilatation,neurotransmissionandmacrophage-mediatedimmunity.Thefamilyofnitricoxidesynthases(NOS)comprisesinducibleNOS(iNOS),endothelialNOS(eNOS),andneuronalNOS(nNOS).Interest-ingly,variousstudieshaveshownthatallthreeisoformscanbeinvolvedinpromotingorinhibitingtheetiologyofcancer.NOSactivityhasbeendetectedintumourcellsofvarioushistogeneticoriginsandhasbeenassociatedwithtumourgrade,proliferationrateandexpressionofimportantsignalingcomponentsassociatedwithcancerdevelopmentsuchastheoestrogenreceptor.ItappearsthathighlevelsofNOSexpression(forexample,generatedbyactivatedmacrophages)maybecytostaticorcytotoxicfortumorcells,whereaslowlevelactivitycanhavetheoppositeeffectandpromotetumourgrowth.Paradoxicallytherefore,NO(andrelatedreactivenitrogenspecies)mayhavebothgenotoxicandangiogenicproperties.IncreasedNO-generationinacellmayselectmutantp53cellsandcontributetotumourangiogenesisbyupregulatingVEGF.Inaddition,NOmaymodulatetumourDNArepairmechanismsbyupregulatingp53,poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase(PARP)andtheDNA-dependentproteinkinase(DNA-PK).Anunderstand-ingatthemolecularleveloftheroleofNOincancerwillhaveprofoundtherapeuticimplicationsforthediagnosisandtreatmentofdisease.
简介:Acupuncture,asacomplementarytherapy,hasbeenusedtomanagethecancerassociatedsymptomsofcancerpatients.Toidentifytheefficacyandsafetyofacupunctureinthemanagementofcancer,thisreviewcriticallyanalysestherelevantpublicationsincludingbothexperimentalandclinicalstudies.Themajorityofstudiessuggestthatacupunctureeffectivelyrelievessomecancerrelatedsymptomssuchascancerpain,andsomeadverseeffectscausedbythecancerconventionaltreatmentssuchasnausea,vomiting,neutropeniaandxerostomia.
简介:Duetoconcernsregardingtheoverlappingfiguresinthisreviewthatareidenticaltothosecontainedinareviewarticlethatwehaveco-authoredandpublishedearlier,weretracttheabovepaperwepublishedinCellResearch.Weapologizeforanyconfusionthatmaybecausedbythismatter,althoughwestandbythescientificcontentscontainedintheCellResearchpaper.
简介:ChineseJournalofCancerResearch,aninternationalbiomedicaljournaleditedandpublishedquarterlyinEnglishbyChinaAnti-CancerAssociation(CACA),isacomprehensiveacademicjournal,aimingtoreflectprimarilythecreativeorinnovativeachievementsinallfieldsofcancerresea...
简介:OurpreviousstudyshowedthattwoMKN45variants,namelyMKN45Lm-andMKN45Lm+selectedbylamininadhesioninvitro,haddifferentabilitiesofinvasionandmetastasisinvivo(inoculatedinnudemice)andinvitro(inBoydenchamber),alsohaddifferentexpressionofcysteineproteinase.Inthepresentstudy,weinvestigatedthecellapoptosisofthisMKN45variantsbyTUNELandFACSmethods.Theresultswereshownsignificantdifferentofcellapoptosisinthiscellsublines.TheMKN45Lm-cellshadasmallsubdiploidypeak(3.5%)inDNAcontentanalyzedbyflowcytometry,
简介:Objective:Toevaluatetheassociationbetweenobesityandtheriskofcolorectalcancer.Methods:331patientswithrectalcancerand175withcoloncancerwhoacceptedsurgicaloperationatBeijingCancerHospitalduring1995and2002wereenrolled.Datawerecollectedbyreviewingthepathologymaterialsandhospitalrecords.258healthypeoplewhoacceptedhealthexaminationatBeijingCancerHospitalduring2000and2002werealsoenrolledascontrol.Dataofheight,weightandgenderatthetimeofexaminationwerealsocollected.Obesitywasestimatedbybodymassindex(BMI),computedasweightinkilogramsdividedbyheightinmeterssquared(kg/m2).ThedegreeofobesitywascomparedbetweenthetwogroupsusingBMI(18.5,24-27.9and(28(kg/m2)asthecut-offpointsforunderweight,overweightandobesity.Associationswithobesitywereestimatedbyoddsratios(ORs)and95%confidenceintervals(CIs).AllORswereadjustedforageandsex.Results:Obesitywassignificantlyprevalentinfemalepatientswithrectalcancer.AllthepatientswithcoloncancershowedlowerlevelofBMIthancontrolsubjects.TheORsforrectalcancerrosewithincreasingBMIinwomen.Meanwhile,theORsforcoloncancerdroppedwithincreasingBMIinbothmenandwomen.Obesitywasanindependentriskfactorforrectalcancer,butnotanindependentriskfactorforcoloncancer.Conclusion:Rectalcancerandcoloncancermayhavedifferentbiologicalbehavior.Obesewomenhaverelativelyhighriskforrectalcancer.