{"title":"In Memory of Peter Stambrook.","authors":"Bevin P Engleward","doi":"10.1615/CritRevOncog.v27.i2.60","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/CritRevOncog.v27.i2.60","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35617,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis","volume":"27 2","pages":"xv"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10661007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preface: Novel Therapeutic Targets and Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer.","authors":"Lisa G Horvath, Renea A Taylor, Roger J Daly","doi":"10.1615/CritRevOncog.2022043661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/CritRevOncog.2022043661","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Preface: </strong>CRO special issue: Novel Therapeutic Targets and Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":35617,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis","volume":" ","pages":"vii-ix"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40647573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aviral Kumar, Mangala Hegde, Dey Parama, Ajaikumar B Kunnumakkara
{"title":"Curcumin: The Golden Nutraceutical on the Road to Cancer Prevention and Therapeutics. A Clinical Perspective.","authors":"Aviral Kumar, Mangala Hegde, Dey Parama, Ajaikumar B Kunnumakkara","doi":"10.1615/CritRevOncog.2023045587","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/CritRevOncog.2023045587","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cancer is considered as the major public health scourge of the 21st century. Although remarkable strides were made for developing targeted therapeutics, these therapies suffer from lack of efficacy, high cost, and debilitating side effects. Therefore, the search for safe, highly efficacious, and affordable therapies is paramount for establishing a treatment regimen for this deadly disease. Curcumin, a known natural, bioactive, polyphenol compound from the spice turmeric (Curcuma longa), has been well documented for its wide range of pharmacological and biological activities. A plethora of literature indicates its potency as an anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer agent. Curcumin exhibits anti-neoplastic attributes via regulating a wide array of biological cascades involved in mutagenesis, proliferation, apoptosis, oncogene expression, tumorigenesis, and metastasis. Curcumin has shown a wide range of pleiotropic anti-proliferative effect in multiple cancers and is a known inhibitor of varied oncogenic elements, including nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), c-myc, cyclin D1, Bcl-2, VEGF, COX-2, NOS, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukins, and MMP-9. Further, curcumin targets different growth factor receptors and cell adhesion molecules involved in tumor growth and progression, making it a most promising nutraceutical for cancer therapy. To date, curcumin-based therapeutics have completed more than 50 clinical trials for cancer. Although creative experimentation is still elucidating the immense potential of curcumin, systematic validation by proper randomized clinical trials warrant its transition from lab to bedside. Therefore, this review summarizes the outcome of diverse clinical trials of curcumin in various cancer types.</p>","PeriodicalId":35617,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis","volume":"27 3","pages":"33-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10034807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ajila Chandran, Varsha Jayasankar, Paul Spagnuolo, Jayasankar Subramanian
{"title":"Bioactive Compounds from Curcuma amada and Their Effect on Acute Myeloid Leukemia.","authors":"Ajila Chandran, Varsha Jayasankar, Paul Spagnuolo, Jayasankar Subramanian","doi":"10.1615/CritRevOncog.2023047542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/CritRevOncog.2023047542","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive blood cancer with limited chemotherapy options and negative patient outcomes. Investigations with bioactive compounds from dietary sources against cancer have increased in the recent years, which highlight the need for novel therapeutic approaches and new anti-leukemic agents possessing higher efficacy and selectivity for AML cells and fewer negative side effects. Bioactive compounds demonstrated the ability to induce cell cycle blockage and apoptosis or autophagy in cancer cells, as well as inhibition of proliferation/migration and tumor progression, etc. Bioactive compounds isolated from dietary sources such as mango ginger show promise for AML treatment. Curcuma amada roots have been used in traditional medicine and showed antioxidant, antimicrobial and anticancer properties. Bioactive molecules isolated from C. amada showed effects on the mitochondrial metabolism and reduced the viability of multiple leukemic cell lines.</p>","PeriodicalId":35617,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis","volume":"27 3","pages":"23-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10052428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigating the Anti-Cancer Properties of 6-Shogaol in Zingiber officinale.","authors":"Sowsan Hafuth, Sukhpal Randhawa","doi":"10.1615/CritRevOncog.2022045100","DOIUrl":"10.1615/CritRevOncog.2022045100","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cancer is ranked as the first or second cause of death in 112 countries across the world with an estimated 19.3 million new cases of cancer along with 10 million deaths occurring in 2020. Colon cancer is the second most common cancer in women and the fourth most common cancer worldwide. Investigating methods to reduce or prevent cancer through natural and holistic processes are becoming more of a common research topic around the world. Influenced through traditional Chinese medical practices and Ayurvedic medicine, scientists are now exploring anticancerous compounds present in plants and foods used in these cultures. For instance, ginger (Zingiber officinale) has been used for centuries all over Asia for medicinal purposes and contains anticancer compounds. Our review focuses on one of ginger's constituents, 6-shogaol, and its role in colon cancer. We found that 6-shogaol has a significant effect on apoptosis by influencing caspase pathways and cell cycle arrest.</p>","PeriodicalId":35617,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis","volume":"27 3","pages":"15-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10052431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
John J Bissler, Dinah Batchelor, J Christopher Kingswood
{"title":"Progress in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Renal Disease.","authors":"John J Bissler, Dinah Batchelor, J Christopher Kingswood","doi":"10.1615/CritRevOncog.2022042857","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/CritRevOncog.2022042857","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant disorder that affects both fetal development and postnatal tissue growth, resulting in altered brain structures and a tumor predisposition syndrome. Although every organ system is affected by the disease, kidney involvement is a leading cause of death in adults with TSC. Over the past decade, significant progress has been made in understanding the renal disease. This review focuses on the cystic and solid renal lesions in TSC, including their pathobiology and treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":35617,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis","volume":"27 2","pages":"35-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9333514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preface: Oral Cancer: New Insights in Diagnosis, Prognosis, Therapeutics to Management and Reconstruction.","authors":"Ragini D Singh","doi":"10.1615/CritRevOncog.v27.i4.40","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/CritRevOncog.v27.i4.40","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35617,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis","volume":"27 4","pages":"xi-xii"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9678854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Siddhartha Dutta, Shubha Singhal, Rima B Shah, Mainul Haque
{"title":"Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy in the Management of Oral Cancers.","authors":"Siddhartha Dutta, Shubha Singhal, Rima B Shah, Mainul Haque","doi":"10.1615/CritRevOncog.2022046361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/CritRevOncog.2022046361","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Oral cancers (OCs), being one of the frequent malignancies in the head and neck region, need prompt diagnosis and treatment. Apart from basic therapeutic modalities, immunotherapy has now been utilized as a novel approach to combat the disease. With the comprehension of the strategies adopted by cancer cells to evade the immune elimination by the body's immune system, targeted immunotherapies have now become the core area of research. The immune expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), programmed cell death protein ligand-1 (PDL-1), etc., are enhanced in OC and have been associated with evasion of the immune system. Targeted immunotherapies now include monoclonal antibodies targeting EGFR like cetuximab and panitumumab, programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) inhibitors like pembrolizumab, cemiplimab, and nivolumab, and PD-L1 inhibitors like atezolizumab, avelumab, and durvalumab. Targeted immunotherapies like chimeric antigen receptor T-cell treatment and small molecule inhibitors are in several clinical trials tried as monotherapy and adjuvant immunotherapy and have shown promising results. Other immunothera-peutic approaches such as cytokines like interferons or interleukins, vaccines, and gene therapy have also been an area of research for the management of OC. However, the cautious selection of appropriate patients with specific immune characteristics as a candidate for immunotherapeutic agents is a crucial component of targeted immunotherapy. This article elaborates on the immune contexture of oral cancer cells, the mechanism of immune evasion by cancer cells, targets for immunotherapies, existent immunotherapeutic agents, and prospects in the field of immunotherapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":35617,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis","volume":"27 4","pages":"23-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9678857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tribute in Memory of Peter Stambrook.","authors":"Benjamin Bonavida","doi":"10.1615/CritRevOncog.v27.i2.70","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/CritRevOncog.v27.i2.70","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35617,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis","volume":"27 2","pages":"xvii"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10661006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kimberley C Clark, Yunjian Wu, Renea A Taylor, Roger J Daly
{"title":"Novel Therapeutic Targets and Biomarkers Associated with Prostate Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts (CAFs).","authors":"Kimberley C Clark, Yunjian Wu, Renea A Taylor, Roger J Daly","doi":"10.1615/CritRevOncog.2022043478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/CritRevOncog.2022043478","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite advances in treatment, prostate cancer remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. While the vast majority of prostate cancer research has centered on malignant epithelial cells, the tumor mi croenvironment (TME) has recently become increasingly recognized as an important regulator of tumor progression and response to treatment. Among the diverse cell types within the TME, stromal fibroblasts, in particular cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), play an important role in prostate cancer progression. This is highlighted by the prognostic value of CAF markers in prostate cancer, which can predict disease recurrence, metastasis, and patient survival. There are also an increasing number of studies that demonstrate the critical role of CAFs in mediating response to specific therapies and CAF signaling pathways as potential therapeutic targets. However, further investigation into the mechanisms that underpin the interactions between cancer cells and CAFs are required to develop novel therapeutic approaches and identify predictive and prognostic biomarkers in CAFs. In this review, we discuss the current knowledge of CAF-dependent regulatory pathways in prostate tumorigenesis and their prognostic and therapeutic potential. Furthermore, we explore the emerging models and technologies that are likely to progress this field of research in terms of discovery and translation to the clinic.</p>","PeriodicalId":35617,"journal":{"name":"Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis","volume":" ","pages":"1-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40647574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}