Gleb V Sychugov, Tamara V Azizova, Galina V Zhuntova, Evgeniya S Grigoryeva, Christopher A Loffredo, Nobuyuki Hamada, Evgeniy L Kazachkov
{"title":"Immunohistochemical Analysis of Lung Adenocarcinoma in Russian Mayak Nuclear Workers.","authors":"Gleb V Sychugov, Tamara V Azizova, Galina V Zhuntova, Evgeniya S Grigoryeva, Christopher A Loffredo, Nobuyuki Hamada, Evgeniy L Kazachkov","doi":"10.1080/07357907.2023.2218489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07357907.2023.2218489","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Specimens of lung adenocarcinoma (AdCa) from Russian nuclear workers (<i>n</i> = 54) exposed to alpha particles and gamma rays and from individuals non-exposed to radiation (<i>n</i> = 21) were examined using immunohistochemistry. Estimated significant associations with alpha dose were negative for Ki-67 and collagen IV in AdCa. Associations with gamma-ray dose were negative for tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase 2 and caspase 3 and positive for matrix metalloproteinase 2 and leukemia inhibiting factor in AdCa. The findings provide some evidence supporting alterations in apoptosis, cell proliferation and extracellular matrix in lung tissues affected by chronic radiation exposure that can contribute to radiogenic cancerogenesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":9463,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Investigation","volume":"41 7","pages":"686-698"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10166550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer InvestigationPub Date : 2023-09-01Epub Date: 2023-09-08DOI: 10.1080/07357907.2023.2255672
Ulku Unal, Esra Gov
{"title":"Drug Repurposing Analysis for Colorectal Cancer through Network Medicine Framework: Novel Candidate Drugs and Small Molecules.","authors":"Ulku Unal, Esra Gov","doi":"10.1080/07357907.2023.2255672","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07357907.2023.2255672","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to reveal the drug-repurposing candidates for colorectal cancer (CRC) <i>via</i> drug-repurposing methods and network biology approaches. A novel, differentially co-expressed, highly interconnected, and co-regulated prognostic gene module was identified for CRC. Based on the gene module, polyethylene glycol (PEG), gallic acid, pyrazole, cordycepin, phenothiazine, pantoprazole, cysteamine, indisulam, valinomycin, trametinib, BRD-K81473043, AZD8055, dovitinib, BRD-A17065207, and tyrphostin AG1478 presented as drugs and small molecule candidates previously studied in the CRC. Lornoxicam, suxamethonium, oprelvekin, sirukumab, levetiracetam, sulpiride, NVP-TAE684, AS605240, 480743.cdx, HDAC6 inhibitor ISOX, BRD-K03829970, and L-6307 are proposed as novel drugs and small molecule candidates for CRC.</p>","PeriodicalId":9463,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Investigation","volume":" ","pages":"713-733"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10173920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer InvestigationPub Date : 2023-09-01Epub Date: 2023-09-06DOI: 10.1080/07357907.2023.2255668
Benjamin F Smith, Yee-Cheen Doung, Brooke Beckett, Christopher L Corless, Lara E Davis, Jessica L Davis
{"title":"Intraosseous Spindle Cell Rhabdomyosarcoma with <i>MEIS1</i>::<i>NCOA2</i> Fusion - Case Report with Substantial Clinical Follow-up and Review of the Literature.","authors":"Benjamin F Smith, Yee-Cheen Doung, Brooke Beckett, Christopher L Corless, Lara E Davis, Jessica L Davis","doi":"10.1080/07357907.2023.2255668","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07357907.2023.2255668","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spindle cell/sclerosing rhabdomyosarcoma (SSRMS) is a clinicopathologically and molecularly heterogeneous disease. Gene fusions have been identified in intraosseous SSRMS, consisting predominantly of <i>EWSR1</i>/<i>FUS</i>::<i>TFCP2</i> and <i>MEIS1</i>::<i>NCOA2</i>. The former often follow an aggressive clinical course; there is limited clinical follow-up available for the latter. We report here a new case of the very rare intraosseous SSRMS with <i>MEIS1</i>::<i>NCOA2</i> gene fusion and include the detailed treatment course and 52 months of clinical follow-up. SSRMS with <i>MEIS1</i>::<i>NCOA2</i> gene fusion appears biologically distinct from other intraosseous SSRMS, following a course characterized by local recurrence with rare reports of metastasis to date.</p>","PeriodicalId":9463,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Investigation","volume":" ","pages":"704-712"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10158690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer InvestigationPub Date : 2023-09-01Epub Date: 2023-10-31DOI: 10.1080/07357907.2023.2255655
Muhammad Ashar Ali, Syed S Shah, Rimsha Ali, Shammas Farooq Bajwa, Sana Rehman, Aqsa Anwar, Muhammad Yasir Anwar, Memoona Saeed, Nayab Mirza, Wajeeha Aiman
{"title":"Efficacy and Safety of RET-Specific Kinase Inhibitors in RET-Altered Cancers: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Muhammad Ashar Ali, Syed S Shah, Rimsha Ali, Shammas Farooq Bajwa, Sana Rehman, Aqsa Anwar, Muhammad Yasir Anwar, Memoona Saeed, Nayab Mirza, Wajeeha Aiman","doi":"10.1080/07357907.2023.2255655","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07357907.2023.2255655","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>RET proto-oncogene encodes receptor tyrosine kinase. Selpercatinib and pralsetinib are the only RET-specific tyrosine kinase inhibitors approved by FDA in RET-altered tumors. We searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, WOS, and Clinicaltrials.gov. Objective-response, complete-response, and partial-response were 60-89%, 0-11%, and 55-89%, respectively, with the use of RET-specific drugs. ≥Grade 3 adverse events were seen in 28-53% of the patients, with hypertension, change in ALT, QT prolongation, neutropenia, and pneumonitis among the common side effects. Hence, selpercatinib and pralsetinib were effective and well tolerated by most of the patients with RET-altered tumors.</p>","PeriodicalId":9463,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Investigation","volume":" ","pages":"739-749"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41107922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts on Drug Resistance, Stemness, and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Bladder Cancer: A Comparison between Recurrent and Non-Recurrent Patient-Derived CAFs.","authors":"Nima Rastegar-Pouyani, Vahideh Montazeri, Nikoo Marandi, Shima Aliebrahimi, Melika Andalib, Emad Jafarzadeh, Hamed Montazeri, Seyed Nasser Ostad","doi":"10.1080/07357907.2023.2237576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07357907.2023.2237576","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study comparatively evaluated the possible effects of recurrent and non-recurrent patient-derived Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts (CAFs-R and -NR) on the bladder cancer cell line, EJ138. Both groups of CAFs increased cisplatin resistance and altered cell cycle distribution alongside induced resistance to apoptosis. Later, the scratch assay confirmed the cell migration-inducing effects of CAFs on cells. Nonetheless, only CAFs-R managed to increase sphere-formation and clonogenic levels in EJ138 cells, which were later validated by upregulating pluripotency transcription factors. Besides, CAFs-R also affected the expression levels of some of the EMT markers. Our study suggests that CAFs-R had stronger pro-tumorigenic effects on EJ138 cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":9463,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Investigation","volume":"41 7","pages":"656-671"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10157610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Deborah Blythe Doroshow, Wei Wei, Meenakshi Mehrotra, Daniella Sia, Joseph Paul Eder, Ranjit Bindra, Jane Houldsworth, Patricia LoRusso, Zenta Walther
{"title":"Platinum Sensitivity in <i>IDH1/2</i> Mutated Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Not All \"BRCAness\" Is Created Equal.","authors":"Deborah Blythe Doroshow, Wei Wei, Meenakshi Mehrotra, Daniella Sia, Joseph Paul Eder, Ranjit Bindra, Jane Houldsworth, Patricia LoRusso, Zenta Walther","doi":"10.1080/07357907.2023.2242957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07357907.2023.2242957","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Preclinical data suggest that <i>IDH1/2</i> mutations result in defective homologous recombination repair (HRR). We hypothesized that patients with <i>IDH1/2</i>mt intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHCC) would benefit more from 1 L platinum chemotherapy than patients with wildtype (WT) tumors. We performed a multicenter retrospective study of 81 patients with unresectable IHCC treated with 1 L platinum with a primary endpoint of clinical benefit rate (CBR). Patients with <i>IDH1/2</i>mt tumors had a similar CBR and objective response rate compared to those with <i>IDH</i> WT disease (59 versus 54%; <i>p</i> = 0.803), suggesting that a relationship between platinum sensitivity and HRR gene defects may be specific to tumor context.</p>","PeriodicalId":9463,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Investigation","volume":"41 7","pages":"646-655"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10164333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perception, Cognition and Thought: Part II Symbolic Processing and Language.","authors":"Gary H Lyman","doi":"10.1080/07357907.2023.2233317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07357907.2023.2233317","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9463,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Investigation","volume":"41 7","pages":"617-620"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10168558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bo Yang, Mengmeng Teng, Haisheng You, Yalin Dong, Siying Chen
{"title":"A Nomogram for Predicting Survival in Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma Patients: A Population-Based Study.","authors":"Bo Yang, Mengmeng Teng, Haisheng You, Yalin Dong, Siying Chen","doi":"10.1080/07357907.2023.2241547","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07357907.2023.2241547","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains the most common malignant cancer. We identified 43140 advanced NSCLC patients from the SEER database to develop and validate a new prognostic model. The prognostic performance was evaluated by <i>P</i> value, concordance index, net reclassification index, integrated discrimination improvement, and decision curve analysis. The following variables were contained in the final prognostic model: age, sex, race, TNM stage, and grade and treatment options. Compared to the AJCC staging system, this prognostic model is conducive to the implementation of individualized clinical treatment schemes and can be an important part of the precise medical care of NSCLC tumors.</p>","PeriodicalId":9463,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Investigation","volume":"41 7","pages":"672-685"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10223098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer InvestigationPub Date : 2023-09-01Epub Date: 2023-07-27DOI: 10.1080/07357907.2023.2238944
Gary H Lyman, Nicole M Kuderer
{"title":"Perception, Cognition and Thought: Part III: Reasoning, Judgement and Decision-Making.","authors":"Gary H Lyman, Nicole M Kuderer","doi":"10.1080/07357907.2023.2238944","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07357907.2023.2238944","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9463,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Investigation","volume":" ","pages":"699-703"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10257805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}