Tumor thickness and depth of invasion in squamous cell carcinoma of tongue as indicators of the loco-regional spread of the disease: A preliminary study by Rupsa Das, Satya Ranjan Misra, Satya Sundar Gajendra Mohapatra, Pravakar Bahinipati, Smita Rani Priyadarshini, Alkananda Sahoo, Debahuti Mishra, Anamika Rai

“…Aims and objectives: To investigate the role of MRI-derived depth of invasion and tumor thickness evaluation in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, and to assess if any correlation exists between depth of invasion, tumor thickness, nodal metastasis, muscles, and space involved. Materials and methods: Thirty-three patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue who had undergone pre-treatment MRI and excisional biopsy were included. …”
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Concurrent Renorrhaphy During Renal Mass Excision in Laparoscopic Nephron-Sparing Surgery: A Novel Surgical Technique by Nurullah Hamidi, Tuncel Uzel

“…After 46 months, there is no local recurrence or metastasis.…”
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Endoprosthetic Reconstruction for a Displaced Atypical Femoral Fracture in a Cancer Patient with Poor Prognosis by Hironari Tamiya, Hiroki Hagizawa, Takaaki Nakai, Yoshinori Imura, Takaaki Tanaka, Kazuya Oshima, Toshikazu Ito, Norifumi Naka, Shigeyuki Kuratsu

“…Zoledronate or denosumab treatment is beneficial for cancer patients with bone metastasis. However, each agent may trigger atypical femoral fractures. …”
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The Role of PDGFs and PDGFRs in Colorectal Cancer by Roberta M. Manzat Saplacan, Loredana Balacescu, Claudia Gherman, Romeo I. Chira, Anca Craiu, Petru A. Mircea, Cosmin Lisencu, Ovidiu Balacescu

“…High levels of PDGF-BB were reported in CRC patients compared to those with adenomas, while elevated levels of PDGFR α/β in the stroma of CRC patients were correlated with invasion and metastasis. Moreover, PDGF-AB and PDGF-C were correlated with early diagnosis, cancer grading, and metastatic disease. …”
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Inflammation and Immune Escape in Ovarian Cancer: Pathways and Therapeutic Opportunities by Liu C, Yin Q, Wu Z, Li W, Huang J, Chen B, Yang Y, Zheng X, Zeng L, Wang J

“…Chronic inflammation is a critical driver of OC progression, contributing to immune evasion, tumor growth, and metastasis. Inflammatory cytokines, including IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-8, as well as key signaling pathways such as nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB) and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), are upregulated in OC, promoting a tumor-promoting environment. …”
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Isoacteoside alleviates hepatocellular carcinoma progression by inhibiting PDHB-mediated reprogramming of glucose metabolism by Lijun Zhao, Haonan Qi, Weiting Liu, Huiying Lv, Peixian Li, Wenyue Liu, Ruili Sun, Qiongzi Wang, Xiangpeng Wang

“…PDHB overexpression drives tumor growth and metastasis in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, PDHB mediates metabolic reprogramming by binding to the promoter regions of SLC2A1, GPI, and PKM2, promoting glycolysis-related gene transcription, contributes to HCC sorafenib resistance. …”
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Elevated POSTN expression predicts poor prognosis and is associated with radioresistance in cervical cancer patients treated with radical radiotherapy by Cui-qin Huang, Wen-tao Xiao, Xiang-rong Yao, Zhi-min Li, Jun-yan He

“…Radiotherapy is a crucial treatment modality for CC; however, tumor heterogeneity and resistance to radiotherapy often result in suboptimal outcomes for some patients, including recurrence and metastasis. Periostin (POSTN), a matricellular protein within the tumor microenvironment, has been implicated in the promotion of tumor progression and treatment resistance, particularly through mechanisms such as epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). …”
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Natural products targeting RAS by multiple mechanisms and its therapeutic potential in cancer: An update since 2020 by Yanqing Liu, Jie Chen, Xiang Li, Yu Fan, Cheng Peng, Xiaochun Ye, Yingshuang Wang, Xin Xie

“…RAS proteins, as pivotal signal transduction molecules, are frequently mutated and hyperactivated in various human cancers, closely associated with tumor cell proliferation, survival, and metastasis. Despite extensive research on RAS targeted therapies, developing effective RAS inhibitors remains a significant challenge. …”
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Analysis of risk factors for radiation-induced oral mucositis for nasopharyngeal carcinoma and prognostic value of EGF and STREM-1 by Puyu Jiang, Po Xue, Jiani Wu

“…According to the 5-year survival of patients after treatment, they were divided into a poor prognosis group (death, recurrence, and distant metastasis) and a better prognosis group and the predictive value of the prognosis of patients was analyzed by the ROC curve. …”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on time to treatment in head and neck cancer management: a systematic review by Malte Grumstrup Simonsen, Amanda-Louise Fenger Carlander, Kathrine Kronberg Jakobsen, Christian Grønhøj, Christian von Buchwald

“…Seven of 15 studies (12.7% of the patients) observed an increase in either overall stage, size, or tumor node and metastasis classification during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Abnormal expression of miR-668-3p in non-small cell lung cancer patients and its correlation with serum-related tumor markers by Wen Yang, Ling Liu, Jianliang Li, Yingchao Liu, Lin Rong, Junjie Ma, Rongchen Li, Qiuyue Zhang, Yugang Liu

“…Results The expression level of miR-668-3p was down-regulated in early-stage NSCLC patients compared with the control group, and showed a significant association with serum biomarkers related with disease progression, tumor staging, and lymph node metastasis. The combined detection of miR-668-3p and serum markers demonstrated robust diagnostic efficacy for early NSCLC and effective predictive capabilities for lung cancer occurrence in individuals with pulmonary nodules. …”
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Exploring the influence of age on the causes of death in advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy using machine learning methods by Mengni Zhang, Shipeng Zhang, Xudong Ao, Lisha Liu, Shunlin Peng

“…Time-dependent variable importance plots indicated that age was the most influential factor affecting 3-, 5-, and 10-year survival, followed by metastasis and tumor stage. Younger patients had significantly longer OS than their older counterparts. …”
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The carcinoid that doesn't select – the role of preoperative echocardiography in carcinoid heart disease by Emese Papp, Mónika Dénes, Anita Zádori, Katalin Takó, Miklós Tóth, Judit Tőke, Jenő Szolnoky, Réka Rácz, Péter Andréka

“…Case presentation: A 57-year-old female patient with multiplex endocrine neoplasia type 1, primary bronchial carcinoid tumor, multiple bone-, solitary breast metastasis was referred to the Cardiac Surgery Department of our Institute with severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR). …”
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Recent advances in the anti-tumor activities of saponins through cholesterol regulation by Min Jiang, Chao Hong, Chao Hong, Wenkui Zou, Zheng Ye, Lu Lu, Lu Lu, Yun Liu, Yun Liu, Tong Zhang, Tong Zhang, Yue Ding, Yue Ding, Yue Ding

“…It will also outline how saponins exert their anti-cancer activities through cholesterol regulation, enhancing cytotoxicity, inhibiting tumor cell metastasis, reversing drug resistance, inducing immunotoxin macromolecule escape, and ferroptosis. …”
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Kojic Acid Derivative as an Antimitotic Agent That Selectively Kills Tumour Cells by Giuseppina Pichiri, Marco Piludu, Terenzio Congiu, Nicole Grandi, Pierpaolo Coni, Monica Piras, Mariusz Jaremko, Joanna Izabela Lachowicz

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> The primary method used to pharmacologically arrest cancer development and its metastasis is to disrupt the cell division process. …”
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Inhibition of TFF3 synergizes with c-MET inhibitors to decrease the CSC-like phenotype and metastatic burden in ER+HER2+ mammary carcinoma by Chuyu He, Xuejuan Wang, Yi-Shiou Chiou, Basappa Basappa, Tao Zhu, Vijay Pandey, Peter E. Lobie

“…The combination of AMPC and c-METis also synergistically suppressed the in vivo growth of ER+HER2+ MC cell-derived xenografts and abrogated lung metastasis. Mechanistically, TFF3 was observed to activate c-MET signaling through a positive-feedback loop to enhance the CSC-like phenotype of ER+HER2+ MC. …”
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Differentiating low- and high-proliferative soft tissue sarcomas using conventional imaging features and radiomics on MRI by Fabian Schmitz, Hendrik Voigtländer, Dimitrios Strauss, Heinz-Peter Schlemmer, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Hyungseok Jang, Sam Sedaghat

“…Metastases were more prevalent in high-proliferative soft tissue sarcomas (p < 0.001), and time till metastasis negatively correlated with the Ki-67 proliferation index (k -0.43, p = 0.021). …”
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Hypersensitive intercellular responses of endometrial stromal cells drive invasion in endometriosis by Chun-Wei Chen, Jeffery B Chavez, Ritikaa Kumar, Virginia Arlene Go, Ahvani Pant, Anushka Jain, Srikanth R Polusani, Matthew J Hart, Randal D Robinson, Maria Gaczynska, Pawel Osmulski, Nameer B Kirma, Bruce J Nicholson

“…The most broadly accepted etiology is that uterine endometrial cells retrogradely enter the peritoneum during menses, and implant and form invasive lesions in a process analogous to cancer metastasis. However, over 90% of women suffer retrograde menstruation, but only 10% develop endometriosis, and debate continues as to whether the underlying defect is endometrial or peritoneal. …”
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Integrative analysis of 5-methylcytosine associated signature in papillary thyroid cancer by Ying Ding, Xinying Li, Wenlong Wang, Lei Cai

“…Additionally, we validate the downregulation of PPP1R12A-AS1 promotes proliferation and metastasis by activating the MAPK signaling pathway. …”
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Time-Dependent Prognostic Impact of Circulating Tumor Cells Detection in Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer: 70-Month Analysis of the REMAGUS02 Study by François-Clément Bidard, Lisa Belin, Suzette Delaloge, Florence Lerebours, Charlotte Ngo, Fabien Reyal, Séverine Alran, Sylvie Giacchetti, Michel Marty, Ronald Lebofsky, Jean-Yves Pierga

“…In non-metastatic breast cancer patients, the REMAGUS02 neoadjuvant study was the first to report a significant impact of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) detection by the CellSearch system on the distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS) and overall survival (OS) endpoints. …”
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