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Cancers, Volume 11, Issue 12

December 2019 - 223 articles

Cover Story: Despite being an extremely inefficient process, the high burden of lethality in metastatic prostate cancer patients can be attributed to a plethora of strategies utilized by the cancer cells that have escaped the primary tumor. Striking similarities exist between the means used to achieve metastasis and military combat, where oftentimes, the modus operandi involves the creative use of tactics to overcome the host systems. These strategies include priming the metastatic sites ahead of colonization, targeting specific organs, outsmarting the host immune surveillance, lying in a dormant state at the metastatic site for prolonged periods, and widespread reprogramming of gene expression. This review provides a perspective for understanding metastasis from the standpoint of military combat, wherein strategic maneuvering instead of brute force often plays a decisive role in the outcome. View this paper
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Articles (223)

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
3,922 Views
14 Pages

Tumor Suppressor Function of miR-127-3p and miR-376a-3p in Osteosarcoma Cells

  • Joerg Fellenberg,
  • Burkhard Lehner,
  • Heiner Saehr,
  • Astrid Schenker and
  • Pierre Kunz

14 December 2019

Since the introduction of high-dose chemotherapy about 35 years ago, survival rates of osteosarcoma patients have not been significantly improved. New therapeutic strategies replacing or complementing conventional chemotherapy are therefore urgently...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,667 Views
12 Pages

Low Systemic Levels of Chemokine C-C Motif Ligand 3 (CCL3) are Associated with a High Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Glioma

  • Pegah Mir Seyed Nazari,
  • Christine Marosi,
  • Florian Moik,
  • Julia Riedl,
  • Öykü Özer,
  • Anna Sophie Berghoff,
  • Matthias Preusser,
  • Johannes A. Hainfellner,
  • Ingrid Pabinger and
  • Gerhard J. Zlabinger
  • + 1 author

14 December 2019

A tight interplay between inflammation and hemostasis has been described as a potential driver for developing venous thromboembolism (VTE). Here, we investigated the association of systemic cytokine levels and risk of VTE in patients with glioma. Thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,402 Views
18 Pages

14 December 2019

Metastasis is a predominant cause of cancer death and the major challenge in treating lung adenocarcinoma (LADC). Therefore, exploring new metastasis-related genes and their action mechanisms may provide new insights for developing a new combative ap...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,959 Views
18 Pages

Immunotherapy in Pediatric Solid Tumors—A Systematic Review

  • Raoud Marayati,
  • Colin H. Quinn and
  • Elizabeth A. Beierle

14 December 2019

Despite advances in the treatment of many pediatric solid tumors, children with aggressive and high-risk disease continue to have a dismal prognosis. For those presenting with metastatic or recurrent disease, multiple rounds of intensified chemothera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,248 Views
20 Pages

14 December 2019

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most prevalent primary cancer and a highly aggressive liver malignancy. Liver cancer cells reprogram their metabolism to meet their needs for rapid proliferation and tumor growth. In the present study, we investi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
40 Citations
6,085 Views
15 Pages

Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment: An Unexplored Strategy for Mutant KRAS Tumors

  • Patrícia Dias Carvalho,
  • Ana Luísa Machado,
  • Flávia Martins,
  • Raquel Seruca and
  • Sérgia Velho

13 December 2019

Current evidence strongly suggests that cancer cells depend on the microenvironment in order to thrive. In fact, signals from the surrounding tumor microenvironment are crucial for cancer cells´ aggressiveness, altering their expression profile...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
3,896 Views
13 Pages

13 December 2019

Paclitaxel (Tx) is a widely used therapeutic chemical for breast cancer treatment; however, cancer recurrence remains an obstacle for improved prognosis of cancer patients. In this study, cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) was tested for its potential to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
6,018 Views
19 Pages

Breast-Associated Adipocytes Secretome Induce Fatty Acid Uptake and Invasiveness in Breast Cancer Cells via CD36 Independently of Body Mass Index, Menopausal Status and Mammary Density

  • Maurice Zaoui,
  • Mehdi Morel,
  • Nathalie Ferrand,
  • Soraya Fellahi,
  • Jean-Philippe Bastard,
  • Antonin Lamazière,
  • Annette Kragh Larsen,
  • Véronique Béréziat,
  • Michael Atlan and
  • Michèle Sabbah

13 December 2019

Breast adiposity is correlated with body mass index, menopausal status and mammary density. We here wish to establish how these factors influence the cross-talk between breast adipocytes and normal or malignant breast cells. Adipocyte-derived stem ce...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,360 Views
16 Pages

13 December 2019

Accumulating evidence suggests a synergistic effect in cells simultaneously exposed to different types of clustered and dispersed DNA damage. We aimed to analyse the effect of mixed beams of alpha particles and X-rays (1:1 dose of each) on DNA damage...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
5,021 Views
17 Pages

HuR Reduces Radiation-Induced DNA Damage by Enhancing Expression of ARID1A

  • Daniel Andrade,
  • Meghna Mehta,
  • James Griffith,
  • Sangphil Oh,
  • Joshua Corbin,
  • Anish Babu,
  • Supriyo De,
  • Allshine Chen,
  • Yan D. Zhao and
  • Sanam Husain
  • + 8 authors

13 December 2019

Tumor suppressor ARID1A, a subunit of the chromatin remodeling complex SWI/SNF, regulates cell cycle progression, interacts with the tumor suppressor TP53, and prevents genomic instability. In addition, ARID1A has been shown to foster resistance to c...

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