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Cancers, Volume 12, Issue 8

August 2020 - 335 articles

Cover Story: Accumulating evidence underlines that both somatic mutations and epigenetic alterations are involved in the pathogenesis of malignant melanoma, especially upregulated expression of oncogenic microRNA-21. Recent research focuses on exosomes enriched in microRNA-21 that promote melanomagenesis and melanoma progression. This review presents various sources of microRNA-21-enriched exosomes including UV-irradiated keratinocytes, adipocyte-derived exosomes in obesity, airway epithelium-derived exosomes generated by smoking and pollution, diet-related exosomes such as cow milk exosomes and inflammation-induced exosomes, which may synergistically increase the exosomal microRNA-21 burden of melanocyte, the transformed melanoma cell and its tumor environment. Exposure to modern lifestyle factors thus increases exosomal microRNA-21 signaling promoting melanoma and most likely other common cancers of Western societies. View this paper.
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Articles (335)

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,591 Views
15 Pages

Comparison of NGS and MFC Methods: Key Metrics in Multiple Myeloma MRD Assessment

  • Katharina Kriegsmann,
  • Michael Hundemer,
  • Nicole Hofmeister-Mielke,
  • Philipp Reichert,
  • Calin-Petru Manta,
  • Mohamed H.S. Awwad,
  • Sandra Sauer,
  • Uta Bertsch,
  • Britta Besemer and
  • Roland Fenk
  • + 10 authors

18 August 2020

In order to meet the challenges in data evaluation and comparability between studies in multiple myeloma (MM) minimal residual disease (MRD) assessment, the goal of the current study was to provide a step-by-step evaluation of next-generation sequenc...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,505 Views
16 Pages

Extracellular Vesicle-Based Communication May Contribute to the Co-Evolution of Cancer Stem Cells and Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts in Anti-Cancer Therapy

  • Gábor Valcz,
  • Edit I. Buzás,
  • Anna Sebestyén,
  • Tibor Krenács,
  • Zoltán Szállási,
  • Péter Igaz and
  • Béla Molnár

18 August 2020

Analogously to the natural selective forces in ecosystems, therapies impose selective pressure on cancer cells within tumors. Some tumor cells can adapt to this stress and are able to form resistant subpopulations, parallel with enrichment of cancer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,365 Views
13 Pages

Clinical Course from Diagnosis to Death in Patients with Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

  • Hyunju Park,
  • Jun Park,
  • So Young Park,
  • Tae Hyuk Kim,
  • Sun Wook Kim and
  • Jae Hoon Chung

18 August 2020

Because of the low mortality rate of well-differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC), investigation of the clinical course leading to death is limited. We analyzed the cause of death and clinical course from diagnosis to death in patients who died of WDTC....

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
64 Citations
8,922 Views
13 Pages

Sex Hormones and Hormone Therapy during COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Patients with Cancer

  • Carlo Cattrini,
  • Melissa Bersanelli,
  • Maria Maddalena Latocca,
  • Benedetta Conte,
  • Giacomo Vallome and
  • Francesco Boccardo

18 August 2020

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) shows a wide spectrum of clinical presentations, severity, and fatality rates. The reason older patients and males show increased risk of severe disease and death remains uncertain. Sex hormones, such as...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,900 Views
36 Pages

18 August 2020

Src family kinases (SFKs) constitute the biggest family of non-receptor tyrosine kinases considered as therapeutic targets for cancer therapy. An aberrant expression and/or activation of the proto-oncogene c-Src kinase, which is the oldest and most s...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,651 Views
24 Pages

Engineering Solutions for Mitigation of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Dysfunction

  • Artemis Gavriil,
  • Marta Barisa,
  • Emma Halliwell and
  • John Anderson

18 August 2020

The clinical successes of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T-cell therapy targeting cell surface antigens in B cell leukaemias and lymphomas has demonstrated the proof of concept that appropriately engineered T-cells have the capacity to destroy advan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,023 Views
18 Pages

Tumour Progression Stage-Dependent Secretion of YB-1 Stimulates Melanoma Cell Migration and Invasion

  • Corinna Kosnopfel,
  • Tobias Sinnberg,
  • Birgit Sauer,
  • Heike Niessner,
  • Alina Muenchow,
  • Birgit Fehrenbacher,
  • Martin Schaller,
  • Peter R. Mertens,
  • Claus Garbe and
  • Basant Kumar Thakur
  • + 1 author

18 August 2020

Secreted factors play an important role in intercellular communication. Therefore, they are not only indispensable for the regulation of various physiological processes but can also decisively advance the development and progression of tumours. In th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,131 Views
20 Pages

Organotypic Co-Cultures as a Novel 3D Model for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  • Luca Engelmann,
  • Julia Thierauf,
  • Natalia Koerich Laureano,
  • Hans-Juergen Stark,
  • Elena-Sophie Prigge,
  • Dominik Horn,
  • Kolja Freier,
  • Niels Grabe,
  • Chao Rong and
  • Philippe Federspil
  • + 6 authors

18 August 2020

Background: Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) are phenotypically and molecularly heterogeneous and frequently develop therapy resistance. Reliable patient-derived 3D tumor models are urgently needed to further study the complex pathogene...

  • Article
  • Open Access
58 Citations
7,786 Views
18 Pages

Real World Outcomes of Ipilimumab and Nivolumab in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma

  • Nethanel Asher,
  • Guy Ben-Betzalel,
  • Shaked Lev-Ari,
  • Ronnie Shapira-Frommer,
  • Yael Steinberg-Silman,
  • Neta Gochman,
  • Jacob Schachter,
  • Tomer Meirson and
  • Gal Markel

18 August 2020

Background: Immunotherapy has drastically changed the outlook for melanoma patients over the past decade. Specifically, the dual blockade of immune checkpoints using ipilimumab and nivolumab has shown unprecedented response rates and survival outcome...

  • Article
  • Open Access
93 Citations
7,476 Views
14 Pages

Intracellular Porphyromonas gingivalis Promotes the Tumorigenic Behavior of Pancreatic Carcinoma Cells

  • JebaMercy Gnanasekaran,
  • Adi Binder Gallimidi,
  • Elias Saba,
  • Karthikeyan Pandi,
  • Luba Eli Berchoer,
  • Esther Hermano,
  • Sarah Angabo,
  • Hasna′a Makkawi,
  • Arin Khashan and
  • Alaa Daoud
  • + 2 authors

18 August 2020

Porphyromonas gingivalis is a member of the dysbiotic oral microbiome associated with oral inflammation and periodontal disease. Intriguingly, epidemiological studies link P. gingivalis to an increased risk of pancreatic cancer. Given that oral bacte...

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