Oncology

Article Oncology

Epigenetic inhibition of CTCF by HN1 promotes dedifferentiation and stemness of anaplastic thyroid cancer

Zongfu Pan, Xixuan Lu, Tong Xu, Jinming Chen, Lisha Bao, Ying Li, Yingying Gong, Yulu Che, Xiaozhou Zou, Zhuo Tan, Ping Huang, Minghua Ge

Summary: This study uncovered the emerging role of HN1 in promoting dedifferentiation of anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) cells. HN1 negatively regulated the thyroid differentiation markers and had an inhibitory effect on the transcriptional activation of CTCF, thereby influencing the chromatin accessibility of thyroid differentiation genes.

CANCER LETTERS (2024)

Article Oncology

Autophagy machinery in glioblastoma: The prospect of cell death crosstalk and drug resistance with bioinformatics analysis

Yi Qin, Shengjun Xiong, Jun Ren, Gautam Sethi

Summary: Autophagy plays an important regulatory role in glioblastoma, and its dysregulation can lead to drug resistance and radioresistance. It also affects stem cell characteristics, overall growth, and metastasis. Therefore, autophagy is a promising target for glioblastoma therapy.

CANCER LETTERS (2024)

Article Oncology

Anal cancer screening results from 18-to-34-year-old men who have sex with men living with HIV

Yuxin Liu, Swati Bhardwaj, Keith Sigel, John Winters, Joseph Terlizzi, Michael M. Gaisa

Summary: This study investigated the prevalence and severity of anal HPV disease among MSM LWH under the age of 35, finding a high prevalence of HPV infection and precancer but no cases of invasive anal cancer. This supports the adoption of age-based anal cancer screening for this population.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER (2024)

Article Oncology

Elevated 2-oxoglutarate antagonizes DNA damage responses in cholangiocarcinoma chemotherapy through regulating aspartate beta-hydroxylase

Katsuya Nagaoka, Xuewei Bai, Dan Liu, Kevin Cao, Joud Mulla, Chengcheng Ji, Hongze Chen, Muhammad Azhar Nisar, Amalia Bay, William Mueller, Grace Hildebrand, Jin-Song Gao, Shaolei Lu, Hiroko Setoyama, Yasuhito Tanaka, Jack R. Wands, Chiung-Kuei Huang

Summary: This study found that serum 2-OG levels in cholangiocarcinoma patients are associated with the effectiveness of chemotherapy. Patients with progressive disease showed significantly higher levels of serum 2-OG compared to stable disease and partial response patients. The study also revealed that overexpression of ASPH mimics the effects of 2-OG, and knockdown of ASPH improves chemotherapy. Targeting ASPH enhances the effects of chemotherapy by modulating ATM and ATR, two key regulators of DDRs.

CANCER LETTERS (2024)

Review Oncology

Small extracellular vesicles: Non-negligible vesicles in tumor progression, diagnosis, and therapy

Xinru Zhou, Yin Jia, Chuanbin Mao, Shanrong Liu

Summary: Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs), such as exosomes, have emerged as crucial targets for liquid biopsy and promising drug delivery vehicles in tumor progression. They can serve as biomarkers for tumor diagnosis and as drug carriers for cancer treatment.

CANCER LETTERS (2024)

Article Oncology

Preoperative 6-minute walk distance is associated with postoperative complications in patients undergoing laparoscopic gastrointestinal cancer surgery

Yuchao Liu, Zijia Liu, Liangyan Zhang, Yuelun Zhang, Ningchen Zhang, Yue Han, Le Shen

Summary: This study found an association between preoperative 6-min walk distance and postoperative complications in patients undergoing laparoscopic gastrointestinal cancer surgery.
Review Oncology

cGAS-STING at the crossroads in cancer therapy

Rui Wang, Aashiq Hussain, Quanquan Guo, Meimei Ma

Summary: DNA is highly immunogenic and can activate the cGAS-STING pathway, which plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis and progression of neoplastic diseases. The modulation of cGAS-STING signaling holds great promise for cancer therapy, although there are disagreements on whether to activate or inhibit this pathway.

CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ONCOLOGY HEMATOLOGY (2024)

Article Oncology

The co-inhibitory immune checkpoint proteins B7-H1(PD-L1) and B7-H4 in high grade glioma: From bench to bedside

Ying Qi, Xiaoming Huang, Chunxia Ji, Chaojun Wang, Yu Yao

Summary: This article reviews the unsatisfactory results of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in high grade glioma treatment, and discusses the current status of predictive biomarkers and emerging strategies, as well as the clinical significance and therapeutic strategies of the immune checkpoint B7-H4 in pre-clinical glioma models.

TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY (2024)

Article Oncology

SERPINH1 enhances the malignancy of osteosarcoma via PI3K-Akt signaling pathway

Kezhou Xia, Xinghan Huang, Yingchun Zhao, Isabelle Yang, Weichun Guo

Summary: This study reveals that SERPINH1 is upregulated and associated with poor prognosis in osteosarcoma. SERPINH1 promotes the proliferation, migration, and invasion of osteosarcoma cells, and stimulates the growth of osteosarcoma in vivo by activating the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway.

TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY (2024)

Article Oncology

Fam198b as a novel biomarker for gastric cancer and a potential therapeutic target to prevent tumor cell proliferation dysregulation

Bangquan Chen, Maladho Tanta Diallo, Yue Ma, Wenhao Yu, Qing Yao, Shuyang Gao, Yantao Yu, Qiannan Sun, Yong Wang, Jun Ren, Daorong Wang

Summary: The study reveals that Fam198b is highly expressed in gastric cancer and is closely associated with tumor prognosis. The research also uncovers the correlation between Fam198b and tumor cell proliferation, migration, and related signaling pathways. Therefore, Fam198b holds promise as a novel therapeutic target for predicting gastric cancer prognosis and reversing tumor progression.

TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY (2024)

Review Oncology

Impact of thoracic duct resection during radical esophagectomy on oncological and survival outcomes: Systematic review

Harry Farrow, Oliver J. Pickering, James A. Gossage, Philip H. Pucher

Summary: The inclusion or exclusion of the thoracic duct in radical esophagectomy for esophageal cancer is a controversial issue. While removing the thoracic duct may increase lymph node yield, it may also lead to higher morbidity without any survival benefit.
Article Oncology

Effective sequential combined therapy with carboplatin and a CDC7 inhibitor in ovarian cancer

Junping Li, Hong Hu, Jinping He, Yuling Hu, Manting Liu, Bihui Cao, Dongni Chen, Xiaodie Ye, Jian Zhang, Zhiru Zhang, Wen Long, Hui Lian, Deji Chen, Likun Chen, Lili Yang, Zhenfeng Zhang

Summary: Sequential administration of CDC7 inhibitor XL413 after carboplatin enhances the chemotherapeutic effect of carboplatin on ovarian cancer cells, possibly by inhibiting homologous recombination repair activity and increasing the accumulation of chemotherapy-induced DNA damage.

TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY (2024)

Article Oncology

FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy modulates the peripheral immune landscape in pancreatic cancer: Implications for combination therapies and early response prediction

Casper W. F. van Eijck, Gaby Strijk, Eveline E. Vietscha, Fleur van der Sijde, Maaike Verheij, Dana A. M. Mustafa, Madelief Vinkc, Joachim G. J. V. Aerts, Casper H. J. van Eijck, Marcella Willemsen

Summary: The study reveals that FOLFIRINOX has immunomodulatory effects, suggesting its potential in immune-based combination therapies for pancreatic cancer. Additionally, certain plasma proteins hold promise as circulating predictive biomarkers for early prediction of FOLFIRINOX response in patients with pancreatic cancer.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER (2024)

Article Oncology

Long-term outcomes of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy on borderline resectable oral cavity cancers: Real-world data of 3266 patients and implications for clinical practice

Vanita Noronha, Aditya Dhanawat, Vijay Maruti Patil, Nandini Menon, Ajay Kumar Singh, Pankaj Chaturvedi, Prathamesh Pai, Devendra Chaukar, Sarbani Ghosh Laskar, Kumar Prabhash

Summary: Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy has shown long term survival benefits in patients with locally advanced oral cavity squamous cell carcinomas.

ORAL ONCOLOGY (2024)

Article Oncology

Overview of Current Hepatocellular Carcinoma Staging Systems Is There an Optimal System?

Mariana Chavez-Villa, Ismael Dominguez-Rosado

Summary: Over the past 40 years, multiple staging systems have been developed for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to guide treatment and determine prognosis. However, the heterogeneity of HCC and advances in diagnostic and therapeutic tools have made staging algorithms and eligibility criteria more complex. Recent advances in neoadjuvant therapy, downstaging, and adjuvant therapy have challenged traditional paradigms but also raised new questions. Although there is no perfect or universal staging system yet, models will continue to be refined as evidence advances. Individualized decision making and multidisciplinary approaches will play key roles in the management of HCC.

SURGICAL ONCOLOGY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA (2024)

Article Oncology

Nine years of plan of the day for cervical cancer: Plan library remains effective compared to fully online-adaptive techniques

Dominique Reijtenbagh, Jeremy Godart, Joan Penninkhof, Sandra Quint, Andras Zolnay, Jan-Willem Mens, Mischa Hoogeman

Summary: This study compared the performance of the current PotD strategy with non-adaptive and fully online-adaptive techniques in the treatment of cervical cancer patients. The findings show that the PotD protocol is effective in improving normal tissue sparing compared to no adaptation, while fully online-adaptive approaches can further reduce target volume but come with a more complex workflow.

RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY (2024)

Article Oncology

Comprehensive clinical, genome and transcriptomic analysis of primary ghost cell odontogenic carcinoma

Lirui Zhang, Qiaoshi Xu, Zhien Feng

Summary: This study presents a comprehensive clinical, genomic, and transcriptomic analysis of primary ghost cell odontogenic carcinoma (GCOC). The results provide the first comprehensive molecular atlas for primary GCOC, including previously identified CTNNB1 mutation and novel alterations in MAP3K, EP300, and the 22q11.21 region. The transcriptome analysis reveals significant involvement of cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction and the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway. More GCOC cases should be compared to validate these findings for accurate clinical guidance.

ORAL ONCOLOGY (2024)

Article Oncology

Molecular landscape of ERBB2/HER2 gene amplification among patients with gynecologic malignancies; clinical implications and future directions

Dimitrios Nasioudis, Stefan Gysler, Nawar Latif, Lory Cory, Robert L. Giuntoli II, Sarah H. Kim, Fiona Simpkins, Lainie Martin, Emily M. Ko

Summary: The prevalence of ERBB2 gene amplification was investigated among patients with gynecologic malignancies. The study found that ERBB2 amplification is frequently encountered in uterine serous carcinoma and mucinous ovarian carcinoma, but less common in endometrioid endometrial carcinoma.

GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY (2024)

Article Oncology

Genomic profiling of tissue and blood predicts survival outcomes in patients with resected pleural mesothelioma

Diego de Miguel-Perez, Edward M. Pickering, Umberto Malapelle, William Grier, Francesco Pepe, Pasquale Pisapia, Gianluca Russo, Joseph A. Pinto, Alessandro Russo, Giancarlo Troncone, Melissa J. Culligan, Katherine A. Scilla, Ranee Mehra, Pranshu Mohindra, Oscar Arrieta, Andres F. Cardona, Marzia Del Re, Ashutosh Sachdeva, Fred R. Hirsch, Andrea Wolf, Joseph S. Friedberg, Christian Rolfo

Summary: In this study, genetic alterations in resectable pleural mesothelioma tissues and blood samples were analyzed, and it was found that high tissue tumor mutational burden, tissue median minor allele frequency, blood tumor mutational burden, and specific mutations were correlated with outcomes in patients with resected PM. These findings suggest that molecular profiling could help identify longer survivors in patients with resected PM.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER (2024)