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Prognostic risk stratification value of MACC1 expression in patients with gastric cancer
The prognostic significance of metastasis-associated in colon cancer-1 (MACC1) has been explored in a variety of malignancies. However, its clinical relevance in patients with gastric cancer (GC) is limited, a...
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Tetramerization of pyruvate kinase M2 attenuates graft-versus-host disease by inhibition of Th1 and Th17 differentiation
Lethal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is the major complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (Allo-HSCT). Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) is essential for CD4+ T-cell differentiation. Usin...
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Open AccessXELOX (capecitabine plus oxaliplatin) plus bevacizumab (anti-VEGF-A antibody) with or without adoptive cell immunotherapy in the treatment of patients with previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer: a multicenter, open-label, randomized, controlled, phase 3 trial
Fluoropyrimidine-based combination chemotherapy plus targeted therapy is the standard initial treatment for unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), but the prognosis remains poor. This phase 3 trial ...
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Open AccessEffect of early peri-operative arterial lactate concentration level ratios on post-hepatectomy liver failure
Post-hepatectomy liver failure (PHLF) is a serious complication after hepatectomy and a major cause of death. The current criteria for PHLF diagnosis (ISGLS consensus) require laboratory data of elevated INR l...
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Open AccessA literature review and meta-analysis of the optimal factors study of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in post-infarction aphasia
The existing literature indicates that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can potentially enhance the prognosis of poststroke aphasia (PSA). Nevertheless, these investigations did not identify...
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Efficacy and Safety of Different Doses of Rivaroxaban and Risk Factors for Bleeding in Elderly Patients with Venous Thromboembolism: A Real-World, Multicenter, Observational, Cohort Study
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) consists of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). Rivaroxaban is a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) inhibiting activated coagulation factor X (FXa), and exerts se...
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CXCL6: A potential therapeutic target for inflammation and cancer
Chemokines were originally defined as cytokines that affect the movement of immune cells. In recent years, due to the increasing importance of immune cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME), the role of chem...
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Open AccessQuality assurance in a phase III, multicenter, randomized trial of POstmastectomy radioThErapy in Node posiTive breast cancer with or without Internal mAmmary nodaL irradiation (POTENTIAL): a planning benchmark case
To report the planning benchmark case results of the POTENTIAL trial—a multicenter, randomized, phase 3 trial—to evaluate the value of internal mammary nodal (IMN) irradiation for patients with high-risk breas...
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Immunosuppressive effect of small extracellular vesicle PD-L1 is restricted by co-expression of CD80
The PD-L1 on tumor cell-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) can suppress the proliferation and cytokine production of T cells. However, PD-L1 can also be expressed by non-tumor cells. The present study...
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Open AccessOutcome and risk prediction of early progression in patients with extranodal natural killer/T cell lymphoma from the CLCG study
Recently, progression-free survival at 24 months (PFS24) was defined as clinically relevant for patients with extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma. Herein, the clinical data from two independent random cohorts (696 p...
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Open AccessRadiotherapy plus anti-PD1 versus radiotherapy for hepatic toxicity in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
In this study, we aimed to compare the radiation-induced hepatic toxicity (RIHT) outcomes of radiotherapy (RT) plus antibodies against programmed cell death protein 1 (anti-PD1) versus RT alone in patients wit...
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A novel nomogram integrated with PDL1 and CEA to predict the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer
This study aimed to develop a prognostic nomogram for patients with gastric cancer (GC) based on the levels of programmed death 1 ligand 1 (PDL1) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA).
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Open AccessSoluble CD4 effectively prevents excessive TLR activation of resident macrophages in the onset of sepsis
T lymphopenia, occurring in the early phase of sepsis in response to systemic inflammation, is commonly associated with morbidity and mortality of septic infections. We have previously shown that a sufficient ...
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Open AccessNon-classic radiation-induced liver disease after intensity-modulated radiotherapy for Child–Pugh grade B patients with locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
The incidence of classic radiation-induced liver disease (cRILD) has been significantly reduced. However, non-classic radiation-induced liver disease (ncRILD) remains a major concern following radiotherapy in ...
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Open AccessMolecular and functional imaging in cancer-targeted therapy: current applications and future directions
Targeted anticancer drugs block cancer cell growth by interfering with specific signaling pathways vital to carcinogenesis and tumor growth rather than harming all rapidly dividing cells as in cytotoxic chemot...
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Measurable residual disease detected by flow cytometry independently predicts prognoses of NPM1-mutated acute myeloid leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with NPM1 mutation is a distinct genetic entity with favorable outcomes. Nevertheless, emerging evidence suggests that NPM1-mutated AML is still a highly heterogeneous disorder. In th...
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Open AccessApplication of metabolomics in urolithiasis: the discovery and usage of succinate
Urinary stone is conceptualized as a chronic metabolic disorder punctuated by symptomatic stone events. It has been shown that the occurrence of calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM) during stone formation is regu...
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MTDH-stabilized DDX17 promotes tumor initiation and progression through interacting with YB1 to induce EGFR transcription in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Metadherin (MTDH) is a well-established oncogene in various cancers including Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC). However, the precise mechanism through which MTDH promotes cancer-related signaling pathways in HCC...
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Open AccessPyrotinib combined with trastuzumab and chemotherapy for the treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer: a single-arm exploratory phase II trial
A substantial need for effective and safe treatment options is still unmet for patients with heavily pre-treated human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Herein,...