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Detection of disseminated lung cancer cells in regional lymph nodes by assay of CK19 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and its clinical significance
Purpose: To set up a molecular method (i.e. RT-PCR) that can be used to detect disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) in regional lymph nodes (LNs) in patients with lung cancer and to evaluate its clinical significance.
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Phase II study of capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (XELOX) as first-line treatment and followed by maintenance of capecitabine in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the combination of capecitabine and oxaliplatin (XELOX) as first-line treatment in Chinese patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma (mCRC). ...
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Inhibition of JNK1 expression decreases migration and invasion of mouse hepatocellular carcinoma cell line in vitro
c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) is located in focal adhesion plaque (FAP). JNK is necessary to growth, morphogenesis, and differentiation of cells; especially JNK1 has a close relation with tumors. In this study...
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A relationship between ABO blood groups and clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with gastric adenocarcinoma in China
Little is known about the relationship between ABO blood groups and the clinicopathologic features in gastric adenocarcinoma patients of China. Whether the distribution of ABO blood groups in patients with gas...
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Comparison of the prognostic values of various inflammation based factors in patients with pancreatic cancer
The aim of the present study was to determine whether C-reactive protein (CRP)–based systemic inflammatory response scores (modified Glasgow prognostic score, mGPS; prognostic index, PI) have prognostic value ...
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A signature for induced pluripotent stem cell–associated genes in colorectal cancer
Genes associated with induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS genes) are several pivotal transcriptional factors, which are used to induce pluripotent stem cells from some adult somatic cells. The roles of these i...
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Bevacizumab plus irinotecan, 5-fluorouracil, and leucovorin (FOLFIRI) as the second-line therapy for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, a multicenter study
Poor prognosis is associated with patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. To seek effective methods, we examine the efficacy and safety of bevacizumab plus FOLFIRI as a second-line chemotherapy in Chinese...
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Long-term outcomes and prognostic analysis of radiofrequency ablation for small hepatocellular carcinoma: 10-year follow-up in Chinese patients
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has been used as a curative therapy for small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, relatively little is known about the long-term outcome of RFA for small HCC in a background ...
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Comparison of KRAS mutation status between primary tumor and metastasis in Chinese colorectal cancer patients
Detection of KRAS mutation status is a routine clinical procedure for predicting response to anti-EGFR therapy in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. Previous studies showed high concordance of KRAS mutation status...
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A phase IIa study of rhLTα-Da in combination with cisplatin and fluorouracil for patients with metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma or gastric adenocarcinoma
Recombinant human lymphotoxin-α derivative (rhLTα-Da) is a lymphotoxin-α derivative missing 27 N-terminal amino acid residues. This multicenter phase IIa trial was conducted to evaluate the safety, efficacy an...
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Fibrinogen promotes malignant biological tumor behavior involving epithelial–mesenchymal transition via the p-AKT/p-mTOR pathway in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Hyperfibrinogenemia is associated with unfavorable prognosis and advanced tumor behavior in various malignancies, including esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). However, its biological function in ESCC i...
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Safety and efficacy of haploidentical stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma
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The significance of peri-transplantation minimal residual disease assessed by multiparameter flow cytometry on outcomes for adult AML patients receiving haploidentical allografts
A retrospective study (n = 460) was performed to assess the relationship between minimal residual disease (MRD) and transplant outcomes in a haplo-stem cell transplantation (SCT) setting. Patients from the pre-MR...
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Chemotherapy plus DLI for relapse after haploidentical HSCT: the biological characteristics of relapse influences clinical outcomes of acute leukemia patients
This study investigated the prognostic factors in patients (n = 89) who experienced relapse and received chemotherapy plus donor leukocyte infusion (Chemo-DLI) after haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transpl...
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Class I and II human leukocyte antibodies in pediatric haploidentical allograft candidates: prevalence and risk factors
Donor-specific anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies (DSAs) were associated with graft failure (GF) following haploidentical stem cell transplantation (Haplo-HSCT). The prevalence and risk factors of D...
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FLT3 internal tandem duplication does not impact prognosis after haploidentical allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in AML patients
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) patients with fetal liver tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) internal tandem duplications (ITDs) have poor prognoses if treated with chemotherapy only, primarily as they experience incre...
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Incidence and predictors of severe cardiotoxicity in patients with severe aplastic anaemia after haploidentical haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of severe cardiac complications and to assess the ability of various factors to predict these complications in severe aplastic anaemia (SAA) patients after h...
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Impact of ABO incompatibility on outcomes after haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for severe aplastic anemia
The impact of ABO incompatibility on transplantation outcomes in severe aplastic anemia (SAA) patients receiving haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) remains controversial without publ...
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Rituximab for desensitization during HLA-mismatched stem cell transplantation in patients with a positive donor-specific anti-HLA antibody
To define the efficacy of a single dose of 375 mg/m2 rituximab for DSA-positive patients with 2000 ≤ MFI < 10,000, we enrolled a prospective clinical cohort including patients with positive DSA treated with ritux...
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) after haploidentical haematopoietic stem cell transplantation: incidence, risk factors and outcomes
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a gradually recognised neurological complication of allogenic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). However, there is a paucity of informa...