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Open AccessThe development of a cSMART-based integrated model for hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) generally arises from a background of liver cirrhosis (LC). Patients with cirrhosis and suspected HCC are recommended to undergo serum biomarker tests and imaging diagnostic eval...
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Open AccessInduction immune-checkpoint inhibitors for resectable oncogene-mutant NSCLC: A multicenter pooled analysis
Despite limited efficacy of immunotherapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with driver mutations, whether neoadjuvant immunotherapy could be clinically valuable in those patients warrants furthe...
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Open AccessThrombin induces ACSL4-dependent ferroptosis during cerebral ischemia/reperfusion
Ischemic stroke represents a significant danger to human beings, especially the elderly. Interventions are only available to remove the clot, and the mechanism of neuronal death during ischemic stroke is still...
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Open AccessSynergism of rMV-Hu191 with cisplatin to treat gastric cancer by acid sphingomyelinase-mediated apoptosis requiring integrity of lipid raft microdomains
DDP-based chemotherapy is one of the first-line treatment in GC. However, the therapeutic efficacy of DDP is limited due to side effects. Therefore, it is of great significance to develop novel adjuvants to sy...
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Open AccessDetection of an anti-angina therapeutic module in the effective population treated by a multi-target drug Danhong injection: a randomized trial
It’s a challenge for detecting the therapeutic targets of a polypharmacological drug from variations in the responsed networks in the differentiated populations with complex diseases, as stable coronary heart ...
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Open AccessVDR–SOX2 signaling promotes colorectal cancer stemness and malignancy in an acidic microenvironment
The acidic tumor microenvironment provides an energy source driving malignant tumor progression. Adaptation of cells to an acidic environment leads to the emergence of cancer stem cells. The expression of the ...
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Inflammation–nutrition score predicts prognosis of patients with resectable hepatocellular carcinoma
Various inflammation-based prognostic scores have been associated with poor survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
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Safety and efficacy of nimotuzumab in combination with radiotherapy for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus
We investigated nimotuzumab (h-R3), a humanized monoclonal antibody against epidermal growth factor receptor, when combined with irradiation or chemoradiation for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the esophagus...
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Contributions of lung tissue extracts to invasion and migration of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells with various metastatic potentials
The MHCC97 cell line contains two clones with high (MHCC97-H) and low (MHCC97-L) metastatic potentials, for which the pulmonary metastatic rate was 100% vs 40% between the two human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)...