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Open AccessHigh serum proteinase-3 levels predict poor progression-free survival and lower efficacy of bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal cancer
To improve the prognosis of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), investigating predictive biomarkers of their prognosis and chemotherapeutic responsiveness is necessary. This study aimed to analy...
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Open AccessCD4 and FOXP3 as predictive markers for the recurrence of T3/T4a stage II colorectal cancer: applying a novel discrete Bayes decision rule
We recently reported the relapse-free survival (RFS) significance of the combination of CD4+ and forkhead box P3+ (FOXP3) T-cell densities identified by immunohistochemistry in patients with stage I, II, and III ...
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Open AccessElevated expression of RAB3B plays important roles in chemoresistance and metastatic potential of hepatoma cells
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are thought to play important roles in carcinogenesis, recurrence, metastasis, and therapy-resistance. We have successfully induced cancer stem-like sphere cells (CSLCs) which possess ...
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Serum LOX-1 is a novel prognostic biomarker of colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide. If biomarkers can be identified in liquid biopsy, diagnosis and treatment can be optimized even when cancerous tissues are not available. The purpos...
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A phase II, multicenter, single-arm study of tri-weekly low-dose nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel chemotherapy for patients with metastatic or recurrent breast cancer
Nanoparticle albumin-bound (nab)-paclitaxel is a solvent-free formulation of paclitaxel that is bound to albumin and has demonstrated improved progression free survival in previous studies of breast cancer. Ho...