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    DUPAN-II normalisation as a biological indicator during preoperative chemoradiation therapy for resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer

    Duke pancreatic mono-clonal antigen type 2 (DUPAN-II) is a famous tumour maker for pancreatic cancer (PC) as well as carbohydrate antigen 19–9 (CA19-9). We evaluated the clinical implications of DUPAN-II level...

    Shinichiro Hasegawa, Hidenori Takahashi, Hirofumi Akita, Yosuke Mukai in BMC Cancer (2023)

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    Randomized phase II study of SOX+B-mab versus SOX+C-mab in patients with previously untreated recurrent advanced colorectal cancer with wild-type KRAS (MCSGO-1107 study)

    Although chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) has improved, the standard chemotherapy regimens for patients with RAS wild-type mCRC remain debated. This study aimed to compare S-1 and oxaliplat...

    Yujiro Nishizawa, Naotsugu Haraguchi, Hirotoshi Kim, Yoshihito Ide in BMC Cancer (2021)

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    Exploratory analysis of lateral pelvic sentinel lymph node status for optimal management of laparoscopic lateral lymph node dissection in advanced lower rectal cancer without suspected lateral lymph node metastasis

    Total mesorectal excision (TME) and lateral lymph node dissection (LLND) without radiotherapy (RT) are standard treatment for lower cT3/4 rectal cancers in Eastern countries. In comparative studies, both TME +...

    Masayoshi Yasui, Masayuki Ohue, Shingo Noura, Norikatsu Miyoshi in BMC Cancer (2021)

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    Syntenin-1 promotes colorectal cancer stem cell expansion and chemoresistance by regulating prostaglandin E2 receptor

    The protein syntenin-1 is expressed by a variety of cell types, and is upregulated in various malignancies, including melanoma, breast cancer and glioma. Although the mechanism by which elevated syntenin-1 exp...

    Kazuya Iwamoto, Hidekazu Takahashi, Daisuke Okuzaki in British Journal of Cancer (2020)

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    miR-4711-5p regulates cancer stemness and cell cycle progression via KLF5, MDM2 and TFDP1 in colon cancer cells

    It is important to establish cancer stem cell (CSC)-targeted therapies to eradicate cancer. As it is a CSC marker, we focused on Kruppel-like factor 5 (KLF5) in this study.

    Yoshihiro Morimoto, Tsunekazu Mizushima, **n Wu in British Journal of Cancer (2020)

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    Postoperative XELOX therapy for patients with curatively resected high-risk stage II and stage III rectal cancer without preoperative chemoradiation: a prospective, multicenter, open-label, single-arm phase II study

    Preoperative 5-FU-based chemoradiation is currently a standard treatment for advanced rectal cancer, particularly in Western countries. Although it reduced the local recurrence, it could not necessarily improv...

    Tsunekazu Mizushima, Masataka Ikeda, Takeshi Kato, Atsuyo Ikeda in BMC Cancer (2019)

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    Randomized phase II study of S-1 dosing schedule for resected colorectal cancer

    Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with stage III Colorectal cancer (CRC) is now internationally accepted as standard care for improving patient outcomes. The Adjuvant Chemotherapy Trial of S-1 f...

    Chu Matsuda, Mamoru Uemura, Ken Nakata, Tatsushi Shingai, Junichi Nishimura in BMC Cancer (2015)

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    FcγR and EGFR Polymorphisms as Predictive Markers of Cetuximab Efficacy in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

    Cetuximab shows activity in KRAS (Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog) wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Recent studies have demonstrated that cetuximab induces antibody-dependent cell-mediate...

    Yuka Inoue, Shoichi Hazama, Shigeyoshi Iwamoto in Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy (2014)