Written by Deep Kwatra
Published on Vol 5 Issue 1, 2025
Radiotherapy is a common treatment for cancer, though its effectiveness can be limited due to radiation resistance and damage to healthy tissues. Increasing the sensitivity of cancer cells to radiation while protecting normal cells is crucial for improving treatment outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate the radiosensitizing effects of tolmetin on human colon cancer cells (HT-29) during radiotherapy. HT-29 cells were divided into groups, with one receiving X-ray radiation and another receiving b
Written by Ahmed Samaouel Chehad
Published on Vol 5 Issue 1, 2025
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a slow-growing, locally invasive form of skin cancer originating from basal cells, and it accounts for 75% of non-melanoma skin cancers. BCCs exhibit various clinical presentations, including nodular, superficial, morpheaform, and others. Most of these tumors appear in sun-exposed areas of the face and neck, while their occurrence in the nipple-areola complex is rare. When BCC arises in these areas, Paget’s disease of the breast must be excluded as a possibility. Fu
Written by Zhaobei Cai
Published on Vol 5 Issue 1, 2025
The survival rate for colorectal cancer has seen notable improvements thanks to advancements in early detection and treatment methods. As a result, the focus has increasingly shifted toward understanding the long-term health and well-being of survivors. This concern primarily revolves around three key areas: quality of life, psychological health, and financial burdens. In this article, we examine the quality of life of long-term colorectal cancer survivors, considering various treatment options
Written by Fatma Hussein Abdelwahab
Published on Vol 5 Issue 1, 2025
This research explores alternative cancer treatment options that minimize the severe side effects often associated with conventional therapies. Plasma medicine, a multidisciplinary field combining biology, clinical medicine, plasma physics, and chemistry, has emerged as a promising approach to cancer treatment. Stevia extracts, a natural sweetener derived from the Stevia plant, are known for their anti-cancer properties. The current study investigated the effects of gliding arc discharge (GAD) p
Written by Yeuan Ting Lee
Published on Vol 5 Issue 1, 2025
Cancer remains one of the most important health challenges of modern societies, prompting extensive global research efforts aimed at its control and eradication. Although numerous therapeutic strategies have been developed over time to combat cancer, the persistent issue of resistance exhibited by cancer cells—even against conventional chemotherapy—continues to hinder the success of treatment. Many of these therapeutic interventions fail to produce the desired outcomes due to the adaptability an
Written by İrem Sarıcanbaz
Published on Vol 5 Issue 1, 2025
Pancreatic cancer in older adults presents distinct challenges due to underlying comorbidities, functional status, and the lack of universally accepted treatment protocols. It is essential to assess the tolerability and efficacy of treatment in this demographic. The goal of our study was to evaluate the outcomes and tolerability of full-dose chemoradiation in pancreatic cancer patients aged 65 years and older. This retrospective study (2012-2019) involved 24 patients aged 65 years and older diag
Written by Z. Al-Balushi
Published on Vol 5 Issue 1, 2025
Ki-67 proliferation status measured by immunohistochemistry has long been discussed as both a prognostic and predictive indicator in breast carcinoma, yet its clinical robustness remains uncertain. In this analysis, Ki-67 was reassessed retrospectively by three independent pathologists using two scoring strategies—a whole-slide visual estimate and a focused quantitative count at the tumour edge—in a cohort of 411 early breast cancer patients followed for a median of 26.8 years. Agreement among o
Written by M. Flores
Published on Vol 5 Issue 1, 2025
The combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab has shown encouraging outcomes in treating metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, its effectiveness in NSCLC patients who relapse after durvalumab consolidation following concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) remains unclear. This retrospective study analyzed clinical records of NSCLC patients treated with nivolumab plus ipilimumab between January 2021 and June 2022 after prior CCRT and durvalumab. A cohort of 30 individuals was included
Written by D. Toktogonov
Published on Vol 5 Issue 1, 2025
This study aimed to evaluate the preclinical activity and explore potential predictive biomarkers associated with polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) inhibitors in experimental models of small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Cytotoxic responses to three PLK1-selective inhibitors—rigosertib, volasertib, and onvansertib—were examined across a panel of SCLC cell lines. Their therapeutic potential was further verified in subcutaneous xenografts from selected lines and in four patient-derived xenograft (PDX) systems
Written by I. Popovici
Published on Vol 5 Issue 1, 2025
Bariatric procedures have been linked to better prognoses in several cancers, including breast cancer (BC), though the biological drivers of this benefit remain unclear. We proposed that the rise in circulating bile acids observed after bariatric surgery could play a role in enhanced BC outcomes. Individuals whose tumors showed elevated levels of the bile acid-responsive receptor FXR had improved survival in specific aggressive BC phenotypes. FXR, a nuclear receptor activated primarily by endoge
Written by F. Al-Marzooqi
Published on Vol 5 Issue 1, 2025
This research aimed to examine the neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACTx) pathway in breast cancer (BC) patients, highlighting major therapy-related adverse effects (trAEs), tumor response profiles, operative and histopathologic outcomes, and determining the predictors of cavity shaving and axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) after sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB). A retrospective single-institution analysis was performed on individuals who received NACTx for BC between 2015 and 2021. Records from
Written by E. Reyes
Published on Vol 5 Issue 1, 2025
Although considered early lesions, thin cutaneous melanomas still account for a notable portion of melanoma-related deaths, and their incidence continues to rise. We carried out a retrospective case-control analysis to determine which clinical-dermoscopic and histologic variables correlate with local or distant spread in melanomas measuring ≤0.8 mm. Records from 1 January 2000 through 22 June 2022 were reviewed from two specialized Italian dermatologic oncology centers. Sixteen individuals with
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