Search results for "TUMOR"

Structured reporting of rectal cancer staging and restaging: A consensus proposal

2021

Background: Structured reporting (SR) in oncologic imaging is becoming necessary and has recently been recognized by major scientific societies. The aim of this study was to build MRI-based structured reports for rectal cancer (RC) staging and restaging in order to provide clinicians all critical tumor information. Materials and Methods: A panel of radiologist experts in abdominal imaging, called the members of the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology, was established. The modified Delphi process was used to build the SR and to assess the level of agreement in all sections. The Cronbach’s alpha (Cα) correlation coefficient was used to assess the internal consistency of ea…

Oxidative and nitrosative stress in the metastatic microenvironment.

2010

Metastases that are resistant to conventional therapies are the main cause of most cancer-related deaths in humans. Tumor cell heterogeneity, which associates with genomic and phenotypic instability, represents a major problem for cancer therapy. Additional factors, such as the attack of immune cells or organ-specific microenvironments, also influence metastatic cell behavior and the response to therapy. Interaction of cancer and endothelial cells in capillary beds, involving mechanical contact and transient adhesion, is a critical step in the initiation of metastasis. This interaction initiates a cascade of activation pathways that involves cytokines, growth factors, bioactive lipids and r…

Reconstrucción mamaria inmediata mediante grasa autóloga tras tumorectomía de mama

2017

Uno de los progresos más notables en cirugía plástica en los últimos años, consiste en la capacidad que hemos adquirido, tras varias décadas de ensayos frustrados, del uso de la grasa autóoga como autoinjerto. La grasa autologa, es decir de uno mismo, es el mejor material de relleno que se pueda imaginar: es fácil de extraer y no deja secuelas ya que la liposucción es una técnica atraumática, es absolutamente inocuo desde el punto de vista alergogénico, ya que forma parte de nuestro organismo, es permanente y el coste de realizar este tratamiento es muy bajo. Otro de los avances de la medicina en estas últimas décadas consiste en la cirugía conservadora de mama: se extirpa el tumor mamario …

Sorveglianza della mortalità infantile nella Provincia di Palermo

2006

Tumori Infantili: i dati del Registro Tumori della Provincia di Palermo 2003-2005

2010

Antitumor Effect of Cabozantinib in Bone Metastatic Models of Renal Cell Carcinoma

2021

Background: The presence of bone metastases in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) negatively affects patients’ survival. Data from clinical trials has highlighted a significant benefit of cabozantinib in bone metastatic RCC patients. Here, we evaluated the antitumor effect of cabozantinib in coculture models of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and osteoblasts (OBs) to investigate whether and how its antiproliferative activity is influenced by OBs. Methods: Bone/RCC models were generated, coculturing green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged Caki-1 and 786-O cells with human primary OBs in a “cell–cell contact” system. RCC proliferation and the OB molecular profile were evaluated after the cabozantinib treat…

Kinetics of Renal Function during Induction in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma: Results of Two Prospective Studies by the German Myeloma Study Group…

2021

Background: Preservation of kidney function in newly diagnosed (ND) multiple myeloma (MM) helps to prevent excess toxicity. Patients (pts) from two prospective trials were analyzed, provided postinduction (PInd) restaging was performed. Pts received three cycles with bortezomib (btz), cyclophosphamide, and dexamethasone (dex

Desarrollo de una estrategía diagnóstica por resonancia magnética multimodal para tumores cerebrales.

2015

RESUMEN Esta Tesis estudia el uso combinado de las imágenes morfológicas obtenidas en los estudios de Resonancia Magnética para el diagnóstico de los tumores cerebrales con las nuevas técnicas que incluyen a la espectroscopía, perfusión y difusión cerebral por resonancia magnética. Estas técnicas tienen valor de biomarcadores, en cuanto son cuantificables, facilitan el diagnóstico precoz del tumor cerebral, su gradación, respuesta y seguimiento tras las medidas terapéuticas empleadas. A este uso combinado lo llamamos Resonancia Multimodal, cuyo fin es incrementar la precisión diagnóstica de los tumores del SNC y su monitorización tras tratamiento. Esta tesis sigue una estrategia diagnóstica…

Low levels of both xanthine dehydrogenase and of cellular retinol binding protein are responsible for retinoic acid deficiency in malignant human mam…

2009

The seeming impairment of retinoid metabolism in human breast tumor cells has been attributed to the lower expression of cellular retinol binding proteins (CRBPs), of alcohol/retinol dehydrogenases, or aldehyde/retinaldehyde dehydrogenases. In a previous study we indicated that xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) is able to oxidize actively both all-trans-retinol (t-ROL) bound to the CRBP (holo-CRBP) and all-trans-retinaldehyde (t-RAL) to all-trans-retinoic acid (t-RA) in human mammary epithelial cells (HMEC). Since both XDH and CRBP are required for the biosynthesis of t-RA, we have inspected their bioavailability in both estrogen-responsive and nonresponsive human mammary epithelial cancer cells…

Inflammatory cytokines shape a changing DNA methylome in monocytes mirroring disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis

2019

Objective: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease that mainly targets joints. Monocytes and macrophages are critical in RA pathogenesis and contribute to inflammatory lesions. These extremely plastic cells respond to extracellular signals which cause epigenomic changes that define their pathogenic phenotype. Here, we interrogated how DNA methylation alterations in RA monocytes are determined by extracellular signals. Methods: High-throughput DNA methylation analyses of patients with RA and controls and in vitro cytokine stimulation were used to investigate the underlying mechanisms behind DNA methylation alterations in RA as well as their relationship with clinic…