Androgen Receptor Regulates Transcription of the ZEB1 Transcription Factor by Bynthia M. Anose, Michel M. Sanders

“…ZEB1 (also known as δEF1, zfhx1a, TCF8, and Zfhep) plays a key role in regulating such diverse processes as T-cell development, skeletal patterning, reproduction, and cancer cell metastasis. However, the factors that regulate its expression and consequently the signaling pathways in which ZEB1 participates are poorly defined. …”
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Radionuclide Small Intestine Imaging by Jiri Dolezal, Marcela Kopacova

“…Small intestine scintigraphies are only a complementary imaging method and can be successful, for example, for the detection of the bleeding site in the small intestine, ectopic gastric mucosa, carcinoid and its metastasis, or inflammation. Radionuclide scintigraphic small intestine imaging is an effective imaging modality in the localisation of small intestine lesions for patients in whom other diagnostic tests have failed to locate any lesions or are not available.…”
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Rectal Metastases from Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by S. Cedrés, N. Mulet-Margalef, M. A. Montero, P. Martinez, A. Martínez, E. Felip

“…The most frequent sites of distant metastasis are the liver, adrenal glands, bones and brain. …”
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Extracellular vesicles—a new player in the development of urinary bladder cancer by Damian Kasiński, Kamil Szeliski, Tomasz Drewa, Marta Pokrywczyńska

“…This publication summarizes the impact of EVs secreted by urinary bladder cancer cells on urinary bladder cancer development and metastasis. EVs isolated from urinary bladder cancer cells affect other lower-grade cancer cells or normal cells by inducing different metabolic pathways (transforming growth factor β/Smads pathway; phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt pathway) that promote epithelial–mesenchymal transition. …”
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Primary Pleomorphic Liposarcoma of Liver: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by P. R. Thippeswamy Naik, Prem Kumar, P. Vinod Kumar

“…CT abdomen showed a heterogenous enhancing mass from left lobe of liver with multiple cystic and necrotic areas compressing the stomach and spleen with no evidence of metastasis. Differential diagnosis included adenoma and primary malignancy. …”
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The Role of Exosomes in Cancer Progression and Therapy by Shynggys Sergazy, Roza Seydahmetova, Alexandr Gulyayev, Zarina Shulgau, Mohamad Aljofan

“…Interestingly, tumor-derived exosomes carry oncogenic molecules, such as proteins and microRNAs, which can reprogram recipient cells, promote angiogenesis, and stimulate cancer pre-metastatic niche, supporting cancer growth and metastasis. On the other hand, their biocompatibility, stability, and ability to cross biological barriers make them attractive candidates for drug delivery. …”
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An Unusual Long-Term Survey of a Patient with Widespread Malignant Urachal Tumor, Not Given Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy by Tugrul Ormeci, Murat Can Kiremit, Bulent Erkurt, Aslı Örmeci

“…Urachal carcinomas are usually aggressive tumors, and surgical treatment should include partial or radical cystectomy and excision of the urachus and umbilicus, to prevent local recurrence and distant metastasis.…”
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Acute Warfarin Toxicity as Initial Manifestation of Metastatic Liver Disease by Varalaxmi Bhavani Nannaka, Nihar Jani, Masooma Niazi, Dmitry Lvovsky

“…Near complete infiltration of the liver secondary to metastasis from the head and neck cancer is a rare occurrence. …”
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Emergence of spatial patterns in a mathematical model for the co-culture dynamics of epithelial-like and mesenchymal-like cells by Marcello Delitala, Tommaso Lorenzi

“…Accumulating evidence indicates that the interaction between epithelial and mesenchymal cells plays a pivotal role in cancer development and metastasis formation. Here we propose an integro-differential model for the co-culture dynamics of epithelial-like and mesenchymal-like cells. …”
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The Role of Purinergic Receptors in Cancer-Induced Bone Pain by Sarah Falk, Maria Uldall, Anne-Marie Heegaard

“…Cancer-induced bone pain severely compromises the quality of life of many patients suffering from bone metastasis, as current therapies leave some patients with inadequate pain relief. …”
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Clinicopathological Features of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor in the Breast by Shifei Liu, Rui Yuan, Yulan Jin, Chunyan He, Xingzheng Zheng, Yang Zhan

“…Complete surgical resection of the tumor is preferred, and it has the risk of recurrence and metastasis.…”
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Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma with Multifocal Synchronous Transformation to Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma by Mark Benedict, Jose Costa

“…Only on rare occasions does a transformation occur in a papillary thyroid carcinoma metastasis outside of these locations. In the present case report and subsequent discussion we highlight an unusual case of PTC with transformation to anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, which is shown to involve numerous locations to include near total lung parenchyma obliteration. …”
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Probiotics Can Boost the Antitumor Immunity of CD8+T Cells in BALB/c Mice and Patients with Colorectal Carcinoma by Jie Mao, Shu-Ze Zhang, Peng Du, Zhi-Bin Cheng, Huan Hu, Shi-Yao Wang

“…Kaplan-Meier survival estimates also showed that the CD8+T cells, TNM stage, pathology grade, lymphatic metastasis, and probiotic treatment were significantly associated with the progression-free survival (PFS) (χ2=9.684, P=0.002 for CD8+T cells; χ2=5.878, P=0.015 for TNM stage; χ2=7.398, P=0.004 for pathology grade; χ2=8.847, P=0.003 for Lymphatic metastasis; and χ2=4.622, P=0.032 for the group (group A was treated with probiotics before surgery; group B was not treated with probiotics)). …”
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Molecular testing stratifies the risk of structural recurrence in high risk differentiated thyroid cancer: a retrospective cohort study by Jie Liu, Wensi Gao, Xiong Zheng, Shuping Wu, Yi Shi, Feng Wang, Yu Wu

“…Patients harboring mutations in the TERT promoter, TP53, or PIK3CA genes were categorized as the high molecular risk group, while all others were assigned to the non-high molecular risk group.ResultsAmong the 108 cases, 32 (29.6%) fell into the high molecular risk group, characterized by a significantly older mean age (57.8 vs. 42.6 years, p < 0.001), larger tumor size (3.1 cm vs. 2.0 cm, p = 0.003), a higher incidence of aggressive pathological subtypes (43.8% vs. 7.9%, p < 0.001), and an increased occurrence of distant metastasis (34.4% vs. 7.9%, p = 0.001). Over a median follow-up period of 32.5 months, this high-risk group demonstrated an elevated risk of local recurrence (32.1% vs. 9.5%, HR: 3.18, 95% CI: 1.15-8.78) and metachronous distant metastasis (38.1% vs. 2.9%, HR: 12.54, 95% CI: 2.60-60.41). …”
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α-Methyl-Tryptophan Inhibits SLC6A14 Expression and Exhibits Immunomodulatory Effects in Crohn’s Disease by Su Y, Li J, Chen Y, Bao J, Lei Z, Ma M, Zhang W, Liu Q, Xu B, Hu T, Hu Y

“…YongCheng Su,1,* Jiangquan Li,1,* Yijia Chen,2,* Jiachen Bao,2 Ziyu Lei,1 Miaomiao Ma,1 Wenqing Zhang,1 Qian Liu,3 Beibei Xu,4 Tianhui Hu,1,3 Yiqun Hu2 1Xiamen Key Laboratory for Tumor Metastasis, Cancer Research Center, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361102, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Gastroenterology, The National Key Clinical Specialty, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361004, People’s Republic of China; 3Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Institute for Children Health & Drug Innovation, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330004, People’s Republic of China; 4Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Tianhui Hu, Xiamen Key Laboratory for Tumor Metastasis, Cancer Research Center, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361102, People’s Republic of China, Email thu@xmu.edu.cn Yiqun Hu, Department of Gastroenterology, The National Key Clinical Specialty, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361004, People’s Republic of China, Email hyq0826@xmu.edu.cnIntroduction: Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the intestines with a rising global incidence. …”
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Novel combination strategy of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and checkpoint blockade boosted by bioinspired and oxygen-supplied nanoprobe for multimodal imaging-guided ca... by Ying Zhou, Chen Cheng, Qi Wang, Min Zheng, Pan Li, Yang Zhou, Yuting Cao, Li Wan, Xun Guo, Xiaohong Lin, Rui Tang, Hongye He, Nianhong Wu, Qiaoqi Chen, Yaqin Hu, Xialin Xiong, Faqi Li

“…Moreover, HIFU ablation alone may inevitably lead to the presence of residual tumors, which may cause tumor recurrence and metastasis. Here, we describe a synergistic regimen combining HIFU facilitation with immunomodulation based on a novel oxygen-carrying biomimetic perfluorocarbon nanoparticle (M@P-SOP) to stimulate immunogenic cell death in tumor cells while alleviating immune suppression tumor microenvironment.Methods M@P-SOP was prepared by double emulsion and film extrusion method. …”
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Dual-positive gastric cancer: an extremely malignant subtype of gastric cancer with high serum alpha-fetoprotein and carcinoembryonic antigen concentrations by Weixun Xie, Chengyu Hu, Hongming Liu, Zelai Wu, Bixian Luo, Xiaoying Wu, Xiaoying Wu, Chuanlei Tuo, Ziyin Deng, Han Liang, Yong Liu, Weihua Gong, Weihua Gong

“…These patients exhibit significantly shorter overall survival, heightened metastasis risk, and are more susceptible to systemic inflammation, immune response dysregulation, malnutrition, and cancer-related thrombosis. …”
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Cancer stem cells and tumor-associated macrophages as mates in tumor progression: mechanisms of crosstalk and advanced bioinformatic tools to dissect their phenotypes and interacti... by Francesco Verona, Sebastiano Di Bella, Roberto Schirano, Camilla Manfredi, Francesca Angeloro, Giulia Bozzari, Matilde Todaro, Matilde Todaro, Giuseppe Giannini, Giuseppe Giannini, Giorgio Stassi, Veronica Veschi

“…Here, we aim to elucidate the most recent insights on CSCs biology and their complex interactions with TME immune cells, specifically TAMs, tracing an exhaustive scenario from the primary tumor to metastasis formation.…”
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Synchronous Multicentric Giant Cell Tumour of Distal Radius and Sacrum with Pulmonary Metastases by Varun Sharma Tandra, Krishna Mohan Reddy Kotha, Moorthy Gadisetti Venkata Satyanarayana, Kali Varaprasad Vadlamani, Vyjayanthi Yerravalli

“…Biopsy confirmed both lesions as GCT. Pulmonary metastasis was also present. Resection-reconstruction arthroplasty for distal radius and thorough curettage and bone grafting of the sacral lesion were done. …”
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Detection of focal lesions in the clot section with negative bone marrow aspirate and trephine biopsy—A series of 5 cases by Vandana Bhatti, Naveen Kakkar

“…A clot section has the advantage of studying the added material with an increased possibility of detecting focal lesions such as myeloma, lymphoma, granuloma, and metastasis in the bone marrow. Bone marrow aspirate, trephine biopsy, and clot section were compared for the detection of focal lesions in a series of 5 patients, 3 of who presented with a history of fever and 2 were already diagnosed cases of Hodgkin lymphoma. …”
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