The Use of Bacteria in Cancer Treatment: A Review from the Perspective of Cellular Microbiology by Hilla Mills, Ronald Acquah, Nova Tang, Luke Cheung, Susanne Klenk, Ronald Glassen, Magali Pirson, Alain Albert, Duong Trinh Hoang, Thang Nguyen Van

“…The therapeutic role of bacteria has gained attention since the known methods such as radiation, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy have got drawbacks. Bacteria have demonstrated a favorable impact in treating cancer through eradication of tumors. …”
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Photodynamic Therapy of Presumed Choroidal Metastasis Secondary to Colorectal Carcinoma: Literature Review by Laurentino Biccas Neto, José Z. Pulido, Gustavo B. Melo, Luiz H. Lima, Eduardo B. Rodrigues

“…We describe a case of a 70-year-old male with colon cancer who complained of worsening visual acuity of his better-seeing eye to 20/40 secondary to a nonpigmented choroidal mass of medium reflectivity under the inferior temporal arcade and neurosensory foveal detachment. Besides systemic chemotherapy, local treatment with verteporfin photodynamic therapy (vPDT) was performed. …”
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Reproductive Late Effects in Female Survivors of Childhood Cancer by Shivany Gnaneswaran, Rebecca Deans, Richard J. Cohn

“…Patients who receive chemotherapy and/or ovarian radiation are at risk of premature ovarian failure; the risk increases with increasing radiation dose, alkylating agent score, combination therapy, and older age at treatment. …”
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Primary Intraocular Lymphoma in a Patient with Bilateral Epstein-Barr Virus Panuveitis by Seyedeh Maryam Hosseini, Mojtaba Abrishami, Elham Barashki, Ghodsieh Zamani

“…The central nervous system and lungs were involved after 6 months, and the patient expired despite systemic chemotherapy. Conclusion. There may be an association between EBV panuveitis and primary intraocular B-cell lymphoma.…”
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Primary Ovarian Choriocarcinoma: Rare Entity by Mequanent Tariku Adow, Shimelis Fantu Gebresilasie, Natnael Alemayehu Abebe

“…Postoperatively, she was managed with multiple courses of chemotherapy using a bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin regimen, and the treatment was effective. …”
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Therapeutic Activity of Lenalidomide in Mantle Cell Lymphoma and Indolent Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas by Marco Gunnellini, Lorenzo Falchi

“…However, novel approaches are urgently needed for patients no longer responding to conventional chemotherapy. Lenalidomide is an immunomodulatory drug with activity in multiple myeloma, myelodisplastic syndrome and chronic lymphoproliferative disorders. …”
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Strategies to Overcome Antileishmanial Drugs Unresponsiveness by Shyam Sundar, Anup Singh, Om Prakash Singh

“…In the absence of effective vector control measures and vaccines against leishmaniasis, effective chemotherapy remains the mainstay of treatment. As the armoury of antileishmanial drugs is limited, strategies should be made to target the emergence of drug resistance. …”
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Functional status, lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio, and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio as prognostic factors of one-year survival rate in elderly patients with advanced-stage non-small... by Ratna Nurhayati, Aulia Rizka, Cleopas Martin Rumende, Noorwati Sutandyo, Arif Hanafi, Edy Rizal Wahyudi, Hamzah Shatri, Anna Mira Lubis, Em Yunir, Muhammad Firdaus, Yuniar Harris Prayitno, Nadira Nibras Taqiyya

“…Medical records were collected, comprising complete blood count prior to chemotherapy or radiotherapy, assessment of functional status through the Barthel Index for Activities of Daily Living (ADL), and 1-year survival post-diagnosis. …”
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DNMT3a Downregulation Ttriggered Upregulation of GABAA Receptor in the mPFC Promotes Paclitaxel‐Induced Pain and Anxiety in Male Mice by Lixia Tian, Xu‐Hui Li, Yu‐Long Zhao, Hui‐Yuan Yi, Xue‐Ru Liu, Rongrong Yao, Xue‐Mei Hou, Xuan Zhu, Fu‐Quan Huo, Tao Chen, Lingli Liang

“…Abstract Chemotherapeutic agents, such as paclitaxel (PTX), induce neuroplastic changes and alter gene expression in the prefrontal cortex (PFC), which may be associated with chemotherapy‐induced pain and negative emotions. Notably, DNA methylation undergoes adaptive changes in neurological disorders, emerging as a promising target for neuromodulation. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Subcutaneous Rituximab in Previously Untreated Patients with CD20+ Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma or Follicular Lymphoma: Results from an Italian Phase IIIb S... by Mario Petrini, Gianluca Gaidano, Andrea Mengarelli, Ugo Consoli, Armando Santoro, Anna Maria Liberati, Marco Ladetto, Vincenzo Fraticelli, Attilio Guarini, Donato Mannina, Paola Ferrando, Paolo Corradini, Pellegrino Musto, Caterina Stelitano, Dario Marino, Andrea Camera, Marco Murineddu, Roberta Battistini, Giuseppe Caparrotti, Mauro Turrini, Luca Arcaini, Simone Santini, Manuela Cerqueti, Andres J. M. Ferreri, Nicola Cantore, Alessandro Inzoli, Giovanni Cardinale, Benedetto Ronci, Giorgio La Nasa, Stefano Massimi, Gianfranco Gaglione, Valentina Barbiero, Maurizio Martelli

“…Patients on induction received ≥4 cycles of RTX SC 1400 mg plus standard chemotherapy and FL patients on maintenance received ≥6 cycles of RTX SC. …”
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Path analysis of factors influencing length of stay and hospitalisation expenses for oral cancer patients in tertiary hospitals in southeastern China: a cross-sectional study by Jing Wang, Chen Chen, Xiaoying Hu, Yi Fan, Yaping Wang, Yu Qiu, Qiujiao Yang, Mingming Xu, Yanfeng Weng, Yanni Li, Lisong Lin, Fa Chen, Baochang He, Fengqiong Liu

“…LOS was significantly associated with tumour site, surgery and chemotherapy. Factors such as longer LOS, poor oral hygiene, advanced tumour stage (II–IV), larger tumour size (>2 cm3), surgery and bilateral neck dissection were strongly linked to higher hospitalisation expenses. …”
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Clinicopathologic characteristics, therapeutic modalities and survival outcomes of plasmablastic lymphoma: A real-world study by Yan-Hua Zheng, Kun Xie, Hong-Yuan Shen, Zhuo Wan, Shan Gao, Wen-Rui Sun, Guang-Xun Gao, Li Liu, Juan Feng

“…Patients with a higher Ann Arbor stage at diagnosis were at higher risk of death than those with a lower stage. Chemotherapy alone or chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy could significantly reduce the risk of death and extend the patients’ survival, yielding a HR of 0.209 (95% CI: 0.152–0.288) and 0.187 (95% CI: 0.089–0.394), respectively. …”
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Prognostic prediction for inflammatory breast cancer patients using random survival forest modeling by Yiwei Jia, Chaofan Li, Cong Feng, Shiyu Sun, Yifan Cai, Peizhuo Yao, Xinyu Wei, Zeyao Feng, Yanbin Liu, Wei Lv, Huizi Wu, Fei Wu, Lu Zhang, Shuqun Zhang, Xingcong Ma

“…The top five significant variables included surgery, response to neoadjuvant therapy, chemotherapy, breast cancer molecular subtypes, and M stage. …”
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Enhanced Antitumor Efficacy and Reduced Toxicity in Colorectal Cancer Using a Novel Multifunctional Rg3- Targeting Nanosystem Encapsulated with Oxaliplatin and Calcium Peroxide by Xie Y, Zhu M, Bao H, Chen K, Wang S, Dai J, Chen H, Li H, Song Q, Wang X, Yu L, Pei J

“…Acute toxicity studies indicated that Rg3-Lip-OXA/CaO2 markedly reduced the toxicity of chemotherapeutic drugs.Conclusion: This multifunctional nanosystem enhances chemotherapy efficacy and reduces toxicity, offering a promising approach for optimizing CRC treatment and potential clinical application. …”
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EMT-driven plasticity prospectively increases cell–cell variability to promote therapeutic adaptation in breast cancer by Lauriane Muller, Frédérique Fauvet, Christelle Chassot, Francesca Angileri, Angèle Coutant, Cyril Dégletagne, Laurie Tonon, Pierre Saintigny, Alain Puisieux, Anne-Pierre Morel, Maria Ouzounova, Pierre Martinez

“…However, its exact impact on population diversity and its dynamics under chemotherapy is unknown. We used single-cell transcriptomics to investigate phenotypic diversity dynamics upon treatment in two in vitro models of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), where EMT-driven plasticity is either induced or spontaneously occurring. …”
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cGAS/STING signaling pathway in gynecological malignancies: From molecular mechanisms to therapeutic values by Danyang Zhang, Bingxue Zhang

“…The therapeutic potential of STING agonists, PARP inhibitors, and targeted immunotherapies is reviewed, demonstrating how these approaches can boost immune responses, counteract chemotherapy resistance, and improve patient outcomes. …”
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Multicentric Giant Cell Tumor of Bone: Synchronous and Metachronous Presentation by Reiner Wirbel, Frank Blümler, Dirk Lommel, Guido Syré, Veit Krenn

“…The patient has an eighteen-year history of a healed osteosarcoma of the right tibia that was treated with chemotherapy, resection, and allograft reconstruction. …”
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Mesonephric-like adenocarcinoma of the uterine corpus with focal sarcomatous differentiation: A case report by Serika Kanao, Makoto Urano, Kazuhisa Fujita, Fumi Utsumi, Kazuhiro Sugihara, Kiyosumi Shibata

“…In this study, we report a patient in whom preoperative chemotherapy was performed under a diagnosis of cervical carcinoma, but the resected specimen led to a diagnosis of sarcomatous component-mixed mesonephric-like adenocarcinoma of the uterine corpus after surgery.…”
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Osteoblastic and Vascular Endothelial Niches, Their Control on Normal Hematopoietic Stem Cells, and Their Consequences on the Development of Leukemia by Bella S. Guerrouahen, Ibrahim Al-Hijji, Arash Rafii Tabrizi

“…And finally, we will review some data on the development of acute myeloid leukemia from a subpopulation called leukemia-initiating cells (LIC), and we will discuss on the emerging evidences supporting the influence of the microenvironment on chemotherapy resistance.…”
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Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: Current Treatments and Potential New Therapeutic Options with Emphasis on TfR1/CD71 by Rosalba Parenti, Lucia Salvatorelli, Gaetano Magro

“…Actually, ATC is refractory to conventional therapies, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and radioiodine (131I) therapy. …”
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