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The role of bacteria in cancer therapy – enemies in the past, but allies at present

In recent decades, bacteria’s therapeutic role has aroused attention in medicinal and pharmaceutical research. While bacteria are considered among the primary agents for causing cancer, recent research has sho...

Authors: Shiyu Song, Miza S. Vuai and Mintao Zhong

Comparative assessment of HPV, alcohol and tobacco etiological fractions in Algerian patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Despite the increasing incidence of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) in Algeria, scarce information is available on the importance of the preventable etiological factors which may drive the disease. Re...

Authors: Nora Kariche, Montserrat Torres Hortal, Samir Benyahia, Laia Alemany, Nabila Moulaï, Omar Clavero, Marleny Muñoz, Wahiba Ouahioune, Djamel Djennaoui, Chafia Touil-Boukoffa, Silvia de Sanjosé and Mehdi Bourouba

Quasispecies variant of pre-S/S gene in HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma with HBs antigen positive and occult infection

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) can develop in patients who are negative for the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in serum but positive for hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in the liver, referred to as occult HBV...

Authors: Yuri Hatazawa, Yoshihiko Yano, Rina Okada, Toshihito Tanahashi, Hiroki Hayashi, Hirotaka Hirano, Akihiro Minami, Yuki Kawano, Motofumi Tanaka, Takumi Fukumoto, Yoshiki Murakami, Masaru Yoshida and Yoshitake Hayashi

Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection among Iranian women using COBAS HPV DNA testing

Persistent infection with High Risk Human Papillomavirus (HR HPV) types plays a major role in the development of cervical cancer. Therefore, the detection of HR HPV types is an essential part of cervical cance...

Authors: Farzane Jamdar, Farah Farzaneh, Fariba Navidpour, Sarang Younesi, Payam Balvayeh, Maryamsadat Hosseini and Robabeh Ghodssi-Ghasemabadi

HIV-associated Kaposi’s sarcoma in Maputo, Mozambique: outcomes in a specialized treatment center, 2010–2015

Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is a common HIV-associated malignancy associated with disability, pain and poor outcomes. The cornerstone of its treatment is antiretroviral therapy, but advanced disease necessitates the...

Authors: Vini Fardhdiani, Lucas Molfino, Ana Gabriela Zamudio, Rolanda Manuel, Gilda Luciano, Iza Ciglenecki, Barbara Rusch, Laurence Toutous Trellu and Matthew E Coldiron

Human papillomavirus genotype distribution in cervical cancer biopsies from Nepalese women

Cervical cancer (CC) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality from cancer in Nepalese women. Nearly all cases of CC are caused by infection with certain genotypes of human papillomavirus (HPV). Data on ...

Authors: Sunil Kumar Sah, Joaquin V. González, Sadina Shrestha, Anurag Adhikari, Krishna Das Manandhar, Shyam Babu Yadav, David A. Stein, Birendra Prasad Gupta and María Alejandra Picconi

Dissecting the mechanisms and molecules underlying the potential carcinogenicity of red and processed meat in colorectal cancer (CRC): an overview on the current state of knowledge

Meat is a crucial nutrient for human health since it represents a giant supply of proteins, minerals, and vitamins. On the opposite hand, the intake of red and processed meat is taken into account dangerous du...

Authors: Marco Cascella, Sabrina Bimonte, Antonio Barbieri, Vitale Del Vecchio, Domenico Caliendo, Vincenzo Schiavone, Roberta Fusco, Vincenza Granata, Claudio Arra and Arturo Cuomo

HPV infection and P16 expression in oral and oropharyngeal cancer in Kazakhstan

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is an important etiologic factor in different cancers of anogenital region and also in a fraction of head and neck cancers (HNC) particularly oropharyngeal tumors. The HPV16 genotype...

Authors: Dauren Adilbay, Galim Adilbayev, Gulzhan Kidirbayeva, Viktoria Shipilova, Zhanat Sadyk, Gulsum Koyanbekova, Ekaterina Sokolenko and Jan Klozar

Could Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis cause Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis…and colorectal cancer?

Infectious agents are known causes of human cancers. Schistosoma japonicum and Schistosoma mansoni cause a percentage of colorectal cancers in countries where the respective Schistosoma species are prevalent. Col...

Authors: Ellen S. Pierce

Association of Epstein - Barr virus and breast cancer in Eritrea

The oncogenic potential of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in breast cancer is being increasingly recognized. Despite some controversies regarding such role, new evidence is suggesting a culpability of EBV in breast ...

Authors: Ghimja Fessahaye, Ahmed M. Elhassan, Elwaleed M. Elamin, Ameera A. M. Adam, Anghesom Ghebremedhin and Muntaser E. Ibrahim

Cervical cancer patients presentation and survival in the only oncology referral hospital, Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study

Women infected with Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) are assumed to be at higher risk of developing Cervical Cancer (CC). This is due to a rapid progression of pre-invasive to invasive lesions. However, evi...

Authors: Muluken Gizaw, Adamu Addissie, Sefonias Getachew, Wondimu Ayele, Israel Mitiku, Ulrike Moelle, Tigist Yusuf, Mathias Begoihn, Mathewos Assefa, Ahmedin Jemal and Eva Johanna Kantelhardt

Characterization of hormonal receptors and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 in tissues of women with breast cancer at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es salaam, Tanzania

Breast cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and deaths among women worldwide. In Tanzania there is no published data on human epidermal growth receptor-2 (HER2/neu) expression in breast carcinoma. Hormonal r...

Authors: Amos Rodger Mwakigonja, Nyanda Elias Lushina and Ally Mwanga

Factors associated with the high prevalence of oesophageal cancer in Western Kenya: a review

Oesophageal carcinoma (OC) is highly prevalent in Western Kenya especially among the members of the Kalenjin community who reside in the Northern and Southern areas of the Rift Valley. Previous authors have su...

Authors: Gabriel Kigen, Naftali Busakhala, Zipporah Kamuren, Hillary Rono, Wilfred Kimalat and Evangeline Njiru

Prevalence of HPV infection in hypopharyngeal and laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma at Thailand's largest tertiary referral center

Following the well-established relationship between human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical carcinoma, the carcinogenicity of this virus has also been confirmed in subsets of head and neck carcinoma (HNCA), bu...

Authors: Warut Pongsapich, Nitathip Eakkasem, Sontana Siritantikorn, Paveena Pithuksurachai, Kshidej Bongsabhikul and Cheerasook Chongkolwatana

A systematic review on multiparametric MR imaging in prostate cancer detection

Literature data suggest that multi-parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), including morphologic T2-weigthed images (T2-MRI) and functional approaches such as Dynamic Contrast Enhanced-MRI (DCE-MRI), Diff...

Authors: Roberta Fusco, Mario Sansone, Vincenza Granata, Sergio Venanzio Setola and Antonella Petrillo

T- and NK-cell populations with regulatory phenotype and markers of apoptosis in circulating lymphocytes of patients with CIN3 or microcarcinoma of the cervix: evidence for potential mechanisms of immune suppression

Processes and mechanisms responsible for systemic immune suppression in early-stage cervical cancer remain substantially underinvestigated. In this work, we focused on studying the frequencies of circulating r...

Authors: Olga V. Kurmyshkina, Pavel I. Kovchur, Ludmila V. Schegoleva and Tatyana O. Volkova

Multiple oncogenic viruses are present in human breast tissues before development of virus associated breast cancer

Multiple oncogenic viruses including, mouse mammary tumor virus, bovine leukemia virus, human papilloma virus, and Epstein Barr virus, have been identified as separate infectious pathogens in human breast canc...

Authors: James S. Lawson and Wendy K. Glenn

HPV infection and p53 and p16 expression in esophageal cancer: are they prognostic factors?

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is a highly lethal malignant tumor. Currently, Human papillomavirus (HPV) is suggested as a potential risk factor for esophageal cancer (EC) in addition to the classic...

Authors: Allini Mafra da Costa, José Humberto Tavares Guerreiro Fregnani, Paula Roberta Aguiar Pastrez, Vânia Sammartino Mariano, Estela Maria Silva, Cristovam Scapulatempo Neto, Denise Peixoto Guimarães, Luisa Lina Villa, Laura Sichero, Kari Juhani Syrjanen and Adhemar Longatto-Filho

Integration of human papillomavirus 16 in esophageal carcinoma samples

Esophageal carcinoma (EC) is one of the major cancers in China. In 1982, Syrjanen first hypothesized the relationship between human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and the development of esophageal cancer. Sinc...

Authors: Shuying Li, Haie Shen, Zhanjun Liu, Ning Li, Suxian Yang, Ke Zhang and Jintao Li

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) genotypes distribution among hepatocellular carcinoma patients in Southern Italy: a three year retrospective study

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the major cause for cancer in the world. Aim of this case-control study was to investigate the distribution pattern of HCV genotypes among HCC patients and suggest whet...

Authors: Arnolfo Petruzziello, Samantha Marigliano, Giovanna Loquercio, Nicola Coppola, Mauro Piccirillo, Maddalena Leongito, Rosa Azzaro, Francesco Izzo and Gerardo Botti

Correction to: mouse mammary tumour virus (MMTV) and human breast cancer with neuroendocrine differentiation

Authors: J. S. Lawson, C. C. Ngan, W. K. Glenn and D. D. Tran

Introduction of p16^INK4a as a surrogate biomarker for HPV in women with invasive cervical cancer in Sudan

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide with highest incidence reported in Eastern Africa in 2012. The primary goal of this study was to study the expression of p16^INK4a in squamous ce...

Authors: Hina Sarwath, Devendra Bansal, Nazik Elmalaika Husain, Mahmoud Mohamed, Ali A. Sultan and Shahinaz Bedri

HIV-1 matrix protein p17 and its variants promote human triple negative breast cancer cell aggressiveness

The introduction of cART has changed the morbidity and mortality patterns affecting HIV-infected (HIV⁺) individuals. The risk of breast cancer in HIV⁺ patients has now approached the general population risk. Howe...

Authors: Francesca Caccuri, Francesca Giordano, Ines Barone, Pietro Mazzuca, Cinzia Giagulli, Sebastiano Andò, Arnaldo Caruso and Stefania Marsico

Outcomes after sofosbuvir-containing regimens for hepatitis C virus in patients with decompensated cirrhosis: a real-world study

Direct-acting antivirals have been used for decompensated cirrhotic patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. However, the benefits in Chinese patients with decompensated cirrhosis are unclear.

Authors: Fanpu Ji, Wenjun Wang, Shuangsuo Dang, Shengbang Wang, Burong Li, Dan Bai, Wenxue Zhao, Hong Deng, Changyin Tian and Zongfang Li

Diagnostic value of prothrombin induced by the absence of vitamin K or antagonist-II (PIVKA-II) for early stage HBV related hepatocellular carcinoma

To evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of prothrombin induced by the absence of vitamin K or antagonist-II (PIVKA-II) for early stage hepatitis virus B (HBV) related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Authors: Xiumei Wang, Weiwei Zhang, Youde Liu, Wenjing Gong, Ping Sun, Xiangshuo Kong, Miaomiao Yang and Zhihua Wang

High risk human papilloma viruses (HPVs) are present in benign prostate tissues before development of HPV associated prostate cancer

Although high risk HPVs are associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer it is not known if they have a causal role. The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential role of human papilloma vi...

Authors: Wendy K. Glenn, Christopher C. Ngan, Timothy G. Amos, Richard J. Edwards, Joshua Swift, Louise Lutze-Mann, Fei Shang, Noel J. Whitaker and James S. Lawson

Salvage chemotherapy for adults with relapsed or refractory lymphoma in Malawi

Lymphoma is highly associated with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which contributes to worse outcomes relative to resource-rich settings, and frequent failure of first-line chemotherapy. However, there are n...

Authors: Bongani Kaimila, Toon van der Gronde, Christopher Stanley, Edwards Kasonkanji, Maria Chikasema, Blessings Tewete, Paula Fox and Satish Gopal

Whole-genome analysis of human papillomavirus genotypes 52 and 58 isolated from Japanese women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive cervical cancer

Human papillomavirus genotypes 52 and 58 (HPV52/58) are frequently detected in patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and invasive cervical cancer (ICC) in East Asian countries including Japan....

Authors: Yuri Tenjimbayashi, Mamiko Onuki, Yusuke Hirose, Seiichiro Mori, Yoshiyuki Ishii, Takamasa Takeuchi, Nobutaka Tasaka, Toyomi Satoh, Tohru Morisada, Takashi Iwata, Shingo Miyamoto, Koji Matsumoto, Akihiko Sekizawa and Iwao Kukimoto

Six years genotype distribution of Human Papillomavirus in Calabria Region, Southern Italy: a retrospective study

Although analysis of the Human papillomavirus (HPV) genotype spread in a particular area has a crucial impact on public health and prevention programmes, there is a lack of epidemiological data regarding HPV i...

Authors: Luisa Galati, Cinzia Peronace, Maria Teresa Fiorillo, Rosanna Masciari, Cristina Giraldi, Salvatore Nisticò, Pasquale Minchella, Vincenzo Maiolo, Giorgio Settimo Barreca, Nadia Marascio, Angelo Giuseppe Lamberti, Aida Giancotti, Maria Gabriella Lepore, Francesca Greco, Maria Vittoria Mauro, Annelisa Borelli…

Interleukin-17F expression is elevated in hepatitis C patients with fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma

The role of interleukin (IL) 17A in chronic liver diseases had been extensively studied, but the function of IL-17F, which shares a high degree of homology with IL-17A, in the progression of chronic hepatic di...

Authors: Ming-Sian Wu, Chun-Hsiang Wang, Fan-Chen Tseng, Hsuan-Ju Yang, Yin-Chiu Lo, Yi-Ping Kuo, De-Jiun Tsai, Wan-Ting Tsai and Guann-Yi Yu

Prevalence and characteristics of Epstein–Barr virus-associated gastric carcinomas in Portugal

Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignant tumors of the digestive tract and is the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) has been associated with approximately 1...

Authors: Célia Nogueira, Marta Mota, Rui Gradiz, Maria Augusta Cipriano, Francisco Caramelo, Hugo Cruz, Ana Alarcão, Francisco Castro e Sousa, Fernando Oliveira, Fernando Martinho, João Moura Pereira, Paulo Figueiredo and Maximino Leitão

Rare bacterial isolates causing bloodstream infections in Ethiopian patients with cancer

In recent years, saprophytic bacteria have been emerging as potential human pathogens causing life-threatening infections in patients with malignancies. However, evidence is lacking concerning such bacteria, p...

Authors: Balew Arega, Yimtubezinash Wolde-Amanuel, Kelemework Adane, Ezra Belay, Abdulaziz Abubeker and Daniel Asrat

Evaluation of human cytomegalovirus antigen expression in invasive breast carcinoma in a population of Iranian patients

The role of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) in the development of breast carcinoma is questionable. The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression of the immediate early antigen (IE) of HCMV in breast carci...

Authors: Fereshteh Mohammadizadeh and Fatemeh Mahmudi

Synchronous bilateral tonsil carcinoma: case presentation and review of the literature

The incidence of synchronous bilateral tonsil carcinoma seems to be underreported. For adequate oncologic treatment, it is mandatory to remove all primaries to prevent recurrence or metachronic disease. The pu...

Authors: M-N. Theodoraki, J. A. Veit, T. K. Hoffmann and J. Greve

Erratum to: Outcome of HIV-associated lymphoma in a resource-limited setting of Jos, Nigeria

Authors: Olugbenga Akindele Silas, Chad J. Achenbach, Lifang Hou, Robert L. Murphy, Julie O. Egesie, Solomon A. Sagay, Oche O. Agbaji, Patricia A. Agaba, Jonah Musa, Agabus N. Manasseh, Ezra D. Jatau, Ayuba M. Dauda, Maxwell O. Akanbi and Barnabas M. Mandong

The efficacy of Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (green tea) in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease: an overview of pre-clinical studies and translational perspectives in clinical practice

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder and the most common form of dementia characterized by cognitive and memory impairment. One of the mechanism involved in the pathogenesis of AD, is the o...

Authors: Marco Cascella, Sabrina Bimonte, Maria Rosaria Muzio, Vincenzo Schiavone and Arturo Cuomo

Effect of electrochemotherapy on human herpesvirus 8 kinetics in classic Kaposi sarcoma

Electrochemotherapy (ECT) has shown to be an effective treatment for cutaneous and subcutaneous Kaposi sarcoma (KS) lesions. However, no study has investigated the impact of ECT treatment on the kinetics of hu...

Authors: Noemy Starita, Gianluca Di Monta, Andrea Cerasuolo, Ugo Marone, Anna Maria Anniciello, Gerardo Botti, Luigi Buonaguro, Franco M. Buonaguro and Maria Lina Tornesello

Outcome of HIV-associated lymphoma in a resource-limited setting of Jos, Nigeria

Lymphoma is a leading cause of cancer-related death among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals in the current era of potent anti-retroviral therapy (ART). Globally, mortality after HIV-assoc...

Authors: Olugbenga Akindele Silas, Chad J. Achenbach, Lifang Hou, Robert L. Murphy, Julie O. Egesie, Solomon A. Sagay, Oche O. Agbaji, Patricia E. Agaba, Jonah Musa, Agabus N. Manasseh, Ezra D. Jatau, Ayuba M. Dauda, Maxwell O. Akanbi and Barnabas M. Mandong

Non-pulmonary cancer risk following tuberculosis: a nationwide retrospective cohort study in Lithuania

Lithuania remains one of the highest tuberculosis burden countries in Europe. Epidemiological studies have long pointed to infections as important factors of cancer aetiology, but the association between tuber...

Authors: Ruta Everatt, Irena Kuzmickiene, Edita Davidaviciene and Saulius Cicenas

Seroprevalence of antibodies against Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus among HIV-negative people in China

Little information on the prevalence of Kaposi’s sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV) among HIV-negative individuals is available from Asia.

Authors: Tiejun Zhang, Zhenqiu Liu, Jun Wang, Veenu Minhas, Charles Wood, Gary M. Clifford, Na He and Silvia Franceschi

Serum EBV antibodies and LMP-1 in Polish patients with oropharyngeal and laryngeal cancer

The association between Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and the development of head and neck cancer was reported by many researchers. The aim of the present study was to detect EBV DNA and EBV antibodies in 110 Polis...

Authors: Sylwia Fołtyn, Małgorzata Strycharz-Dudziak, Bartłomiej Drop, Anastazja Boguszewska and Małgorzata Polz-Dacewicz

LPS promotes resistance to TRAIL-induced apoptosis in pancreatic cancer

Though TRAIL has been hailed as a promising drug for tumour treatment, it has been observed that many tumour cells have developed escape mechanisms against TRAIL-induced apoptosis. As a receptor of LPS, TLR 4,...

Authors: Katharina Beyer, Lars Ivo Partecke, Felicitas Roetz, Herbert Fluhr, Frank Ulrich Weiss, Claus-Dieter Heidecke and Wolfram von Bernstorff

Prevalence and risk factors associated with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among women of reproductive age in Swaziland

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain an important public health problem with approximately half a billion new cases annually among persons aged 15–49 years. Epidemiological data on STIs among women of...

Authors: Themba G. Ginindza, Cristina D. Stefan, Joyce M. Tsoka-Gwegweni, Xolisile Dlamini, Pauline E. Jolly, Elisabete Weiderpass, Nathalie Broutet and Benn Sartorius

Association of hepatitis status with surgical outcomes in patients with dual hepatitis B and C related hepatocellular carcinoma

The conception that serological hepatitis markers determined surgical prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) associated with hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) has been well defined. However, little i...

Authors: Xiu-Tao Fu, Ying-Hong Shi, Jian Zhou, Yuan-Fei Peng, Wei-Ren Liu, Guo-Ming Shi, Qiang Gao, Xiao-Ying Wang, Kang Song, Jia Fan and Zhen-Bin Ding

Frequency and geographic distribution of TERT promoter mutations in primary hepatocellular carcinoma

Primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) mainly develops in subjects chronically infected with hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) viruses through a multistep process characterized by the accumulation of genetic alter...

Authors: Francesca Pezzuto, Luigi Buonaguro, Franco M. Buonaguro and Maria Lina Tornesello

Differences in age-specific HPV prevalence between self-collected and health personnel collected specimen in a cross-sectional study in Ghana

HPV infections are ubiquitous and particularly common among sexually active young women. However, there are regional and national variations in age-specific HPV prevalence, which have implications for cervical...

Authors: Adolf K. Awua, Richard M. K. Adanu, Edwin K. Wiredu, Edwin A. Afari and Alberto Severini

The potential role of infectious agents and pelvic inflammatory disease in ovarian carcinogenesis

The etiological cause of ovarian cancer is poorly understood. It has been theorized that bacterial or viral infection as well as pelvic inflammatory disease could play a role in ovarian carcinogenesis.

Authors: Kasper Ingerslev, Estrid Hogdall, Tine Henrichsen Schnack, Wojciech Skovrider-Ruminski, Claus Hogdall and Jan Blaakaer

Mouse mammary tumour virus (MMTV) and human breast cancer with neuroendocrine differentiation

Mouse mammary tumour viruses (MMTVs) may have a role in a subset of human breast cancers. MMTV positive human breast cancers have similar histological characteristics to neuroendocrine breast cancers and to MM...

Authors: Lawson JS, Ngan CC, Glenn WK and Tran DD

Major and ancillary magnetic resonance features of LI-RADS to assess HCC: an overview and update

Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) is a system for interpreting and reporting of imaging features on multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and magnetic resonance (MR) studies in patients at r...

Authors: Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, Antonio Avallone, Orlando Catalano, Francesco Filice, Maddalena Leongito, Raffaele Palaia, Francesco Izzo and Antonella Petrillo

Protein signature characterizing Helicobacter pylori strains of patients with autoimmune atrophic gastritis, duodenal ulcer and gastric cancer

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) represents a key factor in the etiology of autoimmune atrophic gastritis (AAG), duodenal ulcer (DU) and gastric cancer (GC). The aim of this study was t...

Authors: Valli De Re, Ombretta Repetto, Stefania Zanussi, Mariateresa Casarotto, Laura Caggiari, Vincenzo Canzonieri and Renato Cannizzaro