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Liquid biopsy of circulating free DNA has become an auxiliary method to evaluate cancer.Because of the advantages of minimally invasive and simple, it plays an increasingly important role in the screening, diagnosis, monitoring treatment, prognosis and drug resistance detection of breast cancer.This article reviews the clinical application and related research progress of circulating free DNA (cfdna) in breast cancer.
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Objective:To investigate the expressions and significance of cyclin D2 and bcl-2 in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and their clinical significances.Methods:The tissues of 87 DLBCL patients undergoing resection and 23 patients with lymphoid tissue reactive hyperplasia (RLH) in the First Central Hospital of Baoding from January 2015 to March 2020 were collected. Immunohistochemistry method was used to detect the expressions of cyclin D2 and bcl-2 in tissues of DLBCL and RLH, and the relationship between the expressions of cyclin D2 and bcl-2 as well as the association with the clinicopathological features of DLBCL patients.Results:The positive rates of cyclin D2 protein in DLBCL and RLH were 33.3% (29/87) and 2.0% (1/23), the positive rates of bcl-2 protein in DLBCL and RLH were 60.9% (54/87) and 7.0% (3/23); the positive rates of cyclin D2 and bcl-2 in DLBCL were higher than those in RLH, and the differences were statistically significant( χ2=7.566, P=0.006; χ2=17.512, P < 0.01). The expressions of cyclin D2 and bcl-2 proteins were related to the Ann Arbor staging and immunophenotype of DLBCL patients (all P < 0.05), while not related to age, gender, cancer location, tissue type (all P > 0.05). There was a positive correlation between the expressions of cyclin D2 and bcl-2 protein in DLBCL ( r=1.000, P < 0.01). Conclusions:cyclin D2 and bcl-2 may be related to the development and progression of DLBCL, and both may have some synergies.
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Objective To study the expressions of hypoxia inducible factor-1 α (HIF-1 α) and carbonic anhydrase 9 (CA9) in different molecular subtypes of breast carcinoma and their relationships with basallike subtype.Methods The expressions of HIF-1α and CA9 were detected by immunohistochemistry in five subtypes of breast carcinoma (n =803).The relationships of the expressions of HIF-1α and CA9 with the clinicopathologic parameters of basal-like subtype and with the prognosis of patients were analyzed.Results The positive expression rates of HIF-1α and CA9 protein in breast carcinoma were much higher than those in paratumor breast tissues (43.96％ vs.3.86％,x2 =354.858,P ＜ 0.001;19.80％ vs.4.61％,x2 =86.495,P ＜ 0.001).The positive expression rates of HIF-1α in Luminal A,Luminal B,epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER-2) over-expression,basal-like and normal breast-like subtypes were 31.97％,25.00％,56.06％,77.89％ and 55.76％ respectively,and the positive expression rates of CA9 were 7.48％,5.56％,60.61％,40.00％ and 27.88％ respectively,with significant differences (x2 =88.628,P ＜ 0.001;x2 =147.128,P ＜0.001).The positive expression rates of HIF-1α and CA9 in estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast carcinomas(HER-2 over-expression,basal-like and normal breast-like) were significantly higher than those in ER-positive subtypes (Luminal A and Luminal B,all P ＜ 0.005).There was a significant positive correlation between HIF-1 α and CA9 (C =0.315,P =0.001),and both were correlated with the lymph node metastasis (x2 =4.542,P =0.033;x2 =7.025,P =0.008),pTNM stage (x2 =5.390,P =0.020;x2 =10.179,P =0.001) and poor prognosis (x2 =4.353,P =0.037;x2 =6.056,P =0.014) of basal-like subtype.Conclusion Over-expressions of HIF-1α and CA9 may be related to the ER-negative breast cancer more closely,and both may play important roles in the occurrence and development of basal-like subtype.Overexpressions of HIF-1α and CA9 may suggest the poorer prognosis of patients with basal-like breast carcinoma.
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Objective: To study the clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of survival for patients with primary gastrointestinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma [PGI-NHL]
Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed for 104 PGI-NHL patients who were admitted in Baoding First Central Hospital from July 2003 to January 2014
Results: There were 58 males and 46 females. The median age of onset was 53 [15-83] years old. In terms of pathogenic sites, there were 51 gastric cases [49.00%] and 53 intestinal cases [51.00%], with the median survival of 35 [1-130] months. The 1-, 3- and 5-year overall survival [OS] rates were 88.40%, 80.70% and 78.80%, respectively. The factors influencing the progression-free survival [PFS] and OS rates were studied by univariate and multivariate analyses. The PFS and OS rates of patients with B-cell PGI-NHL were significantly higher than those of patients with T-cell PGI-NHL [P<0.05]. The PFS and OS rates of patients with primary gastric lymphoma were significantly higher than those of patients with primary intestinal lymphoma [P<0.05], but the data were not associated with Ann Arbor stage or LDH level [P>0.05]. Compared with non-surgical patients, only patients with intestinal lymphoma benefited from surgery [P<0.05]
Conclusion: The pathogenic site and pathological type are risk factors that affect the survival of PGI-NHL patients, and chemotherapy should be given the first priority for patients with primary gastric lymphoma
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Purpose To study the expression of HIF-1αand Glut-1 in the molecular subtypes of breast carcinoma and their correlation with basal-like breast carcinoma. Methods 803 cases of invasive breast carcinoma from our database were identified. The clinicopath-ologic findings and the biologic markers including estrogen receptor ( ER) , progesterone receptor ( PR) , and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER-2) status were reviewed. Immunohistochemical MaxVision stains for cytokeratin 5/6 (CK5/6) and epidermal growth factor receptor ( EGFR) were performed. All breast carcinomas were subclassified into Luminal A, Lumincal B, HER-2 over-expression, normal-like, and basal-like subtypes according to Nielsen criteria. Immunohistochemical stain was also used to detect the expression of HIF-1αand Glut-1. Results Positive expression rates of HIF-1αprotein in basal-like, HER-2 over-expression, normal-like, Luminal A and Luminal B substypes were 77. 89% (74/95), 56. 06% (37/66), 55. 76% (92/165), 31. 97% (141/441), 25. 00% (9/36), respectively. The positive expression rates of Glut-1 protein were 80. 00% (76/95), 57. 58% (38/66), 58. 18%(96/165), 34. 01% (150/441), 25. 00% (9/36), respectively. The positive expression rates of HIF-1α and Glut-1 in the basal-like, HER-2 over-expressing and normal-like subtypes were remarkably higher than that in Luminal A and Luminal B subtypes ( P<0. 004 5) and the expression of HIF-1a and Glut-1 was negatively correlated with the expression of ER (P<0. 01). In the ER-negative breast cancers, the positive expression rates of HIF-1a and Glut-1 in basal-like substype were much higher than that in the other sub-types (P<0. 004 5), and the expression of HIF-1α was positively correlated with expression of Glut-1 in basal-like breast carcinoma (P<0. 01). Conclusion The overexpression of HIF-1αand Glut-1 may be closely related to the ER-negative breast cancer and HIF-1α and Glut-1 might play an important role in the development of basal-like breast carcinoma.
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Objective To detect the protein expressions of S100A7 and CD34 in basal-like breast carcinoma and analyze the clinical relationship between S100A7 and basal-like breast cancer and the connection with CD34 markers microvessel denisity (MVD).To study the function of S100A7 in basal-like breast cancer angiogenesis,invasion and metastasis.Methods Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was used to detect the expressions of S100A7 and CD34 in 60 cases of basal-like breast cancer,40 cases of non basal-like breast cancer and 20 cases of normal breast tissues.Results The expressions of S100A7 in basal-like breast cancer,non basallike breast cancer and normal breast tissues were 83.33％,62.50％ and 35.00％ respectively.There were significant differences among them (x2 =5.556,P ＜ 0.051; x2 =17.107,P ＜ 0.05; x2 =4.051,P ＜ 0.05).There was positive correlation between S100A7 and lymph node metastasis,TNM staging and MVD of basal-like breast cancer patients.But there was no significant correlation between S100A7 and patient's age and tumor sizes.Conclusion The up-regulation of S100A7 expressions may be associated with the occurrence and development,invasion and metastasis,angiogenesis of basal-like breast cancer.The effects of S100A7 promoting angiogenesis may be an important factor in the acceleration of the local invasion and distant metastasis in basallike breast cancer.