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Dicu-Andreescu IG, Marincaș MA, Simionescu AA, Dicu-Andreescu I, Ionescu SO, Prunoiu VM, Brătucu E, Simion L. The Role of Lymph Node Downstaging Following Neoadjuvant Treatment in a Group of Patients with Advanced Stage Cervical Cancer. MEDICINA (KAUNAS, LITHUANIA) 2024; 60:871. [PMID: 38929488 PMCID: PMC11205351 DOI: 10.3390/medicina60060871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Background and Objectives: Cervical cancer is the fourth most frequent type of neoplasia in women. It is most commonly caused by the persistent infection with high-risk strands of human papillomavirus (hrHPV). Its incidence increases rapidly from age 25 when routine HPV screening starts and then decreases at the age of 45. This reflects both the diagnosis of prevalent cases at first-time screening and the likely peak of HPV exposure in early adulthood. For early stages, the treatment offers the possibility of fertility preservation.. However, in more advanced stages, the treatment is restricted to concomitant chemo-radiotherapy, combined, in very selected cases with surgical intervention. After the neoadjuvant treatment, an imagistic re-evaluation of the patients is carried out to analyze if the stage of the disease remained the same or suffered a downstaging. Lymph node downstaging following neoadjuvant treatment is regarded as an indubitable prognostic factor for predicting disease recurrence and survival in patients with advanced cervical cancer. This study aims to ascertain the important survival role of radiotherapy in the downstaging of the disease and of lymphadenectomy in the control of lymph node invasion for patients with advanced-stage cervical cancer. Material and Methods: We describe the outcome of patients with cervical cancer in stage IIIC1 FIGO treated at Bucharest Oncological Institute. All patients received radiotherapy and two-thirds received concomitant chemotherapy. A surgical intervention consisting of type C radical hysterectomy with radical pelvic lymphadenectomy was performed six to eight weeks after the end of the neoadjuvant treatment. Results: The McNemar test demonstrated the regression of lymphadenopathies after neoadjuvant treatment-p: <0.001. However, the persistence of adenopathies was not related to the dose of irradiation (p: 0.61), the number of sessions of radiotherapy (p: 0.80), or the chemotherapy (p: 0.44). Also, there were no significant differences between the adenopathies reported by imagistic methods and those identified during surgical intervention-p: 0.62. The overall survival evaluated using Kaplan-Meier curves is dependent on the post-radiotherapy FIGO stage-p: 0.002 and on the lymph node status evaluated during surgical intervention-p: 0.04. The risk factors associated with an increased risk of death were represented by a low preoperative hemoglobin level (p: 0.003) and by the advanced FIGO stage determined during surgical intervention (p-value: 0.006 for stage IIIA and 0.01 for stage IIIC1). In the multivariate Cox model, the independent predictor of survival was the preoperative hemoglobin level (p: 0.004, HR 0.535, CI: 0.347 to 0.823). Out of a total of 33 patients with neoadjuvant treatment, 22 survived until the end of the study, all 33 responded to the treatment in varying degrees, but in 3 of them, tumor cells were found in the lymph nodes during the intraoperative histopathological examination. Conclusions: For advanced cervical cancer patients, radical surgery after neoadjuvant treatment may be associated with a better survival rate. Further research is needed to identify all the causes that lead to the persistence of adenopathies in certain patients, to decrease the FIGO stage after surgical intervention, and, therefore, to lower the risk of death. Also, it is mandatory to correctly evaluate and treat the anemia, as it seems to be an independent predictor factor for mortality.
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- Irinel-Gabriel Dicu-Andreescu
- Clinical Department No 10, General Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy ”Carol Davila”, 050474 Bucharest, Romania; (I.-G.D.-A.)
- Department of Oncological Surgery, Oncological Institute ”Prof. Dr. Alexandru Trestioreanu”, 022328 Bucharest, Romania
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- Clinical Department No 10, General Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy ”Carol Davila”, 050474 Bucharest, Romania; (I.-G.D.-A.)
- Department of Oncological Surgery, Oncological Institute ”Prof. Dr. Alexandru Trestioreanu”, 022328 Bucharest, Romania
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- Clinical Department No 10, General Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy ”Carol Davila”, 050474 Bucharest, Romania; (I.-G.D.-A.)
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Filantropia Clinical Hospital, 011171 Bucharest, Romania
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- Clinical Department No 10, General Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy ”Carol Davila”, 050474 Bucharest, Romania; (I.-G.D.-A.)
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- Clinical Department No 10, General Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy ”Carol Davila”, 050474 Bucharest, Romania; (I.-G.D.-A.)
- Department of Oncological Surgery, Oncological Institute ”Prof. Dr. Alexandru Trestioreanu”, 022328 Bucharest, Romania
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- Clinical Department No 10, General Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy ”Carol Davila”, 050474 Bucharest, Romania; (I.-G.D.-A.)
- Department of Oncological Surgery, Oncological Institute ”Prof. Dr. Alexandru Trestioreanu”, 022328 Bucharest, Romania
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- Clinical Department No 10, General Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy ”Carol Davila”, 050474 Bucharest, Romania; (I.-G.D.-A.)
- Department of Oncological Surgery, Oncological Institute ”Prof. Dr. Alexandru Trestioreanu”, 022328 Bucharest, Romania
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- Clinical Department No 10, General Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy ”Carol Davila”, 050474 Bucharest, Romania; (I.-G.D.-A.)
- Department of Oncological Surgery, Oncological Institute ”Prof. Dr. Alexandru Trestioreanu”, 022328 Bucharest, Romania
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Liu Y, Zhang Q, Ni R. Association between genetic variants (rs920778, rs4759314, and rs217727) in LncRNAs and cervical cancer susceptibility in Chinese population: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Front Genet 2022; 13:988207. [PMID: 36313463 PMCID: PMC9608570 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.988207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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Objective: The relationship between gene polymorphisms in long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) and cervical cancer susceptibility has been thoroughly analyzed; however, the conclusions are inconsistent. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to accurately assess the relationship between them. Method: Eligible literatures were retrieved from PubMed, Medline, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and WanFang databases before 1 April 2022. The odds ratios with the corresponding 95% confidence intervals were used to evaluate the strength of these relationships. Sensitivity analysis for publication bias was conducted to assess the stability and reliability of included literatures. Results: A total of 59 SNPs in 11 LncRNAs were summarized for a systematic review in this study, and then, a meta-analysis of rs920778 and rs4759314 polymorphisms in HOTAIR and rs217727 polymorphisms in H19 was conducted. The results demonstrated that rs920778 and rs4759314 polymorphisms were significantly correlated with cervical cancer susceptibility. Further subgroup analysis of rs920778 polymorphism showed that both small sample size and large sample size subgroups were associated with cervical cancer susceptibility. However, no association was found between rs217727 polymorphism and cervical cancer risk in all five genetic models. Conclusion: In conclusion, the rs4759314, rs920778, and rs217717 polymorphisms of HOTAIR and H19 may be associated with cervical cancer. However, the results should be interpreted with caution due to the limited sample and heterogeneity in this study. Large-scale and well-designed studies need to be practiced to validate our results.
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- Yi Liu
- Department of Gynecology, The Central Hospital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefectrue, Enshi, Hubei, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Central Hospital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefectrue, Enshi, Hubei, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The Central Hospital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefectrue, Enshi, Hubei, China
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Knowledge of Cervical Cancer and Awareness of Screening Services Among Female Undergraduate Health Sciences Students in Brunei. INDIAN JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s40944-021-00578-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ye G, Wang L, Yang K, Wang C. Fucoxanthin may inhibit cervical cancer cell proliferation via downregulation of HIST1H3D. J Int Med Res 2021; 48:300060520964011. [PMID: 33086884 PMCID: PMC7585902 DOI: 10.1177/0300060520964011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Objective To investigate the role of fucoxanthin, reported to have significant anticancer effects, and histone Cluster 1 H3 Family Member D (HIST1H3D; implicated in tumorigenesis) in cervical cancer. Methods The half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of fucoxanthin against HeLa and SiHa cervical cancer cells was determined. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in SiHa cells treated with IC50 fucoxanthin were screened by high-throughput techniques and subjected to signal enrichment. Following identification of HIST1H3D as a candidate gene, HIST1H3D-knockdown models were created via transfection with a short hairpin HIST1H3D payload. Impacts on cell proliferation, cell-cycle distribution, colony formation, and apoptosis were studied. Results The fucoxanthin IC50 was 1 445 and 1 641 µM (Hela and SiHa cells, respectively). Chip results revealed 2 255 DEGs, including 943 upregulated and 1 312 downregulated genes, in fucoxanthin-treated versus untreated SiHa cells. Disease and function analysis indicated that these DEGs are primarily associated with cancer and organismal injuries and abnormalities, and online integrated pathway analysis showed that the DEGs were mainly enriched in p53 signalling. HIST1H3D was significantly downregulated in response to fucoxanthin. Inhibition of HIST1H3D mRNA significantly reduced cell proliferation and colony formation, significantly augmented the percentage of apoptotic HeLa and SiHa cells, and cells were arrested in G0/G1 cell cycle phase. Conclusion The results suggest that HIST1H3D may be an oncogene in cervical carcinogenesis and a potential fucoxanthin target in treating cervical cancer.
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- Guoliu Ye
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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Wen CX, Tian HL, Chen E, Liu JF, Liu XX. MiRNA-873-5p Acts as a Potential Novel Biomarker and Promotes Cervical Cancer Progression by Regulating ZEB1 via Notch Signaling Pathway. Dose Response 2021; 19:15593258211001255. [PMID: 35185415 PMCID: PMC8851136 DOI: 10.1177/15593258211001255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Our group aimed to investigate the expression pattern of miRNA-873-5p in cervical cancer (CC) patients and its association with CC progression. METHODS Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) was applied for the examination of the expressions of miRNA-873-5p in both CC specimens and cell lines. The clinical significance of miRNA-873-5p was statistically analyzed. MTT, colony formation, Transwell and flow cytometry assays were used to detect cell proliferation, metastasis, and apoptosis changes of Hela and Siha cell line. Luciferase reporter assays and Western blots were utilized to identify the target genes of miRNA-873-5p. Western blot and RT-PCR were used to judge the dysregulation of Notch signaling. RESULTS Our results indicated that miRNA-873-5p expression was distinctly reduced in CC patients. Low miRNA-873-5p expressions were distinctly correlated with positively distant metastasis, The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage and poor prognosis of CC patients. A functional assay using miRNA-873-5p mimics indicated that overexpression of miRNA-873-5p distinctly suppressed CC cells proliferation and metastasis, and promoted apoptosis. Bioinformatic assays revealed that miRNA-873-5p may target the 3'-UTR of ZEB1 and lead to the suppression of its translation, which was verified by the use of luciferase assays. Finally, overexpression of miRNA-873-5p suppressed the expressions of Jag1, Maml2 and Hey1. CONCLUSION Taken together, we firstly provided evidence that miRNA-873-5p expression was a poor favorable factor for CC patients, and the use of miRNA-873-5p may represent a and potential biomarker and promising therapeutic approach for CC.
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- Chen-Xia Wen
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dongying People’s Hospital, Dongying, Shandong, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dongying People’s Hospital, Dongying, Shandong, China
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- Department of Oncology, Dongying People’s Hospital, Dongying, Shandong, China
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- Department of Rongjun, Dongying Rongjun Hospital, Dongying, Shandong, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dongying People’s Hospital, Dongying, Shandong, China
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Zhang C, Hua Y, Qiu H, Liu T, Long Q, Liao W, Qiu J, Wang N, Chen M, Shi D, Yan Y, Xie C, Deng W, Li T, Li Y. KMT2A regulates cervical cancer cell growth through targeting VDAC1. Aging (Albany NY) 2020; 12:9604-9620. [PMID: 32436862 PMCID: PMC7288919 DOI: 10.18632/aging.103229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cervical cancer is an aggressive cutaneous malignancy, illuminating the molecular mechanisms of tumorigenesis and discovering novel therapeutic targets are urgently needed. KMT2A is a transcriptional co-activator regulating gene expression during early development and hematopoiesis, but the role of KMT2A in cervical cancer remains unknown. Here, we demonstrated that KMT2A regulated cervical cancer growth via targeting VADC1. Knockdown of KMT2A significantly suppressed cell proliferation and migration and induced apoptosis in cervical cancer cells, accompanying with activation of PARP/caspase pathway and inhibition of VADC1. Overexpression of VDAC1 reversed the KMT2A knockdown-mediated regulation of cell proliferation, migration and apoptosis. The in vivo results from a cervical cancer xenograft mouse model also validated that KMT2A knockdown suppressed tumor growth by inhibiting VDAC1, whereas KMT2A overexpression promoted cervical cancer growth. Moreover, analyses of Biewenga cervix database and clinical samples showed that both KMT2A and VDAC1 were upregulated in cervix squamous cell carcinoma compared with cervix uteri tissues, and their expression was negatively correlated with the differentiation grade of cervical cancer. Our results therefore indicated that the KMT2A/VDAC1 signaling axis may be a potential new mechanism of cervical carcinogenesis.
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- Changlin Zhang
- Department of Gynecology, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Jiaying University, Meizhou, Guangdong, China
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- Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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