526 results about "Paranasal Sinus Carcinoma" patented technology

Described herein are compositions and methods of use of radionuclide-antibody conjugates (for RAIT) and drug-antibody conjugates (ADC). The combination of RAIT and ADC was more efficacious than either RAIT alone, ADC alone, or the sum of effects of RAIT and ADC. The unexpected synergy resulted in decreased tumor growth rate and increased survival, with a high incidence of tumor-free survival in Capan-1 human pancreatic cancer xenografts in nude mice.

The present invention provides methods and materials related to the detection of colorectal neoplasm-specific markers (e.g., markers associated with colorectal cancer, markers associated with adenoma) in or associated with a subject's stool sample. In particular, the present invention provides methods and materials for identifying mammals (e.g., humans) having a colorectal neoplasm by detecting the presence and level of indicators of colorectal neoplasia such as, for example, long DNA (e.g., quantified by Alu PCR) and the presence and level of tumor-associated gene alterations (e.g., mutations in KRAS, APC, melanoma antigen gene, p53, BRAF, BAT26, PIK3CA) or epigenetic alterations (e.g., DNA methylation) (e.g., CpG methylation) (e.g., CpG methylation in coding or regulatory regions of bmp-3, bmp-4, SFRP2, vimentin, septin9, ALX4, EYA4, TFPI2, NDRG4, FOXE1) in DNA from a stool sample obtained from the mammal.

The present application discloses the preparation and use of attenuated tumor-targeted bacteria vectors for the delivery of one or more primary effector molecule(s) to the site of a solid tumor. The primary effector molecule(s) of the invention is used in the methods of the invention to treat a solid tumor cancer such as a carcinoma, melanoma, lymphoma, or sarcoma. The invention relates to the surprising discovery that effector molecules, which may be toxic when administered systemically to a host, can be delivered locally to tumors by attenuated tumor-targeted bacteria with reduced toxicity to the host. The application also discloses to the delivery of one or more optional effector molecule(s) (termed secondary effector molecules) which may be delivered by the attenuated tumor-targeted bacteria in conjunction with the primary effector molecule(s).

The present invention describes a method utilizing a set of genes or gene products whose altered expression in cancer tissue, particularly head and neck cancer and other carcinomas, or its adjacent normal tissues predicts (a) probability of recurrence in time after treatment (b) sensitivity or resistance to therapies or (c) probability of metastasis at the time of initial discovery of the tumor. Furthermore, the invention describes methods of determining the molecular signature in tumor tissues, tissues adjacent to the tumor, or in saliva by using DNA microarray techniques, quantitative real-time PCR, immunohistochemistry or other methods that are used for determining gene or gene product expression levels.

Composition and methods of treating, preventing, and managing cancer by inhibiting the expression of the gene tpt1 are disclosed. In addition, a method of identifying genes that are involved in the tumor reversion of two or more types of cancers is also disclosed.

The present invention relates to a method of preventing, treating or inhibiting the development of tumors or metastases in a subject and to an immunomodulator for use in such therapy, in combination with a chemotherapeutic agent. An aspect the present invention is a method of preventing, treating, reducing, inhibiting and/or controlling the formation or establishment of metastasis of a primary neoplasia, tumor or cancer at one or more sites distinct from a primary neoplasia, tumor or cancer, in a subject intended to undergo chemotherapy, wherein the method comprises administering to the subject, a therapeutically effective amount of an antimetabolite pyrimidine analogue and an immunomodulator.

The application relates to a culture medium for nasopharyngeal carcinoma organs, and methods for culturing and identifying the nasopharyngeal carcinoma organs. According to the culture and growth characteristics of nasopharyngeal carcinoma-derived cells, a variety of cytokine components are selected and blended according to a certain ratio; the contents of cytokines and signal pathway regulatory factors in the culture medium are suitable; the nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells can effectively form organoids in a three-dimensional (3D) environment. The methods for culturing and identifying the nasopharyngeal carcinoma organs as well as the unique culture medium for the nasopharyngeal carcinoma organs can be used for successfully and stably culturing the nasopharyngeal carcinoma organs which have pathophysiological features and genotypes being highly consistent with those of the parental tumor and have high similar form of organization.

A method of detecting and diagnosing cancers characterized by the presence of at least one nodule/neoplasm from an imaging scan is presented. To detect nodules in an imaging scan, a 3D CNN using a single feed forward pass of a single network is used. After detection, risk stratification is performed using a supervised or an unsupervised deep learning method to assist in characterizing the detected nodule/neoplasm as benign or malignant. The supervised learning method relies on a 3D CNN used with transfer learning and a graph regularized sparse MTL to determine malignancy. The unsupervised learning method uses clustering to generate labels after which label proportions are used with a novel algorithm to classify malignancy. The method assists radiologists in improving detection rates of lung nodules to facilitate early detection and minimizing errors in diagnosis.

The present invention relates to a pentacyclic triterpanoid derivative of multiple-oxide substitution of the A ring and the medicine salt or solvate of the derivative, and the present invention also relates to the preparation method, the drug combination, and medical use of the derivative. The compound of the present invention has the functions of inhibiting the activity of six human tumor cell strains in vitro, such as human prostate cancer cell (PC-3), nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells (CNE), oral squamous carcinoma cell(KB), human lung cancer cell (A549), human hepatoma cell (BEL-7404), and human cervix cancer cell (Hela), and the function of the invention is at the same magnitude of the positive control of cisplatin, thereby the compound can be used as expected antitumor drug. The compound of the present invention also inhibits the alpha glucosidase strongly, and the inhibiting effect is greater than the positive control of acarbose, thereby the compound can be used as expected medicine for preventing and treating diabetes and the treatment of the virus diseases.

Three kinds of tissues including cancer tissue, precancerosis and corresponding normal tissue are sliced up, dyed, marked, and positioned. Receptor holes are prepared by leading designed lattice array mould paper to paste on surface of wax block of receptor. Wax block with tissue core bar is prepared by using perforating needle and puncture needle for tissue. Common cancer such as lung cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, oesophagus cancer etc. and having integrated clinical data and pathology features are selected. Through in situ hybridization, testing mRNA of relevant gene and expression of protein on tissue chip, consistent result between the invented product and traditional test is validated. In the product, cellular morphology is clear and even, and there is no fallen off tissue point. The invention is applicable to filter cancers, early diagnosis and forecasting prognosis.

The invention belongs to the genetic engineering and tumour medicine fields and discloses an SNP marker related to primary hepatocellular carcinoma auxiliary diagnosis and an application of the SNP marker. The marker is a combination of rs7574865, rs1012068, rs17401966, rs2596542, rs455804, rs9272105, rs9275319 and rs9275572. The marker can be used for preparing a hepatic carcinoma auxiliary diagnosis kit.

The invention relates to a device and a method for demarcating and calibrating a dose monitoring detector in heavy ion beam cancer treatment. The structure of the device is characterized in that a collimator, the dose monitoring detector, a mini ridge-shaped filter, a water tank and a standard ionization chamber are arranged on a beam flux axis in sequence. The standard ionization chamber is arranged inside the water tank. The depth position of an irradiation beam mini spread-out Bragg peak in water is obtained by measuring absorbed dose of the standard ionization chamber at different depth in aqueous medium. At the depth position, the dose monitoring detector is demarcated and calibrated by the standard ionization chamber so as to obtain demarcating and calibrating factors of the measurement of the dose monitoring detector for the mini spread-out Bragg peak cancer treatment beam with a Gauss arrangement. With the demarcating and calibrating factors, the entire process of three-dimensional conformal irradiation therapy with uniform physical absorption dose or uniform biological effective dose in a tumor target volume can be conveniently controlled, the requirements of the treatment of different clinical cases in practical clinical treatment are satisfied, and the treatment efficiency of a treatment device is improved.

The invention discloses an anti-tumor combination and the application thereof; the anti-tumor combination which includes effective dose of platinum-based chemotherapy and AKT inhibitor and / or p70S6K1 inhibitor has the function of inhibiting the drug resistance of the tumor to the platinum-based chemotherapy, improves the effects of anti-tumor drugs, and can be used for preparing drugs that can resist various tumors, such as lung cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, stomach cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, esophageal cancer, malignant lymphoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, thyroid cancer, osteosarcoma, etc.

The invention discloses a detection method for the peripheral blood circulating tumor cell VEGF of a patient suffering from advanced colorectal carcinoma. CTC in peripheral blood of the patient suffering from advanced colorectal carcinoma is obtained by conducting separation through a membrane filtration device; a thin cell layer is manufactured through the cell paraffin block technology; the VEGF gene expression situation of the patient suffering from colorectal carcinoma is detected. By means of the technical method, the VEGF expression situation of the patient where tissue samples can not be obtained can be detected without using colorectal carcinoma tissue. The technology is minimally invasive, and real-time detection can be conducted.

The present invention is concerned with a novel antigens associated with human tumors, including carcinomas of the colon or lung, as well as novel monoclonal antibodies which specifically bind to said antigen. The antibodies bind to normal human cells to a much lesser degree than to tumor cells. The antigens include 100 kDa glycoprotein that has a colorectal cancer membrane bound and a soluble form, has a UV absorbance peak at about 228 nm, an isoelectric point of about 3.5 to 4, a sialic acid content of about 20%, and does not substantially bind to an antibody specific for ACT. The antibodies find use both in methods such as the detection of malignant cells associated with tumors and in monitoring therapeutic treatment of humans with tumors.

The invention discloses an LncRNA composition for detecting prognosis of an early esophageal cancer and a kit comprising the LncRNA composition. By fluorescent quantitative PCR, a sample (which can be tissues/plasma serum and the like) of a patient with an esophageal cancer and difference change of the expression amount of a group of LncRNA in a corresponding para-carcinoma tissue/reference sample are identified, and the risk of esophageal cancerrelapse or transfer is accurately evaluated early. The kit can be used for accurately detecting early esophageal cancer transfer potential, then the transfer or relapse risk of a postoperative esophageal cancer patient can be accurately predicted and evaluated, the patient with high risk is intensively monitored and intervened effectively, relapse or transfer of the esophageal cancer is reduced, and prognosis of the patient is improved further. The poor prognosis related lncRNA composition is adopted, and the shortcomings that sensitivity and specificity are low due to the fact that a kit only uses single lncRNA as a tumor marker, and therefore, rate of fault diagnosis and rate of missed diagnosis on the esophageal cancer are greatly increased are overcome.

The invention discloses an application of a Glypican-1 protein in the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, a detection method of a Glypican-1 positive exosome concentration, and a use of the detection method. A nano-plasma enhanced scattering (nPES) detection technology can be used to quantify exosomes in serum, an exosome extracting process is omitted, the characteristic antigen of the exosomes is used as a target, and the antigen and a corresponding antibody carrying gold nanoparticles form an antigen-antibody complex in order to obtain exosomes, and the amount of the exosomes is reflected by using the light radiation principle of the gold nanoparticles. The Glypican-1 is a pancreatic cancer-derived exosome biomarker, and the content of Glypican-1 positive exosomes in blood plasma has specific specificity even in early pancreatic cancer, so the exosome content index can be used to diagnose the pancreatic cancer, and the exosome level is closely related to the staging and progression of pancreatic cancer patients. Experiments prove that the method using the nPES detection technology to detect the content of the Glypican-1 exosomes in the serum is concise and accurate, and has better sensitivity and specificity than CA19-9 in the diagnosis of the pancreatic cancer.

The present invention relates to small particles comprising a radionuclide and in particular to small particles comprising a radionuclide for implantation in organs or tissues or tumours of subjects. Embodiments of the invention have been particularly developed for embolisation into the arterial system using a technique known as radioembolisation or Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) and will be described hereinafter with reference to this application. However, it will be appreciated that the invention is not limited to this particular field of use. The small particles are preferably radioactive microspheres comprising a matrix and a radionuclide stably attached. These microspheres have a diameter ranging from 5 to 45 μm and the radionuclide has a specific activity ranging from 100 to 2000 Bq per microsphere.

The methods described herein allow for the classification of patients into groups for receiving optimized radiation treatment based on patient specific biomarker signature. The biomarker signature includes markers that have been shown to correlate with TGF-β expression and to be associated with tumor aggressiveness, radioresistance and poor prognosis. The markers play a key role in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition. The methods described herein provide the dual benefits of anti-tumor efficacy plus normal tissue protection when combining TGF-β inhibitors with ionizing radiation to treat cancer patients.

The present disclosure relates to HLA-E as a tumor escape mechanism in head and neck cancer. The disclosure relates to methods for the treatment of head and neck cancer, notably HLA-E expressing head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, using antibodies that specifically bind and inhibit human NKG2A.