Bacteria in cancer initiation, promotion and progression

G El Tekle, WS Garrett - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer cells originate from a series of acquired genetic mutations that can drive their
uncontrolled cell proliferation and immune evasion. Environmental factors, including the …

Global burden of colorectal cancer: emerging trends, risk factors and prevention strategies

NN Keum, E Giovannucci - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Globally, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most commonly diagnosed malignancy and the
second leading cause of cancer death. Arising through three major pathways, including …

Effect of aspirin on all-cause mortality in the healthy elderly

JJ McNeil, MR Nelson, RL Woods… - … England Journal of …, 2018 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In the primary analysis of the Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly
(ASPREE) trial, now published in the Journal, we report that the daily use of aspirin did not …

Genomic correlates of immune-cell infiltrates in colorectal carcinoma

M Giannakis, XJ Mu, SA Shukla, ZR Qian, O Cohen… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
Large-scale genomic characterization of tumors from prospective cohort studies may yield
new insights into cancer pathogenesis. We performed whole-exome sequencing of 619 …

Chronic inflammation and cancer; the two sides of a coin

Q Fernandes, VP Inchakalody, T Bedhiafi, S Mestiri… - Life Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
The correlation between chronic inflammation and cancer was initially identified in the 19th
century. Biomolecules like interleukins, chemokines, tumor necrosis factors, growth factors …

Aspirin and colorectal cancer: the promise of precision chemoprevention

DA Drew, Y Cao, AT Chan - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) has become one of the most commonly used drugs, given its
role as an analgesic, antipyretic and agent for cardiovascular prophylaxis. Several decades …

Drug repurposing in cancer

L Sleire, HE Førde, IA Netland, L Leiss, BS Skeie… - Pharmacological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cancer is a major health issue worldwide, and the global burden of cancer is expected to
increase in the coming years. Whereas the limited success with current therapies has driven …

Cancer and platelet crosstalk: opportunities and challenges for aspirin and other antiplatelet agents

XR Xu, GM Yousef, H Ni - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
Platelets have long been recognized as key players in hemostasis and thrombosis;
however, growing evidence suggests that they are also significantly involved in cancer, the …

The prognostic role of macrophage polarization in the colorectal cancer microenvironment

JP Väyrynen, K Haruki, MC Lau, SA Väyrynen… - Cancer immunology …, 2021 - AACR
Macrophages are among the most common cells in the colorectal cancer microenvironment,
but their prognostic significance is incompletely understood. Using multiplexed …

Tumour micro-environment elicits innate resistance to RAF inhibitors through HGF secretion

R Straussman, T Morikawa, K Shee, M Barzily-Rokni… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Drug resistance presents a challenge to the treatment of cancer patients. Many studies have
focused on cell-autonomous mechanisms of drug resistance. By contrast, we proposed that …