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Cancers (Basel) ; 15(4)2023 Feb 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36831500

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Although obesity-associated metabolic disorders have a negative impact on various cancers, such evidence remains controversial for ovarian cancer. Here, we aimed to evaluate the impact of body composition (BC) and metabolism disorders on outcomes in high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC). METHODS: We analyzed clinical/genomic data from two cohorts (PUC n = 123/TCGA-OV n = 415). BC was estimated using the measurement of adiposity/muscle mass by a CT scan. A list of 425 genes linked to obesity/lipid metabolism was used to cluster patients using non-negative matrix factorization. Differential expression, gene set enrichment analyses, and Ecotyper were performed. Survival curves and Cox-regression models were also built-up. RESULTS: We identified four BC types and two clusters that, unlike BMI, effectively correlate with survival. High adiposity and sarcopenia were associated with worse outcomes. We also found that recovery of a normal BC and drug interventions to correct metabolism disorders had a positive impact on outcomes. Additionally, we showed that immune-cell-depleted microenvironments predominate in HGSOC, which was more evident among the BC types and the obesity/lipid metabolism cluster with worse prognosis. CONCLUSIONS: We have demonstrated the relevance of BC and metabolism disorders as determinants of outcomes in HGSOC. We have shone a spotlight on the relevance of incorporating corrective measures addressing these disorders to obtain better results.

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ARS med. (Santiago, En línea) ; 43(2): 46-51, 2018. ilus, Tab
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: biblio-1022898

RESUMO

La hemorragia obstétrica representa un desafío para el equipo médico, aportando con importante morbilidad y mortalidad a las pacientes embarazadas.El manejo adecuado, precoz y expedito beneficia el logro de resultados favorables para la madre e hijo; es por esto que debemos reconocer activamente aquellas pacientes en riesgo de presentar un sangrado obstétrico significativo.Presentamos el primer caso reportado en Chile de una paciente embarazada con mala inserción placentaria, sometida a cesárea y decómo se realizó el manejo del sangrado intraoperatorio, con énfasis en el uso de Cell Saver como técnica ahorradora de sangre.(AU)


Obstetric hemorrhage is a challenge for the medical team, contributing with significant morbidity and mortality to the pregnant patient.An appropriate, early, and expeditious management eases the achievement of favourable results for mother and son. We must recognizeactively those patients at risk of a significant obstetric bleeding.We present the first case report in Chile of a pregnant patient with abnormal placentation, undergoing a caesarean section and howbleeding was handled during the surgery, with emphasis on the use of a Cell Saver device as a blood-saving technique.(AU)


Assuntos
Humanos , Feminino , Gravidez , Cesárea , Hemorragia , Placenta Acreta , Transfusão de Sangue , Chile , Obstetrícia
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PLoS One ; 12(5): e0177244, 2017.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28472127

RESUMO

Teneurins are a family of highly conserved pair-rule proteins involved in morphogenesis and development of the central nervous system. Their function in adult tissues and in disease is largely unknown. Recent evidence suggests a role for dysregulated expression of Teneurins in human tumors, but systematic investigations are missing. Here, we investigated Teneurin-2 and Teneurin-4 expression in various cancer cell lines and in ovarian tumor tissues. Teneurin-2 and Teneurin-4 were expressed in most of the breast cancer cell lines tested. Teneurin-4 was also detected in ovarian cancer cell lines, and throughout ovarian tumors and normal ovary tissue. Ovarian tumors with low Teneurin-4 expression showed less differentiated phenotypes and these patients had shorter mean overall survival. Similarly, Teneurin-2 expression correlated with overall survival as well, especially in patients with serous tumors. In the various cell lines, 5-Aza-cytidine-induced changes in DNA methylation did not alter expression of Teneurin-2 and Teneurin-4, despite the existence of predicted CpG islands in both genes. Interestingly, however, we found evidence for the control of Teneurin-2 expression by the oncogenic growth factor FGF8. Furthermore, we identified multiple transcript splicing variants for Teneurin-2 and Teneurin-4, indicating complex gene expression patterns in malignant cells. Finally, downregulation of Teneurin-4 expression using siRNA caused a cell-type dependent increase in proliferation and resistance to cisplatin. Altogether, our data suggest that low Teneurin-4 expression provides a growth advantage to cancer cells and marks an undifferentiated state characterized by increased drug resistance and clinical aggressiveness. We conclude that Teneurin-2 and Teneurin-4 expression levels could be of prognostic value in ovarian cancer.


Assuntos
Diferenciação Celular/fisiologia , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/metabolismo , Neoplasias Ovarianas/patologia , Taxa de Sobrevida , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Ilhas de CpG/genética , Metilação de DNA , Regulação para Baixo , Feminino , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Inativação Gênica , Humanos , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/genética , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/fisiologia , RNA Interferente Pequeno/genética , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real
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Oncotarget ; 8(13): 20865-20880, 2017 Mar 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28209916

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Clinical studies have suggested a survival benefit in ovarian cancer patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus taking metformin, however the mechanism by which diabetic concentrations of metformin could deliver this effect is still poorly understood. Platelets not only represent an important reservoir of growth factors and angiogenic regulators, they are also known to participate in the tumor microenvironment implicated in tumor growth and dissemination. Herein, we investigated if diabetic concentrations of metformin could impinge upon the previously reported observation that platelet induces an increase in the tube forming capacity of endothelial cells (angiogenesis) and upon ovarian cancer cell aggressiveness. We demonstrate that metformin inhibits the increase in angiogenesis brought about by platelets in a mechanism that did not alter endothelial cell migration. In ovarian cancer cell lines and primary cultured cancer cells isolated from the ascitic fluid of ovarian cancer patients, we assessed the effect of combinations of platelets and metformin upon angiogenesis, migration, invasion and cancer sphere formation. The enhancement of each of these parameters by platelets was abrogated by the present of metformin in the vast majority of cancer cell cultures tested. Neither metformin nor platelets altered proliferation; however, metformin inhibited the increase in phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase induced by platelets. We present the first evidence suggesting that concentrations of metformin present in diabetic patients may reduce the actions of platelets upon both endothelial cells and cancer cell survival and dissemination.


Assuntos
Plaquetas , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamento farmacológico , Hipoglicemiantes/uso terapêutico , Metformina/uso terapêutico , Neovascularização Patológica/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Ovarianas/tratamento farmacológico , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Progressão da Doença , Feminino , Humanos , Neoplasias Ovarianas/sangue , Neoplasias Ovarianas/patologia , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
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Oncotarget ; 6(25): 21100-19, 2015 Aug 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26053184

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The evidence linking obesity with ovarian cancer remains controversial. Leptin is expressed at higher levels in obese women and stimulates cell migration in other epithelial cancers. Here, we explored the clinical impact of overweight/obesity on patient prognosis and leptin's effects on the metastatic potential of ovarian cancer cells. We assessed clinical outcomes in 70 ovarian cancer patients (33 healthy weight and 37 overweight) that were validated with an external cohort from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. Progression-free and overall survival rates were significantly decreased in overweight patients. Similarly, a worse overall survival rate was found in TCGA patients expressing higher leptin/OB-Rb levels. We explored serum and ascites leptin levels and OB-Rb expression in our cohort. Serum and ascites leptin levels were higher in overweight patients experiencing worse survival. OB-Rb was more highly expressed in ascites and metastases than in primary tumors. Leptin exposure increased cancer cell migration/invasion through leptin-mediated activation of JAK/STAT3, PI3/AKT and RhoA/ROCK and promoted new lamellipodial, stress-fiber and focal adhesion formation. Leptin also contributed to the maintenance of stemness and the mesenchymal phenotype in ovarian cancer cells. Our findings demonstrate that leptin stimulated ovarian cancer cell migration and invasion, offering a potential explanation for the poor prognosis among obese women.


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Leptina/metabolismo , Células-Tronco Neoplásicas/citologia , Obesidade/complicações , Obesidade/metabolismo , Neoplasias Ovarianas/complicações , Neoplasias Ovarianas/metabolismo , Idoso , Ascite/sangue , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Movimento Celular , Estudos de Coortes , Progressão da Doença , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Genoma Humano , Humanos , Leptina/sangue , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Invasividade Neoplásica , Metástase Neoplásica , Obesidade/patologia , Neoplasias Ovarianas/mortalidade , Sobrepeso , Prognóstico , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Recidiva , Resultado do Tratamento
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Rev Med Chil ; 143(1): 56-62, 2015 Jan.
Artigo em Espanhol | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25860269

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BACKGROUND: Molecular techniques for human papillomavirus (HPV) detection have a good performance as screening tests and could be included in cervical cancer early detection programs. We conducted a population-based trial comparing HPV detection and Papanicolaou as primary screening tests, in a public health service in Santiago, Chile. AIM: To describe the experience of implementing this new molecular test and present the main results of the study. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Women aged 25 to 64 enrolled in three public health centers were invited to participate. In all women, samples were collected for Papanicolaou and HPV DNA testing, and naked-eye visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid was performed. Women with any positive screening test were referred to the local area hospital for diagnostic confirmation with colposcopy and biopsy of suspicious lesions. RESULTS: Screening results were obtained for 8265 women, of whom 931 (11.3%) were positive to any test. The prevalence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or worse (CIN2+) was 1.1%; nine women had invasive cervical cancer. Sensitivities for the detection of CIN2+ were 22.1% (95% confidence interval (CI) 16.4-29.2) for Papanicolaou and 92.7% (95% CI 84.4-96.8) for HPV testing; specificities were 98.9% (95% CI 98.7-99.0) and 92.0% (95% CI 91.4-92.6) respectively. CONCLUSION: This experience showed that the implementation of a molecular test for cervical cancer screening is not a major challenge in Chile: it was well accepted by both the health team and the participants, and it may improve the effectiveness of the screening program.


Assuntos
Alphapapillomavirus/isolamento & purificação , Programas de Rastreamento/métodos , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/prevenção & controle , Adulto , Alphapapillomavirus/genética , Chile , DNA Viral/isolamento & purificação , Detecção Precoce de Câncer , Feminino , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Teste de Papanicolaou , Saúde Pública , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/diagnóstico , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/virologia , Esfregaço Vaginal
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BMC Cancer ; 15: 290, 2015 Apr 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25886038

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: An increase in circulating platelets, or thrombocytosis, is recognized as an independent risk factor of bad prognosis and metastasis in patients with ovarian cancer; however the complex role of platelets in tumor progression has not been fully elucidated. Platelet activation has been associated with an epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), while Tissue Factor (TF) protein expression by cancer cells has been shown to correlate with hypercoagulable state and metastasis. The aim of this work was to determine the effect of platelet-cancer cell interaction on TF and "Metastasis Initiating Cell (MIC)" marker levels and migration in ovarian cancer cell lines and cancer cells isolated from the ascetic fluid of ovarian cancer patients. METHODS: With informed patient consent, ascitic fluid isolated ovarian cancer cells, cell lines and ovarian cancer spheres were co-cultivated with human platelets. TF, EMT and stem cell marker levels were determined by Western blotting, flow cytometry and RT-PCR. Cancer cell migration was determined by Boyden chambers and the scratch assay. RESULTS: The co-culture of patient-derived ovarian cancer cells with platelets causes: 1) a phenotypic change in cancer cells, 2) chemoattraction and cancer cell migration, 3) induced MIC markers (EMT/stemness), 3) increased sphere formation and 4) increased TF protein levels and activity. CONCLUSIONS: We present the first evidence that platelets act as chemoattractants to cancer cells. Furthermore, platelets promote the formation of ovarian cancer spheres that express MIC markers and the metastatic protein TF. Our results suggest that platelet-cancer cell interaction plays a role in the formation of metastatic foci.


Assuntos
Plaquetas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Ovarianas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Ovarianas/patologia , Tromboplastina/metabolismo , Biomarcadores , Comunicação Celular , Movimento Celular , Fatores Quimiotáticos/metabolismo , Feminino , Humanos , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Neoplasias Ovarianas/sangue , Neoplasias Ovarianas/cirurgia , Fenótipo , Complexo Glicoproteico GPIb-IX de Plaquetas/metabolismo , Tromboplastina/genética , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
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Rev. méd. Chile ; 143(1): 56-62, ene. 2015. ilus, tab
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: lil-742551

RESUMO

Background: Molecular techniques for human papillomavirus (HPV) detection have a good performance as screening tests and could be included in cervical cancer early detection programs. We conducted a population-based trial comparing HPV detection and Papanicolaou as primary screening tests, in a public health service in Santiago, Chile. Aim: To describe the experience of implementing this new molecular test and present the main results of the study. Material and Methods: Women aged 25 to 64 enrolled in three public health centers were invited to participate. In all women, samples were collected for Papanicolaou and HPV DNA testing, and naked-eye visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid was performed. Women with any positive screening test were referred to the local area hospital for diagnostic confirmation with colposcopy and biopsy of suspicious lesions. Results: Screening results were obtained for 8265 women, of whom 931 (11.3%) were positive to any test. The prevalence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or worse (CIN2+) was 1.1%; nine women had invasive cervical cancer. Sensitivities for the detection of CIN2+ were 22.1% (95% confidence interval (CI) 16.4-29.2) for Papanicolaou and 92.7% (95% CI 84.4-96.8) for HPV testing; specificities were 98.9% (95% CI 98.7-99.0) and 92.0% (95% CI 91.4-92.6) respectively. Conclusion: This experience showed that the implementation of a molecular test for cervical cancer screening is not a major challenge in Chile: it was well accepted by both the health team and the participants, and it may improve the effectiveness of the screening program.


Assuntos
Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Emprego , Aptidão Física , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Estudos de Coortes , Estudos Transversais , Finlândia , Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde , Londres , Estudos Prospectivos , Meio Social
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Rev. chil. obstet. ginecol ; 79(2): 106-110, 2014. ilus
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: lil-714345

RESUMO

Reportamos el caso de una mujer de 21 años con hiperandrogenismo rápidamente progresivo de origen tumoral ovárico. La biopsia informó tumor de células de la granulosa y la resección fue curativa. Se analizan los posibles mecanismos por los que un tumor de origen en células de la granulosa pueda sintetizar andrógenos.


We report a 21 year old woman with rapidly progressive hyperandrogenism of ovaric tumoral origin. The biopsy of the tumor reported a granulosa cell tumor and the surgery was curative. We analyze the possible mechanisms implied in the androgen production in the granulosa cells of the tumor.


Assuntos
Humanos , Adulto , Feminino , Hiperandrogenismo/etiologia , Neoplasias Ovarianas/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Ovarianas/patologia , Tumor de Células da Granulosa/diagnóstico , Tumor de Células da Granulosa/patologia , Laparoscopia , Neoplasias Ovarianas/cirurgia , Tumor de Células da Granulosa/cirurgia
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Rev Med Chil ; 141(5): 669-73, 2013 May.
Artigo em Espanhol | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24089284

RESUMO

Our laboratory has implemented an in vitro assay to estimate the response to chemotherapy in ovarian cancer cells pertaining to individual patients. In two selected patients, we determined the correlation between an in vitro assay of cells from suspected ovarian cancer ascites, with the clinical chemotherapy response. Cancer cells isolated from peritoneal fluid with suspected ovarian cancer were tested for cytotoxicity with corresponding chemotherapy regimens. Circulating Cal25 levels and attending physician consultation determined clinical course and response to chemotherapy. The in vitro assay result correlated with Cal25 levels, progression free survival and attending physician evaluation. The assay predicted correctly the failure of two successive chemotherapy regimes in the first patient, while predicting a favorable clinical response in the second subject.


Assuntos
Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/administração & dosagem , Neoplasias Ovarianas/tratamento farmacológico , Adulto , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/efeitos adversos , Biomarcadores Tumorais/análise , Antígeno Ca-125/análise , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Humanos , Neoplasias Ovarianas/sangue , Medicina de Precisão , Indução de Remissão , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
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Anesth Analg ; 117(3): 653-660, 2013 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23868889

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Mixed evidence has been published relating the use of regional anesthesia during oncologic surgery to a decrease in time to cancer recurrence and improvement in overall survival. We investigated whether the use of epidural anesthesia, in addition to general analgesia during and/or after surgical removal of advanced ovarian cancer, has an impact on time to recurrence and overall survival. METHODS: Patients were identified from a prospective clinical registry. Eighty patients with advanced ovarian cancer (International Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians, stage IIIC and IV) undergoing surgery between January 2000 and March 2011 were studied. Propensity scoring (PS) methods (matching and inverse weighting) were used to compare the time to recurrence and overall survival of patients who did and did not receive epidural anesthesia and/or analgesia (EA), after controlling for selection bias. RESULTS: The median time to recurrence was 1.6 and 0.9 years for the EA and no EA groups, respectively (P = 0.02). After PS matching, the median time to recurrence was 1.6 and 1.4 years for the EA and no EA groups, respectively (P = 0.30). Similarly, PS weighting did not demonstrate an improvement in time to recurrence with the use of EA. Using a Cox proportional hazards model in the PS-matched sample, the estimated hazard ratio for EA exposure (0.72; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.40-1.33) did not change substantially after adjusting for chemotherapy (0.73; 95% CI, 0.40-1.31). Similar results were obtained using PS weighting. The median survival time was 3.3 and 1.9 years for the EA and no EA groups, respectively (P = 0.01). After PS matching, the median survival time was 3.3 and 2.7 years for the EA and no EA groups, respectively (P = 0.37). Similarly, PS weighting did not demonstrate an improved survival with the use of EA. The estimated hazard ratio (0.74; 95% CI, 0.36-1.49) in the PS matched sample did not change substantially after adjusting for chemotherapy, with similar results when PS weighting was applied. CONCLUSIONS: After PS matching and weighting, we found no benefit in overall survival or time to recurrence in patients with advanced stages (International Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians IIIC and IV) of ovarian cancer after the use of EA during and after tumor debulking surgery.


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Anestesia por Condução , Anestesia Epidural , Neoplasias Ovarianas/cirurgia , Idoso , Anestesia Geral , Anti-Inflamatórios não Esteroides/administração & dosagem , Anti-Inflamatórios não Esteroides/uso terapêutico , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Chile/epidemiologia , Terapia Combinada , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Cetorolaco/administração & dosagem , Cetorolaco/uso terapêutico , Laparotomia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/epidemiologia , Neoplasias Ovarianas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Ovarianas/epidemiologia , Dor Pós-Operatória/tratamento farmacológico , Pontuação de Propensão , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Sobrevida , Resultado do Tratamento
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Reprod Sci ; 20(12): 1433-46, 2013 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23653391

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The use of the type 2 diabetics drug metformin has been correlated with enhanced progression-free survival in ovarian cancer. The literature has speculated that this enhancement is due to the high concentration of metformin directly causing cancer cell death. However, this explanation does not fit with clinical data reporting that the women exposed to constant micromolar concentrations of metformin, as present in the treatment of diabetes, respond better to chemotherapy. Herein, our aim was to examine whether micromolar concentrations of metformin alone could bring about cancer cell death and whether micromolar metformin could increase the cytotoxic effect of commonly used chemotherapies in A2780 and SKOV3 cell lines and primary cultured cancer cells isolated from the peritoneal fluid of patients with advanced ovarian cancer. Our results in cell lines demonstrate that no significant loss of viability or change in cell cycle was observed with micromolar metformin alone; however, we observed cytotoxicity with micromolar metformin in combination with chemotherapy at concentrations where the chemotherapy alone produced no loss in viability. We demonstrate that previous exposure and maintenance of metformin in conjunction with carboplatin produces a synergistic enhancement in cytotoxicity of A2780 and SKOV3 cells (55% and 43%, respectively). Furthermore, in 5 (44%) of the 11 ovarian cancer primary cultures, micromolar metformin improved the cytotoxic response to carboplatin but not paclitaxel or doxorubicin. In conclusion, we present data that support the need for a clinical study to evaluate the adjuvant maintenance or prescription of currently approved doses of metformin during the chemotherapeutic treatment of ovarian cancer.


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Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Carboplatina/farmacologia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamento farmacológico , Hipoglicemiantes/farmacologia , Metformina/farmacologia , Neoplasias Ovarianas/patologia , Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Feminino , Humanos , Fatores de Tempo , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
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Rev. méd. Chile ; 141(5): 669-673, mayo 2013. ilus
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: lil-684376

RESUMO

Our laboratory has implemented an in vitro assay to estimate the response to chemotherapy in ovarian cancer cells pertaining to individual patients. In two selected patients, we determined the correlation between an in vitro assay of cells from suspected ovarian cancer ascites, with the clinical chemotherapy response. Cancer cells isolated from peritoneal fluid with suspected ovarian cancer were tested for cytotoxicity with corresponding chemotherapy regimens. Circulating Cal25 levels and attending physician consultation determined clinical course and response to chemotherapy. The in vitro assay result correlated with Cal25 levels, progression free survival and attending physician evaluation. The assay predicted correctly the failure of two successive chemotherapy regimes in the first patient, while predicting a favorable clinical response in the second subject.


Assuntos
Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/administração & dosagem , Neoplasias Ovarianas/tratamento farmacológico , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/efeitos adversos , /análise , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Medicina de Precisão , Neoplasias Ovarianas/sangue , Indução de Remissão , Células Tumorais Cultivadas , Biomarcadores Tumorais/análise
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Int J Cancer ; 132(4): 916-23, 2013 Feb 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22684726

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Cervical cancer mortality in Chile is four times higher than in developed countries. We compared the accuracy of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing and conventional Papanicolaou (Pap) testing to detect prevalent precancerous and cancerous lesions in the routine clinical practice of the public health system. Women aged 25 years and older residing in the area covered by three primary care centers of Santiago, Chile, were invited to participate. Eligible women received both HPV DNA (Hybrid Capture 2) and Pap testing. Women positive by either test (Pap: ASCUS+, HC2: RLU/CO ≥ 1.0) underwent colposcopy and biopsy, as did a sample of double-negative women with an abnormal cervix at visual inspection or with risk factors for cervical lesions. Crude and verification bias-corrected sensitivities and specificities were estimated. In total, 8,265 women (98.8% of eligible) had complete screening results. Of these, 10.7% were HPV positive, 1.7% were Pap positive and 1.1% were positive by both tests. In all, 931 (11.3%) women were screen-positive, of whom 94.3% attended colposcopy. Additionally, 295 control women were invited for colposcopy, of whom 78% attended. In all, 42 CIN2, 45 CIN3 and 9 cancers were identified. Verification bias-corrected sensitivity for CIN2+ (95% confidence interval) was 92.7% (84.4-96.8) for HPV and 22.1% (16.4-29.2) for Pap; corresponding specificities were 92.0% (91.4-92.6) and 98.9% (98.7-99.0). In conclusion, in routine clinical practice in a developing country, HPV testing was four times more sensitive for CIN2+ than Pap testing, identifying three times more CIN2+ lesions; HPV testing was easily implemented in our established cervical cancer prevention program.


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Testes de DNA para Papilomavírus Humano , Teste de Papanicolaou , Papillomaviridae/genética , Infecções por Papillomavirus/diagnóstico , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/diagnóstico , Esfregaço Vaginal , Adulto , Idoso , Biópsia , Chile , Colposcopia , DNA Viral/análise , Países em Desenvolvimento , Detecção Precoce de Câncer , Feminino , Humanos , Programas de Rastreamento/métodos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Infecções por Papillomavirus/virologia , Displasia do Colo do Útero/virologia , Displasia do Colo do Útero/diagnóstico , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/prevenção & controle , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/virologia , Adulto Jovem
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Cancer Lett ; 326(1): 1-7, 2012 Dec 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22841666

RESUMO

Using a chemoproteomic strategy, we recently demonstrated the expression of teneurin-2, a transmembrane glycoprotein, in the majority of malignant mesothelioma cell lines. This finding was unexpected since no formally organized evidence existed to implicate teneurins in human malignancy. For this reason, here we provide a comprehensive review on the expression of teneurins in human tumors and cell lines. Current evidence supports the aberrant expression of teneurins in various tumor types, their involvement in cancer-related regulatory networks, and their potential participation in drug resistance. Structural attributes of teneurins could enable the detection of shedded forms in body fluids for clinical applications.


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Transformação Celular Neoplásica/genética , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/fisiologia , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/fisiologia , Tenascina/fisiologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/metabolismo , Tenascina/metabolismo
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Rev. méd. Chile ; 140(7): 906-909, jul. 2012. ilus
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: lil-656363

RESUMO

Background: symptoms predominate. Diagnosis is based on clinical findings and appropriate imaging. We report two females, aged 35 and 51 years. One of them presented with a pelvic mass and dyspnea, the other patient had severe cardiac failure on admission. Computed axial tomography scan allowed an accurate preoperative diagnosis on both patients. Successful one stage resection of the tumor was performed under cardiopulmonary bypass. Both patients are asymptomatic on follow up at 6 months and 25 years.


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Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias Cardíacas/diagnóstico , Leiomiomatose/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Pélvicas/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Vasculares/diagnóstico , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Neoplasias Cardíacas/patologia , Leiomiomatose/patologia , Neoplasias Pélvicas/patologia , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Neoplasias Vasculares/patologia , Veia Cava Inferior/patologia
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Rev Med Chil ; 140(7): 906-9, 2012 Jul.
Artigo em Espanhol | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23282704

RESUMO

Symptoms predominate. Diagnosis is based on clinical findings and appropriate imaging. We report two females, aged 35 and 51 years. One of them presented with a pelvic mass and dyspnea, the other patient had severe cardiac failure on admission. Computed axial tomography scan allowed an accurate preoperative diagnosis on both patients. Successful one stage resection of the tumor was performed under cardiopulmonary bypass. Both patients are asymptomatic on follow up at 6 months and 25 years.


Assuntos
Neoplasias Cardíacas/diagnóstico , Leiomiomatose/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Pélvicas/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Vasculares/diagnóstico , Adulto , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Neoplasias Cardíacas/patologia , Humanos , Leiomiomatose/patologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias Pélvicas/patologia , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Neoplasias Vasculares/patologia , Veia Cava Inferior/patologia
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Reprod Sci ; 15(9): 878-94, 2008 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19050321

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OBJECTIVE: The estrogen metabolite 2-methoxyestradiol has shown antitumorigenic action in some epithelial tumors. In the present work we investigate its effects in ovarian cancer used alone or in combination with other apoptotic-inducing reagents such as tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand. METHODS: To assess the effect of 2-methoxyestradiol, dose response and time courses in ovarian cancer and normal cells were conducted. Apoptosis was confirmed through DNA laddering, by flow cytometry, and Western blotting of proteins involved in the apoptotic cascade. RESULTS: 2-Methoxyestradiol induced apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells but not in normal counterparts. 2-Methoxyestradiol activates both the intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic pathways. 2-Methoxyestradiol-mediated apoptosis involves reactive oxygen species generation and caspase-dependent and caspase-independent mechanisms. We also demonstrate that 2-methoxyestradiol selectively induces an additive/synergistic apoptotic response in ovarian cancer cells when used in combination with tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand. CONCLUSIONS: 2-Methoxyestradiol, alone or in combination with tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand, should be considered as a potential treatment for ovarian cancer.


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Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Caspases/metabolismo , Estradiol/análogos & derivados , Neoplasias Ovarianas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Ovarianas/patologia , 2-Metoxiestradiol , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/farmacologia , Apoptose/fisiologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Estradiol/administração & dosagem , Estradiol/farmacologia , Feminino , Humanos , Ligante Indutor de Apoptose Relacionado a TNF/administração & dosagem , Ligante Indutor de Apoptose Relacionado a TNF/farmacologia
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Endocr Relat Cancer ; 14(2): 351-68, 2007 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17639050

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Cancers of the reproductive tract account for 12% of all malignancies in women. As previous studies have shown that oestrogen metabolites can cause apoptosis, we characterised the effect of oestrogen and oestrogen metabolites on non-cancerous and cancerous human endometrial cells. Herein, we demonstrate that 2-methoxyoestradiol (2ME), but not 17beta-oestradiol, induces apoptosis in cancer cell lines and primary cultured tumours of endometrial origin. In contrast, 2ME had no effect on cell viability of corresponding normal tissue. This ability of 2ME to induce apoptosis does not require oestrogen receptor activation, but is associated with increased entry into the G2/M phases of the cell cycle and the activation of both the intrinsic and the extrinsic apoptotic pathways. The selective behaviour of 2ME on cancerous as opposed to normal tissue may be due to a reduction in 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type II levels in cancer cells and to a differential down-regulation of superoxide dismutase. Furthermore, we demonstrate that pre-treatment with 2ME enhances the sensitivity of reproductive tract cancer cells to the apoptotic drug tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), without the loss in cell viability to normal cells incurred by currently chemotherapeutic drugs. In conclusion, 2ME, alone or in combination with TRAIL, may be an effective treatment for cancers of uterine origin with minimal toxicity to corresponding healthy female reproductive tissue.


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Apoptose , Neoplasias do Endométrio/enzimologia , Estriol/análogos & derivados , Ligante Indutor de Apoptose Relacionado a TNF/farmacologia , 17-Hidroxiesteroide Desidrogenases/metabolismo , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Caspases/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Endométrio/efeitos dos fármacos , Endométrio/enzimologia , Estriol/farmacologia , Estrogênios/metabolismo , Estrogênios/farmacologia , Feminino , Humanos , Receptores do Ligante Indutor de Apoptose Relacionado a TNF/agonistas , Receptores do Ligante Indutor de Apoptose Relacionado a TNF/metabolismo
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Rev. chil. obstet. ginecol ; 50(1): 40-8, 1985. ilus
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: lil-27389

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Se analizan diferentes antecedentes clínicos (edad, paridad, edad de inicio de relaciones sexuales; síntomas, método anticonceptivo usado), en 402 pacientes con diagnóstico confirmado de Displasia Severa, cuyo seguimiento promedio es de cinco años. Se destaca la importancia de la Citología exfoliativa del cuello uterino, de la Biopsia dirigida por colposcopía, y el valor diagnóstico y terapéutico de la Conización del Cuello Uterino


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Adolescente , Adulto , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Humanos , Feminino , Carcinoma in Situ/diagnóstico , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/diagnóstico , Colo do Útero/cirurgia , Colposcopia , Citodiagnóstico , Seguimentos
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