Understanding dynamical complexity of alien species invasion is an important and timely issue as it is believed that identification of possible invasion scenarios may result in a more effective invasive species management and control. To address this issue, mathematical modeling is widely recognized as a convenient theoretical tool as it often helps to reveal generic tendencies in a situation w...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary adenocarcinoma (PA) is the most common histologic type of primary lung cancer. Generally, adenocarcinoma was composed by five major components. The present study aimed to evaluate changes in the composition of adenocarcinoma components as the tumor grows; in addition, to analyze the correlation between the occupancy rates of histologic components of the tumor in regard to p...

The aim of this study was to assess the value of prone computed tomography compared with the traditional supine position, in the assessment of invasion of adjacent mediastinal structures by oesophageal cancer. A prospective, single blind case-case comparative study of signs of local tumour invasion was conducted. Sixty nine consecutive patients undergoing computed tomography for preoperative st...

Invasion of an exotic species initiated by its local introduction is considered subject to predator-prey interactions and the Allee effect when the prey growth becomes negative for small values of the prey density. Mathematically, the system dynamics is described by two nonlinear diffusion-reaction equations in two spatial dimensions. Regimes of invasion are studied by means of extensive numeri...

The aim of this study is to discover regional invasion routes for nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma (NACC) through analyses of the magnetic resonance (MR) images and comparison with keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma (KSCC). Both MR results and clinical records were retrospectively reviewed for 18 patients with NACC and 182 patients with KSCC. The metastasis routes of NACC were identifi...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most fatal cancers. In almost all populations, males have a higher HCC rate than females. Here we sought to explore the roles and mechanisms of acetylcholine (Ach) and androgen receptor (AR) on regulating the fate determinations of HCC. Ach activated AR and promoted its expression in HCC cells. Ach enhanced HCC cell migration and invasion but inhibit...

Cancer cells, characterized by local invasion and distant metastasis, are very much dependent on the extracellular matrix. The expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) has been implicated in the invasion and metastasis of cancer cells. In this study, we reported the effects of disulfiram, a clinically used anti-alcoholism drug, on tumor invasion suppression, as well as its effects on the ...

PURPOSE Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) shows persistent invasion that frequently leads to local recurrence and distant lymphatic metastasis. However, molecular mechanisms associated with invasion of HNSCC remain poorly understood. We identified IFN-induced transmembrane protein 1 (IFITM1) as a candidate gene for promoting the invasion of HNSCC by comparing the gene expression pro...

Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the characteristics and surgical outcomes of patients with external auditory canal (EAC) temporal bone (TB) malignancy dura invasion. Methods The medical records EAC TB invasion were retrospectively reviewed. Survival (overall survival [OS], disease-specific [DSS], recurrence-free [RFS], distant metastasis-free [DMFS]) analyzed using Kaplan–Meier method. ...