Objective: The images of esophageal carcinoma patients at different clinical stages were studied and the tumor markers Matrix metallopeptidase 9 (MMP-9) and the urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) were analyzed relatively to assess their clinical significance in treatment. Method: 60 esophageal carcinoma patients, who took a cure in our hospital, were selected as the obser...

When compared to normal esophageal epithelium, marked alterations in keratin protein and cross-linked envelope expres sion were found in human esophageal carcinomas. Examination of the pattern of keratin proteins extracted from either several primary esophageal tumors or carcinomas xenotransplanted in nude mice revealed a dramatic reduction in the amount of keratin protein, especially in the Mr...

Primary small cell esophageal carcinoma is a rare and aggressive type of gastrointestinal cancer with poor prognosis. In the present study, the impact of tumour infiltrating inflammatory cells on clinico-pathological characteristics and the patients' prognosis were analysed. A total of 36 small cell esophageal carcinomas, 19 adjacent normal tissues and 16 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma samp...

To clarify the expression level and methylation of esophageal cancer related gene 4 in laryngeal malignant tumor adjacent tissues, to explore its potential correlation with clinicopathological characteristics patients is objective study. The clinical samples were collected from 20 primary Xiangtan Central Hospital December 2017 2018. detected by next-generation sequencing technology. In 15 case...

De novo esophageal malignancy following liver transplantation is very rare. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma following liver transplant is closely associated with history of alcohol intake and tobacco chewing. We report on a 45-year-old man, chronic tobacco chewer and alcoholic who underwent liver transplantation for alcoholic cirrhosis and developed esophageal squamous cell carcinoma 23 mont...

Esophageal carcinomas have recently been shown to express Fas ligand (FasL) and down-regulate Fas to escape from host immune surveillance. However, the prognostic importance of Fas/FasL and their correlation with clinicopathological characteristics are yet to be delineated in this highly malignant carcinoma. Specimens from 106 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients were used for immunohist...

Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor is an uncommon lesion and has recently been recognized as a distinctive fibrous lesion. Esophageal calcifying fibrous pseudotumor is extremely rare and, to the best of our knowledge, has never been reported before. A 54-year-old woman underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound because of intermittent dysphagia. The results showed 1 isoech...

There are unfortunately a relatively large number of cases of esophageal cancer in Iran as well as other countries, and one of the most difficult problems facing surgeons is the reconstruction of the esophagus and restoration of its function after excision of the tumor. From 1978 to 1987,20 patients (16 male, 4 female) ranging in age from 22 to 68 years were surgically treated for squamous...

PURPOSE To study whether esophageal FDG activity changes by time of mid-course of fractionated radiotherapy (RT), and whether these changes are associated with radiation esophagitis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS Fifty patients with stage I-III NSCLC were enrolled prospectively and, all received ≥60 Gy RT. FDG-PET/CT scans were acquired prior to, and during-RT af...

We previously reported endothelial-like differentiation (ELD) of immature dendritic cells (iDCs) in the microenvironment derived from EC9706 human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma conditioned medium (CM). However, the CM is far different from the esophageal carcinoma tissue of patients. In addition, the potential role of peri-esophageal carcinoma in the ELD of iDCs is also unknown. In the pre...