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Ran GTPase is an independent prognostic marker in malignant melanoma which promotes tumour cell migration and invasion (2020)
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Elsheikh, S., Kouzoukakis, I., Fielden, C., Li, W., Lashin, S. E., Khair, N., …Ilyas, M. (2022). Ran GTPase is an independent prognostic marker in malignant melanoma which promotes tumour cell migration and invasion. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 75(1), 24-29. https://doi.org/10.1136/jclinpath-2020-206871

Aims Ran GTPase is involved in nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of proteins and is overexpressed in several cancers. The expression of Ran in malignant melanoma (MM) and its functional activity have not been described and were investigated in this study.... Read More about Ran GTPase is an independent prognostic marker in malignant melanoma which promotes tumour cell migration and invasion.

Surface polymer imprinted optical fibre sensor for dose detection of dabrafenib (2020)
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He, C., Ledezma, U. H., Gurnani, P., Albelha, T., Thurecht, K. J., Correia, R., …Korposh, S. (2020). Surface polymer imprinted optical fibre sensor for dose detection of dabrafenib. Analyst, 145(13), 4504-4511. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0an00434k

© 2020 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Dabrafenib is one of the most widely used of the new generation of targeted anti-cancer drugs. However, its therapeutic window varies for different patients and so there is an unmet need for methods to monitor t... Read More about Surface polymer imprinted optical fibre sensor for dose detection of dabrafenib.

UK Multicenter Prospective Evaluation of the Leibovich Score in Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma: Performance has Altered Over Time (2019)
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Vasudev, N. S., Hutchinson, M., Trainor, S., Ferguson, R., Bhattarai, S., Adeyoju, A., …Banks, R. E. (2019). UK Multicenter Prospective Evaluation of the Leibovich Score in Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma: Performance has Altered Over Time. Urology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2019.09.044

© 2019 The Authors Objective: To examine changes in outcome by the Leibovich score using contemporary and historic cohorts of patients presenting with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) Patients and Methods: Prospective observational multicenter cohort study... Read More about UK Multicenter Prospective Evaluation of the Leibovich Score in Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma: Performance has Altered Over Time.

Cancer survivors treated with platinum-based chemotherapy affected by ototoxicity and the impact on quality of life: a narrative synthesis systematic review (2019)
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Pearson, S. E., Taylor, J., Patel, P., & Baguley, D. M. (2019). Cancer survivors treated with platinum-based chemotherapy affected by ototoxicity and the impact on quality of life: a narrative synthesis systematic review. International Journal of Audiology, 58(11), 685-695. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2019.1660918

© 2019, © 2019 British Society of Audiology, International Society of Audiology, and Nordic Audiological Society. Objective: To identify any change in quality of life (QoL) caused by chemotherapy-induced toxicities, such as hearing loss and tinnitus,... Read More about Cancer survivors treated with platinum-based chemotherapy affected by ototoxicity and the impact on quality of life: a narrative synthesis systematic review.

Meta-Analysis in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma to Determine Progression-Free and Overall Survival Benchmarks: an International Rare Cancers Initiative (IRCI) Ocular Melanoma study (2019)
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Khoja, L., Atenafu, E., Suciu, S., Leyvraz, S., Sato, T., Marshall, E., …Joshua, A. (2019). Meta-Analysis in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma to Determine Progression-Free and Overall Survival Benchmarks: an International Rare Cancers Initiative (IRCI) Ocular Melanoma study. Annals of Oncology, 30(8), 1370-1380. https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdz176

Background: Despite the completion of numerous phase II studies, a standard of care treatment has yet to be defined for metastatic uveal melanoma (mUM). To determine benchmarks of progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS), we carried... Read More about Meta-Analysis in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma to Determine Progression-Free and Overall Survival Benchmarks: an International Rare Cancers Initiative (IRCI) Ocular Melanoma study.

Impaired circulating myeloid CD1c+ dendritic cell function in human glioblastoma is restored by p38 inhibition - implications for the next generation of DC vaccines (2019)
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Adhikaree, J., Franks, H. A., Televantos, C., Vaghela, P., Kaur, A. P., Walker, D., …Patel, P. M. (2019). Impaired circulating myeloid CD1c+ dendritic cell function in human glioblastoma is restored by p38 inhibition - implications for the next generation of DC vaccines. OncoImmunology, 8(7), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/2162402X.2019.1593803

Current treatments for glioblastoma (GBM) have limited efficacy and significant morbidity and therefore new strategies are urgently needed. Dendritic cells have the power to create anti-tumour immune responses. The greater potency of circulating den... Read More about Impaired circulating myeloid CD1c+ dendritic cell function in human glioblastoma is restored by p38 inhibition - implications for the next generation of DC vaccines.

Exploring the experiences of cancer patients with chemotherapy induced ototoxicity: qualitative study using online health forums (2019)
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Pearson, S. E., Taylor, J. A., Hoare, D. J., Patel, P., & Baguley, D. M. (2019). Exploring the experiences of cancer patients with chemotherapy induced ototoxicity: qualitative study using online health forums. JMIR Cancer, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.2196/10883

Background: Many cancer patients and survivors experience permanent and life-debilitating effects, such as ototoxicity, from treatment. Ototoxicity manifests as high-frequency hearing loss and tinnitus, which can have a detrimental effect on the qual... Read More about Exploring the experiences of cancer patients with chemotherapy induced ototoxicity: qualitative study using online health forums.

The genetic vulnerability to cisplatin ototoxicity: a systematic review (2019)
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Edvall, N. K., Cederroth, C. R., Tserga, E., Nandwani, T., Edvall, N. K., Bulla, J., …Baguley, D. M. (2019). The genetic vulnerability to cisplatin ototoxicity: a systematic review. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 3455. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40138-z

Ototoxicity is one of the major side-effects of platinum-based chemotherapy, in particular cisplatin (cis-diammine dichloroplatinum II). To our knowledge, no systematic review has previously provided a quantitative summary estimate of the impact of g... Read More about The genetic vulnerability to cisplatin ototoxicity: a systematic review.

Vestibulotoxicity associated with platinum-based chemotherapy in survivors of cancer: a scoping review (2018)
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Prayuenyong, P., Taylor, J. A., Pearson, S. E., Gomez, R., Patel, P. M., Hall, D. A., …Baguley, D. M. (2018). Vestibulotoxicity associated with platinum-based chemotherapy in survivors of cancer: a scoping review. Frontiers in Oncology, 8, Article 363. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2018.00363

Background: Cochleotoxicity following the treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy is well documented. The potential for vestibulotoxicity is still unclear. This scoping review examined the extent of current research literature, summarized research... Read More about Vestibulotoxicity associated with platinum-based chemotherapy in survivors of cancer: a scoping review.

Targeting gp100 and TRP-2 with a DNA vaccine: incorporating T cell epitopes with a human IgG1 antibody induces potent T cell responses that are associated with favourable clinical outcome in a phase I/II trial (2018)
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Patel, P. M., Ottensmeier, C. H., Mulatero, C., Lorigan, P., Plummer, R., Pandha, H. S., …Durrant, L. (2018). Targeting gp100 and TRP-2 with a DNA vaccine: incorporating T cell epitopes with a human IgG1 antibody induces potent T cell responses that are associated with favourable clinical outcome in a phase I/II trial. OncoImmunology, 7(6), Article e1433516. https://doi.org/10.1080/2162402X.2018.1433516

A DNA vaccine, SCIB1, incorporating two CD8 and two CD4 epitopes from TRP-2/gp100 was evaluated in patients with metastatic melanoma. Each patient received SCIB1 via intramuscular injection with electroporation. The trial was designed to find the saf... Read More about Targeting gp100 and TRP-2 with a DNA vaccine: incorporating T cell epitopes with a human IgG1 antibody induces potent T cell responses that are associated with favourable clinical outcome in a phase I/II trial.

Immuno-silent polymer capsules encapsulating nanoparticles for bioimaging applications (2017)
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Jeyaraman, J., Malecka, A., Billimoria, P., Shukla, A., Marandi, B., Patel, P. M., …Sivakumar, S. (2017). Immuno-silent polymer capsules encapsulating nanoparticles for bioimaging applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 5(26), 5251-5258. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TB01044C

PEGylated polymer capsules encapsulating LaVO4:Tb3+, GdVO4:Tb3+, Gd2O3:Tb3+, GdF3:Tb3+, YVO4:Tb3+ and iron oxide nanoparticles are promising new fluorescence, magnetic and magnetofluorescence imaging agents. Recently, we have reported the in vitro an... Read More about Immuno-silent polymer capsules encapsulating nanoparticles for bioimaging applications.

Stromal fibroblasts support dendritic cells to maintain IL-23/Th17 responses after exposure to ionizing radiation (2016)
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Malecka, A., Wang, O., Shah, S., Sutavani, R. V., Spendlove, I., Ramage, J. M., …Jackson, A. M. (2016). Stromal fibroblasts support dendritic cells to maintain IL-23/Th17 responses after exposure to ionizing radiation. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 100(2), 381-389. https://doi.org/10.1189/jlb.3A1015-474R

Dendritic cell function is modulated by stromal cells, including fibroblasts. Although poorly understood, the signals delivered through this crosstalk substantially alter dendritic cell biology. This is well illustrated with release of TNF-0/IL-113 f... Read More about Stromal fibroblasts support dendritic cells to maintain IL-23/Th17 responses after exposure to ionizing radiation.

Independent replication of a melanoma subtype gene signature and evaluation of its prognostic value and biological correlates in a population cohort (2015)
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Nsengimana, J., Laye, J., Filia, A., Walker, C., Jewell, R., Van den Oord, J. J., …Newton-Bishop, J. (2015). Independent replication of a melanoma subtype gene signature and evaluation of its prognostic value and biological correlates in a population cohort. Oncotarget, 6(13), 11683-11693. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.3549

Low calpain-9 is associated with adverse disease-specific survival following endocrine therapy in breast cancer (2014)
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Davis, J., Martin, S. G., Patel, P. M., Green, A. R., Rakha, E. A., Ellis, I. O., & Storr, S. J. (2014). Low calpain-9 is associated with adverse disease-specific survival following endocrine therapy in breast cancer. BMC Cancer, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-995

Background The calpains are intracellular cysteine proteases that function in a variety of important cellular functions, including signalling, motility, apoptosis and survival. In breast cancer high calpain-1 and calpain-2 expression has been asso... Read More about Low calpain-9 is associated with adverse disease-specific survival following endocrine therapy in breast cancer.

Phase II Randomized Trial Comparing Sequential First-Line Everolimus and Second-Line Sunitinib Versus First-Line Sunitinib and Second-Line Everolimus in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (2014)
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Motzer, R. J., Barrios, C. H., Min Kim, T., Falcon, S., Cosgriff, T., Graydon Harker, W., …Knox, J. J. (2014). Phase II Randomized Trial Comparing Sequential First-Line Everolimus and Second-Line Sunitinib Versus First-Line Sunitinib and Second-Line Everolimus in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 32(25), 2765-2772. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2013.54.6911

Targeting human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) in phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) deficient melanoma cells for personalized therapy (2014)
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Abbotts, R., Jewell, R., Nsengimana, J., Maloney, D. J., Simeonov, A., Seedhouse, C., …Madhusudan, S. (2014). Targeting human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) in phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) deficient melanoma cells for personalized therapy. Oncotarget, 5(10), 3273-3286. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.1926

Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) loss is associated with genomic instability. APE1 is a key player in DNA base excision repair (BER) and an emerging drug target in cancer. We have developed small molecule inhibitors against APE1 repair nuclease... Read More about Targeting human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) in phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) deficient melanoma cells for personalized therapy.