Background Insufficient thermal ablation can accelerate malignant behaviors and
metastases in some solid tumors, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and …

Microwave ablation (MWA), a thermal ablation, is an effective treatment for breast cancer.
However, residual breast cancer is still detected. The biological characteristics of residual …

Breast cancer (BC) has different clinical manifestations due to its diverse mechanism of
action that has created many challenges to choosing appropriate treatment. Recent findings …

Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) present in tumor microenvironment acts in a
coordinated fashion to either suppress or promote tumor development. However, the …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) play an important role in the initiation, metastasis, and
invasion of breast cancer. However, whether autophagy acts as a tumor promotion …

Macroautophagy (herein referred to as autophagy) is a complex catabolic process
characterized by the formation of double-membrane vesicles called autophagosomes …

Background Breast cancer (BC) is a prevalent female cancer, which has high morbidity and
mortality. However, the pathogenesis of BC has not been fully elucidated. Studies have …

Microwave ablation (MWA) is increasingly used in clinical treatment and research of breast
cancer, which has good therapeutic effect on primary and metastatic lesions. However …

The occurrence and mechanisms of autophagy induced by heat stress are not well known in
lung cancer cells. Here, we have demonstrated that heat stress induces autophagy in A549 …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) typically develops in a chronic inflammatory setting causal
to release of a plethora of growth factors and cytokines. However, the molecular effect of …