Targeting hallmarks of cancer to enhance radiosensitivity in gastrointestinal cancers

AM Buckley, N Lynam-Lennon, H O'Neill… - Nature reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Radiotherapy is used in the treatment of approximately 50% of all malignancies including
gastrointestinal cancers. Radiation can be given prior to surgery (neoadjuvant radiotherapy) …

Low-dose non-targeted effects and mitochondrial control

D Averbeck - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Non-targeted effects (NTE) have been generally regarded as a low-dose ionizing radiation
(IR) phenomenon. Recently, regarding long distant abscopal effects have also been …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting cancer-cell mitochondria and metabolism to improve radiotherapy response

E McCann, J O'Sullivan, S Marcone - Translational oncology, 2021 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy is a regimen that uses ionising radiation (IR) to treat cancer. Despite the
availability of several therapeutic options, cancer remains difficult to treat and only a minor …

Supramolecular radiosensitizer based on hypoxia‐responsive macrocycle

X Hou, YX Chang, YX Yue, ZH Wang, F Ding… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Radiotherapy (RT) has been viewed as one of the most effective and extensively applied
curatives in clinical cancer therapy. However, the radioresistance of tumor severely …

Mitochondrial control of genomic instability in cancer

M Bonora, S Missiroli, M Perrone, F Fiorica, P Pinton… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer cells display among its hallmark genomic instability. This is a
progressive tendency in accumulate genome alteration which contributes to the damage of …

Energy metabolism is altered in radioresistant rectal cancer

CE Buckley, X Yin, S Meltzer, AH Ree… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Resistance to neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy is a significant clinical challenge in the
management of rectal cancer. There is an unmet need to identify the underlying …

Prognostic features of the tumour microenvironment in oesophageal adenocarcinoma

R McShane, S Arya, AJ Stewart, PD Caie… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2021 - Elsevier
Oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) is a disease with an incredibly poor survival rate and
a complex makeup. The growth and spread of OAC tumours are profoundly influenced by …

Metabolic rewiring in radiation oncology toward improving the therapeutic ratio

MW Van Gisbergen, E Zwilling, LJ Dubois - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
To meet the anabolic demands of the proliferative potential of tumor cells, malignant cells
tend to rewire their metabolic pathways. Although different types of malignant cells share this …

Real-time metabolic profiling of oesophageal tumours reveals an altered metabolic phenotype to different oxygen tensions and to treatment with Pyrazinib

AM Buckley, MR Dunne, ME Morrissey, SA Kennedy… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Oesophageal cancer is the 6th most common cause of cancer related death worldwide. The
current standard of care for oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) focuses on neoadjuvant …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting Radiation Resistance in Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma with Pyrazinib-Functionalised Gold Nanoparticles

S Marcone, J Spadavecchia, M Khan, G Vella… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Abstract Background/Objectives: Only 20–30% of oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC)
patients achieve a complete response to neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy for locally …