Aspirin and colorectal cancer: the promise of precision chemoprevention

DA Drew, Y Cao, AT Chan - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) has become one of the most commonly used drugs, given its
role as an analgesic, antipyretic and agent for cardiovascular prophylaxis. Several decades …

Drug repurposing in cancer

L Sleire, HE Førde, IA Netland, L Leiss, BS Skeie… - Pharmacological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cancer is a major health issue worldwide, and the global burden of cancer is expected to
increase in the coming years. Whereas the limited success with current therapies has driven …

Genetics and genetic biomarkers in sporadic colorectal cancer

JM Carethers, BH Jung - Gastroenterology, 2015 - Elsevier
Sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC) is a somatic genetic disease in which pathogenesis is
influenced by the local colonic environment and the patient's genetic background …

Bacterial infections and cancer

D van Elsland, J Neefjes - EMBO reports, 2018 - embopress.org
Infections are estimated to contribute to 20% of all human tumours. These are mainly caused
by viruses, which explains why a direct bacterial contribution to cancer formation has been …

Insights into pathogenic interactions among environment, host, and tumor at the crossroads of molecular pathology and epidemiology

S Ogino, JA Nowak, T Hamada… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Evidence indicates that diet, nutrition, lifestyle, the environment, the microbiome, and other
exogenous factors have pathogenic roles and also influence the genome, epigenome …

Drug repurposing in oncology—patient and health systems opportunities

F Bertolini, VP Sukhatme, G Bouche - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2015 - nature.com
In most countries, healthcare service budgets are not likely to support the current explosion
in the cost of new oncology drugs. Repurposing the large arsenal of approved, non …

Epidemiology of colorectal cancer

J Little, L Sharp - Colorectal Cancer, 2006 - taylorfrancis.com
In the United States in the period 1973–1997, the incidence and mortality due to large bowel
cancer was higher in blacks than in other ethnic groups. The incidence in blacks in the …

Inhibition of the prostaglandin-degrading enzyme 15-PGDH potentiates tissue regeneration

Y Zhang, A Desai, SY Yang, KB Bae, MI Antczak… - Science, 2015 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Agents that promote tissue regeneration could be beneficial in a variety of
clinical settings, such as stimulating recovery of the hematopoietic system after bone marrow …

Integrative analysis of exogenous, endogenous, tumour and immune factors for precision medicine

S Ogino, JA Nowak, T Hamada, AI Phipps, U Peters… - Gut, 2018 - gut.bmj.com
Immunotherapy strategies targeting immune checkpoints such as the CTLA4 and CD274
(programmed cell death 1 ligand 1, PD-L1)/PDCD1 (programmed cell death 1, PD-1) T-cell …

Role of prostanoids in gastrointestinal cancer

D Wang, RN DuBois - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2018 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Chronic inflammation is a risk factor for gastrointestinal cancer and other diseases. Most
studies have focused on cytokines and chemokines as mediators connecting chronic …