Oncology Research Featuring Preclinical and Clinical Cancer Therapeutics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
33(3), P. 533 - 547
Published: Dec. 12, 2024
The
advent
of
precision
medicine
has
underscored
the
importance
biomarkers
in
predicting
therapy
response
for
bladder
cancer,
a
malignancy
marked
by
considerable
heterogeneity.
This
review
critically
examines
current
landscape
to
forecast
treatment
outcomes
cancer
patients.
We
explore
range
biomarkers,
including
genetic,
epigenetic,
proteomic,
and
transcriptomic
indicators,
from
multiple
sample
sources,
urine,
tumor
tissue
blood,
assessing
their
efficacy
responses
chemotherapy,
immunotherapy,
targeted
therapies.
Despite
promising
developments,
translation
these
into
clinical
practice
faces
significant
challenges,
such
as
variability
biomarker
performance,
necessity
large-scale
validation
studies,
integration
testing
routine
workflows.
also
highlight
need
standardized
methodologies
robust
assays
ensure
consistency
reliability.
Future
directions
point
towards
longitudinal
studies
development
combination
panels
enhance
predictive
accuracy.
emphasizes
transformative
potential
improving
patient
advocates
continued
collaborative
efforts
overcome
existing
barriers
this
rapidly
evolving
field.
ACS Sensors,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 5, 2025
Bladder
cancer
diagnosis
typically
involves
approaches
such
as
cystoscopy,
biopsy,
urine
cytology,
and
medical
imaging.
However,
these
invasive
procedures
carry
a
risk
of
complications,
direct
in
vitro
detection
on
clinical
samples
often
results
low
sensitivity.
Therefore,
this
study
proposed
urease-driven
magnetic
nanomotors
for
the
simultaneous
bladder
biomarkers
miRNA-21
miRNA-182
samples,
aiming
noninvasive
diagnosis.
The
nanomotor
was
constructed
from
gold
nanorods,
mesoporous
organo-silica,
Fe3O4,
hairpin
DNA
(hDNA),
functioning
recognition
probe
target
miRNAs.
In
urea
solution,
urease
catalyzed
into
ammonia
carbon
dioxide,
propelling
about
60
min,
which
enhanced
capacity
probes
to
capture
Subsequently,
enrichment
enabled
highly
sensitive
dual-miRNA
analysis,
allowing
quantification
with
limits
29
362
fM,
respectively.
nanoprobes
also
effectively
detected
miRNAs
spiked
samples.
This
multiple
increased
reliability
diagnosis,
presenting
novel
strategy
through
precise
analysis
actual
Frontiers in Pharmacology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16
Published: March 21, 2025
Bladder
cancer
is
a
malignant
tumor
with
high
global
incidence
and
recurrence
rate.
Traditional
diagnostic
methods,
such
as
cystoscopy
urine
cytology,
have
limitations
in
sensitivity
specificity,
particularly
detecting
low-grade
bladder
cancer.
Circulating
DNA
(ctDNA)
offers
non-invasive
alternative,
reflecting
genetic
characteristics
through
blood
samples.
It
demonstrates
repeatability,
making
it
promising
tool
for
early
detection,
monitoring,
treatment
evaluation.
Clinical
studies
shown
that
ctDNA
not
only
detects
burden
but
also
captures
dynamic
mutations,
aiding
personalized
strategies.
Despite
its
potential,
clinical
implementation
of
faces
challenges,
including
optimization
detection
techniques,
standardization,
the
cost
testing.
This
paper
explores
role
advancing
diagnosis
treatment,
focus
on
refining
application
guiding
future
research
toward
improved
patient
outcomes.
Clinical and Translational Science,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
18(4)
Published: March 25, 2025
Oral
squamous
cell
carcinoma
(OSCC)
is
a
common
form
of
cancer,
with
390,000
new
cases
estimated
for
2022.
OSCC
has
poor
prognosis,
largely
due
to
high
recurrence
rate
and
resistance
therapy.
Cancer
cells
develop
standard
therapy
owing
various
factors,
such
as
genetic
predispositions,
alterations
in
the
apoptotic
pathway
coupled
DNA
repair
pathways,
drug
efflux,
detoxification.
This
review
aimed
at
exploring
crucial
role
paraoxonase
2
(PON2)
conferring
chemotherapy
radiotherapy
cells.
PON2,
an
antioxidant
enzyme,
protects
cancer
from
oxidative
stress
caused
by
these
treatments.
By
influencing
pathways
mechanisms,
PON2
can
reduce
effectiveness
attempt
explore
complex
molecular
mechanisms
modulated
mitigation
stress,
enhancement
repair,
apoptosis
regulation,
efflux
modulation,
detoxification,
which
decrease
treatment
efficacy.
Cancers,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(4), P. 753 - 753
Published: Feb. 11, 2024
Optimal
urine-based
diagnostic
tests
(UBDT)
minimize
unnecessary
follow-up
cystoscopies
in
patients
with
non-muscle-invasive
bladder-cancer
(NMIBC),
while
accurately
detecting
high-grade
without
false-negative
results.
Such
UBDTs
have
not
been
comprehensively
described
upon
a
broad,
validated
dataset,
resulting
cautious
guideline
recommendations.
Uromonitor®,
DNA-assay
hotspot
alterations
TERT,
FGFR3,
and
KRAS,
shows
promising
initial
However,
systematic
review
merging
all
available
data
is
lacking.
Studies
investigating
the
performance
of
Uromonitor®
NMIBC
until
November
2023
were
identified
PubMed,
Embase,
Web-of-Science,
Cochrane,
Scopus,
medRxiv
databases.
Within
aggregated
analyses,
test
area
under
curve/AUC
calculated.
This
project
fully
implemented
PRISMA
statement.
Four
qualifying
studies
comprised
total
1190
urinary
(bladder-cancer
prevalence:
14.9%).
Based
on
comprehensive
sensitivity,
specificity,
positive-predictive
value/PPV,
negative-predictive
value/NPV,
accuracy
80.2%,
96.9%,
82.1%,
96.6%,
94.5%,
respectively,
an
AUC
0.886
(95%-CI:
0.851–0.921).
In
meta-analysis
two
comparing
cytology,
significantly
outperformed
cytology
PPV,
accuracy,
no
significant
differences
observed
for
specificity
NPV.
supports
use
considering
its
favorable
performance.
cohort
1000
prevalence
~15%,
this
UBDT
would
avert
825
(true-negatives)
missing
30
cases
(false-negatives).
Due
to
currently
limited
from
only
four
heterogeneous
quality,
confirmatory
are
needed.
Molecular Carcinogenesis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(7), P. 1303 - 1318
Published: April 18, 2024
The
expression
pattern
of
MUC1-C
in
tumors
is
closely
linked
to
tumor
progression;
however,
its
specific
mechanism
remains
unclear.
cancer
and
adjacent
normal
tissues
was
detected
using
immunohistochemistry
Western
blot.
IC
Frontiers in Oncology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14
Published: Nov. 29, 2024
Bladder
cancer
is
a
significant
health
concern
worldwide,
necessitating
effective
diagnostic
and
monitoring
strategies.
Biomarkers
play
crucial
role
in
the
early
detection,
prognosis,
treatment
of
this
disease.
This
review
explores
current
landscape
bladder
biomarkers,
including
FDA-approved
molecular
biomarkers
emerging
ones.
such
as
BTA
stat,
TRAK,
NMP22,
have
been
instrumental
diagnosing
cancer.
These
are
derived
from
urinary
samples
particularly
useful
due
to
their
sensitivity
specificity.
As
we
move
forward,
should
continue
seek
ways
optimize
our
processes
outcomes,
these
markers
remain
seriously
challenged
detection
limited
For
instance,
sensitivities
stat
tumor
varied
between
40-72%,
while
its
specificities
vary
29-96%.
In
same
way,
70%
80%
specificity
recorded
for
11-85.7%
77-100%
documented
NMP22
BladderChek.
The
given
variations,
especially
low
diagnosis
at
an
stage
call
invention
better
systems.
Moreover,
different
sample
collection
handling
procedures
applied
laboratories
further
contribute
inconsistent
results
obtained.
Extracellular
vesicles
(EVs)
exosomes,
which
carry
vast
number
proteins,
being
considered
potential
biomarkers.
Although
show
promise,
challenges
non-standardized
isolation
techniques
lack
reproducibility
across
studies.
discovery
new
ongoing.
UBC
ACS Sensors,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 13, 2024
Utilizing
electronic
noses
(e-noses)
with
pattern
recognition
algorithms
offers
a
promising
noninvasive
method
for
the
early
detection
of
urinary
bladder
cancer
(UBC).
However,
limited
clinical
samples
often
hinder
existing
artificial
intelligence
(AI)-assisted
diagnosis.
This
paper
proposes
TC-Sniffer,
novel
bibranch
framework
few-shot
UBC
diagnosis,
leveraging
easily
obtainable
UBC-related
volatile
organic
components
(VOCs)
as
auxiliary
classification
categories.
These
VOCs
are
biomarkers
UBC,
helping
model
learn
more
UBC-specific
features,
reducing
overfitting
in
small
sample
scenarios,
and
reflecting
imbalanced
distribution
samples.
TC-Sniffer
employs
intensity-based
augmentation
to
address
size
issues
focal
loss
alleviate
bias
due
class
imbalance
caused
by
VOCs.
The
architecture
combines
transformers
temporal
convolutional
neural
networks
capture
long-
short-range
dependencies,
achieving
comprehensive
representation
learning.
Additionally,
feature-level
constraints
further
enhance
learning
distinctive
features
each
class.
Experimental
results
using
e-nose
data
collected
from
custom-designed
sensor
array
show
that
significantly
surpasses
approaches,
mean
accuracy
92.95%
only
five
training
Moreover,
fine-grained
can
distinguish
between
nonmuscle-invasive
(NMIBC)
muscle-invasive
(MIBC),
both
which
subtypes
UBC.
superior
performance
highlights
its
potential
timely
accurate
diagnosis
challenging
settings.
Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 20
Published: July 8, 2024
Bladder
cancer
(BC)
is
the
tenth
most
common
globally,
predominantly
affecting
men.
Early
detection
and
treatment
are
crucial
due
to
high
recurrence
rates
poor
prognosis
for
advanced
stages.
Traditional
diagnostic
methods
like
cystoscopy
imaging
have
limitations,
leading
exploration
of
noninvasive
such
as
liquid
biopsy.
This
review
highlights
application
biosensors
in
BC,
including
electrochemical
optical
sensors
detecting
tumor
markers
proteins,
nucleic
acids,
other
biomolecules,
noting
their
clinical
relevance.
Emerging
therapeutic
approaches,
antibody-drug
conjugates,
targeted
therapy,
immunotherapy,
gene
also
explored,
role
corresponding
biomarkers
guide
these
treatments
examined.
Finally,
addresses
current
challenges
future
directions
biosensor
applications
highlighting
need
large-scale
trials
integration
technologies
deep
learning
enhance
accuracy
efficacy.