2022
Locoregional Therapy in the Management of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Is There Sufficient Evidence to Guide Current Clinical Practice?
Wang Y, Strazzabosco M, Madoff DC. Locoregional Therapy in the Management of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Is There Sufficient Evidence to Guide Current Clinical Practice? Current Oncology Reports 2022, 24: 1741-1750. PMID: 36255606, PMCID: PMC10878124, DOI: 10.1007/s11912-022-01338-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocoregional therapyIntrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaManagement of ICCFuture prospective randomized studiesComparable survival outcomesSafety of hepatectomyProspective Randomized StudyLocal tumor controlNon-surgical approachCurrent clinical practicePurpose of reviewUnresectable diseaseSurgical candidatesSystemic therapyVenous embolizationRandomized studyTransarterial embolizationDismal prognosisMultimodal treatmentSafety profileSurvival outcomesAblative therapyTumor controlPreoperative hypertrophyLiver lobe
2017
Tumor reactive stroma in cholangiocarcinoma: The fuel behind cancer aggressiveness
Brivio S, Cadamuro M, Strazzabosco M, Fabris L. Tumor reactive stroma in cholangiocarcinoma: The fuel behind cancer aggressiveness. World Journal Of Hepatology 2017, 9: 455-468. PMID: 28396716, PMCID: PMC5368623, DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v9.i9.455.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTumor reactive stromaReactive stromaCCA progressionStromal cellsAggressive epithelial malignancyReactive stromal cellsProgression of cholangiocarcinomaEarly lymphDismal prognosisBiliary carcinogenesisCancer cell behaviorConventional chemotherapyBreast carcinomaDesmoplastic microenvironmentEpithelial malignanciesCancer aggressivenessCell aggressivenessNeoplastic cellsCholangiocarcinomaMetastatic disseminationCombinatorial therapySoluble factorsCancer typesParacrine communicationExtracellular matrix
2016
Low-Dose Paclitaxel Reduces S100A4 Nuclear Import to Inhibit Invasion and Hematogenous Metastasis of Cholangiocarcinoma
Cadamuro M, Spagnuolo G, Sambado L, Indraccolo S, Nardo G, Rosato A, Brivio S, Caslini C, Stecca T, Massani M, Bassi N, Novelli E, Spirli C, Fabris L, Strazzabosco M. Low-Dose Paclitaxel Reduces S100A4 Nuclear Import to Inhibit Invasion and Hematogenous Metastasis of Cholangiocarcinoma. Cancer Research 2016, 76: 4775-4784. PMID: 27328733, PMCID: PMC4987167, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-0188.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActive Transport, Cell NucleusAnimalsAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicBile Duct NeoplasmsBlotting, WesternCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCholangiocarcinomaHumansMiceMice, SCIDNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm MetastasisPaclitaxelS100 Calcium-Binding Protein A4SumoylationXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysConceptsLow-dose paclitaxelNuclear S100A4Nuclear expressionSCID mouse xenograft modelPrimary liver cancerLocal tumor growthEGI-1 cellsCandidate therapeutic targetMouse xenograft modelMMP-9 secretionCholangiocarcinoma cell linesCholangiocarcinoma invasivenessLung disseminationMT1-MMP expressionCalcium binding proteinDismal prognosisRate of proliferationMetastatic spreadLiver cancerTumor massPaclitaxel treatmentXenograft modelTherapeutic targetTreatment opportunitiesMetastatic progression
2015
Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and Cancer Invasiveness: What Can We Learn from Cholangiocarcinoma?
Brivio S, Cadamuro M, Fabris L, Strazzabosco M. Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and Cancer Invasiveness: What Can We Learn from Cholangiocarcinoma? Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2015, 4: 2028-2041. PMID: 26703747, PMCID: PMC4693158, DOI: 10.3390/jcm4121958.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMesenchymal transitionAbundant stromal reactionEarly metastatic behaviorPrimary liver cancerEMT-like changesPotential therapeutic targetPro-invasive phenotypeSpecific disease mechanismsDismal prognosisBile ductChronic inflammationEMT biomarkersEpithelial malignanciesStromal reactionLiver cancerTumor stromaTherapeutic targetCholangiocarcinomaNew biomarkersTumor metastatizationMetastatic behaviorCCA cellsTherapeutic opportunitiesTumor microenvironmentStromal cells