SynthesisFrontiers in genetics2022
Retinoids in cancer chemoprevention and therapy: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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- Lycopene, Carotenoids, and Retinoids in Cancer Chemoprevention: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Implications.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Synergistic Interaction Between HPV-16 E7 Oncoprotein and Severe Vitamin A Deficiency in Regulating Adaptive Immunity in a Preclinical Cervical Cancer Model.Journal of medical virology · 2026Article
- Oral Acitretin Combined with Topical 0.1% Tretinoin Cream for Facial Basal Cell Carcinoma in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report.Biologics : targets & therapy · 2026Article
- Multiple Basal Cell Carcinomas in a Long-Term Survivor of Childhood ALL and HSCT-A Call for Dermatologic Vigilance.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Retinoic Acid-Induced Transglutaminase 2 Expression Reduces Sensitivity to Cisplatin in the Hormone-Positive MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cell Model.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- A nanoencapsulated oral formulation of fenretinide promotes local and metastatic breast cancer dormancy in HER2/neu transgenic mice.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2024Article
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- ERβ1 Sensitizes and ERβ2 Desensitizes ERα-Positive Breast Cancer Cells to the Inhibitory Effects of Tamoxifen, Fulvestrant and Their Combination with All-Trans Retinoic Acid.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Vitamin A: too good to be bad?Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Review
- Retinoids: Molecular Aspects and Treatment in Premalignant Lesions and Cervical Cancer.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterReview
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Abstract
Retinoids, natural and synthetic derivatives of vitamin A, have many regulatory functions in human body, including regulating cellular proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis. Moreover, retinoids have been used successfully for the treatment of certain malignancies, especially acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) in adults and neuroblastoma in children. However, retinoids have not yet been translated into effective systemic treatments for most solid cancers. Some recent studies have shown that retinoids promote tumorigenesis. Therefore, we performed this meta-analysis to systematically evaluate the efficacy of retinoids in the chemoprevention and treatment of cancers. We performed literature search of several electronic databases, including PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library from 2000 January to 2021 November. Various outcomes were applied to investigate the potential of retinoids for prevention and treatment of cancers. The primary outcomes in this study were disease recurrence and clinical response. The secondary outcomes included overall survival (OS), cancer development, disease progression and event-free survival. We identified 39 randomized controlled trials with 15,627 patients in this study. Our results showed that lower recurrence rate and better clinical response were obtained in retinoids treated patients with cancer or premalignancy as compared with control. The differences were statistically significant (RR = 0.85, 95% CI = 0.74-0.96,
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