digitoxigenin and Uveal-Neoplasms

Melanoma of the uveal tract accounts for approximately 5% of all melanomas and represents the most common primary intraocular malignancy. Despite improvements in diagnosis and more effective local therapies for primary cancer, the rate of metastatic death has not changed in the past forty years. In the present study, we made use of bioinformatics to analyze the data obtained from three public available microarray datasets on uveal melanoma in an attempt to identify novel putative chemotherapeutic options for the liver metastatic disease. We have first carried out a meta-analysis of publicly available whole-genome datasets, that included data from 132 patients, comparing metastatic vs. non metastatic uveal melanomas, in order to identify the most relevant genes characterizing the spreading of tumor to the liver. Subsequently, the L1000CDS

Topics: Aged; Cinnarizine; Clofazimine; Digitoxigenin; Drug Therapy; Female; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; Humans; Liver Neoplasms; Male; Melanoma; Microarray Analysis; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neoplasm Proteins; Uveal Neoplasms