Rodríguez-Vida Rodríguez, Alejo (Date of defense: 2017-10-23)
Prostate cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer worldwide and the fifth leading cause of cancer death in men. Despite, the above mentioned incidence and mortality, the existence of a small ...
Roura Fornells, Esther (Date of defense: 2018-10-22)
The objective of this thesis is to estimate prospectively the association between environmental cofactors and the risk of developing cervical cancer and pre-cancer, including tobacco smoking, hormonal ...
Parkkola, Hanna (Date of defense: 2014-12-01)
Novel stategies are needed to improve the limited efficacy of current cancer therapies. High expectations are directed towards nanotechnology-based applications in cancer medicine. We have developed a ...
Vegliante, Maria Carmela (Date of defense: 2013-09-26)
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is an aggressive subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphomas associated with poor prognosis and frequent relapses. Recently, the neuronal transcription factor SOX11 has been identified ...
Martínez Quetglas, Iris (Date of defense: 2018-01-09)
Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling is frequently altered in HCC, including activation of IGF1R, IGF2 overexpression, IGFBP3 downregulation and IGF2R allelic losses1,2. A previous study from our ...
Bassani, Nicklas (Date of defense: 2017-12-15)
Antiangiogenic drugs are used clinically for treatment of different types of cancers and in the case of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are now standard first-line treatments (Rini, 2009). Nevertheless, these ...
Yoldi, Guillermo (Date of defense: 2018-10-23)
The discovery that RANK signaling mediates the protumorigenic role of progesterone in the mammary gland and its association with poor prognosis in breast cancer has opened the possibility of using RANKL ...
Vidal Crespo, Anna (Date of defense: 2017-04-28)
In this thesis we have focused on two novel therapeutic strategies that target the crosstalk between the tumor cells and the microenvironment. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) remains an incurable ...
Aguilar Fadó, Esther (Date of defense: 2015-02-23)
Metastasis represents the most life-threatening aspect of tumorigenesis and is the leading cause of death by cancer. Intensive research in this field has shed light on some of the molecular strategies ...
Zuazo Gaztelu, Iratxe (Date of defense: 2018-11-23)
Tumor progression is a complex conundrum of events that involve not only tumor cells, but also their surrounding microenvironment. Accounting to the natural dependency of tumors on angiogenesis, its ...