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BMC Cancer

Ausgabe 1/2005

Inhalt (164 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Doxorubicin increases the effectiveness of Apo2L/TRAIL for tumor growth inhibition of prostate cancer xenografts

Ahmed El-Zawahry, John McKillop, Christina Voelkel-Johnson

Open Access Research article

Receptor and secreted targets of Wnt-1/β-catenin signalling in mouse mammary epithelial cells

Paraic A Kenny, Tariq Enver, Alan Ashworth

Open Access Research article

Mycophenolate mofetil modulates adhesion receptors of the beta1 integrin family on tumor cells: impact on tumor recurrence and malignancy

Tobias Engl, Jasmina Makarević, Borna Relja, Iyad Natsheh, Iris Müller, Wolf-Dietrich Beecken, Dietger Jonas, Roman A Blaheta

Open Access Research article

Irradiation specifically sensitises solid tumour cell lines to TRAIL mediated apoptosis

Patrizia Marini, Angelika Schmid, Verena Jendrossek, Heidrun Faltin, Peter T Daniel, Wilfried Budach, Claus Belka

Open Access Research article

MDM2 negatively regulates the human telomerase RNA gene promoter

Jiangqin Zhao, Alan Bilsland, Katrina Jackson, W Nicol Keith

Open Access Research article

Gene expression profiling revealed novel mechanism of action of Taxotere and Furtulon in prostate cancer cells

Yiwei Li, Maha Hussain, Sarah H Sarkar, James Eliason, Ran Li, Fazlul H Sarkar

Open Access Research article

Upregulated expression of human neutrophil peptides 1, 2 and 3 (HNP 1-3) in colon cancer serum and tumours: a biomarker study

Jakob Albrethsen, Rikke Bøgebo, Steen Gammeltoft, Jesper Olsen, Benny Winther, Hans Raskov

Open Access Research article

Functional promoter upstream p53 regulatory sequence of IGFBP3 that is silenced by tumor specific methylation

Tadashi Hanafusa, Toshiyuki Shinji, Hidenori Shiraha, Kazuhiro Nouso, Yoshiaki Iwasaki, Eichiro Yumoto, Toshiro Ono, Norio Koide

Open Access Research article

Results of paclitaxel (day 1 and 8) and carboplatin given on every three weeks in advanced (stage III-IV) non-small cell lung cancer

Perran F Yumuk, Nazim S Turhal, Mahmut Gumus, Nilgun F Hatabay, Orhan Turken, Alper Ozkan, Taflan Salepci, Mehmet Aliustaoglu, Rengin Ahiskali

Open Access Research article

Polymorphisms of the XRCC1, XRCC3, & XPDgenes, and colorectal cancer risk: a case-control study in Taiwan

Chih-Ching Yeh, Fung-Chang Sung, Reiping Tang, Chung Rong Chang-Chieh, Ling-Ling Hsieh

Open Access Research article

Quantitative evaluation and modeling of two-dimensional neovascular network complexity: the surface fractal dimension

Fabio Grizzi, Carlo Russo, Piergiuseppe Colombo, Barbara Franceschini, Eldo E Frezza, Everardo Cobos, Maurizio Chiriva-Internati

Open Access Research article

Use of a recombinant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strain expressing C-Raf for protection against C-Raf induced lung adenoma in mice

Ivaylo Gentschev, Joachim Fensterle, Andreas Schmidt, Tamara Potapenko, Jakob Troppmair, Werner Goebel, Ulf R Rapp

Open Access Research article

Do hormonal contraceptives stimulate growth of neurofibromas? A survey on 59 NF1 patients

Marge Lammert, Victor-Felix Mautner, Lan Kluwe

Open Access Research article

Expression analysis of the mouse S100A7/psoriasin gene in skin inflammation and mammary tumorigenesis

Meghan Webb, Ethan D Emberley, Michael Lizardo, Salem Alowami, Gefei Qing, Abdullah Alfia'ar, Linda J Snell-Curtis, Yulian Niu, Alberto Civetta, Yvonne Myal, Robert Shiu, Leigh C Murphy, Peter H Watson

Open Access Research article

Access to communication technologies in a sample of cancer patients: an urban and rural survey

Ma'n Abdullah, Dale E Theobald, Donna Butler, Kurt Kroenke, Anthony Perkins, Sara Edgerton, William M Dugan Jr

Open Access Research article

Increased p53 immunopositivity in anaplastic medulloblastoma and supratentorial PNET is not caused by JC virus

Charles G Eberhart, Aneeka Chaudhry, Richard W Daniel, Leila Khaki, Keerti V Shah, Patti E Gravitt

Open Access Research article

Evaluation of dendritic cells loaded with apoptotic cancer cells or expressing tumour mRNA as potential cancer vaccines against leukemia

Silvija Jarnjak-Jankovic, Rolf D Pettersen, Stein Sæbøe-Larssen, Finn Wesenberg, Gustav Gaudernack

Open Access Research article

Docetaxel plus cisplatin is effective for patients with metastatic breast cancer resistant to previous anthracycline treatment: a phase II clinical trial

Se Hoon Park, Eun Kyung Cho, Soo-Mee Bang, Dong Bok Shin, Jae Hoon Lee, Young Don Lee

Open Access Research article

Human desmoid fibroblasts: matrix metalloproteinases, their inhibitors and modulation by Toremifene

Chiara Balducci, Cinzia Lilli, Giordano Stabellini, Lorella Marinucci, Giammario Giustozzi, Alessio Becchetti, Lucio Cagini, Paola Locci

Open Access Research article

Low frequency of defective mismatch repair in a population-based series of upper urothelial carcinoma

Kajsa M Ericson, Anna P Isinger, Björn L Isfoss, Mef C Nilbert

Open Access Research article

Age and manifestation related symptoms in familial adenomatous polyposis

Roland S Croner, Wolfgang M Brueckl, Bertram Reingruber, Werner Hohenberger, Klaus Guenther

Open Access Research article

Angiogenesis in cancer of unknown primary: clinicopathological study of CD34, VEGF and TSP-1

Vasilis Karavasilis, Vasiliki Malamou-Mitsi, Evangelos Briasoulis, Elena Tsanou, Evangelia Kitsou, Haralambos Kalofonos, George Fountzilas, Theodore Fotsis, Nicholas Pavlidis

Open Access Research article

JTE-522, a selective COX-2 inhibitor, inhibits growth of pulmonary metastases of colorectal cancer in rats

Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Uetake, Tetsuro Higuchi, Masayuki Enomoto, Kenichi Sugihara

Open Access Research article

Differences between men with screening-detected versus clinically diagnosed prostate cancers in the USA

Richard M Hoffman, S Noell Stone, David Espey, Arnold L Potosky

Open Access Research article

Role of axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with pure ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast

Giorgio Zavagno, Paolo Carcoforo, Renato Marconato, Zeno Franchini, Giuliano Scalco, Paolo Burelli, Paolo Pietrarota, Mario Lise, Roberto Mencarelli, Giovanni Capitanio, Andrea Ballarin, Maria Elena Pierobon, Giorgia Marconato, Donato Nitti

Open Access Research article

Mutations of PIK3CAin gastric adenocarcinoma

Vivian Sze Wing Li, Chi Wai Wong, Tsun Leung Chan, Agnes Sze Wah Chan, Wei Zhao, Kent-Man Chu, Samuel So, Xin Chen, Siu Tsan Yuen, Suet Yi Leung

Open Access Research article

Compliance and toxicity of adjuvant CMF in elderly breast cancer patients: a single-center experience

Ermelinda De Maio, Adriano Gravina, Carmen Pacilio, Gerardo Amabile, Vincenzo Labonia, Gabriella Landi, Francesco Nuzzo, Emanuela Rossi, Giuseppe D'Aiuto, Immacolata Capasso, Massimo Rinaldo, Brunello Morrica, Massimo Elmo, Massimo Di Maio, Francesco Perrone, Andrea de Matteis

Open Access Research article

The optimal starting time of postoperative intraperitoneal mitomycin-C therapy with preserved intestinal wound healing

Ali Uzunkoy, Cengiz Bolukbas, Mehmet Horoz, Fusun F Bolukbas, Abdurrahim Kocyigit

Open Access Research article

Dexamethasone inhibits the HSV-tk/ ganciclovir bystander effect in malignant glioma cells

Pierre A Robe, Minh Nguyen-Khac, Olivier Jolois, Bernard Rogister, Marie-Paule Merville, Vincent Bours

Open Access Research article

Incidence of leukemias in children from El Salvador and Mexico City between 1996 and 2000: Population-based data

Juan Manuel Mejía-Aranguré, Miguel Bonilla, Rodolpho Lorenzana, Servando Juárez-Ocaña, Gladys de Reyes, María Luisa Pérez-Saldivar, Guadalupe González-Miranda, Roberto Bernáldez-Ríos, Antonio Ortiz-Fernández, Manuel Ortega-Alvarez, María del Carmen Martínez-García, Arturo Fajardo-Gutiérrez

Open Access Research article

Clinical practice guideline on the optimal radiotherapeutic management of brain metastases

May N Tsao, Nancy S Lloyd, Rebecca KS Wong

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Breast conserving surgery versus mastectomy: cancer practice by general surgeons in Iran

Massoome Najafi, Mandana Ebrahimi, Ahmad Kaviani, Esmat Hashemi, Ali Montazeri

Open Access Research article

Mutation analysis of genes that control the G1/S cell cycle in melanoma: TP53, CDKN1A, CDKN2A, and CDKN2B

José Luis Soto, Carmen M Cabrera, Salvio Serrano, Miguel Ángel López-Nevot

Open Access Study protocol

Phase III trial of postoperative cisplatin, interferon alpha-2b, and 5-FU combined with external radiation treatment versus 5-FU alone for patients with resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma – CapRI: study protocol [ISRCTN62866759]

HP Knaebel, A Märten, J Schmidt, K Hoffmann, C Seiler, K Lindel, H Schmitz-Winnenthal, S Fritz, T Herrmann, H Goldschmidt, R Krempien, U Mansmann, J Debus, V Diehl, MW Büchler

Open Access Research article

Myeloid antigens in childhood lymphoblastic leukemia:clinical data point to regulation of CD66c distinct from other myeloid antigens

Tomas Kalina, Martina Vaskova, Ester Mejstrikova, Jozef Madzo, Jan Trka, Jan Stary, Ondrej Hrusak

Open Access Research article

Rare mutations predisposing to familial adenomatous polyposis in Greek FAP patients

Markos Mihalatos, Angela Apessos, Hans Dauwerse, Voula Velissariou, Aristidis Psychias, Alexander Koliopanos, Konstantinos Petropoulos, John K Triantafillidis, Ioannis Danielidis, George Fountzilas, Niki J Agnantis, Georgios Nasioulas

Open Access Research article

Expression of a novel carbonic anhydrase, CA XIII, in normal and neoplastic colorectal mucosa

Laura Kummola, Jonna M Hämäläinen, Jyrki Kivelä, Antti J Kivelä, Juha Saarnio, Tuomo Karttunen, Seppo Parkkila

Open Access Research article

The prognostic value of the hypoxia markers CA IX and GLUT 1 and the cytokines VEGF and IL 6 in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma treated by radiotherapy ± chemotherapy

Harlinde De Schutter, Willy Landuyt, Erik Verbeken, Laurence Goethals, Robert Hermans, Sandra Nuyts

Open Access Research article

A novel duplication polymorphism in the FANCApromoter and its association with breast and ovarian cancer

Ella Thompson, Rebecca L Dragovic, Sally-Anne Stephenson, Diana M Eccles, Ian G Campbell, Alexander Dobrovic

Open Access Research article

A phase I study of hydralazine to demethylate and reactivate the expression of tumor suppressor genes

Pilar Zambrano, Blanca Segura-Pacheco, Enrique Perez-Cardenas, Lucely Cetina, Alma Revilla-Vazquez, Lucía Taja-Chayeb, Alma Chavez-Blanco, Enrique Angeles, Gustavo Cabrera, Karina Sandoval, Catalina Trejo-Becerril, Jose Chanona-Vilchis, Alfonso Duenas-González

Open Access Research article

Differences in gene expression in prostate cancer, normal appearing prostate tissue adjacent to cancer and prostate tissue from cancer free organ donors

Uma R Chandran, Rajiv Dhir, Changqing Ma, George Michalopoulos, Michael Becich, John Gilbertson

Open Access Research article

Suppression of colitis-related mouse colon carcinogenesis by a COX-2 inhibitor and PPAR ligands

Hiroyuki Kohno, Rikako Suzuki, Shigeyuki Sugie, Takuji Tanaka

Open Access Research article

Reevaluation of the 22-1-1 antibody and its putative antigen, EBAG9/RCAS1, as a tumor marker

Tatiana A Reimer, Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, Bettina Erdmann, Insa Lehmann, Harald Stein, Peter Daniel, Bernd Dörken, Armin Rehm

Open Access Research article

Minimum follow-up time required for the estimation of statistical cure of cancer patients: verification using data from 42 cancer sites in the SEER database

Patricia Tai, Edward Yu, Gábor Cserni, Georges Vlastos, Melanie Royce, Ian Kunkler, Vincent Vinh-Hung

Open Access Research article

Maspin overexpression modulates tumor cell apoptosis through the regulation of Bcl-2 family proteins

Weiguo Zhang, Heidi Y Shi, Ming Zhang

Open Access Research article

Colon cancer in Luxembourg: a national population-based data report, 1988–1998

René Scheiden, Paul Pescatore, Yolande Wagener, Nelly Kieffer, Catherine Capesius

Open Access Research article

Efficacy of Wnt-1 monoclonal antibody in sarcoma cells

Iwao Mikami, Liang You, Biao He, Zhidong Xu, Sonny Batra, Amie Y Lee, Julien Mazieres, Noemi Reguart, Kazutsugu Uematsu, Kiyoshi Koizumi, David M Jablons

Open Access Research article

Surface TRAIL decoy receptor-4 expression is correlated with TRAIL resistance in MCF7 breast cancer cells

Ahter D Sanlioglu, Ercument Dirice, Cigdem Aydin, Nuray Erin, Sadi Koksoy, Salih Sanlioglu

Open Access Research article

Hypofractionated stereotactic re-irradiation: treatment option in recurrent malignant glioma

Dirk Vordermark, Oliver Kölbl, Klemens Ruprecht, Giles H Vince, Klaus Bratengeier, Michael Flentje

Open Access Research article

Prevalence of von Hippel-Lindau gene mutations in sporadic renal cell carcinoma: results from the Netherlands cohort study

Kjeld P van Houwelingen, Boukje AC van Dijk, Christina A Hulsbergen-van de Kaa, Leo J Schouten, Hanneke JM Gorissen, Jack A Schalken, Piet A van den Brandt, Egbert Oosterwijk

Open Access Research article

Preponderance of the oncogenic V599E and V599K mutations in B-raf kinase domain is enhanced in melanoma cutaneous/subcutaneous metastases

Martin Deichmann, Marianne Thome, Axel Benner, Martin Kirschner, Judith Hassanzadeh, Hjalmar Kurzen

Open Access Research article

Overexpression of extracellular superoxide dismutase reduces acute radiation induced lung toxicity

Zahid N Rabbani, Mitchell S Anscher, Rodney J Folz, Emerald Archer, Hong Huang, Liguang Chen, Maria L Golson, Thaddeus S Samulski, Mark W Dewhirst, Zeljko Vujaskovic

Open Access Research article

Determination of caspase-3 activation fails to predict chemosensitivity in primary acute myeloid leukemia blasts

Peter Staib, Jan Tiehen, Timo Strunk, Timo Schinköthe

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Phase II trial of weekly 24-hour infusion of gemcitabine in patients with advanced gallbladder and biliary tract carcinoma

Stefan von Delius, Christian Lersch, Ewert Schulte-Frohlinde, Martina Mayr, Roland M Schmid, Florian Eckel

Open Access Research article

Prognostic impact of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression on loco-regional recurrence after preoperative radiotherapy in rectal cancer

David Azria, Frederic Bibeau, Nicolas Barbier, Abderrahim Zouhair, Claire Lemanski, Philippe Rouanet, Marc Ychou, Pierre Senesse, Mahmut Ozsahin, André Pèlegrin, Jean-Bernard Dubois, Simon Thèzenas

Open Access Research article

P-cadherin expression and survival rate in oral squamous cell carcinoma:an immunohistochemical study

Lorenzo Lo Muzio, Giuseppina Campisi, Antonio Farina, Corrado Rubini, Giuseppe Pannone, Rosario Serpico, Gregorio Laino, Alfredo De Lillo, Francesco Carinci

Open Access Research article

WWOX protein expression varies among ovarian carcinoma histotypes and correlates with less favorable outcome

María I Nunez, Daniel G Rosen, John H Ludes-Meyers, Martín C Abba, Hyunsuk Kil, Robert Page, Andres JP Klein-Szanto, Andrew K Godwin, Jinsong Liu, Gordon B Mills, C Marcelo Aldaz

Open Access Research article

Serum nucleosomes during neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with cervical cancer. Predictive and prognostic significance

Catalina Trejo-Becerril, Luis F Oñate-Ocaña, Lucía Taja-Chayeb, América Vanoye-Carlo, Lucely Cetina, Alfonso Duenas-Gonzalez

Open Access Research article

Differential gene expression profile reveals deregulation of pregnancy specific β1 glycoprotein 9 early during colorectal carcinogenesis

Sima Salahshor, Jason Goncalves, Runjan Chetty, Steven Gallinger, James R Woodgett

Open Access Case report

Acute hepatic failure and multi-system organ failure secondary to replacement of the liver with metastatic melanoma

Gilaad G Kaplan, Shaun Medlicott, Bruce Culleton, Kevin B Laupland

Open Access Research article

Overexpression of cathepsin f, matrix metalloproteinases 11 and 12 in cervical cancer

Guelaguetza Vazquez-Ortiz, Patricia Pina-Sanchez, Karla Vazquez, Alfonso Duenas, Lucia Taja, Patricia Mendoza, José A Garcia, Mauricio Salcedo

Open Access Research article

Familial breast cancer: characteristics and outcome of BRCA 1–2 positive and negative cases

Andrea Veronesi, Clelia de Giacomi, Maria D Magri, Davide Lombardi, Martina Zanetti, Cristina Scuderi, Riccardo Dolcetti, Alessandra Viel, Diana Crivellari, Ettore Bidoli, Mauro Boiocchi

Open Access Research article

Concurrent chemoradiotherapy with low dose weekly gemcitabine in stage III non-small cell lung cancer

Ufuk Abacioglu, Perran F Yumuk, Hale Caglar, Meric Sengoz, Nazim S Turhal

Open Access Research article

Lung cancer symptoms and pulse oximetry in the prognostic assessment of patients with lung cancer

Sandro J Martins, Nelson Ho, Sueli O Cavamura, Cecilia M Harada, Crystina A Yamamoto, Teresa Y Takagaki

Open Access Research article

Further evidence for increased macrophage migration inhibitory factor expression in prostate cancer

Katherine L Meyer-Siegler, Kenneth A Iczkowski, Pedro L Vera

Open Access Research article

Response rate of fibrosarcoma cells to cytotoxic drugs on the expression level correlates to the therapeutic response rate of fibrosarcomas and is mediated by regulation of apoptotic pathways

Marcus Lehnhardt, Ludger Klein-Hitpass, Cornelius Kuhnen, Heinz Herbert Homann, Adrien Daigeler, Hans Ulrich Steinau, Sonja Roehrs, Laura Schnoor, Lars Steinstraesser, Oliver Mueller

Open Access Research article

Global gene expression analysis in time series following N-acetyl L-cysteine induced epithelial differentiation of human normal and cancer cells in vitro

Anna C Gustafsson, Ilya Kupershmidt, Esther Edlundh-Rose, Giulia Greco, Annalucia Serafino, Eva K Krasnowska, Thomas Lundeberg, Luisa Bracci-Laudiero, Maria-Concetta Romano, Tiziana Parasassi, Joakim Lundeberg

Open Access Research article

The proteasome inhibitor MG-132 sensitizes PC-3 prostate cancer cells to ionizing radiation by a DNA-PK-independent mechanism

Frank Pajonk, Arndt van Ophoven, Christian Weissenberger, William H McBride

Open Access Research article

Microarray comparative genomic hybridization detection of chromosomal imbalances in uterine cervix carcinoma

Alfredo Hidalgo, Michael Baudis, Iver Petersen, Hugo Arreola, Patricia Piña, Guelaguetza Vázquez-Ortiz, Dulce Hernández, José González, Minerva Lazos, Ricardo López, Carlos Pérez, José García, Karla Vázquez, Brenda Alatorre, Mauricio Salcedo

Open Access Research article

Cancer cell adaptation to chemotherapy

Federica Di Nicolantonio, Stuart J Mercer, Louise A Knight, Francis G Gabriel, Pauline A Whitehouse, Sanjay Sharma, Augusta Fernando, Sharon Glaysher, Silvana Di Palma, Penny Johnson, Shaw S Somers, Simon Toh, Bernie Higgins, Alan Lamont, Tim Gulliford, Jeremy Hurren, Constantinos Yiangou, Ian A Cree

Open Access Research article

Nerve tolerance to high-dose-rate brachytherapy in patients with soft tissue sarcoma: a retrospective study

Tadahiko Kubo, Takashi Sugita, Shoji Shimose, Toshihiro Matsuo, Ken Hirao, Hiroaki Kimura, Masahiro Kenjo, Mitsuo Ochi

Open Access Research article

Recovery of NIS expression in thyroid cancer cells by overexpression of Pax8 gene

Ivan Presta, Franco Arturi, Elisabetta Ferretti, Tiziana Mattei, Daniela Scarpelli, Emanuele Tosi, Angela Scipioni, Marilena Celano, Alberto Gulino, Sebastiano Filetti, Diego Russo

Open Access Research article

Common variation in EMSYand risk of breast and ovarian cancer: a case-control study using HapMap tagging SNPs

Patrick R Benusiglio, Fabienne Lesueur, Craig Luccarini, Joan McIntosh, Robert N Luben, Paula Smith, Alison Dunning, Douglas F Easton, Bruce AJ Ponder, Paul D Pharoah

Open Access Research article

Cancer incidence in Arkhangelskaja Oblast in northwestern Russia. The Arkhangelsk Cancer Registry

Arild Vaktskjold, Jelena A Lebedintseva, Dmitrij S Korotov, Anatolij V Tkatsjov, Tatjana S Podjakova, Eiliv Lund

Open Access Research article

Application of serum SELDI proteomic patterns in diagnosis of lung cancer

Shuan-ying Yang, Xue-yuan Xiao, Wang-gang Zhang, Li-juan Zhang, Wei Zhang, Bin Zhou, Guoan Chen, Da-cheng He

Open Access Research article

HIF1-alpha overexpression indicates a good prognosis in early stage squamous cell carcinomas of the oral floor

Thomas Fillies, Richard Werkmeister, Paul J van Diest, Burkhard Brandt, Ulrich Joos, Horst Buerger

Open Access Case report

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome associated with neurofibromatosis type 1: a case report

Wan-Sik Lee, Yang-Seok Koh, Jung-Chul Kim, Chang-Hwan Park, Young-Eun Joo, Hyun-Soo Kim, Chol-Kyoon Cho, Sung-Kyu Choi, Jong-Sun Rew, Sei-Jong Kim

Open Access Research article

Application of affymetrix array and massively parallel signature sequencing for identification of genes involved in prostate cancer progression

Asa J Oudes, Jared C Roach, Laura S Walashek, Lillian J Eichner, Lawrence D True, Robert L Vessella, Alvin Y Liu

Open Access Research article

Phase I dose-escalating study of docetaxel in combination with 5-day continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil in patients with advanced gastric cancer

Se Hoon Park, Soo-Mee Bang, Eun Kyung Cho, Dong Bok Shin, Jae Hoon Lee, Woon KI Lee, Min Chung

Open Access Case report

Calcitonin-producing well-differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma (carcinoid tumor) of the urinary bladder: case report

Massimo Mascolo, Vincenzo Altieri, Chiara Mignogna, Giorgio Napodano, Gaetano De Rosa, Luigi Insabato

Open Access Research article

Off-trial evaluation of bisphosphonates in patients with metastatic breast cancer

Winston Liauw, Eva Segelov, Anna Lih, Ms Ruth Dunleavy, Matthew Links, Robyn Ward

Open Access Research article

Palmoplantar keratoderma is associated with esophagus squamous cell cancer in Van region of Turkey: a case control study

Mahmut Ilhan, Tugrul Erbaydar, Necmettin Akdeniz, Sevket Arslan

Open Access Research article

Intensity modulated radiotherapy for high risk prostate cancer based on sentinel node SPECT imaging for target volume definition

Ute Ganswindt, Frank Paulsen, Stefan Corvin, Kai Eichhorn, Stefan Glocker, Ilse Hundt, Mattias Birkner, Markus Alber, Aristotelis Anastasiadis, Arnulf Stenzl, Roland Bares, Wilfried Budach, Michael Bamberg, Claus Belka

Open Access Research article

Adenomyoepithelial tumours and myoepithelial carcinomas of the breast – a spectrum of monophasic and biphasic tumours dominated by immature myoepithelial cells

Daniela Hungermann, Horst Buerger, Christian Oehlschlegel, Hermann Herbst, Werner Boecker

Open Access Research article

A molecular analysis by gene expression profiling reveals Bik/NBK overexpression in sporadic breast tumor samples of Mexican females

Normand García, Fabio Salamanca, Horacio Astudillo-de la Vega, Everardo Curiel-Quesada, Isabel Alvarado, Rosenda Peñaloza, Diego Arenas

Open Access Case report

Trauma-associated growth of suspected dormant micrometastasis

Nagi S El Saghir, Ihab I Elhajj, Fady B Geara, Mukbil H Hourani

Open Access Research article

Folate system correlations in DNA microarray data

Tomas Radivoyevitch

Open Access Research article

Effects of alpha fetoprotein on escape of Bel 7402 cells from attack of lymphocytes

Mengsen Li, Xinhua Liu, Sheng Zhou, Pingfeng Li, Gang Li

Open Access Research article

Novel curcumin- and emodin-related compounds identified by in silico 2D/3D conformer screening induce apoptosis in tumor cells

Melanie Füllbeck, Xiaohua Huang, Renate Dumdey, Cornelius Frommel, Wolfgang Dubiel, Robert Preissner

Open Access Research article

Expression of transforming growth factor-beta-1 and p27Kip1 in pancreatic adenocarcinomas: relation with cell-cycle-associated proteins and clinicopathologic characteristics

Nil Culhaci, Ozgul Sagol, Sedat Karademir, Huseyin Astarcioglu, Ibrahim Astarcioglu, Mujde Soyturk, Ilhan Oztop, Funda Obuz

Open Access Research article

No significant role for beta tubulin mutations and mismatch repair defects in ovarian cancer resistance to paclitaxel/cisplatin

Bárbara Mesquita, Isabel Veiga, Deolinda Pereira, Ana Tavares, Isabel M Pinto, Carla Pinto, Manuel R Teixeira, Sérgio Castedo

Open Access Research article

Absence of pathogenic mitochondrial DNA mutations in mouse brain tumors

Michael A Kiebish, Thomas N Seyfried

Open Access Research article

Expression of G-protein inwardly rectifying potassium channels (GIRKs) in lung cancer cell lines

Howard K Plummer III, Madhu S Dhar, Maria Cekanova, Hildegard M Schuller

Open Access Research article

In B-CLL, the codon 72 polymorphic variants of p53 are not related to drug resistance and disease prognosis

Isrid Sturm, Andrew G Bosanquet, Michael Hummel, Bernd Dörken, Peter T Daniel

Open Access Research article

The development of common data elements for a multi-institute prostate cancer tissue bank: The Cooperative Prostate Cancer Tissue Resource (CPCTR) experience

Ashokkumar A Patel, André Kajdacsy-Balla, Jules J Berman, Maarten Bosland, Milton W Datta, Rajiv Dhir, John Gilbertson, Jonathan Melamed, Jan Orenstein, Kuei-Fang Tai, Michael J Becich

Open Access Case report

Hodgkin's disease as unusual presentation of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder after autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation for malignant glioma

Alberto Zambelli, Daniele Lilleri, Fausto Baldanti, Mario Scelsi, Laura Villani, Gian Antonio Da Prada

Open Access Research article

Distinctive serum protein profiles involving abundant proteins in lung cancer patients based upon antibody microarray analysis

Wei-Min Gao, Rork Kuick, Randal P Orchekowski, David E Misek, Ji Qiu, Alissa K Greenberg, William N Rom, Dean E Brenner, Gilbert S Omenn, Brian B Haab, Samir M Hanash

Open Access Research article

Can p503s, p504s and p510s gene expression in peripheral-blood be useful as a marker of prostatic cancer?

Maria Rosaria Cardillo, Vincenzo Gentile, Mauro Ciccariello, Laura Giacomelli, Silvio Messinetti, Franco Di Silverio

Open Access Research article

Family history of colorectal cancer in Iran

Mahboobeh Mahdavinia, Faraz Bishehsari, Reza Ansari, Nasim Norouzbeigi, Ahmad Khaleghinejad, Mahshid Hormazdi, Naser Rakhshani, Reza Malekzadeh

Open Access Research article

Translation elongation factor eEF1A2 is a potential oncoprotein that is overexpressed in two-thirds of breast tumours

Victoria AL Tomlinson, Helen J Newbery, Naomi R Wray, Juliette Jackson, Alexey Larionov, William R Miller, J Michael Dixon, Catherine M Abbott

Open Access Research article

Anthracyclines, proteasome activity and multi-drug-resistance

Mirela R Fekete, William H McBride, Frank Pajonk

Open Access Research article

Radiosensitising effect of electrochemotherapy with bleomycin in LPB sarcoma cells and tumors in mice

Simona Kranjc, Maja Cemazar, Alenka Grosel, Marjeta Sentjurc, Gregor Sersa

Open Access Research article

Survey of oxaliplatin-associated neurotoxicity using an interview-based questionnaire in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer

Gregory D Leonard, Maurice A Wright, Mary G Quinn, Suzanne Fioravanti, Nancy Harold, Barbara Schuler, Rebecca R Thomas, Jean L Grem

Open Access Case report

Oral ulcer as an exclusive sign of gastric cancer: report of a rare case

Piergiuseppe Colombo, Luca Tondulli, Giovanna Masci, Andrea Muzza, Lorenza Rimassa, Duccio Petrella, Armando Santoro

Open Access Research article

Pre-exenterative chemotherapy, a novel therapeutic approach for patients with persistent or recurrent cervical cancer

Carlos Lopez-Graniel, Rigoberto Dolores, Lucely Cetina, Aaron Gonzalez, David Cantu, Jose Chanona, Jesus Uribe, Myrna Candelaria, Rocio Brom, Jaime de la Garza, Alfonso Duenas-Gonzalez

Open Access Research article

Investigation of the expression of the EphB4 receptor tyrosine kinase in prostate carcinoma

Yen-Ching Lee, Janeanne R Perren, Evelyn L Douglas, Michael P Raynor, Maria A Bartley, Peter G Bardy, Sally-Anne Stephenson

Open Access Technical advance

Usefulness of PKH fluorescent labelling to study leukemic cell proliferation with various cytostatic drugs or acetyl tetrapeptide – AcSDKP

Jean Boutonnat, Anne-Marie Faussat, Jean-Pierre Marie, Jérôme Bignon, Johanna Wdzieczak-Bakala, Magali Barbier, Josiane Thierry, Xavier Ronot, Pierre-Emmanuel Colle

Open Access Technical advance

A method to estimate cell cycle time and growth fraction using bromodeoxyuridine-flow cytometry data from a single sample

Rimantas Eidukevicius, Dainius Characiejus, Ramunas Janavicius, Nijole Kazlauskaite, Vita Pasukoniene, Mykolas Mauricas, Willem Den Otter

Open Access Research article

Phenotypic and functional analysis of lymphocytes infiltrating osteolytic tumors: use as a possible therapeutic approach of osteosarcoma

S Théoleyre, K Mori, B Cherrier, N Passuti, F Gouin, F Rédini, D Heymann

Open Access Research article

Differential expression of MUC genes in endometrial and cervical tissues and tumors

Vidya Hebbar, Gautam Damera, Goverdhan P Sachdev

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Combining RNA interference and kinase inhibitors against cell signalling components involved in cancer

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Alteration of protein expression pattern of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) from soluble to cell-associated isoform during tumourigenesis

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Serous borderline tumor of the fallopian tube presented as hematosalpinx: a case report

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Modeling the effect of age in T1-2 breast cancer using the SEER database

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Microheterogeneity of transthyretin in serum and ascitic fluid of ovarian cancer patients

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TP53 mutations in ovarian carcinomas from sporadic cases and carriers of two distinct BRCA1 founder mutations; relation to age at diagnosis and survival

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Differential biologic effects of CPD and 6-4PP UV-induced DNA damage on the induction of apoptosis and cell-cycle arrest

Hsin-Lung Lo, Satoshi Nakajima, Lisa Ma, Barbara Walter, Akira Yasui, Douglas W Ethell, Laurie B Owen

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Chance mechanisms affecting the burden of metastases

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The expression of HSP60 and HSP10 in large bowel carcinomas with lymph node metastase

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Antimetastatic gene expression profiles mediated by retinoic acid receptor beta 2 in MDA-MB-435 breast cancer cells

Brett Wallden, Mary Emond, Mari E Swift, Mary L Disis, Karen Swisshelm

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CEBPG transcription factor correlates with antioxidant and DNA repair genes in normal bronchial epithelial cells but not in individuals with bronchogenic carcinoma

D'Anna N Mullins, Erin L Crawford, Sadik A Khuder, Dawn-Alita Hernandez, Youngsook Yoon, James C Willey

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Clinical and pathologic factors associated with survival in young adult patients with fibrolamellar hepatocarcinoma

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Association of paternal age at birth and the risk of breast cancer in offspring: a case control study

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The bone marrow aspirate and biopsy in the diagnosis of unsuspected nonhematologic malignancy: A clinical study of 19 cases

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Transformation of human bronchial epithelial cells alters responsiveness to inflammatory cytokines

Gregory M Loewen, Erin Tracy, Frédéric Blanchard, Dongfeng Tan, Jihnhee Yu, Sameera Raza, Sei-Ichi Matsui, Heinz Baumann

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Increased risk of cancer among relatives of patients with lung cancer in China

Yongtang Jin, Yingchun Xu, Ming Xu, Saoli Xue

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Long-term disease-free survival in advanced melanomas treated with nitrosoureas: mechanisms and new perspectives

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Membrane testosterone binding sites in prostate carcinoma as a potential new marker and therapeutic target: Study in paraffin tissue sections

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Abnormal expression and processing of the proprotein convertases PC1 and PC2 in human colorectal liver metastases

George N Tzimas, Eric Chevet, Sarah Jenna, Duc Thang Nguyên, Abdel M Khatib, Victoria Marcus, Yi Zhang, Michel Chrétien, Nabil Seidah, Peter Metrakos

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First-line therapy with gemcitabine and paclitaxel in locally, recurrent or metastatic breast cancer: A phase II study

Djelila Allouache, Sulochana R Gawande, Michele Tubiana-Hulin, Nicole Tubiana-Mathieu, Sophie Piperno-Neumann, Fawzia Mefti, Laurence Bozec, Jean-Yves Genot

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Kinetic analysis of dynamic 18F-fluoromisonidazole PET correlates with radiation treatment outcome in head-and-neck cancer

Daniela Thorwarth, Susanne-Martina Eschmann, Jutta Scheiderbauer, Frank Paulsen, Markus Alber

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The impact of age on post-operative outcomes of colorectal cancer patients undergoing surgical treatment

Tadas Latkauskas, Giedrė Rudinskaitė, Juozas Kurtinaitis, Rasa Jančiauskienė, Algimantas Tamelis, Žilvinas Saladžinskas, Dainius Pavalkis

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Neogenin expression may be inversely correlated to the tumorigenicity of human breast cancer

Jeong Eon Lee, Hee Joung Kim, Ji Yeon Bae, Seok Won Kim, Joon-Suk Park, Hyuk Jai Shin, Wonshik Han, Sung-Won Kim, Kyung-Sun Kang, Dong-Young Noh

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Increased staining for phospho-Akt, p65/RELA and cIAP-2 in pre-neoplastic human bronchial biopsies

Jay W Tichelaar, Yu Zhang, Jean C leRiche, Paul W Biddinger, Stephen Lam, Marshall W Anderson

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Unilateral anterior uveitis complicating zoledronic acid therapy in breast cancer

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Synchronous adenocarcinoma and carcinoid tumor of the terminal ileum in a Crohn's disease patient

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Caffeic acid phenethyl ester decreases acute pneumonitis after irradiation in vitro and in vivo

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Association between frequent use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and breast cancer

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Mutations in APC, CTNNB1 and K-ras genes and expression of hMLH1 in sporadic colorectal carcinomas from the Netherlands Cohort Study

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Introduction of in vitro transcribed ENO1 mRNA into neuroblastoma cells induces cell death

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Expression of minichromosome maintenance protein 2 as a marker for proliferation and prognosis in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a tissue microarray and clinico-pathological analysis

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