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BMC Cancer

Ausgabe 1/2013

Inhalt (619 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Elevated cyclin B2 expression in invasive breast carcinoma is associated with unfavorable clinical outcome

Emman Shubbar, Anikó Kovács, Shahin Hajizadeh, Toshima Z Parris, Szilárd Nemes, Katrin Gunnarsdóttir, Zakaria Einbeigi, Per Karlsson, Khalil Helou

Open Access Research article

Prognostic value of α-fetoprotein and des-γ-carboxy prothrombin responses in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated with transarterial chemoembolization

Yong Kang Lee, Seung Up Kim, Do Young Kim, Sang Hoon Ahn, Kwang Hun Lee, Do Yun Lee, Kwang-Hyub Han, Chae Yoon Chon, Jun Yong Park

Open Access Review

Functional significance of erythropoietin in renal cell carcinoma

Christudas Morais, David W Johnson, David A Vesey, Glenda C Gobe

Open Access Research article

IL-11 produced by breast cancer cells augments osteoclastogenesis by sustaining the pool of osteoclast progenitor cells

Erin M McCoy, Huixian Hong, Hawley C Pruitt, Xu Feng

Open Access Research article

APC/β-catenin-rich complexes at membrane protrusions regulate mammary tumor cell migration and mesenchymal morphology

Matthew A Odenwald, Jenifer R Prosperi, Kathleen H Goss

Open Access Research article

A population-based cross-sectional study of colorectal cancer screening practices of first-degree relatives of colorectal cancer patients

Ryan J Courtney, Christine L Paul, Mariko L Carey, Robert W Sanson-Fisher, Finlay A Macrae, Catherine D’Este, David Hill, Daniel Barker, Jody Simmons

Open Access Debate

Human endogenous retroviruses and cancer prevention: evidence and prospects

Luca Cegolon, Cristiano Salata, Elisabete Weiderpass, Paolo Vineis, Giorgio Palù, Giuseppe Mastrangelo

Open Access Research article

Early results of prostate cancer radiation therapy: an analysis with emphasis on research strategies to improve treatment delivery and outcomes

Kosj Yamoah, Kwamena Beecham, Sarah E Hegarty, Terry Hyslop, Timothy Showalter, Joel Yarney

Open Access Research article

Prospective evaluation of a hydrogel spacer for rectal separation in dose-escalated intensity-modulated radiotherapy for clinically localized prostate cancer

Franziska Eckert, Saladin Alloussi, Frank Paulsen, Michael Bamberg, Daniel Zips, Patrick Spillner, Cihan Gani, Ulrich Kramer, Daniela Thorwarth, David Schilling, Arndt-Christian Müller

Open Access Research article

Comprehensive knowledge about cervical cancer is low among women in Northwest Ethiopia

Frehiwot Getahun, Fekadu Mazengia, Mulunesh Abuhay, Zelalem Birhanu

Open Access Research article

Specific genes involved in synthesis and editing of heparan sulfate proteoglycans show altered expression patterns in breast cancer

Iván Fernández-Vega, Olivia García, Ainara Crespo, Sonia Castañón, Primitiva Menéndez, Aurora Astudillo, Luis M Quirós

Open Access Research article

Estimating the clinical benefits of vaccinating boys and girls against HPV-related diseases in Europe

Rémi Marty, Stéphane Roze, Xavier Bresse, Nathalie Largeron, Jayne Smith-Palmer

Open Access Research article

Cancer incidence and mortality in Serbia 1999–2009

Jovan Mihajlović, Petros Pechlivanoglou, Marica Miladinov-Mikov, Snežana Živković, Maarten J Postma

Open Access Research article

MicroRNA-34a is a tumor suppressor in choriocarcinoma via regulation of Delta-like1

Ronald TK Pang, Carmen ON Leung, Cheuk-Lun Lee, Kevin KW Lam, Tian-Min Ye, Philip CN Chiu, William SB Yeung

Open Access Research article

Preclinical evaluation of Sunitinib as a single agent in the prophylactic setting in a mouse model of bone metastases

Christian Schem, Dirk Bauerschlag, Sascha Bender, Ann-Christin Lorenzen, Daniel Loermann, Sigrid Hamann, Frank Rösel, Holger Kalthoff, Claus C Glüer, Walter Jonat, Sanjay Tiwari

Open Access Research article

Prognostic significance of the expression of GFRα1, GFRα3 and Syndecan-3, proteins binding ARTEMIN, in mammary carcinoma

Zheng-Sheng Wu, Vijay Pandey, Wen-Yong Wu, Shan Ye, Tao Zhu, Peter E Lobie

Open Access Research article

Cytostasis and morphological changes induced by mifepristone in human metastatic cancer cells involve cytoskeletal filamentous actin reorganization and impairment of cell adhesion dynamics

BreeAnn N Brandhagen, Chelsea R Tieszen, Tara M Ulmer, Maria S Tracy, Alicia A Goyeneche, Carlos M Telleria

Open Access Research article

Radiosensitizing effect of intratumoral interleukin-12 gene electrotransfer in murine sarcoma

Ales Sedlar, Simona Kranjc, Tanja Dolinsek, Maja Cemazar, Andrej Coer, Gregor Sersa

Open Access Research article

Genetic polymorphism of the OPG gene associated with breast cancer

Jasmin Teresa Ney, Ingolf Juhasz-Boess, Frank Gruenhage, Stefan Graeber, Rainer Maria Bohle, Michael Pfreundschuh, Erich Franz Solomayer, Gunter Assmann

Open Access Research article

Comparison of survival of patients with metastases from known versus unknown primaries: survival in metastatic cancer

Matias Riihimäki, Hauke Thomsen, Akseli Hemminki, Kristina Sundquist, Kari Hemminki

Open Access Research article

Gene-guided Gefitinib switch maintenance therapy for patients with advanced EGFR mutation-positive Non-small cell lung cancer: an economic analysis

Jun Zhu, Te Li, Xiaohui Wang, Ming Ye, Jian Cai, Yuejuan Xu, Bin Wu

Open Access Research article

Does phosphorylation of cofilin affect the progression of human bladder cancer?

Hong Chung, Bokyung Kim, Seung-Hyo Jung, Kyung-Jong Won, Xiaowen Jiang, Chang-Kwon Lee, So Dug Lim, Sang-Kuk Yang, Ki Hak Song, Hong Sup Kim

Open Access Research article

Recent alcohol consumption and risk of incident ovarian carcinoma: a pooled analysis of 5,342 cases and 10,358 controls from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium

Linda E Kelemen, Elisa V Bandera, Kathryn L Terry, Mary Anne Rossing, Louise A Brinton, Jennifer A Doherty, Roberta B Ness, Susanne Krüger Kjær, Jenny Chang-Claude, Martin Köbel, Galina Lurie, Pamela J Thompson, Michael E Carney, Kirsten Moysich, Robert Edwards, Clare Bunker, Allan Jensen, Estrid Høgdall, Daniel W Cramer, Allison F Vitonis, Sara H Olson, Melony King, Urmila Chandran, Jolanta Lissowska, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Hannah Yang, Penelope M Webb, Joellen M Schildkraut, Marc T Goodman, Harvey A Risch

Open Access Research article

Molecular profiling of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas and actinic keratoses from organ transplant recipients

Liesbeth Hameetman, Suzan Commandeur, Jan Nico Bouwes Bavinck, Hermina C Wisgerhof, Frank R de Gruijl, Rein Willemze, Leon Mullenders, Cornelis P Tensen, Harry Vrieling

Open Access Research article

SPARC expression in CML is associated to imatinib treatment and to inhibition of leukemia cell proliferation

Cesarina Giallongo, Piera La Cava, Daniele Tibullo, Ignazio Barbagallo, Nunziatina Parrinello, Alessandra Cupri, Fabio Stagno, Carla Consoli, Annalisa Chiarenza, Giuseppe A Palumbo, Francesco Di Raimondo

Open Access Research article

Serum p53 antibody detection in patients with impaired lung function

Manlio Mattioni, Patrizia Chinzari, Silvia Soddu, Lidia Strigari, Vincenzo Cilenti, Eliuccia Mastropasqua

Open Access Study protocol

Early rehabilitation of cancer patients – a randomized controlled intervention study

Cecilia Arving, Inger Thormodsen, Guri Brekke, Olav Mella, Sveinung Berntsen, Karin Nordin

Open Access Research article

The Glasgow Prognostic Score, an inflammation based prognostic score, predicts survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Akiyoshi Kinoshita, Hiroshi Onoda, Nami Imai, Akira Iwaku, Mutumi Oishi, Ken Tanaka, Nao Fushiya, Kazuhiko Koike, Hirokazu Nishino, Masato Matsushima, Chisato Saeki, Hisao Tajiri

Open Access Research article

Metabolic syndrome biomarkers and early breast cancer in Saudi women: evidence for the presence of a systemic stress response and/or a pre-existing metabolic syndrome-related neoplasia risk?

Majed S Alokail, Nasser Al-Daghri, Amal Abdulkareem, Hossam M Draz, Sobhy M Yakout, Abdullah M Alnaami, Shaun Sabico, Amal M Alenad, George P Chrousos

Open Access Research article

Plasmacytoid variant of bladder cancer defines patients with poor prognosis if treated with cystectomy and adjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy

Bastian Keck, Sven Wach, Robert Stoehr, Frank Kunath, Simone Bertz, Jan Lehmann, Michael Stöckle, Helge Taubert, Bernd Wullich, Arndt Hartmann

Open Access Research article

The relationship of Vascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphisms and clinical outcome in advanced gastric cancer patients treated with FOLFOX: VEGF polymorphism in gastric cancer

Sung Yong Oh, Hyuk-Chan Kwon, Sung Hyun Kim, Suee Lee, Ji Hyun Lee, Jung-Ah Hwang, Seung Hyun Hong, Christian A Graves, Kevin Camphausen, Hyo-Jin Kim, Yeon-Su Lee

Open Access Research article

Identification of somatic and germline mutations using whole exome sequencing of congenital acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Vivian Y Chang, Giuseppe Basso, Kathleen M Sakamoto, Stanley F Nelson

Open Access Research article

Rib fracture after stereotactic radiotherapy for primary lung cancer: prevalence, degree of clinical symptoms, and risk factors

Atsushi Nambu, Hiroshi Onishi, Shinichi Aoki, Licht Tominaga, Kengo Kuriyama, Masayuki Araya, Ryoh Saito, Yoshiyasu Maehata, Takafumi Komiyama, Kan Marino, Tsuyota Koshiishi, Eiichi Sawada, Tsutomu Araki

Open Access Research article

MYBBP1A suppresses breast cancer tumorigenesis by enhancing the p53 dependent anoikis

Kensuke Akaogi, Wakana Ono, Yuki Hayashi, Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Junn Yanagisawa

Open Access Research article

The effects of fluorouracil, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide (FEC60) on the intestinal barrier function and gut peptides in breast cancer patients: an observational study

Francesco Russo, Michele Linsalata, Caterina Clemente, Benedetta D’Attoma, Antonella Orlando, Giovanna Campanella, Francesco Giotta, Giuseppe Riezzo

Open Access Study protocol

A prospective multicenter phase II study evaluating multimodality treatment of patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis arising from appendiceal and colorectal cancer: the COMBATAC trial

Gabriel Glockzin, Justine Rochon, Dirk Arnold, Sven A Lang, Frank Klebl, Florian Zeman, Michael Koller, Hans J Schlitt, Pompiliu Piso

Open Access Research article

High levels of γ-glutamyl hydrolase (GGH) are associated with poor prognosis and unfavorable clinical outcomes in invasive breast cancer

Emman Shubbar, Khalil Helou, Anikó Kovács, Szilárd Nemes, Shahin Hajizadeh, Charlotta Enerbäck, Zakaria Einbeigi

Open Access Research article

Methyl jasmonate abolishes the migration, invasion and angiogenesis of gastric cancer cells through down-regulation of matrix metalloproteinase 14

Liduan Zheng, Dan Li, Xuan Xiang, Ling Tong, Meng Qi, Jiarui Pu, Kai Huang, Qiangsong Tong

Open Access Research article

Differences in the symptom experience of older versus younger oncology outpatients: a cross-sectional study

Janine K Cataldo, Steven Paul, Bruce Cooper, Helen Skerman, Kimberly Alexander, Bradley Aouizerat, Virginia Blackman, John Merriman, Laura Dunn, Christine Ritchie, Patsy Yates, Christine Miaskowski

Open Access Research article

Rac3 induces a molecular pathway triggering breast cancer cell aggressiveness: differences in MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines

Caroline Gest, Ulrich Joimel, Limin Huang, Linda-Louise Pritchard, Alexandre Petit, Charlène Dulong, Catherine Buquet, Chao-Quan Hu, Pezhman Mirshahi, Marc Laurent, Françoise Fauvel-Lafève, Lionel Cazin, Jean-Pierre Vannier, He Lu, Jeannette Soria, Hong Li, Rémi Varin, Claudine Soria

Open Access Research article

MiR-200c and HuR in ovarian cancer

Silvia Prislei, Enrica Martinelli, Marisa Mariani, Giuseppina Raspaglio, Steven Sieber, Gabriella Ferrandina, Shohreh Shahabi, Giovanni Scambia, Cristiano Ferlini

Open Access Research article

Prospective, open, multi-centre phase I/II trial to assess safety and efficacy of neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy with docetaxel and oxaliplatin in patients with adenocarcinoma of the oesophagogastric junction

Markus Moehler, Ines Gockel, Hans-Peter Roessler, Dirk Arnold, Tanja Trarbach, Thomas Thomaidis, Gunther Klautke, Claus Rödel, Baruch Brenner, Hauke Lang, Peter R Galle, Carl C Schimanski, Heinz Schmidberger

Open Access Research article

Systematic evaluation of the methodology of randomized controlled trials of anticoagulation in patients with cancer

Gabriel Rada, Holger J Schünemann, Nawman Labedi, Pierre El-Hachem, Victor F Kairouz, Elie A Akl

Open Access Case report

Early onset recall pneumonitis during targeted therapy with sunitinib

Takeshi Yuasa, Shinichi Kitsukawa, Gen Sukegawa, Shinya Yamamoto, Keita Kudo, Kazunari Miyazawa, Takuyo Kozuka, Sohei Harada, Junji Yonese

Open Access Research article

Differential effects of garcinol and curcumin on histone and p53 modifications in tumour cells

Hilary M Collins, Magdy K Abdelghany, Marie Messmer, Baigong Yue, Sian E Deeves, Karin B Kindle, Kempegowda Mantelingu, Akhmed Aslam, G Sebastiaan Winkler, Tapas K Kundu, David M Heery

Open Access Research article

The maximum standardized uptake value of 18 F-FDG PET scan to determine prognosis of hormone-receptor positive metastatic breast cancer

Jian Zhang, Zhen Jia, Joseph Ragaz, Ying-Jian Zhang, Min Zhou, Yong-Ping Zhang, Gang Li, Bi-Yun Wang, Zhong-Hua Wang, Xi-Chun Hu

Open Access Research article

The potential prognostic value of connexin 26 and 46 expression in neoadjuvant-treated breast cancer

Ivett Teleki, Tibor Krenacs, Marcell A Szasz, Janina Kulka, Barna Wichmann, Cornelia Leo, Barbel Papassotiropoulos, Cosima Riemenschnitter, Holger Moch, Zsuzsanna Varga

Open Access Research article

Surgery of highly eloquent gliomas primarily assessed as non-resectable: risks and benefits in a cohort study

Sandro M Krieg, Lea Schnurbus, Ehab Shiban, Doris Droese, Thomas Obermueller, Niels Buchmann, Jens Gempt, Bernhard Meyer, Florian Ringel

Open Access Research article

Correlation of MLH1 and MGMTexpression and promoter methylation with genomic instability in patients with thyroid carcinoma

Juliana Carvalho Santos, André Uchimura Bastos, Janete Maria Cerutti, Marcelo Lima Ribeiro

Open Access Research article

OCT4 increases BIRC5 and CCND1 expression and promotes cancer progression in hepatocellular carcinoma

Lu Cao, Chunguang Li, Shuwen Shen, Yan Yan, Weidan Ji, Jinghan Wang, Haihua Qian, Xiaoqing Jiang, Zhigang Li, Mengchao Wu, Ying Zhang, Changqing Su

Open Access Research article

A mixed exercise training programme is feasible and safe and may improve quality of life and muscle strength in multiple myeloma survivors

Lara Groeneveldt, Gill Mein, Rachel Garrod, Andrew P Jewell, Ken Van Someren, Richard Stephens, Shirley P D’Sa, Kwee L Yong

Open Access Research article

Prognostic value of C-reactive protein and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Byong Sun Oh, Jeong Won Jang, Jung Hyun Kwon, Chan Ran You, Kyu Won Chung, Chul Seung Kay, Hyun Suk Jung, Seungok Lee

Open Access Correspondence

Effect of dabrafenib on melanoma cell lines harbouring the BRAF V600D/R mutations

Giusy Gentilcore, Gabriele Madonna, Nicola Mozzillo, Antoni Ribas, Antonio Cossu, Giuseppe Palmieri, Paolo A Ascierto

Open Access Research article

A pri-miR-218variant and risk of cervical carcinoma in Chinese women

Ting-Yan Shi, Xiao-Jun Chen, Mei-Ling Zhu, Meng-Yun Wang, Jing He, Ke-Da Yu, Zhi-Ming Shao, Meng-Hong Sun, Xiao-Yan Zhou, Xi Cheng, Xiaohua Wu, Qingyi Wei

Open Access Research article

Cell-line-specific stimulation of tumor cell aggressiveness by wound healing factors – a central role for STAT3

Lars Ekblad, Gustaf Lindgren, Emma Persson, Elisabeth Kjellén, Johan Wennerberg

Open Access Research article

Up-regulated microRNA-143 in cancer stem cells differentiation promotes prostate cancer cells metastasis by modulating FNDC3B expression

Xinlan Fan, Xu Chen, Weixi Deng, Guangzheng Zhong, Qingqing Cai, Tianxin Lin

Open Access Research article

E-cadherin gene re-expression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells by HDAC inhibitors

Gwen Jordaan, Wei Liao, Sanjai Sharma

Open Access Research article

Molecular profiles of screen detected vs. symptomatic breast cancer and their impact on survival: results from a clinical series

Anna Crispo, Maddalena Barba, Giuseppe D’Aiuto, Michelino De Laurentiis, Maria Grimaldi, Massimo Rinaldo, Giuseppina Caolo, Massimiliano D’Aiuto, Immacolata Capasso, Emanuela Esposito, Alfonso Amore, Maurizio Di Bonito, Gerardo Botti, Maurizio Montella

Open Access Research article

The significance and robustness of a plasma free amino acid (PFAA) profile-based multiplex function for detecting lung cancer

Masato Shingyoji, Toshihiko Iizasa, Masahiko Higashiyama, Fumio Imamura, Nobuhiro Saruki, Akira Imaizumi, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Takashi Daimon, Osamu Tochikubo, Toru Mitsushima, Minoru Yamakado, Hideki Kimura

Open Access Study protocol

A randomised controlled trial of a mindfulness intervention for men with advanced prostate cancer

Suzanne K Chambers, David P Smith, Martin Berry, Stephen J Lepore, Elizabeth Foley, Samantha Clutton, Robert McDowall, Stefano Occhipinti, Mark Frydenberg, Robert A Gardiner

Open Access Research article

Multicellular tumor spheroid models to explore cell cycle checkpoints in 3D

Jennifer Laurent, Céline Frongia, Martine Cazales, Odile Mondesert, Bernard Ducommun, Valérie Lobjois

Open Access Research article

Use of ß-blockers and mortality following ovarian cancer diagnosis: a population-based cohort study

Sigrun A Johannesdottir, Morten Schmidt, Gary Phillips, Ronald Glaser, Eric V Yang, Michael Blumenfeld, Stanley Lemeshow

Open Access Research article

Regional differences in prostaglandin E2 metabolism in human colorectal cancer liver metastases

Alastair L Young, Claire R Chalmers, Gillian Hawcroft, Sarah L Perry, Darren Treanor, Giles J Toogood, Pamela F Jones, Mark A Hull

Open Access Research article

Transposon activation mutagenesis as a screening tool for identifying resistance to cancer therapeutics

Li Chen, Lynda Stuart, Toshiro K Ohsumi, Shawn Burgess, Gaurav K Varshney, Anahita Dastur, Mark Borowsky, Cyril Benes, Adam Lacy-Hulbert, Emmett V Schmidt

Open Access Research article

Factors related with symptom duration until diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic colorectal cancer

Magdalena Esteva, Alfonso Leiva, María Ramos, Salvador Pita-Fernández, Luis González-Luján, Montse Casamitjana, María A Sánchez, Sonia Pértega-Díaz, Amador Ruiz, Paloma Gonzalez-Santamaría, María Martín-Rabadán, Ana M Costa-Alcaraz, Alejandro Espí, Francesc Macià, Josep M Segura, Sergio Lafita, Francisco Arnal-Monreal, Isabel Amengual, Marta M Boscá-Watts, Angels Hospital, Hermini Manzano, Rosa Magallón

Open Access Research article

Sugary food and beverage consumption and epithelial ovarian cancer risk: a population-based case–control study

Melony G King, Sara H Olson, Lisa Paddock, Urmila Chandran, Kitaw Demissie, Shou-En Lu, Niyati Parekh, Lorna Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Elisa V Bandera

Open Access Research article

Bcl-2 associated athanogene 5 (Bag5) is overexpressed in prostate cancer and inhibits ER-stress induced apoptosis

Anja Bruchmann, Corinna Roller, Tamara Vanessa Walther, Georg Schäfer, Sara Lehmusvaara, Tapio Visakorpi, Helmut Klocker, Andrew C B Cato, Danilo Maddalo

Open Access Research article

Allelotypes of lung adenocarcinomas featuring ALK fusion demonstrate fewer onco- and suppressor gene changes

Hironori Ninomiya, Motohiro Kato, Masashi Sanada, Kengo Takeuchi, Kentaro Inamura, Noriko Motoi, Hiroko Nagano, Kimie Nomura, Yukinori Sakao, Sakae Okumura, Hiroyuki Mano, Seishi Ogawa, Yuichi Ishikawa

Open Access Research article

Comparative performances of prognostic indexes for breast cancer patients presenting with brain metastases

Antoine-Laurent Braccini, David Azria, Simon Thezenas, Gilles Romieu, Jean-Marc Ferrero, William Jacot

Open Access Research article

Association of plasma endotoxin, inflammatory cytokines and risk of colorectal adenomas

Melissa Kang, Patrick Edmundson, Felix Araujo-Perez, Amber N McCoy, Joseph Galanko, Temitope O Keku

Open Access Research article

Negative transcriptional control of ERBB2 gene by MBP-1 and HDAC1: diagnostic implications in breast cancer

Flavia Contino, Claudia Mazzarella, Arianna Ferro, Mariavera Lo Presti, Elena Roz, Carmelo Lupo, Giovanni Perconti, Agata Giallongo, Salvatore Feo

Open Access Research article

Targeting and killing of glioblastoma with activated T cells armed with bispecific antibodies

Ian M Zitron, Archana Thakur, Oxana Norkina, Geoffrey R Barger, Lawrence G Lum, Sandeep Mittal

Open Access Study protocol

Adaptive and innovative Radiation Treatment FOR improving Cancer treatment outcomE (ARTFORCE); a randomized controlled phase II trial for individualized treatment of head and neck cancer

Jolien Heukelom, Olga Hamming, Harry Bartelink, Frank Hoebers, Jordi Giralt, Teresa Herlestam, Marcel Verheij, Michiel van den Brekel, Wouter Vogel, Nick Slevin, Eric Deutsch, Jan-Jakob Sonke, Philippe Lambin, Coen Rasch

Open Access Research article

Multicenter phase II study of weekly docetaxel, cisplatin, and S-1 (TPS) induction chemotherapy for locally advanced squamous cell cancer of the head and neck

Woo Kyun Bae, Jun Eul Hwang, Hyun Jeong Shim, Sang Hee Cho, Ki Hyeong Lee, Hye Suk Han, Eun-Kee Song, Hwan Jung Yun, In Sung Cho, Joon Kyoo Lee, Sang-Chul Lim, Woong-Ki Chung, Ik-Joo Chung

Open Access Research article

BRCA1 and ERCC1mRNA levels are associated with lymph node metastasis in Chinese patients with colorectal cancer

Lu Yuanming, Zhang Lineng, Song Baorong, Peng Junjie, Cai Sanjun

Open Access Research article

Aluminum concentrations in central and peripheral areas of malignant breast lesions do not differ from those in normal breast tissues

Raquel Mary Rodrigues-Peres, Solange Cadore, Stefanny Febraio, Juliana Karina Heinrich, Katia Piton Serra, Sophie F M Derchain, Jose Vassallo, Luis Otavio Sarian

Open Access Research article

Hierarchical cluster analysis of immunophenotype classify AML patients with NPM1 gene mutation into two groups with distinct prognosis

Chien-Yuan Chen, Wen-Chien Chou, Woei Tsay, Jih-Luh Tang, Ming Yao, Sheng-Yi Huang, Hwei-Fang Tien

Open Access Research article

Biomarkers of benefit from cetuximab-based therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer: interaction of EGFR ligand expression with RAS/RAF, PIK3CA genotypes

George Pentheroudakis, Vassiliki Kotoula, Wendy De Roock, George Kouvatseas, Pavlos Papakostas, Thomas Makatsoris, Demetris Papamichael, Ioannis Xanthakis, Joseph Sgouros, Despina Televantou, Georgia Kafiri, Athanassios C Tsamandas, Evangelia Razis, Eleni Galani, Dimitrios Bafaloukos, Ioannis Efstratiou, Iliada Bompolaki, Dimitrios Pectasides, Nicholas Pavlidis, Sabine Tejpar, George Fountzilas

Open Access Research article

The prospective application of a hypoxic radiosensitizer, doranidazole to rat intracranial glioblastoma with blood brain barrier disruption

Hironobu Yasui, Taketoshi Asanuma, Junichi Kino, Tohru Yamamori, Shunsuke Meike, Masaki Nagane, Nobuo Kubota, Mikinori Kuwabara, Osamu Inanami

Open Access Study protocol

Using a state cancer registry to recruit young breast cancer survivors and high-risk relatives: protocol of a randomized trial testing the efficacy of a targeted versus a tailored intervention to increase breast cancer screening

Maria C Katapodi, Laurel L Northouse, Ann M Schafenacker, Debra Duquette, Sonia A Duffy, David L Ronis, Beth Anderson, Nancy K Janz, Jennifer McLosky, Kara J Milliron, Sofia D Merajver, Linh M Duong, Glenn Copeland

Open Access Research article

The expression level of miR-18b in hepatocellular carcinoma is associated with the grade of malignancy and prognosis

Yoshiki Murakami, Akihiro Tamori, Saori Itami, Toshihito Tanahashi, Hidenori Toyoda, Masami Tanaka, Weihong Wu, Nariso Brojigin, Yuji Kaneoka, Atsuyuki Maeda, Takashi Kumada, Norifumi Kawada, Shoji Kubo, Masahiko Kuroda

Open Access Case report

Case report: long-term survival of an infant syndromic patient affected by atypical teratoid-rhabdoid tumor

Piergiorgio Modena, Iacopo Sardi, Monica Brenca, Laura Giunti, Anna Maria Buccoliero, Bianca Pollo, Veronica Biassoni, Lorenzo Genitori, Manila Antonelli, Roberta Maestro, Felice Giangaspero, Maura Massimino

Open Access Research article

Pancreatic cancer clusters and arsenic-contaminated drinking water wells in Florida

Wen Liu-Mares, Jill A MacKinnon, Recinda Sherman, Lora E Fleming, Caio Rocha-Lima, Jennifer J Hu, David J Lee

Open Access Research article

A phase 1b study of humanized KS-interleukin-2 (huKS-IL2) immunocytokine with cyclophosphamide in patients with EpCAM-positive advanced solid tumors

Joseph P Connor, Mihaela C Cristea, Nancy L Lewis, Lionel D Lewis, Philip B Komarnitsky, Maria R Mattiacci, Mildred Felder, Sarah Stewart, Josephine Harter, Jean Henslee-Downey, Daniel Kramer, Roland Neugebauer, Roger Stupp

Open Access Research article

A case–control study on the association between bladder cancer and prior bladder calculus

Shiu-Dong Chung, Ming-Chieh Tsai, Ching-Chun Lin, Herng-Ching Lin

Open Access Research article

Results of a phase I dose escalation study of eltrombopag in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma receiving doxorubicin and ifosfamide

Sant P Chawla, Arthur Staddon, Andrew Hendifar, Conrad A Messam, Rita Patwardhan, Yasser Yasser Mostafa Kamel

Open Access Research article

A population-based study of rates of childbirth in recurrence-free female young adult survivors of Non-gynecologic malignancies

Nancy N Baxter, Rinku Sutradhar, M Elizabeth DelGuidice, Shawn Forbes, Lawrence F Paszat, Andrew S Wilton, David Urbach, Linda Rabeneck

Open Access Research article

The prognostic value of estrogen receptor beta and proline-, glutamic acid- and leucine-rich protein 1 (PELP1) expression in ovarian cancer

Stefanie Aust, Peter Horak, Dietmar Pils, Sophie Pils, Christoph Grimm, Reinhard Horvat, Dan Tong, Bernd Schmid, Paul Speiser, Alexander Reinthaller, Stephan Polterauer

Open Access Research article

Combination of Albendazole and 2-Methoxyestradiol significantly improves the survival of HCT-116 tumor-bearing nude mice

Anahid Ehteda, Peter Galettis, Krishna Pillai, David L Morris

Open Access Research article

Preoperative serum C- reactive protein: a prognostic marker in patients with upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma

Barbara Stein, Andres Jan Schrader, Gerd Wegener, Christoph Seidel, Markus A Kuczyk, Sandra Steffens

Open Access Research article

Association of decreased mitochondrial DNA content with the progression of colorectal cancer

HaiHong Cui, Ping Huang, ZhiJing Wang, YunXin Zhang, ZhenHua Zhang, Wei Xu, XiaoPeng Wang, Ying Han, XiaoMing Guo

Open Access Research article

Uptake of a web-based oncology protocol system: how do cancer clinicians use eviQ cancer treatments online?

Julia M Langton, Nicole Pesa, Shelley Rushton, Robyn L Ward, Sallie-Anne Pearson

Open Access Research article

Identification of TRPC6 as a possible candidate target gene within an amplicon at 11q21-q22.2 for migratory capacity in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

Sandra Bernaldo de Quirós, Anna Merlo, Pablo Secades, Iriana Zambrano, Ines Saenz de Santa María, Nerea Ugidos, Eloisa Jantus-Lewintre, Rafael Sirera, Carlos Suarez, María-Dolores Chiara

Open Access Research article

αB-crystallin stimulates VEGF secretion and tumor cell migration and correlates with enhanced distant metastasis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Chantal van de Schootbrugge, Johan Bussink, Paul N Span, Fred CGJ Sweep, Reidar Grénman, Hanneke Stegeman, Ger JM Pruijn, Johannes HAM Kaanders, Wilbert C Boelens

Open Access Research article

IL-22 is related to development of human colon cancer by activation of STAT3

Runqiu Jiang, Haiyang Wang, Lei Deng, Jiajie Hou, Ruihua Shi, Ming Yao, Yun Gao, Aihua Yao, Xuehao Wang, Lianzhen Yu, Beicheng Sun

Open Access Research article

Low expression of TFPI-2 associated with poor survival outcome in patients with breast cancer

Cheng Xu, Huijun Wang, Hongyu He, Fengyun Zheng, Yating Chen, Jin Zhang, Xiaoyan Lin, Duan Ma, Hongwei Zhang

Open Access Research article

Time-dependent endpoints as predictors of overall survival in multiple myeloma

Jorge Félix, Filipa Aragão, João M Almeida, Frederico JM Calado, Diana Ferreira, António BS Parreira, Ricardo Rodrigues, João FR Rijo

Open Access Case report

A word of caution: do not wake sleeping dogs; micrometastases of melanoma suddenly grew after progesterone treatment

Jose Mordoh, Ivana Jaqueline Tapia, Maria Marcela Barrio

Open Access Technical advance

Detection and characterization of classical and “uncommon” exon 19 Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor mutations in lung cancer by pyrosequencing

Luisella Righi, Alessandra Cuccurullo, Simona Vatrano, Susanna Cappia, Daniela Giachino, Paolo De Giuli, Mara Ardine, Silvia Novello, Marco Volante, Giorgio V Scagliotti, Mauro Papotti

Open Access Research article

Long-term prospective longitudinal evaluation of emotional distress and quality of life in cervical cancer patients who remained disease-free 2-years from diagnosis

Giovanna Mantegna, Marco Petrillo, Gilda Fuoco, Laura Venditti, Serena Terzano, Luigi Pedone Anchora, Giovanni Scambia, Gabriella Ferrandina

Open Access Research article

Increased phosphorylation of histone H3 at serine 10 is involved in Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein-1-induced carcinogenesis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Binbin Li, Guoliang Huang, Xiangning Zhang, Rong Li, Jian Wang, Ziming Dong, Zhiwei He

Open Access Research article

The impact of KRAS mutations on VEGF-A production and tumour vascular network

Agnès Figueras, Maria Antonia Arbos, Maria Teresa Quiles, Francesc Viñals, Josep Ramón Germà, Gabriel Capellà

Open Access Research article

Hypoxia induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition via activation of SNAI1 by hypoxia-inducible factor -1α in hepatocellular carcinoma

Lin Zhang, Gang Huang, Xiaowu Li, Yujun Zhang, Yan Jiang, Junjie Shen, Jia Liu, Qingliang Wang, Jin Zhu, Xiaobin Feng, Jiahong Dong, Cheng Qian

Open Access Research article

Exome profiling of primary, metastatic and recurrent ovarian carcinomas in a BRCA1-positive patient

Jian Zhang, Yuhao Shi, Emilie Lalonde, Lili Li, Luca Cavallone, Alex Ferenczy, Walter H Gotlieb, William D Foulkes, Jacek Majewski

Open Access Research article

3D pancreatic carcinoma spheroids induce a matrix-rich, chemoresistant phenotype offering a better model for drug testing

Paola Longati, Xiaohui Jia, Johannes Eimer, Annika Wagman, Michael-Robin Witt, Stefan Rehnmark, Caroline Verbeke, Rune Toftgård, Matthias Löhr, Rainer L Heuchel

Open Access Research article

Dichotomous roles for the orphan nuclear receptor NURR1 in breast cancer

Shawn Llopis, Brittany Singleton, Tamika Duplessis, Latonya Carrier, Brian Rowan, Christopher Williams

Open Access Research article

Snail1 expression in colorectal cancer and its correlation with clinical and pathological parameters

Feride Kroepil, Georg Fluegen, Daniel Vallböhmer, Stephan E Baldus, Levent Dizdar, Andreas M Raffel, Dieter Hafner, Nikolas H Stoecklein, Wolfram T Knoefel

Open Access Study protocol

Randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effects of progressive resistance training compared to progressive muscle relaxation in breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy: the BEST study

Karin Potthoff, Martina E Schmidt, Joachim Wiskemann, Holger Hof, Oliver Klassen, Nina Habermann, Philipp Beckhove, Juergen Debus, Cornelia M Ulrich, Karen Steindorf

Open Access Study protocol

A prospective investigation of predictive and modifiable risk factors for breast cancer in unaffected BRCA1 and BRCA2gene carriers

Emer M Guinan, Juliette Hussey, Sarah A McGarrigle, Laura A Healy, Jacintha N O’Sullivan, Kathleen Bennett, Elizabeth M Connolly

Open Access Research article

Alcohol dehydrogenase, iron containing, 1promoter hypermethylation associated with colorectal cancer differentiation

Chung Hyun Tae, Kyung Ju Ryu, Seok-Hyung Kim, Hee Cheol Kim, Ho-Kyung Chun, Byung-Hoon Min, Dong Kyung Chang, Poong-Lyul Rhee, Jae J Kim, Jong Chul Rhee, Young-Ho Kim

Open Access Research article

Derepression of Cancer/Testis Antigens in cancer is associated with distinct patterns of DNA Hypomethylation

Robert Kim, Prakash Kulkarni, Sridhar Hannenhalli

Open Access Study protocol

Study protocol of the B-CAST study: a multicenter, prospective cohort study investigating the tumor biomarkers in adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer

Megumi Ishiguro, Kenjiro Kotake, Genichi Nishimura, Naohiro Tomita, Wataru Ichikawa, Keiichi Takahashi, Toshiaki Watanabe, Tomohisa Furuhata, Ken Kondo, Masaki Mori, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Akiyoshi Kanazawa, Michiya Kobayashi, Masazumi Okajima, Ichinosuke Hyodo, Keiko Miyakoda, Kenichi Sugihara

Open Access Research article

Type IV collagen stimulates pancreatic cancer cell proliferation, migration, and inhibits apoptosis through an autocrine loop

Daniel Öhlund, Oskar Franklin, Erik Lundberg, Christina Lundin, Malin Sund

Open Access Research article

Chemoprevention utility of silibinin and Cdk4 pathway inhibition in Apc −/+ ice

Baktiar O Karim, Ki-Jong Rhee, Guosheng Liu, Dongfeng Zheng, David L Huso

Open Access Research article

Ultrasound real-time elastography can predict malignancy in BI-RADS®-US 3 lesions

Sebastian Wojcinski, Esther Boehme, André Farrokh, Philipp Soergel, Friedrich Degenhardt, Peter Hillemanns

Open Access Research article

Long-term outcome and effect of maintenance therapy in patients with advanced sarcoma treated with trabectedin: an analysis of 181 patients of the French ATU compassionate use program

Jean-Yves Blay, Antoine Italiano, Isabelle Ray-Coquard, Axel Le Cesne, Florence Duffaud, Maria Rios, Olivier Collard, François Bertucci, Emmanuelle Bompas, Nicolas Isambert, Loic Chaigneau, Philippe Cassier, Binh Bui, Gauthier Decanter, Olfa Derbel, Jean-Michel Coindre, Patrick Zintl, Nadia Badri, Nicolas Penel

Open Access Research article

PRL-3 suppresses c-Fos and integrin α2 expression in ovarian cancer cells

Hao Liu, Abdul Qader Omer Al-aidaroos, Haihe Wang, Ke Guo, Jie Li, Hua Fei Zhang, Qi Zeng

Open Access Research article

Diagnostic value of endobronchial and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for accessible lung cancer lesions after non-diagnostic conventional techniques: a prospective study

Antonio Bugalho, Dalila Ferreira, Ralf Eberhardt, Sara S Dias, Paula A Videira, Felix J Herth, Luis Carreiro

Open Access Study protocol

Early-stage squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: Radiotherapy vs. Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery (ORATOR) – study protocol for a randomized phase II trial

Anthony C Nichols, John Yoo, J Alex Hammond, Kevin Fung, Eric Winquist, Nancy Read, Varagur Venkatesan, S Danielle MacNeil, D Scott Ernst, Sara Kuruvilla, Jeff Chen, Martin Corsten, Michael Odell, Libni Eapen, Julie Theurer, Philip C Doyle, Bret Wehrli, Keith Kwan, David A Palma

Open Access Research article

Cross-sectional study of self-reported physical activity, eating habits and use of complementary medicine in breast cancer survivors

Arnoud J Templeton, Beat Thürlimann, Michael Baumann, Michael Mark, Sarah Stoll, Madeleine Schwizer, Daniel Dietrich, Thomas Ruhstaller

Open Access Research article

Evaluation of the prognostic role of centromere 17 gain and HER2/topoisomerase II alpha gene status and protein expression in patients with breast cancer treated with anthracycline-containing adjuvant chemotherapy: pooled analysis of two Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG) phase III trials

George Fountzilas, Urania Dafni, Mattheos Bobos, Vassiliki Kotoula, Anna Batistatou, Ioannis Xanthakis, Christos Papadimitriou, Ioannis Kostopoulos, Triantafillia Koletsa, Eleftheria Tsolaki, Despina Televantou, Eleni Timotheadou, Angelos Koutras, George Klouvas, Epaminontas Samantas, Nikolaos Pisanidis, Charisios Karanikiotis, Ioanna Sfakianaki, Nicholas Pavlidis, Helen Gogas, Helena Linardou, Konstantine T Kalogeras, Dimitrios Pectasides, Meletios A Dimopoulos

Open Access Research article

CD133 expression is not an independent prognostic factor in stage II and III colorectal cancer but may predict the better outcome in patients with adjuvant therapy

Khalilullah Mia-Jan, So Young Jung, Ik-Yong Kim, Sung Soo Oh, EunHee Choi, Sei Jin Chang, Tae Young Kang, Mee-Yon Cho

Open Access Research article

[18F]FDG and [18F]FLT positron emission tomography imaging following treatment with belinostat in human ovary cancer xenografts in mice

Mette Munk Jensen, Kamille Dumong Erichsen, Camilla Bardram Johnbeck, Fredrik Björkling, Jacob Madsen, Peter Buhl Jensen, Maxwell Sehested, Liselotte Højgaard, Andreas Kjær

Open Access Research article

Early versus deferred androgen suppression therapy for patients with lymph node-positive prostate cancer after local therapy with curative intent: a systematic review

Frank Kunath, Bastian Keck, Gerta Rücker, Edith Motschall, Bernd Wullich, Gerd Antes, Joerg J Meerpohl

Open Access Research article

Effects of Δ40p53, an isoform of p53 lacking the N-terminus, on transactivation capacity of the tumor suppressor protein p53

Hind Hafsi, Daniela Santos-Silva, Stéphanie Courtois-Cox, Pierre Hainaut

Open Access Research article

p53-independent early and late apoptosis is mediated by ceramide after exposure of tumor cells to photon or carbon ion irradiation

Gersende Alphonse, Mira Maalouf, Priscillia Battiston-Montagne, Dominique Ardail, Michaël Beuve, Robert Rousson, Gisela Taucher-Scholz, Claudia Fournier, Claire Rodriguez-Lafrasse

Open Access Research article

A novel panel of biomarkers in distinction of small well-differentiated HCC from dysplastic nodules and outcome values

Guang-Zhi Jin, Hui Dong, Wen-Long Yu, Yan Li, Xin-Yuan Lu, Hua Yu, Zhi-Hong Xian, Wei Dong, Yin-Kun Liu, Wen-Ming Cong, Meng-Chao Wu

Open Access Research article

Randomised phase 3 open-label trial of first-line treatment with gemcitabine in association with docetaxel or paclitaxel in women with metastatic breast cancer: a comparison of different schedules and treatments

Lucia Del Mastro, Alessandra Fabi, Mauro Mansutti, Michele De Laurentiis, Antonio Durando, Domenico Franco Merlo, Paolo Bruzzi, Ignazia La Torre, Matteo Ceccarelli, Gbenga Kazeem, Paolo Marchi, Davide Boy, Marco Venturini, Sabino De Placido, Francesco Cognetti

Open Access Research article

The Wnt signalling pathway is upregulated in an in vitro model of acquired tamoxifen resistant breast cancer

Yan Ni Loh, Ellen L Hedditch, Laura A Baker, Eve Jary, Robyn L Ward, Caroline E Ford

Open Access Research article

The impact of chemotherapy-associated neutrophil/ lymphocyte counts on prognosis of adjuvant chemotherapy in colorectal cancer

Hong Chu-Yuan, Peng Jing, Wei Yi-Sheng, Peng He-Ping, Yang Hui, Zhao Chu-Xiong, Liang Guo-Jian, Wang Guo-Qiang

Open Access Research article

Insulin-like growth factor-1 genotypes and haplotypes influence the survival of prostate cancer patients with bone metastasis at initial diagnosis

Norihiko Tsuchiya, Shintaro Narita, Takamitsu Inoue, Mitsuru Saito, Kazuyuki Numakura, Mingguo Huang, Shingo Hatakeyama, Shigeru Satoh, Seiichi Saito, Chikara Ohyama, Yoichi Arai, Osamu Ogawa, Tomonori Habuchi

Open Access Research article

Outcome of patients with advanced solitary fibrous tumors: the Centre Léon Bérard experience

Alice Levard, Olfa Derbel, Pierre Méeus, Dominique Ranchère, Isabelle Ray-Coquard, Jean-Yves Blay, Philippe A Cassier

Open Access Research article

Functional capacity, physical activity and muscle strength assessment of individuals with non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review of instruments and their measurement properties

Catherine L Granger, Christine F McDonald, Selina M Parry, Cristino C Oliveira, Linda Denehy

Open Access Research article

High resolution melting analysis of KRAS, BRAF and PIK3CA in KRASexon 2 wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer

Joana G Guedes, Isabel Veiga, Patrícia Rocha, Pedro Pinto, Carla Pinto, Manuela Pinheiro, Ana Peixoto, Maria Fragoso, Ana Raimundo, Paula Ferreira, Manuela Machado, Nuno Sousa, Paula Lopes, António Araújo, Joana Macedo, Fernando Alves, Camila Coutinho, Rui Henrique, Lúcio L Santos, Manuel R Teixeira

Open Access Research article

Targeting both IGF-1R and mTOR synergistically inhibits growth of renal cell carcinoma in vitro

Thomas M Cardillo, Preeti Trisal, Roberto Arrojo, David M Goldenberg, Chien-Hsing Chang

Open Access Research article

The role of inflammation in HPV infection of the Oesophagus

Georgia Schäfer, Siti Kabanda, Beverly van Rooyen, Martina Bergant Marušič, Lawrence Banks, M Iqbal Parker

Open Access Research article

A first in human, safety, pharmacokinetics, and clinical activity phase I study of once weekly administration of the Hsp90 inhibitor ganetespib (STA-9090) in patients with solid malignancies

Jonathan W Goldman, Robert N Raju, Gregory A Gordon, Iman El-Hariry, Florentina Teofilivici, Vojo M Vukovic, Robert Bradley, Michael D Karol, Yu Chen, Wei Guo, Takayo Inoue, Lee S Rosen

Open Access Research article

Epigenetic regulation of L1CAM in endometrial carcinoma: comparison to cancer–testis (CT-X) antigens

Uwe Schirmer, Heidi Fiegl, Marco Pfeifer, Alain G Zeimet, Elisabeth Müller-Holzner, Peter K Bode, Verena Tischler, Peter Altevogt

Open Access Research article

Characterization of in vivo chemoresistant human hepatocellular carcinoma cells with transendothelial differentiation capacities

Christian Marfels, Miriam Hoehn, Ernst Wagner, Michael Günther

Open Access Research article

Inverse expression of hyaluronidase 2 and hyaluronan synthases 1–3 is associated with reduced hyaluronan content in malignant cutaneous melanoma

Siiskonen Hanna, Poukka Mari, Tyynelä-Korhonen Kristiina, Sironen Reijo, Pasonen-Seppänen Sanna

Open Access Research article

Safety and efficacy of everolimus in Chinese patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma resistant to vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy: an open-label phase 1b study

Jun Guo, Yiran Huang, Xu Zhang, Fangjian Zhou, Yinghao Sun, Shukui Qin, Zhangqun Ye, Hui Wang, Annette Jappe, Patrick Straub, Nicoletta Pirotta, Sven Gogov

Open Access Research article

Phase I study of OM-174, a lipid A analogue, with assessment of immunological response, in patients with refractory solid tumors

Nicolas Isambert, Pierre Fumoleau, Catherine Paul, Christophe Ferrand, Sylvie Zanetta, Jacques Bauer, Kevin Ragot, Gérard Lizard, Jean-François Jeannin, Marc Bardou

Open Access Research article

Genetic variations of the A13/A14 repeat located within the EGFR3′ untranslated region have no oncogenic effect in patients with colorectal cancer

Nasrin Sarafan-Vasseur, David Sefrioui, David Tougeron, Aude Lamy, France Blanchard, Florence Le Pessot, Frédéric Di Fiore, Pierre Michel, Stéphane Bézieau, Jean-Baptiste Latouche, Thierry Frebourg, Richard Sesboüé

Open Access Research article

Expressional alterations in functional ultra-conserved non-coding rnas in response to all-transretinoic acid - induced differentiation in neuroblastoma cells

Karen M Watters, Kenneth Bryan, Niamh H Foley, Maria Meehan, Raymond L Stallings

Open Access Research article

Patients’ perspectives on palliative chemotherapy of colorectal and non - colorectal cancer: a prospective study in a chemotherapy- experienced population

Marika Mende, Karolin Trautmann, Anke Rentsch, Beate Hornemann, Ulrich S Schuler, Gerhard Ehninger, Gunnar Folprecht

Open Access Research article

Resveratrol abrogates the Temozolomide-induced G2 arrest leading to mitotic catastrophe and reinforces the Temozolomide-induced senescence in glioma cells

Eduardo C Filippi-Chiela, Marcos Paulo Thomé, Mardja Manssur Bueno e Silva, Alessandra Luíza Pelegrini, Pitia Flores Ledur, Bernardo Garicochea, Lauren L Zamin, Guido Lenz

Open Access Research article

Radiation mitigating properties of the lignan component in flaxseed

Ralph Pietrofesa, Jason Turowski, Sonia Tyagi, Floyd Dukes, Evguenia Arguiri, Theresa M Busch, Shannon M Gallagher-Colombo, Charalambos C Solomides, Keith A Cengel, Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou

Open Access Research article

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Correlation of CD44v6 expression with ovarian cancer progression and recurrence

Jun Shi, Zhou Zhou, Wen Di, Ningli Li

Open Access Research article

Differential outcome of concurrent radiotherapy plus epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors versus radiotherapy plus cisplatin in patients with human papillomavirus-related head and neck cancer

Bella Pajares, Jose M Trigo, Maria D Toledo, Martina Álvarez, Carlos González-Hermoso, Antonio Rueda, Jose A Medina, Vanessa de Luque, Jose M Jerez, Emilio Alba

Open Access Research article

Potentiation of in vitro and in vivoantitumor efficacy of doxorubicin by cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor P276-00 in human non-small cell lung cancer cells

Maggie J Rathos, Harshal Khanwalkar, Kavita Joshi, Sonal M Manohar, Kalpana S Joshi

Open Access Case report

First description of an acinic cell carcinoma of the breast in a BRCA1 mutation carrier: a case report

Carla B Ripamonti, Mara Colombo, Patrizia Mondini, Manoukian Siranoush, Bernard Peissel, Loris Bernard, Paolo Radice, Maria Luisa Carcangiu

Open Access Research article

Factors associated with peritoneal metastasis in non-serosa-invasive gastric cancer: a retrospective study of a prospectively-collected database

Baojun Huang, Zhe Sun, Zhenning Wang, Chong Lu, Chengzhong Xing, Bo Zhao, Huimian Xu

Open Access Research article

‘Burden to others’ as a public concern in advanced cancer: a comparative survey in seven European countries

Claudia Bausewein, Natalia Calanzani, Barbara A Daveson, Steffen T Simon, Pedro L Ferreira, Irene J Higginson, Dorothee Bechinger-English, Luc Deliens, Marjolein Gysels, Franco Toscani, Lucas Ceulemans, Richard Harding, Barbara Gomes

Open Access Technical advance

Development of a novel cell-based assay system EPISSAY for screening epigenetic drugs and liposome formulated decitabine

Sue Ping Lim, Raman Kumar, Yamini Akkamsetty, Wen Wang, Kristen Ho, Paul M Neilsen, Diego J Walther, Rachel J Suetani, Clive Prestidge, David F Callen

Open Access Research article

Transcriptional effects of 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3physiological and supra-physiological concentrations in breast cancer organotypic culture

Cintia Milani, Maria Lucia Hirata Katayama, Eduardo Carneiro de Lyra, JoEllen Welsh, Laura Tojeiro Campos, M Mitzi Brentani, Maria do Socorro Maciel, Rosimeire Aparecida Roela, Paulo Roberto del Valle, João Carlos Guedes Sampaio Góes, Suely Nonogaki, Rodrigo Esaki Tamura, Maria Aparecida Azevedo Koike Folgueira

Open Access Research article

Progress risk assessment of oral premalignant lesions with saliva miRNA analysis

Ya Yang, Yue-xiu Li, Xi Yang, Long Jiang, Zuo-jun Zhou, Ya-qin Zhu

Open Access Research article

Targeting Id1 reduces proliferation and invasion in aggressive human salivary gland cancer cells

Tomoki Sumida, Ryuichi Murase, Akiko Onishi-Ishikawa, Sean D McAllister, Hiroyuki Hamakawa, Pierre-Yves Desprez

Open Access Research article

53BP1 expression is a modifier of the prognostic value of lymph node ratio and CA 19–9 in pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Natalie L Ausborn, Tong Wang, Sabrina C Wentz, Mary Kay Washington, Nipun B Merchant, Zhiguo Zhao, Yu Shyr, Anuradha Bapsi Chakravarthy, Fen Xia

Open Access Research article

Membrane Type 1 Matrix Metalloproteinase induces an epithelial to mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cell-like properties in SCC9 cells

Cong-Chong Yang, Li-Fang Zhu, Xiao-Hui Xu, Tian-Yun Ning, Jin-Hai Ye, Lai-Kui Liu

Open Access Research article

A combined blood based gene expression and plasma protein abundance signature for diagnosis of epithelial ovarian cancer - a study of the OVCAD consortium

Dietmar Pils, Dan Tong, Gudrun Hager, Eva Obermayr, Stefanie Aust, Georg Heinze, Maria Kohl, Eva Schuster, Andrea Wolf, Jalid Sehouli, Ioana Braicu, Ignace Vergote, Toon Van Gorp, Sven Mahner, Nicole Concin, Paul Speiser, Robert Zeillinger

Open Access Case report

TP53p.R337H is a conditional cancer-predisposing mutation: further evidence from a homozygous patient

Juliana Giacomazzi, Simone Selistre, Juliana Duarte, Jorge Pinto Ribeiro, Paulo JC Vieira, Gabriel de Souza Macedo, Cristina Rossi, Mauro Czepielewski, Cristina Brinkmann Oliveira Netto, Pierre Hainaut, Patricia Ashton-Prolla

Open Access Study protocol

Values and options in cancer care (VOICE): study design and rationale for a patient-centered communication and decision-making intervention for physicians, patients with advanced cancer, and their caregivers

Michael Hoerger, Ronald M Epstein, Paul C Winters, Kevin Fiscella, Paul R Duberstein, Robert Gramling, Phyllis N Butow, Supriya G Mohile, Paul R Kaesberg, Wan Tang, Sandy Plumb, Adam Walczak, Anthony L Back, Daniel Tancredi, Alison Venuti, Camille Cipri, Gisela Escalera, Carol Ferro, Don Gaudion, Beth Hoh, Blair Leatherwood, Linda Lewis, Mark Robinson, Peter Sullivan, Richard L Kravitz

Open Access Study protocol

Preoperative chemosensitivity testing as Predictor of Treatment benefit in Adjuvant stage III colon cancer (PePiTA): Protocol of a prospective BGDO (Belgian Group for Digestive Oncology) multicentric study

Alain Hendlisz, Vassilis Golfinopoulos, Amelie Deleporte, Marianne Paesmans, Hazem El Mansy, Camilo Garcia, Marc Peeters, Lieven Annemans, Caroline Vandeputte, Marion Maetens, Ivan Borbath, Damien Dresse, Ghislain Houbiers, Michael Fried, Ahmad Awada, Martine Piccart, Jean-Luc Van Laethem, Patrick Flamen

Open Access Debate

Fool’s gold, lost treasures, and the randomized clinical trial

David J Stewart, Razelle Kurzrock

Open Access Research article

Differential expression of colon cancer associated transcript1 (CCAT1) along the colonic adenoma-carcinoma sequence

Bilal Alaiyan, Nadia Ilyayev, Alexander Stojadinovic, Mina Izadjoo, Marina Roistacher, Vera Pavlov, Victoria Tzivin, David Halle, Honguang Pan, Barry Trink, Ali O Gure, Aviram Nissan

Open Access Research article

In vitro and in vivo effects of geranylgeranyltransferase I inhibitor P61A6 on non-small cell lung cancer cells

Drazen B Zimonjic, Lai N Chan, Veenu Tripathi, Jie Lu, Ohyun Kwon, Nicholas C Popescu, Douglas R Lowy, Fuyuhiko Tamanoi

Open Access Research article

Impact of KRAS, BRAF and PI3KCA mutations in rectal carcinomas treated with neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy and surgery

Olfa Derbel, Qing Wang, Françoise Desseigne, Michel Rivoire, Pierre Meeus, Patrice Peyrat, Mattia Stella, Isabelle Martel-Lafay, Anne-Isabelle Lemaistre, Christelle de La Fouchardière

Open Access Research article

Cholinergic muscarinic receptor activation augments murine intestinal epithelial cell proliferation and tumorigenesis

Zhongsheng Peng, Jonathon Heath, Cinthia Drachenberg, Jean-Pierre Raufman, Guofeng Xie

Open Access Case report

Early pneumothorax as a feature of response to crizotinib therapy in a patient with ALK rearranged lung adenocarcinoma

Spyridon Gennatas, Susana J Stanway, Robert Thomas, Toon Min, Riyaz Shah, Mary ER O’Brien, Sanjay Popat

Open Access Research article

Can selenium levels act as a marker of colorectal cancer risk?

Marcin R Lener, Satish Gupta, Rodney J Scott, Martin Tootsi, Maria Kulp, Mari-Liis Tammesoo, Anu Viitak, Anders Metspalu, Pablo Serrano-Fernández, Józef Kładny, Katarzyna Jaworska-Bieniek, Katarzyna Durda, Magdalena Muszyńska, Grzegorz Sukiennicki, Anna Jakubowska, Jan Lubiński

Open Access Research article

Mammogram image quality as a potential contributor to disparities in breastcancer stage at diagnosis: an observational study

Garth H Rauscher, Emily F Conant, Jenna A Khan, Michael L Berbaum

Open Access Research article

Serum HMGB1 as a prognostic marker for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Chiharu Tabata, Eisuke Shibata, Rie Tabata, Shingo Kanemura, Koji Mikami, Yoshitaka Nogi, Eriko Masachika, Tomoyuki Nishizaki, Takashi Nakano

Open Access Research article

Evidence for tankyrases as antineoplastic targets in lung cancer

Alexander M Busch, Kevin C Johnson, Radu V Stan, Aarti Sanglikar, Yashi Ahmed, Ethan Dmitrovsky, Sarah J Freemantle

Open Access Research article

Quality of life of Bahraini women with breast cancer: a cross sectional study

Ghufran Ahmed Jassim, David L Whitford

Open Access Research article

Human Papillomavirus-associated oropharyngeal cancer: an observational study of diagnosis, prevalence and prognosis in a UK population

Mererid Evans, Robert Newcombe, Alison Fiander, James Powell, Martin Rolles, Selvam Thavaraj, Max Robinson, Ned Powell

Open Access Research article

Circulating tumor cells in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer patients: a valuable prognostic and predictive biomarker

Yi Liu, Qian Liu, Tao Wang, Li Bian, Shaohua Zhang, Haixu Hu, Sha Li, Zhiyuan Hu, Shikai Wu, Bing Liu, Zefei Jiang

Open Access Research article

Rapid initial decline in BCR-ABL1 is associated with superior responses to second-line nilotinib in patients with chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia

Andrew M Stein, Giovanni Martinelli, Timothy P Hughes, Martin C Müller, Lan Beppu, Enrico Gottardi, Susan Branford, Simona Soverini, Richard C Woodman, Andreas Hochhaus, Dong-Wook Kim, Giuseppe Saglio, Jerald P Radich

Open Access Research article

Differential expression of histone deacetylases HDAC1, 2 and 3 in human breast cancer - overexpression of HDAC2 and HDAC3 is associated with clinicopathological indicators of disease progression

Berit Maria Müller, Lisa Jana, Atsuko Kasajima, Annika Lehmann, Judith Prinzler, Jan Budczies, Klaus-Jürgen Winzer, Manfred Dietel, Wilko Weichert, Carsten Denkert

Open Access Research article

Monocytes/macrophages support mammary tumor invasivity by co-secreting lineage-specific EGFR ligands and a STAT3 activator

Philip Vlaicu, Philipp Mertins, Thomas Mayr, Peter Widschwendter, Beyhan Ataseven, Bernhard Högel, Wolfgang Eiermann, Pjotr Knyazev, Axel Ullrich

Open Access Research article

Older renal cell cancer patients experience increased rates of venous thromboembolic events: a retrospective cohort study of SEER-Medicare data

Alexandra Connelly-Frost, Sumitra Shantakumar, Monica G Kobayashi, Haojie Li, Li Li

Open Access Research article

VEGF is an important mediator of tumor angiogenesis in malignant lesions in a genetically engineered mouse model of lung adenocarcinoma

Bharat K Majeti, Joseph H Lee, Brett H Simmons, Farbod Shojaei

Open Access Research article

MicroRNA profile of paclitaxel-resistant serous ovarian carcinoma based on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples

Xiao Li, Yaer Lu, Yaxia Chen, Weiguo Lu, Xing Xie

Open Access Research article

High CRP values predict poor survival in patients with penile cancer

Sandra Steffens, Andreas Al Ghazal, Julie Steinestel, Rieke Lehmann, Gerd Wegener, Thomas J Schnoeller, Marcus V Cronauer, Florian Jentzmik, Mark Schrader, Markus A Kuczyk, Andres J Schrader

Open Access Research article

Mortality risk of black women and white women with invasive breast cancer by hormone receptors, HER2, and p53 status

Huiyan Ma, Yani Lu, Kathleen E Malone, Polly A Marchbanks, Dennis M Deapen, Robert Spirtas, Ronald T Burkman, Brian L Strom, Jill A McDonald, Suzanne G Folger, Michael S Simon, Jane Sullivan-Halley, Michael F Press, Leslie Bernstein

Open Access Research article

Polymorphisms in xenobiotic metabolizing genes (EPHX1, NQO1 and PON1) in lymphoma susceptibility: a case control study

Pablo Conesa-Zamora, Javier Ruiz-Cosano, Daniel Torres-Moreno, Ignacio Español, María D Gutiérrez-Meca, Javier Trujillo-Santos, Elena Pérez-Ceballos, Rocío González-Conejero, Javier Corral, Vicente Vicente, Miguel Pérez-Guillermo

Open Access Research article

Genetic variation in TLR or NFkappaB pathways and the risk of breast cancer: a case-control study

Alexa J Resler, Kathleen E Malone, Lisa G Johnson, Mari Malkki, Effie W Petersdorf, Barbara McKnight, Margaret M Madeleine

Open Access Research article

Odontogenic ameloblast-associated protein (ODAM) inhibits growth and migration of human melanoma cells and elicits PTEN elevation and inactivation of PI3K/AKT signaling

James S Foster, Lindsay M Fish, Jonathan E Phipps, Charles T Bruker, James M Lewis, John L Bell, Alan Solomon, Daniel P Kestler

Open Access Research article

Is the prediction of prognosis not improved by the seventh edition of the TNM classification for colorectal cancer? Analysis of the surveilla006Ece, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) database

Peng Gao, Yong-xi Song, Zhen-ning Wang, Ying-ying Xu, Lin-lin Tong, Jing-xu Sun, Miao Yu, Hui-mian Xu

Open Access Research article

A novel IgE antibody targeting the prostate-specific antigen as a potential prostate cancer therapy

Tracy R Daniels-Wells, Gustavo Helguera, Richard K Leuchter, Rafaela Quintero, Maggie Kozman, José A Rodríguez, Elizabeth Ortiz-Sánchez, Otoniel Martínez-Maza, Birgit C Schultes, Christopher F Nicodemus, Manuel L Penichet

Open Access Study protocol

Conquer fear: protocol of a randomised controlled trial of a psychological intervention to reduce fear of cancer recurrence

Phyllis N Butow, Melanie L Bell, Allan B Smith, Joanna E Fardell, Belinda Thewes, Jane Turner, Jemma Gilchrist, Jane Beith, Afaf Girgis, Louise Sharpe, Sophy Shih, Cathrine Mihalopoulos

Open Access Research article

Reduced mrna expression level of corticotropin-releasing hormone-binding protein is associated with aggressive human kidney cancer

Hossein Tezval, Faranaz Atschekzei, Inga Peters, Sandra Waalkes, Jörg Hennenlotter, Arnulf Stenzl, Jan U Becker, Axel S Merseburger, Markus A Kuczyk, Jürgen Serth

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Prognostic significance of peripheral monocyte count in patients with extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma

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