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BMC Cancer

Ausgabe 1/2007

Inhalt (237 Artikel)

Open Access Study protocol

Improving the quality and efficiency of follow-up after curative treatment for breast cancer – rationale and study design of the MaCare trial

Merel L Kimman, Adri C Voogd, Carmen D Dirksen, Paul Falger, Pierre Hupperets, Kristien Keymeulen, Marlene Hebly, Cary Dehing, Philippe Lambin, Liesbeth J Boersma

Open Access Research article

Expression patterns of CEACAM5 and CEACAM6 in primary and metastatic cancers

Rosalyn D Blumenthal, Evelyn Leon, Hans J Hansen, David M Goldenberg

Open Access Research article

Oesophageal cancer mortality in Spain: a spatial analysis

Nuria Aragonés, Rebeca Ramis, Marina Pollán, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, Diana Gómez-Barroso, Virginia Lope, Elena Isabel Boldo, Javier García-Pérez, Gonzalo López-Abente

Open Access Research article

Progression of renal cell carcinoma is inhibited by genistein and radiation in an orthotopic model

Gilda G Hillman, Yu Wang, Mingxin Che, Julian J Raffoul, Mark Yudelev, Omer Kucuk, Fazlul H Sarkar

Open Access Research article

Expression of the Na+/l-symporter (NIS) is markedly decreased or absent in gastric cancer and intestinal metaplastic mucosa of Barrett esophagus

Áron Altorjay, Orsolya Dohán, Anna Szilágyi, Monika Paroder, Irene L Wapnir, Nancy Carrasco

Open Access Research article

A procedure for the detection of linkage with high density SNP arrays in a large pedigree with colorectal cancer

Anneke Middeldorp, Shantie Jagmohan-Changur, Quinta Helmer, Heleen M van der Klift, Carli MJ Tops, Hans FA Vasen, Peter Devilee, Hans Morreau, Jeanine J Houwing-Duistermaat, Juul T Wijnen, Tom van Wezel

Open Access Research article

Lymphatic vessels assessment in feline mammary tumours

Giuseppe Sarli, Francesco Sassi, Barbara Brunetti, Antonio Rizzo, Laura Diracca, Cinzia Benazzi

Open Access Research article

Anti-tumor effect of bisphosphonate (YM529) on non-small cell lung cancer cell lines

Ryuichiro Koshimune, Motoi Aoe, Shinichi Toyooka, Fumikata Hara, Mamoru Ouchida, Masaki Tokumo, Yoshifumi Sano, Hiroshi Date, Nobuyoshi Shimizu

Open Access Research article

Increased cardiovascular mortality more than fifteen years after radiotherapy for breast cancer: a population-based study

Rahul Roychoudhuri, David Robinson, Venkata Putcha, Jack Cuzick, Sarah Darby, Henrik Møller

Open Access Research article

Cancer mortality trends in the Umbria region of Italy 1978–2004: a joinpoint regression analysis

Fabrizio Stracci, Antonio Canosa, Liliana Minelli, Anna Maria Petrinelli, Tiziana Cassetti, Carlo Romagnoli, Francesco La Rosa

Open Access Research article

Metabolic mapping by use of high-resolution magic angle spinning 1H MR spectroscopy for assessment of apoptosis in cervical carcinomas

Heidi Lyng, Beathe Sitter, Tone F Bathen, Line R Jensen, Kolbein Sundfør, Gunnar B Kristensen, Ingrid S Gribbestad

Open Access Research article

Stromelysin-3 over-expression enhances tumourigenesis in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell lines: involvement of the IGF-1 signalling pathway

Grit Kasper, Matthias Reule, Miriam Tschirschmann, Niels Dankert, Karen Stout-Weider, Roland Lauster, Evelin Schrock, Detlev Mennerich, Georg N Duda, Kerstin E Lehmann

Open Access Case report

Severe paraneoplastic hypoglycemia in a patient with a gastrointestinal stromal tumor with an exon 9 mutation: a case report

Guillermo A Escobar, William A Robinson, Trevor L Nydam, Drew C Heiple, Glen J Weiss, Linda Buckley, Rene Gonzalez, Martin D McCarter

Open Access Research article

A novel BRCA-1 mutation in Arab kindred from east Jerusalem with breast and ovarian cancer

Luna Kadouri, Dani Bercovich, Arava Elimelech, Israela Lerer, Michal Sagi, Gila Glusman, Chen Shochat, Sigal Korem, Tamar Hamburger, Aviram Nissan, Nahil Abu-Halaf, Muhmud Badrriyah, Dvorah Abeliovich, Tamar Peretz

Open Access Research article

P-LAP/IRAP-induced cell proliferation and glucose uptake in endometrial carcinoma cells via insulin receptor signaling

Kiyosumi Shibata, Hiroaki Kajiyama, Kazuhiko Ino, Akihiro Nawa, Seiji Nomura, Shigehiko Mizutani, Fumitaka Kikkawa

Open Access Research article

GSTT2 promoter polymorphisms and colorectal cancer risk

Sang-Geun Jang, Il-Jin Kim, Hio Chung Kang, Hye-Won Park, Sun-A Ahn, Hyun-Ju Yoon, Kun Kim, Hai-Rim Shin, Jin Soo Lee, Jae-Gahb Park

Open Access Research article

FRA-1 protein overexpression is a feature of hyperplastic and neoplastic breast disorders

Gennaro Chiappetta, Angelo Ferraro, Gerardo Botti, Mario Monaco, Rosa Pasquinelli, Emilia Vuttariello, Liliane Arnaldi, Maurizio Di Bonito, Giuseppe D'Aiuto, Giovanna Maria Pierantoni, Alfredo Fusco

Open Access Research article

Concomitant treatment of brain metastasis with Whole Brain Radiotherapy [WBRT] and Temozolomide [TMZ] is active and improves Quality of Life

Raffaele Addeo, Michele Caraglia, Vincenzo Faiola, Elena Capasso, Bruno Vincenzi, Liliana Montella, Rosario Guarrasi, Luigi Caserta, Salvatore Del Prete

Open Access Research article

Anti-proliferative activity of the quassinoid NBT-272 in childhood medulloblastoma cells

André O von Bueren, Tarek Shalaby, Julia Rajtarova, Duncan Stearns, Charles G Eberhart, Lawrence Helson, Alexandre Arcaro, Michael A Grotzer

Open Access Research article

Mandatory chromosomal segment balance in aneuploid tumor cells

Maria Kost-Alimova, Eva Darai-Ramqvist, Wing Lung Yau, Agneta Sandlund, Ludmila Fedorova, Ying Yang, Irina Kholodnyuk, Yue Cheng, Maria Li Lung, Eric Stanbridge, George Klein, Stefan Imreh

Open Access Research article

Inhibition of PC cell-derived growth factor (PCDGF)/granulin-epithelin precursor (GEP) decreased cell proliferation and invasion through downregulation of cyclin D and CDK 4 and inactivation of MMP-2

Yulan Liu, Ling Xi, Guoning Liao, Wei Wang, Xun Tian, Beibei Wang, Gang Chen, Zhiqiang Han, Mingfu Wu, Shixuan Wang, Jianfeng Zhou, Gang Xu, Yunping Lu, Ding Ma

Open Access Research article

Hyperoxia retards growth and induces apoptosis and loss of glands and blood vessels in DMBA-induced rat mammary tumors

Anette Raa, Christine Stansberg, Vidar M Steen, Rolf Bjerkvig, Rolf K Reed, Linda EB Stuhr

Open Access Research article

E2F-1 induces melanoma cell apoptosis via PUMA up-regulation and Bax translocation

Hongying Hao, Yanbin Dong, Maria T Bowling, Jorge G Gomez-Gutierrez, H Sam Zhou, Kelly M McMasters

Open Access Research article

Classification tree analysis of second neoplasms in survivors of childhood cancer

Janez Jazbec, Ljupčo Todorovski, Berta Jereb

Open Access Research article

The progressive elevation of alpha fetoprotein for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with liver cirrhosis

Oscar Arrieta, Bernardo Cacho, Daniela Morales-Espinosa, Ana Ruelas-Villavicencio, Diana Flores-Estrada, Norma Hernández-Pedro

Open Access Research article

Caspase-dependent proteolytic cleavage of STAT3α in ES cells, in mammary glands undergoing forced involution and in breast cancer cell lines

James R Matthews, Susan MR Watson, Maxine CL Tevendale, Christine J Watson, Alan R Clarke

Open Access Research article

Breast density and polymorphisms in genes coding for CYP1A2 and COMT: the Multiethnic Cohort

Yumie Takata, Gertraud Maskarinec, Loïc Le Marchand

Open Access Research article

Disease-specific survival for limited-stage small-cell lung cancer affected by statistical method of assessment

Patricia Tai, Judith-Anne W Chapman, Edward Yu, Dennie Jones, Changhong Yu, Fei Yuan, Lee Sang-Joon

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Rapid chemokinetic movement and the invasive potential of lung cancer cells; a functional molecular study

Kam-Meng Tchou-Wong, Sandra YY Fok, Jeffrey S Rubin, Fiona Pixley, John Condeelis, Filip Braet, William Rom, Lilian L Soon

Open Access Research article

HNPCC versus sporadic microsatellite-unstable colon cancers follow different routes toward loss of HLA class I expression

Jan Willem F Dierssen, Noel FCC de Miranda, Soldano Ferrone, Marjo van Puijenbroek, Cees J Cornelisse, Gert Jan Fleuren, Tom van Wezel, Hans Morreau

Open Access Research article

Distinct mechanisms of loss of IFN-gamma mediated HLA class I inducibility in two melanoma cell lines

Teresa Rodríguez, Rosa Méndez, Ana Del Campo, Pilar Jiménez, Natalia Aptsiauri, Federico Garrido, Francisco Ruiz-Cabello

Open Access Research article

Growth regulation of simian and human AIDS-related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cell lines by TGF-β1 and IL-6

Kristin R Ruff, Adriane Puetter, Laura S Levy

Open Access Research article

HER-2, p53, p21 and hormonal receptors proteins expression as predictive factors of response and prognosis in locally advanced breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant docetaxel plus epirubicin combination

Daniel G Tiezzi, Jurandyr M Andrade, Alfredo Ribeiro-Silva, Fábio E Zola, Heitor RC Marana, Marcelo G Tiezzi

Open Access Research article

Availability and quality of paraffin blocks identified in pathology archives: A multi-institutional study by the Shared Pathology Informatics Network (SPIN)

Ashokkumar A Patel, Dilipkumar Gupta, David Seligson, Eyas M Hattab, Ulysses J Balis, Thomas M Ulbright, Isaac S Kohane, Jules J Berman, John R Gilbertson, Sarah Dry, Osvaldo Schirripa, Hong Yu, Michael J Becich, Anil V Parwani

Open Access Research article

Primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus: clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features of 21 cases

Jing-Ping Yun, Mei-Fang Zhang, Jin-Hui Hou, Qiu-Hong Tian, Jia Fu, Xiao-Man Liang, Qiu-Liang Wu, Tie-Hua Rong

Open Access Research article

A new molecular breast cancer subclass defined from a large scale real-time quantitative RT-PCR study

Maïa Chanrion, Hélène Fontaine, Carmen Rodriguez, Vincent Negre, Frédéric Bibeau, Charles Theillet, Alain Hénaut, Jean-Marie Darbon

Open Access Research article

Response of lymphocyte subsets and cytokines to Shenyang prescription in Sprague-Dawley rats with tongue squamous cell carcinomas induced by 4NQO

Canhua Jiang, Dongxia Ye, Weiliu Qiu, Xiuli Zhang, Zhiyuan Zhang, Di He, Ping Zhang, Wantao Chen

Open Access Research article

Leucine-rich diet alters the eukaryotic translation initiation factors expression in skeletal muscle of tumour-bearing rats

Gislaine Ventrucci, Maria Alice R Mello, Maria Cristina C Gomes-Marcondes

Open Access Technical advance

Automated array-CGH optimized for archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor material

Simon A Joosse, Erik H van Beers, Petra M Nederlof

Open Access Research article

Qualitative and quantitative dermatoglyphic traits in patients with breast cancer: a prospective clinical study

Chintamani, Rohan Khandelwal, Aliza Mittal, Sai Saijanani, Amita Tuteja, Anju Bansal, Dinesh Bhatnagar, Sunita Saxena

Open Access Research article

Association of IL-1beta gene polymorphism with cachexia from locally advanced gastric cancer

Dianliang Zhang, Hongmei Zheng, Yanbing Zhou, Xingming Tang, Baojun Yu, Jieshou Li

Open Access Case report

Giant cell tumor of the uterus: case report and response to chemotherapy

Keith M Skubitz, Js Carlos Manivel

Open Access Research article

Up-regulation of expression and lack of 5' CpG island hypermethylation of p16 INK4ain HPV-positive cervical carcinomas

Tatiana A Ivanova, Daria A Golovina, Larisa E Zavalishina, Galina M Volgareva, Alexey N Katargin, Yulia Y Andreeva, Georgy A Frank, Fjodor L Kisseljov, Natalia P Kisseljova

Open Access Research article

Serum paraoxonase and arylesterase activities in patients with lung cancer in a Turkish population

Emin T Elkiran, Nefsal Mar, Bilge Aygen, Ferit Gursu, Aziz Karaoglu, Suleyman Koca

Open Access Research article

Tyrosine kinase inhibitor SU6668 represses chondrosarcoma growth via antiangiogenesis in vivo

Frank M Klenke, Amir Abdollahi, Elisabeth Bertl, Martha-Maria Gebhard, Volker Ewerbeck, Peter E Huber, Axel Sckell

Open Access Research article

Vinorelbine plus 3-weekly trastuzumab in metastatic breast cancer: a single-centre phase 2 trial

Ermelinda De Maio, Carmen Pacilio, Adriano Gravina, Alessandro Morabito, Francesca Di Rella, Vincenzo Labonia, Gabriella Landi, Francesco Nuzzo, Emanuela Rossi, Pasqualina Silvestro, Gerardo Botti, Maurizio Di Bonito, Maria Pia Curcio, Franca Formichelli, Franca La Vecchia, Maria Staiano, Nicola Maurea, Giuseppe D'Aiuto, Massimiliano D'Aiuto, Renato Thomas, Giuseppe Signoriello, Francesco Perrone, Andrea de Matteis

Open Access Research article

Clinical benefit of readministration of gefitinib for initial gefitinib-responders with non-small cell lung cancer

Hiroshi Yokouchi, Koichi Yamazaki, Ichiro Kinoshita, Jun Konishi, Hajime Asahina, Noriaki Sukoh, Masao Harada, Kenji Akie, Shigeaki Ogura, Takashi Ishida, Mitsuru Munakata, Hirotoshi Dosaka-Akita, Hiroshi Isobe, Masaharu Nishimura

Open Access Research article

Silencing of the XAF1 gene by promoter hypermethylation in cancer cells and reactivation to TRAIL-sensitization by IFN-β

O Cristina Micali, Herman H Cheung, Stéphanie Plenchette, Sandra L Hurley, Peter Liston, Eric C LaCasse, Robert G Korneluk

Open Access Research article

Whole brain radiotherapy for brain metastases from breast cancer: estimation of survival using two stratification systems

Gustavo A Viani, Marcus S Castilho, João V Salvajoli, Antonio Cassio A Pellizzon, Paulo E Novaes, Flavio S Guimarães, Maria A Conte, Ricardo C Fogaroli

Open Access Research article

Common NOD2/CARD15 variants are not associated with susceptibility or the clinicopathologic characteristics of sporadic colorectal cancer in Hungarian patients

Peter Laszlo Lakatos, Erika Hitre, Ferenc Szalay, Kerstin Zinober, Peter Fuszek, Laszlo Lakatos, Simon Fischer, Janos Osztovits, Orsolya Gemela, Gabor Veres, Janos Papp, Peter Ferenci

Open Access Research article

Novel markers for differentiation of lobular and ductal invasive breast carcinomas by laser microdissection and microarray analysis

Gulisa Turashvili, Jan Bouchal, Karl Baumforth, Wenbin Wei, Marta Dziechciarkova, Jiri Ehrmann, Jiri Klein, Eduard Fridman, Jozef Skarda, Josef Srovnal, Marian Hajduch, Paul Murray, Zdenek Kolar

Open Access Research article

Non-alcoholic beverages and risk of bladder cancer in Uruguay

Eduardo De Stefani, Paolo Boffetta, Hugo Deneo-Pellegrini, Pelayo Correa, Alvaro L Ronco, Paul Brennan, Gilles Ferro, Giselle Acosta, María Mendilaharsu

Open Access Research article

Matrix-comparative genomic hybridization from multicenter formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded colorectal cancer tissue blocks

Heiko Fensterer, Bernhard Radlwimmer, Jörn Sträter, Malte Buchholz, Daniela E Aust, Catherine Julié, François Radvanyi, Bernard Nordlinger, Claudio Belluco, Eric Van Cutsem, Claus-Henning Köhne, Hans A Kestler, Carsten Schwaenen, Michelle Nessling, Manfred P Lutz, Peter Lichter, Thomas M Gress

Open Access Research article

Enhanced NFκB and AP-1 transcriptional activity associated with antiestrogen resistant breast cancer

Yamei Zhou, Christina Yau, Joe W Gray, Karen Chew, Shanaz H Dairkee, Dan H Moore, Urs Eppenberger, Serenella Eppenberger-Castori, Christopher C Benz

Open Access Research article

Ovarian cancer risk and common variation in the sex hormone-binding globulin gene: a population-based case-control study

Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Louise A Brinton, Jolanta Lissowska, Douglas Richesson, Mark E Sherman, Neonila Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Beata Peplonska, Robert Welch, Meredith Yeager, Witold Zatonski, Stephen J Chanock

Open Access Research article

Identification of a robust gene signature that predicts breast cancer outcome in independent data sets

James E Korkola, Ekaterina Blaveri, Sandy DeVries, Dan H Moore II, E Shelley Hwang, Yunn-Yi Chen, Anne LH Estep, Karen L Chew, Ronald H Jensen, Frederic M Waldman

Open Access Research article

Curative and organ-preserving treatment with intra-arterial carboplatin induction followed by surgery and/or radiotherapy for advanced head and neck cancer: single-center five-year results

Giulia Bertino, Marco Benazzo, Patrizia Gatti, Gianni Bernardo, Franco Corbella, Carmine Tinelli, Federico Zappoli, Eugenio Mira

Open Access Research article

Prognostic significance of bcl-2 expression in stage III breast cancer patients who had received doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by paclitaxel as adjuvant chemotherapy

Kyung-Hun Lee, Seock-Ah Im, Do-Youn Oh, Se-Hoon Lee, Eui Kyu Chie, Wonshik Han, Dong-Wan Kim, Tae-You Kim, In Ae Park, Dong-Young Noh, Dae Seog Heo, Sung Whan Ha, Yung-Jue Bang

Open Access Research article

Gene expression profiles of prostate cancer reveal involvement of multiple molecular pathways in the metastatic process

Uma R Chandran, Changqing Ma, Rajiv Dhir, Michelle Bisceglia, Maureen Lyons-Weiler, Wenjing Liang, George Michalopoulos, Michael Becich, Federico A Monzon

Open Access Case report

Cyclophosphamide "metronomic" chemotherapy for palliative treatment of a young patient with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer

Riccardo Samaritani, Giacomo Corrado, Enrico Vizza, Carlo Sbiroli

Open Access Research article

Sequence, "subtle" alternative splicing and expression of the CYYR1 (cysteine/tyrosine-rich 1) mRNA in human neuroendocrine tumors

Lorenza Vitale, Flavia Frabetti, Shane A Huntsman, Silvia Canaider, Raffaella Casadei, Luca Lenzi, Federica Facchin, Paolo Carinci, Maria Zannotti, Domenico Coppola, Pierluigi Strippoli

Open Access Research article

Aberrant over-expression of a forkhead family member, FOXO1A, in a brain tumor cell line

Peter B Dallas, Simone Egli, Philippa A Terry, Ursula R Kees

Open Access Research article

Incidence of cancer in children residing in ten jurisdictions of the Mexican Republic: importance of the Cancer registry (a population-based study)

Arturo Fajardo-Gutiérrez, Servando Juárez-Ocaña, Guadalupe González-Miranda, Virginia Palma-Padilla, Rogelio Carreón-Cruz, Manuel Carlos Ortega-Alvárez, Juan Manuel Mejía-Arangure

Open Access Research article

Interventionally implanted port catheter systems for hepatic arterial infusion of chemotherapy in patients with colorectal liver metastases: A phase II-study and historical comparison with the surgical approach

Bert Hildebrandt, Maciej Pech, Annett Nicolaou, Jan M Langrehr, Jacek Kurcz, Birgit Bartels, Alexandra Miersch, Roland Felix, Peter Neuhaus, Hanno Riess, Bernd Dörken, Jens Ricke

Open Access Research article

Assessment of the toll-like receptor 4 Asp299Gly, Thr399Ile and interleukin-8 -251 polymorphisms in the risk for the development of distal gastric cancer

Elvira Garza-Gonzalez, Francisco J Bosques-Padilla, Sandra I Mendoza-Ibarra, Juan P Flores-Gutierrez, Hector J Maldonado-Garza, Guillermo I Perez-Perez

Open Access Research article

Radiotherapy waiting times for women with breast cancer: a population-based cohort study

Ruth H Jack, Elizabeth A Davies, David Robinson, Richard Sainsbury, Henrik Møller

Open Access Research article

Nectin-4 is a new histological and serological tumor associated marker for breast cancer

Stéphanie Fabre-Lafay, Florence Monville, Sarah Garrido-Urbani, Carole Berruyer-Pouyet, Christophe Ginestier, Nicolas Reymond, Pascal Finetti, Richard Sauvan, José Adélaïde, Jeannine Geneix, Eric Lecocq, Cornel Popovici, Patrice Dubreuil, Patrice Viens, Anthony Gonçalves, Emmanuelle Charafe-Jauffret, Jocelyne Jacquemier, Daniel Birnbaum, Marc Lopez

Open Access Research article

Promoter methylation of RASSF1A and DAPK and mutations of K-ras, p53, and EGFR in lung tumors from smokers and never-smokers

Yang Liu, Weimin Gao, Jill M Siegfried, Joel L Weissfeld, James D Luketich, Phouthone Keohavong

Open Access Study protocol

The development of an arm activity survey for breast cancer survivors using the Protection Motivation Theory

Teresa S Lee, Sharon L Kilbreath, Gerard Sullivan, Kathryn M Refshauge, Jane M Beith

Open Access Research article

Colon cancer risk and different HRT formulations: a case-control study

Jürgen C Dinger, Lothar AJ Heinemann, Sabine Möhner, Do Minh Thai, Anita Assmann

Open Access Study protocol

Trial on Refinement of Early stage non-small cell lung cancer. Adjuvant chemotherapy with pemetrexed and cisplatin versus vinorelbine and cisplatin: The TREAT protocol

Michael Kreuter, Johan Vansteenkiste, Frank Griesinger, Hans Hoffmann, Hendrik Dienemann, Paul De Leyn, Michael Thomas

Open Access Research article

Municipal distribution of breast cancer mortality among women in Spain

Marina Pollán, Rebeca Ramis, Nuria Aragonés, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, Diana Gómez, Virginia Lope, Javier García-Pérez, Jose Miguel Carrasco, Maria José García-Mendizábal, Gonzalo López-Abente

Open Access Case report

Gastrointestinal stromal tumour of the duodenum in childhood: a rare case report

Massimo Chiarugi, Christian Galatioto, Piero Lippolis, Giuseppe Zocco, Massimo Seccia

Open Access Research article

Olive oil's bitter principle reverses acquired autoresistance to trastuzumab (Herceptin™) in HER2-overexpressing breast cancer cells

Javier A Menendez, Alejandro Vazquez-Martin, Ramon Colomer, Joan Brunet, Alegria Carrasco-Pancorbo, Rocio Garcia-Villalba, Alberto Fernandez-Gutierrez, Antonio Segura-Carretero

Open Access Research article

Sequence variations in DNA repair gene XPCis associated with lung cancer risk in a Chinese population: a case-control study

Yun Bai, Liang Xu, Xiaobo Yang, Zhibin Hu, Jing Yuan, Feng Wang, Minhua Shao, Wentao Yuan, Ji Qian, Hongxia Ma, Ying Wang, Hongliang Liu, Weihong Chen, Lin Yang, Guangfu Jing, Xiang Huo, Feng Chen, Yanhong Liu, Li Jin, Qingyi Wei, Wei Huang, Hongbing Shen, Daru Lu, Tangchun Wu

Open Access Case report

Mesenteric extraskeletal osteosarcoma with telangiectatic features: a case report

Kyung Hwa Lee, Jae Kyoon Joo, Dong Yi Kim, Ji Shin Lee, Chan Choi, Jae Hyuk Lee

Open Access Research article

BRIP1 (BACH1) variants and familial breast cancer risk: a case-control study

Bernd Frank, Kari Hemminki, Alfons Meindl, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Christian Sutter, Marion Kiechle, Peter Bugert, Rita K Schmutzler, Claus R Bartram, Barbara Burwinkel

Open Access Research article

Global gene expression analysis of the mouse colonic mucosa treated with azoxymethane and dextran sodium sulfate

Rikako Suzuki, Shingo Miyamoto, Yumiko Yasui, Shigeyuki Sugie, Takuji Tanaka

Open Access Research article

The interaction of PP1 with BRCA1 and analysis of their expression in breast tumors

Sherry L Winter, Lucine Bosnoyan-Collins, Dushanthi Pinnaduwage, Irene L Andrulis

Open Access Study protocol

Factors influencing delay in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer: a study protocol

Magdalena Esteva, Maria Ramos, Elena Cabeza, Joan Llobera, Amador Ruiz, Salvador Pita, Josep M Segura, Jose M Cortés, Luis González-Lujan

Open Access Research article

Intratumoral delivery of IL-18 naked DNA induces T-cell activation and Th1 response in a mouse hepatic cancer model

Chi-Young Chang, Jienny Lee, Eun-Young Kim, Hae-Jung Park, Choon-Hyuck Kwon, Jae-Won Joh, Sung-Joo Kim

Open Access Research article

Expression of CD80 and CD86 costimulatory molecules are potential markers for better survival in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Cheng-Shyong Chang, Julia H Chang, Nicholas C Hsu, Hsuan-Yu Lin, Chih-Yuan Chung

Open Access Research article

Cross-study analysis of gene expression data for intermediate neuroblastoma identifies two biological subtypes

Patrick Warnat, André Oberthuer, Matthias Fischer, Frank Westermann, Roland Eils, Benedikt Brors

Open Access Research article

Induction of lung lesions in Wistar rats by 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone and its inhibition by aspirin and phenethyl isothiocyanate

Bo Ye, Yu-Xia Zhang, Fei Yang, Hong-Lei Chen, Dong Xia, Ming-Qiu Liu, Bai-Tang Lai

Open Access Research article

Front-line Bevacizumab in combination with Oxaliplatin, Leucovorin and 5-Fluorouracil (FOLFOX) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: a multicenter phase II study

Christos Emmanouilides, Georgia Sfakiotaki, Nikolaos Androulakis, Kostas Kalbakis, Charalambos Christophylakis, Antonia Kalykaki, Lambros Vamvakas, Athanasios Kotsakis, Sofia Agelaki, Eleni Diamandidou, Nikolaos Touroutoglou, Adam Chatzidakis, Vassilis Georgoulias, Dimitris Mavroudis, John Souglakos

Open Access Commentary

"I'm pregnant and I have breast cancer"

Michael J Naughton, Matthew Ellis

Open Access Case report

Osteoblastic flare in a patient with advanced gastric cancer after treatment with pemetrexed and oxaliplatin: implications for response assessment with RECIST criteria

Vito Amoroso, Frida Pittiani, Salvatore Grisanti, Francesca Valcamonico, Edda Simoncini, Vittorio D Ferrari, Giovanni Marini

Open Access Research article

A phase II trial of gemcitabine plus carboplatin in advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelium

Nong Xu, Xiao Chen Zhang, Jian Ping Xiong, Wei Jia Fang, Lan Fang Yu, Jiong Qian, Ling Zhang

Open Access Research article

Polymorphisms cMyc-N11S and p27-V109G and breast cancer risk and prognosis

Jane C Figueiredo, Julia A Knight, Stewart Cho, Sevtap Savas, U Venus Onay, Laurent Briollais, Pamela J Goodwin, John R McLaughlin, Irene L Andrulis, Hilmi Ozcelik

Open Access Study protocol

Reliability and validity of needle biopsy evaluation of breast-abnormalities using the B-categorization – design and objectives of the Diagnosis Optimisation Study (DIOS)

Alexander Kluttig, Pietro Trocchi, Anke Heinig, Hans-Juergen Holzhausen, Christiane Taege, Steffen Hauptmann, Werner Boecker, Thomas Decker, Thomas Loening, Andrea Schmidt-Pokrzywniak, Christoph Thomssen, Tilmann Lantzsch, Joerg Buchmann, Andreas Stang

Open Access Research article

Prognostic factors associated with the survival of oral and pharyngeal carcinoma in Taiwan

Ping-Ho Chen, Tien-Yu Shieh, Pei-Shan Ho, Chi-Cheng Tsai, Yi-Hsin Yang, Ying-Chu Lin, Min-Shan Ko, Pei-Chien Tsai, Shang-Lun Chiang, Hung-Pin Tu, Ying-Chin Ko

Open Access Research article

Factors associated with quality of life of outpatients with breast cancer and gynecologic cancers and their family caregivers: a controlled study

Abdel W Awadalla, Jude U Ohaeri, Abdullah Gholoum, Ahmed OA Khalid, Hussein MA Hamad, Anila Jacob

Open Access Case report

Small primary adenocarcinoma in adenomyosis with nodal metastasis: a case report

Giacomo Puppa, Makio Shozu, Tiziana Perin, Kazuhito Nomura, Annunziata Gloghini, Elio Campagnutta, Vincenzo Canzonieri

Open Access Research article

Reduction of peritoneal carcinomatosis by intraperitoneal administration of phospholipids in rats

Jens Otto, Petra Lynen Jansen, Stefan Lucas, Volker Schumpelick, Marc Jansen

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Elevated expression of VEGFR-3 in lymphatic endothelial cells from lymphangiomas

Susanne Norgall, Maria Papoutsi, Jochen Rössler, Lothar Schweigerer, Jörg Wilting, Herbert A Weich

Open Access Research article

Endostatin gene variation and protein levels in breast cancer susceptibility and severity

Sabapathy P Balasubramanian, Simon S Cross, Jenny Globe, Angela Cox, Nicola J Brown, Malcolm W Reed

Open Access Research article

Repression of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) but not its receptors during oral cancer progression

Nadarajah Vigneswaran, Darryl C Baucum, Jean Wu, Yahuan Lou, Jerry Bouquot, Susan Muller, Wolfgang Zacharias

Open Access Research article

Pathway aberrations of murine melanoma cells observed in Paired-End diTag transcriptomes

Kuo Ping Chiu, Pramila Ariyaratne, Han Xu, Adrian Tan, Patrick Ng, Edison Tak-Bun Liu, Yijun Ruan, Chia-Lin Wei, Wing-Kin Ken Sung

Open Access Research article

External influences and priority-setting for anti-cancer agents: a case study of media coverage in adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer

Christopher M Booth, George Dranitsaris, M Corona Gainford, Scott Berry, Michael Fralick, John Fralick, Joanna Sue, Mark Clemons

Open Access Research article

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 is involved in cell growth and survival of human rhabdomyosarcoma and osteosarcoma cells

Chun-Liang Chen, Abbey Loy, Ling Cen, Christina Chan, Fu-Chuan Hsieh, Gong Cheng, Bryant Wu, Stephen J Qualman, Keita Kunisada, Keiko Yamauchi-Takihara, Jiayuh Lin

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