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Medical Oncology

Ausgabe 1/2013

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Open Access Original Paper

Treatment with sorafenib and sunitinib in renal cell cancer: a Swedish register-based study

Anneli Ambring, Ingela Björholt, Eva Lesén, Ulrika Stierner, Anders Odén

Original Paper

The impact of hyperfractionated radiotherapy regimen in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Georg Holgersson, Michael Bergqvist, Jan Nyman, Even Hoye, Martin Helsing, Signe Friesland, Margareta Holgersson, Lars Ekberg, Charlotte Mörth, Simon Ekman, Thomas Blystad, Sven-Börje Ewers, Britta Löden, Roger Henriksson, Stefan Bergström

Original Paper

Positive effect of high RKIP expression on reduced distant metastasis by chemotherapy when combined with radiotherapy in locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a prospective study

Si Wei Li, Hua Wang, Mei lian Liu, Hai Bo Zhang, Yan Qun Xiang, Xing Lv, Wei Xiong Xia, Mu Sheng Zeng, Hai Qiang Mai, Ming Huang Hong, Xiang Guo

Original Paper

Elevated expression of MAC30 predicts lymph node metastasis and unfavorable prognosis in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer

Shanshan Yang, Huiyan Li, Yunduo Liu, Xiaoming Ning, Fanling Meng, Min Xiao, Deying Wang, Ge Lou, Yunyan Zhang

Original Paper

Serum C-reactive protein and risk of lung cancer: a case–control study

Ming Xu, Minglin Zhu, Yinggan Du, Bibo Yan, Qian Wang, Cong Wang, Jinping Zhao

Original Paper

Hypertension as a predictive biomarker in bevacizumab treatment for colorectal cancer patients

Esther Tahover, Beatrice Uziely, Azzam Salah, Mark Temper, Tamar Peretz, Ayala Hubert

Original Paper

A phase II study of biweekly paclitaxel and cisplatin chemotherapy for recurrent or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: ERCC1 expression predicts response to chemotherapy

Jing Huang, Yi Zhou, Hongtu Zhang, Tao Qu, Yousheng Mao, Hongxia Zhu, Lanping Quan, Puyuan Xing, Jinwan Wang, Jie He, Ningzhi Xu, Yan Sun

Original Paper

Expression of CXCR4 is an independent prognostic factor for overall survival and progression-free survival in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome

Yizhuo Zhang, Qing Guo, Haifeng Zhao, Dandan Zhao, Xiaoxiong Wu, Weipeng Zhao, Yafei Wang, Bing Xia, Wanming Da

Original Paper

Increased expression of forkhead box M1 protein is associated with poor prognosis in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Xiao-Rong Wu, Yong-Hui Chen, Dong-Ming Liu, Jian-Jun Sha, Han-Qing Xuan, Juan-Jie Bo, Yi-Ran Huang

Original Paper

High expression of CD147 and MMP-9 is correlated with poor prognosis of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients

Shu Zhao, Wenjie Ma, Minghui Zhang, Dabei Tang, Qingtao Shi, Shanqi Xu, Xiaosan Zhang, Yupeng Liu, Ying Song, Leyuan Liu, Qingyuan Zhang

Original Paper

Sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma: prospective study on adverse events, quality of life, and related feasibility under daily conditions

Paola Rita Brunocilla, Franco Brunello, Patrizia Carucci, Silvia Gaia, Emanuela Rolle, Alessandro Cantamessa, Anna Castiglione, Giovannino Ciccone, Mario Rizzetto

Original Paper

Expression analysis of B-Raf oncogene in V600E-negative benign and malignant tumors of the thyroid gland: correlation with late disease onset

Stavros P. Derdas, Nikolaos Soulitzis, Vasileios Balis, Georgios H. Sakorafas, Demetrios A. Spandidos

Original Paper

Comparison of adverse events and efficacy between gefitinib and erlotinib in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: a retrospective analysis

Tsukasa Yoshida, Kazuhiko Yamada, Koichi Azuma, Akihiko Kawahara, Hideyuki Abe, Satoshi Hattori, Fumie Yamashita, Yoshiaki Zaizen, Masayoshi Kage, Tomoaki Hoshino

Original Paper

Multi-centric solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas

Hai-xia Li, Ying Zhang, Zun-guo Du, Feng Tang, Xiang-qun Qi, Bo Yin, Yong-jian Jiang, Feng Yang, Sabin Subedi

Original Paper

Alveolar soft part sarcoma with breast metastases: a case report

George Orphanos, Georgios Ioannidis, Rena Ioannou, Ioanna Zouvani

Original Paper

Prognostic significance of serum miR-17-5p in lung cancer

Qun Chen, Qing Si, Song Xiao, Qiang Xie, Jiangping Lin, Chenhui Wang, Lizhou Chen, Qiaolin Chen, Lin Wang

Original Paper

CD44 and CD27 expression pattern in B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia and its clinical significance

Fatemeh M. Kamazani, Gholam Reza Bahoush, Mahnaz Aghaeipour, Shahram Vaeli, Zahra Amirghofran

Original Paper

Phase I pilot study of oxaliplatin, infusional 5-FU, and cetuximab in recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer

Joseph I. Clark, Joshua B. Greene, Ann Lau Clark, Jay S. Dalal, Craig C. Hofmeister

Original Paper

Lack of correlation between angiogenic cytokines and serum insulin-like growth factor-1 in patients with multiple myeloma

C. A. Pappa, G. Tsirakis, F. E. Psarakis, A. Kolovou, M. Tsigaridaki, D. Stafylaki, K. Sfiridaki, M. G. Alexandrakis

Original Paper

A three-plasma miRNA signature serves as novel biomarkers for osteosarcoma

Liu Ouyang, Ping Liu, Shuhua Yang, Shunan Ye, Weihua Xu, Xianzhe Liu

Original Paper

Gemcitabine-based combination regimen in patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma

Mei Dong, Xiao-hui He, Peng Liu, Yan Qin, Jian-liang Yang, Sheng-yu Zhou, Sheng Yang, Chang-gong Zhang, Lin Gui, Li-qiang Zhou, Yuan-kai Shi

Original Paper

Cytokeratin19 expression discriminates papillary thyroid carcinoma from other thyroid lesions and predicts its aggressive behavior

Tijana Isic Dencic, Dubravka Cvejic, Ivan Paunovic, Svetislav Tatic, Marija Havelka, Svetlana Savin

Original Paper

Analysis of the clinico-hematological relevance of the breakpoint location within M-BCR in chronic myeloid leukemia

Ayda Bennour, Ines Ouahchi, Bechir Achour, Monia Zaier, Yosra Ben Youssef, Abderrahim Khelif, Ali Saad, Halima Sennana

Original Paper

FOLFIRINOX for locally advanced and metastatic pancreatic cancer: single institution retrospective review of efficacy and toxicity

Krishna S. Gunturu, Xiaopan Yao, Xiangyu Cong, Jaykumar R. Thumar, Howard S. Hochster, Stacey M. Stein, Jill Lacy

Original Paper

Two different formulations with equivalent effect? Comparison of serum estradiol suppression with monthly goserelin and trimonthly leuprolide in breast cancer patients

Adnan Aydiner, Leyla Kilic, Ibrahim Yildiz, Serkan Keskin, Fatma Sen, Seden Kucucuk, Hasan Karanlik, Mahmut Muslumanoglu, Abdullah Igci

Original Paper

Relation between vascular patterns visualized by narrow band imaging (NBI) videobronchoscopy and histological type of lung cancer

Bojan Zaric, Branislav Perin, Vladimir Stojsic, Vladimir Carapic, Zivka Eri, Milana Panjkovic, Ilija Andrijevic, Jovan Matijasevic

Original Paper

Perioperative DCF chemotherapy protocol for patients with gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma: correlation between response to treatment and outcome

T. Alcindor, L. E. Ferri, V. Marcus, A. Andalib, M. Hickeson, G. Artho, M. Chasen, M. P. Thirlwell, S. Ades

Original Paper

Rural–urban disparities of breast cancer patients in China

Yan Zhang, Yulan Bu, Hua Gao

Original Paper

The prognostic significance of p21 and Her-2 gene expression and mutation/polymorphism in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma

Alaattin Ozen, Zafer Kocak, Tammam Sipahi, Fulya Oz-Puyan, Suat Cakina, Mert Saynak, Cem Ibis, Hakan Karagol

Original Paper

Increased MMP-21 expression is associated with poor overall survival of patients with gastric cancer

Tao Wu, Yi Li, Jianguo Lu, Qing Qiao, Guoqiang Bao, Nan Wang, Xianli He, Xilin Du

Original Paper

Elevated DLL4 expression is correlated with VEGF and predicts poor prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Jia-Xing Zhang, Man-Bo Cai, Xiao-Pai Wang, Li-Ping Duan, Qiong Shao, Zhu-Ting Tong, Ding-Zhun Liao, Yang-Yang Li, Ma-Yan Huang, Yi-Xin Zeng, Jian-Yong Shao

Original Paper

CIP2A is a predictor of survival and a novel therapeutic target in bladder urothelial cell carcinoma

Yijun Xue, Gengqing Wu, Xiaoning Wang, Xiaofeng Zou, Guoxi Zhang, Rihai Xiao, Yuanhu Yuan, Dazhi Long, Jun Yang, Yuting Wu, Hui Xu, Folin Liu, Min Liu

Original Paper

Preoperative lymphocyte count is a favorable prognostic factor of disease-free survival in non-small-cell lung cancer

Jian Zhang, Shao-Hong Huang, Hui Li, Yun Li, Xiu-Ling Chen, Wei-Qing Zhang, Hui-Guo Chen, Li-Jia Gu

Original Paper

Prognostic significance of epigenetic inactivation of p16, p15, MGMT and DAPK genes in follicular lymphoma

Milena Krajnović, Milica Radojković, Radoslav Davidović, Bogomir Dimitrijević, Koviljka Krtolica

Original Paper

High-level expression of periostin is closely related to metastatic potential and poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma

Yang Lv, Wei Wang, Wei-Dong Jia, Qi-Kai Sun, Jian-Sheng Li, Jin-Liang Ma, Wen-Bin Liu, Hang-Cheng Zhou, Yong-Sheng Ge, Ji-Hai Yu, Hong-Hai Xia, Ge-Liang Xu

Original Paper

Development of a novel metastatic breast cancer score based on hyaluronic acid metabolism

Hatem A. El-mezayen, El-Shahat A. Toson, Hossam Darwish, Fatheya M. Metwally

Original Paper

Enhancement of cisplatin-induced apoptosis by β-elemene in resistant human ovarian cancer cells

Qingdi Quentin Li, Rebecca X. Lee, Huasheng Liang, Yuhua Zhong, Eddie Reed

Original Paper

BsmI but not FokI polymorphism of VDR gene is contributed in breast cancer

Shirin Shahbazi, Sara Alavi, Keivan Majidzadeh-A, Massoud GhaffarPour, Azam Soleimani, Reza Mahdian

Original Paper

MicroRNA-21 gene and cancer

Yong Huang, You Bing Yang, Xiao Hui Zhang, Xue Li Yu, Zhan Bin Wang, Xiang Chao Cheng

Original Paper

Individual predictors of increased serum mesothelin in asbestos-exposed workers

Rosa Filiberti, Paola Marroni, Manlio Mencoboni, Virginia Mortara, Pietro Caruso, Alex Cioè, Luigi Michelazzi, Domenico F. Merlo, Andrea Bruzzone, Barbara Bobbio, Lisette Del Corso, Roberto Galli, Paola Taveggia, Guglielmo Dini, Fabio Spigno

Original Paper

EIF4E over-expresses and enhances cell proliferation and cell cycle progression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Mengyan Wu, Yingxia Liu, Xiaoqing Di, Haixian Kang, Hua Zeng, Yi Zhao, Kangrong Cai, Tianyun Pang, Sen Wang, Yunhong Yao, Xinrong Hu

Original Paper

Junctional adhesion molecules 2 and 3 may potentially be involved in progression of gastric adenocarcinoma tumors

Mohammadreza Hajjari, Mehrdad Behmanesh, Majid Sadeghizadeh, Mehdi Zeinoddini

Original Paper

Pretreatment neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio is superior to platelet/lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of long-term mortality in breast cancer patients

Basem Azab, Neeraj Shah, Jared Radbel, Pamela Tan, Vijaya Bhatt, Steven Vonfrolio, Ayman Habeshy, Antonio Picon, Scott Bloom

Open Access Original Paper

Diagnostic value of DNA alteration: loss of heterozygosity or allelic imbalance—promising for molecular staging of prostate cancers

Magdalena Bryś, Monika Migdalska-Sęk, Dorota Pastuszak-Lewandoska, Ewa Forma, Karolina Czarnecka, Daria Domańska, Ewa Nawrot, Jacek Wilkosz, Waldemar Różański, Ewa Brzeziańska

Original Paper

Analysis of outcomes of intra-operative rectal washout in patients with rectal cancer during anterior resection

Zhang Xingmao, Bi Jianjun, Wang Zheng, Liang Jianwei, Hu Junjie, Zhou Zhixiang

Original Paper

Heparanase overexpression participates in tumor growth of cervical cancer in vitro and in vivo

Chao Zeng, Zun-Fu Ke, Wei-Ren Luo, Yun-Hong Yao, Xin-Rong Hu, Wei Jie, Jin-Bao Yin, Shi-Jun Sun

Original Paper

MicroRNA-99a/100 promotes apoptosis by targeting mTOR in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Jian Sun, Zhaoli Chen, Xiaogang Tan, Fang Zhou, Fengwei Tan, Yibo Gao, Nan Sun, Xiaohui Xu, Kang Shao, Jie He

Open Access Original Paper

Analysis of pattern, time and risk factors influencing recurrence in triple-negative breast cancer patients

Katarzyna Pogoda, Anna Niwińska, Magdalena Murawska, Tadeusz Pieńkowski

Original Paper

Prognostic importance of additional cytogenetic anomalies in chronic myeloid leukemia

Sureyya Bozkurt, Burak Uz, Yahya Buyukasik, Ozlen Bektas, Ayten Inanc, Hakan Goker, Emin Kansu

Original Paper

Clinical implications of deregulated CDK4 and Cyclin D1 expression in patients with human hepatocellular carcinoma

Jeng-Wei Lu, Yueh-Min Lin, Jan-Gowth Chang, Kun-Tu Yeh, Rong-Ming Chen, Jeffrey J. P. Tsai, Wei-Wen Su, Rouh-Mei Hu

Original Paper

Prognostic role of E-cadherin and Vimentin expression in various subtypes of soft tissue leiomyosarcomas

Wei Tian, Guowen Wang, Jilong Yang, Yi Pan, Yulin Ma

Original Paper

Clinicopathologic significance of β-catenin and matrix metalloproteinase-2 expression in non-small cell lung cancer

Guang-Hu Li, Yong-Sheng Cui, Qi-Yu Wu, Xiong-Ji Zhang, Yu-Fei Gao

Original Paper

Prognostic significance of BRCA1 expression in gastric cancer

Wenjiao Chen, Jian Wang, Xiao Li, Jingying Li, Li Zhou, Tianzhu Qiu, Meiling Zhang, Ping Liu

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Positive expression of Lin28 is correlated with poor survival in gastric carcinoma

Chaoyang Xu, Jiangguo Shen, Shuduo Xie, Zhinong Jiang, Liming Huang, Linbo Wang

Original Paper

Aberrant expression of miR-199a-3p and its clinical significance in colorectal cancers

Daiwei Wan, Songbing He, Binhui Xie, Guohui Xu, Wen Gu, Chenglong Shen, You Hu, Xinsheng Wang, Qiaoming Zhi, Liang Wang

Original Paper

High neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is an independent marker of poor disease-specific survival in patients with oral cancer

Christos Perisanidis, Gabriela Kornek, Paul W. Pöschl, Daniel Holzinger, Katharina Pirklbauer, Christian Schopper, Rolf Ewers

Original Paper

CD147, MMP9 expression and clinical significance of basal-like breast cancer

Ying Liu, Tao Xin, Qiu-ying Jiang, Da-yong Huang, Wei-xi Shen, Li Li, Yan-ju Lv, Ying-hua Jin, Xiao-wei Song, Chong Teng

Original Paper

A PML/RARA chimeric gene on chromosome 12 in a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia (M4) associated with a new variant translocation: t(12;15;17)(q24;q24;q11)

Ayda Bennour, Ikram Tabka, Yosra Ben Youssef, Monia Zaier, Sondess Hizem, Abderrahim Khelif, Ali Saad, Halima Sennana

Original Paper

Expression analysis of four testis-specific genes AURKC, OIP5, PIWIL2 and TAF7L in acute myeloid leukemia: a gender-dependent expression pattern

Fatemeh Yazarloo, Reza Shirkoohi, Maryam Beigom Mobasheri, Amirhossein Emami, Mohammad Hossein Modarressi

Original Paper

Expression and clinical significance of microRNA-326 in human glioma miR-326 expression in glioma

Shuai Wang, Shengkui Lu, Shaomei Geng, Shucheng Ma, Zhaohui Liang, Baohua Jiao

Original Paper

Genetic single-nucleotide polymorphisms of inflammation-related factors associated with risk of lung cancer

Lu Bai, Hong Yu, Hetong Wang, Hongxin Su, Junhua Zhao, Yuxia Zhao

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Retrospective analysis of prognosticators in patients with relapsed Hodgkin’s Lymphoma treated with autologous transplant: results of a single center

Aisha Masood, Amir Steinberg, Erin Moshier, Adriana Malone, Eileen Scigliano, Jacqueline Nieto, Keren Osman, Celia Grosskreutz, Luis Isola, Joshua Brody

Open Access Original Paper

Expression of NDRG2 in human lung cancer and its correlation with prognosis

Shu-jun Li, Wen-yong Wang, Bing Li, Bei Chen, Bo Zhang, Xin Wang, Chang-sheng Chen, Qing-chuan Zhao, Hai Shi, Libo Yao

Original Paper

Survival data in elderly patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Pedro Masson Domingues, Ricardo Zylberberg, Thalita da Matta de Castro, Clarissa Seródio Baldotto, Luiz Henrique de Lima Araujo

Original Paper

Can mutations of EGFR and KRAS in serum be predictive and prognostic markers in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)?

Seung Tae Kim, Jae Sook Sung, Uk Hyun Jo, Kyong Hwa Park, Sang Won Shin, Yeul Hong Kim

Original Paper

Survival difference in NSCLC and SCLC patients with diabetes mellitus according to the first-line therapy

Kensuke Nakazawa, Koichi Kurishima, Tomohiro Tamura, Hiroichi Ishikawa, Hiroaki Satoh, Nobuyuki Hizawa

Original Paper

Comparative effectiveness of platinum-based chemotherapy versus taxane and other regimens for ovarian cancer

Xianglin L. Du, Rohan C. Parikh, David R. Lairson, Sharon H. Giordano, Putao Cen

Original Paper

Gastric juice miR-129 as a potential biomarker for screening gastric cancer

Xing Yu, Lin Luo, Yibo Wu, Xiuchong Yu, Yang Liu, Xuelin Yu, Xiaoyan Zhao, Xinjun Zhang, Long Cui, Guoliang Ye, Yanping Le, Junming Guo

Original Paper

AEG-1 expression characteristics in human non-small cell lung cancer and its relationship with apoptosis

Zun-fu Ke, Xiaopeng Mao, Cao Zeng, Shanyang He, Shuhua Li, Lian-tang Wang

Original Paper

Plasma microRNAs serve as novel potential biomarkers for early detection of gastric cancer

Hui Cai, Yuan Yuan, Yun-Fei Hao, Tian-Kang Guo, Xue Wei, Ying-Mei Zhang

Original Paper

Reduced expression of Dicer11 is associated with poor prognosis in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Na Liu, Rui-Xue Cui, Qing-Mei He, Bi-Jun Huang, Ying Sun, Dan Xie, Jing Zeng, Hui-Yun Wang, Jun Ma

Original Paper

Initial neutrophil lymphocyte ratio is superior to platelet lymphocyte ratio as an adverse prognostic and predictive factor in metastatic colorectal cancer

Wenzhuo He, Chenxi Yin, Guifang Guo, Chang Jiang, Fang Wang, Huijuan Qiu, Xuxian Chen, Ruming Rong, Bei Zhang, Liangping Xia

Original Paper

Predictive value of Sox2 expression in transurethral resection specimens in patients with T1 bladder cancer

Jun Ruan, Bingbing Wei, Zhuoqun Xu, Shudong Yang, You Zhou, Minhong Yu, Jiabei Liang, Ke Jin, Xing Huang, Peng Lu, Huan Cheng

Original Paper

Impact of age on toxicity and efficacy of sorafenib-targeted therapy in cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Giovan Giuseppe Di Costanzo, Raffaella Tortora, Massimo De Luca, Alfonso Galeota Lanza, Filippo Lampasi, Maria Teresa Tartaglione, Francesco Paolo Picciotto, Michele Imparato, Silvana Mattera, Gabriella Cordone, Antonio Ascione

Original Paper

The effect of Bcl-2 siRNA combined with miR-15a oligonucleotides on the growth of Raji cells

Xiaomao Hu, Wenyu Li, Gexiu Liu, Hong Wu, Yangjun Gao, Shengting Chen, Dongmei He, Yuan Zhang

Original Paper

Reduced group IVA phospholipase A2 expression is associated with unfavorable outcome for patients with gastric cancer

Xia Zhang, Qiong Wu, Lu Gan, Guan-Zhen Yu, Rui Wang, Zi-Shu Wang, Jie-Jun Wang, Xi Wang

Open Access Original Paper

CD33+/p-STAT1+ double-positive cell as a prognostic factor for stage IIIa gastric cancer

Jun Dong, Jiao Li, Shi-Ming Liu, Xing-Yu Feng, Shi Chen, Ying-Bo Chen, Xiao-Shi Zhang

Original Paper

A signature for induced pluripotent stem cell–associated genes in colorectal cancer

Yu-Hong Liu, Ying Li, Xun-Hua Liu, Hong-Mei Sui, Yong-Xia Liu, Zheng-Quan Xiao, Ping Zheng, Lin Chen, Su Yao, Cheng Xing, Jun Zhou, Jian-Ming Li

Original Paper

Clinical outcomes in elderly patients administered gefitinib as first-line treatment in epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer: retrospective analysis in a Nagano Lung Cancer Research Group Study

Kazunari Tateishi, Takashi Ichiyama, Kazuya Hirai, Toshihiko Agatsuma, Shigeru Koyama, Tsutomu Hachiya, Nobutoshi Morozumi, Takayuki Shiina, Tomonobu Koizumi

Original Paper

Frequent CpG methylation of ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 1 (UCHL1) in sporadic and hereditary Tunisian breast cancer patients: clinical significance

Fatma Trifa, Sondes Karray-Chouayekh, Zeineb Ben Jmaa, Emna Jmal, Abdelmajid Khabir, Tahia Sellami-Boudawara, Mounir Frikha, Jamel Daoud, Raja Mokdad-Gargouri

Original Paper

The expression of moesin in astrocytoma: correlation with pathologic grade and poor clinical outcome

Ming Wu, Ding-yang Liu, Xian-rui Yuan, Qing Liu, Xin-jun Jiang, Dun Yuan, Jun Huang, Xue-jun Li, Zhi-quan Yang

Original Paper

Down-regulated expression of Notch signaling molecules in human endometrial cancer

Violeta Jonusiene, Ausra Sasnauskiene, Nadezda Lachej, Daiva Kanopiene, Daiva Dabkeviciene, Sofija Sasnauskiene, Birute Kazbariene, Janina Didziapetriene

Original Paper

When less is better: the safety and efficacy of reduced intensity gemcitabine in a difficult patient population with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

A. Nacci, N. Calvani, P. Rizzo, P. Fedele, L. Orlando, P. Schiavone, M. Cinefra, A. Marino, F. Sponziello, M. D’Amico, S. Cinieri

Original Paper

Impact of the first tumor response at eight weeks on overall survival in metastatic breast cancer patients treated with first-line combination chemotherapy

Chikako Suzuki, Lennart Blomqvist, Thomas Hatschek, Lena Carlsson, Zakaria Einbeigi, Barbro Linderholm, Birgitta Lindh, Niklas Loman, Martin Malmberg, Samuel Rotstein, Martin Söderberg, Marie Sundqvist, Thomas M. Walz, Gunnar Åström, Hirofumi Fujii, Hans Jacobsson, Bengt Glimelius

Original Paper

AC133 expression associated with poor prognosis in stage II colorectal cancer

Xiaofang Ying, Jiangxue Wu, Xiangqi Meng, Yufang Zuo, Qing Xia, Jinou Chen, Yanfen Feng, Ranyi Liu, Liren Li, Wenlin Huang

Original Paper

Radiochemotherapy and brachytherapy could be the standard treatment for anal canal cancer in elderly patients? A retrospective single-centre analysis

Laetitia Lestrade, Berardino De Bari, Xavier Montbarbon, Pascal Pommier, Christian Carrie

Original Paper

BAG-1 expression in human meningioma and correlation with clinical characteristics

Kaiyu Zhou, Hanghuang Jin, Ting Zhou, Yongkang Luo

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Assessment of CA-125 area under the curve as a prognostic factor in patients with ovarian cancer

Sernaz Uzunoglu, Aysun Aybatlı, Petek Balkanlı Kaplan, Irfan Cicin, Necdet Sut, Cenk Sayın, Fusun Varol

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Down-regulated KLF17 expression is associated with tumor invasion and poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma

Fu-Yao Liu, Yue-Ling Deng, Yuan Li, Dan Zeng, Zhen-Zhen Zhou, De-An Tian, Mei Liu

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Predictive value of pretreatment positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with newly diagnosed extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma

Bing Bai, Hui-Qiang Huang, Qi-Chun Cai, Wei Fan, Xiao-Xiao Wang, Xu Zhang, Ze-Xiao Lin, Yan Gao, Yun-Fei Xia, Ying Guo, Qing-Qing Cai, Wen-Qi Jiang, Tong-Yu Lin

Original Paper

HLA-G expression in acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a significant prognostic tumor biomarker

Noura Alkhouly, Iman Shehata, Manal Basyouni Ahmed, Hanan Shehata, Sara Hassan, Tamer Ibrahim

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PI-103 sensitizes acute myeloid leukemia stem cells to daunorubicin-induced cytotoxicity

Qian Ding, Ran Gu, Jiayi Liang, Xiangzhong Zhang, Yunxian Chen

Open Access Original Paper

VEGF and bFGF gene polymorphisms in Polish patients with B-CLL

Tomasz Wróbel, Grzegorz Mazur, Justyna Dzietczenia, Katarzyna Gebura, Kazimierz Kuliczkowski, Katarzyna Bogunia-Kubik

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Soluble FAS in the prediction of benefit from cetuximab and irinotecan for patients with advanced colorectal cancer

Jordi Codony-Servat, Xabier Garcia-Albeniz, Carles Pericay, Vicente Alonso, Pilar Escudero, Carlos Fernández-Martos, Rosa Gallego, Anna Martínez-Cardús, Eva Martinez-Balibrea, Joan Maurel

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Decreased expression of light chain 3 (LC3) increased the risk of distant metastasis in triple-negative breast cancer

Jie-Hua He, Rong-Zhen Luo, Mu-Yan Cai, Mei Li, Jia-Bing Lu, Zhong-Yu Yuan

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Prognostic factors and clinical outcome of patients with Ewing’s sarcoma family of tumors in adults: multicentric study of the Anatolian Society of Medical Oncology

Erkan Arpaci, Tarkan Yetisyigit, Metin Seker, Dogan Uncu, Ummugul Uyeturk, Berna Oksuzoglu, Umut Demirci, Ugur Coskun, Mehmet Kucukoner, Abdurrahman Isıkdogan, Mevlude Inanc, Necati Alkis, Metin Ozkan

Open Access Original Paper

Effects of EHD2 interference on migration of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Mei Li, Xiaojing Yang, Jianguo Zhang, Hui Shi, Qinglei Hang, Xianting Huang, Guoliang Liu, Junya Zhu, Song He, Huijie Wang

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CTHRC1 is associated with peritoneal carcinomatosis in colorectal cancer: a new predictor for prognosis

Fei Tan, Feng Liu, Hao Liu, Yanfeng Hu, Dongning Liu, Guoxin Li

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International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis Scoring System for disseminated intravascular coagulation ≥6: a new predictor of hemorrhagic early death in acute promyelocytic leukemia

Mirjana Mitrovic, Nada Suvajdzic, Andrija Bogdanovic, Nada Kraguljac Kurtovic, Aleksandra Sretenovic, Ivo Elezovic, Dragica Tomin

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Association between serum levels of C-reactive protein and response to treatment of chemotherapy-induced anemia in patients with solid tumors: a multicenter, prospective, observational study

Gaspar Esquerdo Galiana, Jose Manuel Cervera, Enrique Barrajón, Asunción Juárez, Cristina Llorca, Nieves Díaz, Antonio López, Rafael Peiró

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High expression of LC3B is associated with progression and poor outcome in triple-negative breast cancer

Hong Zhao, Maopeng Yang, Jiaxin Zhao, Jincai Wang, Yue Zhang, Qingyuan Zhang

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The expression of Eg5 predicts a poor outcome for patients with renal cell carcinoma

Dingqi Sun, Jiaju Lu, Kejia Ding, Dongbin Bi, Zhihong Niu, Qingwei Cao, Jie Zhang, Sentai Ding

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Long-term follow-up of nipple-sparing mastectomy without radiotherapy: a single center study at a Japanese institution

Teruhisa Sakurai, Ning Zhang, Takaomi Suzuma, Teiji Umemura, Goro Yoshimura, Takeo Sakurai, Qifeng Yang

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Predictors and survival in patients with melanoma brain metastases

Ugo Bottoni, Rita Clerico, Giovanni Paolino, Marina Ambrifi, Paola Corsetti, Stefano Calvieri

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Analysis of genetic aberrations on chromosomal region 8q21–24 identifies E2F5 as an oncogene with copy number gain in prostate cancer

Jin Zhao, Xin-yang Wu, Xiao-hui Ling, Zhuo-yuan Lin, Xin Fu, Ye-han Deng, Hui-chan He, Weide Zhong

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ID1 affects the efficacy of radiotherapy in glioblastoma through inhibition of DNA repair pathways

Qinhua Guo, Pin Guo, Qing Mao, Jin Lan, Yingying Lin, Jiyao Jiang, Yongming Qiu

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FISH analysis for TET2 deletion in a cohort of 362 Brazilian myeloid malignancies: correlation with karyotype abnormalities

Fábio Morato de Oliveira, Carlos Eduardo Miguel, Antônio Roberto Lucena-Araujo, Ana Silvia Gouvêa de Lima, Roberto Passetto Falcão, Eduardo Magalhães Rego

Original Paper

Prognostic significance of PDCD4 expression in human salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma

Cheng Qi, Yi Shao, Ning Li, Chunyan Zhang, Miaoqing Zhao, Fei Gao

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EMMPRIN/CD147 expression is associated with disease-free survival of patients with colorectal cancer

Shaojun Zhu, Dake Chu, Yang Zhang, Xuxia Wang, Li Gong, Xiujuan Han, Li Yao, Miao Lan, Yanhong Li, Wei Zhang

Original Paper

Down-regulation of miRNA-30a in human plasma is a novel marker for breast cancer

Rui-chao Zeng, Wei Zhang, Xing-qiang Yan, Zhi-qiang Ye, En-dong Chen, Du-ping Huang, Xiao-hua Zhang, Guan-li Huang

Original Paper

miR-130b is an EMT-related microRNA that targets DICER1 for aggression in endometrial cancer

Bi-Lan Li, Cong Lu, Wen Lu, Ting-ting Yang, Junjie Qu, Xiayu Hong, Xiao-ping Wan

Original Paper

Sequential population-based studies over 25 years on the incidence and survival of acute de novo leukemias in Estonia and in a well-defined region of western Sweden during 1982–2006: a survey of patients aged ≥65 years

Mari Punab, Katrin Palk, Mirja Varik, Edward Laane, Hele Everaus, Erik Holmberg, Erik Hulegårdh, Lovisa Wennström, Soodabeh Safai-Kutti, Dick Stockelberg, Jack Kutti

Original Paper

Identification of risk factors and characteristics of supraclavicular lymph node metastasis in patients with small cell lung cancer

Zhen-Xing Feng, Lu-Jun Zhao, Yong Guan, Yao Sun, Mao-Bin Meng, Kai Ji, Ping Wang

Original Paper

Expression and clinical significance of SIAH in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Xue-Kui Liu, Quan Li, Li-Hua Xu, Li-Juan Hu, Wei-Guo Liao, Xin-Rui Zhang, Zhi-Min Liu, Di Wu, Mu-Sheng Zeng

Original Paper

Trabectedin as single agent in relapsed advanced ovarian cancer: results from a retrospective pooled analysis of three phase II trials

José María del Campo, Cristiana Sessa, Carolyn N. Krasner, Jan B. Vermorken, Nicoletta Colombo, Stan Kaye, Martin Gore, Patrik Zintl, Javier Gómez, Trilok Parekh, Youn Choi Park, Scott McMeekin

Original Paper

Genetic variants in AR and SHBG and resistance to hormonal castration in prostate cancer

Cátia Monteiro, Marta Velho Sousa, Ricardo Ribeiro, Joaquina Maurício, Avelino Fraga, Rui Medeiros

Original Paper

Risk factors for relapse in patients with clinical stage I testicular nonseminomatous germ cell tumors

Pei Dong, Zhuo-Wei Liu, Xiang-Dong Li, Yong-Hong Li, Kai Yao, Song Wu, Zi-Ke Qin, Hui Han, Fang-Jian Zhou

Original Paper

Predictive factors of brain metastasis in patients with breast cancer

Jun Xue, Gang Peng, Jing-Song Yang, Qian Ding, Jing Cheng

Original Paper

Low expression of Beclin 1 and elevated expression of HIF-1α refine distant metastasis risk and predict poor prognosis of ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer

Min Dong, Xiang-bo Wan, Zhong Yu Yuan, Li Wei, Xin Juan Fan, Tian-tian Wang, Yan Chun Lv, Xing Li, Zhan-hong Chen, Jie Chen, Qu Lin, Jing-yun Wen, Xiao-kun Ma, Quentin Liu, Xiang Yuan Wu

Original Paper

Overexpression of SLC7A7 predicts poor progression-free and overall survival in patients with glioblastoma

Songhua Fan, Delong Meng, Tao Xu, Yuanyuan Chen, Jingkun Wang, Xiaoying Li, Hongyan Chen, Daru Lu, Juxiang Chen, Qing Lan

Review Article

Melanoma of the female urethra

Dino Papeš, Silvio Altarac

Open Access Review Article

Molecular detection and targeting of EWSR1 fusion transcripts in soft tissue tumors

Monica Cantile, Laura Marra, Renato Franco, Paolo Ascierto, Giuseppina Liguori, Annarosaria De Chiara, Gerardo Botti

Review Article

Metastatic gastric cancer treatment: a little slow but worthy progress

Ozkan Kanat, Bert H. O’Neil

Review Article

FOLFIRI + bevacizumab as second-line therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer pretreated with oxaliplatin: a pooled analysis of published trials

Giordano Domenico Beretta, Fausto Petrelli, Sergio Stinco, Mary Cabiddu, Mara Ghilardi, Michela Squadroni, Karen Borgonovo, Sandro Barni

Short Communication

Prognostic risk score for the survival of elderly patients with acute myeloid leukaemia comprising comorbidities

Irena Djunic, Nada Suvajdzic-Vukovic, Marijana Virijevic, Aleksandra Novkovic, Natasa Colovic, Ana Vidovic, Dragica Tomin

Short Communication

Paclitaxel and bevacizumab in first-line treatment for HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer: single-center experience

Lorenzo Livi, Pierluigi Bonomo, Icro Meattini, Gabriele Simontacchi, Daniela Greto, Isacco Desideri, Fiammetta Meacci, Vieri Scotti, Sara Cecchini, Jacopo Nori, Luis Jose Sanchez, Lorenzo Orzalesi, Fabiola Paiar, Gianpaolo Biti

Short Communication

Expression of Bcl2L12 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients: association with clinical and molecular prognostic markers

Teodora Karan-Djurasevic, Vuk Palibrk, Branka Zukic, Vesna Spasovski, Irena Glumac, Milica Colovic, Natasa Colovic, Vladimir Jurisic, Andreas Scorilas, Sonja Pavlovic, Natasa Tosic

Short Communication

Delayed response and survival from NovoTTF-100A in recurrent GBM

J. Lee Villano, Leena E. Williams, Karriem S. Watson, Nandini Ignatius, Marquess T. Wilson, Tibor Valyi-Nagy, Edward A. Michals, Herbert H. Engelhard

Short Communication

Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin as third-line chemotherapy in patients with metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of urothelial tract: results of a phase II study

Antonio Rozzi, Daniele Santini, Margherita Salerno, Francesca Bordin, Andrea Mancuso, Giuseppe Minniti, Chiara Nardoni, Michela Corona, Pina Tiziana Falbo, Federica Recine, Gaetano Lanzetta

Short Communication

Liposomal amphotericin B and surgery as successful therapy for pulmonary Lichtheimia corymbifera zygomycosis in a pediatric patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia on antifungal prophylaxis with posaconazole

Grazina Kleinotiene, Gintas Posiunas, Juozas Raistenskis, Edvardas Zurauskas, Sigita Stankeviciene, Valentina Daugelaviciene, Maciej Machaczka

Short Communication

Frequency of thiopurine S-methyltransferase mutant alleles in indigenous and admixed Guatemalan patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Claudia Garrido, Veronica Giron Santizo, Petra Müllers, Daphney Rigaud Soriano, Giovana Bendfeldt Avila, Michael Dean, Silvia Jimenez-Morales

Short Communication

Association between MTHFR polymorphisms and overall survival of colorectal cancer patients in Northeast China

Lin Zhu, Fan Wang, FuLan Hu, YiBaina Wang, DanDan Li, XinShu Dong, BinBin Cui, YaShuang Zhao

Letter to the Editor

A rare case of non-immune hemolytic anemia in a patient with metastatic breast cancer treated with capecitabine

Hamid Shaaban, Erin Downs, Payam Shakouri, Gunwant Guron

Letter to the Editor

Possibility of transformation of primary myelofibrosis to ALL without JAK2V617F mutation

Vladimir Jurisic, Sonja Pavlovic, Natasa Colovic, Milica Colovic

Letter to the Editor

Acute bilateral hearing loss in peripheral T-cell lymphoma

Kavi K. Devulapalli, LaMont C. Smith

Letter to the Editor

FLT3 mutations in patients with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)

Nuzhat N. Kabir, Lars Rönnstrand, Julhash U. Kazi

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