Journal Articles

Article

Differential expression of neuropilin-1 in malignant and benign prostatic stromal tissue

Peter J. Vanveldhuizen, Muhammad Zulfiqar, Snigdha Banerjee, Rachel Cherian, Neela K. Saxena, Amy Rabe, J. Brantley Thrasher, Sushanta K. Banerjee

Pages: 1067-1071 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Correlation of cyclooxygenase-2 pathway and VEGF expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Sung-Chul Lim, Sung-Yong Park, Nam-Yong Do

Pages: 1073-1079 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Thymidylate synthase expression as a predictor of the prognosis of curatively resected colon carcinoma in patients registered in an adjuvant immunochemotherapy clinical trial

Junichi Sakamoto, Hiroshi Hamashima, Harumi Suzuki, Katsuki Ito, Masayoshi Mai, Shigetoyo Saji, Masakazu Fukushima, Yasuyuki Matsushita, Hiroaki Nakazato

Pages: 1081-1090 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Prognostic value of p53 and Ki-67 expression in resected or biopsy specimens of bile duct carcinoma

Masateru Murakami, Tamito Sasaki, Yukio Kuwada, Souichirou Yamasaki, Kenichi Kuwahara, Kazuaki Chayama

Pages: 1091-1096 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Immunostaining of stage-specific embryonic antigen-4 in intratubular germ cell neoplasia unclassified and in testicular germ-cell tumors

Satoru Tokuyama, Seiichi Saito, Toshiko Takahashi, Chikara Ohyama, Akihiro Ito, Satoru Kanto, Makoto Satoh, Senji Hoshi, Mareyuki Endoh, Yoichi Arai

Pages: 1097-1104 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL/APO2L) and its receptors expression in human squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity

Masakatsu Fukuda, Aya Hamao, Akio Tanaka, Munenori Kitada, Seiji Suzuki, Kaoru Kusama, Hideaki Sakashita

Pages: 1113-1119 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Adenoviral p16/CDKN2 gene transfer to malignant glioma: Role of p16 in growth, invasion, and senescence

Seung-Ki Kim, Kyu-Chang Wang, Byung-Kyu Cho, Su-Young Lim, Young-Yim Kim, Chang-Wan Oh, You-Nam Chung, Chae-Yong Kim, Choon-Taek Lee, Hyun Jib Kim

Pages: 1121-1126 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Analysis of angiogenic profiles by estimation of tumor blood flow with colored dye extraction microspheres after antiangiogenic therapy

Arifumi Iwamaru, Masazumi Watanabe, Takashi Ohtsuka, Hirohisa Horinouchi, Koichi Kobayashi

Pages: 1127-1131 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

The expression of tissue factor correlates with proliferative ability in meningioma

Koichi Ishimaru, Hirofumi Hirano, Hitoshi Yamahata, Hideo Takeshima, Masaki Niiro, Jun-Ichi Kuratsu

Pages: 1133-1137 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Tissue-specific regulation of Apaf-1 expression by p53

Clement K. Ho, Jason A. Bush, Gang Li

Pages: 1139-1143 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Fas stimulation activates NF-κB in SK-Hep1 hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Hiroshi Okano, Katsuya Shiraki, Hidekazu Inoue, Tomoyuki Kawakita, Yukiko Saitou, Naoyuki Enokimura, Norihiko Yamamoto, Kazushi Sugimoto, Kazumoto Murata, Takeshi Nakano

Pages: 1145-1148 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Immunohistochemical expression of hepatocyte growth factor and c-Met/HGF receptor in benign and malignant human prostate tissue

Koh-Ichi Nakashiro, Yoshiki Hayashi, Ryoichi Oyasu

Pages: 1149-1153 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Cellular heterogeneity in long-term surviving cells isolated from eutopic endometrial, ovarian endometrioma and adenomyosis tissues

Tetsuji Tanaka, Satoko Nakajima, Naohiko Umesaki

Pages: 1155-1160 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Lymph node metastasis could be predicted by evaluation of macrophage infiltration and hsp70 expression in superficial carcinoma of the esophagus

Tsuyoshi Noguchi, Shinsuke Wada, Shinsuke Takeno, Hatsuo Moriyama, Yasuhiko Kimura, Yuzo Uchida

Pages: 1161-1164 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Correlation between occult neoplastic cells in the lymph node sinuses and recurrence in patients with Dukes' C colorectal cancer

Masaya Mukai, Shinkichi Sato, Nobukazu Komatsu, Tomomi Nishida, Kazuaki Shiba, Isao Ito, Hisao Nakasaki, Hiroyasu Makuuchi

Pages: 1165-1169 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

A novel phenoxazine derivative suppresses proliferation of human endometrial adenocarcinoma cell lines, inducing G2M accumulation and apoptosis

Toshihide Nakada, Keiichi Isaka, Hirotaka Nishi, Yumi Osakabe, Takashi Shimamoto, Kazuma Ohyashiki, Akio Tomoda, Masaomi Takayama

Pages: 1171-1176 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Correlation between occult neoplastic cells in the lymph node sinuses and recurrence in patients with curatively resected Dukes' B colorectal cancer

Masaya Mukai, Shinkichi Sato, Nobukazu Komatsu, Tomomi Nishida, Kazuaki Shiba, Isao Ito, Hisao Nakasaki, Hiroyasu Makuuchi

Pages: 1177-1181 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

High risk of bile duct carcinogenesis after primary resection of a congenital biliary dilatation

Akihiko Tsuchida, Kazuhiko Kasuya, Mitsufumi Endo, Hitoshi Saito, Keiichiro Inoue, Itsuro Nagae, Tasuya Aoki, Yasuhisa Koyanagi

Pages: 1183-1187 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

The dog mast cell tumour as a model to study the relationship between angiogenesis, mast cell density and tumour malignancy

Girolamo Ranieri, Letizia Passantino, Rosa Patruno, Giuseppe Passantino, Felicita Jirillo, Annamaria Catino, Vittorio Mattioli, Cosmo Gadaleta, Domenico Ribatti

Pages: 1189-1193 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Mutation analysis of CTNNB1 (β-catenin) and AXIN1, the components of Wnt pathway, in cervical carcinomas

Tsung-Hsien Su, Jan-Gowth Chang, Kun-Tu Yeh, Ting-Hsu Lin, Tai-Ping Lee, Jui-Chang Chen, Cheng-Chieh Lin

Pages: 1195-1200 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Survival benefit of KRN7000 immune therapy in combination with TNP470 in hamster liver metastasis model of pancreatic cancer

Gaku Matsumoto, Shigenori Nagai, Mariko Muta, Koji Tsuruta, Atsutake Okamoto, Masakazu Toi

Pages: 1201-1206 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Occurrence of hematogenous metastasis and serum levels of thymidine phosphorylase in colorectal cancer

Masashi Haraguchi, Ko Komuta, Arifumi Akashi, Junichiro Furui, Takashi Kanematsu

Pages: 1207-1212 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Impact of vasculogenesis on solid tumor growth in a rat model

Mariko Muta, Gaku Matsumoto, Kiyoshi Hiruma, Shigehira Saji, Emi Nakashima, Masakazu Toi

Pages: 1213-1218 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Up-regulation and overproduction of DVL-1, the human counterpart of the Drosophila dishevelled gene, in cervical squamous cell carcinoma

Keiko Okino, Hisaki Nagai, Mitsuko Hatta, Takemitsu Nagahata, Koichi Yoneyama, Yujiro Ohta, Enjing Jin, Oichi Kawanami, Tsutomu Araki, Mitsuru Emi

Pages: 1219-1223 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Angiostatin expression in ovarian cancer

Hiromitsu Yabushita, Mari Noguchi, Yukihiko Obayashi, Tameko Kishida, Yasuyuki Noguchi, Keizo Sawaguchi, Masayoshi Noguchi

Pages: 1225-1230 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Comparison of immunohistochemistry and real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction to detect expression of carcinoembryonic antigen in lung cancer

Haruhiko Nakamura, Hisashi Saji, Aute Idiris, Norihito Kawasaki, Makoto Hosaka, Akihiko Ogata, Takamoto Saijo, Harubumi Kato

Pages: 1231-1235 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Clinical implications of intratumoral dendritic cell infiltration in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Sumiya Ishigami, Shoji Natsugoe, Masataka Matsumoto, Hiroshi Okumura, Hironori Sakita, Saburo Nakashima, Sonshin Takao, Takashi Aikou

Pages: 1237-1240 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Role of COX-2, VEGF and cyclin D1 in mammary infiltrating duct carcinoma

Sung-Chul Lim

Pages: 1241-1249 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Numerical sex chromosome aberrations in juvenile angiofibromas: Genetic evidence for an androgen-dependent tumor?

Bernhard Schick, Catharina Rippel, Christian Brunner, Volker Jung, Peter Karl Plinkert, Steffi Urbschat

Pages: 1251-1255 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Nm23-H1 expression does not predict clinical survival in colorectal cancer patients

Luisa Dusonchet, Simona Corsale, Manuela Migliavacca, Valentina Calò, Viviana Bazan, Antonella Amato, Patrizia Cammareri, Maria Serena Totaro, Valentina Agnese, Sandra Cascio, Gaspare La Rocca, Pasqua Sandra Sisto, Gabriella Dardanoni, Maria Rosaria Valerio, Nello Grassi, Stefania Latteri, Massimo Cajozzo, Maria Buscemi, Sergio Castorina, Vincenza Morello, Rosa Maria Tomasino, Nicola Gebbia, Antonio Russo

Pages: 1257-1263 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

P53-induced gene 11 (PIG11) involved in arsenic trioxide-induced apoptosis in human gastric cancer MGC-803 cells

Xiao-Qui Liang, En-Hua Cao, Yan Zhang, Jing-Fen Qin

Pages: 1265-1269 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Blockade of her2/neu decreases VEGF expression but does not alter HIF-1 distribution in experimental Wilms tumor

Akiko Yokoi, Kimberly W. McCrudden, Jianzhong Huang, Eugene S. Kim, Samuel Z. Soffer, Jason S. Frischer, Anna Serur, Tamara New, Jenny Yuan, Mahesh Mansukhani, Kathleen O'Toole, Darrell J. Yamashiro, Jessica J. Kandel

Pages: 1271-1274 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

The putative serine/threonine kinase gene STK15 on chromosome 20q13.2 is amplified in human gliomas

Wilfried Reichardt, Volker Jung, Christian Brunner, Alexandra Klein, Silke Wemmert, Bernd F.M. Romeike, Klaus D. Zang, Steffi Urbschat

Pages: 1275-1279 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Phenotyping of IL4-induced nuclear Stat6 activity in humans: Quantitation after gel shift assay using immortalized cell lines

Wen Jie Zhang, Jennifer L. Thompson, Michael J. Chorney, Walter A. Koltun

Pages: 1281-1288 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Comparing the efficacy and safety of fixed versus weight-based dosing of epoetin α in anemic cancer patients receiving platinum-based chemotherapy

Cristina Granetto, Sergio Ricci, Andrea Martoni, Giuseppe Pezzella, Franco Testore, Rodolfo Mattioli, Maria Lampignano, Fiorenzo Tacconi, Stella Porrozzi, Giampietro Gasparini, Giovanni Mantovani

Pages: 1289-1296 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Frequent loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 10p15, a putative telomerase repressor/senescence gene locus, in gastric cancer

Toru Hiyama, Shinji Tanaka, Hideyuki Shima, Kazuhiro Kose, Yasuhiko Kitadai, Masanori Ito, Masaharu Sumii, Masaharu Yoshihara, Fumio Shimamoto, Ken Haruma, Kazuaki Chayama

Pages: 1297-1299 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Cell growth- and P53-dependent transcriptional activity of the midkine promoter confers suicide gene expression in tumor cells

Ling Yu, Shin-Ichi Ugai, Jiyang O-Wang, Masayoshi Namba, Kenji Kadomatsu, Takashi Muramatsu, Shuichiro Matsubara, Shigeru Sakiyama, Masatoshi Tagawa

Pages: 1301-1305 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Induction of antigen specific cellular immunity by vaccination with peptides from MN/CA IX in renal cell carcinoma

Kazuhiro Shimizu, Hirotsugu Uemura, Motoyoshi Yoshikawa, Katsunori Yoshida, Yoshihiko Hirao, Kumiko Iwashima, Shinsuke Saga, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa

Pages: 1307-1311 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

CD34-positive stromal cells in primary lung carcinomas

Hirofumi Nakayama, Hideaki Enzan, Maya Yamamoto, Eriko Miyazaki, Chitoshi Hidaka, Tsuneo Okumichi, Atsuo Okumichi, Hiroki Kajihara

Pages: 1313-1316 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

High prevalence of hypothyroidism among patients with cutaneous melanoma

Julie A. Ellerhorst, Catherine D. Cooksley, Lyle Broemeling, Marcella M. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Grimm

Pages: 1317-1320 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Factors that influence the incidence of microscopic carcinoma in frozen and preserved specimens from patients with breast carcinoma after breast-conserving surgery

Ryungsa Kim, Akihiko Osaki, Mayumi Kaneko, Kouki Inai, Tetsuya Toge

Pages: 1321-1328 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Relationship between AgNORs, MIB-1 and oncogene expression in male breast carcinoma and papillary superficial bladder neoplasm

Achille Pich, Elena Margaria, Luigi Chiusa, Paola Bortolin, Giorgio Palestro

Pages: 1329-1335 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Survivin expression is significantly linked to the dedifferentiation of thyroid carcinoma

Yasuhiro Ito, Hiroshi Yoshida, Takashi Uruno, Keiichi Nakano, Akihiro Miya, Kaoru Kobayashi, Tamotsu Yokozawa, Fumio Matsuzuka, Nariaki Matsuura, Kennichi Kakudo, Kanji Kuma, Akira Miyauchi

Pages: 1337-1340 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene C677T and A1298C polymorphisms in patients with small cell and non-small cell lung cancer

Krzysztof Siemianowicz, Jan Gminski, Wojciech Garczorz, Natalia Slabiak, Malgorzata Goss, Marek Machalski, Helena Magiera-Molendowska

Pages: 1341-1344 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Combined use of established and novel tumour markers in the diagnosis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Daniel Ayude, Gloria Gacio, María Páez De La Cadena, Estrella Pallas, Vicenta Soledad Martínez-Zorzano, Alejandro De Carlos, Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Berrocal

Pages: 1345-1350 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Rho regulates the hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor-stimulated cell motility of human oral squamous cell carcinoma cells

Hiroyuki Kitajo, Toshiyuki Shibata, Hiroki Nagayasu, Takashi Kawano, Jun-Ichi Hamada, Tomomi Yamashita, Makoto Arisue

Pages: 1351-1356 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

VHL tumor suppressor gene: its mutation and protein level in renal cell carcinoma

Hisashi Tsutsumi, Chikara Miyamoto, Yasuhiro Furuichi, Miki Yoshiike, Shiari Nozawa, Teruaki Iwamoto

Pages: 1357-1361 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Ultrastructural change due to acquired cisplatin resistance in human bladder cancer cells

Sang Jin Yoon, Inae Park, Cheol Kwak, Eunsik Lee

Pages: 1363-1367 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

The copper-chelating agent, trientine, attenuates liver enzyme-altered preneoplastic lesions in rats by angiogenesis suppression

Hitoshi Yoshiji, Shigeki Kuriyama, Junichi Yoshii, Yasuhide Ikenaka, Ryuichi Noguchi, Koji Yanase, Tadashi Namisaki, Masaharu Yamazaki, Hirohisa Tsujinoue, Hiroo Imazu, Hiroshi Fukui

Pages: 1369-1373 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Reduced expression and loss of heterozygosity of the SDHD gene in colorectal and gastric cancer

Wataru Habano, Tamotsu Sugai, Shin-Ichi Nakamura, Noriyuki Uesugi, Taro Higuchi, Masanori Terashima, Saburo Horiuchi

Pages: 1375-1380 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Clinical implication of cyclin B1 in non-small cell lung cancer

Mitsuyuki Arinaga, Tsuyoshi Noguchi, Shinsuke Takeno, Masao Chujo, Takashi Miura, Yasuhiko Kimura, Yuzo Uchida

Pages: 1381-1386 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Expression of a 65 kDa oncofetal protein in human prostatic carcinoma

Margaret Hanausek, Zbigniew Walaszek, Terri M. King, Christopher I. Amos

Pages: 1387-1392 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Chromosomal imbalance in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: 3q gain correlates with tumor progression but not prognostic significance

Tsuyoshi Noguchi, Yasuhiko Kimura, Shinsuke Takeno, Masao Chujo, Yuzo Uchida, Wolfram Mueller, Helmut E. Gabbert

Pages: 1393-1400 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Chemotherapy-induced radiation recall myositis

Marileda Indinnimeo, Claudia Cicchini, Sofia Kanakaki, Antonella Larcinese, Pietro Luigi Mingazzini

Pages: 1401-1403 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

An in vitro evaluation of radiation effects of different fractionated regimens by absolute cell count beads

Qian Guo, Wei Tang, Ken-Ichi Mafune, Jinming Yu, Xianglu Liao, Min Li, Xingwu Wang, Yasuhiko Sugawara, Norihiro Kokudo, Masatoshi Makuuchi

Pages: 1405-1410 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

CT findings of breast cancer with clinically complete response following neoadjuvant chemotherapy - histological correlation

Yasuhiro Ogawa, Akihito Nishioka, Kei Kubota, Shinji Kariya, Shoji Yoshida, Hironori Maeda, Yosuke Tanaka, Toshiaki Moriki, Naoshige Tochika

Pages: 1411-1415 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Modulation of EGFR and neu expression by n-6 and n-9 high-fat diets in experimental mammary adenocarcinomas

Raquel Moral, Montserrat Solanas, Gemma García, Ramon Colomer, Eduard Escrich

Pages: 1417-1424 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Intratumoral induction of thymidylate synthase mRNA by 5-FU in colorectal cancer patients: association with survival

Motoko Tanaka-Nozaki, Takashi Tajiri, Noritake Tanaka, Kiyonori Furukawa, Hideaki Takasaki, Kazuyasu Yoshimura, Hideyuki Suzuki, Zenya Naito, Yuuichi Sugizaki, Hans F. Merk, Brunhilde Blömeke, Shunji Kato

Pages: 1425-1429 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

E6/E7 genes of human papilloma virus type 18 induced immortalization of human fetal esophageal epithelium

Zhong-Ying Shen, Shan Cen, Li-Yan Xu, Wei-Jia Cai, Ming-Hua Chen, Jian Shen, Yi Zeng

Pages: 1431-1436 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Topical vidarabine or 5-fluorouracil treatment against persistent HPV in genital (pre)cancerous lesions

Kenji Niwa, Keiko Tagami, Zenglin Lian, Jingchun Gao, Hideki Mori, Teruhiko Tamaya

Pages: 1437-1441 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

The increase of CD57+ T cells in the peripheral blood and their impaired immune functions in patients with advanced gastric cancer

Kentaro Chochi, Takashi Ichikura, Takashi Majima, Toshinobu Kawabata, Atsushi Matsumoto, Hidekazu Sugasawa, Nobuaki Kawarabayashi, Eiji Takayama, Hoshio Hiraide, Shuhji Seki, Hidetaka Mochizuki

Pages: 1443-1448 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Multidetector-row CT analysis of time-dependent changes in lung fields after chest irradiation: Usefulness of precision scans

M. Imamura, S. Sawada, K. Harima, T. Shiga, M. Sougawa

Pages: 1449-1454 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Detection of codon 61 point mutations of the K-ras gene in lung and colorectal cancers by enriched PCR

Shinichi Toyooka, Kazunori Tsukuda, Mamoru Ouchida, Motohiko Tanino, Yasuhiko Inaki, Kazuyasu Kobayashi, Masaaki Yano, Junichi Soh, Takuya Kobatake, Nobuyoshi Shimizu, Kenji Shimizu

Pages: 1455-1459 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Protein expression of p53 and Bcl-2 has a strong correlation with radiation resistance of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma but does not predict the radiation failure before treatment

Takenori Ogawa, Kiyoto Shiga, Masaru Tateda, Shigeru Saijo, Takashi Suzuki, Hironobu Sasano, Taeko Miyagi, Toshimitsu Kobayashi

Pages: 1461-1466 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

P38 MAPK pathway is involved in the urokinase plasminogen activator expression in human gastric SNU-638 cells

Boo A. Shin, Hyeon G. Yoo, Hong S. Kim, Mi H. Kim, Young S. Hwang, Kee O. Chay, Kee Y. Lee, Bong W. Ahn, Young D. Jung

Pages: 1467-1471 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Follow-up CT findings of tamoxifen-induced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) of breast cancer patients treated with bezafibrate

Yasuhiro Ogawa, Yoriko Murata, Toshiji Saibara, Akihito Nishioka, Shinji Kariya, Shoji Yoshida

Pages: 1473-1478 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Protracted administration of weekly docetaxel in metastatic breast cancer

Katsumasa Kuroi, Hiroko Bando, Shigehira Saji, Masakazu Toi

Pages: 1479-1484 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

FDG PET in suspected recurrent and metastatic prostate cancer

Hossein Jadvar, Jacek K. Pinski, Peter S. Conti

Pages: 1485-1488 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Cisplatin-induced ubiquitination of RNA polymerase II large subunit and suppression of induction by 7-hydroxystaurosporine (UCN-01)

Li-Ying Yang, Hong Jiang, Kelly M. Rangel, William Plunkett

Pages: 1489-1495 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Mutational analysis of ras gene family in lung cancer in Thai

Songsak Petmitr, Duangdao Wongsommart, Panee Chaksangchaichot, Tanett Pakeetoot, Pantap Sutinont, Patay Sirivaidyapong, Anant Karalak

Pages: 1497-1501 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Role of the host microenvironment on the expression of VEGF-subtypes in squamous cell carcinoma

Jürgen Brieger, Konstantinos Vlachtsis, Rita Gieringer, Wolf Mann

Pages: 1503-1506 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Traditional Chinese medicine Astragalus reverses predominance of Th2 cytokines and their up-stream transcript factors in lung cancer patients

Haiming Wei, Rui Sun, Wei Xiao, Jinbo Feng, Chunyan Zhen, Xiaoqun Xu, Zhigang Tian

Pages: 1507-1512 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Pentostatin in T-non-Hodgkin's lymphomas: Efficacy and effect on CD26+ T lymphocytes

Nam H. Dang, Fredrick B. Hagemeister, Madeleine Duvic, Jorge E. Romaguera, Anas Younes, Dan Jones, Barry Samuels, Luis E. Fayad, Barbara Pro, Felipe Samaniego, Andreas Sarris, Andre Goy, Peter McLaughlin, Ann T. Tong, Pamela L. Walker, Lili Paz Tiongson, Terry L. Smith, Yang O. Huh, Chikao Morimoto, Maria A. Rodriguez

Pages: 1513-1518 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Aberrant CpG island methylation in neurofibromas and neurofibrosarcomas

Pilar Gonzalez-Gomez, M. Josefa Bello, Dolores Arjona, M. Eva Alonso, Jesus Lomas, Jose M. De Campos, M. Elena Kusak, Manuel Gutierrez, Jose L. Sarasa, Juan A. Rey

Pages: 1519-1523 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Modified radiosensitivity of pancreatic cancer xenografts by farnesyl protein transferase inhibitor and MEK inhibitor

Yoshifumi Matsui, Miyako Goto, Mayumi Iwakawa, Takehide Asano, Takashi Kenmochi, Takashi Imai, Takenori Ochiai

Pages: 1525-1528 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Effects of 1α,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D3 pretreatment and MAP kinase inhibitor PD 98059 on response of osteoblasts to prostate-derived osteoblastic factors

Ernst Ulsperger, Gerhard Hamilton, Ulrike Olszewski, Gerhard Baumgartner, Alfred Engel, Rudolf Mallinger

Pages: 1529-1534 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

High plasma YKL-40 level in patients with ovarian cancer stage III is related to shorter survival

Estrid V.S. Høgdall, Julia S. Johansen, Susanne K. Kjaer, Paul A. Price, Lise Christensen, Jan Blaakaer, Johannes E. Bock, Eva Glud, Claus K. Høgdall

Pages: 1535-1538 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Expression and intracellular localization of Smad proteins in human endometrial cancer

Dagmara Piestrzeniewicz-Ulanska, Magdalena Brys, Andrzej Semczuk, Jerzy A. Jakowicki, Wanda M. Krajewska

Pages: 1539-1544 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Predicting factors for collection of peripheral blood stem cells in patients with advanced germ cell tumors after cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy

Mototsugu Murakami, Hideaki Miyake, Shoji Hara, Sadao Kamidono, Isao Hara

Pages: 1545-1549 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Rad52 gene mutations in breast/ovarian cancer families and sporadic ovarian carcinoma patients

Dan Tong, Tanja Volm, Elke Eberhardt, Michael Krainer, Sepp Leodolter, Rolf Kreienberg, Robert Zeillinger

Pages: 1551-1553 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

The α1-adrenoceptor antagonist terazosin induces prostate cancer cell death through a p53 and Rb independent pathway

Kexin Xu, Xianghong Wang, Patrick M.T. Ling, S. W. Tsao, Y. C. Wong

Pages: 1555-1560 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Molecular patterns of nuclear and mitochondrial microsatellite alterations in breast tumors

Hafid Alazzouzi, Mireya Farriol, Eloi Espín, Manel Armengol, Manel Pena, Karin Zeh, Simó Schwartz

Pages: 1561-1567 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Establishment and characterization of sublines of LNCaP human prostate cancer cells

X. Steven Wan, Zhaozong Zhou, Vernon Steele, Levy Kopelovich, Ann R. Kennedy

Pages: 1569-1575 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Biochemical characterization of soluble Tn glycoproteins from malignant effusions of patients with carcinomas

Teresa Freire, Andrea Medeiros, Celso A. Reis, Francisco X. Real, Eduardo Osinaga

Pages: 1577-1585 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Evaluation of anti-tumour effects of oral fenretinide (4-HPR) in rats with human neuroblastoma xenografts

Frida Ponthan, Magnus Lindskog, Nina Karnehed, Juan Castro, Per Kogner

Pages: 1587-1592 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Induction chemotherapy for bone sarcoma in adults: Correlation of results with erbB-4 expression

Ofer Merimsky, Yehuda Kollender, Josephine Issakov, Moshe Inbar, Gideon Flusser, Dafna Benayahu, Isaac Meller, Jacob Bickels

Pages: 1593-1599 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Gleditsia sinensis fruit extract is a potential chemotherapeutic agent in chronic and acute myelogenous leukemia

Larry Ming Cheung Chow, Chung Hin Chui, Johnny Cheuk On Tang, Ivy Tuang Ngo Teo, Fung Yi Lau, Gregory Yin Ming Cheng, Raymond Siu Ming Wong, Thomas Wai Tong Leung, Ka Bik Lai, Mabel Yin Chun Yau, Dean Gou, Albert Sun Chi Chan

Pages: 1601-1607 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Variable cytotoxicity of amifostine in malignant and non-malignant cell lines

Baruch Brenner, Lina Wasserman, Einat Beery, Jardena Nordenberg, Jacob Schechter, Haim Gutman, Eyal Fenig

Pages: 1609-1613 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Review

Genetic polymorphisms and susceptibility to esophageal cancer among Chinese population (Review)

Deyin Xing, Wen Tan, Dongxin Lin

Pages: 1615-1623 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Review

Angiogenesis and the immune response as targets for the prevention and treatment of colorectal cancer (Review)

Ricky A. Sharma, Angus G. Dalgleish, William P. Steward, Kenneth J. O'Byrne

Pages: 1625-1631 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

The Chinese medicinal herbal formula ZYD88 inhibits cell growth and promotes cell apoptosis in prostatic tumor cells

Yuan-Shan Zhu, Ying Huang, Li-Qun Cai, Jeff Zhu, Quwen Duan, Yanwen Duan, Julianne Imperato-McGinley

Pages: 1633-1639 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

Evaluation of immunohistochemical parameters as prognostic markers in malignant fibrous histiocytoma

Jan Åhlén, Wendy W.-H. Weng, Otte Brosjö, Anette Von Rosen, Olle Larsson, Catharina Larsson

Pages: 1641-1645 Published online on: 01 September 2003
Article

GM-CSF secreted by murine adenocarcinoma cells modulates tumor progression and immune activity

M. J. Diament, M. I. Stillitani, L. Puricelli, E. Bal de Kier-Joffe, S. Klein

Pages: 1647-1652 Published online on: 01 September 2003
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September-October 2003
Volume 10 Issue 5

Print ISSN: 1021-335X
Online ISSN: 1791-2431

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