Journal Articles
Review
Lymphatic vessels and lymphangiogenesis in female cancer: Mechanisms, clinical impact and possible implications for anti-lymphangiogenic therapies (Review)
Sebastian F. Schoppmann, Reinhard Horvat, Peter Birner
Pages: 455-460 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Review
Internal mammary sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer: Is it practicable and relevant? (Review)
Masakuni Noguchi
Pages: 461-468 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Breast-conservation treatment for bilateral breast cancer in five Japanese women
N. Hamada, Y. Ogawa, A. Nishioka, S. Kariya, M. Terashima, S. Yoshida, N. Tochika, Y. Tanaka, M. Kumon, T. Inomata
Pages: 469-474 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
An elderly patient with DCIS of the breast effectively treated with toremifene alone
N. Hamada, Y. Ogawa, A. Nishioka, S. Kariya, M. Terashima, S. Yoshida, Y. Tanaka, T. Inomata
Pages: 475-478 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Thymidine phosphorylase and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase levels in primary colorectal cancer show a relationship to clinical effects of 5'-deoxy-5-fluorouridine as adjuvant chemotherapy
G. Nishimura, I. Terada, T. Kobayashi, I. Ninomiya, H. Kitagawa, S. Fushida, T. Fujimura, M. Kayahara, K. Shimizu, T. Ohta, K. Miwa
Pages: 479-482 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Endometrial cytodiagnosis using a new softcyte versus a conventional endocyte
Nobutaka Nagai, Yoshimi Uebaba, Takafumi Oshita, Kenichiro Sakata, Junko Murakami, Kazushi Shigemasa, Koso Ohama
Pages: 483-487 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Clinical significance of angiogenesis in rectal carcinoid tumors
Seiji Onogawa, Shinji Tanaka, Shiro Oka, Masao Morihara, Yasuhiko Kitadai, Masaharu Sumii, Masaharu Yoshihara, Fumio Shimamoto, Ken Haruma, Kazuaki Chayama
Pages: 489-494 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Immunohistochemical expression of SKALP/elafin in squamous cell carcinoma of human lung
N. Yoshida, H. Egami, J. Yamashita, E. Takai, Y. Tamori, N. Fujino, M. Kitaoka, J. Schalkwijk, M. Ogawa
Pages: 495-501 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Expression and prognostic significance of S100A2 protein in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus
I. D. Kyriazanos, M. Tachibana, D. K. Dhar, M. Shibakita, T. Ono, H. Kohno, N. Nagasue
Pages: 503-510 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and prognosis in colorectal cancer
K. Maeda, S.-M. Kang, T. Sawada, Y. Nishiguchi, M. Yashiro, Y. Ogawa, M. Ohira, T. Ishikawa, K. Hirakawa-YS Chung
Pages: 511-514 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Expression of dihydrodiol dehydrogenase in the resected stage I non-small cell lung cancer
Chih-Yi Chen, Chung-Ping Hsu, Nan-Yung Hsu, Chih-Shiun Shih, Tze-Yi Lin, Kuan-Chih Chow
Pages: 515-519 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Immunohistochemical expression of cytokine induced nitric oxide synthase in colorectal carcinoma
T. Nozoe, M. Yasuda, M. Honda, S. Inutsuka, D. Korenaga
Pages: 521-524 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Interleukin 8 and Flt3 ligand as markers of advanced disease in primary gastrointestinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Stefan Retzlaff, Teresa Padro, Peter Koch, Elisabeth Oelmann, Norbert Lugering, Rolf M. Mesters, Wolfgang E. Berdel
Pages: 525-527 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase turnover alterations do not contribute to PARP overexpression in Ewing's sarcoma cells
Robert E. Newman, Viatcheslav A. Soldatenkov, Anatoly Dritschilo, Vicente Notario
Pages: 529-532 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Prevention of methylnitrosourea-induced mammary cancers by 9-cis-retinoic acid and/or vitamin D3
Mark B. Cope, Vernon E. Steele, Isao Eto, Margaret M. Juliana, Donald L. Hill, Clinton J. Grubbs
Pages: 533-537 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
New attempt of preoperative differential diagnosis of thyroid neoplasms by telomerase activity measurement
Shinichi Suzuki, Toshihiko Fukushima, Hirofumi Ami, Hitoshi Onogi, Izumi Nakamura, Seiichi Takenoshita
Pages: 539-544 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Molecular staging of pelvic surgical margins after radical prostatectomy: Comparison of RT-PCR for prostate-specific antigen and telomerase activity
Bernd Straub, Markus Muller, Hans Krause, Carsten Goessl, Mark Schrader, Rudiger Heicappell, Kurt Miller
Pages: 545-549 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Allelic deletions of Rb and L-myc in urine sediments from patients with bladder tumors or carcinoma in situ
Hanne Primdahl, Hans von der Maase, Mariann Christensen, Hans Wolf, Torben Falck Orntoft
Pages: 551-555 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Distinct promoter usage of mdm2 gene in human breast cancer
Naoki Okumura, Shigehira Saji, Hidetaka Eguchi, Shigeru Nakashima, Shigetoyo Saji, Shin-Ichi Hayashi
Pages: 557-563 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Relationship between expression of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and matrix metalloproteinase-9 and invasion ability of cervical cancer cells
Yasuhito Kato, Tsuyoshi Yamashita, Mutsuo Ishikawa
Pages: 565-569 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Gingival metastasis in lung cancer
Motoyuki Tanaka, Akio Hiraki, Hiroshi Ueoka, Akihiro Bessho, Katsuyuki Kiura, Nagio Takigawa, Tsuyoshi Kodani, Kazuyo Miyatake, Noboru Hamada, Takumi Kishimoto, Mitsune Tanimoto, Mine Harada
Pages: 571-574 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Do Ki67, S-phase, S + G2M and DNA ploidy, evaluated by flow cytometry, reveal locoregional metastasis in oral cavity and oropharynx carcinomas?
Giancarlo Tirelli, Laura Sidari, Vittorio Giacomarra, Ledia Papanikolla, Franco Sasso, Mario Russolo, Mauro Melato
Pages: 575-580 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Cut-off levels of NSE to differentiate SCLC from NSCLC
Hiroaki Satoh, Hiroichi Ishikawa, Koichi Kurishima, Yuko T. Yamashita, Morio Ohtsuka, Kiyohisa Sekizawa
Pages: 581-583 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Expression of the TNF-α gene on mouse lung carcinoma cells suppresses spontaneous lung metastasis without affecting tumorigenicity
Yuji Tada, Jiyang O-Wang, Keizo Takenaga, Yuichi Takiguchi, Koichiro Tatsumi, T. Kuriyama, Masatoshi Tagawa
Pages: 585-588 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Prognostic value of combined analysis of estrogen receptor status and cellular proliferative activity in breast cancer patients with extensive lymph node metastases
Tsutomu Takashima, Naoyoshi Onoda, Tetsuro Ishikawa, Yoshinari Ogawa, Yasuyuki Kato, Yasuhisa Fujimoto, Michio Sowa, Kosei Hirakawa
Pages: 589-594 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Cross-linked collagen C- and N-telopeptides for an early diagnosis of bone metastasis from breast cancer
Konosuke Kiuchi, Takashi Ishikawa, Yohei Hamaguchi, Nobuyoshi Momiyama, Satoshi Hasegawa, Akira Ishiyama, Toshiro Kono, Takako Doi, Takashi Chishima, Hiroshi Shimada
Pages: 595-598 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Analysis of T cell receptors reactive with squamous cell carcinoma antigen SART-1 presented by the HLA-A24 molecule
K. Shimizu, Y. Yamaguchi, K. Ohta, E. Miyahara, T. Toge
Pages: 599-605 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Review
Recent advances in the regulation of matrix metalloproteinase 2 activation: From basic research to clinical implication (Review)
Tomokazu Yoshizaki, Hiroshi Sato, Mitsuru Furukawa
Pages: 607-611 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Inhibition by long-term fermented miso of induction of gastric tumors by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine in CD (SD) rats
Masayuki Ohara, Huimei Lu, Katsutomo Shiraki, Yoshiyuki Ishimura, Toshihiro Uesaka, Osamu Katoh, Hiromitsu Watanabe
Pages: 613-616 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Neoangiogenesis in colon cancer: Correlation between vascular density, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and p53 protein expression
P. Faviana, L. Boldrini, R. Spisni, P. Berti, D. Galleri, R. Biondi, T. Camacci, G. Materazzi, R. Pingitore, P. Miccoli, G. Fontanini
Pages: 617-620 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
The influence of pre-operative radiotherapy on the expression of p53 and adhesion molecules: Correlation with treatment results in patients with squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma
J. Pomp, J. Blom, M. Linthorst, A. H. Zwinderman, C. van Krimpen
Pages: 621-625 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Carboplatin/etoposide induces remission of metastasised malignant peripheral nerve tumours (malignant schwannoma) refractory to first-line therapy
Martin B. Steins, Hubert Serve, Michael Zuhlsdorf, Norbert Senninger, Michael Semik, Wolfgang E. Berdel
Pages: 627-630 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Detection and quantification of SV40 large T-antigen DNA in mesothelioma tissues and cell lines
Gavin J. Gordon, Chang-Jie Chen, Michael T. Jaklitsch, William G. Richards, David J. Sugarbaker, Raphael Bueno
Pages: 631-634 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Effectiveness of immunochemotherapy with PSK, a protein-bound polysaccharide, in colorectal cancer and changes of tumor marker
Shinei Kudo, Jun-Ichi Tanaka, Hiroshi Kashida, Yoshiro Tamegai, Shungo Endo, H. Yamano
Pages: 635-638 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Polymorphic CAG repeat length within the androgen receptor gene: identification of a subgroup of patients with increased risk of ovarian cancer
Manuela Santarosa, Ettore Bidoli, Angelo Gallo, Agostino Steffan, Mauro Boiocchi, Alessandra Viel
Pages: 639-644 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Clinical implications of urokinase and tissue type plasminogen activators and their inhibitor (PAI-1) in breast cancer tissue
Y. A. Luqmani, L. Temmim, A. H. Parkar, M. Mathew
Pages: 645-651 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
CYP3A4 promoter variant is associated with prostate cancer risk in men with benign prostate hyperplasia
Mohammed T. Tayeb, Caroline Clark, Linda Sharp, Neva E. Haites, Patrick H. Rooney, Graeme I. Murray, Simon N.L. Payne, Howard L. McLeod
Pages: 653-655 Published online on: 01 May 2002
Article
Prevalence of hepatitis C infection in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphomas
Maria Chiara Chindamo, Nelson Spector, Jorge A. Segadas, Glicinia Pimenta, Bart Vanderborght, Jose Carlos Morais, Cristiane Milito, Henrique Sergio Moraes Coelho
Pages: 657-659 Published online on: 01 May 2002
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