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February 2002 Volume 20 Issue 2

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Activation of chymotrypsin-like serine protease(s) during apoptosis detected by affinity-labeling of the enzymatic center with fluoresceinated inhibitor

Jerzy Grabarek, Michal Dragan, Brian W. Lee, Gary L. Johnson, Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz
Pages: 225-233
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Suppression of tumorigenicity of rat liver tumor cells by human chromosome 13: Evidence against the involvement of pRb and BRCA2

Michelle A. Rider, Genelle M. Butz, Sharon L. Ricketts, Suzanne T. Newberry, Joe W. Grisham, William B. Coleman
Pages: 235-245
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Generation of dendritic cells from human bone marrow mononuclear cells: Advantages for clinical application in comparison to peripheral blood monocyte derived cells

L. Bai, M. Feuerer, P. Beckhove, V. Umansky, V. Schirrmacher
Pages: 247-253
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Comparative genomic hybridization study of genetic changes associated with vindesine resistance in esophageal carcinoma

Kunihiko Obara, Mohammad Ghazizadeh, Hajime Shimizu, Ritsuko Arai, Toshihiro Tenjin, Seiji Suzuki, Yukichi Moriyama, Oichi Kawanami
Pages: 255-260
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Characteristics of mitotic cell death induced by enediyne antibiotic lidamycin in human epithelial tumor cells

Q.-Y. He, Y.-Y. Liang, D.-S. Wang, D.-D. Li
Pages: 261-266
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Laparoscopic ethanol injection therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

Hiroshi Okano, Katsuya Shiraki, Hidekazu Inoue, Takenari Yamanaka, Masatoshi Deguchi, Kazushi Sugimoto, Takahisa Sakai, Shigeru Ohmori, Kazumoto Murata, Takeshi Nakano
Pages: 267-271
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Immunohistochemical analysis reveals a protective effect of H-ras expression mediated via apoptosis in node-negative breast cancer patients

Thomas Schondorf, Sabine Rutzel, Aurelia Andrack, Martina Becker, M. Hoopmann, Martina Breidenbach, Uwe-Jochen Gohring
Pages: 273-277
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Shrinkage effect of gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist treatment on uterine leiomyomas and t(12;14)

Kumiyo Takahashi, Naoki Kawamura, Osamu Ishiko, Sachio Ogita
Pages: 279-283
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Reduced Fhit protein expression and loss of heterozygosity at FHIT gene in tumours from smoking and asbestos-exposed lung cancer patients

Lea Pylkkanen, Henrik Wolff, Tuula Stjernvall, Paivi Tuominen, Thanos Sioris, Antti Karjalainen, Sisko Anttila, Kirsti Husgafvel-Pursiainen
Pages: 285-290
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Expression of Fas and Fas ligand in esophageal tissue mucosa and carcinomas

Satoru Kase, Mitsuhiko Osaki, Hironobu Adachi, Shunichi Tsujitani, Nobuaki Kaibara, Hisao Ito
Pages: 291-297
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The effect of Neovastat (Æ-941) on an experimental metastatic bone tumor model

Michael H. Weber, Joanne Lee, F. William Orr
Pages: 299-303
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Clinical significance of lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive fraction of serum α-fetoprotein in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

S. Yoshida, K. Kurokohchi, K. Arima, T. Masaki, N. Hosomi, T. Funaki, M. Murota, Y. Kita, S. Watanabe, S. Kuriyama
Pages: 305-309
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Interference with topoisomerase IIα potentiates melphalan cytotoxicity

Haruyo Hirota, David Gosky, Nathan A. Berger, Satadal Chatterjee
Pages: 311-318
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A new pseudo-peptide of Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) inhibits intrahepatic metastasis of orthotopically implanted murine hepatocellular carcinoma

Yasunori Tsuchiya, Shigeaki Sawada, Kazuhiro Tsukada, Ikuo Saiki
Pages: 319-324
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Clinical efficacy of brachytherapy combined with external-beam radiotherapy and repeated arterial infusion chemotherapy in patients with unresectable extrahepatic bile duct cancer

M. Nomura, K. Yamakado, Y. Nomoto, A. Nakatsuka, N. Ii, K. Shoji, K. Takeda
Pages: 325-331
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Cellular sensitivity determinants to docetaxel in human gastrointestinal cancers

J.-S. Park, W. Yamamoto, T. Sekikawa, M. Matsukawa, R. Okamoto, M. Sasaki, K. Ukon, K. Tanimoto, T. Kumazaki, M. Nishiyama
Pages: 333-338
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Human thrombospondin 2 inhibits proliferation of microvascular endothelial cells

Yasushi Tomii, Junichiro Kamochi, Hitoshi Yamazaki, Nobuko Sawa, Tetsuji Tokunaga, Yasuyuki Ohnishi, Hiroshi Kijima, Yoshito Ueyama, Norikazu Tamaoki, Masato Nakamura
Pages: 339-342
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Up-regulation of WNT8B mRNA in human gastric cancer

Tetsuroh Saitoh, Tetsuya Mine, Masaru Katoh
Pages: 343-348
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High frequency of a non-functional TAP1/LMP2 promoter polymorphism in human tumors

Barbara Seliger, Michaela Bock, Ulrike Ritz, Christoph Huber
Pages: 349-353
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Frequent allelic losses on the short arm of chromosome 1 and decreased expression of the p73 gene at 1p36.3 in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity

D. Araki, K. Uzawa, T. Watanabe, M. Shiiba, A. Miyakawa, H. Yokoe, H. Tanzawa
Pages: 355-360
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Telomerase activity in needle biopsied uterine myoma-like tumors: differential diagnosis between uterine sarcomas and leiomyomas

Akemi Tsujimura, Naoki Kawamura, Tomoyuki Ichimura, Ken-Ichi Honda, Osamu Ishiko, Sachio Ogita
Pages: 361-365
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Lectin isolation and detection of N-glycoproteins bearing sialic acid and L-fucose residues in human colorectal mucosa and in adenocarcinoma biopsies

Alejandro De Carlos, Amado Caride-Castro, Vicenta S. Martinez-Zorzano, Maria Paez de la Cadena, Francisco J. Rodriguez-Berrocal
Pages: 367-372
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Regulation of WNT3 and WNT3A mRNAs in human cancer cell lines NT2, MCF-7, and MKN45

Masaru Katoh
Pages: 373-377
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Sphingomyelin enhances chemotherapy efficacy and increases apoptosis in human colonic tumor xenografts

David E. Modrak, Marisol D. Rodriguez, David M. Goldenberg, Walter Lew, Rosalyn D. Blumenthal
Pages: 379-384
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Telomerase activity in microdissected human breast cancer tissues: association with p53, p21 and outcome

Claudia Mueller, Ulrike Riese, Hartwig Kosmehl, Regine Dahse, Uwe Claussen, Guenther Ernst
Pages: 385-390
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Expression profile of proteins involved in the xenotransplantability of non-small cell lung cancers into athymic nude mice

T. Efferth, R. Koomagi, J. Mattern, M. Volm
Pages: 391-395
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Effective treatment of experimental DU-145 prostate cancers with targeted cytotoxic somatostatin analog AN-238

Artur Plonowski, Andrew V. Schally, Attila Nagy, Baodong Sun, Gabor Halmos
Pages: 397-402
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Significance of postoperative adjuvant immunochemotherapy after curative resection of colorectal cancers: Association between host or tumor factors and survival

Yoshinori Munemoto, Yoshiro Iida, Jinro Abe, Hideo Saito, Katsunori Fujisawa, Yoshiro Kasahara, Tsuyoshi Mitsui, Yasuyuki Asada, Shouji Miura
Pages: 403-411
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Soluble low-molecular-mass tumor-associated antigens promote the suppression of rat mammary tumors by tamoxifen and prevent its toxic effect

H. Ben-Hur, G. Kossoy, I. Zusman
Pages: 413-417
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Induction chemotherapy followed by concomitant chemoradiation therapy in advanced head and neck cancer: A phase II study for organ-sparing purposes evaluating feasibility, effectiveness and toxicity

Giovanni Mantovani, Ernesto Proto, Elena Massa, Carlo Mulas, Clelia Madeddu, Loredana Mura, M. Caterina Mudu, Giorgio Astara, Viviana Murgia, Giulia Gramignano, Luca Ferreli, Paolo Camboni, Maria Rita Lusso, Miria Mocci, Giorgio Tore, Manfredi Mura, Maurizio Amichetti, Antonio Maccio
Pages: 419-427
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March-2026 Volume 68 Issue 3

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Impact Factor: 4.9

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CiteScore Rank: Q1: #66/415 Oncology

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Circ72309 modulates gemcitabine metabolism and gemcitabine sensitivity in pancreatic cancer: Serum Circ72309 levels as a potential predictor of treatment response

Naoko Sekiguchi, Hidenori Takahashi, Shogo Kobayashi, Kazuki Sasaki, Shinichiro Hasegawa, Yoshifumi Iwagami, Daisaku Yamada, Yoshito Tomimaru, Hirofumi Akita, Tadafumi Asaoka, Takehiro Noda, Junzo Shimizu, Koji Tanaka, Ryota Chijimatsu, Yuichiro Doki, Hidetoshi Eguchi
Article Number: 36
Published online on: 16 January 2026

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Unveiling sex differences in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Current evidence and future directions (Review)

Sophie Rauschenberg, Elisabeth Orgler‑Gasche, Didem Karakas Zeybek, Ivonne Regel, J.-Matthias Löhr, Daniel Öhlund, Michael Günther, Lina Aguilera Munoz
Article Number: 35
Published online on: 15 January 2026

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[Retracted] LTBP2 promotes the migration and invasion of gastric cancer cells and predicts poor outcome of patients with gastric cancer

Jun Wang, Wen-Jia Liang, Guang-Tao Min, Hong-Peng Wang, Wei Chen, Nan Yao
Article Number: 34
Published online on: 13 January 2026

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KMO downregulation promotes hepatocellular carcinoma growth via 3‑HAA‑mediated mitochondrial mass and function imbalances

Ming Liu, Xintong Zhang, Yanfen Hu, Li Niu, Linzhi Guo, Guoqing Zhao, Fan Lu, Fengfeng Jia, Li Li, Hao Wu, Jianjun Zhu
Article Number: 33
Published online on: 13 January 2026

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Regulatory networks of HIFs in tumor‑infiltrating immune cells: From molecular mechanisms to therapeutic implications (Review)

Chaoqun Li, Chenge Qin, Xingchen Li, Jinzhu Wang, Yang Li, Qin Sun
Article Number: 32
Published online on: 12 January 2026

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[Retracted] uPAR and cathepsin B knockdown inhibits radiation‑induced PKC integrated integrin signaling to the cytoskeleton of glioma‑initiating cells

Kiranmai Alapati, Sreelatha Gopinath, Rama Rao Malla, Venkata Ramesh Dasari, Jasti S. Rao
Article Number: 31
Published online on: 05 January 2026

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PTPN18 functions as a tumor suppressor in breast cancer by negatively regulating cyclin E

Na Zhang, Tao Wang, Bin Bai, Xiaonan Zhang, Wenying Xu, Weilu Chen, Yang Yu, Bing Wang
Article Number: 30
Published online on: 30 December 2025

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[Retracted] Suppression of the death gene BIK is a critical factor for resistance to tamoxifen in MCF‑7 breast cancer cells

Rubí Viedma-Rodriguez, Luis Arturo Baiza-Gutman, Alejandro García-Carrancá, Leticia Moreno-Fierros, Fabio Salamanca-Gómez, Diego Arenas-Aranda
Article Number: 29
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April-2026 Volume 68 Issue 4

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[Corrigendum] The p85α regulatory subunit of PI3K mediates cAMP‑PKA and retinoic acid biological effects on MCF7 cell growth and migration

Caterina F. Donini, Erika Di Zazzo, Candida Zuchegna, Marina Di Domenico, Sonia D'Inzeo, Arianna Nicolussi, Enrico V. Avvedimento, Anna Coppa, Antonio Porcellini
Article Number: 39
Published online on: 02 February 2026

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Advances in the study of the breast carcinoma exosomal microRNAs: From basic mechanisms to clinical applications (Review)

Zhi-Min Chen, Peng Huang, Dun-Yang Yang, Shu Lin, Si-Qing Cai
Article Number: 38
Published online on: 30 January 2026

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[Retracted] Matrix metalloproteinase‑1 promotes prostate tumor growth and metastasis

Sai Murali Krishna Pulukuri, Jasti S. Rao
Article Number: 37
Published online on: 19 January 2026

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