Journal Articles

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Mucinous cystic tumor of the pancreas: Immunohistochemical assessment of ‘ovarian-type stroma’

Akihiko Izumo, Koji Yamaguchi, Takashi Eguchi, Kenichi Nishiyama, Hidetaka Yamamoto, Hirotoshi Yonemasu, Takashi Yao, Masao Tanaka, Masazumi Tsuneyoshi

Pages: 515-525 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Effect of p27Kip1 on the ability of invasion and metastasis of an oral cancer cell line

Supriatno, Koji Harada, Shinichi Kawaguchi, Hideo Yoshida, Mitsunobu Sato

Pages: 527-532 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Recurrent malignant Triton tumour: First report on a long time survivor

Wolfgang J. Köstler, Gabriele Amann, Thomas W. Grunt, Christian F. Singer, Sonja M. Schneider, Thomas Brodowicz, Sandra Tomek, Christoph C. Zielinski

Pages: 533-535 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Silk protein, sericin, suppresses DMBA-TPA-induced mouse skin tumorigenesis by reducing oxidative stress, inflammatory responses and endogenous tumor promoter TNF-α

Siqin Zhaorigetu, Noriyuki Yanaka, Masahiro Sasaki, Hiromitsu Watanabe, Norihisa Kato

Pages: 537-543 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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DNA demethylation is directly related to tumour progression: Evidence in normal, pre-malignant and malignant cells from uterine cervix samples

Adriana De Capoa, Angelina Musolino, Simonetta Della Rosa, Paola Caiafa, Luciano Mariani, Franca Del Nonno, Amina Vocaturo, Raffaele Perrone Donnorso, Alain Niveleau, Claudio Grappelli

Pages: 545-549 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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INI-1, a partner gene of ALL-1, is highly conserved in human acute leukemia

Koshi Mimori, Hiroshi Inoue, Hideshi Ishii, Masaki Mori

Pages: 551-553 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Alterations of p14ARF and p16INK4a genes in salivary gland carcinomas

Masayoshi Nishimine, Mitsutoshi Nakamura, Munehiro Kishi, Masumi Okamoto, Keiji Shimada, Eiwa Ishida, Tadaaki Kirita, Noboru Konishi

Pages: 555-560 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Clinical impact of thymidine phosphorylase expression in gastric cancer

Tsuyoshi Noguchi, Shozo Fujiwara, Shinsuke Takeno, Shinya Kai, Akari Mizuta, Yuko Nagao, Yuzo Uchida

Pages: 561-566 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Expression of matrix metalloproteinases 7 and 2 in human renal cell carcinoma

Toshiyuki Sumi, Tatsuya Nakatani, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Yooji Hyun, Tomoyo Yasui, Yoshinari Matsumoto, Eri Nakagawa, Kazunobu Sugimura, Hidenori Kawashima, Osamu Ishiko

Pages: 567-570 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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BCL2 expression predicts survival in patients receiving synchronous chemoradiotherapy in advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

S. A. Hussain, R. Ganesan, L. Hiller, P. W. Cooke, P. Murray, L. S. Young, N. D. James

Pages: 571-576 Published online on: 01 May 2003
Article

Management of Merkel cell carcinoma: Case series of 36 patients

Anja Müller, Ronald Keus, Norbert Neumann, Guido Lammering, Thomas Schnabel

Pages: 577-585 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Chromosomal aberrations of multiple myeloma in Chinese patients at diagnosis: A study by combined G-banding and multicolor spectral karyotyping

Margaret Heung-Ling Ng, Nathalie Wong, Tai Tap Lau, Kam Sze Tsang, Suk Hang Cheng, Natalie Pui-Ha Chan, Sheung Hang Tang, Kenny Ieng-Kit Lei, Yonna Leung

Pages: 587-591 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Antitumor activity of new combination chemotherapy with irinotecan hydrochloride and nedaplatin against human cervical cancer cell lines

Kaichiro Yamamoto, Michio Iwahana, Eiji Kumazawa, Koji Kakihata, Kunio Abe, Fuyumi Hirano, Akiko Tohgo, Hiroshi Hoshiai, Kiichiro Noda

Pages: 593-598 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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The role of MTA1 gene expression in human hepatocellular carcinoma

Takayuki Hamatsu, Tatsuya Rikimaru, Yo-Ichi Yamashita, Shinichi Aishima, Shinji Tanaka, Ken Shirabe, Mitsuo Shimada, Yasushi Toh, Keizo Sugimachi

Pages: 599-604 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Technetium-99m tetrofosmin scintigraphy in pediatric osteogenic sarcoma

Orazio Schillaci, Angela Spanu, Francesco Scopinaro, Francesco Monteleone, Salvatore Masala, Umberto Tarantino, Giuseppe Madeddu, Giovanni Simonetti

Pages: 605-608 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Expression and regulation patterns of hyaluronidases in small cell lung cancer and glioma lines

Nanna Junker, Scilla Latini, Lone N. Petersen, Paul E.G. Kristjansen

Pages: 609-616 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Anti-angiogenic activity of conjugated linoleic acid on basic fibroblast growth factor-induced angiogenesis

Eun-Joung Moon, You Mie Lee, Kyu-Won Kim

Pages: 617-621 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Detection of disseminated cancer cells in rib marrow of patients with esophageal cancer

Tsuyoshi Noguchi, Tomotaka Shibata, Shoichi Fumoto, Tetsuro Sato, Yuzo Uchida, Tsutomu Daa, Shigeo Yokoyama, Helmut E. Gabbert, Wolfram Mueller, Shinsuke Takeno

Pages: 623-627 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Ionizing radiation and nitric oxide donor sensitize Fas-induced apoptosis via up-regulation of Fas in human cervical cancer cells

In-Chul Park, Sang-Hyeok Woo, Myung-Jin Park, Hyung-Chahn Lee, Su-Jae Lee, Young-Joon Hong, Seung-Hoon Lee, Seok-Il Hong, Chang-Hun Rhee

Pages: 629-633 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Urokinase-type plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 and type 2 in stage I malignant melanoma

Borut Stabuc, Jasmina Markovic, Igor Bartenjev, Ivan Vrhovec, Urska Medved, Borut Kocijancic

Pages: 635-639 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Concomitant chemo-radiotherapy in the treatment of locally advanced and/or metastatic soft tissue sarcomas: Experience of the National Cancer Institute of Genoa

Salvatore Toma, Giuseppe Canavese, Andrea Grimaldi, Giambattista Ravera, Donatella Ugolini, Pierluigi Percivale, Fausto Badellino

Pages: 641-647 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Time from finding abnormality on mass-screening to final diagnosis of lung cancer

Maki Kanashiki, Hiroaki Satoh, Hiroichi Ishikawa, Yuko T. Yamashita, Morio Ohtsuka, Kiyohisa Sekizawa

Pages: 649-652 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Differences in constitutive and activation-induced expression of CD69 and CD95 between normal and chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cells

Umberto De Fanis, Ciro Romano, Liliana Dalla Mora, Ausilia Sellitto, Salvatore Guastafierro, Angelo Tirelli, Elio Bresciano, Riccardo Giunta, Giacomo Lucivero

Pages: 653-658 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Epigenetic changes of tumor suppressor genes, P15, P16, VHL and P53 in oral cancer

Kun-Tu Yeh, Jan-Gowth Chang, Ting-Hsu Lin, Yu-Fen Wang, Ni Tien, Jan-Yi Chang, Jui-Chang Chen, Mu-Chin Shih

Pages: 659-663 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Continuous increase in phosphorylation of cytosolic thymidine kinase during proliferation of rat hepatoma JB1 cells

Ling Lin, Namiko Kuroiwa, Yuichi Moriyama, Shinji Fujimura

Pages: 665-669 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Effects of p53 gene therapy in radiotherapy or thermotherapy of human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell lines

Yuzuru Higuchi, Junichi Asaumi, Jun Murakami, Hidenobu Matsuzaki, Toru Wakasa, Tetsuyoshi Inoue, Hiroshi Shigehara, Hironobu Konouchi, Miki Hisatomi, Shoji Kawasaki, Yoshio Hiraki, Kanji Kishi

Pages: 671-677 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Clinicopathological study of renal cell carcinoma

Tatsuya Nakatani, Naomasa Yoshida, Hiroyuki Iwata, Katsuyuki Kuratsukuri, Junji Uchida, Hidenori Kawashima, Shinichi Ikemoto, Kazunobu Sugimura

Pages: 679-685 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Second-line chemotherapy with combined irinotecan and low-dose cisplatin for patients with metastatic gastric carcinoma resistant to 5-fluorouracil

Shinya Shimada, Yasushi Yagi, Masafumi Kuramoto, Norimitsu Aoki, Michio Ogawa

Pages: 687-691 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Is temporary loop colostomy of the right transverse colon appropriate for complete obstruction by colorectal cancer?

Masaya Mukai, Shinji Himeno, Sayuri Mukoyama, Takayuki Tajima, Yuuki Saito, Isao Ito, Hisao Nakasaki, Hiroyasu Makuuchi

Pages: 693-698 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Promoting effects of high-fat corn oil and high-fat mixed lipid diets on 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced mammary tumorigenesis in F344 rats

Toshiya Kuno, Yoshinobu Hirose, Yasuhiro Yamada, Koujirou Yoshida, Zheng Qiao, Masaki Katayama, Keiko Sakata, Akira Hara, Shigeyuki Sugie, Hideki Mori

Pages: 699-703 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Arsenic trioxide induces apoptosis in leukemia/lymphoma cell lines via the CD95/CD95L system

Jiebin Zhu, Hirokazu Okumura, Shigeki Ohtake, Shinobu Nakamura, Shinji Nakao

Pages: 705-709 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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P53 codon 72 polymorphism in breast cancer

Nur Buyru, Hatice Tigli, Nejat Dalay

Pages: 711-714 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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A combined analysis of two pivotal randomized trials of a single dose of pegfilgrastim per chemotherapy cycle and daily Filgrastim in patients with stage II-IV breast cancer

Salvatore Siena, Martine J. Piccart, Frankie A. Holmes, John Glaspy, James Hackett, Jennifer J. Renwick

Pages: 715-724 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Combined treatment with verapamil, a calcium channel blocker, and B428, a synthetic uPA inhibitor, impairs the metastatic ability of a murine mammary carcinoma

Laura B. Todaro, Virginia Ladeda, Elisa Bal de Kier Joffé, Eduardo F. Farías

Pages: 725-732 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Assessment of circadian rhythms by actimetry in healthy subjects and patients with advanced colorectal cancer

Virginie Chevalier, Marie-Christine Mormont, Hervé Curé, Philippe Chollet

Pages: 733-737 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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The modulation of irinotecan-induced diarrhoea and pharmacokinetics by three different classes of pharmacologic agents

Balram Chowbay, Amarnath Sharma, Qing-Yu Zhou, Yin Bun Cheung, Edmund J.D. Lee

Pages: 745-751 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Regional thermoablation of local or metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Detlef Rohde, Claudia Albers, Andreas Mahnken, Josef Tacke

Pages: 753-757 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Six-week induction chemotherapy followed by concomitant chemoradiation therapy in stage IV head and neck cancer: A phase II study with organ-sparing purposes

Giovanni Mantovani, Elena Massa, Giorgio Astara, Viviana Murgia, Giulia Gramignano, Luca Ferreli, Paolo Camboni, Maria Rita Lusso, Miria Mocci, Clelia Madeddu, Loredana Mura, Maria Caterina Mudu, Ernesto Proto, Giorgio Tore, Manfredi Mura, Antonio Macciò, Antonello Ferreli, Maurizio Amichetti

Pages: 759-766 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Inhibition of DES-induced DNA adducts by diallyl sulfide: Implications in liver cancer prevention

Mario Green, Ronald Thomas, Lisa Gued, Sakeenah Sadrud-din

Pages: 767-771 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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Loss of heterozygosity and p53 polymorphism Pro72Arg in a young patient with medulloblastoma

Iacopo Sardi, Laura Giunti, Pierarturo Donati, Laura Lacitignola, Fabio Tucci, Luigi Sardo, Maria Luisa Giovannucci Uzielli, Gabriella Bernini

Pages: 773-775 Published online on: 01 May 2003
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May-June 2003
Volume 10 Issue 3

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

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