Journal Articles

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Effects of progesterone and anti-progestin (mifepristone) treatment on proliferation and apoptosis of the human ovarian cancer cell line, OVCAR-3

Raffaèle Fauvet, Charlotte Dufournet Etienne, Christophe Poncelet, Annie-France Bringuier, Gérard Feldmann, Emile Daraï

Pages: 743-748 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Alteration of hTERT full-length variant expression level showed different gene expression profiles and genomic copy number changes in breast cancer

Sun Y. Rha, Hei C. Jeung, Woo I. Yang, Jin J. Kim, Tae J. Oh, Sung W. An, Hyun C. Chung

Pages: 749-755 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Preoperative radiotherapy contributes to induction of proliferative activity of CD8+ tumor-infiltrating T-cells in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Tatsuhiko Suwa, Masanao Saio, Naoki Umemura, Tomomi Yamashita, Makoto Toida, Toshiyuki Shibata, Tsuyoshi Takami

Pages: 757-763 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Clinical significance of Skp2 expression, alone and combined with Jab1 and p27 in epithelial ovarian tumors

Li Sui, Youyi Dong, Yasuo Watanabe, Fuminori Yamaguchi, Katsuyoshi Sugimoto, Masaaki Tokuda

Pages: 765-771 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Alteration and clinical relevance of PTEN expression and its correlation with survivin expression in epithelial ovarian tumors

Li Sui, Youyi Dong, Yasuo Watanabe, Fuminori Yamaguchi, Katsuyoshi Sugimoto, Masaaki Tokuda

Pages: 773-778 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Hypoxia-induced up-regulation of angiopoietin-2 in colorectal cancer

Jinyu Gu, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Minoru Ogawa, Chew Yee Ngan, Katsuki Danno, Hideyuki Hemmi, Naganori Kyo, Ichiro Takemasa, Masataka Ikeda, Mitsugu Sekimoto, Morito Monden

Pages: 779-783 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Corona enhancement in ultrasonographical post-vascular phase images with microbubble contrast agent: A novel specific sign for hepatocellular carcinomas

Kouji Yamamoto, Shigeo Nakanishi, Hiroyuki Fuke, Akira Hashimoto, Atsuya Shimizu, Toshinobu Hamataki, Katsuya Shiraki

Pages: 785-790 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Loss of imprinting in IGF2 in colorectal carcinoma assessed by microdissection

Shiori Maenaka, Tetsurou Hikichi, Miwa A. Imai, Toshinari Minamoto, Ei Kawahara

Pages: 791-795 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Disordered expression of HOX genes in human non-small cell lung cancer

Motoki Abe, Jun-ichi Hamada, Osamu Takahashi, Yoko Takahashi, Mitsuhiro Tada, Masaki Miyamoto, Toshiaki Morikawa, Satoshi Kondo, Tetsuya Moriuchi

Pages: 797-802 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Detection of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 protein and gene in fine needle aspiration cytology specimens and tissue sections from invasive breast cancer: Can cytology specimens take the place of tissue sections?

Kazuhiro Sumiyoshi, Yuro Shibayama, Shizuka Akashi, Takehiro Nohara, Mitsuhiko Iwamoto, Toshihiro Kobayashi, Haruto Nishimura, Ryoji Yoshinaka, Tomoaki Harada, Nobuhiko Tanigawa

Pages: 803-808 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Predicting recurrence and metastasis of primary esophageal cancer with or without lymph node metastasis

Takayuki Tajima, Masaya Mukai, Shinkichi Sato, Hiromi Ninomiya, Kanako Wakui, Nobukazu Komatsu, Kazutoshi Tsuchiya, Hisao Nakasaki, Hiroyasu Makuuchi

Pages: 809-814 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Recurrence and 5-FU sensitivity of stage I/II node-negative breast, lung, or gastric cancer with occult neoplastic cells in lymph node sinuses

Masaya Mukai, Shinkichi Sato, Takayuki Tajima, Hiromi Ninomiya, Kanako Wakui, Nobukazu Komatsu, Kazutoshi Tsuchiya, Hisao Nakasaki, Hiroyasu Makuuchi

Pages: 815-820 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Distribution of p53 mutations in esophageal and gastric carcinomas and the relationship with p53 expression

Koichi Hanazono, Shoji Natsugoe, Hubert J. Stein, Takashi Aikou, Heinz Hoefler, J. Ruediger Siewert

Pages: 821-824 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Expression level of vascular endothelial growth factor-C and -A in cultured human oral squamous cell carcinoma correlates respectively with lymphatic metastasis and angiogenesis when transplanted into nude mouse oral cavity

Takayuki Nakazato, Susumu Shingaki, Nobutaka Kitamura, Chikara Saito, Ryozo Kuwano, Masayoshi Tachibana

Pages: 825-830 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Enhanced in vitro invasiveness of ovarian cancer cells through up-regulation of VEGF and induction of MMP-2

Ali Zhang, Li Meng, Qunsheng Wang, Ling Xi, Gang Chen, Shixuan Wang, Jianfeng Zhou, Yunping Lu, Ding Ma

Pages: 831-836 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

The combination effect of amrubicin with cisplatin or irinotecan for small-cell lung cancer cells

Nagio Takigawa, Masako Takeyama, Takuo Shibayama, Atsuhiko Tada, Noriko Kawata, Chiharu Okada, Keisuke Aoe, Toshiyuki Kozuki, Katsuyuki Hotta, Masahiro Tabata, Katsuyuki Kiura, Hiroshi Ueoka, Mitsune Tanimoto, Kiyoshi Takahashi

Pages: 837-842 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Anticancer effects of phenoxazine derivatives combined with tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand on pancreatic cancer cell lines, KLM-1 and MIA-PaCa-2

Seiko Kato, Ken Shirato, Kazuhiko Imaizumi, Hiroko Toyota, Junichiro Mizuguchi, Masato Odawara, Xiao-Fang Che, Shinichi Akiyama, Akihisa Abe, Akio Tomoda

Pages: 843-848 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Phase I study of S-1 and biweekly docetaxel combination chemotherapy for advanced and recurrent gastric cancer

Ikuo Takahashi, Yasunori Emi, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Eriko Tokunaga, Shin Ushiro, Eiji Oki, Masayuki Watanabe, Hideo Baba, Yoshihiko Maehara

Pages: 849-854 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

PTEN sensitizes epidermal growth factor-mediated proliferation in endometrial carcinoma cells

Liu Lin Tang, Yasuhiro Yokoyama, Xiaoyun Wan, Shigenori Iwagaki, Kenji Niwa, Teruhiko Tamaya

Pages: 855-859 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Beneficial effects of protein-bound polysaccharide K plus tegafur/uracil in patients with stage II or III colorectal cancer: Analysis of immunological parameters

Susumu Ohwada, Tetsushi Ogawa, Fujio Makita, Yoshifumi Tanahashi, Toshihiro Ohya, Naoki Tomizawa, Yoshihiro Satoh, Isao Kobayashi, Masaru Izumi, Izumi Takeyoshi, Kunihiro Hamada, Shigeyuki Minaguchi, Yasushi Togo, Tago Toshihiko, Toru Koyama, Masashi Kamio

Pages: 861-868 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Inhibitory effects of fermented brown rice and rice bran on the development of acute hepatitis in Long-Evans Cinnamon rats

Toshiyuki Shibata, Hiroki Nagayasu, Hiroyuki Kitajo, Makoto Arisue, Tomomi Yamashita, Daijiro Hatakeyama, Teruaki Iwasaki, Hiroshi Kobayashi

Pages: 869-874 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Correlation between chemosensitivity and mRNA expression level of 5-fluorouracil-related metabolic enzymes during liver metastasis of colorectal cancer

Kenji Okumura, Hisanori Shiomi, Eiji Mekata, Machiko Kaizuka, Yoshihiro Endo, Yoshimasa Kurumi, Tohru Tani

Pages: 875-882 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Human papillomavirus in lung carcinomas among three Latin American countries

Andres Castillo, Francisco Aguayo, Chihaya Koriyama, Karem Shuyama, Suminori Akiba, Roberto Herrera-Goepfert, Edwin Carrascal, German Klinge, Juvenal Sánchez, Yoshito Eizuru

Pages: 883-888 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

PAR-type thrombin receptors in renal carcinoma cells: PAR1-mediated EGFR activation promotes cell migration

Sebastian Bergmann, Kerstin Junker, Peter Henklein, Morley D. Hollenberg, Utz Settmacher, Roland Kaufmann

Pages: 889-893 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Postoperative immunosuppression cascade and immunotherapy using lymphokine-activated killer cells for patients with esophageal cancer: Possible application for compensatory anti-inflammatory response syndrome

Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Jun Hihara, Katsuji Hironaka, Akiko Ohshita, Riki Okita, Makoto Okawaki, Kazuo Matsuura, Ichiro Nagamine, Takuhiro Ikeda, Masahiro Ohara, Yoichi Hamai

Pages: 895-901 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Parous mammary glands exhibit distinct alterations in gene expression and proliferation responsiveness to carcinogenic stimuli in Lewis rats

Norihisa Uehara, Akira Unami, Yasuhiko Kiyozuka, Nobuaki Shikata, Yuji Oishi, Airo Tsubura

Pages: 903-911 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Synergistic growth suppression induced in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells by combined treatment with docetaxel and heavy carbon-ion beam irradiation

Hiroyuki Kitabayashi, Hideaki Shimada, Shigeru Yamada, Shigeo Yasuda, Tadashi Kamata, Koichi Ando, Hirohiko Tsujii, Takenori Ochiai

Pages: 913-918 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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A homologue of the Drosophila headcase protein is a novel tumor marker for early-stage colorectal cancer

Chih-Cheng Chien, Chun-Chao Chang, Shung-Haur Yang, Shu-Hung Chen, Chi-Jung Huang

Pages: 919-926 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Yosuke Tanaka, Hironori Maeda, Yasuhiro Ogawa, Akihito Nishioka, Satoshi Itoh, Kei Kubota, Hironobu Ue, Kimiko Nakatani, Shiro Sasaguri

Pages: 927-931 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Correlation of human Bub1 expression with tumor-proliferating activity in salivary gland tumors

Hideo Shigeishi, Shingo Yoneda, Masayuki Taki, Takeshi Nobumori, Kouji Ohta, Koichiro Higashikawa, Wataru Yasui, Nobuyuki Kamata

Pages: 933-938 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Optimal combination chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy with etoposide for advanced cervical squamous cancer cells in vitro

Tetsuji Tanaka, Tao Bai, Kazunori Yukawa, Naohiko Umesaki

Pages: 939-947 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

TP53 codon 72 polymorphism in radiation-associated human papillary thyroid cancer

Tatiana I. Rogounovitch, Vladimir A. Saenko, Kiyoto Ashizawa, Ilya A. Sedliarou, Hiroyuki Namba, Aleksandr Yu. Abrosimov, Eugeny F. Lushnikov, Pavel O. Roumiantsev, Marina V. Konova, Natalia S. Petoukhova, Irina V. Tchebotareva, Viktor K. Ivanov, Sergei Yu. Chekin, Tatiana I. Bogdanova, Mykola D. Tronko, Anatoly F. Tsyb, Gerry A. Thomas, Shunichi Yamashita

Pages: 949-956 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Novel biodegradable HSAM nanoparticle for drug delivery

Bin Liu, Shiquan Jiang, Wandi Zhang, Fei Ye, Yu-Hang Wang, Josephine Wu, David Y. Zhang

Pages: 957-961 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Overview: Computational analysis and decision support systems in oncology

Fillia Makedon, Vangelis Karkaletsis, Ilias Maglogiannis

Pages: 971-974 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

The Wisconsin breast cancer problem: Diagnosis and TTR/DFS time prognosis using probabilistic and generalised regression information classifiers

Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, Christos Anagnostopoulos, Dimitrios Vergados, Angelos Rouskas, George Kormentzas

Pages: 975-981 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Operational criteria for selecting a cDNA microarray data normalization algorithm

C. Argyropoulos, A. A. Chatziioannou, G. Nikiforidis, A. Moustakas, G. Kollias, V. Aidinis

Pages: 983-996 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Neuronal networks and textural descriptors for automated tissue classification in endoscopy

George D. Magoulas

Pages: 997-1000 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Automated identification of cancerous smears using various competitive intelligent techniques

G. Dounias, B. Bjerregaard, J. Jantzen, A. Tsakonas, N. Ampazis, G. Panagi, E. Panourgias

Pages: 1001-1006 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Blind source separation for the computational analysis of dynamic oncological PET studies

Trias Thireou, Sotiris Pavlopoulos, George Kontaxakis, Andres Santos

Pages: 1007-1012 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Breast tumor malignancy modelling using evolutionary neural logic networks

Athanasios Tsakonas, Georgios Dounias, Georgia Panagi, Evangelia Panourgias

Pages: 1013-1017 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Comparative study of intelligent models for the prediction of bladder cancer progression

M. F. Abbod, D. A. Linkens, J. W.F. Catto, F. C. Hamdy

Pages: 1019-1022 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Discriminating benign from malignant thyroid lesions using artificial intelligence and statistical selection of morphometric features

Beatrix Cochand-Priollet, Konstantinos Koutroumbas, Tatiana Mona Megalopoulou, Abraham Pouliakis, Gregory Sivolapenko, Petros Karakitsos

Pages: 1023-1026 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Computational vision systems for the detection of malignant melanoma

Ilias Maglogiannis, Dimitrios I. Kosmopoulos

Pages: 1027-1032 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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The potential of feature selection by statistical techniques and the use of statistical classifiers in the discrimination of benign from malignant gastric lesions

Tatiana Mona Megalopoulou, Konstantinos Koutroumbas, Abraham Pouliakis, Gregory Sivolapenko, Petros Karakitsos

Pages: 1033-1036 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Computational intelligence for the detection and classification of malignant lesions in screening mammography

Evangelia Panourgias, Athanasios Tsakonas, Georgios Dounias, Georgia Panagi

Pages: 1037-1041 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Visual analysis of statistical results from microarray studies of human breast cancer

David M. Reif, Jason H. Moore

Pages: 1043-1047 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Review

Classification algorithms for microcalcifications in mammograms (Review)

E. Sakka, A. Prentza, D. Koutsouris

Pages: 1049-1055 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Tumor classification based on DNA copy number aberrations determined using SNP arrays

Yuhang Wang, Fillia Makedon, Justin Pearlman

Pages: 1057-1059 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Optimization of white matter tractography for pre-surgical planning and image-guided surgery

Konstantinos Arfanakis, Minzhi Gui, Mariana Lazar

Pages: 1061-1064 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

The clinical perspective of large scale projects: A case study of multiparametric MR imaging of pediatric brain tumors

L. Astrakas, Song Ye, M. Zarifi, F. Makedon, A. Aria Tzika

Pages: 1065-1069 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Utilization of evidence theory in the detection of salient regions in successive CT images

Thanos Athanasiadis, Manolis Wallace, Kostas Karpouzis, Stefanos Kollias

Pages: 1071-1076 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Statistical comparison of color cancer cell images

Eugene Demidenko

Pages: 1077-1079 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Early lung cancer detection based on registered perfusion MRI

Heng Huang, Li Shen, James Ford, Ling Gao, Justin Pearlman

Pages: 1081-1084 Published online on: 01 April 2006
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Spatio-temporal modeling of lung images for cancer detection

Li Shen, Wei Zheng, Ling Gao, Heng Huang, Fillia Makedon, Justin Pearlman

Pages: 1085-1089 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

Integrated telemedicine applications and services for oncological positron emission tomography

George Kontaxakis, Dimitris Visvikis, Roland Ohl, Ilias Sachpazidis, Juan Pablo Suarez, Peter Selby, Catherine Cheze-Le Rest, Andres Santos, Fernando Ortega, Javier Diaz, Leyun Pan, Ludwig Strauss, Antonia Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss, Georgios Sakas, Miguel Angel Pozo

Pages: 1091-1100 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Article

A web-based system for supporting collaboration towards resolving oncology issues

Nikos Karacapilidis, Dimitrios Koukouras

Pages: 1101-1107 Published online on: 01 April 2006
Journal Cover

April 2006
Volume 15 Issue 4

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

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