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BMC Cancer

Issue 1/2006

Content (298 Articles)

Open Access Case report

Plasmapheresis reverses all side-effects of a cisplatin overdose – a case report and treatment recommendation

Guenter Hofmann, Thomas Bauernhofer, Peter Krippl, Doris Lang-Loidolt, Sabine Horn, Walter Goessler, Walter Schippinger, Ferdinand Ploner, Herbert Stoeger, Hellmut Samonigg

Open Access Research article

Systemic chemotherapy with doxorubicin, cisplatin and capecitabine for metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma

Se Hoon Park, Yuna Lee, Sang Hoon Han, So Young Kwon, Oh Sang Kwon, Sun Suk Kim, Ju Hyun Kim, Yeon Ho Park, Jeong Nam Lee, Soo-Mee Bang, Eun Kyung Cho, Dong Bok Shin, Jae Hoon Lee

Open Access Case report

Hidden chromosomal abnormalities in pleuropulmonary blastomas identified by multiplex FISH

Benoit Quilichini, Nicolas Andre, Corinne Bouvier, Marie-Anne Chrestian, Angelique Rome, Dominique Intagliata, Carole Coze, Gabriel Lena, Helene Zattara

Open Access Research article

Residual neurotoxicity in ovarian cancer patients in clinical remission after first-line chemotherapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel: The Multicenter Italian Trial in Ovarian cancer (MITO-4) retrospective study

Sandro Pignata, Sabino De Placido, Rosalbino Biamonte, Giovanni Scambia, Giovanni Di Vagno, Giuseppe Colucci, Antonio Febbraro, Marco Marinaccio, Alessandra Vernaglia Lombardi, Luigi Manzione, Giacomo Cartenì, Mario Nardi, Saverio Danese, Maria Rosaria Valerio, Andrea de Matteis, Bruno Massidda, Giampietro Gasparini, Massimo Di Maio, Carmela Pisano, Francesco Perrone

Open Access Research article

Upregulation of meiosis-specific genes in lymphoma cell lines following genotoxic insult and induction of mitotic catastrophe

Martins Kalejs, Andrey Ivanov, Gregory Plakhins, Mark S Cragg, Dzintars Emzinsh, Timothy M Illidge, Jekaterina Erenpreisa

Open Access Case report

The carcinogenic potential of tacrolimus ointment beyond immune suppression: a hypothesis creating case report

Jürgen C Becker, Roland Houben, Claudia S Vetter, Eva B Bröcker

Open Access Research article

The monoclonal antibody SM5-1 recognizes a fibronectin variant which is widely expressed in melanoma

Uwe Trefzer, Yingwen Chen, Gunda Herberth, Maja Ann Hofmann, Felix Kiecker, Yajun Guo, Wolfram Sterry

Open Access Research article

The selective Cox-2 inhibitor Celecoxib suppresses angiogenesis and growth of secondary bone tumors: An intravital microscopy study in mice

Frank Michael Klenke, Martha-Maria Gebhard, Volker Ewerbeck, Amir Abdollahi, Peter E Huber, Axel Sckell

Open Access Research article

Cytokeratin 8/18 expression indicates a poor prognosis in squamous cell carcinomas of the oral cavity

Thomas Fillies, Richard Werkmeister, Jens Packeisen, Burkhard Brandt, Philippe Morin, Dieter Weingart, Ulrich Joos, Horst Buerger

Open Access Case report

Spontaneous regression of bone metastasis from renal cell carcinoma; A case report

Takahiro Nakajima, Makoto Suzuki, Soichiro Ando, Tomohiko Iida, Akinobu Araki, Takehiko Fujisawa, Hideki Kimura

Open Access Research article

Analysis of the interaction of extracellular matrix and phenotype of bladder cancer cells

Mikhail G Dozmorov, Kimberly D Kyker, Ricardo Saban, Nicholas Knowlton, Igor Dozmorov, Michael B Centola, Robert E Hurst

Open Access Research article

Comparative effects of RRR-alpha- and RRR-gamma-tocopherol on proliferation and apoptosis in human colon cancer cell lines

Sharon E Campbell, William L Stone, Steven Lee, Sarah Whaley, Hongsong Yang, Min Qui, Paige Goforth, Devin Sherman, Derek McHaffie, Koyamangalath Krishnan

Open Access Research article

Proapoptotic activity of Ukrain is based on Chelidonium majusL. alkaloids and mediated via a mitochondrial death pathway

Daniel Habermehl, Bernd Kammerer, René Handrick, Therese Eldh, Charlotte Gruber, Nils Cordes, Peter T Daniel, Ludwig Plasswilm, Michael Bamberg, Claus Belka, Verena Jendrossek

Open Access Research article

Administration of zoledronic acid enhances the effects of docetaxel on growth of prostate cancer in the bone environment

Kristen D Brubaker, Lisha G Brown, Robert L Vessella, Eva Corey

Open Access Research article

Angiomotin and angiomotin like proteins, their expression and correlation with angiogenesis and clinical outcome in human breast cancer

Wen G Jiang, Gareth Watkins, Anthony Douglas-Jones, Lars Holmgren, Robert E Mansel

Open Access Research article

Prognosis of screen-detected breast cancers: results of a population based study

Laura Cortesi, Vincenzo E Chiuri, Silvia Ruscelli, Valeria Bellelli, Rossella Negri, Ivan Rashid, Claudia Cirilli, Antonella Fracca, Ennio Gallo, Massimo Federico

Open Access Research article

In vitro and in vivo MMP gene expression localisation by In Situ-RT-PCR in cell culture and paraffin embedded human breast cancer cell line xenografts

Larisa M Haupt, Erik W Thompson, Ann EO Trezise, Rachel E Irving, Michael G Irving, Lyn R Griffiths

Open Access Research article

BACH1 Ser919Pro variant and breast cancer risk

Pia Vahteristo, Kristiina Yliannala, Anitta Tamminen, Hannaleena Eerola, Carl Blomqvist, Heli Nevanlinna

Open Access Research article

Simultaneous localization of MLL, AF4 and ENL genes in interphase nuclei by 3D-FISH: MLL translocation revisited

Michaël Gué, Jian-Sheng Sun, Thomas Boudier

Open Access Technical advance

A novel approach for rapid screening of mitochondrial D310 polymorphism

Cenk Aral, Handan Kaya, Çiğdem Ataizi-Çelikel, Mustafa Akkiprik, Özgür Sönmez, Bahadır M Güllüoğlu, Ayşe Özer

Open Access Research article

Increased therapeutic potential of an experimental anti-mitotic inhibitor SB715992 by genistein in PC-3 human prostate cancer cell line

David A Davis, Sarah H Sarkar, Maha Hussain, Yiwei Li, Fazlul H Sarkar

Open Access Research article

Sperm protein 17 is expressed in human nervous system tumours

Fabio Grizzi, Paolo Gaetani, Barbara Franceschini, Antonio Di Ieva, Piergiuseppe Colombo, Giorgia Ceva-Grimaldi, Angelo Bollati, Eldo E Frezza, E Cobos, Riccardo Rodriguez y Baena, Nicola Dioguardi, Maurizio Chiriva-Internati

Open Access Research article

The allelic distribution of -308 Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha gene polymorphism in South African women with cervical cancer and control women

Vandana A Govan, Debbie Constant, Margaret Hoffman, Anna-Lise Williamson

Open Access Research article

Smad4-expression is decreased in breast cancer tissues: a retrospective study

Christina H Stuelten, Miriam B Buck, Juergen Dippon, Anita B Roberts, Peter Fritz, Cornelius Knabbe

Open Access Research article

Hypoxia-inducible transcription factor-1α promotes hypoxia-induced A549 apoptosis via a mechanism that involves the glycolysis pathway

FengMing Luo, XiaoJing Liu, NaiHong Yan, ShuangQing Li, GuiQun Cao, QingYing Cheng, QingJie Xia, HongJing Wang

Open Access Research article

Reduction in the risk of human breast cancer by selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors

Randall E Harris, Joanne Beebe-Donk, Galal A Alshafie

Open Access Research article

Combined immunohistochemistry of β-catenin, cytokeratin 7, and cytokeratin 20 is useful in discriminating primary lung adenocarcinomas from metastatic colorectal cancer

Satoshi Ikeda, Masahiko Fujimori, Satoshi Shibata, Masazumi Okajima, Yasuyo Ishizaki, Takeshi Kurihara, Yoshihiro Miyata, Masahiko Iseki, Yosuke Shimizu, Noriaki Tokumoto, Shinji Ozaki, Toshimasa Asahara

Open Access Research article

Nestin expression in the cell lines derived from glioblastoma multiforme

Renata Veselska, Petr Kuglik, Pavel Cejpek, Hana Svachova, Jakub Neradil, Tomas Loja, Jirina Relichova

Open Access Research article

Quantitative real-time RT-PCR validation of differential mRNA expression of SPARC, FADD, Fascin, COL7A1, CK4, TGM3, ECM1, PPL and EVPLin esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Nan Hu, Luxia Qian, Ying Hu, Jian-Zhong Shou, Chaoyu Wang, Carol Giffen, Quan-Hong Wang, Yuan Wang, Alisa M Goldstein, Michael Emmert-Buck, Philip R Taylor

Open Access Research article

Understanding the attitudes of the elderly towards enrolment into cancer clinical trials

Carol A Townsley, Kelvin K Chan, Gregory R Pond, Christine Marquez, Lillian L Siu, Sharon E Straus

Open Access Research article

Signs of positive selection of somatic mutations in human cancers detected by EST sequence analysis

Vladimir N Babenko, Malay K Basu, Fyodor A Kondrashov, Igor B Rogozin, Eugene V Koonin

Open Access Research article

HFE H63D mutation frequency shows an increase in Turkish women with breast cancer

Aysen Gunel-Ozcan, Sibel Alyılmaz-Bekmez, Emine Nilufer Guler, Dicle Guc

Open Access Research article

Leptin and leptin receptor polymorphisms are associated with increased risk and poor prognosis of breast carcinoma

Kaouther Snoussi, A Donny Strosberg, Noureddine Bouaouina, Slim Ben Ahmed, A Noureddine Helal, Lotfi Chouchane

Open Access Research article

The use of complementary and alternative medicines among patients with locally advanced breast cancer – a descriptive study

Lucy K Helyer, Stephen Chin, Betty K Chui, Barbara Fitzgerald, Sunil Verma, Eileen Rakovitch, George Dranitsaris, Mark Clemons

Open Access Research article

A transcriptome anatomy of human colorectal cancers

Bingjian Lü, Jing Xu, Maode Lai, Hao Zhang, Jian Chen

Open Access Research article

Selection, affinity maturation, and characterization of a human scFv antibody against CEA protein

Emiliano Pavoni, Michela Flego, Maria Luisa Dupuis, Stefano Barca, Fiorella Petronzelli, Anna Maria Anastasi, Valeria D'Alessio, Angela Pelliccia, Paola Vaccaro, Giorgia Monteriù, Alessandro Ascione, Rita De Santis, Franco Felici, Maurizio Cianfriglia, Olga Minenkova

Open Access Research article

Phase I study of intermittent and chronomodulated oral therapy with capecitabine in patients with advanced and/or metastatic cancer

Daniele Santini, Bruno Vincenzi, Gaia Schiavon, Annalisa La Cesa, Simona Gasparro, Angelo Vincenzi, Giuseppe Tonini

Open Access Research article

The knowledge and attitudes of breast self-examination and mammography in a group of women in a rural area in western Turkey

Pınar Erbay Dündar, Dilek Özmen, Beyhan Öztürk, Gökçe Haspolat, Filiz Akyıldız, Sümeyra Çoban, Gamze Çakıroğlu

Open Access Research article

Tolerability of intensified intravenous interferon alfa-2b versus the ECOG 1684 schedule as adjuvant therapy for stage III melanoma: a randomized phase III Italian Melanoma Inter-group trial (IMI – Mel.A.) [ISRCTN75125874]

Vanna Chiarion-Sileni, Paola Del Bianco, Antonella Romanini, Michele Guida, Adriano Paccagnella, Maurizio Dalla Palma, Emanuele Naglieri, Ruggero Ridolfi, Barbara Silvestri, Maria Michiara, Gian Luca De Salvo

Open Access Research article

Inhibitors of apoptosis proteins in human cervical cancer

Magali Espinosa, David Cantú, Norma Herrera, Carlos M Lopez, Jaime G De la Garza, Vilma Maldonado, Jorge Melendez-Zajgla

Open Access Research article

Prognostic significance of HER3 and HER4 protein expression in colorectal adenocarcinomas

Panteleimon Kountourakis, Kitty Pavlakis, Amanda Psyrri, Dimitra Rontogianni, Nikolaos Xiros, Efstratios Patsouris, Dimitrios Pectasides, Theofanis Economopoulos

Open Access Case report

Carcinosarcoma of monoclonal origin arising in a dermoid cyst of ovary: a case report

Daniela Cabibi, Anna Martorana, Francesco Cappello, Elisa Barresi, Claudio Di Gangi, Vito Rodolico

Open Access Research article

CDH1promoter hypermethylation and E-cadherin protein expression in infiltrating breast cancer

José Roberto F Caldeira, Érika C Prando, Francisco C Quevedo, Francisco A Moraes Neto, Cláudia A Rainho, Silvia R Rogatto

Open Access Research article

The effect of bisphosphonates on gene expression: GAPDH as a housekeeping or a new target gene?

Maria Teresa Valenti, Francesco Bertoldo, Luca Dalle Carbonare, Giuseppe Azzarello, Sonia Zenari, Mirko Zanatta, Elena Balducci, Orazio Vinante, Vincenzo Lo Cascio

Open Access Research article

Results of radiation therapy combined with nedaplatin (cis-diammine-glycoplatinum) and 5-Fluorouracil for postoperative locoregional recurrent esophageal cancer

Keiichi Jingu, Kenji Nemoto, Haruo Matsushita, Chiaki Takahashi, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Toshiyuki Sugawara, Eiko Nakata, Yoshihiro Takai, Shogo Yamada

Open Access Research article

[18F] fluoromisonidazole and [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in response evaluation after chemo-/radiotherapy of non-small-cell lung cancer: a feasibility study

Bernd Gagel, Patrick Reinartz, Cengiz Demirel, Hans J Kaiser, Michael Zimny, Marc Piroth, Michael Pinkawa, Sven Stanzel, Branka Asadpour, Kurt Hamacher, Heinz H Coenen, Ulrich Buell, Michael J Eble

Open Access Research article

Fibroblast-derived MT1-MMP promotes tumor progression in vitro and in vivo

Wenyue Zhang, Lynn M Matrisian, Kenn Holmbeck, Catherine C Vick, Eben L Rosenthal

Open Access Research article

PPARγ-independent induction of growth arrest and apoptosis in prostate and bladder carcinoma

Christine L Chaffer, David M Thomas, Erik W Thompson, Elizabeth D Williams

Open Access Research article

Cross-platform expression profiling demonstrates that SV40 small tumor antigen activates Notch, Hedgehog, and Wnt signaling in human cells

Mohamed Ali-Seyed, Noelani Laycock, Suresh Karanam, Wenming Xiao, Eric T Blair, Carlos S Moreno

Open Access Research article

Cyclin A1 promoter hypermethylation in human papillomavirus-associated cervical cancer

Nakarin Kitkumthorn, Pattamawadee Yanatatsanajit, Sorapop Kiatpongsan, Chureerat Phokaew, Surang Triratanachat, Prasert Trivijitsilp, Wichai Termrungruanglert, Damrong Tresukosol, Somchai Niruthisard, Apiwat Mutirangura

Open Access Research article

The fibrinolytic system facilitates tumor cell migration across the blood-brain barrier in experimental melanoma brain metastasis

George Perides, Yuzheng Zhuge, Tina Lin, Monique F Stins, Roderick T Bronson, Julian K Wu

Open Access Research article

Characterization of gastric adenocarcinoma cell lines established from CEA424/SV40 T antigen-transgenic mice with or without a human CEAtransgene

Jessica Nöckel, Natasja K van den Engel, Hauke Winter, Rudolf A Hatz, Wolfgang Zimmermann, Robert Kammerer

Open Access Research article

Transgenic mice with mammary gland targeted expression of human cortactin do not develop (pre-malignant) breast tumors: studies in MMTV-cortactin and MMTV-cortactin/-cyclin D1 bitransgenic mice

Agnes GSH van Rossum, Maaike PA van Bragt, Ellen Schuuring-Scholtes, Jan CM van der Ploeg, Johan HJM van Krieken, Philip M Kluin, Ed Schuuring

Open Access Technical advance

Evaluation of MetriGenix custom 4D™ arrays applied for detection of breast cancer subtypes

Aslaug Aamodt Muggerud, Hilde Johnsen, Debra A Barnes, Adam Steel, Per Eystein Lønning, Bjørn Naume, Therese Sørlie, Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale

Open Access Research article

Zoledronic acid treatment impairs protein geranyl-geranylation for biological effects in prostatic cells

M Goffinet, M Thoulouzan, A Pradines, I Lajoie-Mazenc, Carolyn Weinbaum, JC Faye, S Séronie-Vivien

Open Access Research article

Corticosteroid co-treatment induces resistance to chemotherapy in surgical resections, xenografts and established cell lines of pancreatic cancer

Chengwen Zhang, Armin Kolb, Peter Büchler, Andrew CB Cato, Jürgen Mattern, Werner Rittgen, Lutz Edler, Klaus-Michael Debatin, Markus W Büchler, Helmut Friess, Ingrid Herr

Open Access Research article

Modest induction of phase 2 enzyme activity in the F-344 rat prostate

Sunita B Jones, James D Brooks

Open Access Research article

Analysis of trastuzumab and chemotherapy in advanced breast cancer after the failure of at least one earlier combination: An observational study

Rupert Bartsch, Catharina Wenzel, Dagmar Hussian, Ursula Pluschnig, Ursula Sevelda, Wolfgang Koestler, Gabriela Altorjai, Gottfried J Locker, Robert Mader, Christoph C Zielinski, Guenther G Steger

Open Access Research article

CHEK2 1100delC in patients with metachronous cancers of the breast and the colorectum

Anna Isinger, Misha Bhat, Ake Borg, Mef Nilbert

Open Access Research article

Recombinant AAV-mediated HSVtk gene transfer with direct intratumoral injections and Tet-On regulation for implanted human breast cancer

LI Zi-Bo, ZENG Zhao-Jun, CHEN Qian, LUO Sai-Qun, HU Wei-Xin

Open Access Research article

Polymorphisms of the XRCC1, XRCC3 and XPDgenes and risk of colorectal adenoma and carcinoma, in a Norwegian cohort: a case control study

Camilla Furu Skjelbred, Mona Sæbø, Håkan Wallin, Bjørn Andersen Nexø, Per Christian Hagen, Inger Marie Bowitz Lothe, Steinar Aase, Egil Johnson, Inger-Lise Hansteen, Ulla Vogel, Elin H Kure

Open Access Research article

Proteomic analysis of nipple aspirate fluid from women with early-stage breast cancer using isotope-coded affinity tags and tandem mass spectrometry reveals differential expression of vitamin D binding protein

Timothy M Pawlik, David H Hawke, Yanna Liu, Savitri Krishnamurthy, Herbert Fritsche, Kelly K Hunt, Henry M Kuerer

Open Access Case report

Midline carcinoma with t(15;19) and BRD4-NUTfusion oncogene in a 30-year-old female with response to docetaxel and radiotherapy

Jens Engleson, Maria Soller, Ioannis Panagopoulos, Anna Dahlén, Michael Dictor, Mats Jerkeman

Open Access Research article

Relationship between cyclooxygenase 8473T>Cpolymorphism and the risk of lung cancer: a case-control study

Jung Min Park, Jin Eun Choi, Myung Hwa Chae, Won Kee Lee, Sung Ick Cha, Ji-Woong Son, Chang Ho Kim, Sin Kam, Young Mo Kang, Tae Hoon Jung, Jae Yong Park

Open Access Research article

Association between cigarette smoking, APCmutations and the risk of developing sporadic colorectal adenomas and carcinomas

Mona Sæbø, Camilla F Skjelbred, Rebecca Breistein, Inger Marie B Lothe, Per Chr Hagen, Gunter Bock, Inger-Lise Hansteen, Elin H Kure

Open Access Research article

Alternating current electrical stimulation enhanced chemotherapy: a novel strategy to bypass multidrug resistance in tumor cells

Damir Janigro, Catalin Perju, Vincent Fazio, Kerri Hallene, Gabriele Dini, Mukesh K Agarwal, Luca Cucullo

Open Access Research article

Alteration of proliferation and apoptotic markers in normal and premalignant tissue associated with prostate cancer

Vijayalakshmi Ananthanarayanan, Ryan J Deaton, Ximing J Yang, Michael R Pins, Peter H Gann

Open Access Research article

The bone morphogenetic protein antagonist gremlin 1 is overexpressed in human cancers and interacts with YWHAH protein

Hong Namkoong, Seung Min Shin, Hyun Kee Kim, Seon-Ah Ha, Goang Won Cho, Soo Young Hur, Tae Eung Kim, Jin Woo Kim

Open Access Research article

CD40L induces multidrug resistance to apoptosis in breast carcinoma and lymphoma cells through caspase independent and dependent pathways

Nathalie Voorzanger-Rousselot, Laurent Alberti, Jean-Yves Blay

Open Access Research article

Phase II study of gemcitabine, doxorubicin and paclitaxel (GAT) as first-line chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer: a translational research experience

Alessandro Passardi, Ilaria Massa, Wainer Zoli, Lorenzo Gianni, Carlo Milandri, Federica Zumaglini, Oriana Nanni, Roberta Maltoni, Giovanni Luca Frassineti, Dino Amadori

Open Access Research article

3-Phosphoinositide-dependent Protein Kinase-1 (PDK1) promotes invasion and activation of matrix metalloproteinases

Zhihui Xie, Hongyan Yuan, Yuzhi Yin, Xiao Zeng, Renkui Bai, Robert I Glazer

Open Access Research article

Remarkable change in age-specific breast cancer incidence in the Swiss canton of Geneva and its possible relation with the use of hormone replacement therapy

Christine Bouchardy, Alfredo Morabia, Helena M Verkooijen, Gérald Fioretta, Yves Wespi, Peter Schäfer

Open Access Research article

Small molecule receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor of platelet-derived growth factor signaling (SU9518) modifies radiation response in fibroblasts and endothelial cells

Minglun Li, Gong Ping, Christian Plathow, Thuy Trinh, Kenneth E Lipson, Kai Hauser, Robert Krempien, Juergen Debus, Amir Abdollahi, Peter E Huber

Open Access Research article

Influence of the MDM2 single nucleotide polymorphism SNP309 on tumour development in BRCA1 mutation carriers

Ellen R Copson, Helen E White, Jeremy P Blaydes, David O Robinson, Peter W Johnson, Diana M Eccles

Open Access Research article

Prognostic value of monitoring tumour markers CA 15-3 and CEA during fulvestrant treatment

Rupert Bartsch, Catharina Wenzel, Ursula Pluschnig, Dagmar Hussian, Ursula Sevelda, Gabriela Altorjai, Gottfried J Locker, Robert Mader, Christoph C Zielinski, Guenther G Steger

Open Access Research article

Anthropometric measures in relation to Basal Cell Carcinoma: a longitudinal study

Catherine M Olsen, Maria Celia Hughes, Nirmala Pandeya, Adèle C Green

Open Access Research article

Single nucleotide polymorphisms of the APC gene and colorectal cancer risk: a case-control study in Taiwan

Shee-Ping Chen, Shih-Tzu Tsai, Shu-Wen Jao, Yen-Lun Huang, Yu-Chen Chao, Yi-Lin Chen, Chang-Chieh Wu, Shinn-Zong Lin, Horng-Jyh Harn

Open Access Research article

Evaluation of the kinase domain of c-KIT in canine cutaneous mast cell tumors

Joshua D Webster, Matti Kiupel, Vilma Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan

Open Access Technical advance

Short term culture of breast cancer tissues to study the activity of the anticancer drug taxol in an intact tumor environment

Heiko van der Kuip, Thomas E Mürdter, Maike Sonnenberg, Monika McClellan, Susanne Gutzeit, Andreas Gerteis, Wolfgang Simon, Peter Fritz, Walter E Aulitzky

Open Access Case report

An unusual cause of alveolar hemorrhage post hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A case report

Sachin Gupta, Amit Jain, Tina V Fanning, Daniel R Couriel, Carlos A Jimenez, Georgie A Eapen

Open Access Research article

Expression analysis of mammaglobin A (SCGB2A2) and lipophilin B (SCGB1D2) in more than 300 human tumors and matching normal tissues reveals their co-expression in gynecologic malignancies

Menelaos Zafrakas, Beate Petschke, Andreas Donner, Florian Fritzsche, Glen Kristiansen, Ruth Knüchel, Edgar Dahl

Open Access Research article

Quantitative evaluation of RASSF1Amethylation in the non-lesional, regenerative and neoplastic liver

Sonia Di Gioia, Paolo Bianchi, Annarita Destro, Fabio Grizzi, Alberto Malesci, Luigi Laghi, Massimo Levrero, Alberto Morabito, Massimo Roncalli

Open Access Research article

WT1 gene expression as a prognostic marker in advanced serous epithelial ovarian carcinoma: an immunohistochemical study

Wirote Netinatsunthorn, Jitti Hanprasertpong, Chavaboon Dechsukhum, Roengsak Leetanaporn, Alan Geater

Open Access Research article

Overexpression of ribosomal protein L15 is associated with cell proliferation in gastric cancer

Hui Wang, Li-Na Zhao, Kai-Zong Li, Rui Ling, Xiao-Jun Li, Ling Wang

Open Access Research article

Genomic alterations identified by array comparative genomic hybridization as prognostic markers in tamoxifen-treated estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer

Wonshik Han, Mi-Ryung Han, Jason Jongho Kang, Ji-Yeon Bae, Ji Hyun Lee, Young Ju Bae, Jeong Eon Lee, Hyuk-Jae Shin, Ki-Tae Hwang, Sung-Eun Hwang, Sung-Won Kim, Dong-Young Noh

Open Access Research article

Significance of somatic mutations and content alteration of mitochondrial DNA in esophageal cancer

Duan-Jun Tan, Julia Chang, Ling-Ling Liu, Ren-Kui Bai, Yu-Fen Wang, Kun-Tu Yeh, Lee-Jun C Wong

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High-risk human papilloma virus (HPV) and survival in patients with esophageal carcinoma: a pilot study

Martin Dreilich, Michael Bergqvist, Martin Moberg, Daniel Brattström, Inger Gustavsson, Stefan Bergström, Alkwin Wanders, Patrik Hesselius, Gunnar Wagenius, Ulf Gyllensten

Open Access Research article

Health profiles of 996 melanoma survivors: the M. D. Anderson experience

Charles Stava, Martha Beck, L Todd Weiss, Adriana Lopez, Rena Vassilopoulou-Sellin

Open Access Research article

Breast tumor copy number aberration phenotypes and genomic instability

Jane Fridlyand, Antoine M Snijders, Bauke Ylstra, Hua Li, Adam Olshen, Richard Segraves, Shanaz Dairkee, Taku Tokuyasu, Britt Marie Ljung, Ajay N Jain, Jane McLennan, John Ziegler, Koei Chin, Sandy Devries, Heidi Feiler, Joe W Gray, Frederic Waldman, Daniel Pinkel, Donna G Albertson

Open Access Research article

Mastectomy or breast conserving surgery? Factors affecting type of surgical treatment for breast cancer – a classification tree approach

Michael A Martin, Ramona Meyricke, Terry O'Neill, Steven Roberts

Open Access Research article

Transcription profiles of non-immortalized breast cancer cell lines

Mariana Fernandez-Cobo, James F Holland, Beatriz GT Pogo

Open Access Research article

Prenatal origin of childhood AML occurs less frequently than in childhood ALL

Tatiana Burjanivova, Jozef Madzo, Katerina Muzikova, Claus Meyer, Bjoern Schneider, Felix Votava, Rolf Marschalek, Jan Stary, Jan Trka, Jan Zuna

Open Access Research article

Differential regulation of NF-κB activation and function by topoisomerase II inhibitors

Kirsteen J Campbell, John M O'Shea, Neil D Perkins

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Thyroid cancer in Luxembourg: a national population-based data report (1983–1999)

René Scheiden, Marc Keipes, Carlo Bock, Walter Dippel, Nelly Kieffer, Catherine Capesius

Open Access Technical advance

Intraluminal instillation of urokinase and autologous plasma: a method to unblock occluded central venous ports

Georg Seifert, Hanno Riess, Karl Seeger, Guenter Henze, Anja Borgmann

Open Access Research article

On systems and control approaches to therapeutic gain

Tomas Radivoyevitch, Kenneth A Loparo, Robert C Jackson, W David Sedwick

Open Access Research article

Differential expression of a new isoform of DLG2 in renal oncocytoma

Dmitry Zubakov, Zorica Stupar, Gyula Kovacs

Open Access Research article

Genistein inhibits radiation-induced activation of NF-κB in prostate cancer cells promoting apoptosis and G2/M cell cycle arrest

Julian J Raffoul, Yu Wang, Omer Kucuk, Jeffrey D Forman, Fazlul H Sarkar, Gilda G Hillman

Open Access Case report

Ectopic Cushing' syndrome caused by a neuroendocrine carcinoma of the mesentery

Mathias Fasshauer, Thomas Lincke, Helmut Witzigmann, Regine Kluge, Andrea Tannapfel, Michael Moche, Michael Buchfelder, Stephan Petersenn, Juergen Kratzsch, Ralf Paschke, Christian A Koch

Open Access Research article

KIAA0101 (OEACT-1), an expressionally down-regulated and growth-inhibitory gene in human hepatocellular carcinoma

Minglei Guo, Jinjun Li, Dafang Wan, Jianren Gu

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Correlation between CD105 expression and postoperative recurrence and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma

Lian-yue Yang, Wei-qun Lu, Geng-wen Huang, Wei Wang

Open Access Research article

AIB1 gene amplification and the instability of polyQ encoding sequence in breast cancer cell lines

Lee-Jun C Wong, Pu Dai, Jyh-Feng Lu, Mary Ann Lou, Robert Clarke, Viktor Nazarov

Open Access Research article

PPARδ status and mismatch repair mediated neoplasia in the mouse intestine

Karen R Reed, Owen J Sansom, Anthony J Hayes, Andreas J Gescher, Jeffrey M Peters, Alan R Clarke

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SNP-SNP interactions in breast cancer susceptibility

Venüs Ümmiye Onay, Laurent Briollais, Julia A Knight, Ellen Shi, Yuanyuan Wang, Sean Wells, Hong Li, Isaac Rajendram, Irene L Andrulis, Hilmi Ozcelik

Open Access Research article

Coexistence of K-ras mutations and HPV infection in colon cancer

Nur Buyru, Ayda Tezol, Nejat Dalay

Open Access Research article

Alteration of gene expression profiles during mycoplasma-induced malignant cell transformation

Shimin Zhang, Shien Tsai, Shyh-Ching Lo

Open Access Case report

Primary pancreatic lymphoma – pancreatic tumours that are potentially curable without resection, a retrospective review of four cases

Peter S Grimison, Melvin T Chin, Michelle L Harrison, David Goldstein

Open Access Research article

Prognostic factors in solitary plasmacytoma of the bone: a multicenter Rare Cancer Network study

David Knobel, Abderrahim Zouhair, Richard W Tsang, Philip Poortmans, Yazid Belkacémi, Michel Bolla, Fazilet Dinçbas Oner, Christine Landmann, Bernard Castelain, Mahmut Ozsahin

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A new extract of the plant calendula officinalis produces a dual in vitroeffect: cytotoxic anti-tumor activity and lymphocyte activation

Eva Jiménez-Medina, Angel Garcia-Lora, Laura Paco, Ignacio Algarra, Antonia Collado, Federico Garrido

Open Access Research article

An informatics model for tissue banks – Lessons learned from the Cooperative Prostate Cancer Tissue Resource

Ashokkumar A Patel, John R Gilbertson, Anil V Parwani, Rajiv Dhir, Milton W Datta, Rajnish Gupta, Jules J Berman, Jonathan Melamed, Andre Kajdacsy-Balla, Jan Orenstein, Michael J Becich

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