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BMC Cancer, Volume 4

 

 

 

Research article
ACRATA: a novel electron transfer domain associated to apoptosis and cancer
Luis Sanchez-Pulido, Ana M Rojas, Alfonso Valencia, Carlos Martinez-A, Miguel A Andrade
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:98 (29December2004)
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Research article
Plasma prolactin in patients with colorectal cancer
Ahmad Reza Soroush, Hosein Mahmood zadeh, Mehrnush Moemeni, Behnam Shakiba, Sara Elmi
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:97 (23December2004)
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Case report
Splenectomy for solitary splenic metastasis of ovarian cancer
Yang Seok Koh, Jung Chul Kim, Chol Kyoon Cho
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:96 (22December2004)
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Case report
An unusual pathological finding of chronic lymphocitic leukemia and adenocarcinoma of the prostate after transurethral resection for complete urinary retention: case report
Riccardo Ballario, Paolo Beltrami, Stefano Cavalleri, Lorenzo Ruggera, Maria Grazia Zorzi, Walter Artibani
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:95 (22December2004)
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Software
An electronic application for rapidly calculating Charlson comorbidity score
William H Hall, Ramanathan Ramachandran, Samir Narayan, Ashesh B Jani, Srinivasan Vijayakumar
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:94 (20December2004)
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Research article
Expression of inwardly rectifying potassium channels (GIRKs) and beta-adrenergic regulation of breast cancer cell lines
Howard K Plummer III, Qiang Yu, Yavuz Cakir, Hildegard M Schuller
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:93 (16December2004)
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Research article
Role of the p53/p21 system in the response of human colon carcinoma cells to Doxorubicin
Raffaella Ravizza, Marzia B Gariboldi, Laura Passarelli, Elena Monti
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:92 (15December2004)
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Research article
Wnt1 is epistatic to Id2 in inducing mammary hyperplasia, ductal side-branching, and tumors in the mouse
Susan Marino, Claire Romelfanger, Yoshifumi Yokota, Roel Nusse
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:91 (15December2004)
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Case report
Penile metastasis from primary transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis: first manifestation of systemic spread
Giorgio Pomara, Ilaria Pastina, Maurizio Simone, Paolo Casale, Gabriella Marchetti, Francesco Francesca
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:90 (3December2004)
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Case report
Atypical presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma: a mass on the left thoracic wall
ahin oban, Osman Yksel, Seyfettin Kkl, Koray Ceyhan, Meltem Baykara, Abdulkadir Dkmeci
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:89 (1December2004)
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Tumor taxonomy for the developmental lineage classification of neoplasms
Jules J Berman
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:88 (30November2004)
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Research article
Antitumor effectiveness of different amounts of electrical charge in Ehrlich and fibrosarcoma Sa-37 tumors
HC Ciria, MS Quevedo, LB Cabrales, RP Bruzn, MF Salas, OG Pena, TR Gonzlez, DS Lpez, JM Flores
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:87 (26November2004)
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Research article
Immunodominant PstS1 antigen of mycobacterium tuberculosis is a potent biological response modifier for the treatment of bladder cancer
Christian Snger, Andreas Busche, Gabriele Bentien, Ralf Spallek, Fatima Jonas, Andreas Bhle, Mahavir Singh, Sven Brandau
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:86 (26November2004)
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Research article
BAG-1 haplo-insufficiency impairs lung tumorigenesis
Rudolf Gtz, Boris W Kramer, Guadalupe Camarero, Ulf R Rapp
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:85 (24November2004)
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Research article
SMAC is expressed de novo in a subset of cervical cancer tumors
Magali Espinosa, David Cantu, Carlos M Lopez, Jaime G De la Garza, Vilma A Maldonado, Jorge Melendez-Zajgla
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:84 (23November2004)
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Research article
The in vitro effect of gefitinib ('Iressa') alone and in combination with cytotoxic chemotherapy on human solid tumours
Louise A Knight, Federica Di Nicolantonio, Pauline Whitehouse, Stuart Mercer, Sanjay Sharma, Sharon Glaysher, Penny Johnson, Ian A Cree
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:83 (23November2004)
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Research article
Young age: an independent risk factor for disease-free survival in women with operable breast cancer
Wonshik Han, Seok Won Kim, In Ae Park, Daehee Kang, Sung-Won Kim, Yeo-Kyu Youn, Seung Keun Oh, Kuk Jin Choe, Dong-Young Noh
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:82 (17November2004)
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Research article
Direct visualization of electroporation-assisted in vivo gene delivery to tumors using intravital microscopy spatial and time dependent distribution
Maja Cemazar, Ian Wilson, Gabi U Dachs, Gillian M Tozer, Gregor Sersa
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:81 (16November2004)
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Research article
Neuroblastoma and pre-B lymphoma cells share expression of key transcription factors but display tissue restricted target gene expression
Anna Lagergren, Christina Manetopoulos, Hkan Axelson, Mikael Sigvardsson
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:80 (15November2004)
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Research article
G-protein inwardly rectifying potassium channel 1 (GIRK 1) gene expression correlates with tumor progression in non-small cell lung cancer
Iwao Takanami, Yoshimasa Inoue, Masatoshi Gika
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:79 (13November2004)
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Research article
Identification of a panel of tumor-associated antigens from breast carcinoma cell lines, solid tumors and testis cDNA libraries displayed on lambda phage
Emiliano Pavoni, Paola Vaccaro, Andrea Pucci, Giorgia Monteri, Elisa Beghetto, Stefano Barca, Maria Luisa Dupuis, Adolfo De Pasquale Ceratti, Antonio Lugini, Maurizio Cianfriglia, Enrico Cortesi, Franco Felici, Olga Minenkova
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:78 (12November2004)
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Research article
No effects of GSM-modulated 900 MHz electromagnetic fields on survival rate and spontaneous development of lymphoma in female AKR/J mice
Angela M Sommer, Joachim Streckert, Andreas K Bitz, Volkert W Hansen, Alexander Lerchl
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:77 (11November2004)
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Research article
A survey of individual preference for colorectal cancer screening technique
Richard L Nelson, Alan Schwartz
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:76 (8November2004)
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Research article
Fully human IgG and IgM antibodies directed against the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) Gold 4 epitope and designed for radioimmunotherapy (RIT) of colorectal cancers
Vronique Garambois, Fabienne Glaussel, Elodie Foulquier, Marc Ychou, Martine Pugnire, Robin X Luo, Binyam Bezabeh, Andr Plegrin
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:75 (15October2004)
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Case report
Cerebral relapse of metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor during treatment with imatinib mesylate: Case report
Brett Hughes, Desmond Yip, David Goldstein, Paul Waring, Victoria Beshay, Guan Chong
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:74 (9October2004)
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Research article
CD155/PVR plays a key role in cell motility during tumor cell invasion and migration
Kevin E Sloan, Brenda K Eustace, Jean K Stewart, Carol Zehetmeier, Claudia Torella, Marina Simeone, Jennifer E Roy, Christine Unger, David N Louis, Leodevico L Ilag, Daniel G Jay
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:73 (7October2004)
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Research article
Classification between normal and tumor tissues based on the pair-wise gene expression ratio
YeeLeng Yap, XueWu Zhang, MT Ling, XiangHong Wang, YC Wong, Antoine Danchin
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:72 (7October2004)
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Research article
Radiotherapy fractionation for the palliation of uncomplicated painful bone metastases an evidence-based practice guideline
Jackson Sai-Yiu Wu, Rebecca KS Wong, Nancy S Lloyd, Mary Johnston, Andrea Bezjak, Timothy Whelan, the Supportive Care Guidelines Group of Cancer Care Ontario
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:71 (4October2004)
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Research article
Cytotoxicity of psammaplin A from a two-sponge association may correlate with the inhibition of DNA replication
Yahong Jiang, Eun-Young Ahn, Seung Hee Ryu, Dong-Kyoo Kim, Jang-Su Park, Hyun Joo Yoon, Song You, Burm-Jong Lee, Dong Seok Lee, Jee H Jung
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:70 (30September2004)
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Research article
Chemotherapy with cisplatin and vinorelbine for elderly patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Jos Rodrigues Pereira, Sandro J Martins, Sueli M Nikaedo, Flora K Ikari
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:69 (29September2004)
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Research article
Cytokine and immunoglobulin production by PWM-stimulated peripheral and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes of undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients
Lilia Fliss-Jaber, Radhia Houissa-Kastally, Kamel Bouzouita, Naceur Khediri, Ridha Khelifa
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:68 (27September2004)
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Research article
Neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy for resectable esophageal cancer: a clinical practice guideline
Richard A Malthaner, Rebecca KS Wong, R Bryan Rumble, Lisa Zuraw, members of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Disease Site Group of Cancer Care Ontario's Program in Evidence-based Care
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:67 (24September2004)
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Research article
The role of circulating anti-p53 antibodies in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer and their correlation to clinical parameters and survival
Michael Bergqvist, Daniel Brattstrm, Anders Larsson, Patrik Hesselius, Ola Brodin, Gunnar Wagenius
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:66 (14September2004)
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Research article
Methylation profiles of thirty four promoter-CpG islands and concordant methylation behaviours of sixteen genes that may contribute to carcinogenesis of astrocytoma
Jian Yu, Hongyu Zhang, Jun Gu, Song Lin, Junhua Li, Wei Lu, Yifei Wang, Jingde Zhu
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:65 (14September2004)
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Research article
Transformation and scattering activities of the receptor tyrosine kinase RON/Stk in rodent fibroblasts and lack of regulation by the jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus receptor, Hyal2
A Dusty Miller, Neal S Van Hoeven, Shan-Lu Liu
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:64 (13September2004)
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Research article
Cytotoxic effects of Gemcitabine-loaded liposomes in human anaplastic thyroid carcinoma cells
Marilena Celano, Maria Grazia Calvagno, Stefania Bulotta, Donatella Paolino, Franco Arturi, Domenicoantonio Rotiroti, Sebastiano Filetti, Massimo Fresta, Diego Russo
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:63 (13September2004)
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Research article
B-Raf specific antibody responses in melanoma patients
Joachim Fensterle, Jrgen C Becker, Tamara Potapenko, Veronika Heimbach, Claudia S Vetter, Eva B Brcker, Ulf R Rapp
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:62 (12September2004)
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Research article
Characterization of a novel large deletion and single point mutations in the BRCA1 gene in a Greek cohort of families with suspected hereditary breast cancer
Ioulia Belogianni, Angela Apessos, Markos Mihalatos, Evangelia Razi, Stefanos Labropoulos, Andreas Petounis, Vasiliki Gaki, Antonios Keramopoulos, Nikos Pandis, Kyriacos Kyriacou, Andreas Hadjisavvas, Paris Kosmidis, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Georgios Nasioulas
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:61 (7September2004)
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Research article
Survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer: twenty-year data from two SEER registries
Patricia Tai, Edward Yu, Vincent Vinh-Hung, Gbor Cserni, Georges Vlastos
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:60 (2September2004)
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Research article
HER2 expression in cervical cancer as a potential therapeutic target
Alma Chavez-Blanco, Victor Perez-Sanchez, Aurora Gonzalez-Fierro, Teresa Vela-Chavez, Myrna Candelaria, Lucely Cetina, Silvia Vidal, Alfonso Dueas-Gonzalez
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:59 (1September2004)
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Research article
Protein p16 as a marker of dysplastic and neoplastic alterations in cervical epithelial cells
Galina Volgareva, Larisa Zavalishina, Yulia Andreeva, Georgy Frank, Ella Krutikova, Darya Golovina, Alexander Bliev, Dimitry Spitkovsky, Valeriya Ermilova, Fjodor Kisseljov
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:58 (31August2004)
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Case report
Valgus and varus deformity after wide-local excision, brachytherapy and external beam irradiation in two children with lower extremity synovial cell sarcoma: case report
Daniel T Fletcher, William C Warner, Michael D Neel, Thomas E Merchant
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:57 (27August2004)
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Research article
Microarray analysis reveals genetic pathways modulated by tipifarnib in acute myeloid leukemia
Mitch Raponi, Robert T Belly, Judith E Karp, Jeffrey E Lancet, David Atkins, Yixin Wang
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:56 (25August2004)
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Research article
No evidence for involvement of SDHD in neuroblastoma pathogenesis
Katleen De Preter, Jo Vandesompele, Jasmien Hoebeeck, Caroline Vandenbroecke, Jel Smet, Annick Nuyts, Genevive Laureys, Valrie Combaret, Nadine Van Roy, Frank Roels, Rudy Van Coster, Marleen Praet, Anne De Paepe, Frank Speleman
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:55 (24August2004)
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Research article
Opposite role of Bax and BCL-2 in the anti-tumoral responses of the immune system
Gwenola Bougras, Pierre-Franois Cartron, Fabien Gautier, Stphane Martin, Marit LeCabellec, Khaled Meflah, Marc Gregoire, Franois M Vallette
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:54 (24August2004)
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Research article
The impact of surgery and mild hyperthermia on tumor response and angioneogenesis of malignant melanoma in a rat perfusion model
Joerg Pelz, Marco Mollwitz, Christian Stremmel, Jonas Goehl, Arno Dimmler, Werner Hohenberger, Thomas Meyer
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:53 (23August2004)
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Research article
Sensitization of interferon- induced apoptosis in human osteosarcoma cells by extracellular S100A4
Kjetil Boye Pedersen, Kristin Andersen, ystein Fodstad, Gunhild Mari Mlandsmo
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:52 (19August2004)
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Research article
Evaluation of safety and efficacy of gefitinib ('iressa', zd1839) as monotherapy in a series of Chinese patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: experience from a compassionate-use programme
Xin-Lin Mu, Long-Yun Li, Xiao-Tong Zhang, Shu-Lan Wang, Meng-Zhao Wang
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:51 (19August2004)
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Research article
Frequency of cancer in children residing in Mexico City and treated in the hospitals of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (19962001)
Servando Jurez-Ocaa, Guadalupe Gonzlez-Miranda, Juan Manuel Meja-Arangur, Mario Enrique Rendn-Macas, Mara del Carmen Martnez-Garca, Arturo Fajardo-Gutirrez
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:50 (13August2004)
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Research article
Tamoxifen and the Rafoxifene analog LY117018: their effects on arachidonic acid release from cells in culture and on prostaglandin I2 production by rat liver cells
Lawrence Levine
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:49 (13August2004)
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Research article
Is drug-induced toxicity a good predictor of response to neo-adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer? -A prospective clinical study
Chintamani, Vinay Singhal, JP Singh, Ashima Lyall, Sunita Saxena, Anju Bansal
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:48 (13August2004)
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Research article
Ancestry reported by white adults with cutaneous melanoma and control subjects in central Alabama
Ronald T Acton, Ellen H Barton, William W Hollowell, Amy L Dreibelbis, Rodney CP Go, James C Barton
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:47 (13August2004)
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Research article
DMBT1 expression is down-regulated in breast cancer
P Braidotti, PG Nuciforo, J Mollenhauer, A Poustka, C Pellegrini, A Moro, G Bulfamante, G Coggi, S Bosari, GG Pietra
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:46 (9August2004)
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Research article
Genome-wide array comparative genomic hybridization analysis reveals distinct amplifications in osteosarcoma
Tsz-Kwong Man, Xin-Yan Lu, Kim Jaeweon, Laszlo Perlaky, Charles P Harris, Shishir Shah, Marc Ladanyi, Richard Gorlick, Ching C Lau, Pulivarthi H Rao
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:45 (7August2004)
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Research article
The oncogenic fusion protein RUNX1-CBFA2T1 supports proliferation and inhibits senescence in t(8;21)-positive leukaemic cells
Natalia Martinez, Bettina Drescher, Heidemarie Riehle, Claire Cullmann, Hans-Peter Vornlocher, Arnold Ganser, Gerhard Heil, Alfred Nordheim, Jrgen Krauter, Olaf Heidenreich
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:44 (6August2004)
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Research article
Hedgehog-interacting protein is highly expressed in endothelial cells but down-regulated during angiogenesis and in several human tumors
Catherine L Olsen, Pin-Pin Hsu, Jens Glienke, Gabor M Rubanyi, Alan R Brooks
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:43 (4August2004)
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Research article
Elevated expression of MMP-13 and TIMP-1 in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas may reflect increased tumor invasiveness
Nil Culhaci, Kubilay Metin, Eray Copcu, Emel Dikicioglu
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:42 (3August2004)
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Case report
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the parotid metastasizing to liver: case report
K Harish, SR Mangala Gouri
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:41 (30July2004)
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Research article
Stimulation of MMP-11 (stromelysin-3) expression in mouse fibroblasts by cytokines, collagen and co-culture with human breast cancer cell lines
Saxon Selvey, Larisa M Haupt, Erik W Thompson, Klaus I Matthaei, Michael G Irving, Lyn R Griffiths
BMC Cancer 2004, 4:40 (25July2004)
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