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BMC Cancer, Volume 9

 
Research article
B7-H4 gene polymorphisms are associated with sporadic breast cancer in a Chinese Han population
Jie Zhang, Mingyan Zhang, Wei Jiang, Lihong Wang, Zhenkun Fu, Dalin Li, Da Pang, Dianjun Li
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:394 (11November2009)
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Research article
A balanced t(5;17) (p15;q22-23) in chondroblastoma: frequency of the re-arrangement and analysis of the candidate genes
Salvatore Romeo, Karoly Szuhai, Isao Nishimori, Marije Ijszenga, Pauline Wijers-Koster, Antonie HM Taminiau, Pancras CW Hogendoorn
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:393 (10November2009)
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Research article
A Smac-mimetic sensitizes prostate cancer cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis via modulating both IAPs and NF-kappaB
Yao Dai, Meilan Liu, Wenhua Tang, Yongming Li, Jiqin Lian, Theodore S Lawrence, Liang Xu
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:392 (6November2009)
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Research article
Assessment of angiogenesis by CD105 antigen in epithelial salivary gland neoplasms with diverse metastatic behavior
Sergio V Cardoso, Kelen Christine N Souza, Paulo Rogerio Faria, Ana Lucia A Eisenberg, Fernando L Dias, Adriano M Loyola
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:391 (4November2009)
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Research article
Circulating levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) and their complex MMP-9/NGAL in breast cancer disease
Xeni Provatopoulou, Antonia Gounaris, Eleni Kalogera, Flora Zagouri, Ioannis Flessas, Evgenios Goussetis, Afroditi Nonni, Ioannis Papassotiriou, George Zografos
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:390 (4November2009)
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Research article
Predicting prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma after curative surgery with common clinicopathologic parameters
Ke Hao, John M Luk, Nikki P Y Lee, Mao Mao, Chunsheng Zhang, Mark D Ferguson, John Lamb, Hongyue Dai, Irene O Ng, Pak C Sham, Ronnie T P Poon
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:389 (3November2009)
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Research article
Continuous 5-fluorouracil infusion plus long acting Octreotide in advanced well differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas. A phase II trial of the Piemonte Oncology Network.
Maria P Brizzi, Alfredo Berruti, Anna Ferrero, Enrica Milanesi, Marco Volante, Federico Castiglione, Nadia Birocco, Sebastiano Bombaci, Davide Perroni, Benedetta Ferretti, Oscar Alabiso, Libero Ciuffreda, Oscar Bertetto, Mauro Papotti, Luigi Dogliotti
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:388 (3November2009)
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Research article
Proliferation and survival molecules implicated in the inhibition of BRAF pathway in thyroid cancer cells harbouring different genetic mutations
Ana Preto, Joana Gonalves, Ana P Rebocho, Joana Figueiredo, Ana M Meireles, Ana S Rocha, Helena M Vasconcelos, Hugo Seca, Raquel Seruca, Paula Soares, Manuel Sobrinho-Simes
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:387 (31October2009)
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Research article
The mannosylated extracellular domain of Her2/neu produced in P. pastoris induces protective antitumor immunity.
Alexios Dimitriadis, Chrysanthi Gontinou, Constantin N. Baxevanis, Avgi Mamalaki
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:386 (30October2009)
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Research article
High frequency of tumor cells with nuclear Egr-1 protein expression in human bladder cancer is associated with disease progression
Frederikke Lihme Egerod, Annette Bartels, Niels Fristrup, Michael Borre, Torben F rntoft, Martin B Oleksiewicz, Nils Brnner, Lars Dyrskjt
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:385 (30October2009)
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Research article
Cooperation of decay-accelerating factor and membrane cofactor protein in regulating survival of human cervical cancer cells
Ling-Juan Gao, Shu-Yu Guo, You-Qun Cai, Ping-Qing Gu, Ya-Juan Su, Hui Gong, Yun Liu, Chen Chen
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:384 (30October2009)
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Research article
Wnt pathway reprogramming during human embryonal carcinoma differentiation and potential for therapeutic targeting
Grace E Snow, Allison C Kasper, Alexander M Busch, Elisabeth Schwarz, Katherine E Ewings, Thomas Bee, Michael J Spinella, Ethan Dmitrovsky, Sarah J Freemantle
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:383 (29October2009)
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Research article
Assessing pathogenicity of MLH1 variants by co-expression of human MLH1 and PMS2 genes in yeast
Matjaz Vogelsang, Aleksandra Comino, Neja Zupanec, Petra Hudler, Radovan Komel
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:382 (28October2009)
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Research article
Comparison of breast cancer survival in two populations: Ardabil, Iran and British Columbia, Canada
Alireza Sadjadi, T Gregory Hislop, Chris Bajdik, Morteza Bashash, Anahita Ghorbani, Mehdi Nouraie, Masoud Babaei, Reza Malekzadeh, Parvin Yavari
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:381 (28October2009)
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Research article
TRPV6 alleles do not influence prostate cancer progression
Thorsten Kessler, Ulrich Wissenbach, Rainer Grobholz, Veit Flockerzi
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:380 (26October2009)
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Research article
Association between an 8q24 locus and the risk of colorectal cancer in Japanese.
Keitaro Matsuo, Takeshi Suzuki, Hidemi Ito, Satoyo Hosono, Takakazu Kawase, Miki Watanabe, Kohei Shitara, Koji Komori, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Takashi Hirai, Yasuhi Yatabe, Hideo Tanaka, Kazuo Tajima
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:379 (26October2009)
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Research article
Expression profiling identifies genes involved in neoplastic transformation of serous ovarian cancer
Melissa A Merritt, Peter G Parsons, Tanya R Newton, Adam C Martyn, Penelope M Webb, Adle C Green, David J Papadimos, Glen M Boyle
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:378 (23October2009)
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Research article
Loss of prostasin (PRSS8) in human bladder transitional cell carcinoma cell lines is associated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)
Li-Mei Chen, Nicole J Verity, Karl X Chai
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:377 (22October2009)
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Research article
Clinical meaning of age-related expression of fecal cytokeratin 19 in colorectal malignancy
Chun-Chao Chang, Shung-Haur Yang, Chih-Cheng Chien, Shu-Hung Chen, Shiann Pan, Chia-Long Lee, Chih-Ming Lin, Hsiao-Lun Sun, Chi-Cheng Huang, Yih-Yiing Wu, Ruey-Neng Yang, Chi-Jung Huang
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:376 (22October2009)
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Research article
Retrospective analysis of 119 Chinese noninflammatory locally advanced breast cancer cases treated with intravenous combination of vinorelbine and epirubicin as a neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a median follow-up of 63.4 months
Ou Huang, CanMing Chen, JiaYi Wu, ShuJie Chen, XiaoSong Chen, GuangYu Liu, Zhen Hu, JingSong Lu, Jiong Wu, ZhiMin Shao, ZhenZhou Shen, KunWei Shen
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:375 (21October2009)
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Research article
Characterization of global microRNA expression reveals oncogenic potential of miR-145 in metastatic colorectal cancer
Greg M Arndt, Lesley Dossey, Lara M Cullen, Angela Lai, Riki Druker, Michael Eisbacher, Chunyan Zhang, Nham Tran, Hongtao Fan, Kathy Retzlaff, Anton Bittner, Mitch Raponi
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:374 (20October2009)
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Research article
The incidence and risk of developing a second primary esophageal cancer in patients with oral and pharyngeal carcinoma: a population-based study in Taiwan over a 25 year period
Kuan-Der Lee, Chang-Hsien Lu, Ping-Tsung Chen, Chunghuang Hubert Chan, Jen-Tsun Lin, Cih-En Huang, Chih-Cheng Chen, Min-Chi Chen
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:373 (20October2009)
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Research article
Early termination of ISRCTN45828668, a phase 1/2 prospective, randomized study of Sulfasalazine for the treatment of progressing malignant gliomas in adults
Pierre A Robe, Didier H Martin, Minh T Nguyen-Khac, Maria Artesi, Manuel Deprez, Adelin Albert, Sophie Vanbelle, Stephane Califice, Markus Bredel, Vincent Bours
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:372 (19October2009)
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Research article
NK-like homeodomain proteins activate NOTCH3-signaling in leukemic T-cells
Stefan Nagel, Letizia Venturini, Grzegorz K Przybylski, Piotr Grabarczyk, Corinna Meyer, Maren Kaufmann, Karin Battmer, Christian A Schmidt, Hans G Drexler, Michaela Scherr, Roderick AF MacLeod
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:371 (19October2009)
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Research article
Clinical relevance of nine transcriptional molecular markers for the diagnosis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in tissue and saliva rinse
Benjamin Lallemant, Alexandre Evrard, Christophe Combescure, Heliette Chapuis, Guillaume Chambon, Caroline Raynal, Christophe Reynaud, Omar Sabra, Dominique Joubert, Frdric Hollande, Jean-Gabriel Lallemant, Serge Lumbroso, Jean-Paul Brouillet
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:370 (18October2009)
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Research article
Growth inhibition of thyroid follicular cell-derived cancers by the opioid growth factor (OGF) - opioid growth factor receptor (OGFr) axis
Patricia J McLaughlin, Ian S Zagon, Sunny S Park, Andrea Conway, Renee N Donahue, David Goldenberg
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:369 (18October2009)
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Research article
Potential predictive markers of chemotherapy resistance in stage III ovarian serous carcinomas
Lovisa sterberg, Kristina Levan, Karolina Partheen, Ulla Delle, Bjrn Olsson, Karin Sundfeldt, Gyrgy Horvath
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:368 (18October2009)
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Research article
Predicting for activity of second-line trastuzumab-based therapy in her2-positive advanced breast cancer
Rupert Bartsch, Catharina De Vries, Ursula Pluschnig, Peter Dubsky, Zsuzsanna Bago-Horvath, Simon P Gampenrieder, Margaretha Rudas, Robert M Mader, Andrea Rottenfusser, Christoph Wiltschke, Michael Gnant, Christoph C Zielinski, Guenther G Steger
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:367 (17October2009)
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Research article
Identification of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins associated with metastasis and functional analysis of FER in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells
Haiyu Li, Zhenggang Ren, Xiaonan Kang, Lan Zhang, Xuefei Li, Yan Wang, Tongchun Xue, Yuefang Shen, Yinkun Liu
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:366 (16October2009)
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Research article
A 7 gene expression score predicts for radiation response in cancer cervix
Thangarajan Rajkumar, Neelakantan Vijayalakshmi, Kesavan Sabitha, Sundersingh Shirley, Ganesharaja Selvaluxmy, Mayil Vahanan Bose, Lavanya Nambaru
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:365 (15October2009)
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Research article
Socioeconomic disparities in breast cancer survival: relation to stage at diagnosis, treatment and race
Xue Qin Yu
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:364 (14October2009)
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Research article
Establishment of canine hemangiosarcoma xenograft models expressing endothelial growth factors, their receptors, and angiogenesis-associated homeobox genes
Atsushi Kodama, Hiroki Sakai, Satoko Matsuura, Mami Murakami, Atsuko Murai, Takashi Mori, Kouji Maruo, Tohru Kimura, Toshiaki Masegi, Tokuma Yanai
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:363 (14October2009)
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Research article
Overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor C increases growth and alters the metastatic pattern of orthotopic PC-3 prostate tumors
Johanna Tuomela, Maija Valta, Jani Seppnen, Kati Tarkkonen, H Kalervo Vnnen, Pirkko Hrknen
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:362 (12October2009)
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Research article
Combination of interferon-alpha and 5-fluorouracil inhibits endothelial cell growth directly and by regulation of angiogenic factors released by tumor cells
Hiroshi Wada, Hiroaki Nagano, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Takehiro Noda, Masahiro Murakami, Shogo Kobayashi, Shigeru Marubashi, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yutaka Takeda, Masahiro Tanemura, Koji Umeshita, Yuichiro Doki, Masaki Mori
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:361 (12October2009)
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Research article
Selecting for BRCA1 testing using a combination of homogeneous selection criteria and immunohistochemical characteristics of breast cancers
GianMaria Miolo, Vincenzo Canzonieri, Clelia De Giacomi, Lara Della Puppa, Riccardo Dolcetti, Davide Lombardi, Tiziana Perin, Simona Scalone, Andrea Veronesi, Alessandra Viel
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:360 (10October2009)
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Research article
DNA damage induced by cis- and carboplatin as indicator for in vitro sensitivity of ovarian carcinoma cells
Florian T Unger, Hermann A Klasen, Garri Tchartchian, Rudy L de Wilde, Irene Witte
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:359 (10October2009)
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Research article
Ability of Group IVB metallocene polyethers containing dienestrol to arrest the growth of selected cancer cell lines
Michael R Roner, Charles E Carraher Jr, Kimberly Shahi, Yuki Ashida, Girish Barot
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:358 (7October2009)
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Research article
ST3Gal.I sialyltransferase relevance in bladder cancer tissues and cell lines
Paula A Videira, Manuela Correia, Nadia Malagolini, Hlio J Crespo, Drio Ligeiro, Fernando M Calais, Helder Trindade, Fabio Dall'Olio
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:357 (7October2009)
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Research article
The influence of P-glycoprotein expression and its inhibitors on the distribution of doxorubicin in breast tumors
Krupa J Patel, Ian F Tannock
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:356 (6October2009)
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Study protocol
FRAGMATIC: A randomised phase III clinical trial investigating the effect of fragmin added to standard therapy in patients with lung cancer
Gareth O Griffiths, Sarah Burns, Simon I Noble, Fergus R Macbeth, David Cohen, Timothy S Maughan
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:355 (6October2009)
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Research article
Recurrence in oral and pharyngeal cancer is associated with quantitative MGMT promoter methylation
Emanuela Taioli, Camille Ragin, Xiao-hong Wang, Jiangying Chen, Scott M Langevin, Ashley R Brown, Susanne M Gollin, Seymour Garte, Robert W Sobol
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:354 (6October2009)
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Research article
miRNAs in lung cancer - Studying complex fingerprints in patient's blood cells by microarray experiments
Andreas Keller, Petra Leidinger, Anne Borries, Anke Wendschlag, Frank Wucherpfennig, Matthias Scheffler, Hanno Huwer, Hans-Peter Lenhof, Eckart Meese
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:353 (6October2009)
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Research article
Role of key-regulator genes in melanoma susceptibility and pathogenesis among patients from South Italy
Milena Casula, Antonio Muggiano, Antonio Cossu, Mario Budroni, Corrado Carac, Paolo A Ascierto, Elena Pagani, Ignazio Stanganelli, Sergio Canzanella, MariaCristina Sini, Grazia Palomba, The Italian Melanoma Intergroup (IMI), Giuseppe Palmieri
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:352 (3October2009)
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Research article
Anti-HER2 IgY antibody-functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes for detection and selective destruction of breast cancer cells
Yan Xiao, Xiugong Gao, Oleh Taratula, Stephen Treado, Aaron Urbas, R David Holbrook, Richard E Cavicchi, C Thomas Avedisian, Somenath Mitra, Ronak Savla, Paul D Wagner, Sudhir Srivastava, Huixin He
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:351 (2October2009)
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Research article
Tumor suppressor protein SMAR1 modulates the roughness of cell surface: combined AFM and SEM study
Ruchika Kaul-Ghanekar, Sandeep Singh, Hitesh Mamgain, Archana Jalota-Badhwar, Kishore M Paknikar, Samit Chattopadhyay
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:350 (2October2009)
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Research article
Intensity and timing of physical activity in relation to postmenopausal breast cancer risk: the prospective NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study
Tricia M Peters, Steven C Moore, Gretchen L Gierach, Nicholas J Wareham, Ulf Ekelund, Albert R Hollenbeck, Arthur Schatzkin, Michael F Leitzmann
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:349 (1October2009)
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Research article
Noninvasive detection of lung cancer by analysis of exhaled breath
Amel Bajtarevic, Clemens Ager, Martin Pienz, Martin Klieber, Konrad Schwarz, Magdalena Ligor, Tomasz Ligor, Wojciech Filipiak, Hubert Denz, Michael Fiegl, Wolfgang Hilbe, Wolfgang Weiss, Peter Lukas, Herbert Jamnig, Martin Hackl, Alfred Haidenberger, Bogusaw Buszewski, Wolfram Miekisch, Jochen Schubert, Anton Amann
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:348 (29September2009)
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Research article
Bevacizumab plus FOLFIRI or FOLFOX in chemotherapy-refractory patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: a retrospective study
Astrid Livre, Emmanuelle Samalin, Emmanuel Mitry, Eric Assenat, Christine Boyer-Gestin, Cline Lepre, Jean-Baptiste Bachet, Fabienne Portales, Jean-Nicolas Vaillant, Marc Ychou, Philippe Rougier
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:347 (28September2009)
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Research article
Gastric cancer mortality trends in Spain, 1976-2005, differences by autonomous region and sex
Esther Garca-Esquinas, Beatriz Prez-Gmez, Marina Polln, Elena Boldo, Pablo Fernndez-Navarro, Virginia Lope, Enrique Vidal, Gonzalo Lpez-Abente, Nuria Aragons
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:346 (28September2009)
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Research article
Adjuvant concurrent chemoradiation therapy (CCRT) alone versus CCRT followed by adjuvant chemotherapy: Which is better in patients with radically resected extrahepatic biliary tract cancer?: a non-randomized, single center study
Kyu-Hyoung Lim, Do-Youn Oh, Eui Kyu Chie, Jin-Young Jang, Seock-Ah Im, Tae-You Kim, Sun-Whe Kim, Sung Whan Ha, Yung-Jue Bang
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:345 (27September2009)
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Research article
Association of common variants in mismatch repair genes and breast cancer susceptibility: a multigene study
Joo Conde, Susana N Silva, Ana P Azevedo, Valdemar Teixeira, Julieta Esperana Pina, Jos Rueff, Jorge F Gaspar
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:344 (25September2009)
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Research article
The NF-kappa B inhibitor, celastrol, could enhance the anti-cancer effect of gambogic acid on oral squamous cell carcinoma
Di He, Qin Xu, Ming Yan, Ping Zhang, Xiaojian Zhou, Zhiyuan Zhang, Wenhu Duan, Laiping Zhong, Dongxia Ye, Wantao Chen
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:343 (25September2009)
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Research article
Site-specific relapse pattern of the triple negative tumors in Chinese breast cancer patients
Yanping Lin, Wenjin Yin, Tingting Yan, Liheng Zhou, Genhong Di, Jiong Wu, Zhenzhou Shen, Zhimin Shao, Jinsong Lu
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:342 (24September2009)
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Research article
The accuracy of frozen section analysis in ultrasound- guided core needle biopsy of breast lesions
Andreas H Brunner, Thomas Sagmeister, Jolanta Kremer, Paul Riss, Hermann Brustmann
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:341 (24September2009)
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Research article
Ovarian cancer survival population differences: a "high resolution study" comparing Philippine residents, and Filipino-Americans and Caucasians living in the US
Maria Theresa M Redaniel, Adriano Laudico, Maria Rica Mirasol-Lumague, Adam Gondos, Gemma Leonora Uy, Jean Ann Toral, Doris Benavides, Hermann Brenner
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:340 (24September2009)
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Research article
Topoisomerase I but not thymidylate synthase is associated with improved outcome in patients with resected colorectal cancer treated with irinotecan containing adjuvant chemotherapy
Ioannis Kostopoulos, Vasilios Karavasilis, Maria Karina, Mattheos Bobos, Nikolaos Xiros, George Pentheroudakis, Georgia Kafiri, Pavlos Papakostas, Eleni Vrettou, George Fountzilas
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:339 (24September2009)
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Research article
Salvage therapy of pretreated advanced breast cancer with bevacizumab and paclitaxel every two weeks: a retrospective case review study
Alexandros Ardavanis, Dimitrios Doufexis, Panteleimon Kountourakis, Savvoula Malliou, Athanasios Karagiannis, Evgenia Kardara, Despina Sykoutri, Margari Charalampia, Gerasimos Rigatos
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:338 (23September2009)
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Research article
The interaction of HAb18G/CD147 with integrin 61 and its implications for the invasion potential of human hepatoma cells
Jing-yao Dai, Ke-feng Dou, Cong-hua Wang, Pu Zhao, Wayne Bond Lau, Ling Tao, Ya-mei Wu, Juan Tang, Jian-li Jiang, Zhi-nan Chen
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:337 (23September2009)
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Research article
External validation suggests Integrin beta 3 as prognostic biomarker in serous ovarian adenocarcinomas
Karolina Partheen, Kristina Levan, Lovisa sterberg, Ingela Claesson, Karin Sundfeldt, Gyrgy Horvath
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:336 (23September2009)
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Research article
Early detection of breast cancer: benefits and risks of supplemental breast ultrasound in asymptomatic women with mammographically dense breast tissue. A systematic review
Monika Nothacker, Volker Duda, Markus Hahn, Mathias Warm, Friedrich Degenhardt, Helmut Madjar, Susanne Weinbrenner, Ute-Susann Albert
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:335 (20September2009)
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Research article
Proliferative and anti-proliferative effects of dietary levels of phytoestrogens in rat pituitary GH3/B6/F10 cells - the involvement of rapidly activated kinases and caspases
Yow-Jiun Jeng, Cheryl S Watson
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:334 (18September2009)
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Research article
Response to gefitinib and erlotinib in Non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study
Ivette F Emery, Chiara Battelli, Paul L Auclair, Kathleen Carrier, Daniel M Hayes
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:333 (18September2009)
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Study protocol
A study protocol to investigate the relationship between dietary fibre intake and fermentation, colon cell turnover, global protein acetylation and early carcinogenesis: the FACT study
Bernard M Corfe, Elizabeth A Williams, Jonathan P Bury, Stuart A Riley, Lisa J Croucher, Daphne YL Lai, Caroline A Evans
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:332 (18September2009)
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Research article
Polymorphisms of the SIPA1 gene and sporadic breast cancer susceptibility
Szu-Min Hsieh, Robert A Smith, Nicholas A Lintell, Kent W Hunter, Lyn R Griffiths
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:331 (18September2009)
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Research article
Expression of oestrogen receptors, ER, ER, and ER variants, in endometrial cancers and evidence that prostaglandin F may play a role in regulating expression of ER
Frances Collins, Sheila MacPherson, Pamela Brown, Vincent Bombail, Alistair RW Williams, Richard A Anderson, Henry N Jabbour, Philippa TK Saunders
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:330 (16September2009)
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Research article
Transcription factor AP-1 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: Alterations in activity and expression during Human Papillomavirus infection
Showket Hussain, Alok C Bharti, Irfana Salam, Mohammad Akbar Bhat, Mohammad Muzaffar Mir, Suresh Hedau, Mushtaq A Siddiqi, Seemi Farhat Basir, Bhudev C Das
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:329 (16September2009)
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Research article
Impact of sex, MHC, and age of recipients on the therapeutic effect of transferred leukocytes from cancer-resistant SR/CR mice
John R Stehle Jr, Michael J Blanks, Gregory Riedlinger, Jung W Kim-Shapiro, Anne M Sanders, Jonathan M Adams, Mark C Willingham, Zheng Cui
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:328 (15September2009)
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Research article
Complete absence of M2-pyruvate kinase expression in benign pancreatic ductal epithelium and pancreaticobiliary and duodenal neoplasia
Mark M Aloysius, Abed M Zaitoun, Timothy E Bates, Abdulkader Albasri, Mohammad Ilyas, Brian J Rowlands, Dileep N Lobo
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:327 (15September2009)
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Research article
Effectiveness of early detection on breast cancer mortality reduction in Catalonia (Spain)
Montserrat Rue, Ester Vilaprinyo, Sandra Lee, Montserrat Martinez-Alonso, Misericordia Carles, Rafael Marcos-Gragera, Roger Pla, Josep-Alfons Espinas
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:326 (15September2009)
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Research article
Expression analysis of E-cadherin, Slug and GSK3 in invasive ductal carcinoma of breast
Chandra P Prasad, Gayatri Rath, Sandeep Mathur, Dinesh Bhatnagar, Rajinder Parshad, Ranju Ralhan
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:325 (14September2009)
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