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BMC Cancer, Volume 9

 
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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Research article
CD133-positive hepatocellular carcinoma in an area endemic for hepatitis B virus infection
Chau-Ting Yeh, Chia-Jung Kuo, Ming-Wei Lai, Tse-Ching Chen, Chun-Yen Lin, Ta-Sen Yeh, Wei-Chen Lee
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:324 (11September2009)
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Research article
Overexpression of human sperm protein 17 increases migration and decreases the chemosensitivity of human epithelial ovarian cancer cells
Fang-qiu Li, Yan-ling Han, Qun Liu, Bo Wu, Wen-bin Huang, Su-yun Zeng
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:323 (11September2009)
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Research article
Tumor tissue levels of Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) and outcome following adjuvant chemotherapy in premenopausal lymph node-positive breast cancer patients: A retrospective study
Anne-Sofie Schrohl, Maxime P Look, Marion E Meijer-van Gelder, John A Foekens, Nils Brnner
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:322 (10September2009)
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Research article
Identification of Achaete-scute complex-like 1 (ASCL1) target genes and evaluation of DKK1 and TPH1 expression in pancreatic endocrine tumours
Trse A Johansson, Gunnar Westin, Britt Skogseid
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:321 (10September2009)
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Research article
Differential expression of follistatin and FLRG in human breast proliferative disorders
Enrrico Bloise, Henrique L Couto, Lauretta Massai, Pasquapina Ciarmela, Marzia Mencarelli, Lavinia E Borges, Michela Muscettola, Giovanni Grasso, Vania F Amaral, Geovanni D Cassali, Felice Petraglia, Fernando M Reis
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:320 (9September2009)
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Study protocol
Cancer Health Empowerment for Living without Pain (Ca-HELP): study design and rationale for a tailored education and coaching intervention to enhance care of cancer-related pain
Richard L Kravitz, Daniel J Tancredi, Richard L Street Jr, Donna Kalauokalani, Tim Grennan, Ted Wun, Christina Slee, Dionne Evans Dean, Linda Lewis, Naomi Saito, Peter Franks
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:319 (9September2009)
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Research article
Par-3 partitioning defective 3 homolog (C. elegans) and androgen-induced prostate proliferative shutoff associated protein genes are mutationally inactivated in prostate cancer cells
Dimiter Kunnev, Igor Ivanov, Yurij Ionov
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:318 (8September2009)
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Research article
Gene expression down-regulation in CD90+ prostate tumor-associated stromal cells involves potential organ-specific genes
Laura E Pascal, Young Ah Goo, Ricardo ZN Vncio, Laura S Page, Amber A Chambers, Emily S Liebeskind, Thomas K Takayama, Lawrence D True, Alvin Y Liu
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:317 (8September2009)
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Research article
The striking geographical pattern of gastric cancer mortality in Spain: environmental hypotheses revisited
Nuria Aragons, Beatriz Prez-Gmez, Marina Polln, Rebeca Ramis, Enrique Vidal, Virginia Lope, Javier Garca-Prez, Elena Boldo, Gonzalo Lpez-Abente
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:316 (8September2009)
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Research article
Cripto-1 overexpression is involved in the tumorigenesis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Zhengrong Wu, Gang Li, Lirong Wu, Desheng Weng, Xiangping Li, Kaitai Yao
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:315 (6September2009)
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Research article
Reversal of oncogene transformation and suppression of tumor growth by the novel IGF1R kinase inhibitor A-928605
William N Pappano, Paul M Jung, Jonathan A Meulbroek, Yi-Chun Wang, Robert D Hubbard, Qian Zhang, Meagan M Grudzien, Niru B Soni, Eric F Johnson, George S Sheppard, Cherrie Donawho, Fritz G Buchanan, Steven K Davidsen, Randy L Bell, Jieyi Wang
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:314 (4September2009)
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Research article
Concurrent intra-arterial carboplatin administration and radiation therapy for the treatment of advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: short term results
Giulia Bertino, Antonio Occhini, Carlo Emilio Falco, Camillo Porta, Franco Corbella, Sara Colombo, Vittoria Balcet, Patrizia Morbini, Federico Zappoli, Andrea Azzaretti, Giuseppe Rodolico, Carmine Tinelli, Marco Benazzo
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:313 (4September2009)
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Research article
No association between a candidate TCF7L2 variant and risk of breast or ovarian cancer
Ellen L Goode, Csilla Szabo, Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson, Robert A Vierkant, Zachary S Fredericksen, Francis S Collins, Kristin L White, Michele Schmidt, Brooke L Fridley, Fergus J Couch
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:312 (4September2009)
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Research article
Darbepoetin alfa for treating chemotherapy-induced anemia in patients with a baseline hemoglobin level < 10 g/dL versus 10 g/dL: an exploratory analysis from a randomized, double-blind, active-controlled trial
Johan Vansteenkiste, Michael Hedenus, Pere Gascon, Carsten Bokemeyer, Heinz Ludwig, Jan Vermorken, Lisa Hamilton, Ken Bridges, Beatriz Pujol
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:311 (3September2009)
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Research article
Biomarkers of apoptosis and survival in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Mikiko Takikita, Nan Hu, Jian-zhong Shou, Quan-Hong Wang, Carol Giffen, Philip R Taylor, Stephen M Hewitt
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:310 (3September2009)
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Research article
A protein-based set of reference markers for liver tissues and hepatocellular carcinoma
Stella Sun, Xin Yi, Ronnie TP Poon, Chun Yeung, Philip JR Day, John M Luk
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:309 (2September2009)
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Research article
RNOP-09: Pegylated liposomal doxorubicine and prolonged temozolomide in addition to radiotherapy in newly diagnosed glioblastoma - a phase II study
Christoph P Beier, Christina Schmid, Thierry Gorlia, Christine Kleinletzenberger, Dagmar Beier, Oliver Grauer, Andreas Steinbrecher, Birgit Hirschmann, Alexander Brawanski, Christopher Dietmaier, Tanja Jauch-Worley, Oliver Klbl, Torsten Pietsch, Martin Proescholdt, Petra Rmmele, Armin Muigg, Gnther Stockhammer, Monika Hegi, Ulrich Bogdahn, Peter Hau
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:308 (2September2009)
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Research article
Histological evaluation of AMPK signalling in primary breast cancer
Sirwan M Hadad, Lee Baker, Philip R Quinlan, Katherine E Robertson, Susan E Bray, George Thomson, David Kellock, Lee B Jordan, Colin A Purdie, David G Hardie, Stewart Fleming, Alastair M Thompson
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:307 (1September2009)
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Research article
Pediatric differentiated thyroid carcinoma in stage I: risk factor analysis for disease free survival
Nobuyuki Wada, Kiminori Sugino, Takashi Mimura, Mitsuji Nagahama, Wataru Kitagawa, Hiroshi Shibuya, Keiko Ohkuwa, Hirotaka Nakayama, Shohei Hirakawa, Yasushi Rino, Munetaka Masuda, Koichi Ito
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:306 (1September2009)
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Quality of life in patients with gastric cancer: translation and psychometric evaluation of the Iranian version of EORTC QLQ-STO22
Sanamber Sadighi, Ali Montazeri, Zahra Sedighi, Mohammad Ali Mohagheghi, Hossein Froutan
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:305 (28August2009)
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Research article
Heparanase activity in alveolar and embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma: implications for tumor invasion
Valentina Masola, Claudio Maran, Evelyne Tassone, Angelica Zin, Angelo Rosolen, Maurizio Onisto
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:304 (28August2009)
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Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) gene copy number (GCN) correlates with clinical activity of irinotecan-cetuximab in K-RAS wild-type colorectal cancer: a fluorescence in situ (FISH) and chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH) analysis
Mario Scartozzi, Italo Bearzi, Alessandra Mandolesi, Chiara Pierantoni, Fotios Loupakis, Alberto Zaniboni, Francesca Negri, Antonello Quadri, Fausto Zorzi, Eva Galizia, Rossana Berardi, Tommasina Biscotti, Roberto Labianca, Gianluca Masi, Alfredo Falcone, Stefano Cascinu
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:303 (27August2009)
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Research article
Matrix gla protein (MGP): an overexpressed and migration-promoting mesenchymal component in glioblastoma
Sonja Mertsch, Leon J Schurgers, Kathrin Weber, Werner Paulus, Volker Senner
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:302 (27August2009)
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Research article
A mammalianized synthetic nitroreductase gene for high-level expression
Maik Grohmann, Nils Paulmann, Sebastian Fleischhauer, Jakob Vowinckel, Josef Priller, Diego J Walther
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:301 (27August2009)
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Resistance gene expression determines the in vitro chemosensitivity of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Sharon Glaysher, Dennis Yiannakis, Francis G Gabriel, Penny Johnson, Marta E Polak, Louise A Knight, Zoe Goldthorpe, Katharine Peregrin, Mya Gyi, Paul Modi, Joe Rahamim, Mark E Smith, Khalid Amer, Bruce Addis, Matthew Poole, Ajit Narayanan, Tim J Gulliford, Peter E Andreotti, Ian A Cree
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:300 (27August2009)
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Electric pulses used in electrochemotherapy and electrogene therapy do not significantly change the expression profile of genes involved in the development of cancer in malignant melanoma cells
Vid Mlakar, Vesna Todorovic, Maja Cemazar, Damjan Glavac, Gregor Sersa
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:299 (26August2009)
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Expression of the glioma-associated oncogene homolog (GLI) 1 in human breast cancer is associated with unfavourable overall survival
Anette ten Haaf, Nuran Bektas, Sonja von Serenyi, Inge Losen, Elfriede Christel Arweiler, Arndt Hartmann, Ruth Knchel, Edgar Dahl
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:298 (25August2009)
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Plexin D1 is ubiquitously expressed on tumor vessels and tumor cells in solid malignancies
Ilse Roodink, Kiek Verrijp, Jos Raats, William PJ Leenders
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:297 (25August2009)
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Impact of age and comorbidities on health-related quality of life for patients with prostate cancer: evaluation before a curative treatment
Michael Pinkawa, Karin Fischedick, Bernd Gagel, Marc D Piroth, Branka Asadpour, Jens Klotz, Holger Borchers, Gerhard Jakse, Michael J Eble
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:296 (24August2009)
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