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Clinical Studies

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  Correlation of FDG-PET Interpretation with Survival in a Cohort of Glioma Patients

  FRANCISCO S. PARDO, HANNU J. ARONEN, MARKUS FITZEK, DAVID N. KENNEDY, JAMES EFIRD, BRUCE R. ROSEN and ALAN J. FISCHMAN

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2359-2366;
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  Survival in Small Cell Lung Cancer is Independent of Tumor Expression of VEGF and COX-2

  JONATHAN E. DOWELL, ROBIN H. AMIRKHAN, WEN S. LAI, WILLIAM H. FRAWLEY and JOHN D. MINNA

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2367-2374;
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  Spectrum of Cytokeratin-positive Cells in the Bone Marrows of Colorectal Carcinoma Patients

  JAYANT D. SHETYE, MARIA L. LILJEFORS, STEFAN O. EMDIN, JAN-ERIK FRÖDIN, KARIN STRIGARD, HAKAN T. MELLSTEDT and ANJA PORWIT

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2375-2384;
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  Case Report: A Young Woman with Advanced Esophageal Cancer Showing Pathological Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (CDDP, 5-FU and ADM)

  YOSHIHIKO NARITAKA, KENJI OGAWA, TAKESHI SHIMAKAWA, YOSHIHISA WAGATSUMA, KANAKO HAMAGUCHI, SOUICHI KONNO, TAKAO KATŠUBE, HIROKAZU YAGAWA, MOTOHIKO AIBA and HIROKO IDE

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2385-2390;
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  LEA-135 Expression: Its Association with a Lower Risk of Recurrence and Increased Overall Survival of Patients with Lymph Node-positive Primary Invasive Breast Cancer

  BAISAKHI SAHA, NING ZHANG, WESLEY Y. NARITOKU, DENICE D. TSAO-WEI, SUSAN L. GROSHEN, GÖRAN CARLSSON, LARS LARSSON, BENGT GUSTAVSSON, BENJAPORN CHAIWUN, CLIVE R. TAYLOR and S. ASHRAF IMAM

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2391-2400;
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  Evaluation of the Clinical Significance of HER2 Amplification by Chromogenic In Situ Hybridisation in Patients with Primary Breast Cancer

  NADIA DANDACHI, OTTO DIETZE and CORNELIA HAUSER-KRONBERGER

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2401-2406;
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  The Expression and Prognostic Value of α-, β- and γ- Catenins in Renal Cell Carcinoma

  SIRPA AALTOMAA, PERTTI LIPPONEN, VESA KÄRJÄ, SEPPO LUNDSTEDT, JANI LAPPI and VELI-MATTI KOSMA

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2407-2414;
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  Absence of BRAF Gene Mutations Differentiates Spitz Nevi from Malignant Melanoma

  DANIELA MIHIC-PROBST, AUREL PERREN, SONJA SCHMID, PARVIN SAREMASLANI, PAUL KOMMINOTH and PHILIPP U. HEITZ

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2415-2418;
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  Radiofrequency Ablation Combined with Percutaneous Ethanol Injection in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Portal Vein Neoplastic Thrombosis

  GUIDO POGGI, CARLO GATTI, CRISTINA TERAGNI, ANGELO DELMONTE and GIOVANNI BERNARDO

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2419-2422;
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  Long-term Intravenous Administration of Activated Autologous Lymphocytes for Cancer Patients Does Not Induce Antinuclear Antibody and Rheumatoid Factor

  TOMOHIRO YAMAGUCHI, KENZO BAMBA, AYARI KITAYAMA, YASUYUKI KUROIWA, KAZUHIKO YOSHIMATSU, TAKESHI SHIMAKAWA, KENJI OGAWA, TERUAKI SEKINE, NORIO SHIMIZU and KOHTARO YAMAMOTO

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2423-2430;
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  Genetic Polymorphisms of Hormone-related Genes and Prostate Cancer Risk in the Japanese Population

  TAKAHIDE FUKATSU, YOSHIFUMI HIROKAWA, TOMIO ARAKI, TAKUICHI HIOKI, TETSUYA MURATA, HIROYOSHI SUZUKI, TOMOHIKO ICHIKAWA, HIROMASA TSUKINO, DELAI QIU, TAKAHIKO KATOH, YOSHIKI SUGIMURA, RYUICHI YATANI, TAIZO SHIRAISHI and MASATOSHI WATANABE

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2431-2438;
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  Lymph Node Dissection in Papillary or Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma

  MARCO BONONI, ADRIANO TOCCHI, VINCENZO CANGEMI, ALDO VECCHIONE, MARIA ROSARIA GIOVAGNOLI, ALESSANDRO DE CESARE, ENRICO FIORI, PATRIZIA VOLPINO, STEFANIA BROZZETTI, MASSIMO MEUCCI, STEFANO SCOZZAFAVA and ANTONINO CAVALLARO

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2439-2442;
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  Boosting the Immune Response: An Alternative Combination Therapy for Cancer Patients

  GEORGE THYPHRONITIS and MICHAEL KOUTSILIERIS

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2443-2454;
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  Thymidylate Synthetase (TS) Genotype and TS/dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase mRNA Level as an Indicator in Determining Chemosensitivity to 5-Fluorouracil in Advanced Gastric Carcinoma

  FUMIKI TORIUMI, TETSURO KUBOTA, YOSHIRO SAIKAWA, MASASHI YOSHIDA, YOSHIHIDE OTANI, MASAHIKO WATANABE, KOICHIRO KUMAI and MASAKI KITAJIMA

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2455-2464;
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  Randomized Phase II Study Comparing Mitomycin, Cisplatin Plus Doxifluridine with Cisplatin Plus Doxifluridine in Advanced Unresectable Gastric Cancer

  WASABURO KOIZUMI, YOSHIO FUKUYAMA, TAKAHIRO FUKUDA, TOSHIKAZU AKIYA, KOUICHI HASEGAWA, YASUAKI KOJIMA, NOBUTSUGU OHNO and MINORU KURIHARA

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2465-2470;
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  Association of K-ras Mutations with Liver Metastases from Colorectal Carcinoma

  AKIRA TSUNODA, TAKERU IIJIMA, YUKO TSUNODA, KENTAROH NAKAO, MICHIKO MIYAKI and MITSUO KUSANO

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2471-2476;
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  Detection of Aberrant Methylation as a Tumor Marker in Serum of Patients with Gastric Cancer

  DAISUKE ICHIKAWA, HIROSHI KOIKE, HISASHI IKOMA, DAITO IKOMA, NOBUYUKI TANI, EIGO OTSUJI, KAZUYA KITAMURA and HISAKAZU YAMAGISHI

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2477-2482;
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  Efficacy and Toxicities of Concurrent Chemoradiation for Elderly Patients with Esophageal Cancer

  TAKASHI UNO, KOICHI ISOBE, HIROYUKI KAWAKAMI, NAOYUKI UENO, HIROKI KOBAYASHI, HIDEAKI SHIMADA, HISAHIRO MASTUBARA, SHINICHI OKAZUMI, YOSHIHIRO NABEYA, TOURU SHIRATORI, TAKENORI OCHIAI, TETSUYA KAWATA and HISAO ITO

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2483-2486;
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  Tumor Shrinkage Evaluation During and After Preoperative Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide Followed by Docetaxel in Patients with Breast Cancer

  FABIO PUGLISI, MAURO MANSUTTI, GIUSEPPE APRILE, ALESSANDRO MARCO MINISINI, CARLA DI LORETO, MASSIMO BAZZOCCHI, VIVIANA LONDERO, CARLA CEDOLINI, GIULIANA GENTILE, STEFANO PIZZOLITTO, ANDREA PIGA and ALBERTO SOBRERO

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2487-2494;
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  Expression of Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase in Cancer Cells but Not in Stromal Cells Predicts the Efficacy of Fluorouracil Treatment in Patients with Gastric Carcinoma

  KAZUNORI HISAMITSU, SHUNICHI TSUJITANI, KENICHI YAMAGUCHI, KENJI FUKUDA, ICHIRO KONISHI and NOBUAKI KAIBARA

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2495-2502;
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  Oncogenes Modulate Cell Sensitivity to Apoptosis Induced by Glucose Deprivation

  MAYA KANSARA and MICHAEL V. BERRIDGE

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2503-2510;
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  Serum Levels of S-100B Protein and Neuron-specific Enolase in Glioma Patients: A Pilot Study

  MAAIKE J. VOS, TJEERD J. POSTMA, FRANS MARTENS, BERNARD M.J. UITDEHAAG, MARINES A. BLANKENSTEIN, W. PETER VANDERTOP, BEN J. SLOTMAN and JAN J. HEIMANS

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2511-2514;
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  Pancreatic Polypeptide is Increased in Patients with Advanced Malignant Disease

  AUDHILD HJALMARSEN, ROY M. BREMNES, ULF AASEBØ and ROLF JORDE

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2515-2518;
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  Prognostic and Predictive Molecular Markers in Colorectal Carcinoma

  R. BENDARDAF, H. LAMLUM and S. PYRHÖNEN

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2519-2530;
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  Usefulness of ^99mTc-pertechnetate Scintigraphy and Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology in Patients with Solitary Thyroid Nodules and Thyroid Cancer

  FRANCO LUMACHI, LUCIA VAROTTO, SIMONETTA BORSATO, ALBERTO TREGNAGHI, PIETRO ZUCCHETTA, MARIA CRISTINA MARZOLA, DIEGO CECCHIN and FRANCO BUI

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2531-2534;
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  Interphase FISH for Follow-up of Philadelphia Chromosome-positive Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatment

  NATHALIE DOUET-GUILBERT, FRÉDÉRIC MOREL, TIFFEN LE CHARPENTIER, MARIE-JOSÉE LE BRIS, ANGELE HERRY, PATRICK MORICE, PASCAL BOURQUARD, JEAN FRANçOIS ABGRALL, CHRISTIAN BERTHOU and MARC DE BRAEKELEER

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2535-2540;
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  Differences in Prognosis of Colorectal Cancer Patients Based on the Expression of Sialyl Lewis^a, Sialyl Lewis^x and Sialyl Tn Antigens in Serum and Tumor Tissue

  SHINJI AKAMINE, TOHRU NAKAGOE, TERUMITSU SAWAI, TAKASHI TSUJI, KENJI TANAKA, SHIGEKAZU HIDAKA, SHIN-ICHI SHIBASAKI, ATSUSHI NANASHIMA, HIROYUKI YAMAGUCHI, TAKESHI NAGAYASU and TORU YASUTAKE

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2541-2546;
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  Lack of Association Between RNASEL Arg462Gln Variant and the Risk of Breast Cancer

  AKIN SEVINÇ, DRAKOULIS YANNOUKAKOS, IRENE KONSTANTOPOULOU, ESRA MANGUOGLU, GÜVEN LÜLECI, TANER ÇOLAK, CEMALIYE AKYERLI, GÜLSEN ÇOLAKOGLU, MESUT TEZ, ISKENDER SAYEK, GERASSIMOS VOUTSINAS, GEORGE NASIOULAS, EIRENE PAPADOPOULOU, LINA FLORENTIN, ELENA KONTOGIANNI, BETÜL BOZKURT, NESLIHAN AYGÜN KOCABAS, ALI ESAT KARAKAYA, ISIK G. YULUG and TAYFUN ÖZÇELIK

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2547-2550;
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  Ethnic Differences in Diet and Associations with Clinical Markers of Prostate Disease in New Zealand Men

  ANNA HARRIS, MARION A. GRAY, DAVID P. SLANEY, MARIA L. TURLEY, JEFFERSON R. FOWLES and PHILIP WEINSTEIN

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2551-2556;
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  Failure of Alkylating Agents to Improve Induction Chemotherapy of Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Cancer

  LAJOS OLASZ, ZOLTAN NYARADY, ARPAD NÉMETH, LASZLO KIRALYFALVI and ISTVAN EMBER

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2557-2562;
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  Bone Metastasis from Glioblastoma Multiforme Without Central Nervous System Relapse: A Case Report

  ALESSANDRA FABI, ANTONELLO VIDIRI, CARMINE CARAPELLA, ANDREA PACE, EMANUELE OCCHIPINTI, FABRIZIO CAROLI, ALESSANDRA MIRRI, PAOLO CARLINI and FRANCESCO COGNETTI

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2563-2566;
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  A Phase II Trial of Weekly Paclitaxel and Gemcitabine in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Previously Treated with Platinum and Vinorelbine

  VINCENZO DONGIOVANNI, ALFREDO ADDEO, ALFREDO BERRUTI, LUCIO BUFFONI, DIEGO DONGIOVANNI, MARIA ANTONIA POLIMENI, CAMILLA FISSORE, CARLA BARONE and OSCAR BERTETTO

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2567-2572;
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  Serum Level of Cathepsin B and its Density in Men with Prostate Cancer as Novel Markers of Disease Progression

  HIDEAKI MIYAKE, ISAO HARA and HIROSHI ETO

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2573-2578;
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  Predictive Effect of p53 and p21 Alteration on Chemotherapy Response and Survival in Locally Advanced Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus

  PIERRE A.M. HEEREN, FRANK W.H. KLOPPENBERG, HARRY HOLLEMA, NANNO H. MULDER, RAOUL E. NAP and JOHN TH.M. PLUKKER

  Anticancer Research July 2004, 24 (4) 2579-2584;