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Clinical Studies

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  A Related Donor and Reduced Intensity Conditioning Reduces the Risk of Development of BK Virus-positive Haemorrhagic Cystitis in Allogeneic Haematopoetic Stem Cell-transplanted Patients

  GORDANA BOGDANOVIC, PETER PRIFTAKIS, GERALDINE GIRAUD and TINA DALIANIS

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1311-1318;
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  Influence of Age on the Pattern and Outcome of External Beam Radiotherapy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer

  KAZUHIKO OGAWA, KATSUMASA NAKAMURA, HIROSHI ONISHI, MASAHIKO KOIZUMI, TOMONARI SASAKI, MASAYUKI ARAYA, YUUKI MIYABE, YUUKI OTANI, TERUKI TESHIMA and JAPANESE PATTERNS of CARE STUDY WORKING SUBGROUP of PROSTATE CANCER

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1319-1325;
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  Alkylating Agents and DNA Polymerases

  LEON P. BIGNOLD

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1327-1336;
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  In Vivo Disposition of Irinotecan (CPT-11) and its Metabolites in Combination with the Monoclonal Antibody Cetuximab

  DAGMAR E. ETTLINGER, MARKUS MITTERHAUSER, WOLFGANG WADSAK, EVA OSTERMANN, ANDRÉ FARKOUH, JOHANN SCHUELLER and MARTIN CZEJKA

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1337-1341;
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  Prognostic Value of HSP27 in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: a Retrospective Analysis of 57 Tumours

  LORENZO LO MUZIO, GIUSEPPINA CAMPISI, ANTONIO FARINA, CORRADO RUBINI, FRANCESCA FERRARI, SILVIA FALASCHINI, ROSALIA LEONARDI, FRANCESCO CARINCI, STEFANIA STALBANO and GAETANO DE ROSA

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1343-1349;
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  Prognosis of Cerebellar Glioblastomas: Correlation Between Prognosis and Immunoreactivity for Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Compared with Supratentorial Glioblastomas

  TAIICHI SAITO, SEIJI HAMA, YOSHINORI KAJIWARA, KAZUHIKO SUGIYAMA, FUMIYUKI YAMASAKI, MUHAMAD-THOHAR ARIFIN, KAZUNORI ARITA and KAORU KURISU

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1351-1357;
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  Expression of Emmprin and Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) in Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors: Emmprin and Membrane-type (MT)1-MMP Expressions are Associated with Malignant Potential

  KAZUKI NABESHIMA, HIROSHI IWASAKI, JUN NISHIO, KAORI KOGA, MIKIKO SHISHIME and MASAHIRO KIKUCHI

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1359-1367;
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  Reduced Galectin-3 Expression is an Indicator of Unfavorable Prognosis in Gastric Cancer

  KOHJI OKADA, TATSUO SHIMURA, TAKETOSHI SUEHIRO, ERITO MOCHIKI and HIROYUKI KUWANO

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1369-1376;
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  Potential Predictors of Long-term Survival after Surgery for Patients with Stage IV Colorectal Cancer

  TSUKASA HOTTA, KATSUNARI TAKIFUJI, KAZUO ARII, SHOZO YOKOYAMA, KENJI MATSUDA, TAKASHI HIGASHIGUCHI, TOSHIJI TOMINAGA, YOSHIMASA OKU and HIROKI YAMAUE

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1377-1383;
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  Clinicopathological Characteristics and Outcome Indicators of Stage II Gastric Cancer According to the Japanese Classification of Gastric Cancer

  HITOSHI OJIMA, KEN-ICHIRO ARAKI, TOSHIHIDE KATO, KAORI OKAMURA, RYOKUHEI MANDA, ISAO HIRAYAMA, YASUO HOSOUCHI, YASUJI NISHIDA and HIROYUKI KUWANO

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1385-1390;
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  Thymidylate Synthase and Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase Expressions in Gallbladder Cancer

  TETSUO AJIKI, KENRO HIRATA, TARO OKAZAKI, HIDEKI HORIUCHI, TSUNENORI FUJITA, KAZUTO HABARA, TAKASHI KAMIGAKI, YASUYUKI SUZUKI and YOSHIKAZU KURODA

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1391-1396;
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  Alternate Paclitaxel-Gemcitabine and Paclitaxel-Vinorelbine Biweekly Administration in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients: a Phase II Study

  J. DIMITROULIS, M. TOUBIS, D. ANTONIOU, C. MAROSIS, U. ARMENAKI, G.P. STATHOPOULOS, P. GIAMBOUDAKIS, M. VESLEMES, P. MICHALOPOULOU, F. CHRISTOU, N. GEORGATOU, T. GRIGORATOU, D. KARAINDROS, K. KATIS and SOLCA Study Group

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1397-1402;
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  Carcinogenesis in the Remnant Stomach Following Distal Gastrectomy with Billroth II Reconstruction is Associated with High-level Microsatellite Instability

  MAKOTO AYA, MASAKAZU YASHIRO, NOBUAKI NISHIOKA, NAOYOSHI ONODA and KOSEI HIRAKAWA

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1403-1411;
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  Apoptosis in Cervical Cancer after Balloon-occluded Arterial Infusion of Anticancer Drugs

  KATSUJI KOKAWA, YASUSHI MABUCHI, KAZUHARU TANAKA, SHIGETAKA YAGI, TOMOKO UTSUNOMIYA, NAMI OBA, CHIE YATA and NAOHIKO UMESAKI

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1413-1418;
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  Tumor-associated Tissue Eosinophilia in Human Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  SATORU ISHIBASHI, YUSUKE OHASHI, TAKASHI SUZUKI, SHUKICHI MIYAZAKI, TAKUYA MORIYA, SUSUMU SATOMI and HIRONOBU SASANO

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1419-1424;
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  Clinical Impact of Adjuvant Chemotherapy on Patients with Stage III Colorectal Cancer: l-LV/5FU Chemotherapy as a Modified RPMI Regimen is an Independent Prognostic Factor for Survival

  TSUKASA HOTTA, KATSUNARI TAKIFUJI, KAZUO ARII, SHOZO YOKOYAMA, KENJI MATSUDA, TAKASHI HIGASHIGUCHI, TOSHIJI TOMINAGA, YOSHIMASA OKU and HIROKI YAMAUE

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1425-1432;
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  Role of the MTT Chemosensitivity Test in the Prognosis of Gastric Cancer Patients after Postoperative Adjuvant Chemotherapy

  RIEKO NAKAMURA, YOSHIRO SAIKAWA, TETSURO KUBOTA, ATSUSHI KUMAGAI, TSUYOSHI KIYOTA, MASAKI OHASHI, MASASHI YOSHIDA, YOSHIHIDE OTANI, KOICHIRO KUMAI and MASAKI KITAJIMA

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1433-1437;
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  Predicting Treatment Outcome in Cervical Diseases Using Liquid-based Cytology, Dynamic HPV Genotyping and DNA Cytometry

  MAGDOLNA BOLLMANN, ALINDA DALMA VÁRNAI, HARALD GRIEFINGHOLT, AGNES BÁNKFALVI, HELENE CALLENBERG, NORBERT SPEICH, CHRISTOPH SCHMITT and REINHARD BOLLMANN

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1439-1446;
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  Clinical Features and Surgical Outcome of Hepatic Caudate Lobe Metastases from Colorectal Cancer

  KUNIYA TANAKA, HIROSHI SHIMADA, MICHIYO YAMADA, TETSUYA SHIMIZU, MICHIO UEDA, KENICHI MATSUO, YASUHIKO NAGANO and SHINJI TOGO

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1447-1453;
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  A Phase I Study of Bi-weekly Combination Therapy with S-1 and Docetaxel for Advanced or Recurrent Gastric Cancer

  YASUSHI RINO, YOSHINORI TAKANASHI, NORIO YUKAWA, HIROYUKI SAEKI, HIROO WADA, MASAHIRO KANARI, ROPPEI YAMADA, TSUTOMU SATOH, NAOTO YAMAMOTO and TOSHIO IMADA

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1455-1462;
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  Management Satisfaction in Survivors of Testicular Cancer

  TORE SØRLIE, JAN H. ROSENVINGE, ROY BREMNES, LISE BALTESKARD, ALV A. DAHL, OLBJØRN KLEPP and SOPHIE D. FOSSÅ

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1463-1469;
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  Clinical Usefulness of Fused PET/CT Compared with PET Alone or CT Alone in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients

  YEN-KUNG CHEN, CHEN-TAU SU, HUEISCH-JY DING, KWAN-HWA CHI, JI-AN LIANG, YEH-YOU SHEN, LIANG-KUNG CHEN, CHIA-LU YEH, ALFRED C. LIAO and CHIA-HUNG KAO

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1471-1477;
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  Prognostic and Predictive Impact of Soluble Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (sEGFR) Protein in the Serum of Patients Treated with Chemotherapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer

  VOLKMAR MÜLLER, ISABELL WITZEL, KLAUS PANTEL, SYLKE KRENKEL, HANS JOACHIM LÜCK, RAINER NEUMANN, THOMAS KELLER, JÜRGEN DITTMER, FRITZ JÄNICKE and CHRISTOPH THOMSSEN

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1479-1487;
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  Liposomal Oxaliplatin in the Treatment of Advanced Cancer: A Phase I Study

  GEORGE P. STATHOPOULOS, TENI BOULIKAS, ANDREAS KOURVETARIS and JOHN STATHOPOULOS

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1489-1493;
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  Randomized Phase II Trial of OK-432 in Patients with Malignant Pleural Effusion due to Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

  KAZUO KASAHARA, KAZUHIRO SHIBATA, HIROMOTO SHINTANI, KEI-ICHI IWASA, TAKASHI SONE, HIDEHARU KIMURA, KOUICHI NOBATA, TATSUKI HIROSE, YUZO YOSHIMI, NOBUYUKI KATAYAMA, YOSHIHISA ISHIURA, TOSHIYUKI KITA, KOICHI NISHI, YASUTO NAKATSUMI, YOSHIKI RYOMA, MASAKI FUJIMURA and SHINJI NAKAO

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1495-1499;
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  Planned Sequence of Gemcitabine Followed by Vinorelbine in the Treatment of Elderly Patients with Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

  ANDREA ANGELO MARTONI, FRANCESCA DI FABIO, BARBARA MELOTTI, STEFANIA GIAQUINTA and MONICA GUARALDI

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1501-1505;
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  Results of Radiation Therapy for Superficial Esophageal Cancer using the Standard Radiotherapy Method Recommended by the Japanese Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (JASTRO) Study Group

  KENJI NEMOTO, SHOGO YAMADA, MASAMICHI NISHIO, MASAHIKO AOKI, RYUJI NAKAMURA, YASUO MATSUMOTO, RYUTA SASAMOTO, YOSHIHIRO SAITOH, MAKOTO TAKAYAMA, NORIO MITSUHASHI, KOHTARO GOMI, NAOTO KANESAKA, MASAO KOBAYASHI, HIROSHI OHNISHI, SHIGERU SASAKI, HIROYASU TAMAMURA, MICHIHIDE MITSUMORI, YASUMASA NISHIMURA, KAYOKO TSUJINO, MITSUHIRO TAKEMOTO, NOBUE UCHIDA, MICHINORI YAMAMOTO, YOSHIYUKI SHIOYAMA, KOHICHI HIRAKAWA and SEIJI ONO

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1507-1512;
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  Expression of MAGE A 1-6 mRNA in Sputa of Head and Neck Cancer Patients - A Preliminary Report

  KANG DAE LEE, HWAN HO LEE, HO BUM JOO, HYOUNG SHIN LEE, TAI HYUN YU, HEE KYUNG CHANG, CHANG HO JEON and JONG WOOK PARK

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1513-1518;
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  Quality of Life is Improved in Breast Cancer Patients by Standardised Mistletoe Extract PS76A2 during Chemotherapy and Follow-up: A Randomised, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind, Multicentre Clinical Trial

  V.F. SEMIGLAZOV, V.V. STEPULA, A. DUDOV, J. SCHNITKER and U. MENGS

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1519-1529;
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  Increased Urinary Levels of Tissue Polypeptide Specific Antigen (TPS) in Alcoholics

  PAULA BARROS, ARTURO GONZALEZ-QUINTELA, CARMEN MELLA and LUIS-FERNANDO PEREZ

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1531-1534;
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  MLH1 Mismatch Repair Gene Product is Associated with Apoptotic Potential of Urothelial Bladder Carcinomas

  ANDREAS C. LAZARIS, ARISTEIDIS ZAROGIANNOS, NIKOLAOS KAVANTZAS, ANASTASIOS ZERVAS, ARIS GIANNOPOULOS and LYDIA NAKOPOULOU

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1535-1542;
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  Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and its Tissue Inhibitor (TIMP-2) are Prognostic Factors in Cervical Cancer, Related to Invasive Disease but not to High-risk Human Papillomavirus (HPV) or Virus Persistence after Treatment of CIN

  M. BRANCA, M. CIOTTI, C. GIORGI, D. SANTINI, L. DI BONITO, S. COSTA, A. BENEDETTO, D. BONIFACIO, P. DI BONITO, P. PABA, L. ACCARDI, S. SYRJÄNEN, C. FAVALLI, K. SYRJÄNEN and HPV-PathogenISS Study Group

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1543-1556;
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  A Randomized Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Orally Administered Pilocarpine During and After Radiotherapy of Head and Neck Cancer

  ZOLTÁN NYÁRÁDY, ÁRPÁD NÉMETH, ÁGNES BÁN, ADÉL MUKICS, JÓZSEF NYÁRÁDY, ISTVÁN EMBER and LAJOS OLASZ

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1557-1562;
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  Development of Mantle Cell Lymphoma in a Patient with Adrenocortical Carcinoma and an 18-year Survival after Complete Removal of the Primary Cancer and Resection of Local Recurrences

  R. ORLANDO and F. LIRUSSI

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1563-1565;
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  Multigene Real-time PCR Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells in Peripheral Blood of Lung Cancer Patients

  DAWN C. HAYES, HEATHER SECRIST, CHAITANYA S. BANGUR, TONGTONG WANG, XINQUN ZHANG, DIANNE HARLAN, GARY E. GOODMAN, RAYMOND L. HOUGHTON, DAVID H. PERSING and BARBARA K. ZEHENTNER

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1567-1575;
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  Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Prognosis and Treatment of Primary and Recurrent Disease in 117 Patients

  INGO ALLDINGER, QIN YANG, CHRISTIAN PILARSKY, HANS-DETLEV SAEGER, WOLFRAM T. KNOEFEL and MATTHIAS PEIPER

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1577-1581;
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  Enhanced Expression of Heat Shock Protein 27 Following Neoadjuvant Hormonal Therapy is Associated with Poor Clinical Outcome in Patients Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer

  HIDEAKI MIYAKE, MOTOTSUGU MURAMAKI, TOSHIFUMI KURAHASHI, KAZUKI YAMANAKA, ISAO HARA and MASATO FUJISAWA

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1583-1587;
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  MMP-9 and Cathepsin B Expression in Tumor Budding as an Indicator of a More Aggressive Phenotype of Colorectal Cancer (CRC)

  KATARZYNA GUZIŃSKA-USTYMOWICZ

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1589-1594;
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  Feasibility Study of Biweekly CPT-11 Plus CDDP for S-1- and Paclitaxel-refractory, Metastatic Gastric Cancer

  TATSUYA YOSHIDA, TAKAKI YOSHIKAWA, AKIRA TSUBURAYA, OSAMU KOBAYASHI, SHINICHI HASEGAWA, TOMOHIKO OSARAGI and MOTONORI SAIRENJI

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1595-1598;
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  Iodine-123 Metaiodobenzylguanidine Scintigraphy in Localising Phaeochromocytomas - Experience and Meta-analysis

  ANOUK N.A. VAN DER HORST-SCHRIVERS, PIETER L. JAGER, H. MARIKE BOEZEN, JAN P. SCHOUTEN, IDO P. KEMA and THERA P. LINKS

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1599-1604;
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  A Phase I Study of S-1 Administration and a 24-h Infusion of Cisplatin Plus Paclitaxel in Patients with Advanced Gastric Cancer

  HIROAKI IWASE, MASAAKI SHIMADA, TOMOYUKI TSUZUKI, MASAYUKI OKEYA, KEIKO KOBAYASHI, YUICHI HIBINO, HISANORI WATANABE and HIDEMI GOTO

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1605-1609;
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  Activating Gs α Mutation Rarely Occurs in Musculoskeletal Tumors other than Fibrous Dysplasia

  WENGUANG GU, AKIRA OGOSE, ATSUSHI MATSUBA, HIROYUKI KAWASHIMA, TETSUO HOTTA, NAOKO KUDO, MAKIKO HOSHINO, NAOKI KONDO, HISASHI MERA and NAOTO ENDO

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1611-1614;
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  High Expression of Jun Activation Domain-binding Protein 1 (Jab1) is a Strong Prognostic Marker in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients Treated by UFT in Combination with Radiation

  KOJI HARADA, YUICHIRO KAWASHIMA, HIDEO YOSHIDA and MITSUNOBU SATO

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1615-1619;
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  Diffuse Micronodular Pulmonary Metastasis of Lung Adenocarcinoma Predicts Gefitinib Response in Association with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutations

  MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, TAMOTSU TAKEUCHI, KENTARO BANDOBASHI, YOSHIKI UEMURA, YASUHIRO OGAWA, YUJI OHTSUKI and HIROKUNI TAGUCHI

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1621-1626;
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  Long-term Control of Bone Marrow Carcinosis and Severe Thrombocytopenia with Standard-dose Chemotherapy in a Breast Cancer Patient: A Case Report

  V. BJELIC-RADISIC, H. STÖGER, R. WINTER, C. BEHAM-SCHMID and E. PETRU

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1627-1630;
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  A Pilot Study of Combination Chemotherapy with S-1 and Low-dose Cisplatin for Highly Advanced Gastric Cancer

  TSUNEHIRO TAKAHASHI, YOSHIRO SAIKAWA, MASASHI YOSHIDA, YUKO KITAGAWA, YOSHIHIDE OTANI, TETSURO KUBOTA, KOICHIRO KUMAI and MASAKI KITAJIMA

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1631-1635;
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  Influence of Altering Administration Sequence of Docetaxel, Gemcitabine and Cisplatin in Patients with Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

  SHINGO HARITA, YOUICHI WATANABE, KATSUYUKI KIURA, MASAHIRO TABATA, NAGIO TAKIGAWA, SHOICHI KUYAMA, TOSHIYUKI KOZUKI, HARUHITO KAMEI, ATSUHIKO TADA, NIRO OKIMOTO, KENICHI GENBA, SHINICHI TADA, HIROSHI UEOKA, SHUNKICHI HIRAKI and MITSUNE TANIMOTO

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1637-1641;
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  PTPN3 and PTPN4 Tyrosine Phosphatase Expression in Human Gastric Adenocarcinoma

  CHEW-WUN WU, JEN-HAO CHEN, HWA-LI KAO, ANNA F.-Y. LI, CHUN-HUN LAI, CHIN-WEN CHI and WEN-CHANG LIN

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1643-1649;
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  Ex Vivo Chemosensitivity of Head and Neck Carcinoma to Cytostatic Drug Combinations

  RALPH DOLLNER, CHRISTOF GRANZOW, MARCUS NEUDERT and ANDREAS DIETZ

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1651-1655;
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  Expression of p27^KIP1, p21^WAF1 and p53 does Not Correlate with Prognosis in Node-negative Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of the Breast

  HELEN P. KOUREA, ANGELOS K. KOUTRAS, VASSILIKI ZOLOTA, IRENE GRIMANI, EVANGELOS TZORACOELEFTHERAKIS, DIMITRIOS KOUKOURAS, GEORGE FOUNTZILAS, HELEN GOGAS, KYRIAKOS KYRIAKOU, ADAMOS ADAMOU and HARALAMBOS P. KALOFONOS

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1657-1668;
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  Salvage Treatment with Single-agent Capecitabine in Patients with Heavily Pretreated Advanced Colorectal Cancer

  ALEXANDROS S. ARDAVANIS, GEORGIOS N. IOANNIDIS, GEORGE S. ORPHANOS and GERASSIMOS A. RIGATOS

  Anticancer Research March 2006, 26 (2B) 1669-1672;