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Clinical Studies

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  Glucuronidation of SN-38 and NU/ICRF 505 in Human Colon Cancer and Adjacent Normal Colon

  JEFFREY CUMMINGS, BRIAN T. ETHELL, LESLEY JARDINE and BRIAN BURCHELL

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2189-2196;
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  In Vitro Cytotoxic Effect of Melphalan and Pilot Phase II Study in Hormone-refractory Prostate Cancer

  PHILIPPE MOUGENOT, FRANÇOISE BRESSOLLE, STÉPHANE CULINE, ISABELLE SOLASSOL, SYLVAIN POUJOL and FRÉDERIC PINGUET

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2197-2203;
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  Molecular and Virological Studies on a Rare Case of Biliary Papillomatosis

  PETER GUNVÉN, GERT AUER, ULF GERDES, HANNA MELLIN DAHLSTRAND, ILONA LEWENSOHN-FUCHS and TINA DALIANIS

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2205-2208;
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  Cell Cycle Control by p21, p27 and p53 in Merkel Cell Carcinoma

  VIRVE KOLJONEN, ERKKI TUKIAINEN, CAJ HAGLUND and TOM BÖHLING

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2209-2212;
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  Lung Cancer Arising in Association with Middle Lobe Syndrome

  AKIRA YAMASAKI, KATSUYUKI TOMITA, HIROKI CHIKUMI, TOSHIYUKI TATSUKAWA, YASUSHI SHIGEOKA, MASAKI NAKAMOTO, KIYOSHI HASHIMOTO, YASUYUKI HASEGAWA and EIJI SHIMIZU

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2213-2216;
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  Malignant Hidradenoma: A Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature

  I.E. LIAPAKIS, D.P. KORKOLIS, A. KOUTSOUMBI, A. FIDA, G. KOKKALIS and P.P. VASSILOPOULOS

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2217-2220;
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  Reduction Therapy of Alanine Aminotransferase Levels Prevent HCC Development in Patients with HCV-associated Cirrhosis

  YASUSHI RINO, KAZUO TARAO, SOUICHIRO MORINAGA, SHINICHI OHKAWA, KAORU MIYAKAWA, SATORU HIROKAWA, TAKAHIRO MASAKI, NORIO TARAO, NORIO YUKAWA, HIROYUKI SAEKI, YOSHINORI TAKANASHI and TOSHIO IMADA

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2221-2226;
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  Association Between Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of Drug Resistance-associated Genes and Response to Chemotherapy in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

  HIROAKI OBATA, TETSURO YAHATA, JINHUA QUAN, MASAYUKI SEKINE and KENICHI TANAKA

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2227-2232;
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  Effect of Chemotherapy on Somatostatin Receptor Detection with Octreotide Scintigraphy in Hormone-refractory Prostate Cancer Patients

  M. MENCOBONI, S. TREDICI, L. REBELLA, M. BERGAGLIO, V. GALBUSERA, A. MANZARA, F. CLAUDIANI, B. MALCANGI and M. VARALDO

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2233-2235;
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  Treatment of Advanced Gastric Cancer by Chemotherapy Combined with Autologous Cytokine-induced Killer Cells

  JINGTING JIANG, NING XU, CHANGPING WU, HAIFENG DENG, MINGYANG LU, MIN LI, BIN XU, JUN WU, RONGCHAO WANG, JUN XU and PETER NILSSON-EHLE

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2237-2242;
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  Expression of FHIT in Esophageal Epithelium and Carcinoma: Reference to Drinking, Smoking and Multicentric Carcinogenesis

  MASARU MORITA, TSUNEHIRO OYAMA, SHOJI NAKATA, KENJI ONO, MASAKAZU SUGAYA, HIDETAKA URAMOTO, TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU, TAKESHI HANAGIRI, KENJI SUGIO and KOSEI YASUMOTO

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2243-2248;
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  Capecitabine-induced Hypertriglyceridemia: A Report of Two Cases

  ANGELOS K. KOUTRAS, IOANNIS G. HABEOS, APOSTOLOS G. VAGENAKIS and HARALABOS P. KALOFONOS

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2249-2251;
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  MRI Characteristics of Parosteal Lipomas Associated with the HMGA2-LPP Fusion Gene

  TAKAHIRO KUBO, YOSHITO MATSUI, TOMOHIRO GOTO, KIMINORI YUKATA, KENJI ENDO, RYOSUKE SATO, TAKAHIKO TSUTSUI and NATSUO YASUI

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2253-2257;
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  Topotecan in the Treatment of Brain Metastases. A Phase II Study of GOIM (Gruppo Oncologico dell'Italia Meridionale)

  VITO LORUSSO, DOMENICO GALETTA, FRANCESCO GIOTTA, ANTONIO RINALDI, SANTE ROMITO, COSIMO BRUNETTI, NICOLA SILVESTRIS and GIUSEPPE COLUCCI

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2259-2263;
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  Phase I Study of S-1 and Nedaplatin for Patients with Recurrence of Head and Neck Cancer

  TAKESHI KODAIRA, NOBUKAZU FUWA, HIROYUKI TACHIBANA and SATOSHI HIDANO

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2265-2268;
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  Is Pancreatic Resection Justified for Metastasis of Papillary Thyroid Cancer?

  A. MEYER and M. BEHREND

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2269-2273;
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  Cell Proliferation at the Leading Invasive Front of Colonic Carcinomas. Preliminary Observations

  C.A. RUBIO

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2275-2278;
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  Dermatological Toxicity of Ixabepilone

  ALISON K. CONLIN and LINDA VAHDAT

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2279-2280;
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  Expression of MAGE-A Cancer/Testis Antigens in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinomas

  J. HAIER, M. OWZCARECK, U. GULLER, G. C. SPAGNOLI, H. BÜRGER, N. SENNINGER and TH. KOCHER

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2281-2287;
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  Outcome of Palliative Care Regimens in Patients with Advanced Oesophageal Cancer Detected During Explorative Surgery

  BARELD B. PULTRUM, HENDERIK L. VAN WESTREENEN, NANNO H. MULDER, HENDRIK M. VAN DULLEMEN and JOHN TH.M. PLUKKER

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2289-2293;
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  Telomerase Activity and hTERT Protein Expression in Meningiomas: An Analysis In Vivo Versus In Vitro

  L. MAES, J.P.O. KALALA, R. CORNELISSEN and L. DE RIDDER

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2295-2300;
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  Gemcitabine plus Mitoxantrone and Prednisone in the Palliative Treatment of Hormone-resistant Prostate Cancer (HRPC): A Phase II Study (GOAM 01.01 Study)

  ANTONIA CRICCA, ANTONELLA MARINO, DANILA VALENTI, BARBARA MELOTTI, ELENA AMADUCCI, CRISTINA GUARDIGLI, MANUELA LENZI, GIUSEPPE MARTORANA, PIERFRANCESCO BULI, ANDREA ANGELO MARTONI and Gruppo Oncologico Aree Metropolitane (GOAM)

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2301-2306;
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  Laparoscopic Sentinel Node Mapping for Colorectal Cancer Using Infrared Ray Laparoscopy

  KOICHI NAGATA, SHUNGO ENDO, EIJI HIDAKA, JUN-ICHI TANAKA, SHIN-EI KUDO and AKIRA SHIOKAWA

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2307-2311;
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  Correlation between Serum DNA Methylation and Prognosis in Gastric Cancer Patients

  HISASHI IKOMA, DAISUKE ICHIKAWA, HIROSHI KOIKE, DAITO IKOMA, NOBUYUKI TANI, KAZUMA OKAMOTO, TOSHIYA OCHIAI, YUJI UEDA, EIGO OTSUJI and HISAKAZU YAMAGISHI

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2313-2316;
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  Dose-finding Study of Docetaxel Added to Ifosfamide and Cisplatin Followed by Concomitant Capecitabine and Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

  FRANCESCO RECCHIA, GAETANO SAGGIO, ALISIA CESTA, GIOVANNA AMICONI, ANNA DI BLASIO, GIAMPIERO CANDELORO, MAURIZIO VALERIANI, VINCENZO TOMBOLINI and SILVIO REA

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2317-2324;
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  Octreotide Long-acting Formulation (LAR) in Chronic Loperamide-refractory Diarrhea Not Related to Cancer Treatment

  KYRIAKI MYSTAKIDOU, EMMANUELA KATSOUDA, ELENI TSILIKA, VASSILIOS SMYRNIOTIS, IOANNIS VASSILIOU, MARINOS TSIATAS and LAMBROS VLAHOS

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2325-2328;
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  Dermatomyositis Associated with Breast Cancer

  DIMITRIOS PECTASIDES, MARIA KOUMPOU, ASIMINA GAGLIA, MELINA PECTASIDES, V. LAMBADIARI, E. LIANOS, G. PAPAXOINIS and TH. ECONOMOPOULOS

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2329-2331;
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  Detection of HER-2/neu (c-erbB-2) Overexpression and Amplification in Breast Carcinomas with Ambiguous Immunohistochemical Results. A Further Contribution to Defining the Role of Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization

  ANGELO SIDONI, IVANA FERRI, ANTONIO CAVALIERE, GUIDO BELLEZZA, MASSIMO SCHEIBEL and EMILIO BUCCIARELLI

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2333-2337;
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  Primary and Metastatic Ovarian Cancer in Patients with Prior Breast Carcinoma. Pre-operative Markers and Treatment Results

  ALIKI TSERKEZOGLOU, SOFIA KONTOU, GEORGE HADJIELEFTHERIOU, NIKIFOROS APOSTOLIKAS, MICHALIS VASSILOMANOLAKIS, KONSTANTINOS SIKIOTIS, EMMANOUEL SALAMALEKIS, PARASKEVI TSEKE and GEORGE MAGIAKOS

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2339-2344;
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  Association between Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck and Serum Folate and Homocysteine

  ANNA ELEFTHERIADOU, THOMAS CHALASTRAS, ELISA FEREKIDOU, IOANNIS YIOTAKIS, LAMBRINI KYRIOU, MICHALIS TZAGARAKIS, ELEFTHERIOS FEREKIDIS and DIMITRIOS KANDILOROS

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2345-2348;
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  Clinical and Biological Features of an Intranodal Palisaded Myofibroblastoma

  U.M. COSENZA, G. GALATI, P. ZOFREA, S. MAGGI, A. MARASCO, M. CASTELLI, L. MASONI and A. BRESCIA

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2349-2352;
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  An Immunohistochemical Study of P53 and Ki-67 in Gastrointestinal Adenoma and Adenocarcinoma using Tissue Microarray

  HUACHUAN ZHENG, KOICHI TSUNEYAMA, CHUNMEI CHENG, HIROYUKI TAKAHASHI, ZHENGGUO CUI, YOSHIHIRO MURAI, KAZUHIRO NOMOTO and YASUO TAKANO

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2353-2360;
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  Ex Vivo Responsiveness of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma to Vinorelbine

  RALPH DOLLNER, CHRISTOF GRANZOW, KATRIN TSCHOP and ANDREAS DIETZ

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2361-2365;
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  Low Pre-radiotherapy Prostate-specific Antigen Level is a Significant Predictor of Treatment Success for Postoperative Radiotherapy in Patients with Prostate Cancer

  TOMONARI SASAKI, KATSUMASA NAKAMURA, YOSHIYUKI SHIOYAMA, SAIJI OHGA, TAKASHI TOBA, YUSUKE URASHIMA, TADAMASA YOSHITAKE, HIROMI TERASHIMA, HIROFUMI KOGA, SEIJI NAITO, HIDEYA NOMA, KIYOSHI KOMATSU, AKITO YAMAGUCHI, YOSHIHARU HIRATSUKA, TOMOMI HIRANO, KIYOHIKO HANADA, MADOKA ABE, YASUHITO FUJISAWA and HIROSHI HONDA

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2367-2374;
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  Vinorelbine-based Chemotherapy in Hormone-refractory Prostate Cancer

  M.G. ZAMPINO, E. VERRI, M. LOCATELLI, G. CURIGLIANO, G. ASCIONE, A. SBANOTTO, A. ROCCA, F. VERWEIJ, V. MATEI, E. SCARDINO, O. DECOBELLI, A. GOLDHIRSCH and F. NOLÈ

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2375-2380;
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  The Role of Capecitabine in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer in the Elderly

  LARA MARIA PASETTO and SILVIO MONFARDINI

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2381-2386;
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  Variations of Soluble Fas and Cytokeratin 18-Asp 396 Neo-epitope in Different Cancers During Chemotherapy

  MARIE-FRANCE PICHON, MARC LABROQUÈRE, KEYVAN REZAÏ and FRANÇOIS LOKIEC

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2387-2392;
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  Improved Quality of Life for Malignant Ascites Patients by Denver Peritoneovenous Shunts

  KOJI TOMIYAMA, MINA TAKAHASHI, TETSUYA FUJII, HIRONORI KUNISUE, YOSHIAKI KANAYA, SHUITIROU MARUYAMA, NOBUJI YOKOYAMA, ATSUNORI NAKAO, MITSUHIRO SODA and NOBUYOSHI SHIMIZU

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2393-2395;
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  Chemopreventive Effects of Khaya senegalensis Bark Extract on Human Colorectal Cancer

  XIAO M. ANDROULAKIS, STEPHANIE J. MUGA, FENG CHEN, YOUSSOUF KOITA, BOUBACAR TOURE and MICHAEL J. WARGOVICH

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2397-2405;
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  Combined Radiotherapy and Razoxane in the Treatment of Chondrosarcomas and Chordomas

  WALTER RHOMBERG, HELMUT EITER, FRANZ BÖHLER and SUSANNE DERTINGER

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2407-2411;
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  Cancer in Pregnancy: Results of a Series of 32 Patients

  SARA DE CAROLIS, FILOMENA GRIMOLIZZI, SERAFINA GAROFALO, GABRIELLA FATIGANTE, SERGIO FERRAZZANI, BRIGIDA CARDUCCI and ALESSANDRO CARUSO

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2413-2418;
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  Pre-operative Radiochemotherapy with Raltitrexed for Resectable Locally-advanced Rectal Cancer: A Phase II Study

  MARIA CRISTINA LEONARDI, MARIA GIULIA ZAMPINO, FABRIZIO LUCA, BARBARA ALICJA JERECZEK-FOSSA, ELENA PETAZZI, BRUNILDA TATANI, ROBERTA LAZZARI, ROBERTO BIFFI, KATIA LORIZZO, ELENA MAGNI, DIEGO SCANNIFFIO, FRANCO ORSI, GUIDO BONOMO, GIUSEPPE PETRALIA, CRISTINA TROVATO, CRISTIANO CROSTA, BRUNO ANDREONI and ROBERTO ORECCHIA

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2419-2423;
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  Oxaliplatin Combined with 5-Fluorouracil and Methotrexate in Advanced Colorectal Cancer

  M.G. ZAMPINO, K. LORIZZO, A. ROCCA, M. LOCATELLI, L. ZORZINO, S. MANZONI, C. MAZZETTA, N. FAZIO, R. BIFFI and F. DE BRAUD

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2425-2428;
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  High-grade Gliomas: Results in Patients Treated with Adjuvant Radiotherapy Alone and with Adjuvant Radio-chemotherapy

  MAURIZIO VALERIANI, ANTONIO FERRETTI, PIETRO FRANZESE and VINCENZO TOMBOLINI

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2429-2435;
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  Individualization of the Subcutaneous Amifostine Dose During Hypofractionated / Accelerated Radiotherapy

  MICHAEL I. KOUKOURAKIS, IOANNIS ABATZOGLOU, LEONIDAS SIVRIDIS, MARIA TSARKATSI and HELEN DELIDOU

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2437-2443;
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  C677T Gene Polymorphism of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR) in Meningiomas and High-grade Gliomas

  ALI METIN KAFADAR, HULYA YILMAZ, DIDEM KAFADAR, ARZU ERGEN, UMIT ZEYBEK, NILUFER BOZKURT, CENGIZ KUDAY and TURGAY ISBIR

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2445-2449;
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  Phase II Trial of Capecitabine and Vinorelbine as First-line Chemotherapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

  MARWAN GHOSN, JOSEPH KATTAN, FADI FARHAT, FARIHA YOUNES and JAMAL GASMI

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2451-2456;
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  Hyperfractionated Radiotherapy and Multi-agent Chemotherapy (Procarbazine, ACNU and Vincristine) for High-grade Gliomas: A Prospective Study

  KAZUHIKO OGAWA, YOSHIHIKO YOSHII, TAKAFUMI TOITA, ATSUSHI SAITO, YASUMASA KAKINOHANA, SHIRO IRAHA, KOICHI SUGIMOTO, YUKIHIRO TSUCHIDA, WAKANA TAMAKI, GENKI ADACHI, AKIO HYODO and SADAYUKI MURAYAMA

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2457-2462;
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  Sudden Death due to Primary Intracranial Neoplasms. A Forensic Autopsy Study

  THEODORE VOUGIOUKLAKIS, ANTIGONY MITSELOU and NIKI J. AGNANTIS

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2463-2466;
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  HLA-G Expression in Gastric Cancer

  SUMIYA ISHIGAMI, SHOJI NATSUGOE, FUTOSHI MIYAZONO, AIKIHIRO NAKAJO, KOKI TOKUDA, MASATAKA MATSUMOTO, HIROSHI OKUMURA, TSUTOMU DOUCHI, SHUICHI HOKITA and TAKASHI AIKOU

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2467-2472;
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  Mcm-2 Protein Expression Predicts Prognosis Better than Ki-67 Antigen in Oral Cavity Squamocellular Carcinoma

  JOLANTA SZELACHOWSKA, PIOTR DZIEGIEL, JOANNA JELEN-KRZESZEWSKA, MICHAL JELEN, RAFAL MATKOWSKI, AGNIESZKA POMIECKO, BARBARA SPYTKOWSKA, MARIA JAGAS, IWONA GISTEREK and JAN KORNAFEL

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2473-2478;
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  A Phase I Study of Irinotecan in Combination with Amrubicin for Advanced Lung Cancer Patients

  HIROYASU KANEDA, TAKAYASU KURATA, KENJI TAMURA, HISAO UEJIMA, KAZUHIKO NAKAGAWA and MASAHIRO FUKUOKA

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2479-2485;
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  Treatment Results of Radical Surgery and Definitive Chemoradiotherapy for Patients with Submucosal Esophageal Squamous Cell Cancinomas

  YASUSHI TOH, TAKEFUMI OHGA, SHUHEI ITOH, AKIRA KABASHIMA, KAZUHARU YAMAMOTO, EISUKE ADACHI, YOSHIHISA SAKAGUCHI, TAKESHI OKAMURA and HIDEKI HIRATA

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2487-2491;
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  Clinical Effectiveness of Tumor Markers in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx

  ANNA ELEFTHERIADOU, THOMAS CHALASTRAS, ELISA FEREKIDOU, LAMBRINI KYRIOU, IOANNIS YIOTAKIS, ZISIS PAPPAS, ELEFTHERIOS FEREKIDIS and DIMITRIOS KANDILOROS

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2493-2497;
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  Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET) of the Brain Diagnosed during Pregnancy

  BARBARA BODNER-ADLER, KLAUS BODNER and HARALD ZEISLER

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2499-2501;
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  Pre- and Post-operative Plasma Big Endothelin-1 Levels in Patients with Gastric Carcinoma Undergoing Radical Gastrectomy

  XIAO-JUN TENG, ZHI-XIANG SHEN, JIN-JIAN XIANG, LEI SHEN, LIN YUAN, JIE GUO and XIAO-LING WANG

  Anticancer Research May 2006, 26 (3B) 2503-2507;