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Clinical Studies

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  Spontaneous Regression of Colorectal Cancer Metastatic to Retroperitoneal Lymph Nodes

  ARVINDER S. BIR, AHMAD A. FORA, CHARLES LEVEA and MARWAN G. FAKIH

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 465-468;
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  The Diagnostic Hurdle of an Elderly Male with Bone Pain: How ¹⁸F-FDG-PET Led to Diagnosis of a Leiomyosarcoma of the Adrenal Gland

  HANNEKE W.M. VAN LAARHOVEN, MAARTEN VINKEN, ROEL MUS, UTA FLUCKE, WIM J.G. OYEN and WINETTE T. VAN DER GRAAF

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 469-472;
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  Management of Thyroid Nodules as Secondary Involvement of Renal Cell Carcinoma: Case Report and Literature Review

  ROBERTA DE STEFANO, RAFFAELE CARLUCCIO, ENRICO ZANNI, DEBORA MARCHIORI, GIACOMO CICCHETTI, ALESSANDRO BERTACCINI, LUIGI SENSI, LUCIANO PEDRINI, GIUSEPPE MARTORANA and ENRICO MARLIA

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 473-476;
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  Small Cell Neuroendocrine Cervical Carcinoma with 1-Year Follow-up: Case Report and Review

  GIUSEPPE BIFULCO, VINCENZO DARIO MANDATO, PIERLUIGI GIAMPAOLINO, ROBERTO PICCOLI, LUIGI INSABATO, NICOLETTA DE ROSA and CARMINE NAPPI

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 477-484;
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  Effect of Polymorphisms in the 3′-Untranslated Region (3′-UTR) of VEGF Gene on Gastric Pre-malignant Condition

  TOMOMITSU TAHARA, TOMIYASU ARISAWA, TOMOYUKI SHIBATA, MASAKATSU NAKAMURA, HIROMI YAMASHITA, DAISUKE YOSHIOKA, MASAAKI OKUBO, NAOKO MARUYAMA, TOSHIAKI KAMANO, YOSHIO KAMIYA, HIROSHI FUJITA, MITSUO NAGASAKA, MASAMI IWATA, KAZUYA TAKAHAMA, MAKOTO WATANABE, HIROSHI NAKANO and ICHIRO HIRATA

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 485-489;
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  Usefulness of Combined Sestamibi Scintimammography, Axillary Ultrasonography and FNA Cytology in Reducing the Number of Sentinel Node Procedures in Patients with Early-stage Breast Cancer

  FRANCO LUMACHI, SIMONETTA BORSATO, ALBERTO TREGNAGHI, GUIDO FERRETTI, MICHELE POVOLATO, DIEGO CECCHIN, MARIA CRISTINA MARZOLA, PIETRO ZUCCHETTA, FRANCO BUI and AMBROGIO FASSINA

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 491-494;
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  Intravenous Leiomyomatosis of the Uterus with Pulmonary Metastases or a Case with Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma?

  BARBARA BODNER-ADLER, MARGIT BARTL and GERHARD WAGNER

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 495-496;
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  Malignant Myoepithelioma in the Maxillary Sinus: Case Report and Review of the Literature

  MASAHARU HATA, KOICHI TOKUUYE, YOSHIYUKI SHIOYAMA, SATOSHI NOMOTO, YUKINORI INADOME, NOBUYOSHI FUKUMITSU, HIDETSUGU NAKAYAMA, SHINJI SUGAHARA, KIYOSHI OHARA, MASAYUKI NOGUCHI and YASUYUKI AKINE

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 497-501;
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  Concomitant Right Subscapular and Left Olecranon Elastofibroma Followed by Inversion of the Lesions: Case Report

  MARCO MAZZOCCHI, ALESSANDRA MARTANO, SILVIA DI RONZA, ERMIONI DODBIBA, LUIGINA DIVONA and NICOLÒ SCUDERI

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 503-507;
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  Overexpression of Cytochrome P450 1B1 in Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: A Potential Therapeutic Target

  JANG-MING SU, PINPIN LIN, CHIEN-KAI WANG and HAN CHANG

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 509-515;
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  Neoadjuvant Weekly Paclitaxel with and without Trastuzumab in Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer

  JUN HORIGUCHI, TETSUNARI OYAMA, YUKIO KOIBUCHI, TAKAO YOKOE, DAISUKE TAKATA, FUMIHIRO IKEDA, HIROSHI NAGAOKA, NANA ROKUTANDA, RIN NAGAOKA, YUKO ISHIKAWA, HIROKI ODAWARA, MAMI KIKUCHI, AYAKO SATO, YUICHI IINO and IZUMI TAKEYOSHI

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 517-524;
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  Development of Gastro-lymphatic Fistula During Chemoradiotherapy for Advanced Esophageal Cancer: A Case Report

  GORO KASUYA, KAZUHIKO OGAWA, HIDEAKI SHIMOJI, WAKANA TAMAKI, HIROYUKI KARIMATA, TAKAFUMI TOITA, YASUMASA KAKINOHANA, TAKURO ARIGA, TADASHI NISHIMAKI and SADAYUKI MURAYAMA

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 525-527;
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  Induction Chemotherapy with Docetaxel and Cisplatin Followed by Concomitant Chemoradiotherapy in Patients with Inoperable Non-nasopharyngeal Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

  GEORGE FOUNTZILAS, ARISTOTELIS BAMIAS, ANNA KALOGERA-FOUNTZILA, GEORGIA KARAYANNOPOULOU, MATTHEOS BOBOS, ELENI ATHANASSIOU, KONSTANTINE T. KALOGERAS, CHRISTOS TOLIS, PERIKLIS TSEKERIS, PAVLOS PAPAKOSTAS, CHRYSANTHI VAMVOUKA, THOMAS ZARAMBOUKAS, PARIS KOSMIDIS, NIKOLAOS ZAMBOGLOU and DESPINA MISAILIDOU

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 529-538;
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  Concomitant Overexpression of Heat-shock Protein 70 and HLA Class-I in Hepatitis C Virus-related Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  SHIN YOSHIDA, SHOICHI HAZAMA, KAZUHISA TOKUNO, KAZUHIKO SAKAMOTO, MOTONARI TAKASHIMA, TAKAO TAMESA, TOSHIHIKO TORIGOE, NORIYUKI SATO and MASAAKI OKA

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 539-544;
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  Clinicopathological Prognostic Factors and Patterns of Recurrence in Vulvar Cancer

  LINN WOELBER, SVEN MAHNER, KATHARINA VOELKER, CHRISTINE ZU EULENBURG, FRIEDERIKE GIESEKING, MATTHIAS CHOSCHZICK, FRITZ JAENICKE and JOERG SCHWARZ

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 545-552;
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  Combination Chemotherapy of Vinorelbine and Cisplatin: A Phase I Pharmacokinetic Study in Patients with Metastatic Solid Tumors

  JEAN-PIERRE DELORD, CHRISTIAN PUOZZO, FLORENCE LEFRESNE and ROLAND BUGAT

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 553-560;
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  Favourable Prognosis with Modified Dosing of Docetaxel and Cisplatin in Japanese Patients with Ovarian Cancer

  DAISUKE AOKI, YOH WATANABE, TOSHIKO JOBO, KIMIO USHIJIMA, KIYOSHI HASEGAWA, NOBUYUKI SUSUMU, NAO SUZUKI, RUI AOKI, SEIJI ISONISHI, SATORU SAGAE, BUNPEI ISHIZUKA, TOSHIHARU KAMURA, YASUHIRO UDAGAWA, HIROSHI HOSHIAI, YASUO OHASHI, KAZUNORI OCHIAI and KIICHIRO NODA

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 561-566;
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  Immunotherapy in Patients with Less than Complete Response to Chemotherapy

  FRANCESCO RECCHIA, GIAMPIERO CANDELORO, STEFANO NECOZIONE, ROBERTA BISEGNA, MASSIMO BRATTA and SILVIO REA

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 567-572;
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  Test of Ovarian Cancer Multiplex xMAP Technology Panel

  JINDRA VRZALOVA, MARKETA PRAZAKOVA, ZDENEK NOVOTNY, ONDREJ TOPOLCAN, MIROSLAVA CASOVA and LUBOS HOLUBEC

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 573-576;
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  Outpatient Chemotherapy with S-1 for Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer

  TAKU YAMASHITA, SEIICHI SHINDEN, TAKAHISA WATABE and AKIHIRO SHIOTANI

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 577-581;
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  Validity of Hepatic Resection of Colorectal Liver Metastases in the Elderly (75 Years and Older)

  KAZUNORI NOJIRI, YASUHIKO NAGANO, KUNIYA TANAKA, KENICHI MATSUO, SHIGERU YAMAGISHI, MITUYOSHI OTA, SHOUICHI FUJII, CHIKARA KUNISAKI, SHINJI TOGO and HIROSHI SHIMADA

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 583-588;
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  Correlation of Metallothionein Expression with Clinical Progression of Cancer in the Oral Cavity

  JOLANTA SZELACHOWSKA, PIOTR DZIEGIEL, JOANNA JELEN-KRZESZEWSKA, MICHAL JELEN, RADOSLAW TARKOWSKI, BARBARA SPYTKOWSKA, RAFAL MATKOWSKI and JAN KORNAFEL

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 589-595;
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  The Combination of Low Cytoplasmic and High Nuclear Expression of p27 Predicts a Better Prognosis in High-grade Astrocytoma

  TOSHIKAZU HIDAKA, SEIJI HAMA, PRABIN SHRESTHA, TAIICHI SAITO, YOSHINORI KAJIWARA, FUMIYUKI YAMASAKI, KAZUHIKO SUGIYAMA and KAORU KURISU

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 597-603;
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  Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia

  JERINA BOELENS, SOFIE LUST, BARBARA VANHOECKE and FRITZ OFFNER

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 605-615;
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  Association of Metastin/a G-protein-coupled Receptor Signaling and Down Syndrome Critical Region 1 in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

  KOHKICHI HATA, YOH WATANABE, HIDEKATSU NAKAI, TAKASHI MINAMI, HIROYUKI OHSAKI, EIICHIRO HIRAKAWA and HIROSHI HOSHIAI

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 617-623;
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  Phase II Study of Weekly Paclitaxel for Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer in Japan

  JUN HORIGUCHI, YOSHIAKI RAI, KAZUO TAMURA, TOSHIHIKO TAKI, KAZUFUMI HISAMATSU, YOSHINORI ITO, TAKU SERIU and TOMOO TAJIMA

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 625-630;
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  Therapy-induced Toxicity of the Lungs: An Overview

  ANDRIANI G. CHARPIDOU, IOANNIS GKIOZOS, SOTIRIOS TSIMPOUKIS, DESPOINA APOSTOLAKI, KALLIOPI D. DILANA, ELENI M. KARAPANAGIOTOU and KOSTAS N. SYRIGOS

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 631-639;
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  Circulating Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors and their Soluble Receptors in Pre-invasive, Invasive and Recurrent Cervical Cancer

  SHERKO KUEMMEL, ANKE THOMAS, SOLVEIG LANDT, ANDREA FUGER, PETER SCHMID, MONIKA KRINER, JENS-UWE BLOHMER, JALID SEHOULI, GERHARD SCHALLER, WERNER LICHTENEGGER, ANGELA KÖNINGER and ILKA FUCHS

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 641-645;
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  Characterization of a MAGE-1-derived HLA-A24 Epitope-specific CTL Line from a Japanese Metastatic Melanoma Patient

  YASUTO AKIYAMA, KOUJI MARUYAMA, SACHIKO TAI, MASARU KOMIYAMA, AKIRA IIZUKA, MASAKO TAKIKAWA, CHIE OHSHITA, AKIFUMI YAMAMOTO, NAOYA YAMAZAKI, YOSHIO KIYOHARA and KEN YAMAGUCHI

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 647-655;
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  Further Studies Support the Participation of Stem Cells in the Cell Turnover of Duodenal Adenomas

  CARLOS A. RUBIO

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 657-660;
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  Efficacy of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for T1 and T2 Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Regarding Organ Preservation

  GOSHI NISHIMURA, MAMORU TSUKUDA, YASUKAZU MIKAMI, HIDEKI MATSUDA, CHOICHI HORIUCHI, TAKAHIDE TAGUCHI, MASAHIRO TAKAHASHI, MARIKO KAWAKAMI, MAKIKO WATANABE, TATSUO NIHO, HIROAKI ABO and SAYAKA YAMOMOTO

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 661-666;
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  A Phase II Trial of Oral Vinorelbine and Capecitabine in Anthracycline Pretreated Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer

  JINDRICH FINEK, LUBOS HOLUBEC, TOMAS SVOBODA, LUCIE SEFRHANSOVA, IVANA PAVLIKOVA, MARIE VOTAVOVA, MARCELA SEDIVA, STANISLAV FILIP, RENATA KOZEVNIKOVA and STANISLAV KORMUNDA

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 667-670;
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  Procollagen Type 1 Amino-terminal Propeptide: A Marker for Bone Metastases in Prostate Carcinoma

  M. KLEPZIG, D. JONAS and G.M. OREMEK

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 671-673;
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  Successful Treatment with Three-weekly Paclitaxel of an Anthracycline-refractory Classical Kaposi's Sarcoma

  NICOLA SILVESTRIS, DOMENICO GALETTA and GIUSEPPE COLUCCI

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 675-676;
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  First Report of Liposarcoma of the Spermatic Cord after Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer

  TATEKI YOSHINO, KENJI YONEDA and TAKESHI SHIRANE

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 677-680;
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  GnRH Receptor and Androgen Receptor Status and Outcome of Advanced Prostate Carcinomas

  JÁNOS SZABÓ, KATALIN BARTÓK, TIBOR KRENÁCS, ZSOLT SZEPESVÁRY and BÉLA SZENDE

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 681-684;
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  Wall-invasion Pattern Correlates with Survival of Patients with Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma

  KEN-ICHI OKADA, HIROSHI KIJIMA, TOSHIHIDE IMAIZUMI, KENICHI HIRABAYASHI, MASAHIRO MATSUYAMA, NAOKI YAZAWA, YASUHISA OIDA, SHOICHI DOWAKI, KOSUKE TOBITA, YASUO OHTANI, MAKIKO TANAKA, SADAKI INOKUCHI and HIROYASU MAKUUCHI

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 685-691;
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  Effects of Epoetin-α on Quality of Life of Cancer Patients with Solid Tumors Receiving Chemotherapy

  C. CHRISTODOULOU, U. DAFNI, G. ARAVANTINOS, A. KOUTRAS, E. SAMANTAS, M. KARINA, J. JANINIS, P. PAPAKOSTAS, D. SKARLOS, H.P. KALOFONOS and G. FOUNTZILAS

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 693-702;
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  The Potential Role of Bcl-2 Expression, Apoptosis and Cell Proliferation (Ki-67 Expression) in Cases of Gastric Carcinoma and Correlation with Classic Prognostic Factors and Patient Outcome

  ATHANASSIOS C. TSAMANDAS, DIMITRIOS KARDAMAKIS, PANTELIS TSIAMALOS, ANNA LIAVA, VASSILIKI TZELEPI, VASSILIOS VASSILIOU, THEODORE PETSAS, KONSTANTINOS VAGENAS, VASSILIKI ZOLOTA and CHRISOULA D. SCOPA

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 703-709;
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  Initial Results of Colorectal Polyposis Research in Latvia

  VIKTORS BOROSENKO, ARVĪDS IRMEJS, INGA MELBĀRDE-GORKUSA, ANDRIS GARDOVSKIS, MĀRIS PAVĀRS, ANDREJS VANAGS, GENĀDIJS TROFIMOVIČS, EDVĪNS MIKLASEVIČS and JĀNIS GARDOVSKIS

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 711-715;
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  Preliminary Study of TIP47 as a Possible New Biomarker of Cervical Dysplasia and Invasive Carcinoma

  ANDRAS SZIGETI, ORSOLYA MINIK, ENIKO HOCSAK, EVA POZSGAI, ARPAD BORONKAI, ROBERT FARKAS, ANDRAS BALINT, JOZSEF BODIS, BALAZS SUMEGI and SZABOLCS BELLYEI

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 717-724;
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  Lung Cancer Susceptibility and Genetic Polymorphisms of Exo1 Gene in Taiwan

  NAN-YUNG HSU, HWEI-CHUNG WANG, CHUNG-HSING WANG, CHANG-FANG CHIU, HSIEN-CHANG TSENG, SHIU-YUN LIANG, CHIA-WEN TSAI, CHENG-CHIEH LIN and DA-TIAN BAU

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 725-730;
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  Angiogenic Factors in Plasma of Brain Tumour Patients

  AYSEGUL ILHAN, WOLFGANG GARTNER, DASHURIE NEZIRI, THOMAS CZECH, WOLFGANG BASE, WALTER H. HÖRL and LUDWIG WAGNER

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 731-736;
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  Analysis of 7 Immunohistochemical Markers in Male Germ Cell Tumors Demonstrates the Prognostic Significance of p53 and MIB-1

  D. PECTASIDES, G. PAPAXOINIS, M. NIKOLAOU, C. VALAVANIS, G. ARAVANTINOS, G. FOUNTZILAS, N. TAMVAKIS, E. PECTASIDES, I. LEKKA, P. ARAPANTONI-DADIOTI, A. ZIZI, I. GHICONTI and T. ECONOMOPOULOS

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 737-744;
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  Epithelial Ovarian Cancer in Greece: A Retrospective Study of 1,791 Patients by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG)

  D. PECTASIDES, G. PAPAXOINIS, G. FOUNTZILAS, G. ARAVANTINOS, A. BAMIAS, N. PAVLIDIS, H.P. KALOFONOS, E. TIMOTHEADOU, E. SAMANTAS, E. BRIASOULIS, D.V. SKARLOS, T. ECONOMOPOULOS and M.A. DIMOPOULOS

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 745-751;
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  Genetic Polymorphisms of Smoking-related Carcinogen Detoxifying Enzymes and Head and Neck Cancer Susceptibility

  MARTIN LACKO, MICHAEL B. OUDE OPHUIS, WILBERT H.M. PETERS and JOHANNES J. MANNI

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 753-761;
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  Recently Intensified Chemotherapy for High-grade Osteosarcoma May Affect Fertility in Long-term Male Survivors

  TSUKASA YONEMOTO, TAKESHI ISHII, YOSHIO TAKEUCHI, YOKO HAGIWARA, SHINTARO IWATA and SHIN-ICHIRO TATEZAKI

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 763-767;
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  Combination Chemotherapy with Docetaxel, Vinorelbine and Estramustine Phosphate in Metastatic Androgen-resistant Prostate Cancer: A Single Institution Experience

  DIMITRIOS PECTASIDES, EIRINI PECTASIDES, GEORGE PAPAXOINIS, ANNA KOUMARIANOU, AMANDA PSYRRI, NIKOLAOS XIROS, NIKOLAOS TOUNTAS, KONSTANTINOS KAMPOSIORAS, GEORGE PAPATSIBAS, THEOFANIS FLOROS, PANAGIOTIS GOUVERIS, SOFIA KARAGEORGOPOULOU and THEOFANIS ECONOMOPOULOS

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 769-775;
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  Cardiopulmonary Response to Exercise in Patients with Different Degrees of Lung Toxicity after Radio-chemotherapy for Hodgkin's Disease

  F. VILLANI, A. BUSIA, M. VILLANI, A. LAFFRANCHI, S. VIVIANI and V. BONFANTE

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 777-783;
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  p53 and EGFR Expression in Colorectal Cancer: A Reappraisal of ‘Old’ Tissue Markers in Patients with Long Follow-up

  GEORGE E. THEODOROPOULOS, ELENI KARAFOKA, JOANNA G. PAPAILIOU, PARASKEVAS STAMOPOULOS, CONSTANTINOS P. ZAMBIRINIS, KONSTANTINOS BRAMIS, SOTIRIOS-GEORGE PANOUSSOPOULOS, EMMANOUIL LEANDROS and JOHN BRAMIS

  Anticancer Research February 2009, 29 (2) 785-791;