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Clinical Studies

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  Impact of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Breast Cancer

  FRIEDERIKE HOELLEN, KATHARINA KELLING, CHRISTINE DITTMER, KLAUS DIEDRICH, MICHAEL FRIEDRICH and MARC THILL

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4359-4367;
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  Estrogen Pathway Polymorphisms and Mammographic Density

  ISABELLE DUMAS and CAROLINE DIORIO

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4369-4386;
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  Targeting AKT Protein Kinase in Gastric Cancer

  KHALDOUN ALMHANNA, JONATHAN STROSBERG and MOKENGE MALAFA

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4387-4392;
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  Feasibility of Image-guided Radiotherapy Based on Tomotherapy for the Treatment of Locally Advanced Anal Carcinoma

  NAM P. NGUYEN, JACQUELINE VOCK, THOMAS SROKA, RIHAN KHAN, SIYOUNG JANG, ALEXANDER CHI, MICHAEL BETZ, LARS EWELL, DEIRDRE COHEN, RICHARD P. VO, MELISSA MILLS and VINCENT VINH-HUNG

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4393-4396;
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  Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma in Complete Remission: a Case Report

  JORGE RAMOS, KRISHNA S. GUNTURU, SARAVANAN KRISHNAMOORTHY, BARTON KENNEY and M. WASIF SAIF

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4397-4400;
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  Loss of p27^KIP1 Expression in Fully-staged Node-negative Breast Cancer: Association with Lack of Hormone Receptors in T1a/b, but not T1c Infiltrative Ductal Carcinoma

  DEEPU MIRCHANDANI, DANIEL F. ROSES, GIORGIO INGHIRAMI, ANNE ZELENIUCH-JACQUOTTE, JOAN CANGIARELLA, AMBER GUTH, RACHAEL ANN SAFYAN, SILVIA C. FORMENTI, MICHELE PAGANO and FRANCO MUGGIA

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4401-4405;
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  Triple Induction Chemotherapy and Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer. A Phase II Study

  WOLFGANG EISTERER, ALEXANDER DE VRIES, DOROTA KENDLER, BERNHARD SPECHTENHAUSER, ALFRED KÖNIGSRAINER, HERMANN NEHODA, IRENE VIRGOLINI, PETER LUKAS, OLIVER BECHTER, EWALD WÖLL and DIETMAR ÖFNER

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4407-4412;
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  Intraepidermal Nerve Fibre Density in Cancer Patients Receiving Adjuvant Chemotherapy

  MIKA J. KOSKINEN, ANNA-LIISA KAUTIO, MAIJA L. HAANPÄÄ, HANNU K. HAAPASALO, PIRKKO-L. KELLOKUMPU-LEHTINEN, TIINA SAARTO and AKI J. HIETAHARJU

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4413-4416;
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  First Study of Oral Artenimol-R in Advanced Cervical Cancer: Clinical Benefit, Tolerability and Tumor Markers

  FRANS HERWIG JANSEN, INNOCENT ADOUBI, KOUASSI COMOE J.C, TINNE DE CNODDER, NICOLAS JANSEN, ALEXANDER TSCHULAKOW and THOMAS EFFERTH

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4417-4422;
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  Impaired Bone Microenvironment: Correlation between Bone Density and Presence of Disseminated Tumor Cells

  B. KRAEMER, R. ROTHMUND, M. BANYS, N. KRAWCZYK, E.-F. SOLOMAYER, C. MACK, D. WALLWIENER and T. FEHM

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4423-4428;
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  Immunohistochemical Study of VEGF Expression in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinomas: Correlation with the mTOR–HIF-1α Pathway

  TOMOFUMI NARUSE, GORO KAWASAKI, SOUICHI YANAMOTO, AKIO MIZUNO and MASAHIRO UMEDA

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4429-4437;
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  Oxaliplatin, Irinotecan and Cetuximab in Advanced Gastric Cancer. A Multicenter Phase II Trial (Gastric-2) of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Medikamentöse Tumortherapie (AGMT)

  EWALD WÖLL, RICHARD GREIL, WOLFGANG EISTERER, OLIVER BECHTER, MICHAEL A. FRIDRIK, BIRGIT GRÜNBERGER, AUGUST ZABERNIGG, BEATE MAYRBÄURL, GUDRUN RUSS, MARGIT DLASKA, PETER OBRIST and JOSEF THALER

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4439-4443;
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  PCA3 Score vs PSA Free/Total Accuracy in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis at Repeat Saturation Biopsy

  PIETRO PEPE and FRANCESCO ARAGONA

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4445-4449;
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  The EMT Status in the Primary Tumor Does Not Predict Postoperative Recurrence or Disease-free Survival in Lung Adenocarcinoma

  YASUHIRO CHIKAISHI, HIDETAKA URAMOTO and FUMIHIRO TANAKA

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4451-4456;
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  Correlation between IDH1 Gene Mutation Status and Survival of Patients Treated for Recurrent Glioma

  SHASHA LV, ERIK TEUGELS, JAN SADONES, ERIK QUARTIER, MIKE HUYLEBROUCK, STEPHANIE DU FOUR, MARIE LE MERCIER, OLIVIER DE WITTE, ISABELLE SALMON, ALEX MICHOTTE, JACQUES DE GRÈVE and BART NEYNS

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4457-4463;
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  Effect of Maintenance Chemotherapy with Gemcitabine and Paclitaxel on Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder: A Case Report

  YASUYOSHI MIYATA, SHIN-ICHI WATANABE, HAJIME TAKAHASHI, YUJI SAGARA, TOMOHIRO MATSUO, KOJIRO OHBA and HIDEKI SAKAI

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4465-4468;
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  External Validation of a Laparoscopic-based Score to Evaluate Resectability for Patients with Advanced Ovarian Cancer Undergoing Interval Debulking Surgery

  E. CHEREAU, V. LAVOUE, M. BALLESTER, C. COUTANT, F. SELLE, A. CORTEZ, E. DARAÏ, J. LEVEQUE and R. ROUZIER

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4469-4474;
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  Anaplastic Oligodendroglial Tumors Harboring 1p/19q Deletion Can Be Successfully Treated without Radiotherapy

  YASUO IWADATE, TOMOO MATSUTANI, NATSUKI SHINOZAKI and NAOKATSU SAEKI

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4475-4479;
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  Synchronous Double Tumor of Breast Cancer and Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Report of a Case

  HIDEYA TAKEUCHI, SHOZI HIROSHIGE, KENKICHI HASHIMOTO, TETSUYA KUSUMOTO, YASUJI YOSHIKAWA and YOICHI MUTO

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4481-4484;
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  Clinical and Histopathological Profile of Primary or Secondary Osteosarcoma of the Jaws

  FRANCESCA ANGIERO, FRANCESCA MOLTRASIO, GIORGIO CATTORETTI and MARIA GABRIELLA VALENTE

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4485-4489;
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  The Cancer Stem Cell Antigens CD133, BCRP1/ABCG2 and CD117/c-KIT Are Not Associated with Prognosis in Resected Early-stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

  ESTHER HERPEL, KATRIN JENSEN, THOMAS MULEY, ARNE WARTH, PHILIPP A. SCHNABEL, MICHAEL MEISTER, FELIX J.F. HERTH, HENDRIK DIENEMANN, MICHAEL THOMAS and SANDRA GOTTSCHLING

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4491-4500;
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  Evidence for Acute Vascular Toxicity of Cisplatin-based Chemotherapy in Patients with Germ Cell Tumour

  KLAUS-PETER DIECKMANN, WERNER JAN STRUSS and ULRICH BUDDE

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4501-4505;
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  Circulating CD95-ligand as a Potential Prognostic Marker for Recurrence in Patients with Synchronous Colorectal Liver Metastases

  FREDERIK J.H. HOOGWATER, NIKOL SNOEREN, MAARTEN W. NIJKAMP, AMY C. GUNNING, WINAN J. VAN HOUDT, MENNO T. DE BRUIJN, EMILE E. VOEST, RICHARD VAN HILLEGERSBERG, ONNO KRANENBURG and INNE H.M. BOREL RINKES

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4507-4512;
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  Dissection of Unsuspicious Para-aortic Lymph Nodes Does Not Improve Prognosis of Advanced Endometrial Carcinoma with Intra- or Extra-abdominal Metastasis

  YUTAKA UEDA, MIKA OKAZAWA, TAKAYUKI ENOMOTO, TOMOMI EGAWA-TAKATA, TOSHIHIRO KIMURA, KIYOSHI YOSHINO, MASAMI FUJITA, YUKINOBU OHTA, SHOJI KAMIURA and TADASHI KIMURA

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4513-4517;
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  Continuous Administration of EGFR-TKIs Following Radiotherapy after Disease Progression in Bone Lesions for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

  MINEHIKO INOMATA, TAKEHITO SHUKUYA, TOSHIAKI TAKAHASHI, AKIRA ONO, YUKIKO NAKAMURA, ASUKA TSUYA, HIROTSUGU KENMOTSU, TATEAKI NAITO, HARUYASU MURAKAMI, HIDEYUKI HARADA, MASAHIRO ENDO and NOBUYUKI YAMAMOTO

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4519-4523;
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  Hypersensitivity Reactions Associated with Platinum-containing Antineoplastic Agents for Thoracic Malignancies

  MOTOHIRO TAMIYA, HANAKO KUHARA, TOMONORI HIRASHIMA, YOKO KONDO, MASUMI SANTO, NAOKO MORISHITA, HIDEKAZU SUZUKI, SHINJI SASADA, NORIO OKAMOTO, MASASHI KOBAYASHI and ICHIRO KAWASE

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4525-4528;
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  Carbonic Anhydrase IX, Hypoxia-inducible Factor-1α, Ezrin and Glucose Transporter-1 as Predictors of Disease Outcome in Rectal Cancer: Multivariate Cox Survival Models following Data Reduction by Principal Component Analysis of the Clinicopathological Predictors

  EIJA A. KORKEILA, JARI SUNDSTRÖM, SEPPO PYRHÖNEN and KARI SYRJÄNEN

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4529-4535;
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  Retrospective Study of Patients with Brain Metastases from Melanoma Receiving Concurrent Whole-brain Radiation and Temozolomide

  NICHOLAS DEVITO, MICHAEL YU, REN CHEN and EDWARD PAN

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4537-4543;
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  Perioperative Non-tumorous Factors Associated with Survival in HCC Patients Who Underwent Hepatectomy

  ATSUSHI NANASHIMA, TAKAFUMI ABO, KEIKO HAMASAKI, KOUKI WAKATA, TETSURO TOMINAGA, SHIGEKAZU HIDAKA, HIROAKI TAKESHITA and TAKESHI NAGAYASU

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4545-4551;
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  Initial Experience with Hepatic Intraarterial Fotemustine and Interferon Alpha 2b Combination for Treatment of Liver Tumors

  FELICE VITO VITALE, PLACIDO ROMEO, ENRICO MARIA DI MAGGIO, ALESSANDRA PARISI, EMILIA MALAPONTE, STEFANIA CALÌ, FABIO VASTA, VINCENZO PANEBIANCO, DOMENICO ARCORIA and FRANCESCO FERRAÙ

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4553-4559;
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  Prospective Study Evaluating the Plasma Concentrations of Twenty-six Cytokines and Response to Morphine Treatment in Cancer Patients

  CHIHIRO MAKIMURA, TOKUZO ARAO, HIROMICHI MATSUOKA, MASAYUKI TAKEDA, HIDEMI KIYOTA, JUNJI TSURUTANI, YOSHIHIKO FUJITA, KAZUKO MATSUMOTO, HIDEHARU KIMURA, MASATOMO OTSUKA, ATSUKO KOYAMA, CHIYO K. IMAMURA, TAKEHARU YAMANAKA, KYOKO TANAKA, KAZUTO NISHIO and KAZUHIKO NAKAGAWA

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4561-4568;
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  Impact of Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer on Regulatory T-Cells and Tumor Immunity

  KAZUNARI MAEDA, SHOICHI HAZAMA, KAZUHISA TOKUNO, SHIN KAN, YOSHINARI MAEDA, YUSAKU WATANABE, RYOJI KAMEI, YOSHITARO SHINDO, NORIKO MAEDA, KIYOSHI YOSHIMURA, SHIGEFUMI YOSHINO and MASAAKI OKA

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4569-4574;
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  Radiofrequency Ablation for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Retrospective Analysis of a Single Centre Experience

  ANTONIO GIORGIO, GIORGIO CALISTI, GIORGIO DE STEFANO, NUNZIA FARELLA, ANTONELLA DI SARNO, FERDINANDO AMENDOLA, UMBERTO SCOGNAMIGLIO and VALENTINA GIORGIO

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4575-4580;
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  Trans-Arterial Chemoembolization of Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma to the Liver Adopting DC Bead®, Drug-eluting Bead Loaded with Irinotecan: Results of a Phase II Clinical Study

  CAMILLO ALIBERTI, GIAMMARIA FIORENTINI, PIER CARLO MUZZIO, FABIO POMERRI, MASSIMO TILLI, SERGIO DALLARA and GIORGIO BENEA

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4581-4587;
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  Docetaxel, Nedaplatin, and S-1 (DGS) Chemotherapy for Advanced Esophageal Carcinoma: A Phase I Dose-escalation Study

  YOSHIHIRO TANAKA, KAZUHIRO YOSHIDA, SHINJI OSADA, KAZUYA YAMAGUCHI and TAKAO TAKAHASHI

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4589-4597;
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  Long-term Survival Following Resection of Brain Metastases from Pancreatic Cancer

  JOHANNES LEMKE, THOMAS F.E. BARTH, MARKUS JUCHEMS, THOMAS KAPAPA, DORIS HENNE-BRUNS and MARKO KORNMANN

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4599-4603;
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  Comparison of Lymphangiogenesis between Primary Colorectal Cancer and Corresponding Liver Metastases

  ALEXANDRA SCHOPPMANN, DIETMAR TAMANDL, BEATA HERBERGER, FRIEDRICH LÄNGLE, PETER BIRNER, SILVANA GELEFF, THOMAS GRÜNBERGER and SEBASTIAN F. SCHOPPMANN

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4605-4611;
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  Salvage Chemotherapy for Ovarian Carcinoma Recurring During or After Consolidation Chemotherapy with Paclitaxel

  YUKARI MIYOSHI, YUTAKA UEDA, AKIKO MORIMOTO, TAKUHEI YOKOYAMA, SHINYA MATSUZAKI, EIJI KOBAYASHI, TOSHIHIRO KIMURA, KIYOSHI YOSHINO, MASAMI FUJITA, TAKAYUKI ENOMOTO and TADASHI KIMURA

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4613-4617;
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  Clinical Significance of BRAF Gene Mutations in Patients with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

  MASASHI KOBAYASHI, MAKOTO SONOBE, TSUYOSHI TAKAHASHI, AKIHIKO YOSHIZAWA, MASASHI ISHIKAWA, RYUTARO KIKUCHI, KENICHI OKUBO, CHENG-LONG HUANG and HIROSHI DATE

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4619-4623;
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  Weekly Paclitaxel in Combination with Doxifluridine for Peritoneally Disseminated Gastric Cancer with Malignant Ascites

  IZUMI TAKEYOSHI, FUJIO MAKITA, SHIGERU IWAZAKI, HITOSHI ISHIKAWA, SHINICHI KAKINUMA, YOSHIHIRO SATO, TOSHIHIRO OHYA, KATSUNAO NAKAGAMI, NAOKI TOMIZAWA, MASARU IZUMI, ISAO KOBAYASHI, YOSHIFUMI TANAHASHI, JUNYA KOBAYASHI, NORIKAZU KAMOSHITA, SUSUMU KAWATE, YUTAKA SUNOSE, ICHIRO SAKAMOTO, DAISUKE YOSHINARI, TATSUYA YAMADA and TOSHIO OKABE

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4625-4630;
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  The Prognostic Significance of HER2 Overexpression in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

  MASARU TAKENAKA, TAKESHI HANAGIRI, SHINJI SHINOHARA, TAIJI KUWATA, YASUHIRO CHIKAISHI, SOICH OKA, YOSHIKI SHIGEMATSU, YOSHIKA NAGATA, HIDEHIKO SHIMOKAWA, MAKOTO NAKAGAWA, HIDETAKA URAMOTO, TOMOKO SO and FUMIHIRO TANAKA

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4631-4636;
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  Single-agent Paclitaxel in Advanced Anal Cancer after Failure of Cisplatin and 5-Fluorouracil Chemotherapy

  ALI ABBAS, ELIE NEHME and MARWAN FAKIH

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4637-4640;
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  Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Inferior Vena Cava/Heart Invasion

  YOON HEE CHUN, SANG HOON AHN, JUN YONG PARK, DO YOUNG KIM, KWANG-HYUB HAN, CHAE YOON CHON, SUN JEONG BYUN and SEUNG UP KIM

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4641-4646;
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  Clinical Significance of Hypermethylation Status in NSCLC: Evaluation of a 30-Gene Panel in Patients with Advanced Disease

  MILOS PESEK, MARTA KOPECKOVA, LUCIE BENESOVA, ANNA MESZAROSOVA, PETR MUKENSNABL, FRANTISEK BRUHA and MAREK MINARIK

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4647-4652;
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  Growth Factors and Breast Tumors, Comparison of Selected Growth Factors with Traditional Tumor Markers

  RADEK KUCERA, MONIKA CERNA, ANDREA NARSANSKA, SARKA SVOBODOVA, MARKETA STRAKOVA, JINDRA VRZALOVA, RADKA FUCHSOVA, INKA TRESKOVA, TOMAS KYDLICEK, VLADISLAV TRESKA, LADISLAV PECEN, ONDREJ TOPOLCAN and PETR PAZDIORA

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4653-4656;
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  Multi-center Phase II Study of FLOX for Advanced Colorectal Cancer Patients in Japan: SWIFT 3 Study

  TAKESHI KATO, NAOKI NAGATA, MAKOTO FUJII, HIROSHI TAKEMOTO, KEN KONDO, YUSUKE OKUYAMA, HARUMI TOMINAGA, JUNICHI SAKAMOTO and HIDEYUKI MISHIMA

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4657-4664;
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  Low Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase Correlates with Prolonged Survival in Patients with Lung Adenocarcinoma Treated with 5-Fluorouracil

  YASUSHI SHINTANI, MASAYOSHI INOUE, YASUNOBU FUNAKOSHI, AKIHIDE MATSUMURA, MITSUNORI OHTA, HAJIME MAEDA and MEINOSHIN OKUMURA

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4665-4671;
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  Index

  Anticancer Research December 2011, 31 (12) 4673-4823;