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Clinical Studies

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  c-MET and HGF mRNA Expression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Correlation with Clinicopathological Features and Survival

  CELINA SU-PING ANG, MARK YIPIN SUN, DAVID FIDEL HUITZIL-MELENDEZ, JOANNE FU-LOU CHOU, MARINELA CAPANU, WILLIAM JARNAGIN, YUMAN FONG, RONALD PAUL DEMATTEO, MICHAEL D'ANGELICA, PETER ALLEN, CHIN-TUNG CHEN, EILEEN MARY O'REILLY, MARTIN ROSS WEISER and GHASSAN KHALED ABOU-ALFA

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3241-3245;
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  Gene Polymorphism of Matrix Metalloproteinase-12 and -13 and Association with Colorectal Cancer in Swedish Patients

  SONG VAN NGUYEN, MARITA SKARSTEDT, STURE LÖFGREN, NIKLAS ZAR, ROLAND E. ANDERSSON, MIKAEL LINDH, ANDREAS MATUSSEK and JAN DIMBERG

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3247-3250;
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  Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma in the Elderly: The Cleveland Clinic Experience

  HAO XIE, SAURABH DAHIYA, ERIN S. MURPHY, SAMUEL T. CHAO, JOHN H. SUH, GLEN H.J. STEVENS, DAVID M. PEEREBOOM and MANMEET S. AHLUWALIA

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3251-3258;
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  Collagenous Fibroma (Desmoplastic Fibroblastoma) with Trisomy 8 as the Sole Cytogenetic Abnormality

  JUN NISHIO, HIROSHI IWASAKI, SHINTARO YANO and MASATOSHI NAITO

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3259-3262;
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  Fatal Herpes Encephalitis in a Patient with Small Cell Lung Cancer Following Prophylactic Cranial Radiation - A Case Report with Review of Literature

  SUBHANKAR CHAKRABORTY, MICHAEL DONNER and DAVID COLAN

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3263-3268;
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  Laparoscopic Minimally Invasive Total Gastrectomy with Linear Stapled Oesophagojejunostomy – Experience from the First Thirty Procedures

  TORBEN INGEMANN PETERSEN, EINAR PAHLE, THORBJØRN SOMMER and THOMAS ZILLING

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3269-3273;
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  Platinum-based Doublet Chemotherapy plus Bevacizumab Without Bevacizumab Maintenance in Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

  DORTE SCHOU NØRØXE, SANDRA WALLEREK and JENS BENN SØRENSEN

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3275-3278;
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  Comparison of the Time-to-response Between Radiotherapy and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor - Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer with EGFR Mutation

  HISAO IMAI, TAKEHITO SHUKUYA, TOSHIAKI TAKAHASHI, SAKAE FUJIWARA, KEITA MORI, AKIRA ONO, HIROAKI AKAMATSU, TETSUHIKO TAIRA, HIROTSUGU KENMOTSU, TATEAKI NAITO, KYOICHI KAIRA, HARUYASU MURAKAMI, HIDEYUKI HARADA, MASAHIRO ENDO, TAKASHI NAKAJIMA and NOBUYUKI YAMAMOTO

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3279-3284;
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  Outpatient Oral Chemotherapy with S-1 for Unresectable or Distant Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer

  MAYUKA MAEDA, TAKU YAMASHITA, TAKESHI MATSUNOBU, KOJI ARAKI, MASAYUKI TOMIFUJI and AKIHIRO SHIOTANI

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3285-3289;
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  A High Preoperative Neutrophil–to–lymphocyte Ratio Is Associated with Poor Survival in Patients with Colorectal Cancer

  MASATSUNE SHIBUTANI, KIYOSHI MAEDA, HISASHI NAGAHARA, EIJI NODA, HIROSHI OHTANI, YUKIO NISHIGUCHI and KOSEI HIRAKAWA

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3291-3294;
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  Increased Phosphorylation of AKT in High-risk Gastric Mucosa

  TAKAMITSU SASAKI, HIROKI KUNIYASU, YI LUO, MISAHO KITAYOSHI, ERIKO TANABE, DAISUKE KATO, SATOSHI SHINYA, KIYOMU FUJII, HITOSHI OHMORI and YUICHI YAMASHITA

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3295-3300;
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  Low Expression of Claudin-1 and Presence of Poorly-differentiated Tumor Clusters Correlate with Poor Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer

  MASATSUNE SHIBUTANI, EIJI NODA, KIYOSHI MAEDA, HISASHI NAGAHARA, HIROSHI OHTANI and KOSEI HIRAKAWA

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3301-3306;
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  Etoposide Improves Survival in High-grade Glioma: A Meta-Analysis

  ALEXIS LEONARD and JOHANNES E. WOLFF

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3307-3315;
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  Efficacy of Postoperative Oxaliplatin- or Irinotecan-based Chemotherapy After Curative Resection of Synchronous Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer

  HUNG-CHIH HSU, WEN-CHI CHOU, WEN-CHI SHEN, CHIAO-EN WU, JEN-SHI CHEN, CHI-TING LIAU, YUNG-CHANG LIN and TSAI-SHENG YANG

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3317-3325;
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  Pemetrexed and Cisplatin for Advanced Non-squamous Non-small Cell Lung Cancer in Japanese Patients: Phase II Study

  YUKO KAWANO, FUMIYOSHI OHYANAGI, NORIKO YANAGITANI, KEITA KUDO, ATSUSHI HORIIKE, AZUSA TANIMOTO, HIRONARI NISHIZAWA, ATSUO ICHIKAWA, TOSHIO SAKATANI, KATSUMI NAKATOMI, SACHIKO HAGIWARA, HIRONORI NINOMIYA, NORIKO MOTOI, YUICHI ISHIKAWA, TAKESHI HORAI and MAKOTO NISHIO

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3327-3333;
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  Detectable Wilms' Tumor-1 Transcription at Treatment Completion Is Associated with Poor Prognosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Single Institution's Experience

  TAKAHIRO YAMAUCHI, EIJU NEGORO, SHIN LEE, MIHOKO TAKAI, YASUFUMI MATSUDA, KAZUTAKA TAKAGI, SHINJI KISHI, KATSUNORI TAI, NAOKO HOSONO, TOSHIKI TASAKI, SATOSHI IKEGAYA, AKIRA YOSHIDA, YOSHIMASA URASAKI, HIROMICHI IWASAKI and TAKANORI UEDA

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3335-3340;
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  Beta-2 Microglobulin as a Diagnostic Parameter in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Comparative Study with FDG-PET

  DANIEL F. TOTH, MARKUS RADERER, WOLFGANG WADSAK and GEORGIOS KARANIKAS

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3341-3345;
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  Predictability of Oral and Laryngopharyngeal Function for Aspiration and Limitation of Oral Intake in Patients After Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer

  CHRISTIANE HEY, BENJAMIN P. LANGE, CHRISTINA AERE, SILVIA EBERLE, YEVGEN ZARETSKY, ROBERT SADER, TIMO STÖVER and JENS WAGENBLAST

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3347-3353;
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  Significant Efficacy of New Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization Technique for Hepatic Metastases of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

  TAKAHIRO AKAHORI, MASAYUKI SHO, TOSHIHIRO TANAKA, HIDEYUKI NISHIOFUKU, SHOICHI KINOSHITA, MINAKO NAGAI, KIMIHIKO KICHIKAWA and YOSHIYUKI NAKAJIMA

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3355-3358;
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  Intragastric SILS for GIST, a New Challenge in Oncologic Surgery: First Experiences

  KRISTEL DE VOGELAERE, NELE VAN DE WINKEL, CHRISTIAN SIMOENS and GEORGES DELVAUX

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3359-3363;
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  Nevus of Hoffmann-Zurhelle: A Case Around the Right Parotid Duct

  FRANCESCA ANGIERO and ROLANDO CRIPPA

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3365-3368;
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  Investigation of FANCA Mutations in Greek Patients

  NIKOLETTA SELENTI, CHRISTALENA SOFOCLEOUS, ANTONIS KATTAMIS, AGGELIKI KOLIALEXI, SOPHIA KITSIOU, ELENA FRYSSIRA, SOPHIA POLYCHRONOPOULOU, EMMANOUEL KANAVAKIS and ARIADNI MAVROU

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3369-3374;
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  Survey among German Gynecologists on the Clinical Management of Patients with Sarcomas of the Uterus

  FRANK CHIH-KANG CHEN, MATTHIAS DAVID, ROLF RICHTER, MUSTAFA ZELAL MUALLEM, RADOSLAV CHEKEROV and JALID SEHOULI

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3375-3381;
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  Continuous Tamoxifen and Dose-dense Temozolomide in Recurrent Glioblastoma

  ANDREA DI CRISTOFORI, GIORGIO CARRABBA, GIORDANO LANFRANCHI, CLAUDIA MENGHETTI, PAOLO RAMPINI and MANUELA CAROLI

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3383-3389;
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  Association of Interleukin-10 (IL10) Promoter Genotypes with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Risk in Taiwan

  CHIA-WEN TSAI, MING-HSUI TSAI, LIANG-CHUN SHIH, WEN-SHIN CHANG, CHENG-CHIEH LIN and DA-TIAN BAU

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3391-3396;
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  Sequential Treatment of Advanced-stage Lung Adenocarcinoma Harboring Wild-type EGFR Gene: Second-line Pemetrexed Followed by Third-line Erlotinib versus the Reverse Sequence

  ONDREJ FIALA, MILOS PESEK, JINDRICH FINEK, LUCIE BENESOVA, ZBYNEK BORTLICEK and MAREK MINARIK

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3397-3402;
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  Whole-body versus Segmental Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Patients with Edema of the Upper Limb After Breast Cancer Treatment

  SEBASTIAN BERLIT, JOACHIM BRADE, BENJAMIN TUSCHY, ETELKA FÖLDI, ULRIKE WALZ-ESCHENLOHR, HANS LEWELING and MARC SÜTTERLIN

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3403-3406;
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  Nab-Paclitaxel Monotherapy as a Treatment of Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer in Routine Clinical Practice

  JULIA AIGNER, FREDERIK MARMÉ, KATHARINA SMETANAY, FLORIAN SCHUETZ, DIRK JAEGER and ANDREAS SCHNEEWEISS

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3407-3413;
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  Relationship between Cancer-related Fatigue and Physical Activity in Inpatient Cancer Rehabilitation

  FRANZISKA KUMMER, SILVIO CATUOGNO, JOSEF M. PERSEUS, WILHELM BLOCH and FREERK T. BAUMANN

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3415-3422;
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  UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A1*28 Polymorphism-directed Phase II Study of Irinotecan with 5’-deoxy-5-fluorouridine (5’-DFUR) for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

  SHINSUKE KANEKIYO, SHOICHI HAZAMA, HIROSHI KONDO, ATSUSHI NAGASHIMA, RYUICHI ETO, SHIN YOSHIDA, RYOICHI SHIMIZU, ATSUHIRO ARAKI, TATSUHITO YAMAMOTO, TETSUJI UCHIYAMA, SHIGEFUMI YOSHINO, NAOKO OKAYAMA, YUJI HINODA and MASAAKI OKA

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3423-3430;
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  Reduction in γ-Glutamyl Hydrolase Expression Is Associated with Response to Uracil and Tegafur/Leucovorin Chemotherapy in Patients with Colorectal Cancer

  SOTARO SADAHIRO, TOSHIYUKI SUZUKI, AKIRA TANAKA, KAZUTAKE OKADA, AKEMI KAMIJO, HIDEKI NAGASE and JUNJI UCHIDA

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3431-3438;
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  Post-operative Lymphocyte Count May Predict the Outcome of Radical Resection for Gallbladder Carcinoma

  RYOTA IWASE, HIROAKI SHIBA, KOICHIRO HARUKI, YUKI FUJIWARA, KENEI FURUKAWA, YASURO FUTAGAWA, SHIGEKI WAKIYAMA, TAKEYUKI MISAWA and KATSUHIKO YANAGA

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3439-3444;
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  High Efficacy of Chemoradiation Therapy Sensitized by Weekly Docetaxel for Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer

  NAOYOSHI ONODA, SHINICHIRO KASHIWAGI, SATORU NODA, HIDEMI KAWAJIRI, TSUTOMU TAKASHIMA, TETSURO ISHIKAWA and KOSEI HIRAKAWA

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3445-3448;
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  Laparoscopic Radical Hysterectomy and Lymph Node Dissection Learning Experience at Campus Virchow – Charité

  MUSTAFA ZELAL MUALLEM, AARNE FELDHEISER and JALID SEHOULI

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3449-3453;
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  Comparison Between DCF (Docetaxel, Cisplatin and 5-Fluorouracil) and Modified EOX (Epirubicin, Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine) as Palliative First-line Chemotherapy for Adenocarcinoma of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

  AYSEGÜL ILHAN-MUTLU, MATTHIAS PREUSSER, SEBASTIAN F. SCHOPPMANN, REZA ASARI, AHMED BA-SSALAMAH, KATRIN SCHWAMEIS, URSULA PLUSCHNIG, PETER BIRNER, ANDREAS PÜSPÖK, JOHANNES ZACHERL and MICHAEL HEJNA

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3455-3459;
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  Comparison of Prognostic Compatibility between Seventh AJCC/TNM of the Esophagus and 14th JCGC Staging Systems in Siewert Type II Adenocarcinoma

  TSUTOMU KAWAGUCHI, SHUHEI KOMATSU, DAISUKE ICHIKAWA, TAKESHI KUBOTA, KAZUMA OKAMOTO, ATSUSHI SHIOZAKI, HITOSHI FUJIWARA, HIROTAKA KONISHI, RYO MORIMURA, YASUTOSHI MURAYAMA, YOSHIAKI KURIU, HISASHI IKOMA, MASAYOSHI NAKANISHI, CHOHEI SAKAKURA and EIGO OTSUJI

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3461-3465;
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  Prolonged Administration of Adjuvant Temozolomide Improves Survival in Adult Patients with Glioblastoma

  AMÉLIE DARLIX, CÉDRIC BAUMANN, VÉRONIQUE LORGIS, FRANÇOIS GHIRINGHELLI, MARIE BLONSKI, BRUNO CHAUFFERT, SONIA ZOUAOUI, CATHERINE PINELLI, FABIEN RECH, PATRICK BEAUCHESNE and LUC TAILLANDIER

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3467-3474;
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  Overexpression of Survivin Levels in Circulation and Tissue Samples of Lung Cancer Patients

  GERASIMOS KAPELLOS, KATERINA POLONIFI, DIMITRIOS FARMAKIS, ELEFTHERIOS SPARTALIS, PERIKLIS TOMOS, ATHANASSIOS AESSOPOS, ARIS POLIZOS and MARINA MANTZOURANI

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3475-3480;
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  HPV Status and Overall Survival of Patients with Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma – A Retrospective Study of a German Head and Neck Cancer Center

  AYKUT TAHTALI, CHRISTIANE HEY, CHRISTIN GEISSLER, NATALIE FILMAN, MARC DIENSTHUBER, MARTIN LEINUNG, TIMO STÖVER and JENS WAGENBLAST

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3481-3485;
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  Sorafenib plus Daily Low-dose Temozolomide for Relapsed Glioblastoma: A Phase II Study

  FABLE ZUSTOVICH, LORENZA LANDI, GIUSEPPE LOMBARDI, CAMILLO PORTA, LUCA GALLI, ANDREA FONTANA, DOMENICO AMOROSO, COSTANZA GALLI, MICHELE ANDREUCCETTI, ALFREDO FALCONE and VITTORINA ZAGONEL

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3487-3494;
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  Treatment Outcomes and Prognostic Factors for Thoracic Esophageal Cancer with Clinical Evidence of Adjacent Organ Invasion

  YOICHI HAMAI, JUN HIHARA, MANABU EMI, JUNYA TAOMOTO, YOSHIRO AOKI, ICHIKO KISHIMOTO, YUTA IBUKI and MORIHITO OKADA

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3495-3502;
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  Two Different Hypofractionated Breast Radiotherapy Schedules for 113 Patients with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: Preliminary Results

  MARINA GUENZI, FLAVIO GIANNELLI, DAVIDE BOSETTI, GLADYS BLANDINO, MARIA LETIZIA MILANESE, FRANCESCO PUPILLO, RENZO CORVÒ and ALESSANDRA FOZZA

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3503-3507;
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  Cessation of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Patients with Chronic-phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Following Durable Complete Molecular Response: A Single Center Facing the Dilemma

  THEODOROS ILIAKIS, VASILIKI PAPADOPOULOU, PANAGIOTIS T. DIAMANTOPOULOS, PANAYIOTIS PANAYIOTIDIS, KONSTANTINOS ZERVAKIS, NEFELI GIANNAKOPOULOU, GERASSIMOS TILIMIDOS, MARIA ANGELOPOULOU, MARINA P. SIAKANTARIS, GERASSIMOS PANGALIS, MARINA MANTZOURANI, ELENI VARIAMI and NORA ATHINA VINIOU

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3509-3514;
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  Intrathecal Liposomal Cytarabine and Leptomeningeal Medulloblastoma Relapse: A Valuable Therapeutic Option

  ANGELA MASTRONUZZI, FRANCESCA DEL BUFALO, ANNA IACONO, DOMITILLA ELENA SECCO, ANNALISA SERRA, GIOVANNA STEFANIA COLAFATI, MARIA ANTONIETTA DE IORIS and TIZIANA CORSETTI

  Anticancer Research August 2013, 33 (8) 3515-3518;