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Clinical Studies

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  Levonorgestrel-impregnated Intrauterine Device Reduces Occurrence of Hyperplastic Polyps: A Population-based Follow-up Cohort Study

  MARIT ARNES, BODIL HVINGEL and ANNE ØRBO

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2319-2324;
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  Impact of Epoetin-beta on Anemia and Health-related Quality of Life in Cancer Patients: A Prospective Observational Study Using the Generic 15D Instrument

  JOHANNNA MÄENPÄÄ, ULLA PUISTOLA, HENRIK RISKA, HARRI SINTONEN, OUTI SAARNI, EEVA JUVONEN and PIRKKO-LIISA KELLOKUMPU-LEHTINEN

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2325-2329;
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  High Levels of Wilms' Tumor 1 (WT1) Expression Were Associated with Aggressive Clinical Features in Ovarian Cancer

  ZHIYANG LIU, KEIKO YAMANOUCHI, TSUYOSHI OHTAO, SOHEI MATSUMURA, MANABU SEINO, VIJI SHRIDHAR, TOSHIFUMI TAKAHASHI, KAZUHIRO TAKAHASHI and HIROHISA KURACHI

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2331-2340;
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  Modern GERD Treatment: Feasibility of Minimally Invasive Esophageal Sphincter Augmentation

  KATRIN SCHWAMEIS, MICHAEL SCHWAMEIS, BARBARA ZÖRNER, JOHANNES LENGLINGER, REZA ASARI, FRANZ MARTIN RIEGLER and SEBASTIAN FRIEDRICH SCHOPPMANN

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2341-2348;
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  Outcomes of Patients with Metastatic Cervical Cancer in a Phase I Clinical Trials Program

  MING-MO HOU, XIAOCHUN LIU, JENNIFER WHELER, AUNG NAING, DAVID HONG, DIANE BODURKA, KATHLEEN SCHMELER, APOSTOLIA TSIMBERIDOU, FILIP JANKU, RALPH ZINNER, SARINA PIHA-PAUL, CHUNG-YUAN HU, KAREN LU, RAZELLE KURZROCK and SIQING FU

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2349-2355;
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  Novel Serum Nucleosomics Biomarkers for the Detection of Colorectal Cancer

  STEFAN HOLDENRIEDER, YOGANIRANJANA DHARUMAN, JENS STANDOP, NICOLAI TRIMPOP, MARIELLE HERZOG, KARINA HETTWER, KIRSTEN SIMON, STEFFEN UHLIG and JAKE MICALLEF

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2357-2362;
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  Preoperative Assessment of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis in Patients Undergoing Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Following Cytoreductive Surgery

  ENRICO M. PASQUAL, SERENA BERTOZZI, STEFANO BACCHETTI, AMBROGIO P. LONDERO, STEFANO M. M. BASSO, DAVIDE A. SANTEUFEMIA, GIOVANNI LO RE and FRANCO LUMACHI

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2363-2368;
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  HLA-A*02 in Relation to Outcome in Human Papillomavirus Positive Tonsillar and Base of Tongue Cancer

  NIKOLAOS TERTIPIS, LISA VILLABONA, CECILIA NORDFORS, ANDERS NÄSMAN, TORBJÖRN RAMQVIST, ANDREA VLASTOS, GIUSEPPE MASUCCI and TINA DALIANIS

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2369-2375;
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  A Phase II Trial of Two Durations of Bevacizumab Added to Neoadjuvant Gemcitabine for Borderline and Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

  KLAUS SAHORA, MARTIN SCHINDL, IRENE KUEHRER, AXEL EISENHUT, GREGOR WERBA, CHRISTINE BROSTJAN, BELA TELEK, AHMED BA'SSALAMAH, JUDITH STIFT, SEBASTIAN F. SCHOPPMANN and MICHAEL GNANT

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2377-2384;
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  Evidence that Mifepristone, a Progesterone Receptor Antagonist, Can Cross the Blood Brain Barrier and Provide Palliative Benefits for Glioblastoma Multiforme Grade IV

  JEROME H. CHECK, CARRIE WILSON, RACHAEL COHEN and MOJIRAYO SARUMI

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2385-2388;
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  The Clinical Impact of the Lymph Node Ratio as a Prognostic Factor after Resection of Pancreatic Cancer

  YUSUKE YAMAMOTO, HISASHI IKOMA, RYO MORIMURA, HIROTAKA KONISHI, YASUTOSHI MURAYAMA, SHUHEI KOMATSU, ATSUSHI SHIOZAKI, YOSHIAKI KURIU, TAKESHI KUBOTA, MASAYOSHI NAKANISHI, DAISUKE ICHIKAWA, HITOSHI FUJIWARA, KAZUMA OKAMOTO, CHOUHEI SAKAKURA, TOSHIYA OCHIAI and EIGO OTSUJI

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2389-2394;
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  Sequential Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKIs) in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Results from a Large Cohort of Patients

  PAMELA BIONDANI, ELENA VERZONI, VALTER TORRI, LUCA PORCU, PAOLO GRASSI, ISABELLA TESTA, FILIPPO DE BRAUD and GIUSEPPE PROCOPIO

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2395-2398;
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  The Impact of Combined Thoracoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery on Pulmonary Complications After Radical Esophagectomy in Patients With Resectable Esophageal Cancer

  NAOSHI KUBO, MASAICHI OHIRA, YOSHITO YAMASHITA, KATSUNOBU SAKURAI, TAKAHIRO TOYOKAWA, HIROAKI TANAKA, KAZUYA MUGURUMA, MASATSUNE SHIBUTANI, SADAAKI YAMAZOE, KENJIRO KIMURA, HISASHI NAGAHARA, RYOSUKE AMANO, HIROSHI OHTANI, MASAKAZU YASHIRO, KIYOSHI MAEDA and KOSEI HIRAKAWA

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2399-2404;
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  Survival of Patients Undergoing Cytoreductive Surgery for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Targeted-Therapy Era

  MICHAEL R. ABERN, EMELIAN SCOSYREV, MATVEY TSIVIAN, EDWARD M. MESSING, THOMAS J. POLASCIK and ARKADIUSZ Z. DUDEK

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2405-2411;
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  Mifepristone Causing Complete Remission of Rapidly Advancing Leukemia with Measurement of Progesterone-induced Blocking Factor

  JEROME H. CHECK, DIANE CHECK, RACHAEL COHEN and MOJIRAYO SARUMI

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2413-2416;
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  Successful Management of Metachronous Liver Metastasis After Pancreaticoduodectomy for Pancreatic Ductal Carcinoma Using Hepatectomy and Chemotherapy: A Case Report

  TOMONORI IIDA, YUKIO NAKABAYASHI, NORIMITSU OKUI, HIROAKI SHIBA, MASAHIKO OTSUKA and KATSUHIKO YANAGA

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2417-2420;
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  The Efficacy of Liver Resection for Multinodular Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  KAZUNORI NOJIRI, KUNIYA TANAKA, KAZUHISA TAKEDA, MICHIO UEDA, RYUSEI MATSUYAMA, KOUICHI TANIGUCHI, TAKAFUMI KUMAMOTO, RYUTAROU MORI and ITARU ENDO

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2421-2426;
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  Clinicopathological and Prognostic Significance of FOXM1 Expression in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  AKIHIRO TAKATA, SHUJI TAKIGUCHI, KAORU OKADA, TSUYOSHI TAKAHASHI, YUKINORI KUROKAWA, MAKOTO YAMASAKI, HIROSHI MIYATA, KIYOKAZU NAKAJIMA, MASAKI MORI and YUICHIRO DOKI

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2427-2432;
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  The Value of Elective Parotidectomy in Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin of the Head

  STEPHAN HOCH, NORA FRANKE, NOUR KATABI, JOCHEN A. WERNER and AFSHIN TEYMOORTASH

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2433-2436;
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  Fabry Disease Simulating Crohn's Ileitis

  CARLOS A. RUBIO, ELIZABETH VILLNOW, BIRGITTA SUNDELIN, ELINA ERIKSSON, KAROLI DOLAPCSIEV, JAN BJÖRK, RAGNAR BEFRITS, MAGNUS TENGVAR and HENRIK IVERSEN

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2437-2441;
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  Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: 10 Years of Experience at a Single Institution

  FABIO MANFERRARI, EUGENIO BRUNOCILLA, ALESSANDRO BACCOS, ALESSANDRO BERTACCINI, MARCO GAROFALO, MARCO BORGHESI, RICCARDO SCHIAVINA and GIUSEPPE MARTORANA

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2443-2448;
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  Neuroendocrine Pancreatic Carcinoma After Initial Diagnosis of Acute Postpartal Coeliac Disease in a 37-Year Old Woman – Fatal Coincidence or Result of a Neglected Disease?

  FELIX GUNDLING, ANDREAS NERLICH, WOLF HEITLAND and WOLFGANG SCHEPP

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2449-2454;
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  A New Score Predicting Survival Prognosis After Whole-Brain Radiotherapy Alone for Brain Metastases in Elderly Patients

  JASMIN N. EVERS, STEVEN E. SCHILD, BARBARA SEGEDIN, VIORICA NAGY, MAI TRONG KHOA, NGO THUY TRANG and DIRK RADES

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2455-2458;
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  Prognostic Value of a Cell-cycle Progression Score in Men with Prostate Cancer Managed with Active Surveillance after MRI-guided Prostate Biopsy - A Pilot Study

  CHRISTIAN ARSOV, FRANK JANKOWIAK, ANDREAS HIESTER, ROBERT RABENALT, MICHAEL QUENTIN, LARS SCHIMMÖLLER, DIRK BLONDIN, GERALD ANTOCH and PETER ALBERS

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2459-2466;
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  Influence of Thyroid Transcription Factor-1 on Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake and Prognosis of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

  HEAN OOI, CHING-YUAN CHEN, YU-CHUN HSIAO, WEN-SHENG HUANG and BOR-TSUNG HSIEH

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2467-2475;
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  Prevention of Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in Patients with Bone Metastases Treated with Bisphosphonates

  FRANCESCA DE IULIIS, LUDOVICA TAGLIERI, LUCREZIA AMOROSO, STEFANIA VENDITTOZZI, LUCIANA BLASI, GERARDO SALERNO, ROSINA LANZA and SUSANNA SCARPA

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2477-2480;
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  Impact of Combination Chemotherapy with Itraconazole on Survival of Patients with Refractory Ovarian Cancer

  HIROSHI TSUBAMOTO, TAKASHI SONODA, MASAAKI YAMASAKI and KAYO INOUE

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2481-2487;
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  Second Malignancies in Philadelphia-negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms–Single-center Experience

  JARMILA KISSOVA, PETRA OVESNA, MIROSLAV PENKA, ALENA BULIKOVA and IGOR KISS

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2489-2496;
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  Advantages of Laparoscopy Versus Laparotomy in Extremely Obese Women (BMI>35) with Early-stage Endometrial Cancer: A Multicenter Study

  RAFFAELE TINELLI, PIETRO LITTA, YORAM MEIR, DANIELA SURICO, LIVIO LEO, ANNARITA FUSCO, STEFANO ANGIONI and ETTORE CICINELLI

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2497-2502;
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  Number of Extraspinal Organs with Metastases: A Prognostic Factor of Survival in Patients with Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression (MSCC) from Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

  DIRK RADES, AXEL WEBER, JOHANN H. KARSTENS, STEVEN E. SCHILD and TOBIAS BARTSCHT

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2503-2507;
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  Early Manifestation of Communicating Hydrocephalus After Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Aggressive Giant Atypical Prolactinoma

  KAZUHIRO OHTAKARA, NAOYUKI OHE, TORU IWAMA and HIROAKI HOSHI

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2509-2515;
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  Early Metabolic Response on ¹⁸F-Fluorodeoxyglucose–Positron-emission Tomography/Computed Tomography After Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Advanced Stage III Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Is Correlated with Local Tumor Control and Survival

  JAE-UK JEONG, WOONG-KI CHUNG, TAEK-KEUN NAM, JU-YOUNG SONG, MEE SUN YOON, YOUNG-CHUL KIM, KYU-SIK KIM, IN-JAE OH, HEE-JUNG BAN, SEONG YOUNG KWON, HEE-SEUNG BOM and SUNG-JA AHN

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2517-2523;
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  Developing a Decision-making Model Based on an Interdisciplinary Oncological Care Group for the Management of Colorectal Cancer

  DOMENICO GENOVESI, LORENZO MAZZILLI, MARIANNA TRIGNANI, MONICA DI TOMMASO, ANTONIO NUZZO, EDOARDO BIONDI, NICOLA TINARI, MARIA TERESA MARTINO, PAOLO INNOCENTI, PIERLUIGI DI SEBASTIANO, LORENZO MAZZOLA, CARMINE LANCI, MATTEO NERI, FRANCESCO LATERZA, MARIA MARINO, GIOVANNI FERRINI, ANTONIO SPADACCINI, ANTONELLA FILIPPONE, ENZO DI GIANDOMENICO, ANTONIO MARULLI, GIUSEPPE PALOMBO, ANTONIO SPARVIERI, ANTONIO MARCHETTI, GIUSEPPE PIZZICANNELLA, FLAVIA PETRINI, MARIA DI FELICE, FLORIANA OTTAVIANI, ANTONIO MONTEODORISIO, MARTA DI NICOLA and GIAMPIERO AUSILI CEFARO

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2525-2531;
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  Periapical Cemento-osseous Dysplasia: Clinicopathological Features

  MARCO ROGHI, CHIARA SCAPPARONE, ROLANDO CRIPPA, ARMANDO SILVESTRINI-BIAVATI and FRANCESCA ANGIERO

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2533-2536;
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  A Novel Minimally Invasive Technique of High-Dose Rate Image-Based Intracavitary Brachytherapy for Endometrial Cancer Using a Single Fine and Soft, Flexible Applicator

  KOJI MASUI, KEN YOSHIDA, TADASHI TAKENAKA, TADAYUKI KOTSUMA, EIICHI TANAKA, KEIJI TATSUMI, HIDEYA YAMAZAKI and KEI YAMADA

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2537-2540;
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  Osteosarcoma of the Patella Mimicking Giant Cell Tumor: Imaging Features with Histopathological Correlation

  MIKIKO AOKI, JUN NISHIO, HIROSHI IWASAKI, MICHIO MASAKI, YOSHIHISA KAWAKAMI, TAKEFUMI NISHINO, HIROYUKI OHJIMI, KAZUO TAMURA, KAZUKI NABESHIMA and MASATOSHI NAITO

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2541-2545;
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  Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor of Colon: A Case Report and Review of Literature

  AZFAR KHAN NIAZI, KRISTIN KALEY and MUHAMMAD WASIF SAIF

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2547-2550;
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  Preoperative ¹⁸F-FDG PET-CT Maximum Standardized Uptake Value Predicts Recurrence of Biliary Tract Cancer

  MIN-SU PARK and SANG-MOK LEE

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2551-2554;
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  Re-irradiation of Spinal Cord Compression Due to Metastasis in Elderly Patients

  DIRK RADES, JASMIN N. EVERS, AMIRA BAJROVIC, THEO VENINGA and STEVEN E. SCHILD

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2555-2558;
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  A Success Story: How a Single Targeted-Therapy Molecule Impacted on Treatment and Outcome of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

  MICHAEL MIAN, FLORIAN AUGUSTIN, FLORIAN KOCHER, EBERHARD GUNSILIUS, WOLFGANG WILLENBACHER, AUGUST ZABERNIGG, GÜNTHER ZANGERL, HORST OEXLE, STEFAN SCHREIECK, MICHAEL SCHNALLINGER and MICHAEL FIEGL

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2559-2564;
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  Detection and Cultivation of Circulating Tumor Cells in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

  VLADIMIR BOBEK, GRZEGORZ KACPRZAK, ADAM RZECHONEK and KATARINA KOLOSTOVA

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2565-2569;
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  Lack of Association between KRAS Mutations and ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in Caucasian Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients

  DIMITRIOS KRIKELIS, EVANGELIA SKOURA, VASSILIKI KOTOULA, PHIVI RONDOGIANNI, NIKOLETTA PIANOU, ALEXANDROS SAMARTZIS, IOANNIS XANTHAKIS, GEORGE FOUNTZILAS and IOANNIS E. DATSERIS

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2571-2579;
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  Contemporary Review of Large Adrenal Tumors in a Tertiary Referral Center

  DIANE MEGE, DAVID TAIEB, AOIFE LOWERY, ANDERSON LOUNDOU, CATHERINE DE MICCO, FREDERIC CASTINETTI, ISABELLE MORANGE, JEAN-FRANÇOIS HENRY and FREDERIC SEBAG

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2581-2588;
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  Status of Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) in Malignant Mesothelioma

  SERENA VARESANO, CLAUDIO LEO, SIMONA BOCCARDO, SANDRA SALVI, MAURO TRUINI, PAOLA FERRO, FRANCO FEDELI, PIER ALDO CANESSA, PAOLO DESSANTI, MARIA PIA PISTILLO and SILVIO RONCELLA

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2589-2592;
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  ABSTRACTS OF THE 24th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ITALIAN SOCIETY OF URO-ONCOLOGY (SIUrO)

  Anticancer Research May 2014, 34 (5) 2593-2686;