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Clinical Studies

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  Hard Palate Melanoma: A Population-based Analysis of Epidemiology and Survival Outcomes

  CARLO M. ORANGES, GIOVANNI SISTI, DIMITRIOS NASIOUDIS, MATHIAS TREMP, PIETRO G. DI SUMMA, DANIEL F. KALBERMATTEN, RENÉ D. LARGO and DIRK J. SCHAEFER

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5811-5817; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12921
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  De Novo Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Subsequent Diagnosis of Primary Solid Tumors: Evidence from the National Cancer Institute 2001-2011

  KITTY VICTORIA and ISAAC G. FREEDMAN

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5819-5823; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12922
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  Suboptimal Outcomes in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck with Nodal Metastases

  VAMSI VARRA, NEIL M. WOODY, CHANDANA REDDY, NIKHIL P. JOSHI, JESSICA GEIGER, DAVID J. ADELSTEIN, BRIAN B. BURKEY, JOSEPH SCHARPF, BRANDON PRENDES, ERIC D. LAMARRE, ROBERT LORENZ, BRIAN GASTMAN, BINDU V. MANYAM and SHLOMO A. KOYFMAN

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5825-5830; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12923
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  Report of Objective Clinical Responses of Cancer Patients to Pharmaceutical-grade Synthetic Cannabidiol

  JULIAN KENYON, WAI LIU and ANGUS DALGLEISH

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5831-5835; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12924
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  Roux-en-Y Plus Distal Jejunal Pouch After Total Gastrectomy: A Prospective Study

  SUMIYA ISHIGAMI, KUNIAKI ARIDOME, TAKAAKI ARIGAMI, YOSHIKAZU UENOSONO, HIROSHI OKUMURA, YOSHIAKI KITA, HIROSHI KURAHARA, SHUICHI HOKITA and SHOJI NATSUGOE

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5837-5841; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12925
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  Cholangiocarcinoma: CT-guided High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy (CT-HDRBT) for Limited (<4 cm) and Large (>4 cm) Tumors

  MARTIN JONCZYK, FEDERICO COLLETTINI, DIRK SCHNAPAUFF, DOMINIK GEISEL, GEORG BÖNING, FELIX FELDHAUS, TIMM DENECKE, GERO WIENERS, BERND HAMM and BERNHARD GEBAUER

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5843-5852; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12926
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  Impact of Body Mass Index (BMI) on Chemotherapy-associated Toxicity in Ovarian Cancer Patients. A Pooled Analysis of the North-Eastern German Society of Gynecological Oncology (NOGGO) Databank on 1,213 Patients

  JACEK PRZEMYSLAW GRABOWSKI, ROLF RICHTER, HANNAH RITTMEISTER, RADOSLAV CHEKEROV, HANNAH WOOPEN and JALID SEHOULI

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5853-5858; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12927
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  Baseline Sarcopenia and Skeletal Muscle Loss During Chemotherapy Affect Survival Outcomes in Metastatic Gastric Cancer

  KEIJI SUGIYAMA, YUKIYA NARITA, SEIICHIRO MITANI, KAZUNORI HONDA, TOSHIKI MASUISHI, HIROYA TANIGUCHI, SHIGENORI KADOWAKI, TAKASHI URA, MASASHI ANDO, MASAHIRO TAJIKA and KEI MURO

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5859-5866; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12928
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  Current and Future Use of Radiological Images in the Management of Gynecological Malignancies – A Survey of Practice in the UK

  JAMES DILLEY, PHILIP PRATT, MARIA KYRGIOU, KELSEY FLOTT, ARA DARZI and ERIK MAYER

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5867-5876; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12929
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  Different Timing to Use Bevacizumab in Patients with Recurrent Glioblastoma: Early Versus Delayed Administration

  FRANCESCO PASQUALETTI, ALESSANDRA GONNELLI, ALESSANDRO MOLINARI, MARTINA CANTARELLA, SABRINA MONTRONE, AGOSTINO CRISTAUDO, DAVIDE BALDACCINI, ROBERTO MATTIONI, DURIM DELISHAJ, VALENTINA MAZZOTTI, RICCARDO MORGANTI, PAOLA COCUZZA, MARIA GRAZIA FABRINI, GIUSEPPE LOMBARDI, ROBERTA RUDÀ, RICCARDO SOFFIETTI and FABIOLA PAIAR

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5877-5881; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12930
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  Relationship Between CA 19.9 and the Lewis Phenotype: Options to Improve Diagnostic Efficiency

  MARINA PARRA-ROBERT, VÍCTOR MOLINA SANTOS, SILVIA MIRÓ CANIS, XAVIER FILELLA PLA, JOSEP MARIA AUGÉ FRADERA and RAFAEL MOLINA PORTO

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5883-5888; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12931
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  Prognostic Significance and Clinicopathological Features of Synchronous Colorectal Cancer

  KEIICHI ARAKAWA, KEISUKE HATA, HIROAKI NOZAWA, KAZUSHIGE KAWAI, TOSHIAKI TANAKA, TAKESHI NISHIKAWA, KAZUHITO SASAKI, YASUTAKA SHUNO, MANABU KANEKO, MASAYA HIYOSHI, SHIGENOBU EMOTO, KOJI MURONO, HIROFUMI SONODA and SOICHIRO ISHIHARA

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5889-5895; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12932
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  PD-L2 Expression as a Potential Predictive Biomarker for the Response to Anti-PD-1 Drugs in Patients with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

  SHINKICHI TAKAMORI, KAZUKI TAKADA, GOUJI TOYOKAWA, KOICHI AZUMA, MOTOTSUGU SHIMOKAWA, TOMOKO JOGO, YUICHI YAMADA, FUMIHIKO HIRAI, TETSUZO TAGAWA, AKIHIKO KAWAHARA, JUN AKIBA, ISAMU OKAMOTO, YOICHI NAKANISHI, YOSHINAO ODA, TOMOAKI HOSHINO and YOSHIHIKO MAEHARA

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5897-5901; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12933
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  Prognostic Impact of PD-L2 Expression and Association with PD-L1 in Patients with Small-cell Lung Cancer

  SHINKICHI TAKAMORI, KAZUKI TAKADA, KOICHI AZUMA, YUMIKO JOGO, FUMIHIKO KINOSHITA, YUKA KOZUMA, TAICHI MATSUBARA, NAOKI HARATAKE, TAKAKI AKAMINE, GOUJI TOYOKAWA, FUMIHIKO HIRAI, TETSUZO TAGAWA, ISAMU OKAMOTO, YOICHI NAKANISHI, AKIHIKO KAWAHARA, JUN AKIBA, YOSHINAO ODA and YOSHIHIKO MAEHARA

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5903-5907; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12934
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  SUV_max-based Parameters of FDG-PET/CT Reliably Predict Pathologic Complete Response After Preoperative Hyperthermo-chemoradiotherapy in Rectal Cancer

  HIROTO MURATA, MASAHIKO OKAMOTO, TAKEO TAKAHASHI, MASAHIKO MOTEGI, KYOJI OGOSHI, HISANORI SHOJI, MASAHIRO ONISHI, YOSUKE TAKAKUSAGI, NORIYUKI OKONOGI, HIDEMASA KAWAMURA, ATSUSHI OKAZAKI, TAKAYUKI ASAO, HIROYUKI KUWANO and TAKASHI NAKANO

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5909-5916; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12935
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  Long-term Survival and Propensity Score Matched Outcomes of Bilateral vs. Unilateral Diaphragm Interventions in Cytoreductive Surgery plus Intra-peritoneal Chemotherapy

  BHAVNEET SINGH, GURKIRAT SINGH, MOHAMMAD POURGHOLAMI, NAYEF ALZAHRANI and DAVID L. MORRIS

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5917-5921; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12936
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  Detection of KK-LC-1 Protein, a Cancer/Testis Antigen, in Patients with Breast Cancer

  YASUSHI KONDO, TAKASHI FUKUYAMA, RUI YAMAMURA, NOBUE FUTAWATARI, YOSHINOBU ICHIKI, YOICHI TANAKA, YATSUSHI NISHI, YOSHIHITO TAKAHASHI, HITOSHI YAMAZAKI, NORITADA KOBAYASHI and MASAHIKO WATANABE

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5923-5928; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12937
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  Serum DHEA-S Is a Predictive Parameter of Abiraterone Acetate in Patients with Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer

  KOTARO SUZUKI, MARIKO SAKAMOTO, TOMOAKI TERAKAWA, JUNYA FURUKAWA, KENICHI HARADA, NOBUYUKI HINATA, YUZO NAKANO and MASATO FUJISAWA

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5929-5935; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12938
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  Preexisting Interstitial Lung Disease and Lung Injury Associated with Irinotecan in Patients with Neoplasms

  YUICHI OZAWA, KEIGO KODA, DAISUKE AKAHORI, TAKASHI MATSUI, HIROTSUGU HASEGAWA, TAKUYA KAKUTANI, TUSUKE AMANO, MASAYUKI TANAHASHI, HIROSHI NIWA, YUKIHIRO KUNIMOTO, KAZUNARI YAMADA, KOSHI YOKOMURA and TAKAFUMI SUDA

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5937-5941; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12939
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  Cisplatin Substitution with Carboplatin During Radical Chemoradiotherapy for Oesophagogastric Carcinoma: Outcomes from a Tertiary Centre

  AVANI ATHAUDA, DAVID WATKINS, KABIR MOHAMMED, IAN CHAU, NAUREEN STARLING, SHEELA RAO, DIANA TAIT, KATHARINE AITKEN and DAVID CUNNINGHAM

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5943-5949; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12940
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  Radiation Dose Escalation in Accelerated Hyperfractionated Radiotherapy for Stage III Non-small-cell Lung Cancer

  KENTARO WADA, NORIKO KISHI, NAOYUKI KANAYAMA, TAKERO HIRATA, MASAHIRO MORIMOTO, KOJI KONISHI, FUMIO IMAMURA, TERUKI TESHIMA and KAZUHIKO OGAWA

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5951-5958; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12941
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  Long-term Follow-up Results of CT-guided Daily Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer

  YUKIHIRO HAMA and TATSUMI KAJI

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5959-5962; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12942
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  Bevacizumab-based Chemotherapy for Poorly-differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors

  THOMAS COLLOT, JEAN-DAVID FUMET, QUENTIN KLOPFENSTEIN, JULIE VINCENT, LEILA BENGRINE and FRANCOIS GHIRINGHELLI

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5963-5968; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12943
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  Intraperitoneal Administration of Paclitaxel Followed by Paclitaxel, Cisplatin, and S-1 Chemotherapy for Cytology-positive Gastric Cancer: A Feasibility Study

  MASAYUKI SHINKAI, MOTOHIRO IMANO, YASUTAKA CHIBA, YOKO HIRAKI, HIROAKI KATO, MITSURU IWAMA, OSAMU SHIRAISI, ATSUSHI YASUDA, MASAHIRO TSUBAKI, SHOZO NISHIDA, YUTAKA KIMURA and TAKUSHI YASUDA

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5969-5974; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12944
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  Intraperitoneal and Systemic Chemotherapy for Patients with Gastric Cancer with Peritoneal Metastasis: A Phase II Trial

  MASAYUKI SHINKAI, MOTOHIRO IMANO, YASUTAKA CHIBA, YOKO HIRAKI, HIROAKI KATO, MITSURU IWAMA, OSAMU SHIRAISHI, ATSUSHI YASUDA, MASAHIRO TSUBAKI, SHOZO NISHIDA, YUTAKA KIMURA and TAKUSHI YASUDA

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5975-5981; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12945
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  EGFR, SMAD7, and TGFBR2 Polymorphisms Are Associated with Colorectal Cancer in Patients with Lynch Syndrome

  ABRAM BUNYA KAMIZA, WEN-CHANG WANG, JENG-FU YOU, REIPING TANG, YEN-TING WANG, HUEI-TZU CHIEN, CHIH-HSIUNG LAI, LI-LING CHIU, TSAI-PING LO, KUAN-YI HUNG, CHAO AGNES HSIUNG and CHIH-CHING YEH

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5983-5990; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12946
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  Investigation of Survivin Gene Polymorphism and Serum Survivin Levels in Patients with Brain Tumors

  DIDEM KAFADAR, ILHAN YAYLIM, ALI METIN KAFADAR, CANAN CACINA, ARZU ERGEN, MEHMET YASAR KAYNAR and TURGAY ISBIR

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5991-5998; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12947
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  Foamy Histiocyte-like Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Unusual Morphology and Diagnostic Pitfalls

  FENG YIN, JINHUA PIAO, XIULI LIU and JINPING LAI

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 5999-6002; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12948
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  Prominent Nucleoli and Non-glandular Feature Are Independent Predictors of PD-L1 Expression in Lung Adenocarcinoma

  NARA YOON, JIYOUNG KIM, LEE-SO MAENG, JOONG HYUN AHN and EUN SU PARK

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 6003-6008; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12949
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  Impact of CMV and EBV on Immune Recovery After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Children

  EWELINA PUKOWNIK, MALGORZATA KUBICKA, BEATA KURYLO-RAFINSKA, ROBERT DEBSKI, PRZEMYSLAW GALAZKA, KRZYSZTOF CZYZEWSKI, ANNA KRENSKA, NATALIA BARTOSZEWICZ, EWA DEMIDOWICZ, AGATA MARJAŃSKA, MAGDALENA DZIEDZIC, MONIKA POGORZALA, MARIUSZ WYSOCKI and JAN STYCZYNSKI

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 6009-6013; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12950
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  A Phase I/II Study of NAC with Docetaxel, Cisplatin, and S-1 for Stage III Gastric Cancer

  YUSAKU TANAKA, CHIKARA KUNISAKI, YUSUKE IZUMISAWA, HIROCHIKA MAKINO, JUN KIMURA, SHO SATO, HIROSHI MIYAMOTO, TAKASHI KOSAKA, HIDETAKA A. ONO, MASAZUMI TAKAHASHI, KEI SATO, HIROTOSHI AKIYAMA and ITARU ENDO

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 6015-6021; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12951
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  Profile and Outcome of Supraclavicular Metastases in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer: Discordance of Receptor Status Between Primary and Metastatic Site

  FABINSHY THANGARAJAH, CONSTANZE VOGEL, CAROLINE PAHMEYER, CHRISTIAN EICHLER, JOHANNES HOLTSCHMIDT, DOMINIK RATIU, PETER MALLMANN and WOLFRAM MALTER

  Anticancer Research October 2018, 38 (10) 6023-6026; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12952