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Clinical Studies

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  Second Primary Malignancies in Patients with Well-differentiated/Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma

  ERIC JUNG, MARCO FIORE, ALESSANDRO GRONCHI, VALERIE GRIGNOL, RAPHAEL E. POLLOCK, SUSAN S. CHONG, SHEFALI CHOPRA, ANN S. HAMILTON and WILLIAM W. TSENG

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3535-3542; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12625
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  Definitive Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Hypopharynx: Long-term Outcomes and Toxicity

  ADITYA JULOORI, SHLOMO A. KOYFMAN, JESSICA L. GEIGER, NIKHIL P. JOSHI, NEIL M. WOODY, BRIAN B. BURKEY, JOSEPH SCHARPF, ERIC L. LAMARRE, BRANDON PRENDES, DAVID J. ADELSTEIN, JOHN F. GRESKOVICH and LANEA KELLER

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3543-3549; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12626
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  Stromal p16 Overexpression in Gastric-type Mucinous Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix

  TAEK CHUNG, SUNG-IM DO, KIYONG NA, GEON KIM, YOUNG IN JEONG, YOUN WHA KIM and HYUN-SOO KIM

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3551-3558; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12627
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  Current Status and Problems of T790M Detection, a Molecular Biomarker of Acquired Resistance to EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors, with Liquid Biopsy and Re-biopsy

  KAZUTOSHI KOMIYA, CHIHO NAKASHIMA, TOMOMI NAKAMURA, HARUKI HIRAKAWA, TOMONORI ABE, SHINSUKE OGUSU, KOICHIRO TAKAHASHI, YUJI TAKEDA, YOSHIAKI EGASHIRA, SHINYA KIMURA and NAOKO SUEOKA-ARAGANE

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3559-3566; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12628
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  Impact of Pleural Effusion on Outcomes of Patients Receiving Osimertinib for NSCLC Harboring EGFR T790M

  KENTARO MASUHIRO, TAKAYUKI SHIROYAMA, HIDEKAZU SUZUKI, SO TAKATA, SHINGO NASU, HIROMUNE TAKADA, SATOMU MORITA, AYAKO TANAKA, NAOKO MORISHITA, NORIO OKAMOTO and TOMONORI HIRASHIMA

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3567-3571; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12629
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  Gallstone Patients with Enhanced Oxidative Stress Biomarker Superoxide Dismutase (SOD1) Plasma Levels Have Significantly Lower Number of Postoperative Analgesic Oxycodone Doses: A Prospective Study with Special Reference to Cancer Patients

  JARI KÄRKKÄINEN, IINA SAIMANEN, TUOMAS SELANDER, SAMULI ASPINEN, JUKKA HARJU, PETRI JUVONEN and MATTI ESKELINEN

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3573-3578; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12630
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  No Deterioration in Clinical Outcomes of Carbon Ion Radiotherapy for Sarcopenia Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  SHINTARO SHIBA, KEI SHIBUYA, HIROYUKI KATOH, YOSHINORI KOYAMA, MASAHIKO OKAMOTO, TAKANORI ABE, TATSUYA OHNO and TAKASHI NAKANO

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3579-3586; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12631
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  Feasibility and Safety of CT-guided Intrathoracic and Bone Re-biopsy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

  TOMOHIRO MATSUMOTO, TERUMITSU HASEBE, YASUTAKA BABA, KEIGO CHOSA, SHOTA KONDO, SHUNSUKE YAMADA, RIKA YOSHIMATSU, TETSUYA KUBOTA, KAZUNORI FUJITAKA, KAZUO AWAI and TAKUJI YAMAGAMI

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3587-3592; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12632
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  Significance of Age in Japanese Patients Receiving Sunitinib as First-line Systemic Therapy for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Comparative Assessment of Efficacy and Safety between Patients Aged <75 and ≥75 Years

  HIDEAKI MIYAKE, RYOTA AKI, YUTO MATSUSHITA, KEITA TAMURA, DAISUKE MOTOYAMA, TOSHIKI ITO, TAKAYUKI SUGIYAMA and ATSUSHI OTSUKA

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3593-3599; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12633
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  Altered Polyamine Profiles in Colorectal Cancer

  MARKUS K. VENÄLÄINEN, ANTTI N. ROINE, MERJA R. HÄKKINEN, JOUKO J. VEPSÄLÄINEN, PEKKA S. KUMPULAINEN, MIKKO S. KIVINIEMI, TERHO LEHTIMÄKI, NIKU K. OKSALA and TUOMO K. RANTANEN

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3601-3607; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12634
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  Oncologic Effectiveness and Safety of Splenectomy in Total Gastrectomy for Proximal Gastric Carcinoma: Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

  LUIGI MARANO, FABIO RONDELLI, ALBERTO BARTOLI, MARIO TESTINI, GIAMPAOLO CASTAGNOLI and GRAZIANO CECCARELLI

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3609-3617; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12635
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  The Role of PAR1 Autoantibodies in Patients with Primary Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

  KATRIN KREIENBRING, ANNIKA FRANZ, ROLF RICHTER, DUSKA DRAGUN, HARALD HEIDECKE, DOMINIK MÜLLER, MONIKA MENTZE, RALF DECHEND, JALID SEHOULI and ELENA IOANA BRAICU

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3619-3625; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12636
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  Neoadjuvant Platinum-based Chemotherapy Followed by Radical Hysterectomy for Stage Ib2-IIb Adenocarcinoma of the Uterine Cervix – An Italian Multicenter Retrospective Study

  ANGIOLO GADDUCCI, FABIO LANDONI, STEFANIA COSIO, VALENTINA ZIZIOLI, PAOLO ZOLA, ANNA MARIA FERRERO, MARIA TERESA LAPRESA, TIZIANO MAGGINO and ENRICO SARTORI

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3627-3634; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12637
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  Is FDG-PET/CT Useful for Diagnosing Pulmonary Metastasis in Patients with Soft Tissue Sarcoma?

  TOMOHITO HAGI, TOMOKI NAKAMURA, YUICHI SUGINO, TAKAO MATSUBARA, KUNIHIRO ASANUMA and AKIHIRO SUDO

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3635-3639; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12638
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  Fertility-sparing Surgery for Presumed Early-stage Invasive Cervical Cancer: A Survey of Practice in the United Kingdom

  MENELAOS TZAFETAS, ANITA MITRA, ILKKA KALLIALA, SARAH LEVER, CHRISTINA FOTOPOULOU, ALAN FARTHING, JOHN RICHARD SMITH, PIERRE MARTIN-HIRSCH, EVANGELOS PARASKEVAIDIS and MARIA KYRGIOU

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3641-3646; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12639
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  Perioperative Tumour Marker Levels as Prognostic Factors for Surgical Treatment of Breast Cancer Liver Metastases

  VLADISLAV TRESKA, ONDREJ TOPOLCAN, VERA ZOUBKOVA, INKA TRESKOVA, ANDREA NARSANSKA and RADEK KUCERA

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3647-3652; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12640
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  Hyperfractionated or Accelerated Hyperfractionated Re-irradiation with ≥42 Gy in Combination with Paclitaxel for Secondary/Recurrent Head-and-Neck Cancer

  DIRK RADES, TOBIAS BARTSCHT, CHRISTIAN IDEL, STEVEN E. SCHILD and SAMER G. HAKIM

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3653-3656; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12641
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  Factors Predictive of Sentinel Lymph Node Involvement in Primary Breast Cancer

  WOLFRAM MALTER, MARTIN HELLMICH, MAYHAR BADIAN, VERENA KIRN, PETER MALLMANN and STEFAN KRÄMER

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3657-3662; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12642
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  The Role of Interleukin-6 Polymorphism (rs1800795) in Prostate Cancer Development and Progression

  JANA JUREČEKOVÁ, HENRIETA DROBKOVÁ, MIROSLAVA ŠARLINOVÁ, EVA BABUŠÍKOVÁ, MONIKA KMEŤOVÁ SIVOŇOVÁ, TATIANA MATÁKOVÁ, JÁN KLIMENT and ERIKA HALAŠOVÁ

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3663-3667; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12643
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  Malignant Transformation in Mature Cystic Teratomas of the Ovary: Case Reports and Review of the Literature

  ANGIOLO GADDUCCI, SABINA PISTOLESI, MARIA ELENA GUERRIERI, STEFANIA COSIO, FRANCESCO GIUSEPPE CARBONE and ANTONIO GIUSEPPE NACCARATO

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3669-3675; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12644
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  Usefulness of Preoperative ¹⁸F-FDG-PET in Detecting Invasive Intraductal Papillary Neoplasm of the Bile Duct

  YOSHINOBU IKENO, SATORU SEO, GEN YAMAMOTO, YUJI NAKAMOTO, YUSUKE UEMOTO, HIROAKI FUJI, KENJI YOSHINO, TOMOAKI YOH, KOJIRO TAURA and SHINJI UEMOTO

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3677-3682; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12645
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  Co-occurrence of MEN1 p.Gly111fs and AIP p.Arg16His Variants in Familial MEN1 Phenotype

  FLAVIA MARQUES DE MELO, LUCIANA BASTOS-RODRIGUES, MARIA MARTA SARQUIS, EITAN FRIEDMAN and LUIZ DE MARCO

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3683-3687; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12646
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  Oral Metronomic Vinorelbine in Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Unfit for Chemotherapy

  GIUSEPPE L. BANNA, ANDREA CAMERINI, GIUSEPPE BRONTE, GIUSEPPE ANILE, ALFREDO ADDEO, FRANCESCO RUNDO, GUIDO ZANGHÌ, ROHIT LAL and MASSIMO LIBRA

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3689-3697; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12647
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  Daily Setup Accuracy, Side-effects and Quality of Life During and After Prone Positioned Prostate Radiotherapy

  LINDA VARGA, RENÁTA LILLA KÓSZÓ, EMESE FODOR, ADRIENNE CSERHÁTI, ZOLTÁN VARGA, BARBARA DARÁZS, ZSUZSANNA KAHÁN, KATALIN HIDEGHÉTY, EMŐKE BORZÁSI, DOROTTYA SZABÓ, KITTI MÜLLNER and ANIKÓ MARÁZ

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3699-3705; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12648
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  Prevalence of Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 in Patients with Resected Small Cell Lung Cancer

  GOUJI TOYOKAWA, KAZUKI TAKADA, TETSUZO TAGAWA, FUMIHIKO KINOSHITA, YUKA KOZUMA, TAICHI MATSUBARA, NAOKI HARATAKE, SHINKICHI TAKAMORI, TAKAKI AKAMINE, FUMIHIKO HIRAI, YUICHI YAMADA, RYUJI HAMAMOTO, YOSHINAO ODA and YOSHIHIKO MAEHARA

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3707-3711; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12649
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  Abdominal Emergencies in Patients with Stage IV Melanoma: The Role of Surgery: A Single-centre Experience

  DIMITRIOS MANTAS, CHRISTOS DAMASKOS, NIKOLAOS GARMPIS, DIMITRIOS DIMITROULIS, ANNA GARMPI and HELEN GOGAS

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3713-3718; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12650
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  Tumor Expression of miR-10b, miR-21, miR-143 and miR-145 Is Related to Clinicopathological Features of Gastric Cancer in a Central European Population

  RADKA OBERMANNOVA, MARTINA REDOVA-LOJOVA, PETRA VYCHYTILOVA-FALTEJSKOVA, PETER GRELL, WILLIAM C. CHO, MILANA SACHLOVA, MAREK SVOBODA, ROSTISLAV VYZULA and ONDREJ SLABY

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3719-3724; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12651
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  Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Is a Negative Prognostic Factor for Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer

  MARCO SIANO, NADINE JARISCH, MARKUS JOERGER and VITTORIA ESPELI

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3725-3729; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12652
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  Radiological Features of Brain Metastases from Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Harboring EGFR Mutation

  SHINKICHI TAKAMORI, GOUJI TOYOKAWA, MOTOTSUGU SHIMOKAWA, FUMIHIKO KINOSHITA, YUKA KOZUMA, TAICHI MATSUBARA, NAOKI HARATAKE, TAKAKI AKAMINE, NOBUTAKA MUKAE, FUMIHIKO HIRAI, TETSUZO TAGAWA, YOSHINAO ODA, TORU IWAKI, KOJI IIHARA, HIROSHI HONDA and YOSHIHIKO MAEHARA

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3731-3734; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12653
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  Epidemiological Characteristics, EGFR Status and Management Patterns of Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients: The Greek REASON Observational Registry Study

  KONSTANTINOS N. SYRIGOS, VASILIS GEORGOULIAS, KONSTANTINOS ZAROGOULIDIS, PARIS MAKRANTONAKIS, ANDRIANI CHARPIDOU and CHRISTOS CHRISTODOULOU

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3735-3744; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12654
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  Clinical Relevance of Postoperative Neutrophil–Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) to Recurrence After Adjuvant Chemotherapy of S-1 for Gastric Cancer

  HIROAKI TANAKA, TATSURO TAMURA, TAKAHIRO TOYOKAWA, KAZUYA MUGURUMA, YUICHIRO MIKI, NAOSHI KUBO, KATSUNOBU SAKURAI, KOSEI HIRAKAWA and MASAICHI OHIRA

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3745-3751; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12655
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  An Instrument for Estimating the 6-Month Survival Probability After Whole-brain Irradiation Alone for Cerebral Metastases from Gynecological Cancer

  STEFAN JANSSEN, HEINKE C. HANSEN, STEVEN E. SCHILD and DIRK RADES

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3753-3756; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12656
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  Renal Cell Carcinoma, Unclassified with Medullary Phenotype and Synchronous Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma Present in a Patient with No Sickle Cell Trait/Disease: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges

  JENNY Z. LAI, H. HENRY LAI and DENGFENG CAO

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3757-3761; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12657
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  Vulvar Melanoma with Isolated Metastasis to the Extraocular Muscles: Case Report and Brief Literature Review

  ANEESH K. PIRLAMARLA, JUSTIN TANG, BIJAL AMIN and RAFI KABARRITI

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3763-3766; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12658
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  Safety of Laparoscopic Surgery for Colorectal Cancer in Patients with Severe Comorbidities

  SHO SAWAZAKI, MASAKATSU NUMATA, JUNYA MORITA, YUKIO MAEZAWA, SHINYA AMANO, TORU AOYAMA, HIROSHI TAMAGAWA, TSUTOMU SATO, TAKASHI OSHIMA, HIROYUKI MUSHIAKE, NORIO YUKAWA, MANABU SHIOZAWA, YASUSHI RINO and MUNETAKA MASUDA

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3767-3772; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12659
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  Postoperative Management of Multiple Primary Cancers Associated with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

  FUMIHIRO SHOJI, KOJI YAMAZAKI, NAOKO MIURA, MASAKAZU KATSURA, YUKA OKU, SADANORI TAKEO and YOSHIHIKO MAEHARA

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3773-3778; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12660
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  Phase II Trial of Carboplatin and Pemetrexed Plus Bevacizumab with Maintenance Bevacizumab as a First-line Treatment for Advanced Non-squamous Non-small Cell Lung Cancer in Elderly Patients

  HIROAKI TAKEOKA, KAZUHIKO YAMADA, YOSHIKO NAITO, NORIKAZU MATSUO, HIDENOBU ISHII, TAKAAKI TOKITO, KOICHI AZUMA, MASAO ICHIKI and TOMOAKI HOSHINO

  Anticancer Research June 2018, 38 (6) 3779-3784; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.12661