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Clinical Studies

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  Biweekly Cabazitaxel Is a Safe Treatment Option for Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) Patients After Docetaxel – A Final Analysis of the Prosty II Trial

  PIRKKO-LIISA KELLOKUMPU-LEHTINEN, TIMO MARTTILA, ANTTI JEKUNEN, PETTERI HERVONEN, KATARIINA KLINTRUP, VESA KATAJA, TAPIO UTRIAINEN, MARJAANA LUUKKAA, MARKKU LESKINEN, KALEVI PULKKANEN, ANNA-LIISA KAUTIO and TEPPO HUTTUNEN

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 6915-6921; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14715
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  Microvessels in Epithelial Ovarian Tumors: High Microvessel Density Is a Significant Feature of Malignant Ovarian Tumors

  MINNA SOPO, MAARIT ANTTILA, OONA-TUULI MUUKKONEN, SEPPO YLÄ-HERTTUALA, VELI-MATTI KOSMA, LEEA KESKI-NISULA and HANNA SALLINEN

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 6923-6931; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14716
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  Differential Analyses of Peripheral Blood Parameters in CCR5 Inhibition-treated Colorectal Cancer Patients Reveal Dynamic Changes Linked to Clinical Outcomes

  AZAZ AHMED and NIELS HALAMA

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 6933-6939; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14717
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  Outcome of Soft-tissue Reconstruction in the Setting of Combined Preoperative and Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Extremity Soft-tissue Sarcomas

  RACHEL L. HONIG, MEAGAN E. TIBBO, KATHERINE E. MALLETT, KARIM BAKRI, SAFIA K. AHMED, IVY A. PETERSEN, PETER S. ROSE, STEVEN L. MORAN and MATTHEW T. HOUDEK

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 6941-6945; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14718
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  Performance of a Diagnostic Score in Confirming Acute Cholecystitis Among Patients With Acute Abdominal Pain

  MAARET ESKELINEN, JANNICA MEKLIN, KARI SYRJÄNEN and MATTI ESKELINEN

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 6947-6956; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14719
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  Elective Nodal Irradiation for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Complicated With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Affects Immunotherapy Αfter Definitive Chemoradiotherapy

  MASAHIRO MORIMOTO, KAZUMI NISHINO, KENTARO WADA, FUMIO IMAMURA, KOJI KONISHI, HANAKO KUHARA, MOTOHIRO TAMIYA, TAKAKO INOUE, KEI KUNIMASA, MADOKA KIMURA, TAKERO HIRATA, NAOYUKI KANAYAMA, MASAYASU TORATANI, HAYATO KAWACHI, KIKA OHIRA, ERINA NAKANISHI, SHINGO OHIRA, TOMOHIRO SAGAWA, MASAYOSHI MIYAZAKI, TAKASHI MATSUNAGA, TORU KUMAGAI and TERUKI TESHIMA

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 6957-6970; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14720
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  Significance of Pre-treatment Interferon-gamma Release in Patients With Non-small-cell Lung Cancer Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

  TOMONORI HIRASHIMA, TOMOHIRO KANAI, HIDEKAZU SUZUKI, HIROKO YOSHIDA, AKANE MATSUSITA, HIROMI KAWASUMI, SHINGO NASU, AYAKO TANAKA, NAOKO MORISHITA, KUNIMITSU KAWAHARA, YOSHITAKA TAMURA and NORIO OKAMOTO

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 6971-6978; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14721
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  Survival and Surgical Complications in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Patients After Completed Multimodal Treatment

  BIANCA LORNTZSEN, ANNE-BIRGITTE JACOBSEN, KRYSTYNA K. GRØHOLT, EVA SIGSTAD and TERJE OSNES

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 6979-6985; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14722
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  Rediscussing the Role of Traditional Risk Factors in Young Adults With Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  NORBERT NECKEL, MARCO MICHAEL, DANIEL TROELTZSCH, JONAS WÜSTER, STEFFEN KOERDT, CHRISTIAN DOLL, KORINNA JÖHRENS, KONRAD NEUMANN, MAX HEILAND and JAN-DIRK RAGUSE

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 6987-6995; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14723
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  Treatment With Mifepristone Allows a Patient With End-stage Pancreatic Cancer in Hospice on a Morphine Drip to Restore a Decent Quality of Life

  JEROME H. CHECK, DIANE CHECK, MAYA D. SRIVASTAVA, TRINA PORETTA and JAMES K. AIKINS

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 6997-7001; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14724
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  Efficacy of Gemcitabine-based Chemotherapy in Clear Cell Sarcoma of Soft Tissue

  ELENA COJOCARU, KHIN THWAY, CYRIL FISHER, CHRISTINA MESSIOU, SHANE ZAIDI, AISHA B. MIAH, CHARLOTTE BENSON, SPYRIDON GENNATAS, PAUL HUANG and ROBIN L. JONES

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7003-7007; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14725
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  Delayed Initiation of Treatment Is Associated With Metastasis of Soft-tissue Sarcoma

  YOSHIHIRO ARAKI, NORIO YAMAMOTO, KATSUHIRO HAYASHI, AKIHIKO TAKEUCHI, SHINJI MIWA, KENTARO IGARASHI, HIGUCHI TAKASHI, ABE KENSAKU, YUTA TANIGUCHI, HIROTAKA YONEZAWA, SEI MORINAGA, YOHEI ASANO and HIROYUKI TSUCHIYA

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7009-7015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14726
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  Prognostic Significance of Plasma Fibrinogen/Serum Albumin Ratio in the Postoperative Outcome of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

  KOICHI TOMITA, SHIGETO OCHIAI, TAKAHIRO GUNJI, KOSUKE HIKITA, TOSHIMICHI KOBAYASHI, TORU SANO, NAOKAZU CHIBA and SHIGEYUKI KAWACHI

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7017-7023; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14727
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  Prognostic Factors of Local Control and Survival in Patients Irradiated for Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)

  JASPAR WITTELER, STEVEN E. SCHILD and DIRK RADES

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7025-7030; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14728
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  Innominate Grooves of the Colon: Histological Reappraisal

  CARLOS A. RUBIO

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7031-7035; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14729
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  Stereotactic Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Patients With Oligo-progressive Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Receiving Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor: Data From the Real World

  VITTORIO GEBBIA, ANDREA GIRLANDO, ALFIO DI GRAZIA, IVAN FAZIO, NICOLÒ BORSELLINO, DARIO PIAZZA, VINCENZO SERRETTA, STEFANO PERGOLIZZI, ANTONIO PONTORIERO, ALBERTO FIRENZE and MARIA ROSARIA VALERIO

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7037-7043; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14730
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  Outcomes and Prognostic Factors Following Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Metastases from Colorectal Carcinoma

  JOSEF VODIČKA, JAKUB FICHTL, JAKUB ŠEBEK, KRISTÝNA PROCHÁZKOVÁ, MARTIN SKÁLA, VLADISLAV TŘEŠKA, STANISLAV KORMUNDA, BOHUSLAVA VAŇKOVÁ, MARTIN SVATOŇ, ONDŘEJ TOPOLČAN and RADEK KUČERA

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7045-7051; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14731
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  Small Cell Lung Carcinoma and Synchronous Rectal Adenocarcinoma and Jejunal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Present in a Patient With History of Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  BOWEI LIU, SHARON SHIRAGA, MELINDA M. MORTENSON and JINPING LAI

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7053-7056; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14732
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  Genetic Alterations Detected by Targeted Next-generation Sequencing and Their Clinical Implications in Neuroblastoma

  KYUNG-NAM KOH, JI-YOUNG LEE, JINYEONG LIM, JUHEE SHIN, SUNG HAN KANG, JIN KYUNG SUH, HYERY KIM, HO JOON IM, JUNG-MAN NAMGOONG, DAE YEON KIM, SE JIN JANG and SUNG-MIN CHUN

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7057-7065; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14733
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  Cancer Cachexia Reduces the Efficacy of Nivolumab Treatment in Patients With Advanced Gastric Cancer

  HIRONORI FUJII, AKITAKA MAKIYAMA, HIROTOSHI IIHARA, NAOKI OKUMURA, SENRI YAMAMOTO, TAKEHARU IMAI, SHINICHIRO ARAKAWA, RYO KOBAYASHI, YOSHIHIRO TANAKA, KAZUHIRO YOSHIDA and AKIO SUZUKI

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7067-7075; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14734
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  Re-Irradiation for Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme

  DIRK RADES, JASPAR WITTELER, JAN LEPPERT and STEVEN E. SCHILD

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7077-7081; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14735
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  Impact of BMI on Preoperative Axillary Ultrasound Assessment in Patients With Early Breast Cancer

  INA MACAIONE, ANTONIO GALVANO, GIUSEPPA GRACEFFA, SIMONA LUPO, MARIO LATTERI, ANTONIO RUSSO, SALVATORE VIENI and CALOGERO CIPOLLA

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7083-7088; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14736
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  Clustered Circulating Tumor Cells in Lung Adenocarcinoma: Implications of Test Results of Continuous Variables

  TAKASHI WATANABE, NORIYOSHI SAWABATA, TAKESHI KAWAGUCHI, DAIKI YOSHIKAWA, KEIJI KUSHIBE, SHIGERU NAKANE and SHIGEKI TANIGUCHI

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7089-7094; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14737
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  Nivolumab for the Treatment of Advanced Pediatric Malignancies

  AGATA MARJAŃSKA, MONIKA DROGOSIEWICZ, BOŻENNA DEMBOWSKA-BAGIŃSKA, KATARZYNA PAWIŃSKA-WĄSIKOWSKA, WALENTYNA BALWIERZ, KATARZYNA BOBEFF, WOJCIECH MŁYNARSKI, AGNIESZKA MIZIA-MALARZ, ANNA RACIBORSKA, MARIUSZ WYSOCKI and JAN STYCZYŃSKI

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7095-7100; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14738
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  Efficacy and Safety of Enzalutamide in a Real-World Cohort of Japanese Patients With Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer

  AKIYO HORI, HARUKA SAHASHI, SORA SANO, EMIRI MATSUMIYA, MAHO ARIGA, AKARI ASANO, MIDORI SODA, CHITOSHI GOTO, TAKASHI MIZUI, HISAO KOMEDA and KIYOYUKI KITAICHI

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7101-7108; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14739
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  Differences Between Laparoscopic and Open Gastrectomy on the Impact of Postoperative Infectious Complications on Prognosis

  HIROMI NAGATA, HIRONORI TSUJIMOTO, KEITA KOUZU, YUJIRO ITAZAKI, YUSUKE ISHIBASHI, SATOSHI TSUCHIYA, TAKAO SUGIHARA, NOZOMI ITO, MANABU HARADA, SHINSUKE NOMURA, YOJI KISHI and HIDEKI UENO

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7109-7117; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14740
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  Delay in Breast Cancer Treatments During the First COVID-19 Lockdown. A Multicentric Analysis of 432 Patients

  GIANLUCA VANNI, GIOVANNI TAZZIOLI, MARCO PELLICCIARO, MARCO MATERAZZO, ORSARIA PAOLO, FRANCESCA CATTADORI, FRANCESCA COMBI, SIMONA PAPI, CHIARA ADRIANA PISTOLESE, MARIA COTESTA, FRANCESCA SANTORI, JONATHAN CASPI, AGOSTINO CHIARAVALLOTI, SAVERIO MUSCOLI, VITTORIO LOMBARDO, ANTONELLA GRASSO, LORENZA CAGGIATI, ROBERTA RASELLI, DANTE PALLI, VITTORIO ALTOMARE, ROLANDO MARIA D’ANGELILLO, LEONARDO PALOMBI and ORESTE CLAUDIO BUONOMO

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7119-7125; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14741
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  Stage III and Metastatic Lymph Node Ratio Are the only Independent Prognostic Factors in Colorectal Signet-ring Cell Carcinoma Patients

  ALFREDO ANNICCHIARICO, ANDREA MORINI, ANDREA ROMBOLI, MATTEO RICCÒ, FRANCESCO LEONARDI, PELLEGRINO CRAFA, EDOARDO VIRGILIO, PAOLO DELL’ABATE and RENATO COSTI

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7127-7134; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14742
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  Effects of Type of Antibody to EGFR and Hypomagnesemia on Overall Survival in First-line Treatment of Patients With Unresectable Advanced/Recurrent Colorectal Cancer

  MICHIO KIMURA, EISEKI USAMI and TOMOAKI YOSHIMURA

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7135-7140; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14743
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  Factors Influencing Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Lung Cancer Patients: A Cross-sectional Study

  NANAMI ASHI, YUKI KATAOKA, TOMOYASU TAKEMURA, CHIGUSA SHIRAKAWA, KOYA OKAZAKI, AZUSA SAKURAI, TAKUMA IMAKITA, SHUNKICHI IKEGAKI, HIROTAKA MATSUMOTO, EMIKO SAITO, HIROHITO TAKATA, SAWAKO KAKU, NOBUKO WADA, MARIKO SHINOMIYA, TAKEHIRO OTOSHI, MASATOSHI SHIMADA, JUNICHI NIKAIDO, REIKA IKI, KATSUYA HIRANO, TOMOYUKI HIRAI, KAZUO ENDO, MASATAKA HIRABAYASHI and TORU NAGANUMA

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7141-7145; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14744
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  Cholangiolocarcinoma With Multiple Recurrences Successfully Treated With Repeated Liver Resection and Radiofrequency Ablation

  NOBUTAKA SATO, KENSUKE YAMAMURA, ERI ODA, SHINICHI AKAHOSHI, HIDEAKI YUKI, TOSHIHIKO MOTOHARA, HIDEAKI MIYAMOTO, DAIKI YOSHII, YOSHIHIKO KOMOHARA and TORU BEPPU

  Anticancer Research December 2020, 40 (12) 7147-7153; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14745