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Clinical Studies

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  Predictors of Outcome in Patients With Fibrolamellar Carcinoma: Analysis of the National Cancer Database

  HUSSEIN A. ASSI, SARBAJIT MUKHERJEE, MICHAEL MACHIORLATTI, SARA VESELY, VIPUL PAREEK and HASSAN HATOUM

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 847-855; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14017
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  Adherence to Adjuvant Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy Among Postmenopausal Hispanic/Latino Women With Breast Cancer

  ALEXANDER PHILIPOVSKIY, ALELI CAMPBELL, ROSALINDA HEYDARIAN, BRENDA CASTILLO, ALOK K. DWIVEDI, RICHARD MCCALLUM, RENATO AGUILERA, SUMIT GAUR and ZEINA NAHLEH

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 857-864; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14018
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  Postoperative Exacerbation of Oxaliplatin-induced Neurotoxicity in Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Case Series

  AMALIA GONZALEZ, EVAN J. WALKER, KATHERINE VAN LOON, PELIN CINAR and CHLOE E. ATREYA

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 865-871; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14019
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  Effects of Alkalization Therapy on Chemotherapy Outcomes in Metastatic or Recurrent Pancreatic Cancer

  REO HAMAGUCHI, RYOKO NARUI and HIROMI WADA

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 873-880; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14020
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  Racial Disparities in Outcomes Among Asians With Gastric Cancer in the USA

  RICCARDO LEMINI, MATTHEW S. JORGENSEN, KRISTOPHER ATTWOOD, TARIQ ALMEREY, ENRIQUE F. ELLI, DORIN T. COLIBASEANU, SANJAY P. BAGARIA and EMMANUEL GABRIEL

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 881-889; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14021
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  Progressive Disease in Sentinel-negative Melanoma Patients: Biological Differences and Importance of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

  ANNA CONRAD, MICHAEL REINEHR, DAVID HOLZMANN, JOANNA MANGANA, MIRIAM WANNER, MARTIN HUELLNER, RAYMOND L. BARNHILL, CLAIRE LUGASSY, NICOLE LINDENBLATT and DANIELA MIHIC-PROBST

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 891-899; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14022
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  Messenger-RNA Expression of Five Gemcitabine Sensitivity-related Genes Predicting Outcome in Advanced-stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

  GEORGIOS IOANNIDIS, CHARA PAPADAKI, ELENI LAGOUDAKI, MARIA TZARDI, MARIA TRYPAKI, EFSTATHIOS STATHOPOULOS, DIMITRIOS MAVROUDIS, VASSILIOS GEORGOULIAS and JOHN SOUGLAKOS

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 901-913; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14023
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  Impact of Primary Pegfilgrastim Prophylaxis on Relative Dose Intensity in Neoadjuvant/Adjuvant FEC-100 Chemotherapy

  TAKASHI YOKOKAWA, KENICHI SUZUKI, TAKAHITO SUGISAKI, KAZUO KOBAYASHI, DAIGO SHOUJI, HIROSHI WATANABE, KAZUYOSHI KAWAKAMI, TOMOMI TAKIGUCHI, TAKESHI AOYAMA, KOKORO KOBAYASHI, SHUNJI TAKAHASHI, YOSHINORI ITO, SHINJI OHNO and TOSHIHIRO HAMA

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 915-921; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14024
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  Efficacy of PD-1 Inhibitors in Older Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

  YUKIKO NAKAMURA, KAZUHITO MIYAZAKI, NAOTO AIKO, YUKI MISUMI, YOKO AGEMI, YURI TANIGUCHI, MARI ISHI, TSUNEO SHIMOKAWA, HIROAKI OKAMOTO and TAKEHARU YAMANAKA

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 923-928; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14025
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  First Line Gemcitabine/Pazopanib in Locally Advanced and/or Metastatic Biliary Tract Carcinoma. A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Phase II Study

  JOSEPH SGOUROS, GERASIMOS ARAVANTINOS, GEORGIA-ANGELIKI KOLIOU, GEORGE PENTHEROUDAKIS, FLORA ZAGOURI, AMANDA PSYRRI, DIMITRA IOANNA LAMPROPOULOU, STAMATINA DEMIRI, DIMITRIOS PECTASIDES, EVANGELIA RAZIS, GEORGE FOUNTZILAS and EPAMINONTAS SAMANTAS

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 929-938; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14026
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  Reducing the Number of Unnecessary Percutaneous Biopsies: The Role of Second Opinion by Expert Breast Center Radiologists

  CHIARA ADRIANA PISTOLESE, FELICIANA LAMACCHIA, DANIELA TOSTI, LUCIA ANEMONA, FRANCESCA RICCI, MICHELA CENSI, MARCO MATERAZZO, GIANLUCA VANNI, ALBERTO COLLURA, FRANCESCA DI GIULIANO, TOMMASO PERRETTA and ORESTE CLAUDIO BUONOMO

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 939-950; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14027
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  Aggressive Local Control With Multisite Stereotactic Body Radiation in Metastatic Ewing Sarcoma: A Literature Review and Case Report

  AHMAD M. KARIMI, SHAUNA R. CAMPBELL, SHIREEN PARSAI, LILYANA ANGELOV, JACOB SCOTT, PENG QI, PETER ANDERSON, SAMUEL T. CHAO and ERIN S. MURPHY

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 951-955; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14028
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  Real Clinical Practice in ALK-rearranged NSCLC Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study

  SHINICHIRO OKAUCHI, TAKESHI NUMATA, TAKESHI NAWA, HIDEO ICHIMURA, TAKEFUMI SAITO, KENJI HAYASHIHARA, HIDEYASU YAMADA, HIROAKI SATOH, TAKESHI ENDO, YOSHIHISA INAGE, TAKAYUKI KABURAGI, MORIYUKI KIYOSHIMA, YUTAKA YAMADA, TOMOHIRO TAMURA, KAZUHITO SAITO, MASAHARU INAGAKI, NOBUYUKI HIZAWA, YUKIO SATO, TOSHIHIRO SHIOZAWA, IKUO SEKINE, HIROICHI ISHIKAWA, KOICHI KURIHIMA, MITSUAKI SAKAI, KOICHI KAMIYAMA, MASAKI KIMURA, NORIHIRO KIKUCHI, HIROYUKI NAKAMURA, KINYA FURUKAWA, TAKAHIDE KODAMA, KUNIHIKO MIYAZAKI, TAKAAKI YAMASHITA, SHIGEN HAYASHI, YASUNORI FUNAYAMA and AKIHIRO NOMURA

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 957-964; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14029
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  Utilization and Efficacy of Palliative Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced or Metastatic Gastroesophageal Carcinoma

  RUTH BAUMGARTNER, HOSSEIN TAGHIZADEH, GERD JOMRICH, SEBASTIAN FRIEDRICH SCHOPPMANN, MATTHIAS PREUSSER and AYSEGUL ILHAN-MUTLU

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 965-975; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14030
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  Confirmatory Analysis of QUARTZ Study Results: Survival Prolongation After Whole-brain Radiotherapy

  CARSTEN NIEDER, ASTRID DALHAUG and ADAM PAWINSKI

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 977-981; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14031
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  Prognostic Value of p16 Protein in Patients With Surgically Treated Non-small Cell Lung Cancer; Relationship With Ki-67 and PD-L1

  ALDO PEZZUTO, FEDERICO CAPPUZZO, MANOLO D'ARCANGELO, MASSIMO CICCOZZI, LUCA NAVARINI, SIMONE GUERRINI, ALBERTO RICCI, MICHELA D'ASCANIO and ELISABETTA CARICO

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 983-990; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14032
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  S-1, Oxaliplatin, Nab-paclitaxel and Itraconazole for Conversion Surgery for Advanced or Recurrent Gastric Cancer

  MIYUKI SAWASAKI, HIROSHI TSUBAMOTO, YOSHIHIKO NAKAMOTO, AYAKO KAKUNO and TAKASHI SONODA

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 991-997; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14033
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  Selection Criteria and Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Asymmetrical Cervical Cancer Treated With Various High-dose-rate Brachytherapy Techniques

  KEIKO NEMOTO MUROFUSHI, YASUO YOSHIOKA, HITOSHI ISHIKAWA, MINAKO SUMI, TOSHIYUKI OKUMURA, MASAHIKO OGUCHI and HIDEYUKI SAKURAI

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 999-1006; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14034
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  Overexpression of Antiapoptotic MCL-1 Predicts Worse Overall Survival of Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

  TAKAYUKI NAKANO, TETSUHIKO GO, NARIYASU NAKASHIMA, DAGE LIU and HIROYASU YOKOMISE

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1007-1014; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14035
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  Can Diagnostic Low-dose Whole-body CT Reflect Bone Marrow Findings in Systemic Mastocytosis?

  HANS-JONAS MEYER, WOLFRAM PÖNISCH, ASTRID MONECKE, PETER GUNDERMANN and ALEXEY SUROV

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1015-1022; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14036
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  Efficacy of Staging Laparoscopy for Pancreatic Cancer

  KENSUKE YAMAMURA, YO-ICHI YAMASHITA, TAKANOBU YAMAO, DAISUKE KURODA, TSUGIO ETO, YUKI KITANO, KOTA ARIMA, TATSUNORI MIYATA, HIROHISA OKABE, HIDETOSHI NITTA, DAISUKE HASHIMOTO and HIDEO BABA

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1023-1027; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14037
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  The Role of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Resectable Primary Synovial Sarcoma

  YUSUKE MINAMI, SEIICHI MATSUMOTO, KEISUKE AE, TAISUKE TANIZAWA, KEIKO HAYAKAWA, YUKI FUNAUCHI, MASANORI SAITO and YUSUKE TSUDA

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1029-1034; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14038
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  The Extracompartmental Tumoral Invasion of Extraskeletal Myxoid Chondrosarcoma Induces Distant Metastasis

  YUSUKE MINAMI, SEIICHI MATSUMOTO, KEISUKE AE, TAISUKE TANIZAWA, KEIKO HAYAKAWA, YUKI FUNAUCHI and MASANORI SAITO

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1035-1039; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14039
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  Treatment and Other Healthcare Use of Breast Cancer Patients With a Previous Cancer Diagnosis

  SAMANTHA MORAIS, ANA RUTE COSTA, LUISA LOPES-CONCEICAO, MARIANA BRANDAO, MARINA BORGES, NATALIA ARAUJO, TERESA DIAS, FILIPA FONTES, SUSANA PEREIRA and NUNO LUNET

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1041-1048; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14040
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  Aortic Reconstruction by Cadaveric Graft After Radical Resection of Recurrent Retroperitoneal Leyomiosarcoma – A Case Report and Literature Review

  IULIAN BREZAN, SORIN PETREA, VLADISLAV BRASOVEANU, EDUARD CATRINA, SORIN ALDOESCU, MIHAELA VILCU, IRINA BALESCU and NICOLAE BACALBASA

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1049-1053; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14041
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  National Analysis of Patients With Ulcerated Melanoma in the United States

  DANIEL BOCZAR, ANDREA SISTI, DAVID J. RESTREPO, MARIA T. HUAYLLANI, OSCAR J. MANRIQUE, XIAONA LU, AARON C. SPAULDING, SANJAY P. BAGARIA, ALEXANDER S. PARKER and ANTONIO J. FORTE

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1055-1058; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14042
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  Residual Tumor on Wide Excisional Margins After Treatment of Invasive Melanoma

  MARIA T. HUAYLLANI, SANJAY P. BAGARIA, DAVID J. RESTREPO, DANIEL BOCZAR, ANDREA SISTI, JORDAN J. COCHUYT, AARON C. SPAULDING, EMMANUEL M. GABRIEL, BRIAN D. RINKER and ANTONIO J. FORTE

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1059-1063; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14043
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  Wide Excisional Surgery in Invasive Melanoma Treatment: Factors Driving Non-compliance With National Guidelines

  MARIA T. HUAYLLANI, SANJAY P. BAGARIA, DAVID J. RESTREPO, DANIEL BOCZAR, ANDREA SISTI, JORDAN J. COCHUYT, AARON C. SPAULDING, HENRY RUIZ-GARCIA, BRIAN D. RINKER and ANTONIO J. FORTE

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1065-1069; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14044
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  Risk Factors of Severe Benign Cicatricial Stricture After Definitive Chemoradiation for Localized T3 Esophageal Carcinoma

  NATSUKO SATOMI-TSUSHITA, YOSHITAKA HONMA, KENGO NAGASHIMA, YOSHINORI ITO, HIDEKAZU HIRANO, HIROKAZU SHOJI, ATSUO TAKASHIMA, SATORU IWASA, KEN KATO, TETSUYA HAMAGUCHI, JUN ITAMI and NARIKAZU BOKU

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1071-1077; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14045
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  Long-term Results After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: A Single-center Experience

  MILO GIANI, IRENE RENDA, ARIANNA VALLARIO, KETTY TAVELLA, ALESSANDRO VILLANUCCI, JACOPO NORI, ERMANNO VANZI, SIMONETTA BIANCHI and TOMMASO SUSINI

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1079-1085; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14046
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  The Short- and Long-term Outcomes of Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer in Patients Older than 75 Years

  TORU AOYAMA, KENTARO HARA, KEISUKE KAZAMA, YOSUKE ATSUMI, HIROSHI TAMAGAWA, AYAKO TAMAGAWA, DAISUKE MACHIDA, KEISUKE KOMORI, YUKIO MAEZAWA, KAZUKI KANO, ITARU HASHIMOTO, TAKASHI OSHIMA, MASAAKI MURAKAWA, MASAKATSU NUMATA, NORIO YUKAWA, MUNETAKA MASUDA and YASUSHI RINO

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1087-1093; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14047
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  A Pre-operative Score to Discriminate Fibroepithelial Lesions of the Breast: Phyllode Tumor or Fibroadenoma?

  CAMILLE MIMOUN, AMELIE ZELLER, JULIEN SEROR, LAURENE MAJOULET, EVA MARCHAND, MATTHIEU MEZZADRI, PASCAL CHEREL, VINCIANE PLACE, FRANÇOISE CORNELIS, JEAN-LOUIS BENIFLA and ROMAN ROUZIER

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1095-1100; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14048
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  Assessment of Factors Predicting Disease Progression in Japanese Patients With Non-Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer

  HIDEAKI MIYAKE, KYOHEI WATANABE, YUTO MATSUSHITA, HIROMITSU WATANABE, KEITA TAMURA, DAISUKE MOTOYAMA, TOSHIKI ITO, TAKAYUKI SUGIYAMA and ATSUSHI OTSUKA

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1101-1106; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14049
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  Characteristics of Five-year Survivors After Liver Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastases in Modern Chemotherapy

  TAKAYUKI NAKAMOTO, DAISUKE HOKUTO, TAKEO NOMI, TAKAHIRO YOSHIKAWA, NAOKI KAMITANI, YASUKO MATSUO, SHINSAKU OBARA, HIROYUKI KUGE, FUMIKAZU KOYAMA and MASAYUKI SHO

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1107-1116; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14050
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  Prognosis of EGFR-mutant Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion Receiving First-line EGFR-TKI Therapy Without Pleurodesis: A Single-institute Retrospective Study

  KOSUKE KASHIWABARA, SHINJI FUJI, SHINSUKE TSUMURA and KAZUHIKO SAKAMOTO

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1117-1121; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14051
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  Merkel Cell Carcinoma Clinically Mimicking a Traumatic Suture Scar in the Nasal Vestibule: Earlier Diagnosis for Better Prognosis

  PETER JIANG and JINPING LAI

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1123-1126; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14052
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  Prognostic Value of Age and Distant Metastasis in Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma Undergoing Salvage Surgery

  HIDENORI SUZUKI, DAISUKE NISHIKAWA, SHINTARO BEPPU, HOSHINO TERADA, MICHI SAWABE and NOBUHIRO HANAI

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1127-1133; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14053
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  Diagnosis of Malignant Pleural Effusion Using CT Scan and Pleural-Fluid Cytology Together. A Preliminary Case–Control Study

  STEFANO M.M. BASSO, FRANCO LUMACHI, ALESSANDRO DEL CONTE, SANDRO SULFARO, FEDERICA MAFFEIS and PAOLO UBIALI

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1135-1139; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14054
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  The Efficacy of Second-line Chemotherapy for Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer

  RENATO NAITO, KOUJI IZUMI, SUGURU KADOMOTO, TOMOYUKI MAKINO, HIROAKI IWAMOTO, HIROSHI YAEGASHI, KAZUYOSHI SHIGEHARA, YOSHIFUMI KADONO and ATSUSHI MIZOKAMI

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1141-1146; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14055
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  A Giant Gastric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Successfully Resected Following Neoadjuvant Treatment With Imatinib Mesylate

  RYO TAKAHASHI, TAKAHIRO TOYOKAWA, MAMI YOSHII, TATSURO TAMURA, HIROAKI TANAKA, SHIGERU LEE, KAZUYA MUGURUMA, MASAKAZU YASHIRO and MASAICHI OHIRA

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1147-1152; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14056
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  Tumor Response in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Followed by Surgery

  MANATO OHSAWA, YOICHI HAMAI, MANABU EMI, FURUKAWA TAKAOKI, YUTA IBUKI, KUROKAWA TOMOAKI, TORU YOSHIKAWA and MORIHITO OKADA

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1153-1160; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14057
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  Preoperative Survival Prediction in Patients With Glioblastoma by Routine Inflammatory Laboratory Parameters

  DANIELA PIERSCIANEK, YAHYA AHMADIPOUR, ANNA MICHEL, MEHDI CHIHI, MARVIN DARKWAH OPPONG, SIED KEBIR, MARTIN GLAS, MARTIN STUSCHKE, ULRICH SURE and RAMAZAN JABBARLI

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1161-1166; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14058
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  Safety of Prophylactic Gastrostomy Tube Placement and Gastrostomy Tube Usage in Patients Treated by Radio(chemo)therapy for Head and Neck Cancer

  HANNAH L. SIERON, FABIAN EBERLE, THOMAS M. GRESS, ANDREAS H. MAHNKEN and SUSANNE WIEGAND

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1167-1173; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14059
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  Association Between Sarcopenia and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Esophageal Cancer Under Neoadjuvant Therapy

  CHUN-HOU HUANG, KUN-HAN LUE, TSUNG-CHENG HSIEH, SHU-HSIN LIU, TSO-FU WANG and TAI-CHU PENG

  Anticancer Research February 2020, 40 (2) 1175-1181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14060