SPECIAL ARTICLE


Cancer research performance in the European Union: a study of published output from 2000 to 2008
Andrea Micheli, Francesca Di Salvo, Claudio Lombardo, Donatella Ugolini, Paolo Baili, Marco A Pierotti
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REVIEW


Clinical activity and cardiac tolerability of non-pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in breast cancer: a synthetic review
Mario Airoldi, Dino Amadori, Sandro Barni, Saverio Cinieri, Sabino De Placido, Angelo Di Leo, Alessandra Gennari, Stefano Iacobelli, Maria Teresa Ionta, Vito LoRusso, Marzia Lotrionte, Paolo Marchetti, Rodolfo Mattioli, Giorgio Minotti, Paolo Pronzato, Giovanni Rosti, Carlo Alberto Tondini, Andrea Veronesi
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EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION


Delays in the diagnosis and treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer
Ebru Sulu, Oktay Tasolar, Huriye Berk Takir, Leyla Yagci Tuncer, Zuhal Karakurt, Adnan Yilmaz
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CLINICAL ONCOLOGY


A phase II trial of 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin and mitomycin C in patients with advanced gastric cancer
Sung Rok Kim, Young Jin Yuh, Byeong Seok Sohn, Sung Hyun Yang
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The effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on hormone receptor status, HER2/neu and prolactin in breast cancer
José Luiz Pedrini, Ricardo Francalacci Savaris, Mario Casales Schorr, Eduardo Cambruzi, Melina Grudzinski, Cláudio Galleano Zettler
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Increased mean corpuscular volume of erythrocytes during capecitabine treatment: a simple surrogate marker for clinical response
Cagatay Arslan, Sercan Aksoy, Omer Dizdar, Mevlut Kurt, Nilüfer Güler, Yavuz Ozisik, Ibrahim Güllü, Kadri Altundag
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RADIATION ONCOLOGY


Predictors of sensitivity to preoperative chemoradiotherapy of rectal adenocarcinoma
Hongjiang Yan, Renben Wang, Kunli Zhu, Wei Zhao, Shumei Jiang, Rui Feng, Xiaoqing Xu, Xiangjiao Meng, Huiying Sun, Haiqin Zhang, Dianbin Mu, Zhongfa Xu
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High-dose radiotherapy with intensity-modulated radiation therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
Min Kyu Kang, Myung Se Kim, Sung Kyu Kim, Gi Won Ye, Heon Ju Lee, Tae Nyeun Kim, Jong Ryul Eun
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Prevention of cutaneous damages induced by radiotherapy in breast cancer: an institutional experience
Vincenzo Ravo, Maria Grazia Calvanese, Rossella Di Franco, Vincenzina Crisci, Paola Murino, Roberto Manzo, Anna Morra, Fabrizio Cammarota, Paolo Muto
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PROGNOSTIC FACTORS


Circulating tumor cells as predictors of prognosis in metastatic breast cancer: clinical application outside a clinical trial
Francesca Consoli, Salvatore Grisanti, Vito Amoroso, Camillo Almici, Rosanna Verardi, Mirella Marini, Edda Simoncini
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Prognostic value of plasma D-dimer levels in lung carcinoma
Berna Komurcuoglu, Sadik Ulusoy, Mine Gayaf, Arzu Guler, Emel Ozden
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Non-sentinel lymph node metastases in breast cancer patients with a positive sentinel lymph node: validation of five nomograms and development of a new predictive model
Augusto Lombardi, Stefano Maggi, Marzia Lo Russo, Francesco Scopinaro, Domenica Di Stefano, Maria Grazia Pittau, Simone Tiberi, Claudio Amanti
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TRANSLATIONAL AND LABORATORY RESEARCH


Overexpression of tyrosine kinase receptor B promotes metastasis of ovarian serous adenocarcinoma by lymphangiogenesis
Weiping Zheng, Qunyun Dai, Pingping Tao, Aijing Sun, Yungen Wang, Lei Bao, Guorong Zhang
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Simultaneously targeting Bcl-2 and Akt pathways reverses resistance of nasopharyngeal carcinoma to TRAIL synergistically
Shi-Sheng Li, Qing-Lai Tang, Shu-hui Wang, Yue-Hong Chen, Jia-Jia Liu, Xin-Ming Yang
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Dihydroartemisinin induces endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated apoptosis in HepG2 human hepatoma cells
Xiaoling Gao, Ziguo Luo, Tingxiu Xiang, Kejian Wang, Jian Li, Pilong Wang
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Targeted inhibition of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of laryngeal carcinoma cells in vitro
Rongrui Li, Riguang Wang, Raosheng Zhai, Zhen Dong
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Effect of endostatin on preventing postoperative progression of distant metastasis in a murine lung cancer model
He-Lan Wang, Tao Ning, Mei Li, Ze-Jun Lu, Xi Yan, Qian Peng, Na Lei, Hui Zhang, Feng Luo
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CASE REPORTS


Colon perforation during sorafenib therapy for advanced hepatocelluar carcinoma. A case report
Sang-Gon Park, Choon-Hae Chung, Chi-Young Park
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Obstructive colon metastases from lobular breast cancer: report of a case and review of the literature
Massimiliano Mistrangelo, Paola Cassoni, Marinella Mistrangelo, Isabella Castellano, Elena Codognotto, Anna Sapino, Ginevra Lamanna, Francesca Cravero, Lavinia Bianco, Gianluca Fora, Sergio Sandrucci
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Giant condyloma acuminatum of the anorectum: successful radical surgery with anal reconstruction
Luigi Battaglia, Alberto Vannelli, Filiberto Belli, Mario Rampa, Massimo Milione, Patrizia Gasparini, Ermanno Leo
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Bone marrow metastases from anaplastic oligodendroglioma presenting with pancytopenia and hypogammaglobulinemia: a case report
Vincenzo Cordiano, Fabio Miserocchi, Matteo Storti
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Nipple adenoma arising in a supernumerary mammary gland: a case report
Louise Shinn, Claudia Woodward, Samyukta Boddu, Pankaj Jha, Hutan Fouroutan, Gábor Péley
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Curative resection of combined neuroendocrine carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder
Dong Il Kim, Hyung Il Seo, Jee Yeon Lee, Hyun Sung Kim, Koon Taek Han
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ONLINE ONLY ARTICLES: CASE REPORTS


Role of radiotherapy in the treatment of fibrosarcoma of the spermatic cord: a case report and review of the literature
Mario Balducci, Alessia Di Rito, Giovanna Mantini, Stefania Manfrida, Silvia Chiesa, Vincenzo Frascino, Giuseppe Roberto D’Agostino, Vincenzo Valentini, Berardino De Bari
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Accessory spleen mimicking a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor
Sergio Suriano, Luca Ceriani, Philippe Gertsch, Stefano Crippa, Luca Giovanella
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A Journal of Experimental and Clinical Oncology

2011 Vol. 97
N. 6 November-December
Updates
Osservatorio - Palumbo
Osservatorio - Lucio Crinò
Banner Recenti Progressi in oncologia - Letteratura, Casi clinici, Opinioni chiave

INCONTRI. A colloquio con l'industria

Intervista video
Aldo Sterpone

Business Unit Oncology Director presso Amgen Dompé S.p.A

Intervista video
Massimo Verdilio

Oncology Business Unit Director presso Lilly Oncology, Eli Lilly Italia S.p.A.