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  1. This study aimed to provide more information for cancer prevention strategies by determining the distribution of human papilloma virus (HPV) genotype prevalence in invasive cervical carcinoma (ICC) and precanc...

    Authors: Hongyun WANG, Xiaodong CHENG, Jing YE, Xiuyun XU, Ying HONG, Long SUI, Zhixue YOU and Xing XIE
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:487
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  2. Intravenous chemotherapy (IVC) and intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC) have become the primary treatments for retinoblastoma; however, some controversy remains over which method is more effective. We conducted a...

    Authors: Qiuying Chen, Bin Zhang, Yuhao Dong, Xiaokai Mo, Lu Zhang, Wenhui Huang, Hua Jiang, Jiejun Xia and Shuixing Zhang
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:486
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  3. The relationship between cholesterol and prostate cancer has been extensively studied for decades, where high levels of cellular cholesterol are generally associated with cancer progression and less favorable ...

    Authors: Morten Beck Rye, Helena Bertilsson, Maria K. Andersen, Kjersti Rise, Tone F. Bathen, Finn Drabløs and May-Britt Tessem
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:478
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  4. Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease and personalized medicine is the hope for the improvement of the clinical outcome. Multi-gene signatures for breast cancer stratification have been extensively studied ...

    Authors: Shujun Huang, Leigh Murphy and Wayne Xu
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:473
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  5. Invasive urothelial carcinoma (iUC) is a major cause of death in humans, and approximately 165,000 individuals succumb to this cancer annually worldwide. Comparative oncology using relevant animal models is ne...

    Authors: Shingo Maeda, Hirotaka Tomiyasu, Masaya Tsuboi, Akiko Inoue, Genki Ishihara, Takao Uchikai, James K. Chambers, Kazuyuki Uchida, Tomohiro Yonezawa and Naoaki Matsuki
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:472
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  6. Cancer cell repopulation during chemotherapy or radiotherapy is a major factor limiting the efficacy of treatment. Cancer stem cells (CSC) may play critical roles during this process. We aim to demonstrate the...

    Authors: Licun Wu, Walter Blum, Chang-Qi Zhu, Zhihong Yun, Laszlo Pecze, Mikihiro Kohno, Mei-Lin Chan, Yidan Zhao, Emanuela Felley-Bosco, Beat Schwaller and Marc de Perrot
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:471
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  7. Adenocarcinomas of the oral cavity are rare neoplasms, and only four cases of primary colonic adenocarcinoma of the tongue have ever been described in literature. Very few information about chemotherapy sensit...

    Authors: Clizia Zichi, Marco Tampellini, Marcello Tucci, Cristina Sonetto, Chiara Baratelli, Maria P. Brizzi and Giorgio V. Scagliotti
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:470
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  9. Clinical trial (CT) participation may confer access to new, potentially active agents before their general availability. This study aimed to investigate the potential survival benefit of participation in inves...

    Authors: Kyo Chul Koo, Jong Soo Lee, Jong Won Kim, Kyung Suk Han, Kwang Suk Lee, Do Kyung Kim, Yoon Soo Ha, Koon Ho Rha, Sung Joon Hong and Byung Ha Chung
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:468
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  10. Macrophages in the tumor microenvironment play a critical role in tumorigenesis and anti-cancer drug resistance. Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL) is a B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma with dense macrophage infiltration. H...

    Authors: Jing Zhang, Dongqing Cao, Shuangquan Yu, Lingchao Chen, Daolin Wei, Chang Shen, Lin Zhuang, Qian Wang, Xiaoping Xu and Yin Tong
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:467
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  11. The addition of high-dose cytarabine to the treatment of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) has significantly prolonged survival of patients, but relapses are common and are normally associated with increased resistan...

    Authors: Catja Freiburghaus, Venera Kuci Emruli, Angelica Johansson, Christian Winther Eskelund, Kirsten Grønbæk, Roger Olsson, Fredrik Ek, Mats Jerkeman and Sara Ek
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:466
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  12. Both the adenoma detection rate (ADR) and proximal serrated polyp detection rate (PSPDR) vary among endoscopists. It is unclear how these variations influence colorectal cancer (CRC) screening effectiveness. W...

    Authors: Maxime E. S. Bronzwaer, Marjolein J. E. Greuter, Arne G. C. Bleijenberg, Joep E. G. IJspeert, Evelien Dekker and Veerle M. H. Coupé
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:465
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  13. The Basque Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme began in 2009 and the implementation has been complete since 2013. Faecal immunological testing was used for screening in individuals between 50 and 69 years ol...

    Authors: Arantzazu Arrospide, Isabel Idigoras, Javier Mar, Harry de Koning, Miriam van der Meulen, Myriam Soto-Gordoa, Jose Miguel Martinez-Llorente, Isabel Portillo, Eunate Arana-Arri, Oliver Ibarrondo and Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:464
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  14. Radiogenic angiosarcoma of the breast (RASB) is a rare late sequela of local irradiation of the breast or chest wall after breast cancer. The prognosis of women with RASB is poor and there is no standardized t...

    Authors: Askin Dogan, Peter Kern, Beate Schultheis, Günther Häusler, Günther A. Rezniczek and Clemens B. Tempfer
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:463
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  15. Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is an immunosuppressor that plays an important role in cancer treatments. Although majority of the studies demonstrated that PD-L1 expression was regulated by cellular intrins...

    Authors: Chenlu Zhang, Zhi Li, Ling Xu, Xiaofang Che, Ti Wen, Yibo Fan, Ce Li, Shuo Wang, Yu Cheng, Xiaoxun Wang, Xiujuan Qu and Yunpeng Liu
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:462
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  16. The standard treatment for cervical adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) is hysterectomy, which is a more aggressive treatment than that used for squamous intraepithelial lesions. Several previous studies have primari...

    Authors: Huimin Bai, Jun Liu, Qiuxi Wang, Ying Feng, Tong Lou, Shuzhen Wang, Yue Wang, Mulan Jin and Zhenyu Zhang
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:461
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  17. Embryonic Liver Fodrin (ELF) is an adaptor protein of transforming growth factor (TGF-β) signaling cascade. Disruption of ELF results in mislocalization of Smad3 and Smad4, leading to compromised TGF-β signali...

    Authors: Fei Ji, Zhi-heng Zhang, Yi Zhang, Shun-Li Shen, Qing-Hua Cao, Long-Juan Zhang, Shao-Qiang Li, Bao-Gang Peng, Li-Jian Liang and Yun-Peng Hua
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:460
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  18. Advanced cancer significantly impacts quality of life of patients and families as they cope with symptom burden, treatment decision-making, uncertainty and costs of treatment. In Singapore, information about t...

    Authors: Irene Teo, Ratna Singh, Chetna Malhotra, Semra Ozdemir, Rebecca A. Dent, Nesaretnam Barr Kumarakulasinghe, Wee Lee Yeo, Yin Bun Cheung, Rahul Malhotra, Ravindran Kanesvaran, Alethea Chung Pheng Yee, Noreen Chan, Huei Yaw Wu, Soh Mun Chin, Hum Yin Mei Allyn, Grace Meijuan Yang…
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:459
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  20. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) remains the most aggressive cancers with a 5-year survival below 10%. Systemic delivery of chemotherapy drugs has severe side effects in patients with PDA and does not si...

    Authors: Shu-ta Wu, Anthony J. Fowler, Corey B. Garmon, Adam B. Fessler, Joshua D. Ogle, Kajal R. Grover, Bailey C. Allen, Chandra D. Williams, Ru Zhou, Mahboubeh Yazdanifar, Craig A. Ogle and Pinku Mukherjee
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:457
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  21. Cosmetic result in breast cancer surgery is gaining increased interest. Currently, some 30–40% of the patients treated with breast conserving surgery (BCS) are dissatisfied with their final cosmetic result. In...

    Authors: Coriene J. L. M. Catsman, Martinus A. Beek, Adri C. Voogd, Paul G. H. Mulder and Ernest J. T. Luiten
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:456
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  22. 5-Fluorouracil (5FU), Folinic acid (FA), and Oxaliplatin (FOLFOX) or 5FU, FA, and Irinotecan (FOLFIRI) are standard regimens for palliative chemotherapy of metastatic colon cancer. Since data showing the influ...

    Authors: Stefan Munker, Michael Gerken, Petra Fest, Claudia Ott, Elisabeth Schnoy, Stefan Fichtner-Feigl, Philipp Wiggermann, Martin Vogelhuber, Wolfgang Herr, Christian Stroszczynski, Hans Jürgen Schlitt, Matthias Evert, Michael Reng, Monika Klinkhammer-Schalke and Andreas Teufel
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:455
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  23. Advances in genomics offer promise for earlier detection or prevention of cancer, by personalisation of medical care tailored to an individual’s genomic risk status. However genome sequencing can generate an u...

    Authors: Megan Best, Ainsley J. Newson, Bettina Meiser, Ilona Juraskova, David Goldstein, Kathy Tucker, Mandy L. Ballinger, Dominique Hess, Timothy E. Schlub, Barbara Biesecker, Richard Vines, Kate Vines, David Thomas, Mary-Anne Young, Jacqueline Savard, Chris Jacobs…
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:454
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  24. The objective of study was to determine the effect of anthracycline dose reduction and chemotherapy delays on 5-year overall survival in patients with stage I-III breast cancer, to establish the impact of mole...

    Authors: Sigita Liutkauskiene, Saulius Grizas, Kristina Jureniene, Jorune Suipyte, Akvile Statnickaite and Elona Juozaityte
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:453
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  25. DNA damage repair is a complex process, which can trigger the development of cancer if disturbed. In this study, we hypothesize a role of variants in the ATM, H2AFX and MRE11 genes in determining breast cancer (B...

    Authors: Marta Podralska, Iwona Ziółkowska-Suchanek, Magdalena Żurawek, Agnieszka Dzikiewicz-Krawczyk, Ryszard Słomski, Jerzy Nowak, Agnieszka Stembalska, Karolina Pesz and Maria Mosor
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:452
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  26. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma(sHCC) who were ineligible for surgery or ablation therapies.

    Authors: Tao Zhang, Jing Sun, Weiping He, Huan Li, Junjie Piao, Huijun Xu and Xuezhang Duan
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:451
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  27. Initial staging of gastric cancer consists of computed tomography (CT) and gastroscopy. In locally advanced (cT3–4) gastric cancer, fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with CT (FDG-PET/CT or PET) a...

    Authors: H. J. F. Brenkman, E. C. Gertsen, E. Vegt, R. van Hillegersberg, M. I. van Berge Henegouwen, S. S. Gisbertz, M. D. P. Luyer, G. A. P. Nieuwenhuijzen, J. J. B. van Lanschot, S. M. Lagarde, W. O. de Steur, H. H. Hartgrink, J. H. M. B. Stoot, K. W. E. Hulsewe, E. J. Spillenaar Bilgen, M. J. van Det…
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:450
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  28. Some patients develop recurrence after curative resection and adjuvant chemotherapy. S-1, an oral fluoropyrimidine, is one of the standard regimens in adjuvant chemotherapy, and is also used in first-line trea...

    Authors: Seiji Ito, Yasuo Ohashi and Mitsuru Sasako
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:449
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  29. We previously reported that clioquinol acts as a zinc ionophore and inhibits the NF-κB signalling pathway. Other research has demonstrated that zinc deficiency plays a vital role in the occurrence and developm...

    Authors: Shan Lu, Yuan Ke, Chaoyan Wu, Yahua Zhong, Conghua Xie, Yunfeng Zhou, Fuxiang Zhou and Haijun Yu
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:448
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  30. AB0 blood groups and Rhesus factor expression have been associated with carcinogenesis, response to treatment and tumor progression in several malignancies. The aim of the present study was to test the hypothe...

    Authors: Veronika Seebacher, Stephan Polterauer, Alexander Reinthaller, Heinz Koelbl, Regina Achleitner, Astrid Berger and Nicole Concin
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:447
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  31. To identify the incidence, recurrence pattern and prognosis of brain metastases (BM) among women with metastatic triple negative breast cancer (mTNBC) treated consecutively at a single institution during a 7-y...

    Authors: Jia Jin, Yu Gao, Jian Zhang, Leiping Wang, Biyun Wang, Jun Cao, Zhimin Shao and Zhonghua Wang
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:446
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  33. The consequences of treatment for Head and Neck cancer (HNC) patients has profound detrimental impacts such as impaired QOL, emotional distress, delayed recovery and frequent use of healthcare. The aim of this...

    Authors: Simon N. Rogers, Derek Lowe, Cher Lowies, Seow Tien Yeo, Christine Allmark, Dominic Mcavery, Gerald M. Humphris, Robert Flavel, Cherith Semple, Steven J. Thomas and Anastasios Kanatas
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:444
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  34. The prognostic effect of elevated systemic inflammatory markers, including neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), remains controversial in cancer patients. This meta-analysis wa...

    Authors: Ying Zhu, Sanqin Zhou, Yang Liu, Lingyun Zhai and Xiwen Sun
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:443
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  35. Patients with recurrent malignant epithelioid mesothelioma (MM) after surgery and standard chemotherapy with cisplatin and pemetrexed have limited treatment options.

    Authors: Urs Giger-Pabst, Cédric Demtröder, Thomas A. Falkenstein, Mehdi Ouaissi, Thorsten O. Götze, Günther A. Rezniczek and Clemens B. Tempfer
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:442
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  37. Survival rates for upper gastrointestinal (GI) cancer are poor since many are diagnosed at advanced stages. Fast track endoscopy has been introduced to prompt diagnosis for patients with alarm symptoms that co...

    Authors: Sanne Rasmussen, Peter Fentz Haastrup, Kirubakaran Balasubramaniam, René DePont Christensen, Jens Søndergaard and Dorte Ejg Jarbøl
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:440
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  38. Several studies in the past have investigated the expression of micro RNAs (miRNAs) in saliva as potential biomarkers. Since miRNAs associated with extracellular vesicles (EVs) are known to be protected from e...

    Authors: Chiara Gai, Francesco Camussi, Roberto Broccoletti, Alessio Gambino, Marco Cabras, Luca Molinaro, Stefano Carossa, Giovanni Camussi and Paolo G. Arduino
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:439
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  39. Previous studies have suggested that metformin may be useful for preventing and treating endometrial cancer (EC), while the results have been inconsistent. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to inv...

    Authors: Danxia Chu, Jie Wu, Kaili Wang, Mengling Zhao, Chunfang Wang, Liuxia Li and Ruixia Guo
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:438
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  40. It has been highlighted that the original manuscript [1] contains a typesetting error in Fig. 1 and the Fig. 1c panel gas been inadvertently duplicated in panel Fig. 1d. This does not affect the results and co...

    Authors: Lee-Hwa Tai, Abhirami A. Ananth, Rashmi Seth, Almohanad Alkayyal, Jiqing Zhang, Christiano Tanese de Souza, Phillip Staibano, Michael A. Kennedy and Rebecca C. Auer
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:437
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    The original article was published in BMC Cancer 2018 18:277

  41. Our previous study demonstrated a close relationship between NOTCH signaling pathway and salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma (SACC). HES1 is a well-known target gene of NOTCH signaling pathway. The purpose of th...

    Authors: Xiao-Yu Huang, Rui-Huan Gan, Jian Xie, Lin She, Yong Zhao, Lin-Can Ding, Bo-Hua Su, Da-Li Zheng and You-Guang Lu
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:436
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  42. In China, stomach cancer is the third most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer death. Few studies have examined Chinese stomach cancer patients’ medical expenses and their associated trends. Th...

    Authors: Xiao-Jie Sun, Ju-Fang Shi, Lan-Wei Guo, Hui-Yao Huang, Neng-Liang Yao, Ji-Yong Gong, Ya-Wen Sun, Guo-Xiang Liu, A-Yan Mao, Xian-Zhen Liao, Ya-Na Bai, Jian-Song Ren, Xin-Yu Zhu, Jin-Yi Zhou, Ling Mai, Bing-Bing Song…
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:435
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  43. Metformin (Met) is a widely available diabetic drug and shows suppressed effects on renal cell carcinoma (RCC) metabolism and proliferation. Laboratory studies in RCC suggested that metformin has remarkable an...

    Authors: Muyun Wei, Shaowei Mao, Guoliang Lu, Liang Li, Xiaopeng Lan, Zhongxian Huang, Yougen Chen, Miaoqing Zhao, Yueran Zhao and Qinghua Xia
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:434
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  45. In various cancers, overexpression of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 and elevated prostaglandin (PG) E2 synthesis have been associated with tumor development and progression. The potential of COX-2 inhibitors in cance...

    Authors: Anna Semmlinger, Viktoria von Schoenfeldt, Verena Wolf, Alexandra Meuter, Theresa Maria Kolben, Thomas Kolben, Christine Zeder-Goess, Florian Weis, Julia Gallwas, Rachel Wuerstlein, Kerstin Hermelink, Elisa Schmoeckel, Nadia Harbeck, Doris Mayr, Sven Mahner, Udo Jeschke…
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:431
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  46. The relapse rate in early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after surgical resection is high. Prognostic biomarkers may help identify patients who may benefit from additional therapy. The Helicase-like ...

    Authors: Ludovic Dhont, Melania Pintilie, Ethan Kaufman, Roya Navab, Shirley Tam, Arsène Burny, Frances Shepherd, Alexandra Belayew, Ming-Sound Tsao and Céline Mascaux
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:429
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  47. We aimed to investigate the roles of hemoglobin (Hb) concentrations and dynamic change during treatment on outcomes of patients with extremity osteosarcoma.

    Authors: Jian Tu, Lili Wen, Zijun Huo, Bo Wang, Yongqian Wang, Hongyi Liao, Weihai Liu, Xian Zhong, Jianqiu Kong, Mengqi Wang, Gang Huang, Junqiang Yin, Xianbiao Xie and Jingnan Shen
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:428
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  48. The prognosis of patients with pathologic stage T3a renal cell carcinoma (RCC) that is up-staged from a small renal tumor remains controversial. We evaluated the prognosis of patients with RCC who were up-stag...

    Authors: Hakmin Lee, Minseung Lee, Sang Eun Lee, Seok-Soo Byun, Hyeon Hoe Kim, Cheol Kwak and Sung Kyu Hong
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:427
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  49. Ovarian carcinoma (OC) is the fifth most common female cancer and mostly diagnosed at an advanced stage. Surgical debulking is usually followed by adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy. Only few biomarkers are ...

    Authors: Michaela Ramser, Simone Eichelberger, Silvio Däster, Benjamin Weixler, Marko Kraljević, Robert Mechera, Athanasios Tampakis, Tarik Delko, Uwe Güth, Sylvia Stadlmann, Luigi Terracciano, Raoul A. Droeser and Gad Singer
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:425
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  50. Targeted therapies are based on exploiting cancer-cell-specific genetic features or phenotypic traits to selectively kill cancer cells while leaving normal cells unaffected. Oxidative stress is a cancer hallma...

    Authors: Hussein H. K. Abbas, Kheloud M. H. Alhamoudi, Mark D. Evans, George D. D. Jones and Steven S. Foster
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:423
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