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  1. This study was initiated to investigate the difference in HER2 status between tumor tissue and circulating tumor cells (CTCs), as well as the predictive value of CTC HER2 status for predicting the outcomes of ...

    Authors: Shaohua Zhang, Lei Li, Tao Wang, Li Bian, Haixu Hu, Chunhong Xu, Bing Liu, Yi Liu, Massimo Cristofanilli and Zefei Jiang
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:526
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  2. We recently demonstrated the cytotoxicity of liquid crystal precursors (hereafter referred to as “mesogenic compounds”) in the human non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell line A549 which carry wild-type p53....

    Authors: Saori Fukushi, Hironori Yoshino, Atsushi Yoshizawa and Ikuo Kashiwakura
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:521
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  3. Distress in patients with cancer influences their quality of life. Worldwide, screening on distress with the Distress Thermometer (DT) in patients with cancer is recommended. However, the effects of the use of...

    Authors: Floortje K. Ploos van Amstel, Judith B. Prins, Winette T. A. van der Graaf, Marlies E. W. J. Peters and Petronella B. Ottevanger
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:520
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  4. In an effort to reduce the risk of breast cancer-related arm lymphedema, patients are commonly advised to avoid heavy lifting, impacting activities of daily living and resistance exercise prescription. This ad...

    Authors: Kira Bloomquist, Sandi Hayes, Lis Adamsen, Tom Møller, Karl Bach Christensen, Bent Ejlertsen and Peter Oturai
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:517
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  5. Noninvasive prognostic tools for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) are urgently needed. Serum lipids and lipoproteins are used for the prognosis of certain diseases; however, the prognostic value of se...

    Authors: Xue-Ping Wang, Xiao-Hui Li, Lin Zhang, Jian-Hua Lin, Hao Huang, Ting Kang, Min-Jie Mao, Hao Chen and Xin Zheng
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:516
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  6. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is a standard treatment for stage II/III breast cancer patients, and response to NAC is a useful prognostic marker. Since its introduction, 6–8 cycles of NAC has become the stand...

    Authors: Yaewon Yang, Seock-Ah Im, Bhumsuk Keam, Kyung‑Hun Lee, Tae‑Yong Kim, Koung Jin Suh, Han Suk Ryu, Hyeong-Gon Moon, Sae‑Won Han, Do‑Youn Oh, Wonshik Han, Tae‑You Kim, In Ae Park and Dong-Young Noh
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:515
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  7. The chemokine CXCL12 and its corresponding receptor CXCR4 are key players in the development of several cancers. Therefore, we hypothesized that there is a functional causality between CXCL12 expression and tu...

    Authors: Yusuke Uchi, Hiroya Takeuchi, Sachiko Matsuda, Yoshiro Saikawa, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Norihito Wada, Tsunehiro Takahashi, Rieko Nakamura, Kazumasa Fukuda, Tai Omori and Yuko Kitagawa
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:514
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  8. Rectal cancer surgery is accompanied with high morbidity and poor long term functional outcome. Screening programs have shown a shift towards more early staged cancers. Patients with early rectal cancer can po...

    Authors: W. A. A. Borstlap, P. J. Tanis, T. W. A. Koedam, C. A. M. Marijnen, C. Cunningham, E. Dekker, M. E. van Leerdam, G. Meijer, N. van Grieken, I. D. Nagtegaal, C. J. A. Punt, M. G. W. Dijkgraaf, J. H. De Wilt, G. Beets, E. J. de Graaf, A. A. W van Geloven…
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:513
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  9. Primary melanocytic neoplasms are rare in the pediatric age. Among them, the pattern of neoplastic meningitis represents a peculiar diagnostic challenge since neuroradiological features may be subtle and cereb...

    Authors: Giulia Angelino, Maria Debora De Pasquale, Luigi De Sio, Annalisa Serra, Luca Massimi, Rita De Vito, Antonio Marrazzo, Laura Lancella, Andrea Carai, Manila Antonelli, Felice Giangaspero, Marco Gessi, Laura Menchini, Laura Scarciolla, Daniela Longo and Angela Mastronuzzi
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:512
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  10. Synovial sarcoma (SS) is a soft tissue sarcoma of unknown histogenesis. Most metastatic or unresectable cases are incurable. Novel antitumor agents and precise prognostication are needed for SS patients. The p...

    Authors: Akira Maekawa, Kenichi Kohashi, Masaaki Kuda, Kunio Iura, Takeaki Ishii, Makoto Endo, Tetsuya Nakatsura, Yukihide Iwamoto and Yoshinao Oda
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:511
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  11. High-risk Human Papillomavirus (HPV) testing is replacing cytology in cervical cancer screening as it is more sensitive for preinvasive cervical lesions. However, the bottleneck of HPV testing is the many fals...

    Authors: Sarah Preisler, Matejka Rebolj, Ditte Møller Ejegod, Elsebeth Lynge, Carsten Rygaard and Jesper Bonde
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:510
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  12. In treatment-refractory liver dominant metastatic colorectal cancer, the role of liver directed therapies still is unclear. We sought to determine a prognostic score for Y90 radioembolization in these patients.

    Authors: Robert Damm, Ricarda Seidensticker, Gerhard Ulrich, Leonie Breier, Ingo G. Steffen, Max Seidensticker, Benjamin Garlipp, Konrad Mohnike, Maciej Pech, Holger Amthauer and Jens Ricke
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:509
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  13. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is closely linked to Wnt signalling, with 94 % of cases exhibiting a Wnt related mutation. ROR2 is a receptor tyrosine kinase that is thought to repress β-catenin dependent Wnt signalli...

    Authors: Sean S. Q. Ma, Sameer Srivastava, Estelle Llamosas, Nicholas J. Hawkins, Luke B. Hesson, Robyn L. Ward and Caroline E. Ford
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:508
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  14. Occult invasive cervical cancer (OICC) is sometimes incidentally found in surgical specimens after a simple hysterectomy (SH). This study was aimed at identifying a subset of patients with OICC who have a favo...

    Authors: Huimin Bai, Dongyan Cao, Fang Yuan, Huilan Wang, Jie Chen, Yue Wang, Keng Shen and Zhenyu Zhang
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:507
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  15. This study was carried out to determine the prognostic significance of preoperative peripheral epithelial cell adhesion molecule- positive (EpCAM +) circulating tumor cell (CTC) and T ...

    Authors: Yan Zhou, Beili Wang, Jiong Wu, Chunyan Zhang, Yiwen Zhou, XinRong Yang, Jian Zhou, Wei Guo and Jia Fan
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:506
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  16. We aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of quality of life (QOL) for predicting survival among disease-free survivors of surgically-treated lung cancer after the completion of cancer treatment.

    Authors: Young Ho Yun, Young Ae Kim, Jin Ah Sim, Ae Sun Shin, Yoon Jung Chang, Jongmog Lee, Moon Soo Kim, Young Mog Shim and Jae lll Zo
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:505
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  17. Platinum-based chemotherapy is emerging as the first line of treatment for castration resistant prostate cancer. Among the family of platinum (IV)-based compounds, a member known as CPA-7 inhibits the growth o...

    Authors: Meihua Liang, Fei Zhan, Juan Zhao, Qi Li, Jiazi Wuyang, Guannan Mu, Dianjun Li, Yanqiao Zhang and Xiaoyi Huang
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:504
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  18. Recent randomized controlled trials comparing neoadjuvant chemoradiation plus surgery or perioperative chemotherapy plus surgery with surgery alone showed significant survival benefits for combined modality tr...

    Authors: Jens Hoeppner, Florian Lordick, Thomas Brunner, Torben Glatz, Peter Bronsert, Nadine Röthling, Claudia Schmoor, Dietmar Lorenz, Christian Ell, Ulrich T. Hopt and J. Rüdiger Siewert
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:503
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  19. The multifunctional β-galactoside-binding protein galectin-3 is found in many distinct subcellular compartments including the cell nucleus. Expression and distribution of galectin-3 between the cell nucleus an...

    Authors: Katharina Fritsch, Marco Mernberger, Andrea Nist, Thorsten Stiewe, Alexander Brehm and Ralf Jacob
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:502
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  20. To report the results of combined chemoradiation (CCRT) with cisplatin versus carboplatin in locally advanced cervical carcinoma.

    Authors: Ekkasit Tharavichitkul, Vicharn Lorvidhaya, Pimkhuan Kamnerdsupaphon, Vimol Sukthomya, Somvilai Chakrabandhu, Pitchayaponne Klunklin, Wimrak Onchan, Bongkoch Supawongwattana, Nantaka Pukanhaphan, Razvan Galalae and Imjai Chitapanarux
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:501
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  21. Two-thirds of U.S. adult women are overweight or obese. High body mass index (BMI) and adult weight gain are risk factors for a number of chronic diseases, including postmenopausal breast cancer. The higher po...

    Authors: Jessica A. Martinez, Pavani Chalasani, Cynthia A. Thomson, Denise Roe, Maria Altbach, Jean-Philippe Galons, Alison Stopeck, Patricia A. Thompson, Diana Evelyn Villa-Guillen and H-H. Sherry Chow
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:500
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  22. Patients with advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or small cell lung cancer (SCLC) often experience multidimensional impairments, affecting quality of life during their course of disease. In lung...

    Authors: Joachim Wiskemann, Simone Hummler, Christina Diepold, Melanie Keil, Ulrich Abel, Karen Steindorf, Philipp Beckhove, Cornelia M. Ulrich, Martin Steins and Michael Thomas
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:499
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  23. The 2010 guidelines of the French National Cancer Institute (INCa) classify patients with endometrial cancer into three risk groups for lymph node invasion and recurrence on the basis of MRI and histological a...

    Authors: Noemie Body, Vincent Lavoué, Olivier De Kerdaniel, Fabrice Foucher, Sébastien Henno, Aurélie Cauchois, Bruno Laviolle, Marc Leblanc and Jean Levêque
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:498
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  24. Barrett’s esophagus follows the classic step-wise progression of metaplasia-dysplasia-adenocarcinoma. While Barrett’s esophagus is a leading known risk factor for esophageal adenocarcinoma, the pathogenesis of...

    Authors: N. J. O’Farrell, R. Feighery, S. L. Picardo, N. Lynam-Lennon, M. Biniecka, S. A. McGarrigle, J. J. Phelan, F. MacCarthy, D. O’Toole, E. J. Fox, N. Ravi, J. V. Reynolds and J. O’Sullivan
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:497
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  25. EGFRvIII is a mutant form of the epidermal growth factor receptor gene (EGFR) that lacks exons 2–7. The resulting protein does not bind to ligands and is constitutively activated. The expression of EGFRvIII is li...

    Authors: Sonoko Atsumi, Chisato Nosaka, Hayamitsu Adachi, Tomoyuki Kimura, Yoshihiko Kobayashi, Hisashi Takada, Takumi Watanabe, Shun-ichi Ohba, Hiroyuki Inoue, Manabu Kawada, Masakatsu Shibasaki and Masabumi Shibuya
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:496
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  26. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated epithelial malignancy that exhibits distinct geographical and ethnic prevalence. Although the contemporary therapeutic approach of radio...

    Authors: Chartia Ching-Mei Cheung, Samantha Wei-Man Lun, Grace Tin-Yun Chung, Chit Chow, Carman Lo, Kwong-Wai Choy and Kwok-Wai Lo
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:495
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  27. Matrixmetalloproteinases (MMPs) comprise a family of zinc-dependent endopeptidases which are involved in angiogenesis, tumor invasion and metastatic formation. Up to date, the prognostic relevance of MMPs in s...

    Authors: Fee Klupp, Lena Neumann, Christoph Kahlert, Johannes Diers, Niels Halama, Clemens Franz, Thomas Schmidt, Moritz Koch, Juergen Weitz, Martin Schneider and Alexis Ulrich
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:494
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  28. Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is an aggressive disease with short median survival. Molecularly, MCL is defined by the t(11;14) translocation leading to overexpression of the CCND1 gene. However, recent data show tha...

    Authors: Venera Kuci Emruli, Roger Olsson, Fredrik Ek and Sara Ek
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:493
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  29. The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the efficacy of incorporating trans-arterial radioembolization (TARE) with systemic chemotherapy in the treatment of liver-dominant metastatic pancreatic...

    Authors: Alexander Y. Kim, Keith Unger, Hongkun Wang and Michael J. Pishvaian
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:492
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  30. Although epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR TKIs) have become the standard care of patients with advanced EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), development of acquired ...

    Authors: Ren Zhao, Shun Zhou, Bing Xia, Cui-ying Zhang, Ping Hai, Hong Zhe and Yan-yang Wang
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:491
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  31. Formyl peptide receptor 1 (FPR1) is a G protein-coupled receptor mainly expressed by the cells of myeloid origin, where it mediates the innate immune response to bacterial formylated peptides. High expression ...

    Authors: Igor Snapkov, Carl Otto Öqvist, Yngve Figenschau, Per Kogner, John Inge Johnsen and Baldur Sveinbjørnsson
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:490
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  32. Molecules Interacting with CasL (MICAL1), a multidomain flavoprotein monoxygenase, is strongly involved in the mechanisms that promote cancer cell proliferation and survival. Activation of MICAL1 causes an up-...

    Authors: Wenjie Deng, Yueyuan Wang, Luo Gu, Biao Duan, Jie Cui, Yujie Zhang, Yan Chen, Shixiu Sun, Jing Dong and Jun Du
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:489
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  33. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease but the relevance of reduced kidney function to cancer risk is uncertain.

    Authors: Germaine Wong, Natalie Staplin, Jonathan Emberson, Colin Baigent, Robin Turner, John Chalmers, Sophia Zoungas, Carol Pollock, Bruce Cooper, David Harris, Jie Jin. Wang, Paul Mitchell, Richard Prince, Wai Hon. Lim, Joshua Lewis, Jeremy Chapman…
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:488
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  34. mTOR inhibition of aromatase inhibitor (AI)-resistant breast cancer is currently under evaluation in the clinic. Everolimus/RAD001 (Afinitor®) has had limited efficacy as a solo agent but is projected to becom...

    Authors: Asona Lui, Jacob New, Joshua Ogony, Sufi Thomas and Joan Lewis-Wambi
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:487
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  35. Identification of patients with oral dysplasia at high risk of cancer development and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) at increased risk of disease recurrence will enable rigorous personalized treatment. Re...

    Authors: Raj Thani Somasundaram, Jatinder Kaur, Iona Leong, Christina MacMillan, Ian J. Witterick, Paul G. Walfish and Ranju Ralhan
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:486
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  36. Patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) have few therapeutic options, as ccRCC is unresponsive to chemotherapy and is highly resistant to radiation. Recently targeted therapies have extended prog...

    Authors: Nazleen C. Lobo, Craig Gedye, Anthony J. Apostoli, Kevin R. Brown, Joshua Paterson, Natalie Stickle, Michael Robinette, Neil Fleshner, Robert J. Hamilton, Girish Kulkarni, Alexandre Zlotta, Andrew Evans, Antonio Finelli, Jason Moffat, Michael A. S. Jewett and Laurie Ailles
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:485
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  38. Osteopontin (OPN) and thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) are extracellular matrix proteins secreted by stromal and tumor cells. These proteins appear to have a key role in the tumor microenvironment for cancer developme...

    Authors: Mathieu Rouanne, Julien Adam, Aïcha Goubar, Angélique Robin, Caroline Ohana, Emilie Louvet, Jiemin Cormier, Olaf Mercier, Peter Dorfmüller, Soly Fattal, Vincent Thomas de Montpreville, Thierry Lebret, Philippe Dartevelle, Elie Fadel, Benjamin Besse, Ken André Olaussen…
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:483
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  39. To our knowledge, the Alberta Moving Beyond Breast Cancer (AMBER) Study is the first and only prospective cohort study of breast cancer survivors that includes objectively-measured physical activity (PA), sede...

    Authors: Kerry S. Courneya, Margaret L. McNeely, S. Nicole Culos-Reed, Jeff K. Vallance, Gordon J. Bell, John R. Mackey, Charles E. Matthews, Andria R. Morielli, Diane Cook, Sarah MacLaughlin, Megan S. Farris, Stephanie Voaklander, Rachel O’Reilly and Christine M. Friedenreich
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:481
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  40. Platelet and blood coagulation abnormalities frequently occur in cancer patients. Fibrinogen is an important hemostatic factor that regulates the hemostatic pathway. Hyperfibrinogenemia is increasing recognize...

    Authors: Xuefeng Yu, Fulan Hu, Qiang Yao, Chunfeng Li, Hongfeng Zhang and Yingwei Xue
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:480
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  41. Trabectedin is reported to be particularly effective against translocation-related sarcoma. Recently, a randomized phase 2 study in patients with translocation-related sarcomas unresponsive or intolerable to s...

    Authors: Hideo Morioka, Shunji Takahashi, Nobuhito Araki, Hideshi Sugiura, Takafumi Ueda, Mitsuru Takahashi, Tsukasa Yonemoto, Hiroaki Hiraga, Toru Hiruma, Toshiyuki Kunisada, Akihiko Matsumine, Michiro Susa, Robert Nakayama, Kazumasa Nishimoto, Kazutaka Kikuta, Keisuke Horiuchi…
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:479
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  42. The clinicopathological features and prognosis of gastric cancer in young patients are both limited and controversial. Therefore, the aim of this study was to define the clinicopathological features and progno...

    Authors: Shushang Liu, Fan Feng, Guanghui Xu, Zhen Liu, Yangzi Tian, Man Guo, Xiao Lian, Lei Cai, Daiming Fan and Hongwei Zhang
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:478
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  43. Circulating tumor cell (CTC)-filtration methods capture high numbers of CTCs in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and metastatic prostate cancer (mPCa) patients, and hold promise as a non-invasive technique f...

    Authors: Emma Pailler, Marianne Oulhen, Fanny Billiot, Alexandre Galland, Nathalie Auger, Vincent Faugeroux, Corinne Laplace-Builhé, Benjamin Besse, Yohann Loriot, Maud Ngo-Camus, Merouan Hemanda, Colin R. Lindsay, Jean-Charles Soria, Philippe Vielh and Françoise Farace
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:477
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  45. Chondrosarcoma is a malignant cartilage forming bone tumour for which no effective systemic treatment is available. Previous studies illustrate the need for a better understanding of the role of the IGF pathwa...

    Authors: Elisabeth F. P. Peterse, Arjen H. G. Cleven, Yvonne De Jong, Inge Briaire-de Bruijn, Jonathan A. Fletcher, Erik H. J. Danen, Anne-Marie Cleton-Jansen and Judith V. M. G. Bovée
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:475
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  47. TAS-102 (trifluridine and tipiracil hydrochloride; a novel combination oral nucleoside anti-tumor agent) has recently received regulatory approval for patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCR...

    Authors: Pashtoon M. Kasi, Daisuke Kotani, Michael Cecchini, Kohei Shitara, Atsushi Ohtsu, Ramesh K. Ramanathan, Howard S. Hochster, Axel Grothey and Takayuki Yoshino
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:467
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  48. We aimed to evaluate the correlation between p16ink4a-overexpression and high risk (hr)HPV-DNA in vulvar squamous cell carcinoma (vSCC) tumors as well as the impact of both biomarkers on the prognosis of vSCC pat...

    Authors: Jacek J. Sznurkowski, Anton Żawrocki and Wojciech Biernat
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:465
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  49. A survival paradox between Stage IIB/C and Stage IIIA colon cancers exists. It is unclear how adequate lymph nodes dissection (LN) and post-surgery chemotherapy contribute to the survival paradox. We intended ...

    Authors: Quyen D. Chu, Meijiao Zhou, Kaelen L. Medeiros, Prakash Peddi, Mindie Kavanaugh and Xiao-Cheng Wu
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:460
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  50. Mammography and ultrasound are the gold standard imaging techniques for preoperative assessment and for monitoring the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer. Maximum accuracy in predicting path...

    Authors: Roland Gregor Stein, Daniel Wollschläger, Rolf Kreienberg, Wolfgang Janni, Manfred Wischnewsky, Joachim Diessner, Tanja Stüber, Catharina Bartmann, Mathias Krockenberger, Jörg Wischhusen, Achim Wöckel, Maria Blettner and Lukas Schwentner
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2016 16:459
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