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  1. Psychological distress occurs frequently in patients with cancer. Psychological distress includes mild and severe forms of both anxious and depressive mood states. Literature indicates that effective managemen...

    Authors: Claudia SEW Schuurhuizen, Annemarie MJ Braamse, Aartjan TF Beekman, Hanna Bomhof-Roordink, Judith E Bosmans, Pim Cuijpers, Adriaan W Hoogendoorn, Inge RHM Konings, Mecheline HM van der Linden, Elisabeth CW Neefjes, Henk MW Verheul and Joost Dekker
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:302
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  2. Natural Killer (NK) cells play an important role in tumor prevention, but once tumors form, the numbers as well as the cytotoxic functions of NK cells are reduced. IL-15 is a cytokine that increases and activa...

    Authors: Amy E Gillgrass, Marianne V Chew, Tamara Krneta and Ali A Ashkar
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:293
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  3. To determine the clinical value of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurement by diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) in differentiating renal tumors.

    Authors: Jing-Hong Liu, Shi-Feng Tian, Ye Ju, Ye Li, An-Liang Chen, Li-Hua Chen and Ai-Lian Liu
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:292
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  4. Personalised medicine and targeted therapy have revolutionised cancer treatment. However, most patients develop drug resistance and relapse after showing an initial treatment response. Two theories have been p...

    Authors: Carina Heydt, Niklas Kumm, Jana Fassunke, Helen Künstlinger, Michaela Angelika Ihle, Andreas Scheel, Hans-Ulrich Schildhaus, Florian Haller, Reinhard Büttner, Margarete Odenthal, Eva Wardelmann and Sabine Merkelbach-Bruse
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:291
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  5. An increase in circulating platelets, or thrombocytosis, is recognized as an independent risk factor of bad prognosis and metastasis in patients with ovarian cancer; however the complex role of platelets in tu...

    Authors: Renan Orellana, Sumie Kato, Rafaela Erices, María Loreto Bravo, Pamela Gonzalez, Bárbara Oliva, Sofía Cubillos, Andrés Valdivia, Carolina Ibañez, Jorge Brañes, María Isabel Barriga, Erasmo Bravo, Catalina Alonso, Eva Bustamente, Enrique Castellon, Patricia Hidalgo…
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:290
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  6. Limb salvage surgery is a treatment of choice for sarcomas of the extremities. One of the options in skeletal reconstruction after tumour resection is by using a recycled bone autograft. The present accepted m...

    Authors: Nor Faissal Yasin, Vivek Ajit Singh, Marniza Saad and Effat Omar
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:289
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  7. Adherence to therapy has been established for years as a critical parameter for clinical benefit in medical oncology. This study aimed to assess, in the current practice, the influence of the socio-demographic...

    Authors: Cécile Borel, Sébastien Lamy, Gisèle Compaci, Christian Récher, Pauline Jeanneau, Jean Claude Nogaro, Eric Bauvin, Fabien Despas, Cyrille Delpierre and Guy Laurent
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:288
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  8. In Spain, cervical cancer prevention is based on opportunistic screening, due to the disease’s traditionally low incidence and mortality rates. Changes in sexual behaviour, tourism and migration have, however,...

    Authors: Marta Cervantes-Amat, Gonzalo López-Abente, Nuria Aragonés, Marina Pollán, Roberto Pastor-Barriuso and Beatriz Pérez-Gómez
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:287
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  9. Previous ecological spatial studies of malignant mesothelioma cases, mostly based on mortality data, lack reliable data on individual exposure to asbestos, thus failing to assess the contribution of different ...

    Authors: Marisa Corfiati, Alberto Scarselli, Alessandra Binazzi, Davide Di Marzio, Marina Verardo, Dario Mirabelli, Valerio Gennaro, Carolina Mensi, Gert Schallemberg, Enzo Merler, Corrado Negro, Antonio Romanelli, Elisabetta Chellini, Stefano Silvestri, Mario Cocchioni, Cristiana Pascucci…
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:286
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  10. PPP2R2A deletions were recently linked to a subgroup of luminal breast carcinoma (BC) that exhibits poor survival. This subgroup also exhibited amplification of a chromosome region containing the Cyclin D1 cod...

    Authors: Francisco Beca, Miguel Pereira, Jorge F Cameselle-Teijeiro, Diana Martins and Fernando Schmitt
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:285
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  12. Breast cancer is a complex heterogeneous disease and is one of the leading causes of death among women. In addressing the need for treatments of this life-threatening illness, we studied 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2...

    Authors: Bruna C Guido, Luciana M Ramos, Diego O Nolasco, Catharine C Nobrega, Bárbara YG Andrade, Aline Pic-Taylor, Brenno AD Neto and José R Corrêa
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:283
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  13. Centrally necrotizing carcinoma of the breast (CNC) represents a newly-identified subset of breast cancer. The clinical and pathological characteristics of this breast cancer subtype are not yet completely und...

    Authors: Yanling Zhang, Yurong Ou, Donghong Yu, Xiang Yong, Xiaoli Wang, Bo Zhu, Qiong Zhang, Lei Zhou, Zhaogen Cai and Zenong Cheng
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:282
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  14. Organ-preserving chemo-radiotherapy (CRT) is the standard of care for non-metastatic anal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The optimal dosing schedules are yet to be determined. To improve local control rates, d...

    Authors: Michael Jones, George Hruby, Peter Stanwell, Sarah Gallagher, Karen Wong, Jameen Arm and Jarad Martin
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:281
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  15. Multiple myeloma is an incurable cancer with a rising incidence globally. Less toxic treatments are increasingly available, so patients are living longer and treatment decisions are increasingly guided by QOL ...

    Authors: Thomas R Osborne, Christina Ramsenthaler, Stephen A Schey, Richard J Siegert, Polly M Edmonds and Irene J Higginson
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:280
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  16. Well-organised quality-controlled screening can substantially reduce the burden of cervical cancer (CC). European guidelines (EuG) for quality assurance in CC screening provide guidance on all aspects of an or...

    Authors: Andrzej Nowakowski, Marek Cybulski, Andrzej Śliwczyński, Arkadiusz Chil, Zbigniew Teter, Przemysław Seroczyński, Marc Arbyn and Ahti Anttila
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:279
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  17. Invasive breast cancers are now commonly classified using gene expression into biologically and clinically distinct tumor subtypes. However, the role of obesity in breast tumor gene expression and intrinsic su...

    Authors: Marilyn L Kwan, Candyce H Kroenke, Carol Sweeney, Philip S Bernard, Erin K Weltzien, Adrienne Castillo, Rachel E Factor, Kaylynn S Maxfield, Inge J Stijleman, Lawrence H Kushi, Charles P Quesenberry Jr., Laurel A Habel and Bette J Caan
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:278
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  19. Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) is correlated closely with the occurrence and development of lung cancer. FGFR1 kinase inhibitors have exhibited significant therapeutic effects against non-small-ce...

    Authors: Jianzhang Wu, Tao Wei, Qinqin Tang, Bixia Weng, Wulan Li, Xin Jiang, Ting Ding, Xiaokun Li, Guang Liang, Yuepiao Cai and Jiansong Ji
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:276
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  20. AF-6/afadin plays an important role in the formation of adherence junctions. In breast and colon cancer, loss of AF-6/afadin induces cell migration and cell invasion. We aimed to elucidate the role of AF-6/afa...

    Authors: Takuro Yamamoto, Taisuke Mori, Morio Sawada, Hiroshi Matsushima, Fumitake Ito, Makoto Akiyama and Jo Kitawaki
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:275
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  21. Mammographic breast density and parenchymal patterns are well-established risk factors for breast cancer. We aimed to report inter-observer agreement on three different subjective ways of assessing mammographi...

    Authors: Rikke Rass Winkel, My von Euler-Chelpin, Mads Nielsen, Pengfei Diao, Michael Bachmann Nielsen, Wei Yao Uldall and Ilse Vejborg
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:274
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  22. The neural transcription factor SOX11 is present at specific stages during embryo development with a very restricted expression in adult tissue, indicating precise regulation of transcription. SOX11 is strongl...

    Authors: Lena Nordström, Elin Andersson, Venera Kuci, Elin Gustavsson, Karolina Holm, Markus Ringnér, Per Guldberg and Sara Ek
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:273
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  23. Dopamine agonists (DAs) are the first-line treatment for prolactinomas, which account for 25–30% of functioning pituitary adenomas, and bromocriptine (BRC) is the only commercially available DAs in China. Howe...

    Authors: Hua Gao, Fei Wang, Xiaolei Lan, Chuzhong Li, Jie Feng, Jiwei Bai, Lei Cao, Songbai Gui, Lichuan Hong and Yazhuo Zhang
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:272
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  24. Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a non-thermal injury tissue ablation technique that uses electrical pulses to cause cell death. IRE damages the endothelial cells of blood vessels; however these cells re-...

    Authors: Hans F Schoellhammer, Bryan Goldner, Shaila J Merchant, Jonathan Kessler, Yuman Fong and Singh Gagandeep
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:271
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  25. Owing to the rarity of sex cord tumor with annular tubules (SCTAT), it is difficult to recognize SCTAT clinically and there is no standard treatment. The aim of our study was to investigate the treatment outco...

    Authors: Qiuhong Qian, Yan You, Jiaxin Yang, Dongyan Cao, Zhaohui Zhu, Ming Wu, Jie Chen, Jinghe Lang and Keng Shen
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:270
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  26. Gangliocytic paraganglioma (GP) is an extremely rare benign tumor that commonly arises from the second part of the duodenum. Since GP exhibit neither prominent mitotic activity nor Ki-67 immunoreactivity, this...

    Authors: Yoichiro Okubo, Tetsuo Nemoto, Megumi Wakayama, Naobumi Tochigi, Minoru Shinozaki, Takao Ishiwatari, Kyoko Aki, Masaru Tsuchiya, Hajime Aoyama, Kanade Katsura, Takeshi Fujii, Takashi Nishigami, Tomoyuki Yokose, Yasuo Ohkura and Kazutoshi Shibuya
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:269
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  28. Variations in single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been associated with enhanced drug efficacy and toxicity in cancer therapy. SNP variations in the ErbB2 gene have been identified that alter the protei...

    Authors: Sasha E Stanton, Maureen M Ward, Paul Christos, Rachel Sanford, Christina Lam, Marta V Cobham, Diana Donovan, Ronald J Scheff, Tessa Cigler, Anne Moore, Linda T Vahdat, Maureen E Lane and Ellen Chuang
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:267
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  29. Over-expression of insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA binding protein 3 (IMP3) is correlated with poor prognosis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Previous studies examining other cancer types have im...

    Authors: Clarissa C Pasiliao, Che-Wei A Chang, Brent W Sutherland, Shannon M Valdez, David Schaeffer, Donald T Yapp and Sylvia S W Ng
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:266
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  30. In large epidemiological studies it is often challenging to obtain biological samples. Self-sampling by study participants using dried blood spots (DBS) technique has been suggested to overcome this challenge....

    Authors: Amrit Kaur Sakhi, Nasser Ezzatkhah Bastani, Merete Ellingjord-Dale, Thomas Erik Gundersen, Rune Blomhoff and Giske Ursin
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:265
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  31. Granulin-epithelin precursor (GEP), a secretory growth factor, demonstrated overexpression in various human cancers, however, mechanism remain elusive. Primary liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), ran...

    Authors: Man Kuen Yung, Kwok Wai Lo, Chi Wai Yip, Grace TY Chung, Carol YK Tong, Phyllis FY Cheung, Tan To Cheung, Ronnie TP Poon, Samuel So, Sheung Tat Fan and Siu Tim Cheung
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:264
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  32. Whether portal hypertension (PHT) is an appropriate contraindication for hepatic resection (HR) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patient is still under debate.

    Authors: Wei He, Qingli Zeng, Yun Zheng, Meixian Chen, Jingxian Shen, Jiliang Qiu, Miao Chen, Ruhai Zou, Yadi Liao, Qijiong Li, Xianqiu Wu, Binkui Li and Yunfei Yuan
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:263
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  33. Cyclin D1 and its kinase partners control cell cycle progression. Cyclin D1 is frequently deregulated in various cancers, including malignant hemopathies, and tumor cells display uncontrolled cell proliferatio...

    Authors: Sophie Bustany, Julie Cahu, Philippe Guardiola and Brigitte Sola
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:262
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  34. Language mapping by repetitive navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is used for resection planning in patients suffering from brain lesions within regions known to be involved in language functio...

    Authors: Nico Sollmann, Sebastian Ille, Theresa Hauck, Stefanie Maurer, Chiara Negwer, Claus Zimmer, Florian Ringel, Bernhard Meyer and Sandro M Krieg
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:261
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  35. Cancer stem cell (CSC) research has highlighted the necessity of developing drugs targeting CSCs. We investigated a hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell line that not only has CSC hierarchy but also shows pheno...

    Authors: Takeshi Yamada, Masato Abei, Inaho Danjoh, Ryoko Shirota, Taro Yamashita, Ichinosuke Hyodo and Yukio Nakamura
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:260
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  36. The objective of this study was to discover and to validate novel noninvasive biomarkers that distinguish between benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) and localized prostate cancer (PCa), thereby helping to solve...

    Authors: Andrej Jedinak, Adam Curatolo, David Zurakowski, Simon Dillon, Manoj K Bhasin, Towia A Libermann, Roopali Roy, Monisha Sachdev, Kevin R Loughlin and Marsha A Moses
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:259
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  37. The mutation in KRAS exon 2 is a validated biomarker of resistance to anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Several reports have confirmed associations of ot...

    Authors: Akihito Kawazoe, Kohei Shitara, Shota Fukuoka, Yasutoshi Kuboki, Hideaki Bando, Wataru Okamoto, Takashi Kojima, Nozomu Fuse, Takeharu Yamanaka, Toshihiko Doi, Atsushi Ohtsu and Takayuki Yoshino
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:258
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  38. To assess the safety and efficacy of simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) or late course accelerated boost (LCAB) with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) to the vaginal cuff for high risk cervical cancer patient...

    Authors: Xin Wang, Yaqin Zhao, Yali Shen, Pei Shu, Zhiping Li, Sen Bai and Feng Xu
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:257
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  39. Comparison of tissue microarray results of 29 cervical cancer and 27 normal cervix tissue samples using immunohistochemistry revealed considerable reorganization of the fibrillar stroma of these tumors.

    Authors: Alexandra Fullár, József Dudás, Lászlóné Oláh, Péter Hollósi, Zoltán Papp, Gábor Sobel, Katalin Karászi, Sándor Paku, Kornélia Baghy and Ilona Kovalszky
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:256
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  40. The treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an unmet clinical need. The 5-year survival rate of patients with GBM is less than 3%. Temozolomide (TMZ) remains the standard first-line treatment regimen for...

    Authors: Dawn Q Chong, Xin Y Toh, Ivy AW Ho, Kian C Sia, Jennifer P Newman, Yulyana Yulyana, Wai-Hoe Ng, Siang H Lai, Mac MF Ho, Nivedh Dinesh, Chee K Tham and Paula YP Lam
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:255
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  42. Advanced breast cancer patients have a higher risk of postoperative recurrence than early-stage breast cancer patients. Recurrence is believed to be caused by the increase in micrometases, which were not eradi...

    Authors: Takashi Shigekawa, Akihiko Osaki, Hiroshi Sekine, Nobuaki Sato, Chizuko Kanbayashi, Hiroshi Sano, Hideki Takeuchi, Shigeto Ueda, Noriko Nakamiya, Ikuko Sugitani, Michiko Sugiyama, Hiroko Shimada, Eiko Hirokawa, Takao Takahashi and Toshiaki Saeki
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:253
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  43. Breast neoplasms include different histopathological entities, varying from benign tumors to highly aggressive cancers. Despite the key role of imaging, traditional histology is still required for a definitive...

    Authors: Giovanni D De Palma, Dario Esposito, Gaetano Luglio, Gennaro Limite, Antonello Accurso, Viviana Sollazzo, Francesco Maione, Gianluca Cassese, Saverio Siciliano, Nicola Gennarelli, Gennaro Ilardi, Mariano Paternoster, Mariano C Giglio and Pietro Forestieri
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:252
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  44. Ovarian granulosa cell tumors (GCTs) are the most frequent sex cord-stromal tumors. Several studies have shown that a somatic mutation leading to a C134W substitution in the transcription factor FOXL2 appears ...

    Authors: Sandrine Caburet, Mikko Anttonen, Anne-Laure Todeschini, Leila Unkila-Kallio, Denis Mestivier, Ralf Butzow and Reiner A Veitia
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:251
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  45. To overcome the limitations of animal-based experiments, 3D culture models mimicking the tumor microenvironment in vivo are gaining attention. Herein, we investigated an alginate-based 3D scaffold for screening o...

    Authors: Mehdi Shakibaei, Patricia Kraehe, Bastian Popper, Parviz Shayan, Ajay Goel and Constanze Buhrmann
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:250
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  46. The purpose of the present study was to examine 1) characteristics and attitudes of oncologists toward exercise and toward recommending exercise to their patients, 2) association among oncologists’ own physica...

    Authors: Ji-Hye Park, Minsuk Oh, Yong Jin Yoon, Chul Won Lee, Lee W Jones, Seung Il Kim, Nam Kyu Kim and Justin Y Jeon
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:249
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  47. Retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARα) plays an essential role in the regulation of many biological processes, such as hematopoietic cell differentiation, while abnormal RARα function contributes to the pathogene...

    Authors: Yang Cao, Wei Wei, Nan Zhang, Qing Yu, Wen-Bin Xu, Wen-Jun Yu, Guo-Qiang Chen, Ying-Li Wu and Hua Yan
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:248
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  48. Oxaliplatin based chemotherapy is often used as adjuvant therapy in colon and rectal cancer. A reported side effect is Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome which is characterized by a spectrum of pathologic changes...

    Authors: Henrique Alexandrino, Domingos Oliveira, Maria Augusta Cipriano, Luís Ferreira, J Guilherme Tralhão and Francisco Castro e Sousa
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:247
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  49. Aberrant expression of serine threonine tyrosine kinase 1 (STYK1) has been reported in several human malignancies including colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the prognostic significance of STYK1 expression in ...

    Authors: Liang Hu, Hai-Yang Chen, Jian Cai, Yu Zhang, Chen-Ye Qi, Hui Gong, Yan-Xia Zhai, Hao Fu, Guang-Zhen Yang and Chun-Fang Gao
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:246
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  50. NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1) is a flavoprotein that catalyzes two-electron reduction and detoxification of quinones and its derivatives. NQO1 catalyzes reactions that have a protective effect against ...

    Authors: Xuelian Cui, Lianhua Li, Guanghai Yan, Kai Meng, Zhenhua Lin, Yunze Nan, Guang Jin and Chunyu Li
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:244
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