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  1. In cervical tumours the integration of human papilloma viruses (HPV) transcripts often results in the generation of transcripts that consist of hybrids of viral and cellular sequences. Mapping data using a var...

    Authors: Eugene Klimov, Svetlana Vinokourova, Elena Moisjak, Elian Rakhmanaliev, Vera Kobseva, Laimonis Laimins, Fjodor Kisseljov and Galina Sulimova

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2002 2:24

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  2. This study was designed to evaluate if erythropoietin (EPO) is effective in the treatment of cancer related anemia, and if its effect remains unchanged when data are analyzed according to various clinical and ...

    Authors: Otavio Clark, Jared R Adams, Charles L Bennett and Benjamin Djulbegovic

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2002 2:23

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  4. Drugs & used in anticancer chemotherapy have severe effects upon the cellular transcription and replication machinery. From in vitro studies it has become clear that these drugs can affect specific genes, as well...

    Authors: Antoinette C van der Kuyl, Remco van den Burg, Fokla Zorgdrager, John T Dekker, Jolanda Maas, Carel JM van Noesel, Jaap Goudsmit and Marion Cornelissen

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2002 2:21

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  7. Loss or mutation of the mannose 6-phosphate/insulin-like growth factor-II receptor (M6P/IGF2R) has been found in breast cancer. However, whether or not decreased levels of functional M6P/IGF2R directly contrib...

    Authors: Zhihong Chen, Yinlin Ge, Natalie Landman and Jing X Kang

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2002 2:18

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  9. Modulation of the expression of retinoic acid receptors (RAR) α and γ in adult rat prostate by testosterone (T) suggests that RAR signaling events might mediate some of the androgen effects on prostate cells.

    Authors: Ming-tang Li, Frank Richter, Chawnshang Chang, Robert J Irwin and Hosea FS Huang

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2002 2:16

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  10. Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate (PtdInsP3) signaling is elevated in many tumors due to loss of the tumor suppressor PTEN, and leads to constitutive activation of Akt, a kinase involved in cell survival...

    Authors: B Lynn Seely, Goli Samimi and Nicholas JG Webster

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2002 2:15

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  11. Immunomagnetic enrichment followed by RT-PCR (immunobead RT-PCR) is an efficient methodology to identify disseminated carcinoma cells in the blood and bone marrow. The RT-PCR assays must be both specific for t...

    Authors: Michael Raynor, Sally-Anne Stephenson, David CA Walsh, Kenneth B Pittman and Alexander Dobrovic

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2002 2:14

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  12. Surgical treatment of hypopharyngeal cancers with extension to the retrocricoid region generally requires a circumferential pharyngolaryngectomy followed by a reconstruction of the removed segment of the upper...

    Authors: Marco Benazzo, Antonio Occhini, Vanessa Rossi, Giuseppe Aresi and Mario Alessiani

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2002 2:13

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  13. The timed-sequential chemotherapy regimen consisting of etoposide, mitoxantrone and cytarabine (EMA) is an effective therapy for relapsed or refractory acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). We postulated that gran...

    Authors: Xing-Yue He, Paul Elson, Brad Pohlman, Alan Lichtin, Mohamad Hussein, Steve Andresen and Matt Kalaycio

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2002 2:12

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  16. 5-fluorouracil remains the standard therapy for patients with advanced/metastatic colorectal cancer. Pre-clinical studies have demonstrated the biological modulation of 5-fluorouracil by methotrexate and leuco...

    Authors: Shannon K Tomlinson, Susan A Melin, Vetta Higgs, Douglas R White, Paul Savage, Douglas Case and A William Blackstock

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2002 2:9

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  17. The growth and metastasis of tumors depend on the development of an adequate blood supply via angiogenesis. Recent studies indicate that the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), vascular endothelial growth ...

    Authors: Chang Wei Feng, Li Dong Wang, Lian Hua Jiao, Bin Liu, Shu Zheng and Xin Ji Xie

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2002 2:8

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  19. Acute Intermittent Porphyria is a genetic disorder of heme metabolism, characterized by increased levels of porphyrin precursors, δ-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and porphobilinogen (PBG). ALA has been reported to...

    Authors: Adriana De Siervi, Elba S Vazquez, Carolina Rezaval, María V Rossetti and Alcira M del Batlle

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2002 2:6

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  20. Bilharzia-associated bladder cancer (BAC) is a major health problem in countries where urinary schistosomiasis is endemic. Characterization of the genetic alterations in this cancer might enhance our understan...

    Authors: Imad Fadl-Elmula, Soili Kytola, Mona EL Leithy, Mohamed Abdel-Hameed, Nils Mandahl, Atif Elagib, Muntaser Ibrahim, Catharina Larsson and Sverre Heim

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2002 2:5

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  21. Expression of the retinoic acid receptor β2 (RAR-β2), a putative tumor suppressor gene, is reduced in various human cancers, including squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) of the uterine cervix. The mechanism of the...

    Authors: Tatyana Ivanova, Anatolii Petrenko, Tatyana Gritsko, Svetlana Vinokourova, Ernest Eshilev, Vera Kobzeva, Fjodor Kisseljov and Natalia Kisseljova

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2002 2:4

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  23. The present study aimed at evaluating the efficacy of Raltitrexed, a specific thymidilate synthase inhibitor, in patients with advanced colorectal cancer (ACC) in relapse (>8 weeks) after a prior response or d...

    Authors: Nicolas Tsavaris, Christos Kosmas, Maria Vadiaka and Christos Koufos

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2002 2:2

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  24. Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) is one of the methods used to deliver a large single dose to the tumor tissue while reducing the exposure of normal surrounding tissue. However, the usefulness of intrao...

    Authors: Kenji Nemoto, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Haruo Matsushita, Ken Takeda, Yoshihiro Takai, Shogo Yamada and Toshihiro Kumabe

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2002 2:1

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  25. The effectiveness of neoadjuvant treatment (NT) prior to resection of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (SCCE) in terms of prolonged survival has not been proven by randomized trials. Facing considerabl...

    Authors: Joachim W Heise, Hansjörg Heep, Thomas Frieling, Mario Sarbia, Karl A Hartmann and Hans-Dietrich Röher

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2001 1:20

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  26. STAT3 phosphorylation is associated with the neoplastic state in many types of cancer, including prostate cancer. We investigated the role of IL-6 signaling and phosphorylation of STAT3 in 2 rat prostatic epit...

    Authors: Beverly E Barton, Thomas F Murphy, Patricia Adem, Richard A Watson, Robert J Irwin and Hosea F Huang

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2001 1:19

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  27. Antagonistic analogues of GnRH for the treatment of prostate cancer may be used clinically in persons for whom return to fertility after such treatment is important or desirable. The purpose of this study was,...

    Authors: Janusz W Kostanski, Ge Jiang, Bhas A Dani, Santos B Murty, Wei Qiu, Bruce Schrier, B C Thanoo and Patrick P DeLuca

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2001 1:18

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  28. We previously reported that the α-1 chain of type 11 collagen (COL11A1), not normally expressed in the colon, was up-regulated in stromal fibroblasts in most sporadic colorectal carcinomas. Patients with germline...

    Authors: Heléne Fischer, Sima Salahshor, Roger Stenling, Jan Björk, Gudrun Lindmark, Lennart Iselius, Carlos Rubio and Annika Lindblom

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2001 1:17

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  29. The E-cadherin-catenin complex plays a crucial role in epithelial cell-cell adhesion and in the maintenance of tissue architecture. Perturbation in the expression or function of this complex results in loss of...

    Authors: Chen Huiping, Sigrun Kristjansdottir, Jon G Jonasson, Jonas Magnusson, Valgardur Egilsson and Sigurdur Ingvarsson

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2001 1:16

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  30. We previously identified and characterized a novel 55 kDa nuclear protein, termed nmt55/p54nrb, whose expression was decreased in a subset of human breast tumors. The objective of this study was to determine if t...

    Authors: Matthew Pavao, Yue-Hua Huang, Laurie J Hafer, Robert B Moreland and Abdulmaged M Traish

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2001 1:15

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  31. Since Fuchs' report in 1999, the reported protective effect of dietary fiber from colorectal carcinogenesis has led many researchers to question its real benefit. The aim of this study is to evaluate the assoc...

    Authors: Shigeyuki Nakaji, Tadashi Shimoyama, Takashi Umeda, Juichi Sakamoto, Shuji Katsura, Kazuo Sugawara and David Baxter

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2001 1:14

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  35. The role of telomerase activation in the expression and/or maintenance of drug resistance is not clearly understood. Therefore, we investigated the relationships, among the telomerase activity, telomere length...

    Authors: Noritsugu Kuranaga, Nariyoshi Shinomiya and Hidetaka Mochizuki

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2001 1:10

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  36. Loss of activity of tumor suppressor genes is considered a fundamental step in a genetic model of carcinogenesis. Altered expression of the p53 and the Deleted in Colon Cancer (DCC) proteins has been described...

    Authors: Francesco Graziano, Stefano Cascinu, Maria Pia Staccioli, Vincenzo Catalano, Maria Cristina Rossi, Anna Maria Baldelli, Paolo Giordani, Pietro Muretto and Giuseppina Catalano

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2001 1:9

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  37. The relationship between breast cancer and organochlorine exposure is controversial and complex. As estrogen receptor positive and negative breast cancer may represent different entities of the disease, this s...

    Authors: Annette P Høyer, Torben Jørgensen, Fritz Rank and Philippe Grandjean

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2001 1:8

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  38. Invasion and metastasis is a complex process governed by the interaction of genetically altered tumor cells and the immunological and inflammatory host reponse. Specific T-cells directed against tumor cells an...

    Authors: Iris D Nagtegaal, Corrie AM Marijnen, Elma Klein Kranenbarg, Adri Mulder-Stapel, Jo Hermans, Cornelis JH van de Velde and J Han JM van Krieken

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2001 1:7

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  39. Because cells progressing to cancer must proliferate, marker proteins specific to proliferating cells may permit detection of premalignant lesions. Here we compared the sensitivities of a classic proliferation...

    Authors: Dong-Feng Tan, Joel A Huberman, Andrew Hyland, Gregory M Loewen, John SJ Brooks, Amy F Beck, Ivan T Todorov and Gerold Bepler

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2001 1:6

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  40. A systematic review of the literature was carried out to determine the role of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) .

    Authors: Anne-Pascale Meert, Marianne Paesmans, Thierry Berghmans, Benoît Martin, Céline Mascaux, Frédéric Vallot, Jean-Marc Verdebout, Jean-Jacques Lafitte and Jean-Paul Sculier

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2001 1:5

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  41. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare tumor in most parts of the world but occurs at relatively high frequency among people of Chinese descent. The cytochrome P450 2E1 enzyme (CYP2E1) is responsible for the...

    Authors: Narisorn Kongruttanachok, Sairoong Sukdikul, Surachai Setavarin, Verachai Kerekhjanarong, Pakpoom Supiyaphun, Narin Voravud, Yong Poovorawan and Apiwat Mutirangura

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2001 1:4

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  42. We assessed the nm23-H1 gene product expression and its relationship with lymphatic and blood vessel invasion in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

    Authors: Masaki Tomita, Takanori Ayabe, Yasunori Matsuzaki, Masao Edagawa, Masayuki Maeda, Tetsuya Shimizu, Masaki Hara and Toshio Onitsuka

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2001 1:3

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  43. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a crucial etiological factor for cervical cancer (CC) development. From a diagnostic view-point, the consistent presence of HPV in CC allows the viral DNA to be used as a genetic ...

    Authors: Wichai Pornthanakasem, Kanjana Shotelersuk, Wichai Termrungruanglert, Narin Voravud, Somchai Niruthisard and Apiwat Mutirangura

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2001 1:2

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  44. We investigated the chemopreventive action of dietary curcumin on 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA)-initiated and 12,0-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-promoted skin tumor formation in Swiss albino mi...

    Authors: Porn-ngarm Limtrakul, Songyot Anuchapreeda, Suwiwek Lipigorngoson and Floyd W Dunn

    Citation: BMC Cancer 2001 1:1

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