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  1. Cell lines represent a key tool in cancer research allowing the generation of neoplasias which resemble initial tumours in in-vivo animal models. The characterisation of early tumour development is of major inter...

    Authors: Katharina A Sterenczak, Martin Meier, Silke Glage, Matthias Meyer, Saskia Willenbrock, Patrick Wefstaedt, Martina Dorsch, Jörn Bullerdiek, Hugo Murua Escobar, Hans Hedrich and Ingo Nolte
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:284
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  2. Recently published results of quality of life (QoL) studies indicated different outcomes of palliative radiotherapy for brain metastases. This prospective multi-center QoL study of patients with brain metastas...

    Authors: Diana Steinmann, Yvonne Paelecke-Habermann, Hans Geinitz, Raimund Aschoff, Anja Bayerl, Tobias Bölling, Elisabeth Bosch, Frank Bruns, Ute Eichenseder-Seiss, Johanna Gerstein, Nadine Gharbi, Juliane Hagg, Matthias Hipp, Irmgard Kleff, Axel Müller, Christof Schäfer…
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:283
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  3. Podocalyxin-like 1 (PODXL) is a cell-adhesion glycoprotein and stem cell marker that has been associated with an aggressive tumour phenotype and adverse outcome in several cancer types. We recently demonstrate...

    Authors: Anna Larsson, Marie Fridberg, Alexander Gaber, Björn Nodin, Per Levéen, Göran Jönsson, Mathias Uhlén, Helgi Birgisson and Karin Jirström
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:282
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  4. Adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer is internationally accepted as standard treatment with established efficacy, but the usefulness of adjuvant chemotherapy for stage II colon cancer remains contr...

    Authors: Megumi Ishiguro, Hidetaka Mochizuki, Naohiro Tomita, Yasuhiro Shimada, Keiichi Takahashi, Kenjiro Kotake, Masahiko Watanabe, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Hideki Ueno, Toshiaki Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Uetake, Shigeyuki Matsui, Satoshi Teramukai and Kenichi Sugihara
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:281
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  5. Fatty acid synthase (FASN) is overexpressed and hyperactivated in several human carcinomas, including lung cancer. We characterize and compare the anti-cancer effects of the FASN inhibitors C75 and (−)-epigall...

    Authors: Joana Relat, Adriana Blancafort, Glòria Oliveras, Sílvia Cufí, Diego Haro, Pedro F Marrero and Teresa Puig
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:280
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  6. With the growing recognition that patients and partners react to a cancer diagnosis as an interdependent system and increasing evidence that psychosocial interventions can be beneficial to both patients and pa...

    Authors: Tim W Regan, Sylvie D Lambert, Afaf Girgis, Brian Kelly, Karen Kayser and Jane Turner
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:279
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  8. Transglutaminase 2 (TG2) and its phosphorylation have been consistently found to be upregulated in a number of cancer cell types. At the molecular level, TG2 has been associated with the activation of nuclear ...

    Authors: Yi Wang, Sudharsana R Ande and Suresh Mishra
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:277
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  9. Endogenous estrogens may play a vital role in colorectal tumorigenesis. Estrogen receptor beta is the predominant subtype which mediates the biological effect of estrogens, while loss of expression of estrogen...

    Authors: Huanlei Wu, Li Xu, Jigui Chen, Junbo Hu, Shiying Yu, Guangyuan Hu, Liu Huang, Xiaoping Chen, Xianglin Yuan and Guojun Li
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:276
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  11. A candidate oncogene GIG47, previously known as a neudesin with a neurotrophic activity, was identified by applying the differential expression analysis method.

    Authors: Kyou-Hoon Han, Si-Hyung Lee, Seon-Ah Ha, Hyun Kee Kim, CheWook Lee, Do-Hyoung Kim, Kee Hwan Gong, JinAh Yoo, Sanghee Kim and Jin Woo Kim
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:274
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  12. Lung cancer is one of the most lethal malignancies worldwide, but useful biomarkers of lung cancer are still insufficient. The aim of this study is to identify some membrane-bound protein(s) associated with mi...

    Authors: Wen-Liang Chen, Kuang-Tai Kuo, Teh-Ying Chou, Chien-Lung Chen, Chih-Hao Wang, Yau-Huei Wei and Liang-Shun Wang
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:273
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  13. Argonaute genes are essential for RNA interference, stem cell maintenance and differentiation. The Piwi-like genes, a subclass of the Argonaute genes, are expressed mainly in the germline. These genes may be re-e...

    Authors: Thomas Greither, Franziska Koser, Matthias Kappler, Matthias Bache, Christine Lautenschläger, Steffen Göbel, Hans-Jürgen Holzhausen, Sven Wach, Peter Würl and Helge Taubert
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:272
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  14. The aim was to compare two standard chemotherapy regimens combined with bevacizumab as first-line treatment in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

    Authors: Dimitrios Pectasides, George Papaxoinis, Konstantine T Kalogeras, Anastasia G Eleftheraki, Ioannis Xanthakis, Thomas Makatsoris, Epaminondas Samantas, Ioannis Varthalitis, Pavlos Papakostas, Nikitas Nikitas, Christos N Papandreou, George Pentheroudakis, Eleni Timotheadou, Angelos Koutras, Joseph Sgouros, Dimitrios Bafaloukos…
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:271
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  15. The aetiology of bone cancers is poorly understood. This study examined geographical patterning in incidence of primary bone cancers diagnosed in 0–49 year olds in Great Britain during 1980–2005 to provide inf...

    Authors: Richard J Q McNally, Karen Blakey, Roger C Parslow, Peter W James, Basilio Gómez Pozo, Charles Stiller, Tim J Vincent, Paul Norman, Patricia A McKinney, Michael F Murphy, Alan W Craft and Richard G Feltbower
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:270
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  16. The transcription factor SOX11 is of diagnostic and prognostic importance in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), respectively. Thus, there is an unmet clinical and experimental need...

    Authors: Lena Nordström, Ulrika Andréasson, Mats Jerkeman, Michael Dictor, Carl Borrebaeck and Sara Ek
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:269
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  17. Pancreatic carcinoma is a significant cause of cancer-related death in developed countries. As the level of circulating endothelial cells (CECs) is known to increase in response to various cancers, we investig...

    Authors: Shunsuke Kondo, Hideki Ueno, Jun Hashimoto, Chigusa Morizane, Fumiaki Koizumi, Takuji Okusaka and Kenji Tamura
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:268
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  18. Tumor suppressor genes function to regulate and block tumor cell proliferation. To explore the mechanisms underlying the tumor suppression of BLU/ZMYND10 gene on a frequently lost human chromosomal region, an ade...

    Authors: Xiangning Zhang, Hui Liu, Binbin Li, Peichun Huang, Jianyong Shao and Zhiwei He
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:267
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  19. Recent evidence suggests an emerging role for S100 protein in breast cancer and tumor progression. These ubiquitous proteins are involved in numerous normal and pathological cell functions including inflammato...

    Authors: Jodie M Fleming, Erika Ginsburg, Shannon D Oliver, Paul Goldsmith and Barbara K Vonderhaar
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:266
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  20. Advanced ovarian cancer is treated with cytoreductive surgery and combination platinum- and taxane-based chemotherapy. Although most patients have acute clinical response to this strategy, the disease ultimate...

    Authors: Carlos D Gamarra-Luques, Alicia A Goyeneche, Maria B Hapon and Carlos M Telleria
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:200
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  21. Cancer cachexia is a progressive wasting syndrome and the most prevalent characteristic of cancer in patients with advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma. We hypothesize that genes expressed in wasted skeletal mus...

    Authors: Alexander Skorokhod, Jeannine Bachmann, Nathalia A Giese, Marc E Martignoni and Holger Krakowski-Roosen
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:265
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  22. Palliative surgery followed by postoperative chemotherapy is a challenging approach in the treatment of stage IV gastric cancer yet patients must be carefully selected on the basis of likely clinical benefit.

    Authors: John Syrios, Stavros Sougioultzis, Ioannis D Xynos, Nikolaos Kavantzas, Christos Kosmas, George Agrogiannis, John Griniatsos, Ioannis Karavokyros, Emmanouil Pikoulis, Efstratios S Patsouris and Nikolas Tsavaris
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:264
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  23. The long-term survival in hepatocellullar carcinoma (HCC) patients after transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) remains dismal due to local and/or regional recurrence as well as distant metastasis. The efficac...

    Authors: Xu-Dong Qu, Cheng-Shi Chen, Jian-Hua Wang, Zhi-ping Yan, Jie-min Chen, Gao-quan Gong, Qin-xin Liu, Jian-jun Luo, Lin-xiao Liu, Rong Liu and Sheng Qian
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:263
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  24. Endometrial carcinoma is a common malignancy of female genital tract. Insulin-like growth factor is known to elicit estrogen-induced mitogenic activity and anti-apoptotic effect in endometrial tissues.

    Authors: Yuan-Jiao Liang, Qun Hao, Hui-Ming Zhang, Yuan-Zhe Wu and Jian-Dong Wang
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:262
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  25. Patients with cancer of unknown primary account for 10% of patients with metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC). This retrospective study was performed to identify prognostic factors for functional outcome,...

    Authors: Sarah Douglas, Stefan Huttenlocher, Amira Bajrovic, Volker Rudat, Steven E Schild and Dirk Rades
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:261
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  26. Colon cancer patients with the same stage show diverse clinical behavior dueto tumor heterogeneity. We aimed to discover distinct classes of tumorsbased on microarray expression patterns, to analyze whether th...

    Authors: Beatriz Perez Villamil, Alejandro Romera Lopez, Susana Hernandez Prieto, Guillermo Lopez Campos, Antonio Calles, Jose Antonio Lopez Asenjo, Julian Sanz Ortega, Cristina Fernandez Perez, Javier Sastre, Rosario Alfonso, Trinidad Caldes, Fernando Martin Sanchez and Eduardo Diaz Rubio
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:260
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  27. Promoter methylation of the tumor suppressor gene Cyclin A1 could be associated with Human Papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) induced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) and Cervical Carcinoma. There is disagree...

    Authors: Daniel Weiss, Mario Koopmann, Türker Basel and Claudia Rudack
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:259
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  28. Risk for Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm (ROMA) and Human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) appear to be promising predictors for epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), however, conflicting results exist in the diagnostic per...

    Authors: Fake Li, Ruxiu Tie, Kai Chang, Feng Wang, Shaoli Deng, Weiping Lu, Lili Yu and Ming Chen
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:258
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  29. Sulfotransferase 1A1 (SULT1A1) participates in the elimination of 4-hydroxy-tamoxifen (4-OH-TAM), which is one of the major active metabolites of tamoxifen (TAM). Homozygous SULT1A1 variant allele genotype has be...

    Authors: Maria Tengström, Arto Mannermaa, Veli-Matti Kosma, Ari Hirvonen and Vesa Kataja
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:257
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  30. Postcancer fatigue is a frequently occurring, severe, and invalidating problem, impairing quality of life. Although it is possible to effectively treat postcancer fatigue with cognitive behaviour therapy, the ...

    Authors: Hetty Prinsen, Gijs Bleijenberg, Machiel J Zwarts, Maria T E Hopman, Arend Heerschap and Hanneke W M van Laarhoven
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:256
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  31. Most cases of colorectal cancer (CRC) arise from adenomatous polyps and malignant potential is greatest in high risk adenomas. There is convincing observational evidence that red and processed meat increase th...

    Authors: George Dowswell, Angela Ryan, Aliki Taylor, Amanda Daley, Nick Freemantle, Matthew Brookes, Janet Jones, Richard Haslop, Chloe Grimmett, Kar-Keung Cheng and Wilson Sue
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:255
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  32. Breast cancer screening in Denmark is organised by the health services in the five regions. Although general practitioners (GPs) are not directly involved in the screening process, they are often the first poi...

    Authors: Line Flytkjær Jensen, Thomas Ostersen Mukai, Berit Andersen and Peter Vedsted
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:254
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  33. The aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) or image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) for the prevention of retropharyngeal nodal recurrences in locally advanced he...

    Authors: Nam P Nguyen, Jacqueline Vock, Vincent Vinh-Hung, Fabio Almeida, Lars Ewell, Michael Betz, Siyoung Jang, Richard A Vo, Suresh Dutta, Juan Godinez, Ulf Karlsson and Alexander Chi
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:253
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  34. While it is now more than a decade since the first description of the gene mutation underlying the tumour predisposition syndrome multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1), the mechanism by which its protein ...

    Authors: Kelly A Loffler, Arne W Mould, Paul M Waring, Nicholas K Hayward and Graham F Kay
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:252
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  35. This pilot study used a prospective longitudinal design to compare the effect of adjuvant whole breast radiation therapy (WBRT) versus partial breast radiation therapy (PBRT) on fatigue, perceived stress, qual...

    Authors: Kevin Albuquerque, Dina Tell, Philip Lobo, Linda Millbrandt, Herbert L Mathews and Linda Witek Janusek
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:251
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  37. Many miR genes are located within or around CpG islands. It is unclear whether methylation of these CpG islands represses miR transcription regularly. The aims of this study are to characterize gastric carcinoma ...

    Authors: Yantao Du, Zhaojun Liu, Liankun Gu, Jing Zhou, Bu-dong Zhu, Jiafu Ji and Dajun Deng
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:249
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  38. SOX genes play an important role in a number of developmental processes. Potential roles of SOXs have been demonstrated in various neoplastic tissues as tumor suppressors or promoters depending on tumor status...

    Authors: Wei-de Zhong, Guo-qiang Qin, Qi-shan Dai, Zhao-dong Han, Shan-ming Chen, Xiao-hui Ling, Xin Fu, Chao Cai, Jia-hong Chen, Xi-bin Chen, Zhuo-yuan Lin, Ye-han Deng, Shu-lin Wu, Hui-chan He and Chin-lee Wu
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:248
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  39. Steroid receptor coactivators (SRCs) may modulate estrogen receptor (ER) activity and the response to endocrine treatment in breast cancer, in part through interaction with growth factor receptor signaling pat...

    Authors: Line L Haugan Moi, Marianne Hauglid Flågeng, Jennifer Gjerde, Andre Madsen, Therese Halvorsen Røst, Oddrun Anita Gudbrandsen, Ernst A Lien and Gunnar Mellgren
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:247
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  40. Identification of novel, highly penetrant, breast cancer susceptibility genes will require the application of additional strategies beyond that of traditional linkage and candidate gene approaches. Approximate...

    Authors: Julie K Johnson, Nic Waddell and Georgia Chenevix-Trench
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:246
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  41. Microtubules have been one of the most effective targets for the development of anticancer agents. Cancer cells treated by these agents are characterized by cell arrest at G2/M phase. Microtubule-targeting drugs ...

    Authors: Wei Chen, Teresa Seefeldt, Alan Young, Xiaoying Zhang, Yong Zhao, John Ruffolo, Radhey S Kaushik and Xiangming Guan
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:245
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  42. Invasion and metastasis are two important hallmarks of malignant tumors caused by complex genetic and epigenetic alterations. The present study investigated the contribution of aberrant methylation profiles of...

    Authors: Zeinab Barekati, Ramin Radpour, Qing Lu, Johannes Bitzer, Hong Zheng, Paolo Toniolo, Per Lenner and Xiao Yan Zhong
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:244
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  43. Aberrant promoter CpG island hypermethylation is associated with transcriptional silencing. Tumor suppressor genes are the key targets of hypermethylation in breast cancer and therefore may lead to malignancy ...

    Authors: Jia Xu, Priya B Shetty, Weiwei Feng, Carol Chenault, Robert C Bast Jr, Jean-Pierre J Issa, Susan G Hilsenbeck and Yinhua Yu
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:243
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  44. One of the most important biological characteristics of Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is high vascular density. Vadimezan (ASA404, DMXAA) belongs to the class of small molecule vascular disrupting agents (VDA)...

    Authors: Dušan Milanović, Friederike Braun, Wolfgang Weber, Anca Ligia Grosu, Martin Behe and Gabriele Niedermann
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:242
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  45. Lung cancer in young patients (less or equal to 45 years) is uncommon and has clinical characteristics different from that in older patients. We investigated the outcomes and prognostic factors of young patien...

    Authors: Chia-Lin Hsu, Kuan-Yu Chen, Jin-Yuan Shih, Chao-Chi Ho, Chih-Hsin Yang, Chong-Jen Yu and Pan-Chyr Yang
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:241
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  46. Mammographic population screening in The Netherlands has increased the number of breast cancer patients with small and non-palpable breast tumors. Nevertheless, mammography is not ultimately sensitive and spec...

    Authors: Jeroen F Vermeulen, Aram SA van Brussel, Petra van der Groep, Folkert HM Morsink, Peter Bult, Elsken van der Wall and Paul J van Diest
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:240
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  49. Li-Fraumeni (LFS) and Li-Fraumeni-like (LFL) syndromes are associated to germline TP53 mutations, and are characterized by the development of central nervous system tumors, sarcomas, adrenocortical carcinomas, an...

    Authors: Amanda Gonçalves Silva, Ingrid Petroni Ewald, Marina Sapienza, Manuela Pinheiro, Ana Peixoto, Amanda França de Nóbrega, Dirce M Carraro, Manuel R Teixeira, Patricia Ashton-Prolla, Maria Isabel W Achatz, Carla Rosenberg and Ana C V Krepischi
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:237
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  50. How to properly manage clinically negative neck of head and neck cancer patients is a controversial topic. Research is now directed toward finding a method sensitive enough to bring the risk of occult metastas...

    Authors: Li-Jen Liao, Wu-Chia Lo, Wan-Lun Hsu, Chi-Te Wang and Mei-Shu Lai
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:236
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