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  1. Breast cancer is a potentially fatal malignancy in females despite the improvement in therapeutic techniques. The identification of novel molecular signatures is needed for earlier detection, monitoring effect...

    Authors: Emman Shubbar, Anikó Kovács, Shahin Hajizadeh, Toshima Z Parris, Szilárd Nemes, Katrin Gunnarsdóttir, Zakaria Einbeigi, Per Karlsson and Khalil Helou
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2013 13:1
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  2. There is a critical need for improved diagnostic markers for high grade serous epithelial ovarian cancer (SEOC). MicroRNAs are stable in the circulation and may have utility as biomarkers of malignancy. We inv...

    Authors: Casina WS Kan, Michael A Hahn, Gregory B Gard, Jayne Maidens, Jung Yoon Huh, Deborah J Marsh and Viive M Howell
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:627
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  3. This study reports the reliability and validity of a questionnaire designed to measure the time from detection of a breast cancer to arrival at a cancer hospital, as well as the factors that are associated wit...

    Authors: Karla Unger-Saldaña, Ingris Peláez-Ballestas and Claudia Infante-Castañeda
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:626
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  4. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the prognostic value of POSTN expression following prostatectomy.

    Authors: Pier Vitale Nuzzo, Alessandra Rubagotti, Linda Zinoli, Francesco Ricci, Sandra Salvi, Simona Boccardo and Francesco Boccardo
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:625
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  5. G-protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER/GPR30) was reported to bind 17β-estradiol (E2), tamoxifen, and ICI 182,780 (fulvestrant) and promotes activation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mediated signa...

    Authors: Venkatakrishna Rao Jala, Brandie N Radde, Bodduluri Haribabu and Carolyn M Klinge
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:624
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  6. High-grade gliomas including glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) are among the most malignant and aggressive of tumors, and have a very poor prognosis despite a temozolomide-based intensive treatment. Therefore, a n...

    Authors: Yasuto Akiyama, Chie Oshita, Akiko Kume, Akira Iizuka, Haruo Miyata, Masaru Komiyama, Tadashi Ashizawa, Mika Yagoto, Yoshiaki Abe, Koichi Mitsuya, Reiko Watanabe, Takashi Sugino, Ken Yamaguchi and Yoko Nakasu
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:623
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  7. The ubiquitin-proteasome system and macroautophagy (hereafter referred to autophagy) are two complementary pathways for protein degradation. Emerging evidence suggests that proteasome inhibition might be a pro...

    Authors: Chuan Liu, Xu Yan, Hua-Qin Wang, Yan-Yan Gao, Juanjuan Liu, Zhenhua Hu, Dawo Liu, Jian Gao and Bei Lin
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:622
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  8. The minor allele of SNP rs3803662 has been shown to correlate with increased breast cancer risk and with lower expression of TOX3. The SNP is closely located to TOX3 residing within an uncharacterised gene LOC643...

    Authors: Eydis Th Gudmundsdottir, Rosa B Barkardottir, Adalgeir Arason, Haukur Gunnarsson, Laufey Th Amundadottir, Bjarni A Agnarsson, Oskar Th Johannsson and Inga Reynisdottir
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:621
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  9. The abundance of circulating endothelial cells (CECs) and circulating endothelial progenitor cells (CEPs), which serve as surrogate markers for angiogenesis, may be affected by chemotherapy. We studied their d...

    Authors: Yu-Hsuan Kuo, Ching-Hung Lin, Wen-Yi Shau, Te-Jung Chen, Shih-Hung Yang, Shu-Min Huang, Chun Hsu, Yen-Shen Lu and Ann-Lii Cheng
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:620
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  10. Survivin, a member of the family of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins, functions as a key regulator of mitosis and programmed cell death. YM155, a novel molecular targeted agent, suppresses survivin, which is ov...

    Authors: Yan-Fang Tao, Jun Lu, Xiao-Juan Du, Li-Chao Sun, Xuan Zhao, Liang Peng, Lan Cao, Pei-Fang Xiao, Li Pang, Dong Wu, Na Wang, Xing Feng, Yan-Hong Li, Jian Ni, Jian Wang and Jian Pan
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:619
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  11. The causal association between persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical cancer has been established, but the mechanisms that favor HPV persistence in cervical cells are still unknown. The d...

    Authors: Anna Gillio-Tos, Maria da Graça Bicalho, Valentina Fiano, Chiara Grasso, Valentina Tarallo, Laura De Marco, Morena Trevisan, MarinaBarbaradeSousa Xavier, Renata Slowik, Newton S Carvalho, Carlos A Maestri, Hadriano M Lacerda, Daniela Zugna, Lorenzo Richiardi and Franco Merletti
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:618
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  12. The oxidative stress mechanism is of particular interest in the pathogenesis of glioma, given the high rate of oxygen metabolism in the brain. Potential links between polymorphisms of antioxidant genes and gli...

    Authors: Peng Zhao, Lin Zhao, Peng Zou, Ailin Lu, Ning Liu, Wei Yan, Chunsheng Kang, Zhen Fu, Yongping You and Tao Jiang
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:617
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  13. Presence of disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) in bone marrow (BM) after completion of systemic adjuvant treatment predicts reduced survival in breast cancer. The present study explores the use of DTCs to identif...

    Authors: Marit Synnestvedt, Elin Borgen, Erik Wist, Gro Wiedswang, Kjetil Weyde, Terje Risberg, Christian Kersten, Ingvil Mjaaland, Lise Vindi, Cecilie Schirmer, Jahn Martin Nesland and Bjørn Naume
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:616
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  14. Asbestos is the main cause of MPM in industrialized countries. Even since asbestos is banned in most developed countries, the peak wave of MPM incidence is anticipated for the next years due to the long latenc...

    Authors: Ulf Petrausch, Petra C Schuberth, Christian Hagedorn, Alex Soltermann, Sandra Tomaszek, Rolf Stahel, Walter Weder and Christoph Renner
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:615
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  15. Diagnosis of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is commonly based on clinical criteria, and confirmed by genetic testing. In patients without known MEN1-related germline mutations, the possibility of a...

    Authors: Enrico Erdas, Nicola Aste, Luca Pilloni, Angelo Nicolosi, Sergio Licheri, Antonello Cappai, Marco Mastinu, Filomena Cetani, Elena Pardi, Stefano Mariotti and Mariano Pomata
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:614
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  16. In breast cancer, diabetes diagnosed prior to cancer (previously diagnosed) is associated with advanced cancer stage and increased mortality. However, in the general population, 40% of diabetes is undiagnosed ...

    Authors: Robert I Griffiths, Mark D Danese, Michelle L Gleeson and José M Valderas
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:613
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  18. HuR is an RNA-binding protein that post-transcriptionally modulates the expressions of various target genes implicated in carcinogenesis, such as CCNA2 encoding cyclin A. No prior study attempted to evaluate the ...

    Authors: Peir-In Liang, Wei-Ming Li, Yu-Hui Wang, Ting-Feng Wu, Wen-Ren Wu, Alex C Liao, Kun-Hung Shen, Yu-Ching Wei, Chung-Hsi Hsing, Yow-Ling Shiue, Hsuan-Ying Huang, Han-Ping Hsu, Li-Tzon Chen, Ching-Yih Lin, Chein Tai, Chun-Mao Lin…
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:611
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  19. The goal of this study was to identify the clinicopathological factors of co-existing papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) and provide information to aid in the diagnosi...

    Authors: Ling Zhang, Hui Li, Qing-hai Ji, Yong-xue Zhu, Zhuo-ying Wang, Yu Wang, Cai-ping Huang, Qiang Shen, Duan-shu Li and Yi Wu
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:610
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  20. There is no consensus on the indication for salvage chemoradiotherapy (CRT) after failure of primary chemotherapy for locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC). Here we report on the retrospective analysis of ...

    Authors: Hiroshi Mayahara, Yoshinori Ito, Chigusa Morizane, Hideki Ueno, Takuji Okusaka, Shunsuke Kondo, Naoya Murakami, Madoka Morota, Minako Sumi and Jun Itami
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:609
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  21. The malignant transformation of precancerous colorectal lesions involves progressive alterations at both the molecular and morphologic levels, the latter consisting of increases in size and in the degree of ce...

    Authors: Rosalia Maglietta, Vania Cosma Liuzzi, Elisa Cattaneo, Endre Laczko, Ada Piepoli, Anna Panza, Massimo Carella, Orazio Palumbo, Teresa Staiano, Federico Buffoli, Angelo Andriulli, Giancarlo Marra and Nicola Ancona
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:608
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  22. Malignant glioma is a common primary tumor of the central nervous system. Brevican, an abundant extracellular matrix component in the adult brain, plays a critical role in the process of glioma. The mechanisms...

    Authors: Renquan Lu, Chengsheng Wu, Lin Guo, Yingchao Liu, Wei Mo, Huijie Wang, Jianbo Ding, Eric T Wong and Min Yu
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:607
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  23. An n-6 essential fatty acid, arachidonic acid (ARA) is converted into prostaglandin E2, which is involved in tumour extension. However, it is unclear whether dietary ARA intake leads to cancer in humans. We thus ...

    Authors: Mai Sakai, Saki Kakutani, Chika Horikawa, Hisanori Tokuda, Hiroshi Kawashima, Hiroshi Shibata, Hitomi Okubo and Satoshi Sasaki
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:606
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  24. Neoplastic transformation of cultured cells by a number of oncogenes such as src suppresses gap junctional, intercellular communication (GJIC); however, the role of Src and its effector Signal transducer and acti...

    Authors: Mulu Geletu, Rozanne Arulanandam, Samantha Greer, Aaron Trotman-Grant, Evangelia Tomai and Leda Raptis
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:605
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  25. The aim of this study was to measure the biological characteristics involved in tumorigenesis and the progression of breast cancer in symptomatic and screen-detected carcinomas to identify possible differences.

    Authors: Maximino Redondo, Rafael Funez, Francisco Medina-Cano, Isabel Rodrigo, Mercedes Acebal, Teresa Tellez, M Jose Roldan, M Luisa Hortas, Ana Bellinvia, Teresa Pereda, Laia Domingo, María Morales-Suarez Varela, Maria Sala and Antonio Rueda
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:604
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  26. Chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) remains a major problem that seriously impairs the quality of life (QoL) in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy regimens. Complementary medicines, including h...

    Authors: David Pérol, Jocelyne Provençal, Anne-claire Hardy-Bessard, David Coeffic, Jean-Phillipe Jacquin, Cécile Agostini, Thomas Bachelot, Jean-Paul Guastalla, Xavier Pivot, Jean-Pierre Martin, Agathe Bajard and Isabelle Ray-Coquard
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:603
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  27. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) shows geographic variations in incidence, with high incidences (>50/105 person-years) in central Asia, including North Eastern Iran (Golestan) and Northern India (Kashmir...

    Authors: Behnoush Abedi-Ardekani, Nazir Ahmad Dar, Mohammad Muzaffar Mir, Showkat Ahmad Zargar, M Muqbool Lone, Ghyslaine Martel-Planche, Stéphanie Villar, Mounia Mounawar, Farrokh Saidi, Reza Malekzadeh and Pierre Hainaut
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:602
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  28. Caldesmon (CaD), a major actin-associated protein, is found in smooth muscle and non-muscle cells. Smooth muscle caldesmon, h-CaD, is a multifunctional protein, and non-muscle cell caldesmon, l-CaD, plays a role ...

    Authors: Kyung-Hee Kim, Seung-Gu Yeo, Won Ki Kim, Dae Yong Kim, Hyun Yang Yeo, Jun Pyu Hong, Hee Jin Chang, Ji Won Park, Sun Young Kim, Byung Chang Kim and Byong Chul Yoo
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:601
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  29. Mucin-1 is known to be over-expressed by various human carcinomas and is shed into the circulation where it can be detected in patient’s serum by specific anti-Mucin-1 antibodies, such as the tumour marker ass...

    Authors: Verena Engelstaedter, Sabine Heublein, Anamur Lan Schumacher, Miriam Lenhard, Helen Engelstaedter, Ulrich Andergassen, Margit Guenthner-Biller, Christina Kuhn, Brigitte Rack, Markus Kupka, Doris Mayr and Udo Jeschke
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:600
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  30. Androgen receptors (AR) are frequently expressed in breast cancers, but their implication in cancer growth is still controversial. In the present study, we further investigated the role of the androgen/AR path...

    Authors: Giorgio Secreto, Elisabetta Venturelli, Elisabetta Meneghini, Maria Luisa Carcangiu, Biagio Paolini, Roberto Agresti, Cristina Pellitteri, Franco Berrino, Massimo Gion, Patrizia Cogliati, Giuseppina Saragò and Andrea Micheli
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:599
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  31. Over recent years a number of novel therapies have shown promise in advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Internationally the standard of care of first-line therapy is sunitinib™, after a clear survival benefit...

    Authors: Fiona J Collinson, Walter M Gregory, Chris McCabe, Helen Howard, Catherine Lowe, DrBarbara Potrata, Sandy Tubeuf, Pat Hanlon, Lucy McParland, T Wah, Peter J Selby, Jenny Hewison, Julia Brown and Janet Brown
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:598
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  32. Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) overexpression is an important prognostic and predictive biomarker in human breast cancer. SERBP1, a protein that is supposed to regulate the stability of PAI-1 mRNA, may...

    Authors: Nuran Bektas Serce, Andreas Boesl, Irina Klaman, Sonja von Serényi, Erik Noetzel, Michael F Press, Arno Dimmler, Arndt Hartmann, Jalid Sehouli, Ruth Knuechel, Matthias W Beckmann, Peter A Fasching and Edgar Dahl
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:597
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  33. Several studies have suggested a cancer risk reduction in statin users although the evidence remains weak for stomach cancer. The purpose of this study was to use an exact-matching case–control design to exami...

    Authors: Jeeyun Lee, Soo Hyeon Lee, Kyu Yeon Hur, Sook Young Woo, Sun Woo Kim and Won Ki Kang
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:596
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  34. Asbestos is classified as a human carcinogen, and studies have consistently demonstrated that workplace exposure to it increases the risk of developing lung cancer. Few studies have evaluated risks in populati...

    Authors: Paul J Villeneuve, Marie-Élise Parent, Shelley A Harris and Kenneth C Johnson
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:595
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  35. In the past few years, the number of clinical trials has increased rapidly in East Asia, especially for gastric and hepatobiliary cancer that are prevalent in Asian populations. However, the actual degree of u...

    Authors: Su Jin Lee, Lee Chun Park, Jeeyun Lee, Seonwoo Kim, Moon Ki Choi, Jung Yong Hong, Sylvia Park, Chi Hoon Maeng, Wonjin Chang, Young Saing Kim, Se Hoon Park, Joon Oh Park, Ho Yeong Lim, Won Ki Kang and Young Suk Park
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:594
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  36. Gamma-synuclein (SNCG) has previously been demonstrated to be significantly correlated with metastatic malignancies; however, in-depth investigation of SNCG in prostate cancer is still lacking. In the present ...

    Authors: Junyi Chen, Li Jiao, Chuanliang Xu, Yongwei Yu, Zhensheng Zhang, Zheng Chang, Zhen Deng and Yinghao Sun
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:593
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  37. To evaluate disease control, overall survival and prognostic factors in patients with locally recurrent rectal cancer after IOERT-containing multimodal therapy.

    Authors: Falk Roeder, Joerg-Michael Goetz, Gregor Habl, Marc Bischof, Robert Krempien, Markus W Buechler, Frank W Hensley, Peter E Huber, Juergen Weitz and Juergen Debus
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:592
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  38. Tamoxifen is used in hormone therapy for estrogen-receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer, but also has chemopreventative effects against ER-negative breast cancers. This study sought to investigate whether oral ...

    Authors: Xueying Sun, Ruohan Jiang, Aneta Przepiorski, Shiva Reddy, Kate P Palmano and Geoffrey W Krissansen
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:591
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  39. Sorafenib is an orally available kinase inhibitor with activity at Raf, PDGFβ and VEGF receptors that is licensed for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Cu...

    Authors: BP Fairfax, S Pratap, ISD Roberts, J Collier, R Kaplan, AM Meade, AW Ritchie, T Eisen, VM Macaulay and A Protheroe
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:590
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  40. The p21 codon 31 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs1801270, has been linked to cervical cancer but with controversial results. The aims of this study were to investigate the role of p21 SNP-rs1801270 and...

    Authors: Ning Wang, Shizhuo Wang, Qiao Zhang, Yanming Lu, Heng Wei, Wei Li, Shulan Zhang, Duo Yin and Yangling Ou
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:589
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  41. Psoriasin (S100A7) is a member of the S100 gene family. Alteration of Psoriasin expression has previously been reported to play an important role in cancer aggressive behaviour. The current study sought to inv...

    Authors: Mu Hu, Lin Ye, Fiona Ruge, Xiuyi Zhi, Lijian Zhang and Wen G Jiang
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:588
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  42. Despite all benefit provided by established therapies prognosis of gastric cancer remains poor. Targeted inhibition of platelet derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) by imatinib may influence tumor growth and...

    Authors: Martina Mayr, Karen Becker, Nadine Schulte, Sebastian Belle, Ralf Hofheinz, Annekatrin Krause, Roland M Schmid, Christoph Röcken and Matthias P Ebert
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:587
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  43. Increased glycolytic activity is a hallmark of cancer, allowing staging and restaging with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron-emission-tomography (PET). Since interim-PET is an important prognostic tool in Hodgkin l...

    Authors: Sylvia Hartmann, Claudio Agostinelli, Jürgen Diener, Claudia Döring, Stefano Fanti, Pier Luigi Zinzani, Andrea Gallamini, Lothar Bergmann, Stefano Pileri and Martin-Leo Hansmann
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:586
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  44. The clinical implication of Ras/Raf/ERK pathway activity in breast cancer tissue and its association with response to chemotherapy is controversial. We aimed to explore the value of p90RSK phosphorylation, a d...

    Authors: Hyeong-Gon Moon, Jae Kyo Yi, Hee Sung Kim, Hea Young Lee, Kyung-Min Lee, Minju Yi, Sookyung Ahn, Hee-Chul Shin, Ji-hyun Ju, Incheol Shin, Wonshik Han and Dong-Young Noh
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:585
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  45. Liver transplantation is the most effective therapy for cirrhosis-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) but its utility is limited by post-transplant tumor recurrence. Use of the Milan, size-based criteria...

    Authors: Zhen Zeng, Jinyu Ren, Maura O’Neil, Jie Zhao, Brian Bridges, Josiah Cox, Bashar Abdulkarim, Timothy M Schmitt, Sean C Kumer and Steven A Weinman
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:584
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  46. Brain metastasis is an increasingly common complication for breast cancer patients; approximately 15– 30% of breast cancer patients develop brain metastasis. However, relatively little is known about how these...

    Authors: Hui Liu, Yukinari Kato, Stephanie A Erzinger, Galina M Kiriakova, Yongzhen Qian, Diane Palmieri, Patricia S Steeg and Janet E Price
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:583
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  47. There are limited population-based studies focusing on the chemopreventive effects of selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors against colorectal cancer. The purpose of this study is to assess the trends ...

    Authors: Yi-Hsin Yang, Yea-Huei Kao Yang, Ching-Lan Cheng, Pei-Shan Ho and Ying-Chin Ko
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:582
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  48. Neurotoxicity caused by treatment for a brain tumor is a major cause of neurocognitive decline in survivors. Studies have shown that neurofeedback may enhance neurocognitive functioning. This paper describes t...

    Authors: Marieke A de Ruiter, Antoinette YN Schouten-Van Meeteren, Rosa van Mourik, Tieme WP Janssen, Juliette EM Greidanus, Jaap Oosterlaan and Martha A Grootenhuis
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:581
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  49. There is a lack of psychotherapeutic trials of treatments of comorbid depression in cancer patients. Our study determines the efficacy of a manualized short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy and predictors of o...

    Authors: Rüdiger Zwerenz, Manfred E Beutel, Barbara H Imruck, Jörg Wiltink, Antje Haselbacher, Christian Ruckes, Heinz Schmidberger, Gerald Hoffmann, Marcus Schmidt, Uwe Köhler, Dagmar Langanke, Rolf-Dieter Kortmann, Susanne Kuhnt, Gregor Weißflog, Yvette Barthel, Katja Leuteritz…
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2012 12:578
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