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  1. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is a highly aggressive tumor of the bile duct, and a significant public health problem in East Asia, where it is associated with infection by the parasite Opisthorchis viverr...

    Authors: Jordan Plieskatt, Gabriel Rinaldi, Yanjun Feng, Jin Peng, Samantha Easley, Xinying Jia, Jeremy Potriquet, Chawalit Pairojkul, Vajarabhongsa Bhudhisawasdi, Banchob Sripa, Paul J Brindley, Jeffrey Bethony and Jason Mulvenna
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:309
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  2. From 2008, Danish general practitioners could refer patients suspected of having cancer to standardised cancer patient pathways (CPPs).

    Authors: Henry Jensen, Marie Louise Tørring, Frede Olesen, Jens Overgaard, Morten Fenger-Grøn and Peter Vedsted
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:308
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  3. Microcalcifications (MCs) are tiny deposits of calcium in breast soft tissue. Approximately 30% of early invasive breast cancers have fine, granular MCs detectable on mammography; however, their significance i...

    Authors: Madiha Naseem, Joshua Murray, John F Hilton, Jason Karamchandani, Derek Muradali, Hala Faragalla, Chanele Polenz, Dolly Han, David C Bell and Christine Brezden-Masley
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:307
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  5. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) has represented a technical milestone that has facilitated the clinical implementation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of maximum pr...

    Authors: Yong Chen, Xue-Feng Hu, Yan Wang, Hai-Yang Chen, Lin Yang, Li-Zhi Liu, Chun-Yan Cui, Dong-Sheng Liu and Shao-Bo Liang
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:305
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  6. Angiogenesis plays a role in tumor growth and is partly mediated by factors in both the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) pathways. Durable clinical responses with VE...

    Authors: Thai H Ho, Xian-De Liu, Yanqing Huang, Carla L Warneke, Marcella M Johnson, Anh Hoang, Pheroze Tamboli, Fen Wang and Eric Jonasch
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:304
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  7. Data are limited regarding routine use of everolimus after initial vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)–targeted therapy. The aim of this prospective, noninterventional, observational study was to assess ...

    Authors: Lothar Bergmann, Ulrich Kube, Christian Doehn, Thomas Steiner, Peter J Goebell, Manfred Kindler, Edwin Herrmann, Jan Janssen, Steffen Weikert, Michael T Scheffler, Joerg Schmitz, Michael Albrecht and Michael Staehler
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:303
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  8. 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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  9. The impact of KRAS signaling on cancerous inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A (CIP2A) expression has not yet been explored. We investigated the impact of KRAS on CIP2A expression in colorectal cancer patients ...

    Authors: Kuen-Feng Chen, Chueh-Chuan Yen, Jen-Kou Lin, Wei-Shone Chen, Shung-Haur Yang, Jeng-Kai Jiang, Yuan-Tzu Lan, Chun-Chi Lin, Hui-Chuan Yu, Hui-Mei Hsu, Wen-Ling Lin and Hao-Wei Teng
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:301
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  10. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is involved in important malignant features of cancer cells, like invasion, metastatic potential, anti-apoptotic and stem-cell like phenotypes. Among several transcripti...

    Authors: Akin Atmaca, Ralph W Wirtz, Dominique Werner, Kristina Steinmetz, Silke Claas, Wolfgang M Brueckl, Elke Jäger and Salah-Eddin Al-Batran
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:300
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  11. Elevated vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was associated with poor prognosis in leptomeningeal carcinomatosis and anti-angiogenic therapy was found to prolong the survival of mice in preclinical studi...

    Authors: Pei-Fang Wu, Ching-Hung Lin, Ching-Hua Kuo, Wei-Wu Chen, Dah-Cherng Yeh, Hsiao-Wei Liao, Shu-Min Huang, Ann-Lii Cheng and Yen-Shen Lu
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:299
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  12. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a clinically significant complication that is well documented among Caucasian cancer patients. However, evidence regarding VTE incidence and treatment among Asian cancer patient...

    Authors: Tan-Wei Chew, Churn-Shiouh Gau, Yu-Wen Wen, Li-Jiuan Shen, C Daniel Mullins and Fei-Yuan Hsiao
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:298
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  13. High rates of anxiety, depression and unmet needs are evident amongst haematological cancer patients undergoing treatment and their Support Persons. Psychosocial distress may be minimised by ensuring that pati...

    Authors: Jamie Bryant, Rob Sanson-Fisher, William Stevenson, Rochelle Smits, Frans Henskens, Andrew Wei, Flora Tzelepis, Catherine D’Este, Christine Paul and Mariko Carey
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:295
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  14. Breast cancer is the leading cancer among women, and early diagnosis is essential for future prognosis. Evidence from mainly cross-sectional US studies with self-reported exposure and outcome found positive as...

    Authors: Sophie Sell Hellmann, Sisse Helle Njor, Elsebeth Lynge, My von Euler-Chelpin, Anja Olsen, Anne Tjønneland, Ilse Vejborg and Zorana Jovanovic Andersen
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2015 15:294
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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. 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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  21. 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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  22. 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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  23. 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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  25. 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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  26. 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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  27. 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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  28. 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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  29. 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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  30. 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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  32. 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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  33. 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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  34. 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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  35. 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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  36. 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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  37. 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:

  38. 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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  39. 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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  40. 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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  41. 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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  42. 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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  43. 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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  44. 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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  45. 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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  46. 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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  47. 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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  48. 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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  49. 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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