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Implication of heme oxygenase-1 in the sensitivity of nasopharyngeal carcinomas to radiotherapy

High expression of the inducible isoform of heme oxygenase (HO-1) is well known in various solid tumors in human and experimental animal models. To investigate the relationship between HO-1 and nasopharyngeal ...

Authors: Lei Shi and Jun Fang

Effect of pathologic fractures on survival in multiple myeloma patients: a case control study

Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a B cell neoplasm characterized by the clonal proliferation of plasma cells. Skeletal complications are found in up to 80% of myeloma patients at presentation and are major cause of mo...

Authors: Mehmet Sonmez, Tulin Akagun, Murat Topbas, Umit Cobanoglu, Bircan Sonmez, Mustafa Yilmaz, Ercument Ovali and Serdar Bedii Omay

Possible additional value of 18FDG-PET in managing pancreas intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms: Preliminary results

Although some clinical and radiological features may predict malignancy presence in intraductal papillary mucinous pancreas neoplasms, preoperative diagnosis remains difficult. In this study we present 7 patie...

Authors: Gian Luca Baiocchi, Nazario Portolani, Francesco Bertagna, Federico Gheza, Claudio Pizzocaro, Raffaele Giubbini and Stefano M Giulini

Malignant lymphomas (ML) and HIV infection in Tanzania

HIV infection is reported to be associated with some malignant lymphomas (ML) so called AIDS-related lymphomas (ARL), with an aggressive behavior and poor prognosis. The ML frequency, pathogenicity, clinical p...

Authors: Amos R Mwakigonja, Ephata E Kaaya and Edward M Mgaya

Surgical treatment and outcome of pulmonary hamartoma: a retrospective study of 20-year experience

Controversy still exists in the indication and timing of surgical treatment of pulmonary hamartoma (PH). The objective of this study is to summarize the experience and the outcome of the surgical treatment for...

Authors: Wei Guo, Yun-Ping Zhao, Yao-Guang Jiang, Ru-Wen Wang and Zheng Ma

Detection of sentinel and non-sentinel lymph node micrometastases by complete serial sectioning and immunohistochemical analysis for gastric cancer

We investigated the presence and distribution of the sentinel and the non-sentinel node micrometastases using complete serial sectioning and immunohistochemical staining (IHC), to inspect whether lymph node mi...

Authors: Kaname Ishii, Shinichi Kinami, Kenichiro Funaki, Hideto Fujita, Itasu Ninomiya, Sachio Fushida, Takashi Fujimura, Genichi Nishimura and Masato Kayahara

Piroxicam and intracavitary platinum-based chemotherapy for the treatment of advanced mesothelioma in pets: preliminary observations

Malignant Mesothelioma is an uncommon and very aggressive tumor that accounts for 1% of all the deaths secondary to malignancy in humans. Interestingly, this neoplasm has been occasionally described in compani...

Authors: Enrico P Spugnini, Stefania Crispi, Alessandra Scarabello, Giovanni Caruso, Gennaro Citro and Alfonso Baldi

Combined effects of 5-Fluorouracil, Folinic acid and Oxaliplatin on the expression of carcinoembryonic antigen in human colon cancer cells: pharmacological basis to develop an active antitumor immunochemotherapy

Five-fluorouracil (FU), mainly associated with leucovorin (L), plays an essential role in chemotherapy of colorectal carcinoma. Moreover, FU ± L has been found to increase the expression of tumor-associated ca...

Authors: Salvatore P Prete, Mario Turriziani, Maria C Massara, Alessia De Rossi, Pierpaolo Correale, Liana De Vecchis, Francesco Torino, Laura Bonmassar and Angelo Aquino

Parenteral anticoagulation may prolong the survival of patients with limited small cell lung cancer: a Cochrane systematic review

To determine the efficacy and safety of heparin (unfractionated heparin (UFH) or low-molecular-weight-heparin (LMWH)) and fondaparinux in improving the survival of patients with cancer.

Authors: Elie A Akl, Frederiek F van Doormaal, Maddalena Barba, Ganesh Kamath, Seo Young Kim, Saskia Kuipers, Saskia Middeldorp, Victor Yosuico, Heather O Dickinson and Holger J Schünemann

HIV-1 Tat and AIDS-associated cancer: targeting the cellular anti-cancer barrier?

The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is accompanied by a significant increase in the incidence of neoplasms. Several causative agents have been proposed for this phenomenon. These include immunodefici...

Authors: Giuseppe Nunnari, Johanna A Smith and René Daniel

Significance of overexpression of alpha methylacyl-coenzyme A racemase in hepatocellular carcinoma

alpha-Methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR), an immunomarker for prostatic adenocarcinoma, has been shown to be expressed in a variety of other neoplasms. This study aims to evaluate immunohistochemical expression o...

Authors: Wei Li, Philip T Cagle, Rafael C Botero, John J Liang, Zhaoping Zhang and Dongfeng Tan

A new era for Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research

Authors: Mauro Castelli