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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