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Volume 9;  2009
Correspondence
Contamination and sample mix-up can best explain some patterns of mtDNA instabilities in buccal cells and oral squamous cell carcinoma
Hans-Jürgen Bandelt and Antonio Salas
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 113. Published online 2009 April 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-113.
PMCID: PMC2678148
Hypothesis
Hypothesis: primary antiangiogenic method proposed to treat early stage breast cancer
Michael W Retsky, William JM Hrushesky, and Isaac D Gukas
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 7. Published online 2009 January 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-7.
PMCID: PMC2633344
Study Protocol
Impact of age, leukocyte count and day 21-bone marrow response to chemotherapy on the long-term outcome of children with philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the pre-imatinib era: results of the FRALLE 93 study
Virginie Gandemer, Marie-Francoise Auclerc, Yves Perel, Jean-Pierre Vannier, Edouard Le Gall, Francois Demeocq, Claudine Schmitt, Christophe Piguet, Jean-Louis Stephan, Odile Lejars, Marianne Debre, Philippe Jonveaux, Jean-Michel Cayuela, Sylvie Chevret, Guy Leverger, Andre Baruchel, and the FRALLE group
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 14. Published online 2009 January 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-14.
PMCID: PMC2629767
Total laparoscopic hysterectomy versus abdominal hysterectomy in the treatment of patients with early stage endometrial cancer: A randomized multi center study
Claudia BM Bijen, Justine M Briët, Geertruida H de Bock, Henriëtte JG Arts, Johanna A Bergsma-Kadijk, and Marian JE Mourits
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 23. Published online 2009 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-23.
PMCID: PMC2630311
Establishing the added benefit of measuring MMP9 in FOB positive patients as a part of the Wolverhampton colorectal cancer screening programme
Sue Wilson, Taina Taskila, Tariq Ismail, Deborah D Stocken, Ashley Martin, Val Redman, Michael Wakelam, Ian Perry, and Richard Hobbs
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 36. Published online 2009 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-36.
PMCID: PMC2639610
Preoperative short-course radiotherapy versus combined radiochemotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer: a multi-centre prospectively randomised study of the Berlin Cancer Society
Robert Siegel, Susen Burock, Klaus-Dieter Wernecke, Albrecht Kretzschmar, Manfred Dietel, Volker Loy, Stephan Koswig, Volker Budach, and Peter M Schlag
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 50. Published online 2009 February 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-50.
PMCID: PMC2650707
Research Articles
Is overexpression of HER-2 a predictor of prognosis in colorectal cancer?
Dara O Kavanagh, Gillian Chambers, Liam O' Grady, Kevin M Barry, Ronan P Waldron, Fadel Bennani, Paul W Eustace, and Iqdam Tobbia
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 1. Published online 2009 January 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-1.
PMCID: PMC2648993
Morbidity associated with "self-rated health" in epithelial ovarian cancer survivors
Astrid Helene Liavaag, Anne Dørum, Sophie D Fosså, Claes Tropé, and Alv A Dahl
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 2. Published online 2009 January 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-2.
PMCID: PMC2648995
Activation of the steroid and xenobiotic receptor, SXR, induces apoptosis in breast cancer cells
Suman Verma, Michelle M Tabb, and Bruce Blumberg
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 3. Published online 2009 January 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-3.
PMCID: PMC2631587
HER-2/neu amplification testing in breast cancer by Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification: influence of manual- and laser microdissection
Cathy B Moelans, Roel A de Weger, Chantal Ezendam, and Paul J van Diest
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 4. Published online 2009 January 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-4.
PMCID: PMC2631004
Frequent loss of heterozygosity and altered expression of the candidate tumor suppressor gene 'FAT' in human astrocytic tumors
Kunzang Chosdol, Anjan Misra, Sachin Puri, Tapasya Srivastava, Parthaprasad Chattopadhyay, Chitra Sarkar, Ashok K Mahapatra, and Subrata Sinha
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 5. Published online 2009 January 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-5.
PMCID: PMC2631005
Evaluation of gene amplification and protein expression of HER-2/neu in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma using Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH) and immunohistochemistry
Yukie Sato-Kuwabara, José I Neves, José HTG Fregnani, Rubens A Sallum, and Fernando A Soares
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 6. Published online 2009 January 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-6.
PMCID: PMC2648997
YKL-40 tissue expression and plasma levels in patients with ovarian cancer
Estrid VS Høgdall, Merete Ringsholt, Claus K Høgdall, Ib Jarle Christensen, Julia S Johansen, Susanne K Kjaer, Jan Blaakaer, Lene Ostenfeld-Møller, Paul A Price, and Lise H Christensen
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 8. Published online 2009 January 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-8.
PMCID: PMC2645422
Self-renewal and chemotherapy resistance of p75NTR positive cells in esophageal squamous cell carcinomas
Sheng-Dong Huang, Yang Yuan, Xiao-Hong Liu, De-Jun Gong, Chen-Guang Bai, Feng Wang, Jun-Hui Luo, and Zhi-Yun Xu
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 9. Published online 2009 January 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-9.
PMCID: PMC2637890
RNA interference-mediated c-MYC inhibition prevents cell growth and decreases sensitivity to radio- and chemotherapy in childhood medulloblastoma cells
André O von Bueren, Tarek Shalaby, Christoph Oehler-Jänne, Lucia Arnold, Duncan Stearns, Charles G Eberhart, Alexandre Arcaro, Martin Pruschy, and Michael A Grotzer
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 10. Published online 2009 January 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-10.
PMCID: PMC2648994
Oral tongue cancer gene expression profiling: Identification of novel potential prognosticators by oligonucleotide microarray analysis
Cherry L Estilo, Pornchai O-charoenrat, Simon Talbot, Nicholas D Socci, Diane L Carlson, Ronald Ghossein, Tijaana Williams, Yoshihiro Yonekawa, Yegnanarayana Ramanathan, Jay O Boyle, Dennis H Kraus, Snehal Patel, Ashok R Shaha, Richard J Wong, Joseph M Huryn, Jatin P Shah, and Bhuvanesh Singh
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 11. Published online 2009 January 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-11.
PMCID: PMC2649155
Paxillin-Y118 phosphorylation contributes to the control of Src-induced anchorage-independent growth by FAK and adhesion
Sanjay Sachdev, Yahao Bu, and Irwin H Gelman
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 12. Published online 2009 January 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-12.
PMCID: PMC2651180
Results based on 124 cases of breast cancer and 97 controls from Taiwan suggest that the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP309) in the MDM2 gene promoter is associated with earlier onset and increased risk of breast cancer
Ying-Fang Sun, Jyh-Der Leu, Su-Mei Chen, I-Feng Lin, and Yi-Jang Lee
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 13. Published online 2009 January 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-13.
PMCID: PMC2649157
Cured meat, vegetables, and bean-curd foods in relation to childhood acute leukemia risk: A population based case-control study
Chen-yu Liu, Yi-Hsiang Hsu, Ming-Tsang Wu, Pi-Chen Pan, Chi-Kung Ho, Li Su, Xin Xu, Yi Li, David C Christiani, and the Kaohsiung Leukemia Research Group
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 15. Published online 2009 January 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-15.
PMCID: PMC2653540
Identification of ATP synthase beta subunit (ATPB) on the cell surface as a non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) associated antigen
Ze-jun Lu, Qi-fang Song, Sa-sa Jiang, Qi Song, Wei Wang, Gao-hua Zhang, Bin Kan, Lan-tu Gou, Li-juan Chen, Feng Luo, Zhi Yong Qian, Jin-liang Yang, and Yu Quan Wei
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 16. Published online 2009 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-16.
PMCID: PMC2654462
Combined use of expression and CGH arrays pinpoints novel candidate genes in Ewing sarcoma family of tumors
Suvi Savola, Arto Klami, Abhishek Tripathi, Tarja Niini, Massimo Serra, Piero Picci, Samuel Kaski, Diana Zambelli, Katia Scotlandi, and Sakari Knuutila
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 17. Published online 2009 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-17.
PMCID: PMC2633345
The value of diffusion-weighted imaging in assessing the ADC changes of tissues adjacent to breast carcinoma
Zhang Yili, Huang Xiaoyan, Du Hongwen, Zhang Yun, Chen Xin, Wang Peng, and Guo Youmin
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 18. Published online 2009 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-18.
PMCID: PMC2633008
Freund's vaccine adjuvant promotes Her2/Neu breast cancer
Michelle S Cotroneo, Jill D Haag, Nicholas R Stapel, Jordy L Waller, Stephan Woditschka, and Michael N Gould
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 19. Published online 2009 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-19.
PMCID: PMC2633343
Correlation between MMPs and their inhibitors in breast cancer tumor tissue specimens and in cell lines with different metastatic potential
Rita CS Figueira, Luciana R Gomes, João S Neto, Fabricio C Silva, Ismael DCG Silva, and Mari C Sogayar
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 20. Published online 2009 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-20.
PMCID: PMC2631003
A positioning pillow to improve lumbar puncture success rate in paediatric haematology-oncology patients: a randomized controlled trial
Perrine Marec-Bérard, Alvine Bissery, Kamila Kebaïli, Matthias Schell, Françoise Aubert, Ségolène Gaillard, Muriel Rabilloud, Behrouz Kassaï, and Catherine Cornu
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 21. Published online 2009 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-21.
PMCID: PMC2651181
Gene expression profiling of alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS)
Luke H Stockwin, David T Vistica, Susan Kenney, David S Schrump, Donna O Butcher, Mark Raffeld, and Robert H Shoemaker
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 22. Published online 2009 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-22.
PMCID: PMC2635365
Qualitative analysis of Adenomatous Polyposis Coli promoter: Hypermethylation, engagement and effects on survival of patients with esophageal cancer in a high risk region of the world, a potential molecular marker
Maryam Zare, Ferdous Rastgar Jazii, Mohammad Reza Alivand, Negin Karimi Nasseri, Reza Malekzadeh, and Mansour Yazdanbod
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 24. Published online 2009 January 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-24.
PMCID: PMC2637891
Microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer and association with thymidylate synthase and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase expression
Søren A Jensen, Ben Vainer, Mogens Kruhøffer, and Jens B Sørensen
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 25. Published online 2009 January 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-25.
PMCID: PMC2647942
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in breast tumors: prevalence in a group of Mexican patients
David Cantu de León, Delia Pérez Montiel, Jana Nemcova, Iva Mykyskova, Elmer Turcios, Verónica Villavicencio, Lucely Cetina, Alberto Coronel, and Ondraj Hes
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 26. Published online 2009 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-26.
PMCID: PMC2636825
The critical role of ERK in death resistance and invasiveness of hypoxia-selected glioblastoma cells
Jee-Youn Kim, Yong-Jun Kim, Sun Lee, and Jae-Hoon Park
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 27. Published online 2009 January 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-27.
PMCID: PMC2645423
Certified causes of death in patients with mesothelioma in South East England
Catherine Okello, Tom Treasure, Andrew G Nicholson, Julian Peto, and Henrik Møller
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 28. Published online 2009 January 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-28.
PMCID: PMC2639607
The intraportal injection model: A practical animal model for hepatic metastases and tumor cell dissemination in human colon cancer
Andreas Thalheimer, Christoph Otto, Marco Bueter, Bertram Illert, Stefan Gattenlohner, Martin Gasser, Detlef Meyer, Martin Fein, Christoph T Germer, and Ana M Waaga-Gasser
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 29. Published online 2009 January 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-29.
PMCID: PMC2648996
Characterization of SV-40 Tag rats as a model to study prostate cancer
Curt E Harper, Brijesh B Patel, Leah M Cook, Jun Wang, Tomoyuki Shirai, Isam A Eltoum, and Coral A Lamartiniere
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 30. Published online 2009 January 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-30.
PMCID: PMC2639608
Autocrine regulation of cell proliferation by estrogen receptor-alpha in estrogen receptor-alpha-positive breast cancer cell lines
Huining Tan, Yili Zhong, and Zhongzong Pan
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 31. Published online 2009 January 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-31.
PMCID: PMC2636826
Clinical significance of altered nm23-H1, EGFR, RB and p53 expression in bilharzial bladder cancer
Hussein M Khaled, Abeer A Bahnassy, Amira A Raafat, Abdel-Rahman N Zekri, Maha S Madboul, and Nadia M Mokhtar
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 32. Published online 2009 January 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-32.
PMCID: PMC2657793
Early and very early hepatocellular carcinoma: when and how much do staging and choice of treatment really matter? A multi-center study
Fabio Farinati, Adriana Sergio, Anna Baldan, Anna Giacomin, Maria Anna Di Nolfo, Paolo Del Poggio, Luisa Benvegnu, Gianludovico Rapaccini, Marco Zoli, Franco Borzio, Edoardo G Giannini, Eugenio Caturelli, and Franco Trevisani
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 33. Published online 2009 January 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-33.
PMCID: PMC2640412
Metastatic renal cell cancer treatments: An indirect comparison meta-analysis
Edward J Mills, Beth Rachlis, Chris O'Regan, Lehana Thabane, and Dan Perri
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 34. Published online 2009 January 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-34.
PMCID: PMC2637892
The association between RCAS1 expression in laryngeal and pharyngeal cancer and its healthy stroma with cancer relapse
Magdalena Dutsch-Wicherek, Romana Tomaszewska, Agata Lazar, Lukasz Wicherek, and Jacek Skladzien
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 35. Published online 2009 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-35.
PMCID: PMC2639609
Bioelectrical impedance phase angle in clinical practice: implications for prognosis in stage IIIB and IV non-small cell lung cancer
Digant Gupta, Carolyn A Lammersfeld, Pankaj G Vashi, Jessica King, Sadie L Dahlk, James F Grutsch, and Christopher G Lis
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 37. Published online 2009 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-37.
PMCID: PMC2637288
Activity of mevalonate pathway inhibitors against breast and ovarian cancers in the ATP-based tumour chemosensitivity assay
Louise A Knight, Christian M Kurbacher, Sharon Glaysher, Augusta Fernando, Ralf Reichelt, Susanne Dexel, Uwe Reinhold, and Ian A Cree
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 38. Published online 2009 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-38.
PMCID: PMC2642836
Disclosure of cancer diagnosis and quality of life in cancer patients: should it be the same everywhere?
Ali Montazeri, Azadeh Tavoli, Mohammad Ali Mohagheghi, Rasool Roshan, and Zahra Tavoli
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 39. Published online 2009 January 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-39.
PMCID: PMC2639611
Increased PADI4 expression in blood and tissues of patients with malignant tumors
Xiaotian Chang, Jinxiang Han, Li Pang, Yan Zhao, Yi Yang, and Zhonglin Shen
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 40. Published online 2009 January 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-40.
PMCID: PMC2637889
Identification of a potent herbal molecule for the treatment of breast cancer
Srinivas Koduru, Srinivasan Sowmyalakshmi, Raj Kumar, Rohini Gomathinayagam, Jürgen Rohr, and Chendil Damodaran
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 41. Published online 2009 January 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-41.
PMCID: PMC2649156
Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering imaging of lipids in cancer metastasis
Thuc T Le, Terry B Huff, and Ji-Xin Cheng
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 42. Published online 2009 January 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-42.
PMCID: PMC2640413
Screening and association testing of common coding variation in steroid hormone receptor co-activator and co-repressor genes in relation to breast cancer risk: the Multiethnic Cohort
Christopher A Haiman, Rachel R Garcia, Chris Hsu, Lucy Xia, Helen Ha, Xin Sheng, Loic Le Marchand, Laurence N Kolonel, Brian E Henderson, Michael R Stallcup, Geoffrey L Greene, and Michael F Press
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 43. Published online 2009 January 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-43.
PMCID: PMC2637888
Specific gene expression profiles and chromosomal abnormalities are associated with infant disseminated neuroblastoma
Cinzia Lavarino, Nai-Kong V Cheung, Idoia Garcia, Gema Domenech, Carmen de Torres, Miguel Alaminos, Jose Rios, William L Gerald, Brian Kushner, Mike LaQuaglia, and Jaume Mora
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 44. Published online 2009 February 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-44.
PMCID: PMC2642835
Secretion of MCP-1 and other paracrine factors in a novel tumor-bone coculture model
Katherine R Schiller, Marion R Zillhardt, Jeremy Alley, Dori L Borjesson, Alvin J Beitz, and Laura J Mauro
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 45. Published online 2009 February 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-45.
PMCID: PMC2644314
Survival and hepatitis status among Asian Americans with hepatocellular carcinoma treated without liver transplantation
Jessica P Hwang and Manal M Hassan
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 46. Published online 2009 February 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-46.
PMCID: PMC2644315
Risk factors for lower limb lymphedema after lymph node dissection in patients with ovarian and uterine carcinoma
Harue Tada, Satoshi Teramukai, Masanori Fukushima, and Hiroshi Sasaki
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 47. Published online 2009 February 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-47.
PMCID: PMC2660366
High resolution human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I and class II allele typing in Mexican mestizo women with sporadic breast cancer: case-control study
David Cantú de León, Delia Pérez-Montiel, Verónica Villavicencio, Alejandro García Carranca, Alejandro Mohar Betancourt, Victor Acuña-Alonzo, Alberto López-Tello, Gilberto Vargas-Alarcón, Rodrigo Barquera, Neng Yu, Edmond J Yunis, and Julio Granados
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 48. Published online 2009 February 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-48.
PMCID: PMC2653544
Suitable reference genes for real-time PCR in human HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma with different clinical prognoses
Li-Yun Fu, Hu-Liang Jia, Qiong-Zhu Dong, Jin-Cai Wu, Yue Zhao, Hai-Jun Zhou, Ning Ren, Qin-Hai Ye, and Lun-Xiu Qin
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 49. Published online 2009 February 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-49.
PMCID: PMC2644316
Oncoprotein HCCR-1 expression in breast cancer is well correlated with known breast cancer prognostic factors including the HER2 overexpression, p53 mutation, and ER/PR status
Seon-Ah Ha, Youn Soo Lee, Seung Min Shin, Hyun Kee Kim, Sanghee Kim, Hong Namkoong, Hae Joo Kim, Sang Min Jung, Yu Sun Lee, Yeun Jun Chung, Sang Seol Jung, and Jin Woo Kim
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 51. Published online 2009 February 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-51.
PMCID: PMC2672955
Loss of full length CtBP1 expression enhances the invasive potential of human melanoma
Andreas Winklmeier, Ina Poser, Keith S Hoek, and Anja K Bosserhoff
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 52. Published online 2009 February 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-52.
PMCID: PMC2650708
The effect of the dual Src/Abl kinase inhibitor AZD0530 on Philadelphia positive leukaemia cell lines
Patricia Mambou Gwanmesia, Annette Romanski, Kerstin Schwarz, Biserka Bacic, Martin Ruthardt, and Oliver G Ottmann
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 53. Published online 2009 February 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-53.
PMCID: PMC2654659
Arrested neural and advanced mesenchymal differentiation of glioblastoma cells-comparative study with neural progenitors
Piotr Rieske, Ewa Golanska, Magdalena Zakrzewska, Sylwester Piaskowski, Krystyna Hulas-Bigoszewska, Magdalena Wolańczyk, Malgorzata Szybka, Monika Witusik-Perkowska, Dariusz J Jaskolski, Krzysztof Zakrzewski, Wojciech Biernat, Barbara Krynska, and Pawel P Liberski
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 54. Published online 2009 February 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-54.
PMCID: PMC2657909
Dynamic distribution and expression in vivo of the human interferon gamma gene delivered by adenoviral vector
Jiangxue Wu, Xia Xiao, Hongyun Jia, Jiemin Chen, Yinghui Zhu, Peng Zhao, Huanxin Lin, and Wenlin Huang
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 55. Published online 2009 February 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-55.
PMCID: PMC2667533
Role of oxidative stress and intracellular glutathione in the sensitivity to apoptosis induced by proteasome inhibitor in thyroid cancer cells
Zhen-Xian Du, Hai-Yan Zhang, Xin Meng, Yifu Guan, and Hua-Qin Wang
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 56. Published online 2009 February 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-56.
PMCID: PMC2666756
Absence of polysialylated NCAM is an unfavorable prognostic phenotype for advanced stage neuroblastoma
Miikka Korja, Anne Jokilammi, Toivo T Salmi, Hannu Kalimo, Tarja-Terttu Pelliniemi, Jorma Isola, Immo Rantala, Hannu Haapasalo, and Jukka Finne
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 57. Published online 2009 February 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-57.
PMCID: PMC2661096
Two mechanisms of the enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) efficacy of non-fucosylated therapeutic antibodies in human blood
Shigeru Iida, Reiko Kuni-Kamochi, Katsuhiro Mori, Hirofumi Misaka, Miho Inoue, Akira Okazaki, Kenya Shitara, and Mitsuo Satoh
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 58. Published online 2009 February 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-58.
PMCID: PMC2649154
The carboxyl terminal trimer of procollagen I induces pro-metastatic changes and vascularization in breast cancer cells xenografts
Davide Visigalli, Daniela Palmieri, Antonella Strangio, Simonetta Astigiano, Ottavia Barbieri, Gianluigi Casartelli, Antonio Zicca, and Paola Manduca
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 59. Published online 2009 February 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-59.
PMCID: PMC2652491
Effects of the single nucleotide polymorphism at MDM2 309 on breast cancer patients with/without BRCA1/2 mutations
Hovav Nechushtan, Tamar Hamburger, Susan Mendelson, Luna Kadouri, Nir Sharon, Eli Pikarsky, and Tamar Peretz
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 60. Published online 2009 February 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-60.
PMCID: PMC2667534
Expression of Bmi-1 is a prognostic marker in bladder cancer
Zi-Ke Qin, Jian-An Yang, Yun-lin Ye, Xing Zhang, Li-Hua Xu, Fang-Jian Zhou, Hui Han, Zuo-Wei Liu, Li-Bing Song, and Mu-Sheng Zeng
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 61. Published online 2009 February 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-61.
PMCID: PMC2652492
Role of BRCA2 mutation status on overall survival among breast cancer patients from Sardinia
Mario Budroni, Rosaria Cesaraccio, Vincenzo Coviello, Ornelia Sechi, Daniela Pirino, Antonio Cossu, Francesco Tanda, Marina Pisano, Grazia Palomba, and Giuseppe Palmieri
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 62. Published online 2009 February 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-62.
PMCID: PMC2653541
ARC (NSC 188491) has identical activity to Sangivamycin (NSC 65346) including inhibition of both P-TEFb and PKC
Luke H Stockwin, Sherry X Yu, Howard Stotler, Melinda G Hollingshead, and Dianne L Newton
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 63. Published online 2009 February 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-63.
PMCID: PMC2651907
Clinical implications of increased lymph vessel density in the lymphatic metastasis of early-stage invasive cervical carcinoma: a clinical immunohistochemical method study
Shi-qian Zhang, Hao Yu, and Lin-lin Zhang
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 64. Published online 2009 February 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-64.
PMCID: PMC2650709
Differential expression of Caveolin-1 in hepatocellular carcinoma: correlation with differentiation state, motility and invasion
Murat Cokakli, Esra Erdal, Deniz Nart, Funda Yilmaz, Ozgul Sagol, Murat Kilic, Sedat Karademir, and Nese Atabey
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 65. Published online 2009 February 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-65.
PMCID: PMC2656543
Randomised Phase I/II trial assessing the safety and efficacy of radiolabelled anti-carcinoembryonic antigen I131 KAb201 antibodies given intra-arterially or intravenously in patients with unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Asma Sultana, Susannah Shore, Michael GT Raraty, Sobhan Vinjamuri, Jonathan E Evans, Catrin Tudur Smith, Steven Lane, Seema Chauhan, Lorraine Bosonnet, Conall Garvey, Robert Sutton, John P Neoptolemos, and Paula Ghaneh
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 66. Published online 2009 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-66.
PMCID: PMC2656541
Expression of verotoxin-1 receptor Gb3 in breast cancer tissue and verotoxin-1 signal transduction to apoptosis
David Johansson, Eldina Kosovac, Jasmin Moharer, Ingrid Ljuslinder, Thomas Brännström, Anders Johansson, and Parviz Behnam-Motlagh
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 67. Published online 2009 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-67.
PMCID: PMC2650710
Rectal cancer treatment and outcome in the elderly: an audit based on the Swedish rectal cancer registry 1995–2004
Bärbel Jung, Lars Påhlman, Robert Johansson, and Erik Nilsson
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 68. Published online 2009 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-68.
PMCID: PMC2653041
Carboxypeptidase 4 gene variants and early-onset intermediate-to-high risk prostate cancer
Phillip L Ross, Iona Cheng, Xin Liu, Mine S Cicek, Peter R Carroll, Graham Casey, and John S Witte
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 69. Published online 2009 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-69.
PMCID: PMC2657151
Clustering of cancer among families of cases with Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL), Multiple Myeloma (MM), Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL), Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS) and control subjects
Helen H McDuffie, Punam Pahwa, Chandima P Karunanayake, John J Spinelli, and James A Dosman
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 70. Published online 2009 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-70.
PMCID: PMC2653543
Loss of heterozygosity of TRIM3 in malignant gliomas
Jean-Louis Boulay, Urs Stiefel, Elisabeth Taylor, Béatrice Dolder, Adrian Merlo, and Frank Hirth
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 71. Published online 2009 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-71.
PMCID: PMC2653542
Differential expression of topoisomerase IIα protein in salivary gland carcinomas: histogenetic and prognostic implications
Shin-ichiro Maruya, Takashi Shirasaki, Takahiko Nagaki, Seiji Kakehata, Hidekachi Kurotaki, Hiroki Mizukami, and Hideichi Shinkawa
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 72. Published online 2009 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-72.
PMCID: PMC2654461
The role of PET/CT in detection of gastric cancer recurrence
Sung Hoon Sim, Yu Jung Kim, Do-Youn Oh, Se-Hoon Lee, Dong-Wan Kim, Won Jun Kang, Seock-Ah Im, Tae-You Kim, Woo Ho Kim, Dae Seog Heo, and Yung-Jue Bang
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 73. Published online 2009 March 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-73.
PMCID: PMC2651906
Functional characterization of E- and P-cadherin in invasive breast cancer cells
David Sarrió, José Palacios, Marta Hergueta-Redondo, Gonzalo Gómez-López, Amparo Cano, and Gema Moreno-Bueno
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 74. Published online 2009 March 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-74.
PMCID: PMC2656544
Id2 promotes the invasive growth of MCF-7 and SKOV-3 cells by a novel mechanism independent of dimerization to basic helix-loop-helix factors
Yuanguang Meng, Chenglei Gu, Zhiqiang Wu, Yali Zhao, Yiling Si, Xiaobing Fu, and Weidong Han
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 75. Published online 2009 March 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-75.
PMCID: PMC2654660
Knowledge of risk factors, beliefs and practices of female healthcare professionals towards breast cancer in a tertiary institution in Lagos, Nigeria
Nasiru A Ibrahim and Olumuyiwa O Odusanya
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 76. Published online 2009 March 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-76.
PMCID: PMC2656542
Genes of cell-cell interactions, chemotherapy detoxification and apoptosis are induced during chemotherapy of acute myeloid leukemia
Anne Margrete Øyan, Nina Ånensen, Trond Hellem Bø, Laila Stordrange, Inge Jonassen, Øystein Bruserud, Karl-Henning Kalland, and Bjørn Tore Gjertsen
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 77. Published online 2009 March 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-77.
PMCID: PMC2673224
The prognostic value of four interleukin-1 gene polymorphisms in caucasian women with breast cancer – a multicenter study
Christoph Grimm, Eva Kantelhardt, Georg Heinze, Stephan Polterauer, Robert Zeillinger, Heinz Kölbl, Alexander Reinthaller, and Lukas Hefler
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 78. Published online 2009 March 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-78.
PMCID: PMC2656545
The high affinity selectin glycan ligand C2-O-sLex and mRNA transcripts of the core 2 β-1,6-N-acetylglusaminyltransferase (C2GnT1) gene are highly expressed in human colorectal adenocarcinomas
Catherine A St Hill, Mariya Farooqui, Gregory Mitcheltree, H Evin Gulbahce, Jose Jessurun, Qing Cao, and Bruce Walcheck
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 79. Published online 2009 March 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-79.
PMCID: PMC2662873
ADAM33 gene silencing by promoter hypermethylation as a molecular marker in breast invasive lobular carcinoma
Gerusa G Seniski, Anamaria A Camargo, Daniela F Ierardi, Edneia AS Ramos, Mariana Grochoski, Enilze SF Ribeiro, Iglenir J Cavalli, Fabio O Pedrosa, Emanuel M de Souza, Silvio M Zanata, Fabrício F Costa, and Giseli Klassen
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 80. Published online 2009 March 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-80.
PMCID: PMC2660367
Characterization of STAT3 activation and expression in canine and human osteosarcoma
Stacey L Fossey, Albert T Liao, Jennifer K McCleese, Misty D Bear, Jiayuh Lin, Pui-Kai Li, William C Kisseberth, and Cheryl A London
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 81. Published online 2009 March 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-81.
PMCID: PMC2666757
Sunitinib treatment for patients with clear-cell metastatic renal cell carcinoma: clinical outcomes and plasma angiogenesis markers
Loukas F Kontovinis, Konstantinos T Papazisis, Panagiota Touplikioti, Charalambos Andreadis, Despoina Mouratidou, and Alexandros H Kortsaris
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 82. Published online 2009 March 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-82.
PMCID: PMC2662874
APRIL is overexpressed in cancer: link with tumor progression
Jérôme Moreaux, Jean-Luc Veyrune, John De Vos, and Bernard Klein
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 83. Published online 2009 March 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-83.
PMCID: PMC2662875
Breast cancer epidemiology according to recognized breast cancer risk factors in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial Cohort
James V Lacey, Jr, Aimee R Kreimer, Saundra S Buys, Pamela M Marcus, Shih-Chen Chang, Michael F Leitzmann, Robert N Hoover, Philip C Prorok, Christine D Berg, Patricia Hartge, and the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial Project Team
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 84. Published online 2009 March 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-84.
PMCID: PMC2670317
Enhanced antitumor efficacy of cisplatin in combination with HemoHIM in tumor-bearing mice
Hae-Ran Park, Eun-Jin Ju, Sung-Kee Jo, Uhee Jung, Sung-Ho Kim, and Sung-Tae Yee
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 85. Published online 2009 March 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-85.
PMCID: PMC2666758
The prevalence of BRCA1 mutations among young women with triple-negative breast cancer
SR Young, Robert T Pilarski, Talia Donenberg, Charles Shapiro, Lyn S Hammond, Judith Miller, Karen A Brooks, Stephanie Cohen, Beverly Tenenholz, Damini DeSai, Inuk Zandvakili, Robert Royer, Song Li, and Steven A Narod
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 86. Published online 2009 March 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-86.
PMCID: PMC2666759
Overexpression of UbcH10 alternates the cell cycle profile and accelerate the tumor proliferation in colon cancer
Takeo Fujita, Hirokuni Ikeda, Naruto Taira, Shinji Hatoh, Minoru Naito, and Hiroyoshi Doihara
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 87. Published online 2009 March 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-87.
PMCID: PMC2666760
Circulating cell death products predict clinical outcome of colorectal cancer patients
Pim J Koelink, Cornelis BHW Lamers, Daan W Hommes, and Hein W Verspaget
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 88. Published online 2009 March 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-88.
PMCID: PMC2666761
Plausibility of stromal initiation of epithelial cancers without a mutation in the epithelium: a computer simulation of morphostats
Stuart G Baker, Ana M Soto, Carlos Sonnenschein, Antonio Cappuccio, John D Potter, and Barnett S Kramer
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 89. Published online 2009 March 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-89.
PMCID: PMC2663766
Quantitative real-time RT-PCR and chromogenic in situ hybridization: precise methods to detect HER-2 status in breast carcinoma
Fabíola E Rosa, Sara M Silveira, Cássia GT Silveira, Nádia A Bérgamo, Francisco A Moraes Neto, Maria AC Domingues, Fernando A Soares, José RF Caldeira, and Silvia R Rogatto
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 90. Published online 2009 March 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-90.
PMCID: PMC2667535
Population based prostate cancer screening in north Mexico reveals a high prevalence of aggressive tumors in detected cases
Lauro S Gomez-Guerra, Margarita L Martinez-Fierro, Valeria Alcantara-Aragon, Rocio Ortiz-Lopez, Rebeca T Martinez-Villarreal, Idelma B Morales-Rodriguez, Raquel Garza-Guajardo, Marco A Ponce-Camacho, and Augusto Rojas-Martinez
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 91. Published online 2009 March 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-91.
PMCID: PMC2666762
Androgen deprivation modulates the inflammatory response induced by irradiation
Chun-Te Wu, Wen-Cheng Chen, Paul-Yang Lin, Shuen-Kuei Liao, and Miao-Fen Chen
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 92. Published online 2009 March 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-92.
PMCID: PMC2667536
QPRT: a potential marker for follicular thyroid carcinoma including minimal invasive variant; a gene expression, RNA and immunohistochemical study
Nora Hinsch, Matthias Frank, Claudia Döring, Christian Vorländer, and Martin-Leo Hansmann
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 93. Published online 2009 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-93.
PMCID: PMC2667537
Staged stromal extracellular 3D matrices differentially regulate breast cancer cell responses through PI3K and beta1-integrins
Remedios Castelló-Cros, David R Khan, Jeffrey Simons, Matthildi Valianou, and Edna Cukierman
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 94. Published online 2009 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-94.
PMCID: PMC2669806
Microvessel density as new prognostic marker after radiotherapy in rectal cancer
Saulius Svagzdys, Vaiva Lesauskaite, Dainius Pavalkis, Irena Nedzelskienė, Darius Pranys, and Algimantas Tamelis
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 95. Published online 2009 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-95.
PMCID: PMC2666763
MRM screening/biomarker discovery with linear ion trap MS: a library of human cancer-specific peptides
Xu Yang and Iulia M Lazar
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 96. Published online 2009 March 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-96.
PMCID: PMC2670839
Fenretinide-induced caspase-8 activation and apoptosis in an established model of metastatic neuroblastoma
Gilda Raguénez, Annick Mühlethaler-Mottet, Roland Meier, Caroline Duros, Jean Bénard, and Nicole Gross
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 97. Published online 2009 March 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-97.
PMCID: PMC2670318
New structural analogues of curcumin exhibit potent growth suppressive activity in human colorectal carcinoma cells
Ling Cen, Brian Hutzen, Sarah Ball, Stephanie DeAngelis, Chun-Liang Chen, James R Fuchs, Chenglong Li, Pui-Kai Li, and Jiayuh Lin
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 99. Published online 2009 March 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-99.
PMCID: PMC2674881
Treatment of recurrent malignant gliomas with fotemustine monotherapy: impact of dose and correlation with MGMT promoter methylation
Alessandra Fabi, Giulio Metro, Michelangelo Russillo, Antonello Vidiri, Carmine Maria Carapella, Marta Maschio, Francesco Cognetti, Bruno Jandolo, Maria Alessandra Mirri, Isabella Sperduti, Stefano Telera, Mariantonia Carosi, and Andrea Pace
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 101. Published online 2009 March 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-101.
PMCID: PMC2667532
Up-regulation of bone marrow stromal protein 2 (BST2) in breast cancer with bone metastasis
Dongqing Cai, Jie Cao, Zhen Li, Xin Zheng, Yao Yao, Wanglin Li, and Ziqiang Yuan
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 102. Published online 2009 April 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-102.
PMCID: PMC2674058
The subcellular localization of IGFBP5 affects its cell growth and migration functions in breast cancer
Mustafa Akkiprik, Limei Hu, Aysegul Sahin, Xishan Hao, and Wei Zhang
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 103. Published online 2009 April 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-103.
PMCID: PMC2670316
Prognostic scores in brain metastases from breast cancer
Carsten Nieder, Kirsten Marienhagen, Sabrina T Astner, and Michael Molls
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 105. Published online 2009 April 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-105.
PMCID: PMC2674059
Rosiglitazone synergizes anticancer activity of cisplatin and reduces its nephrotoxicity in 7, 12-dimethyl benz{a}anthracene (DMBA) induced breast cancer rats
Kulbhushan Tikoo, Parveen Kumar, and Jeena Gupta
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 107. Published online 2009 April 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-107.
PMCID: PMC2676298
Immunostaining with D2–40 improves evaluation of lymphovascular invasion, but may not predict sentinel lymph node status in early breast cancer
Anna V Britto, André A Schenka, Natália G Moraes-Schenka, Marcelo Alvarenga, Júlia Y Shinzato, José Vassallo, and Laura S Ward
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 109. Published online 2009 April 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-109.
PMCID: PMC2674880
A retrospective analysis of second-line chemotherapy in patients with advanced gastric cancer
Sang Hoon Ji, Do Hyoung Lim, Seong Yoon Yi, Hyo Song Kim, Hyun Jung Jun, Kyoung Ha Kim, Myung Hee Chang, Min Jae Park, Ji Eun Uhm, Jeeyun Lee, Se Hoon Park, Joon Oh Park, Young Suk Park, Ho Yeong Lim, and Won Ki Kang
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 110. Published online 2009 April 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-110.
PMCID: PMC2671521
KRAS mutation analysis in ovarian samples using a high sensitivity biochip assay
Veronika Auner, Gernot Kriegshäuser, Dan Tong, Reinhard Horvat, Alexander Reinthaller, Alexander Mustea, and Robert Zeillinger
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 111. Published online 2009 April 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-111.
PMCID: PMC2671522
Cetuximab in combination with irinotecan/5-fluorouracil/folinic acid (FOLFIRI) in the initial treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer: a multicentre two-part phase I/II study
Jean-Luc Raoul, Jean-Luc Van Laethem, Marc Peeters, Catherine Brezault, Fares Husseini, Laurent Cals, Johannes Nippgen, Anja-Helena Loos, and Philippe Rougier
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 112. Published online 2009 April 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-112.
PMCID: PMC2678147
Activation of P2X7-mediated apoptosis Inhibits DMBA/TPA-induced formation of skin papillomas and cancer in mice
Wen Fu, Tom McCormick, Xiaoping Qi, Liping Luo, Lingyin Zhou, Xin Li, Bing-Cheng Wang, Heidi E Gibbons, Fadi W Abdul-Karim, and George I Gorodeski
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 114. Published online 2009 April 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-114.
PMCID: PMC2676299
Debate
Revisiting perioperative chemotherapy: the critical importance of targeting residual cancer prior to wound healing
William W Harless
BMC Cancer. 2009; 9: 118. Published online 2009 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-118.
PMCID: PMC2678149
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