Volume 4, Number 2, April 2013 (Special Issue on )

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Mutation Status of KRAS, BRAF, PIK3CA and Expression Level of AREG and EREG Identify Responders to Cetuximab in a Large Panel of Patient Derived Colorectal Carcinoma Xenografts of All Four UICC Stages

Paulina Pechańska, M. Becker, T. Mayr, B. Hinzmann, H.-P. Adams, I. Klaman, K.-H. Kretschmar, K. Kretschmar, K. Stecker, R. Mantke, R. Pauli, J. Pertschy, K. Hertel, K. Ridwelski, K. Hellwig, M. Pross, C. Radke, I. Fichtner, J. Hoffmann, A. Rosenthal

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42083  3,716 Downloads  5,998 Views   Citations

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Role of Chlamydia in the Development of Ocular Adnexal Lymphoma

Carlo Contini, Silva Seraceni, Martina Maritati, Francesco Cavazzini, Paolo Perri

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42082  3,532 Downloads  5,127 Views   Citations

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Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Diagnosing the Difficult Nodule

Saleem Farooqui, Natarajan Ravendhran, Steven C. Cunningham

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42081  5,735 Downloads  7,871 Views   Citations

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The Role of Leptin in Cancer Pathogenesis

Ioannis Tourkantonis, Maria Kiagia, Evangelia Peponi, Sophia Tsagouli, Konstantinos N. Syrigos

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42080  4,352 Downloads  6,694 Views   Citations

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Plasma Levels of Growth Arrest Specific Protein (Gas6) and the Soluble Form of Its Tyrosine Kinase Receptor Axl (sAxl) in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Soichiro Uehara, Katsuhiro Gotoh, Hiroshi Handa, Yoshiyuki Maki

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42079  3,690 Downloads  5,889 Views   Citations

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Huh-7 Human Liver Cancer Cells: A Model System to Understand Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Therapy

Anna C. Krelle, Arinze S. Okoli, George L. Mendz

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42078  7,938 Downloads  12,819 Views   Citations

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Chemosensitivity Testing of Circulating Epithelial Tumor Cells (CETC) in Vitro: Correlation to in Vivo Sensitivity and Clinical Outcome

Nadine Rudiger, Ernst-Ludwig Stein, Erika Schill, Gabriele Spitz, Carola Rabenstein, Martina Stauch, Matthias Rengsberger, Ingo B. Runnebaum, Ulrich Pachmann, Katharina Pachmann

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42077  4,043 Downloads  6,709 Views   Citations

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Solasodine Glycosides: A Topical Therapy for Actinic Keratosis. A Single-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Study with Curaderm^BEC5

Bill E. Cham

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42076  5,191 Downloads  8,189 Views   Citations

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Complete Remission and Long Term Survival in Recurrent Malignant Glioblastoma Treated with Fotemustine Monotherapy: A Case Report

Carmine Cerullo, Carla Fonte, Andrea Muto, Agnese Vannini, Mattia Rediti, Sheila Rangan, Lorenzo Bordi, Bruno Neri

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42075  5,374 Downloads  8,058 Views   Citations

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Phase II Study of Irinotecan plus S-1 in Treatment of Advanced Gastric Cancer

Hideki Bou, Akira Tokunaga, Hideyuki Suzuki, Nobuo Murata, Yasuyuki Sugiyama, Naoto Fukuda, Masahiro Ishimaru, Hiroyuki Suzuki

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42074  3,778 Downloads  5,396 Views   Citations

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STYK1/NOK—A Potential Radiotherapeutic Target and Biomarker for Gastric Cancer and Cervical Cancer

Ling Gao, Xiaohua Chen, Zenghai Ma, Fengsheng Li

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42073  2,912 Downloads  4,504 Views   Citations

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N-myc Downstream Regulated Gene 1 Increases Differentiation Factors Level in Human Prostate Cancer Cells without Affecting Cell Proliferation and Cell Cycle Profiles

Tina Napso, Naiel Azzam, Aaron Lerner, Fuad Fares

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42072  3,727 Downloads  5,124 Views   Citations

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The Effect of Fasting on PET Imaging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Nathan Tenley, David J. Corn, Lewis Yuan, Zhenghong Lee

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42071  3,938 Downloads  5,821 Views   Citations

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Molecular Pathology of Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer

Justin I. Odegaard, Iris Schrijver

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42070  4,527 Downloads  6,218 Views   Citations

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TLR4 May Accelerate Hypoxia Reaction to Promote the Occurrence and Progress of Cervical Lesions by Infected Pathogenic Microorganisms Other than HPV

Yanxiang Cheng, Gantao Chen, Xiaohang Wang, Yuhui Huang, Jinli Ding, Jinling Huang, Li Hong

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42069  2,684 Downloads  4,197 Views   Citations

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Spontaneous Regression of a Histologically Proven Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Sweta Sengupta, James Arocho, T. Christopher Windham

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42068  3,844 Downloads  5,693 Views   Citations

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Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Updated Review

Tamer Elbaz, Mohamed El Kassas, Gamal Esmat

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42067  5,580 Downloads  8,326 Views   Citations

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Dose-Dense Regimen of Cisplatin and Infusional Fluorouracil in Advanced Gastric Cancer—A Single Institution Experience

Ofer Purim, Yulia Kundel, Roni Shapira, Baruch Brenner

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42066  2,867 Downloads  4,360 Views   Citations

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Effect of Tirapazamine and Mild Temperature Hyperthermia on the Recovery from Radiation-Induced Damage in Pimonidazole-Unlabeled Quiescent Tumor Cell Population

Shin-Ichiro Masunaga, Yoshinori Sakurai, Hiroki Tanaka, Minoru Suzuki, Natsuko Kondo, Masaru Narabayashi, Keizo Tano, Akira Maruhashi, Koji Ono

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42065  2,652 Downloads  4,331 Views   Citations

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Reversal of Cancer by Dual Strategy?

Mario Gosalvez

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42064  4,615 Downloads  6,305 Views   Citations

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Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy in T2N0 Glottic Cancer: Does Chemotherapy Improve Local Control?

Takashi Kosugi, Kazunori Suzuki, Kenta Konishi, Hotaka Nonaka, Hiroyuki Mineta

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42063  3,663 Downloads  5,409 Views   Citations

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Urinary Bladder Cancer: The Current and Potential Role of MR Imaging in Non-Distant Metastatic Lesions

Huanjun Wang, Yan Guo, Xuhui Zhou, Dong Yang

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42062  4,092 Downloads  6,314 Views   Citations

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Anticancer Effect of Plant-Derived Polysaccharides on Mice

Wenfeng Huang

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42061  5,987 Downloads  8,138 Views   Citations

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Chemoembolization Combined with RFA for HCC:Survival Benefits and Tumor Treatment Response

Renumathy Dhanasekaran, Vinit Khanna, David A. Kooby, John S. Kauh, John D. Carew, Hyun S. Kim

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2013.42060  4,245 Downloads  6,651 Views   Citations

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