Journal Articles
Article
A Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results-Medicare data analysis of elderly patients with glioblastoma multiforme: Treatment patterns, outcomes and cost
Eric Burton, Beatrice Ugiliweneza, Shiao Woo, Stephen Skirboll, Maxwell Boaky
Pages: 971-978 Published online on: 26 June 2015
Article
Oral gastrografin radiography for the evaluation of the functional impact of peritoneal carcinomatosis: Correlation with clinicopathological findings
Lie‑Jun Mei, Lin‑Wei Wang, Chao‑Qun Huang, Xiao‑Jun Yang, Yan Li
Pages: 979-986 Published online on: 09 June 2015
Article
Superior antitumor activity of trastuzumab combined with capecitabine plus oxaliplatin in a human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive human gastric cancer xenograft model
Suguru Harada, Mieko Yanagisawa, Saori Kaneko, Keigo Yorozu, Kaname Yamamoto, Yoichiro Moriya, Naoki Harada
Pages: 987-994 Published online on: 21 July 2015
Article
Association between δ-aminolevulinate dehydratase G177C polymorphism and blood lead levels in brain tumor patients
Mahmoud Mostafa Taha, Osama Abd El Aziz Gaber, Norhan Abdalla Sabbah, Abd Allah S Abd Elazem
Pages: 995-1000 Published online on: 25 June 2015
Article
Pretreatment platelet-lymphocyte ratio is an independent predictor of cervical cancer recurrence following concurrent chemoradiation therapy
Keiichiro Nakamura, Takeshi Nishida, Tomoko Haruma, Junko Haraga, Chiaki Omichi, Chikako Ogawa, Tomoyuki Kusumoto, Noriko Seki, Hisashi Masuyama, Yuji Hiramatsu
Pages: 1001-1006 Published online on: 01 July 2015
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Diagnostic value of cyclin‑dependent kinase/cyclin‑dependent kinase inhibitor expression ratios as biomarkers of locoregional and hematogenous dissemination risks in oral squamous cell carcinoma
Masaki Nagata, Hiroshi Kurita, Kohya Uematsu, Shin Ogawa, Katsu Takahashi, Hideyuki Hoshina, Ritsuo Takagi
Pages: 1007-1013 Published online on: 10 June 2015
Article
Modified miccoli's thyroid surgery for thyroid diseases
Hui Yu, Xin Ge, Weikang Pan, Huaijie Wang, Qiang Huang, Yu Dong, Ya Gao, Jianjun Yu
Pages: 1014-1018 Published online on: 01 July 2015
Article
Characteristics of colorectal tumours in asymptomatic patients with negative immunochemical faecal occult blood test results
Kunihiko Wakamura, Shin‑Ei Kudo, Hideyuki Miyachi, Kenta Kodama, Seiko Hayashi, Yasuharu Maeda, Yushi Ogawa, Yuta Kouyama, Shin‑Ichi Kataoka, Kazuki Kato, Katsuro Ichimasa, Masashi Misawa, Yuichi Mori, Toyoki Kudo, Takemasa Hayashi, Fumio Ishida, Shogo Ohkoshi
Pages: 1019-1024 Published online on: 01 July 2015
Article
Metachronous second primary lung cancer surgically treated five years or more after the initial surgery
Satoshi Koezuka, Yoshinobu Hata, Hajime Otsuka, Takashi Makino, Naobumi Tochigi, Kazutoshi Shibuya, Akira Iyoda
Pages: 1025-1028 Published online on: 01 July 2015
Article
Predictability of antitumor efficacy of cetuximab plus irinotecan based on skin rash severity according to observation period in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer following failure of fluorouracil, irinotecan and oxaliplatin
Yoshiki Horie, Kentaro Yamazaki, Taro Funakoshi, Satoshi Hamauchi, Hiroya Taniguchi, Takahiro Tsushima, Akiko Todaka, Nozomu Machida, Keisei Taku, Akira Fukutomi, Yusuke Onozawa, Hirofumi Yasui, Takuro Mizukami, Naoki Izawa, Mami Hirakawa, Takashi Tsuda, Takako Nakajima, Narikazu Boku
Pages: 1029-1034 Published online on: 24 June 2015
Article
Predicted extracapsular invasion of hilar lymph node metastasis by fusion positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with lung cancer
Takashi Makino, Yoshinobu Hata, Hajime Otsuka, Satoshi Koezuka, Kazutoshi Isobe, Nobumi Tochigi, Nobuyuki Shiraga, Kazutoshi Shibuya, Sakae Homma, Akira Iyoda
Pages: 1035-1040 Published online on: 01 July 2015
Article
Predictors and outcome of complete removal of colorectal cancer with synchronous lung metastases
Hiroaki Nozawa, Junichiro Tanaka, Takeshi Nishikawa, Toshiaki Tanaka, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Kazushige Kawai, Keisuke Hata, Shinsuke Kazama, Hironori Yamaguchi, Soichiro Ishihara, Eiji Sunami, Joji Kitayama, Jun Nakajima, Norihiro Kokudo, Toshiaki Watanabe
Pages: 1041-1047 Published online on: 08 July 2015
Article
Neurotoxicity due to prophylactic cranial irradiation for small‑cell lung cancer: A retrospective analysis
Yoshiro Nakahara, Yusuke Takagi, Yusuke Okuma, Yukio Hosomi, Tatsuru Okamura, Masahiko Shibuya, Noriyuki Masuda
Pages: 1048-1052 Published online on: 11 June 2015
Article
Cetuximab treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer with KRAS p.G13D mutations improves progression-free survival
Hiroki Osumi, Eiji Shinozaki, Masahiko Osako, Yoshimasa Kawazoe, Masaru Oba, Takaharu Misaka, Takashi Goto, Hitomi Kamo, Mitsukuni Suenaga, Yosuke Kumekawa, Mariko Ogura, Masato Ozaka, Satoshi Matsusaka, Keisho Chin, Kiyohiko Hatake, Nobuyuki Mizunuma
Pages: 1053-1057 Published online on: 09 July 2015
Case Report
Thymoma exhibiting spontaneous regression in size, pleural effusion and serum cytokeratin fragment level: A case report
Kenta Furuya, Kazutoshi Isobe, Go Sano, Kyohei Kaburaki, Kyoko Gocho, Fumiaki Ishida, Naoshi Kikuchi, Keishi Sugino, Susumu Sakamoto, Yujiro Takai, Hajime Otsuka, Yoshinobu Hata, Akira Iyoda, Megumi Wakayama, Kazutoshi Shibuya, Sakae Homma
Pages: 1058-1062 Published online on: 22 June 2015
Case Report
Herald bleeding from a ruptured primary hepatic angiosarcoma: A case report
Shamir O. Cawich, Chunilal Ramjit
Pages: 1063-1066 Published online on: 09 June 2015
Article
Cadherin-11 mRNA and protein expression in ovarian tumors of different malignancy: No evidence of oncogenic or tumor-suppressive function
Charlotte von Bülow, Leticia Oliveira‑Ferrer, Thomas Löning, Fabian Trillsch, Sven Mahner, Karin Milde‑Langosch
Pages: 1067-1072 Published online on: 01 July 2015
Article
Mutational analysis of the insulin‑like growth factor 1 receptor tyrosine kinase domain in non-small cell lung cancer patients
Kathy Gately, Lydia Forde, Stephen Gray, Derek Morris, Aidan Corvin, Prerna Tewari, Kenneth O'byrne
Pages: 1073-1079 Published online on: 11 June 2015
Article
Angiopoietin‑like protein 2 as a potential biomarker for colorectal cancer
Takuma Yoshinaga, Takamasa Shigemitsu, Hiroto Nishimata, Masaki Kitazono, Emiko Hori, Ayako Tomiyoshi, Takayuki Takei, Masahiro Yoshida
Pages: 1080-1084 Published online on: 10 June 2015
Article
Comparison of semi‑extended and standard lymph node dissection in radical prostatectomy: A single‑institute experience
Senji Hoshi, Natuho Hayashi, Yuuta Kurota, Kiyotsugu Hoshi, Akinori Muto, Osamu Sugano, Kenji Numahata, Vladimir Bilim, Isoji Sasagawa, Shoichiro Ohta
Pages: 1085-1087 Published online on: 08 July 2015
Article
Cyclophosphamide, epirubicin and fluorouracil chemotherapy-induced alteration of haemostasis markers in breast cancer patients
Zhi Wang, Chengxue Dang, Kun Zhu, Yong Zhang, Dongmin Chang, Peng Xia, Yongchun Song, Kang Li
Pages: 1088-1092 Published online on: 24 June 2015
Article
Clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of stage IV colorectal cancer
Norikatsu Miyoshi, Masayuki Ohue, Tatsushi Shingai, Shingo Noura, Keijiro Sugimura, Hirofumi Akita, Kunihito Gotoh, Masaaki Motoori, Hidenori Takahashi, Kentaro Kishi, Jiro Okami, Shigeru Marubashi, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara, Masahiko Higashiyama, Masahiko Yano
Pages: 1093-1098 Published online on: 08 July 2015
Article
A multicenter, phase II study of the RAF-kinase inhibitor sorafenib in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma
Hussein Khaled, Hamdy Abdel Azim, Emad Barsoum, George Chahine, Ali Shamseddine, Gamal Abdel Metaal, Abbas Omar, Abdul Rahman Jazeih, Rasha Haggag, Atef Badran
Pages: 1099-1102 Published online on: 16 July 2015
Article
High vascular endothelial growth factor gene expression predicts poor outcome in patients with non-luminal A breast cancer
Doonyapat Sa‑Nguanraksa, Tuenjai Chuangsuwanich, Tawatchai Pongpruttipan, Pornchai O‑Charoenrat
Pages: 1103-1108 Published online on: 09 June 2015
Article
Factors affecting disease-free survival in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive breast cancer who receive adjuvant trastuzumab
Seyda Gündüz, Sema Sezgin Göksu, Deniz Arslan, Ali Murat Tatli, Mükremin Uysal, Umut Rıza Gündüz, Mert Mahsuni Sevinç, Hasan Senol Coşkun, Hakan Bozcuk, Hasan Mutlu, Burhan Savas
Pages: 1109-1112 Published online on: 21 July 2015
Article
Pyuria predicts poor prognosis in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer treated with bacillus Calmette-Guérin
Takeshi Azuma, Yasushi Nagase, Masaya Oshi
Pages: 1113-1116 Published online on: 15 June 2015
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Predictors of pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in stage II and III breast cancer: The impact of chemotherapeutic regimen
Iheoma Y. Nwaogu, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Donna B. Jeffe, Julie A. Margenthaler
Pages: 1117-1122 Published online on: 10 June 2015
Article
EGFR and K-RAS mutations and ERCC1, TUBB3, TYMS, RRM1 and EGFR mRNA expression in non‑small cell lung cancer: Correlation with clinical response to gefitinib or chemotherapy
Nannan Guo, Wen Zhang, Baoshi Zhang, Yingjie Li, Jian Tang, Shaojun Li, Yingnan Zhao, Yunlong Zhao, Hui Xia, Changhai Yu
Pages: 1123-1128 Published online on: 21 July 2015
Article
Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for prediction of tumor response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy using irinotecan plus S-1 for rectal cancer
Hiroshi Doi, Naohito Beppu, Takashi Kato, Masashi Noda, Hidenori Yanagi, Naohiro Tomita, Norihiko Kamikonya, Shozo Hirota
Pages: 1129-1134 Published online on: 21 July 2015
Article
Efficacy and toxicity of nimotuzumab combined with radiotherapy in elderly patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Jin‑Hua Guo, Ming‑Qiu Chen, Cheng Chen, Hai‑Jie Lu, Ben‑Hua Xu
Pages: 1135-1138 Published online on: 21 July 2015
Article
Palliative chemotherapy followed by methylation inhibitor in high-risk acute myeloid leukemia: An in vitro and clinical study
Bingjie Ding, Zhixiang Wang, Xuejie Jiang, Xiaodong Li, Chunli Wang, Qingxiu Zhong, Ling Jiang, Min Dai, Yu Zhang, Qi Wei, Fanyi Meng
Pages: 1139-1144 Published online on: 21 July 2015
Article
Efficacy of vinorelbine-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Hui Gao, Qiuyun Li, Wei Wei, Yi Jiang, Huawei Yang, Jianlun Liu
Pages: 1145-1151 Published online on: 09 June 2015
Article
An unusual cause of respiratory failure in a colon cancer patient
María Sereno, Francisco Javier Montoro, Carlos Casanova, Gerardo Gutiérrez‑Gutiérrez, Joaquín Ojeda, Enrique Sáenz Casado
Pages: 1152-1154 Published online on: 21 July 2015
Article
Short-term outcomes between laparoscopy-assisted and open colorectomy for colorectal cancer in elderly patients: A case-matched control study
Zexian Chen, Xiaosheng He, Juanni Huang, Yike Zeng, Lei Lian, Xiaojian Wu, Jian Lei, Jianping Wang, Ping Lan
Pages: 1155-1159 Published online on: 24 June 2015
Article
Comparative analysis of the efficacy and safety of modified FOLFOX-6 and DCF regimens as first-line treatment in advanced gastric cancer
Ilhan Hacibekiroglu, Hilmi Kodaz, Bulent Erdogan, Esma Turkmen, Asim Esenkaya, Yilmaz Onal, Sernaz Uzunoglu, Irfan Cicin
Pages: 1160-1164 Published online on: 01 July 2015
Article
Diagnostic accuracy of serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen and squamous cell carcinoma antigen‑immunoglobulin M for hepatocellular carcinoma: A meta‑analysis
Jian Zhang, Chuxiao Shao, Qingyun Zhou, Yimin Zhu, Jinde Zhu, Chaoyong Tu
Pages: 1165-1171 Published online on: 08 July 2015
Article
Efficacy of the smaller target volume for stage III non-small cell lung cancer treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy
Xiangcun Liang, Huiming Yu, Rong Yu, Gang Xu, Guangying Zhu
Pages: 1172-1176 Published online on: 25 June 2015
Article
Investigation of the potential role of preoperative chemotherapy in treatment for gastric cancer with outlet obstruction
Xuelong Jiao, Yanbing Zhou
Pages: 1177-1183 Published online on: 24 June 2015
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