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17-Mar-2010
Pregnancy characteristics and maternal breast cancer risk: a review of the epidemiologic literature

16-Mar-2010
CT Useful for Detecting Recurrent Disease After Resection of Pulmonary Carcinoids: Presented at ENETS

16-Mar-2010
Effectiveness of Transarterial Chemoembolisation for Liver Metastases From NET Linked to Hepatic Tumour Burden: Presented at ENETS

16-Mar-2010
Gene Expression-Based Prognostic Signatures in Lung Cancer Not Ready For Clinical Use

16-Mar-2010
Is Surgical Excision of Core Biopsy Proven Benign Papillomas of the Breast Necessary?

16-Mar-2010
Population-based type-specific prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus infection in Estonia

16-Mar-2010
Highly-Focused, Potent Radiation Provides Targeted Tumour Control for Inoperable NSCLC

16-Mar-2010
Some Elders With Colon Cancer May Safely Benefit From Adjuvant Chemotherapy

16-Mar-2010
TopAbstracts in Breast Cancer 03/16/2010

16-Mar-2010
Pharmacodynamic evaluation of temsirolimus in patients with newly diagnosed advanced-stage head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

16-Mar-2010
Variable 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in gastric cancer is associated with different levels of GLUT-1 expression

16-Mar-2010
Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of thyroid nodules: stratification of malignancy risk using follicular proliferation grading, clinical and ultrasonographic features

16-Mar-2010
Postoperative morbidity after different types of selective neck dissection

16-Mar-2010
Clinicopathological Features of Colon Polyps from African-Americans

16-Mar-2010
Guidelines Writers Reject Tests to Locate Origin of Occult Tumours: Presented at NCCN

16-Mar-2010
Response to Radiation Therapy in Adrenocortical Carcinoma

16-Mar-2010
Value of combined 6-[(18)F]fluorodihydroxyphenylalanine PET/CT for imaging of neuroendocrine tumours

16-Mar-2010
A novel surgical approach to lipomatous tumours of the deltoid region

16-Mar-2010
Outcome of patients with nonspecific pleuritis/fibrosis on thoracoscopic pleural biopsies

16-Mar-2010
Diagnostic dilemma of abdominopelvic tuberculosis:a series of 20 cases

16-Mar-2010
Comparison of 18F-FDG-PET/CT with 99mTc-MDP bone scintigraphy for the detection of bone metastases in cancer patients

16-Mar-2010
Radiotherapy on the neck nodes predicts severe weight loss in patients with early stage laryngeal cancer

16-Mar-2010
Surgical treatment of bronchial carcinoid tumors: A single-center experience

16-Mar-2010
Chemotherapy of advanced small-bowel adenocarcinoma: a multicenter AGEO study

16-Mar-2010
The immunohistochemical overexpression of ribonucleotide reductase regulatory subunit M1 (RRM1) protein is a predictor of shorter survival to gemcitabine-based chemotherapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

16-Mar-2010
Isochromosome der(17)(q10)t(15;17) in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Resulting in an Additional Copy of the RARA-PML Fusion Gene: Report of 4 Cases and Review of the Literature

16-Mar-2010
Phase I study of autologous dendritic cell tumor vaccine in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

16-Mar-2010
Epigenetic alterations of the SERPINE1 gene in oral squamous cell carcinomas and normal oral mucosa

16-Mar-2010
Secular trends in breast cancer mortality in five East Asian populations: Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan

16-Mar-2010
Survival benefits from lapatinib therapy in women with HER2-overexpressing breast cancer: a systematic review

16-Mar-2010
Effect of MDM2 SNP309 and p53 codon 72 polymorphisms on lung cancer risk and survival among non-smoking Chinese women in Singapore

16-Mar-2010
Paclitaxel is effective in relapsed head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective study of 66 patients at a single institution

16-Mar-2010
Favourable ten-year overall survival in a Caucasian population with high probability of hereditary breast cancer

16-Mar-2010
Circulating tumor cells as a surrogate marker for determining response to chemotherapy in patients with advanced gastric cancer

16-Mar-2010
Bland and tumor thrombi in abdominal malignancies: magnetic resonance imaging assessment in a large oncologic patient population

16-Mar-2010
Comprehensive genetic analysis of seven large families with mismatch repair proficient colorectal cancer

16-Mar-2010
Combined functional and morphological imaging of sarcomas : Significance for diagnostics and therapy monitoring

16-Mar-2010
Allogeneic transplantation improves the overall and progression-free survival of Hodgkin's lymphoma patients relapsing after autologous transplantation: a retrospective study based on the time of HLA typing and donor availability

16-Mar-2010
Health-related quality of life in survivors of lymphoma: a systematic review and methodological critique

16-Mar-2010
Treatment of primary CNS germinomatous germ cell tumors with chemotherapy prior to reduced dose whole ventricular and local boost irradiation

16-Mar-2010
Comparative study of two mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone derived chemotherapeutic protocols for the management of pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma (HL): single-center 5-year experience

16-Mar-2010
Nonfunctional parathyroid carcinoma

16-Mar-2010
A case of diaphragmatic clear cell carcinoma in a patient with a medical history of ovarian endometriosis

16-Mar-2010
A Report of Iliac Muscle Abscess Due to Mycobacterium bovis After Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Therapy for Bladder Cancer

16-Mar-2010
Retreatment of recurrent malignant pleural mesothelioma with cisplatin and pemetrexed

16-Mar-2010
Rising Incidence of Tumorectomies without Breast Radiation in Patients Treated for Invasive Breast Cancer in Caribbean Nations

16-Mar-2010
Narrow Band Imaging Cystoscopy Improves the Detection of Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer

16-Mar-2010
Perioperative haemodynamic changes in patients undergoing laparoscopic adrenalectomy for phaeochromocytomas and other adrenal tumours

16-Mar-2010
Concomitant Graves Hyperthyroidism with Thyrotrophin-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma

16-Mar-2010
Alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking, and the development of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus: epidemiology, clinical findings, and prevention

16-Mar-2010
Breast Cancer: Risk Assessment and Prevention

16-Mar-2010
A case of long-term recurrence-free poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of lymph nodes treated by surgical resection without any chemotherapy

16-Mar-2010
Resolution of Pulsatile Tinnitus Following an Upper Mediastinal Lymph Node Resection

16-Mar-2010
Targets for cancer therapy in childhood sarcomas

16-Mar-2010
Current state of penile rehabilitation after radical prostatectomy

16-Mar-2010
Prostate-specific antigen screening: pro

16-Mar-2010
Unclassified Renal Cell Carcinoma: Impact on Survival Following Nephrectomy

16-Mar-2010
Aetiology of childhood leukaemia

16-Mar-2010
Clinical Outcome in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients After Failure of Initial Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-Targeted Therapy

16-Mar-2010
Cryotherapy for prostate cancer: ready for prime time?

16-Mar-2010
Pelvic node dissection in prostate cancer: extended, limited, or not at all?

16-Mar-2010
Bone complications of androgen deprivation therapy: screening, prevention, and treatment

16-Mar-2010
Surgical modalities in the treatment of bone sarcoma in children

16-Mar-2010
Abnormal anal cytology in HIV-infected women

15-Mar-2010
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy outcomes for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients stratified by p16 status

15-Mar-2010
Trends in renal tumor surgery delivery within the United States

15-Mar-2010
Pretreatment assessment of tumor enhancement on contrast-enhanced computed tomography as a potential predictor of treatment outcome in metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients receiving antiangiogenic therapy

15-Mar-2010
Is detection of melanoma metastasis during surveillance in an early phase of development associated with a survival benefit?

15-Mar-2010
High-dose proton therapy and carbon-ion therapy for stage I nonsmall cell lung cancer

15-Mar-2010
Radio-guided ultrasound lymph node localization: feasibility of a new technique for localizing and excising nonpalpable lymph nodes ultrasound suspicious for melanoma metastases

15-Mar-2010
Varying recurrence rates and risk factors associated with different definitions of local recurrence in patients with surgically resected, stage I nonsmall cell lung cancer

15-Mar-2010
Long-term neurologic and peripheral vascular toxicity after chemotherapy treatment of testicular cancer

15-Mar-2010
Phase 2 study of carboplatin, docetaxel, and bevacizumab as frontline treatment for advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer

15-Mar-2010
Weekly alternating therapy with irinotecan plus cisplatin and etoposide plus cisplatin in the treatment of patients with extensive small cell lung carcinoma

15-Mar-2010
Recent advances in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

15-Mar-2010
Association of p53 codon 72 polymorphism with risk of second primary malignancy in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

15-Mar-2010
A phase 2 study of a fixed combination of uracil and ftorafur and leucovorin given orally in a twice-daily regimen to treat patients with recurrent metastatic breast cancer

15-Mar-2010
Combination chemotherapy with weekly paclitaxel or docetaxel, carboplatin, and estramustine for hormone-refractory prostate cancer

15-Mar-2010
A High Proportion of DNA Variants of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Is Associated with Aberrant Splicing in Breast/Ovarian Cancer Patients

15-Mar-2010
Head injury, diagnostic X-rays, and risk of medulloblastoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumor: a Children's Oncology Group study

15-Mar-2010
Intratumoral Estrogen Disposition in Breast Cancer

15-Mar-2010
A phase I study of oral panobinostat alone and in combination with docetaxel in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer

15-Mar-2010
Targeting Multiple Kinase Pathways: A Change In Paradigm

15-Mar-2010
Upper-extremity deep vein thrombosis related to central venous port systems implanted in cancer patients

15-Mar-2010
A novel technique for post-mastectomy breast irradiation utilising non-coplanar intensity-modulated radiation therapy

15-Mar-2010
Partial breast irradiation: a review of techniques and indications

15-Mar-2010
Utility of Lymph Node Assessment for Atypical Spitzoid Melanocytic Neoplasms

15-Mar-2010
Highly Phosphorylated FOXO3A Is an Adverse Prognostic Factor in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

15-Mar-2010
Obesity Is an Independent Prognostic Variable in Colon Cancer Survivors

15-Mar-2010
Lynch Syndrome-Associated Breast Cancers: Clinicopathologic Characteristics of a Case Series from the Colon Cancer Family Registry

15-Mar-2010
Biweekly vinorelbine and gemcitabine as second-line and beyond treatment in ovarian cancer

15-Mar-2010
Randomized Phase II Multicenter Trial of Two Schedules of Lapatinib as First- or Second-Line Monotherapy in Patients with Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

15-Mar-2010
Metformin: A Therapeutic Opportunity in Breast Cancer

15-Mar-2010
Assessing prostate cancer growth with mRNA of spermine metabolic enzymes

15-Mar-2010
Phase I Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Study of the Oral MAPK/ERK Kinase Inhibitor PD-0325901 in Patients with Advanced Cancers

15-Mar-2010
Outcomes of multiple salvage chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer: implications for clinical practice and trial design

15-Mar-2010
Phase II study of FOLFIRI regimen in patients with advanced colorectal cancer refractory to fluoropyrimidine and oxaliplatin

15-Mar-2010
Immunological and Inflammatory Features of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Other Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus/Human Herpesvirus 8-Associated Neoplasias

15-Mar-2010
Phase II, Randomized Trial to Compare Anastrozole Combined with Gefitinib or Placebo in Postmenopausal Women with Hormone Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer

15-Mar-2010
Germline BRCA Mutations Denote a Clinicopathologic Subset of Prostate Cancer

 

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