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10-Mar-2010
Residual Prostate Tissue After Radical Prostatectomy: Acceptable Surgical Complication or Treatment Failure?

10-Mar-2010
Implications of Serum Bone Turnover Markers in Prostate Cancer Patients With Bone Metastasis

10-Mar-2010
Racial Differences in Quality of Life Following Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

10-Mar-2010
Quantitative Loss of Heterozygosity Analysis for Urothelial Carcinoma Detection and Prognosis

10-Mar-2010
Morphological features of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma as a predictor of downstaging and liver transplantation: An intention-to-treat analysis

10-Mar-2010
Tumor recurrence following liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Role of tumor proliferation status

10-Mar-2010
Can Saturation Biopsy Predict Prostate Cancer Localization in Radical Prostatectomy Specimens: A Correlative Study and Implications for Focal Therapy

09-Mar-2010
Obesity Predicts Poor Prognosis in Resectable Colon Cancer

09-Mar-2010
MRI Detects Contralateral Breast Tumours Missed by Conventional Screening Methods

09-Mar-2010
No Increased Risk of Colon Cancer, IBD Among Patients With IBS

09-Mar-2010
TopAbstracts in Breast Cancer 03/09/2010

09-Mar-2010
Surgery Plus Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Show Promise for Ovarian Cancer: Presented at SSO

09-Mar-2010
Chemotherapy Contributes to Cognitive Difficulties in Older Adults, Even After Treatment Ends: Presented at AAGP

09-Mar-2010
Early-Stage Disease Explains Worse Survival in Male Breast Cancer: Presented at SSO

09-Mar-2010
'Heat and Destroy': Bronchoscopic-Guided Therapy of Peripheral Lung Lesions

09-Mar-2010
Late mortality in pediatric patients with craniopharyngioma

09-Mar-2010
Fluorodeoxyglucose-PET May Identify Occult Metastases: Presented at ASCO-GU

09-Mar-2010
Cytoreductive Nephrectomy Improves Overall Survival With VEGF Agents in Renal Cancer: Presented at ASCO-GU

09-Mar-2010
Multilineage dysplasia has no impact on biological, clinico-pathological and prognostic features of AML with mutated nucleophosmin (NPM1)

09-Mar-2010
Wide-mouthed Sacculation of the Esophagus: A Cause of Dysphagia after Radiation Therapy

09-Mar-2010
Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for large renal masses: results of a European survey

09-Mar-2010
Semiquantitative characterization of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) - perfusion with contrast-enhanced ultrasound and perfusion analysis

09-Mar-2010
Hepatitis B virus-associated intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma may hold common disease process for carcinogenesis

09-Mar-2010
Chemoradiation in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Literature Review

09-Mar-2010
Paclitaxel, Cisplatin, Gemcitabine Combination Safe, Effective for Male Germ Cell Tumours: Presented at ASCO-GU

09-Mar-2010
Sorafenib Provides Safe, Long-Lasting Control in Older Patients With Renal Cell Carcinoma: Presented at ASCO-GU

09-Mar-2010
Validation of a clinical prognostic model in Chinese patients with metastatic and advanced pretreated non-small cell lung cancer treated with gefitinib

09-Mar-2010
Parenchymal lymphoma of the brain on initial MR imaging: A comparative study between primary and secondary brain lymphoma

09-Mar-2010
Nerve-sparing and individually tailored surgery for cervical cancer

09-Mar-2010
American Cancer Society Guideline for the Early Detection of Prostate Cancer: Update 2010

09-Mar-2010
Targeting monoamine oxidase A in advanced prostate cancer

09-Mar-2010
Natural Course of Lugol-Voiding Lesions in Patients with Superficial Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

09-Mar-2010
Predicting Response to Treatment in Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinomas: Combining Clinical, Imaging, and Molecular Biomarkers

09-Mar-2010
Prescreening of a High-Risk Group for Gastric Cancer by Serologically Determined Helicobacter pylori Infection and Atrophic Gastritis

09-Mar-2010
A randomized phase II study of raltitrexed and gefitinib versus raltitrexed alone as second line chemotherapy in patients with colorectal cancer. (1839IL/0143)

09-Mar-2010
Improved Results of a Surgical Resection for the Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Living Donor Liver Transplantation

09-Mar-2010
Knowledge of genomic testing among early-stage breast cancer patients

09-Mar-2010
Continuous Sunitinib Treatment in Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK) and Swiss Association for the Study of the Liver (SASL) Multicenter Phase II Trial (SAKK 77/06)

09-Mar-2010
Prognostic factors and treatment options in patients with leptomeningeal metastases of different primary tumors: a retrospective analysis

09-Mar-2010
Comparative efficiency and hemorheological consequences of hemotransfusion and epoetin therapy in anemic cancer patients

09-Mar-2010
Dose-intensified treatment of Burkitt lymphoma and B-cell lymphoma unclassifiable, (with features intermediate between diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and Burkitt lymphoma) in young adults (<50 years): A comparison of two adapted BFM protocols

09-Mar-2010
Minimally invasive surgery for head and neck cancer

09-Mar-2010
Optimising the therapeutic ratio in head and neck cancer

09-Mar-2010
Course of choledochal cysts according to the type of treatment

09-Mar-2010
Cancer risk in DES daughters

09-Mar-2010
Successful mobilization with amd3100 and filgrastim with engraftment of autologous peripheral blood stem cells in a heavily pretreated pediatric patient with recurrent burkitt lymphoma

09-Mar-2010
Approach to the thyroid cancer patient with extracervical metastases

09-Mar-2010
Remission re-induction chemotherapy with clofarabine, topotecan, thiotepa, and vinorelbine for patients with relapsed or refractory leukemia

09-Mar-2010
Cholangiocarcinoma: Descriptive epidemiology and risk factors

09-Mar-2010
Analysis of common germline polymorphisms as prognostic factors in patients with lymph node-positive breast cancer

09-Mar-2010
Candidaemia in adult cancer patients: risks for fluconazole-resistant isolates and death

09-Mar-2010
Prevalence and distribution of human papillomavirus types in cervical cancer, squamous intraepithelial lesions, and with no intraepithelial lesions in women from Southern Mexico

09-Mar-2010
The role of magnetic resonance imaging in children with hematogenous brain metastases from primary solid tumors

09-Mar-2010
A Comparison of HER2/neu Gene Amplification and Its Protein Overexpression Between Primary Breast Cancer and Metastatic Lymph Nodes

09-Mar-2010
Syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone as a leading cause of hyponatremia in children who underwent chemotherapy or stem cell transplantation

09-Mar-2010
Clinical Results of Iridium-192 High Dose Rate Brachytherapy with External Beam Radiotherapy

09-Mar-2010
Multi-institutional study of risk factors of liver metastasis from colorectal cancer: correlation with CD10 expression

09-Mar-2010
p27(Kip1) is a predictive factor for tamoxifen treatment response but not a prognostic marker in premenopausal breast cancer patients

09-Mar-2010
Multiinstitutional study on target volume delineation variation in breast radiotherapy in the presence of guidelines

09-Mar-2010
Intracranial mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma

09-Mar-2010
FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography studies of Wilms' tumor

09-Mar-2010
Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Extended Right Hepatectomy with Biliary Reconstruction

09-Mar-2010
Comparison of diffusion-weighted whole body MRI and skeletal scintigraphy for the detection of bone metastases in patients with prostate or breast carcinoma

09-Mar-2010
Phase I trial of ATRA-IV and depakote in patients with advanced solid tumor malignancies

09-Mar-2010
Diagnostic value of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) compared to FDG PET/CT for whole-body breast cancer staging

09-Mar-2010
Insulin analogues and cancer risk: cause for concern or cause célèbre?

09-Mar-2010
Clinical presentation and outcome of epidemic Kaposi sarcoma in Ugandan children

09-Mar-2010
(18)F-FDG PET/CT bone/bone marrow findings in Hodgkin's lymphoma may circumvent the use of bone marrow trephine biopsy at diagnosis staging

09-Mar-2010
Histological evaluation of drill fragments obtained during osteoid osteoma radiofrequency ablation

09-Mar-2010
Jugular vein thrombosis caused by a neuroendocrine non-small cell lung cancer

09-Mar-2010
Reduced alphaB-crystallin staining in perineural invasion of head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

09-Mar-2010
Autofluorescence improves pretreatment mucosal assessment in head and neck cancer patients

08-Mar-2010
Hypertension May Be Biomarker for Sunitinib Efficacy: Presented at ASCO-GU

08-Mar-2010
Lymphoedema Index Useful for Lymphoedema Evaluation Following Breast Cancer Surgery: Presented at SSO

08-Mar-2010
Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Thwarts Recurrent Ascites From Appendiceal Cancer: Presented at SSO

08-Mar-2010
Enlargement of Acute Intracerebral Hematomas in Patients on Long-Term Warfarin Treatment

08-Mar-2010
Osteoid Osteoma Invading the Posterior Labyrinth of the Petrous Bone

08-Mar-2010
Approval Summary: Imatinib Mesylate in the Adjuvant Treatment of Malignant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

08-Mar-2010
Thoracolaparoscopy in the lateral position for esophageal cancer: the experience of a single institution with 112 consecutive patients

08-Mar-2010
Radioembolization with yttrium microspheres for neuroendocrine tumour liver metastases

08-Mar-2010
Zoledronic acid and clodronate in the treatment of malignant bone metastases with hypercalcaemia; efficacy and safety comparative study

08-Mar-2010
Phase II trial of pazopanib (GW786034), an oral multi-targeted angiogenesis inhibitor, for adults with recurrent glioblastoma (North American Brain Tumor Consortium Study 06-02)

08-Mar-2010
Phase I clinical trial of hepatic arterial infusion of cisplatin in combination with intravenous liposomal doxorubicin in patients with advanced cancer and dominant liver involvement

08-Mar-2010
The Feasibility Study of Docetaxel in Patients with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer

08-Mar-2010
The association between two polymorphisms of eNOS and breast cancer risk: a meta-analysis

08-Mar-2010
Comparison of Patient Outcomes According to Histology Among Pemetrexed-Treated Patients With Stage IIIB/IV Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer in Two Phase II Trials

08-Mar-2010
Penetrance of breast cancer, ovarian cancer and contralateral breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 families: high cancer incidence at older age

08-Mar-2010
Phase I/II and Pharmacokinetic Study of Intravenous Vinflunine in Combination With Cisplatin for the Treatment of Chemonaive Patients With Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

08-Mar-2010
XPD Lys751Gln polymorphism and breast cancer susceptibility: a meta-analysis involving 28,709 subjects

08-Mar-2010
The predictive value of the 70-gene signature for adjuvant chemotherapy in early breast cancer

08-Mar-2010
Prognostic value of computed tomography morphologic characteristics in stage I non-small-cell lung cancer

08-Mar-2010
Clinical experience of lobectomy with pulmonary artery reconstruction for central non-small-cell lung cancer

08-Mar-2010
Radiographic Staging in Advanced Melanoma Should Be Limited to Selected Patients: Presented at SSO

08-Mar-2010
Mortality Improved When Older Patients With Colon Cancer Opt for Specialty Surgeon: Presented at SSO

08-Mar-2010
Bone Metastasis Growth Following Radiation May Be Normal, Not Progression: Presented at ASCO-GU

08-Mar-2010
Dietary Supplements Discouraged for Patients Undergoing Radiation for Prostate Cancer

08-Mar-2010
High-Dose Sequential Chemo Does Not Improve Outcomes in Poor-Prognosis Germ Cell Tumours: Presented at ASCO-GU

08-Mar-2010
Optimal Lymph Node Ratio Possible in Most Melanoma Patients Undergoing Lymph Node Dissection: Presented at SSO

08-Mar-2010
Reliable preparation of the gastric tube for cervical esophagogastrostomy after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer

08-Mar-2010
Clinical presentation and imaging of bone and soft-tissue sarcomas

 

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