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VOLUME 17

VOLUME 17, NUMBER 4

Laboratory Research

Aberrant Promoter CpG Islands Methylation of Tumor Suppressor Genes in Cholangiocarcinoma
Kyung-Ok Uhm, Eun Soo Lee, Yun Mi Lee, Hyeon Soo Kim, Young-Nyun Park, and Sun-Hwa Park

Association of Interleukin-18 Gene Promoter Polymorphism on the Risk of Cervix Carcinogenesis in North Indian Population
Ranbir Chander Sobti, Mohammad Shekari, Dor Mohammad Kordi Tamandani, Keyanoosh Malekzadeh, and Vanita Suri

Interaction of EGFR 497Arg>Lys With EGF +61A>G Polymorphism: Modulation of Risk in Esophageal Cancer
Rohit Upadhyay, Meenu Jain, Shaleen Kumar, Uday Chand Ghoshal, and Balraj Mittal

Retinoic Acid and Sodium Butyrate as Cell Cycle Regulators in the Treatment of Oral Squamous Carcinoma Cells
Anxun Wang, Rongsheng Zeng, and Hongzhang Huang

Clinical Research

Expression of Heparanase in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Has Prognostic Significance: A Tissue Microarray Study
Gang Chen, Yi-Wu Dang, Dian-Zhong Luo, Zhen-Bo Feng, and Xiao-Ling Tang

Erratum



VOLUME 17, NUMBER 3

Laboratory Research

Investigation of Pericytes, Hypoxia, and Vascularity in Bladder Tumors: Association With Clinical Outcomes
Martina B. O'Keeffe, Andrea H. Devlin, Alan J. Burns, Tom A. Gardiner, Ian D. Logan, David G. Hirst, and Stephanie R. McKeown

Antiproliferative and Apoptotic Effects of Two New Pd(II) Methylsarcosinedithiocarbamate Derivatives on Human Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells In Vitro
Donatella Aldinucci, Lara Cattaruzza, Debora Lorenzon, Lorena Giovagnini, Dolores Fregona, and Alfonso Colombatti

Aurora-A Transcriptional Silencing and Vincristine Treatment Show a Synergistic Effect in Human Tumor Cells
Laura Lentini, Angela Amato, Tiziana Schillaci, Lavinia Insalaco, and Aldo Di Leonardo

Clinical Research

Association of Polymorphisms in Base Excision Repair Genes With the Risk of Breast Cancer: A Case-Control Study in North Indian Women
Amit Kumar Mitra, Neetu Singh, Ashok Singh, Vivek Kumar Garg, Amit Agarwal, Mandira Sharma, Rashmi Chaturvedi, and Srikanta Kumar Rath

Long-Term Results of Dose-Intensive Chemotherapy With G-CSF Support (TCC-NHL-91) for Advanced Intermediate-Grade Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: A Review of 59 Consecutive Cases Treated at a Single Institute
Miyuki Akutsu, Saburo Tsunoda, Tohru Izumi, Masaru Tanaka, Susumu Katano, Koichi Inoue, Seiji Igarashi, Kaoru Hirabayashi, Yusuke Furukawa, Ken Ohmine, Kazuya Sato, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Keiya Ozawa, Keita Kirito, Takahiro Nagashima, Satoshi Teramukai, Masanori Fukushima, and Yasuhiko Kano



VOLUME 17, NUMBER 2

Review

Natriuretic Peptides: Biochemical Markers of Anthracycline Cardiac Toxicity?
D. Urbanova, L. Urban, K. Danova, and I. Simkova

Laboratory Research

aPKC Inhibitors Might be the Sensitizer of Chemotherapy and Adoptive Immunotherapy in the Treatment of hASIPa-Overexpressed Breast Cancer
Yi-ting Jin, Xue-xiang Ying, Yi-hong Hu, Qiang Zou, Hong-ying Wang, and Yong-hua Xu

RNASET2 as a Tumor Antagonizing Gene in a Melanoma Cancer Model
Laura Monti, Monica Rodolfo, Girieca Lo Russo, Douglas Noonan, Francesco Acquati, and Roberto Taramelli

Pretreatment With Black Tea Polyphenols Modulates Xenobiotic-Metabolizing Enzymes in an Experimental Oral Carcinogenesis Model
P. Vidjaya Letchoumy, K. V. P. Chandra Mohan, J. J. Stegeman, H. V. Gelboin, Y. Hara, and S. Nagini

Clinical Research

CCR5-D32 Polymorphism and Susceptibility to Cervical Cancer: Association With Early Stage of Cervical Cancer
Hariom Singh, Rekha Sachan, Meenu Jain, and Balraj Mittal



VOLUME 17, NUMBER 1

Commentary

Hyperinduction of Wnt Activity: A New Paradigm for the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer?
Michael Bordonaro, Darina L. Lazarova, and Alan C. Sartorelli

Laboratory Research

Epoxyquinol B Shows Antiangiogenic and Antitumor Effects by Inhibiting VEGFR2, EGFR, FGFR, and PDGFR
Hiroshi Kamiyama, Hideaki Kakeya, Takeo Usui, Kiyohiro Nishikawa, Mitsuru Shoji, Yujiro Hayashi, and Hiroyuki Osada

Hepatocyte Growth Factor Promotes Cell Survival by Phosphorylation of BAD in Gastric Cancer Cells
Kyung Hee Lee, Eun Young Choi, Min Kyoung Kim, Myung Soo Hyun, Jong Ryul Eun, Byung Ik Jang, Tae Nyeun Kim, Sang Woon Kim, Sun Kyo Song, Jung Hye Kim, and Jae-Ryong Kim

Silencing of YY1 Downregulates RIZ1 Promoter in Human Osteosarcoma
Ciro Abbondanza, Filomena de Nigris, Caterina De Rosa, Raffaele Rossiello, Giovanni Alfredo Puca, and Claudio Napoli

Clinical Research

Distribution of Microsatellite Instability in Danish Ovarian Tumor Patients and the Prognostic Value in Ovarian Cancer Patients
Farah D. Begum, Claus K. Høgdall, Susanne K. Kjær, Jan Blaakær, Lise Christensen, Andy Ryan, Ian J. Jacobs, and Estrid V. Høgdall