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04-Jul-2008
Cervical neoplasia in pregnancy. Part 2: current treatment of invasive disease

04-Jul-2008
Medical treatment as an alternative to adrenalectomy in patients with aldosterone-producing adenomas

04-Jul-2008
Cervical neoplasia in pregnancy. Part 1: screening and management of preinvasive disease

04-Jul-2008
Local control and survival in patients with soft tissue sarcomas treated with limb sparing surgery in combination with interstitial brachytherapy and external radiation

04-Jul-2008
High expression of HIF1a is a predictor of clinical outcome in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas and correlated to PDGFA, VEGF, and bFGF

04-Jul-2008
Robot-assisted radical cystectomy in women: technique and initial experience

04-Jul-2008
Automated non-coplanar beam direction optimization improves IMRT in SBRT of liver metastasis

04-Jul-2008
Is a two-week steroid trial after initial negative workup for malignancy useful in differentiating autoimmune pancreatitis from pancreatic cancer? : A prospective outcome study

04-Jul-2008
Laparoscopically assisted total gastrectomy with lymph node dissection for upper and middle gastric cancer

04-Jul-2008
Sentinel Node Detection in Patients with Thyroid Carcinoma: A Meta-analysis

04-Jul-2008
Gamma knife radiosurgery for treatment resistant choroid plexus papillomas

04-Jul-2008
Primary CNS lymphoma and HLA class I and II alleles in a German cohort of immunocompetent patients

04-Jul-2008
Evolutional change of karyotype with t(8;9)(p22;p24) and HLA-DR immunophenotype in relapsed acute myeloid leukemia

04-Jul-2008
18-FDG PET in the diagnosis of laterocervical metastases from occult carcinoma

04-Jul-2008
Strategies in the management of renal tumors amenable to partial nephrectomy

04-Jul-2008
Clinical features associated with a favorable outcome following neoadjuvant chemotherapy in women with localized breast cancer aged 35 years or younger

04-Jul-2008
Prophylactic mastectomy and reconstruction: clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction

04-Jul-2008
Non-invasive and minimally invasive staging of regional lymph nodes in penile cancer

04-Jul-2008
Occult Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Diagnostic and Clinical Implications in the Era of Routine Ultrasonography

04-Jul-2008
Pathologic complete response confirmed by surgical resection for liver metastases of gastrointestinal stromal tumor after treatment with imatinib mesylate

04-Jul-2008
Multiple and metachronous esophageal intramural metastases from a gastric adenocarcinoma

04-Jul-2008
Functional evaluation after vagus nerve-sparing laparoscopically assisted distal gastrectomy

04-Jul-2008
Radical prostatectomy for low risk carcinoma of the prostate

04-Jul-2008
Pelvic actinomycosis mimicking ovarian malignancy: three cases

04-Jul-2008
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T genotype affects promoter methylation of tumor-specific genes in sporadic colorectal cancer through an interaction with folate/vitamin B(12) status

04-Jul-2008
Rationale for gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy in the treatment of gastric cancer

04-Jul-2008
Bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma in a patient with primary Sjögren's syndrome

04-Jul-2008
Primary undifferentiated sarcoma of the mitral and aortic valves

04-Jul-2008
Preoperative Prediction of the Location of Parotid Gland Tumors using Anatomical Landmarks

04-Jul-2008
Clinical value of serum CA19-9 levels in evaluating resectability of pancreatic carcinoma

04-Jul-2008
Complications of laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in testicular cancer

04-Jul-2008
The role of three-dimensional volume measurement in diagnosing endometrial cancer in patients with postmenopausal bleeding

04-Jul-2008
Prognostic role of glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms in acute myeloid leukemia

04-Jul-2008
Laparoscopic splenectomy for solitary splenic tumors

04-Jul-2008
Cystic tumors of the liver: A practical approach

04-Jul-2008
Lymph node metastases in soft tissue sarcomas-a single center analysis of 1,597 patients

04-Jul-2008
Intraoperative frozen section assessment of sentinel lymph nodes in the operative management of women with symptomatic breast cancer

04-Jul-2008
Is there a place for serum laminin determination in patients with liver disease and cancer?

04-Jul-2008
Outcome of patients with clinical stage II or III rectal cancer treated without adjuvant radiotherapy

04-Jul-2008
Clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of rectal well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors

04-Jul-2008
The vertical and extended rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap for irradiated thigh and groin defects

04-Jul-2008
Alveolar soft part sarcoma: clinicopathological findings in a series of 11 cases

04-Jul-2008
The interferon gamma receptor 1 (IFNGR1) -56C/T gene polymorphism is associated with increased risk of early gastric carcinoma

04-Jul-2008
Multiple gastric carcinoids associated with parietal cell hyperplasia: intraoperative detection with a radiolabeled somatostatin analog

04-Jul-2008
Outcomes of fertility-sparing surgery for invasive epithelial ovarian cancer: Oncologic safety and reproductive outcomes

04-Jul-2008
Esophageal resection for giant leiomyoma: report of two cases and a review of the literature

04-Jul-2008
Immunotherapy for metastatic prostate cancer

04-Jul-2008
Lung cancer associated with rheumatoid arthritis and usual interstitial pneumonia

04-Jul-2008
Hormonal approaches in prostate cancer: Application in the contemporary prostate cancer patient

04-Jul-2008
Various image findings of skeletal muscle metastases with clinical correlation

04-Jul-2008
A case of rapidly progressed pulmonary metastases of superficial bladder cancer

04-Jul-2008
Scheduled administration of low dose irinotecan before gemcitabine in the second line therapy of non-small cell lung cancer: a phase II study

04-Jul-2008
True incidence of all complications following immediate and delayed breast reconstruction

04-Jul-2008
Current status of cytotoxic chemotherapy in patients with metastatic prostate cancer

04-Jul-2008
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with low dose of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin plus weekly paclitaxel in operable and locally advanced breast cancer

04-Jul-2008
Metastatic pulmonary intimal sarcoma presenting as cauda equina syndrome: first report of a case

04-Jul-2008
Synchronous ovarian and endometrial carcinoma: a strong link to endometriosis?

04-Jul-2008
A phase I/II trial of gefitinib and radiotherapy in patients with locally advanced inoperable squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

04-Jul-2008
Prognostic Value of Lymph Node Yield and Metastatic Lymph Node Ratio in Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma

04-Jul-2008
Phase I dose-escalating study of S-1 in combination with oxaliplatin for patients with advanced and/or metastatic colorectal cancer

04-Jul-2008
A case of bilateral pneumothorax observed during the administration of gefitinib for lung adenocarcinoma with multiple pulmonary metastases

04-Jul-2008
Peripheral pulmonary nodules: relationship between multi-slice spiral CT perfusion imaging and tumor angiogenesis and VEGF expression

04-Jul-2008
New concepts on risk factors of HPV and novel screening strategies for cervical cancer precursors

04-Jul-2008
Trastuzumab and vinorelbine as first-line therapy for HER2-overexpressing metastatic breast cancer: multicenter phase II and pharmacokinetic study in Japan

04-Jul-2008
Whole-body positron emission tomography with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose is an effective method to detect extra-pelvic recurrence in uterine sarcomas

04-Jul-2008
Osteoclast targeted therapy for prostate cancer: Bisphosphonates and beyond

04-Jul-2008
An update of the Phase III trial comparing whole pelvic to prostate only radiotherapy and neoadjuvant to adjuvant total androgen suppression: Updated analysis of RTOG 94-13 with emphasis on unexpected hormone/radiation interactions Lawton CA, DeSilvio M, Roach M III, Uhl V, Kirsch R, Seider M, Rotman M, Jones C, Asbell S, Valicenti R, Hahn S, Thomas CR Jr., Department of Radiation Oncology, Medica

04-Jul-2008
Phase II study of radiation therapy combined with weekly nedaplatin in locally advanced uterine cervical carcinoma (LAUCC): Kitasato Gynecologic Radiation Oncology Group (KGROG 0501)--initial analysis

04-Jul-2008
Immature teratoma in pregnancy: a case report and literature review

04-Jul-2008
Management of superficial recurrences in an irradiated bladder after combined-modality organ-preserving therapy Weiss C, Wittlinger M, Engehausen DG, Krause FS, Ott OJ, Dunst J, Sauer R, Rödel C, Department of Radiation Therapy, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.

04-Jul-2008
Appraisal of 1 cm Hepatectomy Margins for Intrahepatic Micrometastases in Patients with Colorectal Carcinoma Liver Metastasis

04-Jul-2008
Cervical cancer associated with genital prolapse--a brief review of the literature and long-term results of successful treatment with radiochemotherapy and surgery in a very frail patient

04-Jul-2008
Primary vaginal melanoma: a case report and literature review

04-Jul-2008
Paradigms in androgen/castrate resistant states of prostate cancer in a biomarker era

04-Jul-2008
Sentinel lymph nodes in endometrial cancer: is hysteroscopic injection valid?

04-Jul-2008
New drug development in metastatic prostate cancer

04-Jul-2008
Body mass index and prostate-specific antigen failure following brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer Efstathiou JA, Skowronski RY, Coen JJ, Grocela JA, Hirsch AE, Zietman AL, Mark A. Ritter, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

04-Jul-2008
Stage 1B cervical cancer in a pregnant woman at 25 weeks of gestation

04-Jul-2008
Malignant mixed müllerian tumor of primary mesenteric origin associated with a synchronous ovarian cancer: case report and literature review

04-Jul-2008
Prognostic factors in patients with carcinoma of the vulva--our own experience and literature review

04-Jul-2008
Interval debulking in epithelial ovarian carcinomas: the past, present and the future

04-Jul-2008
Clinical implication of medroxyprogesterone acetate against advanced ovarian carcinoma: a pilot study

04-Jul-2008
Squamous cell carcinoma arising in a mature cystic teratoma of the ovary in young patient with elevated carbohydrate antigen 19-9

03-Jul-2008
Intraoperative Allogeneic Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Ampullary Cancer Outcome after Curative Pancreatoduodenectomy: A Clinical Study and Meta-Analysis

03-Jul-2008
Outcomes following endoscopic, expanded endonasal resection of suprasellar craniopharyngiomas: a case series

03-Jul-2008
New Treatment Strategy Improves Depression in Patients With Cancer

03-Jul-2008
Vitespen Shows No Increased Survival in Postoperative Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients

03-Jul-2008
Thyroid-stimulating hormone pituitary adenomas

03-Jul-2008
Hearing preservation in medial vestibular schwannomas

03-Jul-2008
Antifungal prophylaxis in adult stem cell transplantation and haematological malignancy

03-Jul-2008
Metachronous mature teratoma in the corpus callosum occurring 12 years after a pineal germinoma

03-Jul-2008
Is "watchful waiting" superior to surgery in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 presenting with extracranial and extramedullary tumor mass at diagnosis?

03-Jul-2008
Melanotic progonoma of the skull in infancy

03-Jul-2008
Angioleiomyoma: magnetic resonance imaging features in ten cases

03-Jul-2008
Effect of ropivacaine skull block on perioperative outcomes in patients with supratentorial brain tumors and comparison with remifentanil: a pilot study

03-Jul-2008
Is central neck dissection a safe procedure in the treatment of papillary thyroid cancer? Our experience

03-Jul-2008
Advances in anti-VEGF and anti-EGFR therapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer

03-Jul-2008
Combined GSTM1 and GSTT1 null genotypes are associated with a lower risk of papillary thyroid cancer

03-Jul-2008
Low-Dose Interleukin-2 Immunotherapy Does Not Improve Outcome of Patients Age 60 Years and Older With Acute Myeloid Leukemia in First Complete Remission: Cancer and Leukemia Group B Study 9720

03-Jul-2008
Schwannoma of the intermediate nerve

 

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