REVIEW ARTICLES
The use of inexpensive broad spectrum lower toxicity therapeutics in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Goran Marjanovic; pp 288-294 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Recent perspectives of management of breast cancer metastasis – an update
Qingzhong Tian, Yun Wang, Hao Guo, Guangwei Xie, Jin Li, Minkang Zhang, Qianjin Zhang, Qingliang Meng; pp 295-300 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Urinary tract involvement in peritoneal metastatic disease: Is this a contraindication to cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy?
Charalampos Seretis, Umar Shariff, Haney Youssef; pp 301-305 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
An overview of high dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell rescue for germ cell tumors in current practice
Sukru Ozaydın, Ugur Sahin, Nuri Karadurmus, Fikret Arpaci, Taner Demirer; pp 306-311 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
What are the optimal treatment modalities according to age group in gastric cancer patients?
Alisan Zirtiloglu, Ibrahim Cil, Fatih Mehmet Velibeyoglu, Deniz Tural; pp 312-319 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
BREAST CANCER
The short-term safety of adjuvant paclitaxel plus trastuzumab – A single centre experience
Ozturk Ates, Veli Sunar, Alma Aslan, Fatih Karatas, Suleyman Sahin, Kadri Altundag; pp 320-324 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Tumor response and patient outcome after preoperative radiotherapy in locally advanced non-inflammatory breast cancer patients
Jasmina Mladenovic, Snezana Susnjar, Miljana Tanic, Radmila Jankovic, Katarina Karadzic, Dusica Gavrilovic, Suzana Stojanovic, Vesna Plesinac-Karapandzic; pp 325-333 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Subcutaneous versus intravenous administration of trastuzumab: preference of HER2+ breast cancer patients and financial impact of its use
Andrea Lazaro Cebas, Susana Cortijo Cascajares, Siria Pablos Bravo, Maria Del Puy Goyache Goñi, Gema Gonzalez Monterrubio, Maria Dolores Perez Cardenas, Jose Miguel Ferrari Piquero; pp 334-339 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
The value of stereotactic vacuum assisted breast biopsy in the investigation of microcalcifications. A six-year experience with 853 patients
Panagiotis M. Safioleas, Dimitra Koulocheri, Nikolaos Michalopoulos, Paraskevi Liacou, Ioannis Flessas, Afroditi Nonni, Konstantinos Kontzoglou, George C. Zografos; pp 340-346 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
In vitro antiproliferative effects of nab-paclitaxel with liposomal cisplatin on MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines
Idil Cetin, Mehmet R. Topcul; 347-354 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Comparative study of receptor discordance between primary and corresponding metastatic lesions in breast cancer
Gokmen U Erdem, Kadri Altundag, Nuriye Y Ozdemir, Suleyman Sahin, Nebi S Demirci, Fatih Karatas, Yakup Bozkaya, Aydin Aytekin, Vildan Tasdemir, Alma C Aslan, Ali R Sever, Nurullah Zengin; pp 365-376 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Prognostic implications of the intrinsic molecular subtypes in male breast cancer
Abdeljaoued Syrine, Bettaieb lhem, Nasri Meher, Adouni Olfa, Goucha Aida, Bouzaiene Hatem, Boussen Hamouda, Rahal Khaled, Gamoudi Amor; pp 377-382 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
GASTRIC CANCER
E-cadherin in gastric carcinomas: Relations with histological parameters and its prognostic value
Dimitrios Schizas, Demetrios Moris, Adamantios Michalinos, Prodromos Kanavidis, Dimitrios Oikonomou, Alexandros Papalampros, Anastasios Machairas, Theodoros Liakakos; pp 383-389 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Association of microRNA-933 variant with the susceptibility to gastric cancer
Yitong Zhang,Yanyun Ma,Weihong Xu, Wenshuai Li, Pei Min, Jigang Qiu, Min Li, Feng Tang, Mingqing Zhang, Dongqin Yang, Jun Zhang; pp 390-395 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Impact of perioperative blood transfusion on survival of patients undergoing laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer
Rong Gui, Hao Tang, Meng Gao, Jing Liu, Rong Huang, Guosheng Zhao, Jinqi Ma, Mengqing Yi, Fengxia Liu, Yunfeng Fu; pp 396-402 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
The expression of Claudin-4 in gastric cancer tissue: A single center experience
Demetrios Moris, Dimitrios Schizas, Adamantios Michalinos, Prodromos Kanavidis,Nikolaos Dimitrokallis, Andreas Alexandrou, Evangelos Misiakos, Theodoros Liakakos; pp 403-409 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Laparoscopic gastrectomy in obese patients with gastric cancer
Juan Tan, Shaihong Zhu; pp 410-416 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Influence of obesity on short- and long-term outcomes after laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer
Hongbing Chen, Wu Sui; pp 417-423 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
COLORECTAL CANCER
Laparoscopic surgery as a treatment option for elderly patients with colon cancer
Xiaogang Zhou, Ling Wang, Xiaogang Shen; pp 424-430 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Assessing the clinical utility of Wnt pathway markers in colorectal cancer
Georgios Veloudis, Apostolos Pappas, Stavros Gourgiotis, Evangelos Falidas, Nikoletta Dimitriou, Ioannis Karavokiros, Anastasios Aggelou, Vasileios Komborozos, Constantina Petraki, Panagiotis Menounos, Ioannis Bramis, Elias Bastounis, Emmanouel Pikoulis; pp 431-436 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Laparoscopic hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastases located in all segments of
the liver
Deqing Wu, Wulin Wu, Yong Li, Shuntian Liang, Junjiang Wang, Xueqing Yao, Zhixiang Jian; pp 437-444 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
LUNG CANCER
[Retracted] Study on the molecular mechanism of Rac3 on regulating autophagy in human lung cancer cells
Xuyang Xiao, Gebang Wang, Hongxu Liu; pp 445-453 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
(This article has been retracted. See the Retraction notice here)
The relationship between miR-17-5p, miR-92a, and let-7b expression with non-small cell lung cancer targeted drug resistance
Jianhua Gong, Li He, Jingping Ma, Jiahong Zhang, Lixin Wang, Jipeng Wang; pp 454-461 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Research on the coagulation function changes in non small cell lung cancer patients and analysis of their correlation with metastasis and survival
Yongjun Qi, Jingwei Fu; pp 462-467 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
CNS CANCER
The effect of miR-21 on SWOZ2 glioma cells and its biological mechanism
Shen-Jie Li, Jie Zhou, Ling Zhang, Wei Xiang, Qi Hu, Yong-Yue He, Li-Gang Chen; pp 468-473 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Serum expression level of miR-504 can differentiate between glioblastoma multiforme and solitary brain metastasis of non-small cell lung carcinoma
Zheng Jin, Ri-hua Jin,Chi Ma, Hai-song Li, Hai-yang Xu; pp 474-480 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES
Late relapse of Hodgkin’s lymphoma – is it different in clinical characteristics and outcome?
Olivera Markovic, Bosko Andjelic, Olivera Tarabar, Milena Todorovic, Branka Filipovic, Dejana Stanisavljevic, Jelena Bila, Darko Antic, Dragomir Marisavljevic, Biljana Mihaljevic; pp 481-486 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Rituximab in the therapy of stage III and IV follicular lymphoma: Results of the REFLECT 1 study of the Serbian Lymphoma Group
Stevan Popovic, Darjana Jovanovic, Biljana Mihaljevic, Nebojsa Andjelkovic, Goran Marjanovic, Dragomir Marisavljevic, Nada Vlaisavljevic, Lazar Popovic, Svetlana Salma, Danijela Agic, Rajko Milosevic, Mihajlo Smiljanic, Snezana Sretenovic, Predrag Djurdjevic, Olivera Markovic, Jelena Hajder, Nenad Govedarovic; pp 487-494 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
LIVER CANCER
Effect of the combination treatment of high-intensity focused ultrasound and cryocare knife in advanced liver cancer
Yuan-Peng Zhai, Yan Wang; pp 495-499 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
RENAL CANCER
VHL-TGFBI signaling is involved in the synergy between 5-aza-2’-deoxycytidine and paclitaxel against human renal cell carcinoma
Donghao Shang, Shaozhong Xian, Tiandong Han, Xuanhao Li, Yuting Liu; pp 500-507 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Incidence and mortality trends of ovarian cancer in central Serbia
Aleksandar Antonijevic, Natasa Rancic, Mirko Ilic, Branislav Todorovic, Miodrag Stojanovic, Jasmina Stevanovic; pp 508-512 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
HEAD AND NECK CANCER
Secondary malignant tumors of the parotid gland: not a secondary problem!
Antonio Pastore, Andrea Ciorba, Marco Soliani, Andrea Di Laora, Giorgia Valpiani, Chiara Bianchini,Francesco Stomeo, Roberto Merlo, Stefano Pelucchi; pp 513-518 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
ORAL CANCER
Dosimetry study on radioactive particle brachytherapy in oral carcinoma
Zhang Jie, Meng Jian, Zhuang Qianwei, Li Zhiping; pp 519-523 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
PSYCHOONCOLOGY
Investigation of depression and quality of life factors in cancer patients’ caregivers
Duygu Ayabakan-Cot, Emine Ates, Burak Kurt, Ersin Nazlican, Muhsin Akbaba; pp 524-529 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
MISCELLANEOUS
Evaluation of complementary and alternative medicine trials registered in clinicaltrials.gov database
Omer Dizdar, Emre Bilgin, Serkan Akin, Saadettin Kilickap, Mutlu Hayran; pp 530-534 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Meta-meta-analysis: A paradigm in the case of surgical publications
Georgios C. Sotiropoulos, Nikolaos Machairas, Stylianos Kykalos, Paraskevas Stamopoulos, Anastasia Prodromidou, Athanasios Katsargyris; pp 535-542 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
In vitro anticancer activity and cytotoxicity screening of phytochemical extracts from selected traditional Chinese medicinal plants
Chao Liang, Hui Pan, Haizhou Li, Yang Zhao, Yang Feng; pp 543-551 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
SPECIAL ARTICLE
Global knowledge of medicine: Experiences from Tuzla and Banjaluka, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Rajko Igić; pp 552-554 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
HER2/Topoisomerase IIa co-amplified breast adenocarcinoma “mirror” cases with different Topoisomerase IIa expression patterns
Evangelos Tsiambas, Panagiotis P. Fotiades, Chrisa Sioka, Vasileios Ragos; pp 555-556 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Regular daily consumption of turmeric may be a complementary agent for the adjuvant treatment of hormone receptor positive breast cancer
Kadri Altundag; p 556 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
What is the optimal treatment of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma after complete resection; case presentation of ovarian metastasis
Ibrahim Cil, Alisan Zirtiloglu, Mehmet FatihVelibeyoglu, Deniz Tural; p 557 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Pregnancy-associated immunosuppression necessitates increased vigilance in the differential diagnosis of nasal obstruction
Vanessa Nassour, Giannis Thrasyvoulou, Adnan Hubraq, Petros V. Vlastarakos; pp 558-559 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Coadministration of proton pump inhibitors may decrease the efficacy of capecitabine inmetastatic breast cancer patients
Kadri Altundag; p 559 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Does EGFR targeted therapy change the natural history of EGFR mutant status?
Deniz Tural; pp 560-561 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
HISTORY OF ONCOLOGY
André Levret (1703-1780): the eminent obstetrician of the 18th century and his innovative approach to the treatment of uterine polyps
Marianna Karamanou, Christos Iavazzo, Zenia Saridaki, Konstantinos Gritzalis, George Androutsos; pp 562-565 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
CORRESPONDENCE
Cancer, anxiety and distress: Knowledge and attitude
Faezeh Mohammadi Bezanaj, Mahboobeh Sadeghi Ivari; p 566 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
Reply to drs Faezeh Mohammadi Bezanaj and Mahboobeh Sadeghi Ivari
Juan Ignacio Arraras, Jose Juan Illarramendi, Uxue Zarandona; pp 567 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)
