REVIEW ARTICLES

Health-related quality of life of young women with breast cancer. Review of the literature

Aris Yfantis, George Intas, Maria Tolia, Michail Nikolaou, Nikolaos Tsoukalas, Maria Lymperi, George Kyrgias, George Zografos, Michalis Kontos; pp 1-6 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Severe hematologic temozolomide-related toxicity and life-threatening infections

Aleksandar Stepanovic, Marina Nikitovic;  pp 7-13 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

The impact of multiple primary neoplasms in daily practice-a systematic review of the literature

Adina Nemes, Viorica Nagy;  pp 14-18 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

REVIEW ARTICLE

Molecular aspects in HPV-dependent laryngeal and oropharyngeal carcinoma

Aikaterini D. Lianou, Vasileios Ragos, Panagiotis P. Fotiades, Evangelos Tsiambas, Anna Batistatou, Ioannis Kastanioudakis; pp 19-22 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

COLORECTAL CANCER

Prognostic significance of EGFR and COX-2 expression in colorectal cancer and their association. A study in Greek population

Anna Mouzakiti, Constantinos Nastos, Dimitrios Vlachodimitropoulos, Constantinos Gennatas, Agathi Kondi-Pafiti, Dionisios Voros;  pp 23-28 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Correlation between miR-21 and miR-145 and the incidence and prognosis of colorectal cancer

Qing Liu, Weili Yang，Yongsheng Luo， Shuangcheng Hu，Linchang Zhu;  pp 29-35 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Malnutrition is associated with adverse the postoperative outcome in patients undergoing elective colorectal cancer resections

Charalampos Seretis, Panagiota Kaisari, Kasun Wanigasooriya, Umar Shariff, Haney Youssef;  pp 36-41 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

VEGF-C in rectal cancer tissues promotes tumor invasion and metastasis

Haojun Miao, Shanming Ruan, Minhe Shen;  pp 42-47 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Long non-coding RNA PVT1 functions as an oncogene in human colon cancer through miR-30d-5p/RUNX2 axis

Xiuguo Yu , Jianpei Zhao, Yaguang He;  pp 48-54 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Short- and long-term outcomes of laparoscopic surgery in elderly patients with rectal cancer

Guangyuan Sun, Jun Xue, Yue Zhang, Xiaobin Gao, Fei Guo;  pp 55-61 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Investigation on nutritional risk assessment and nutritional support status of surgical patients with colorectal cancer

Yunlei Wang, Jianwei Zheng, Zhigang Gao, Xiaofeng Han, Fanrong Qiu;  pp 62-67 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Assessment of lymph node metastasis in elderly patients with colorectal cancer by sentinel lymph node identification using carbon nanoparticles

Jie Sun, Jingang Zhang;  pp 68-72 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Herbal extract of Artemisia vulgaris (mugwort) induces antitumor effects in HCT-15 human colon cancer cells via autophagy induction, cell migration suppression and loss of mitochondrial membrane potential

Guanghui Lian, Fujun Li, Yani Yin, Linlin Chen, Junwen Yang;  pp 73-78 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

GASTRIC CANCER

KISS1 and KISS1R expression in gastric cancer

Ioannis D. Kostakis, George Agrogiannis, Aristeidis G. Vaiopoulos, Eleni Mylona, Efstratios Patsouris, Gregory Kouraklis, Michael Koutsilieris;  pp 79-84 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Outcomes of laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer in elderly patients
Xiang-Wu Yang, Shai-Hong Zhu, Peng-Zhou Li, Wei-Zheng Li, Xu-Long Sun;  pp 85-91 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

LUNG CANCER

Randomized controlled trial of endostar combined with cisplatin/pemetrexed chemotherapy for elderly patients with advanced malignant pleural effusion of lung adenocarcinoma

Xiao Jie Wang, Kun Miao, Yan Luo, Rui Li, Tao Shou, Ping Wang, Xin Li;  pp 92-97 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Toxicity and efficacy of a hypofractionated (3 weekly fractions of 850cGy) irradiation schedule for stage IIIb / IV non-small cell lung cancer elderly patients with low performance status and unfit for chemotherapy

Vassilis Kouloulias, Evridiki Patriki, Eftychia Mosa, Kalliopi Platoni, John Georgakopoulos, Anna Zygogianni, Maria Dilvoi, George Patatoukas, Christos Antypas, Christina Armpilia, Nikolaos Trogkanis, Eyfrosini Kypraiou, Stella Nikoloudi, George Giannakouras, Efstathios Efstathopoulos, Nikolaos Kelekis, John Kouvaris;  pp 98-105 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

The expression and mechanism of Sirt1 and AMPK in non-small cell lung cancer
Fushen Yang;  pp 106-110 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

GYNAECOLOGICAL CANCER

[Retracted] Swerchirin exerts anticancer activity on SKOV3 human ovarian cancer cells via induction of mitochondrial apoptosis, G2/M cell cycle arrest and inhibition of Raf/MEK/ERK cascade

Lan Luo, Haibo Zhao, Qian Luo;  pp 111-116 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

(This article has been retracted. See the Retraction notice here)

Study on sensitivity of primary tumor cells of patients with cervical cancer to chemotherapeutic combinations

Fang Qiu, Xia Zhao;  pp 117-123 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Anticancer activity of cucurbitacin-A in ovarian cancer cell line SKOV3 involves cell cycle arrest, apoptosis and inhibition of mTOR/PI3K/Akt signaling pathway

JinYing Liu, Xiaokang Liu, Wei Ma, Wei Kou, CaiLi Li, Jin Zhao;  pp 124-128 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

BREAST CANCER

N-(p-coumaroyl) serotonin induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in breast cancer cells

Michail Mitsis, George A. Alexiou, Evrysthenis Vartholomatos, Georgios Markopoulos, Diamanto Lazari, Entela Hodaj, Dimitrios Nastos, Panagiota Zagorianakou, Vasiliki Galani, Athanasios P. Kyritsis;  pp 129-133 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Study of differential gene expression between invasive multifocal/multicentric and unifocal breast cancer

Zhiqiang Lang, Yanqiu Wu, Xubo Pan, Guimei Qu, Tingguo Zhang;  pp 134-142 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

ESOPHAGEAL CANCER

Observation of clinical efficacy of application of enhanced recovery after surgery in perioperative period on esophageal carcinoma patients

Ziteng Zhang, Ling Zong, Baobin Xu, Ronghang Hu, Ming Ma, Haixiang Wei, Yanhong Meng;  pp 150-156 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Long noncoding RNA linc-UBC1 promotes tumor invasion and metastasis by regulating EZH2 and repressing E-cadherin in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Guangcai Niu, Huijie Zhuang, Bingqiang Li, Gang Cao;  pp 157-162 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

HEAD & NECK CANCER

Metastasis to parotid gland from non Head and Neck tumors

Enzo Emanuelli, Andrea Ciorba, Daniele Borsetto, Diego Cazzador, Samantha Sarcognato, Filippo Marino, Stefano Fusetti, Chiara Bianchini, Francesco Stomeo, Stefano Pelucchi; pp 163-166 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Expression of MiRNA-137 in oral squamous cell carcinoma and its clinical significance
Chen Sun, Jianxia Li; pp 167-172 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

CNS CANCER

Factors affecting the survival of patients with glioblastoma multiforme

Vesna Nikolov, Miodrag Stojanovic, Aleksandar Kostic, Misa Radisavljevic, Natasa Simonovic, Boban Jelenkovic, Luka Berilazic;  pp 173-178 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Patient-specific quality assurance for intracranial cases in robotic radiosurgery system
Canan Koksal, Ugur Akbas, Nazmiye Donmez Kesen, Murat Okutan, Hatice Bilge, Gonul Kemikler;  pp 179-184 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

UNC119 promotes the growth and migration of hepatocellular carcinoma via Wnt/β-catenin and TGF-β/ EMT signaling pathways

Zhihong Liu, Youfu Zhang, Zhidan Xu; pp 185-192 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

PROSTATE CANCER

Potential antitumor effects of panaxatriol against DU-15 human prostate cancer cells is mediated via mitochondrial mediated apoptosis, inhibition of cell migration and sub-G1 cell cycle arrest

Rong Yu, Yan Zhang, Ziqiang Xu, Jinjun Wang, Bicheng Chen, Hao Jin; pp 200-204 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

PANCREATIC CANCER

Sugiol (12-hydroxyabieta-8,11,13-trien-7-one) targets human pancreatic carcinoma cells (Mia-PaCa2) by inducing apoptosis, G2/M cell cycle arrest, ROS production and inhibition of cancer cell migration

Chengfei Hao, Xibo Zhang, Hongtao Zhang, Haitao Shang, Jianheng Bao, Haibo Wang, Zhonglian Li;  pp 205-210 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

WILMS’ TUMOR

Meta-analysis of the effect of preoperative chemotherapy on Wilms’ tumor
Gang Liu, Yiou Zhang, Kai Fu, Jinhua Hu, Zhang Zhao, Wen Fu, Guochang Liu; pp 211-217 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

MELANOMA

Anticancer effects of kaempferol in A375 human malignant melanoma cells are mediated via induction of apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, inhibition of cell migration and downregulation of m-TOR/ PI3K/AKT pathway

Jia Yang, Peng Xiao, Jiaming Sun, Liang Guo; pp 218-223 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

SKIN CANCER

Anticancer action of lactucopicrin in SKMEL-5 human skin cancer cells is mediated via apoptosis induction, G2/M cell cycle arrest and downregulation of m-TOR/PI3K/AKT signalling pathway

Xue Zhang, Dong Lan, Shuhua Ning, Liwen Ruan; pp 224-228 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

THYROID NEOPLASMS

Expression of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) in thyroid neoplasms
Alper Sayiner, Dinc Suren;  pp 229-233 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Haplotype analysis of XRCC1 gene polymorphisms and the risk of thyroid carcinoma

Kashif Bashir, Romana Sarwar, Shazia Fatima, Soma Saeed, Ishrat Mahjabeen, Mahmood Akhtar Kayani;  pp 234-243 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

PARENTERAL NUTRITION

Survival and nutritional factors on home parenteral nutrition (HPN): Our initial experience

John Spiliotis, Nikolaos Kopanakis, Anastasia Prodromidou, Alexis Terras, Anastasia Polichronaki, Christina Koutikova, Anna Gogou, Christina Sidera, Elias Efstathiou;  pp 244-247 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM

Incidence and risk assessment of venous thromboembolism in cancer patients admitted to intensive care unit for postoperative care

Jia-XuanXu, Jun Dong, Hong Ren, Xiao-Jie Chen, Yong Yang, Ren-Xiong Chen and Guo-Dong Wang, Hong-Zhi Wang;  pp 248-254 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

HISTORY OF MEDICINE

Antonio Scarpa (1752-1832) and his study on ocular cancer
Konstantinos Laios, Marilita M. Moschos;  pp 255-260 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

TOXIC EFFECTS

Predictors of acute hematologic toxicity attributable to palliative radiotherapy: Analysis of patient characteristics and bone marrow dose-volume parameters

Tetsuo Saito, Ryo Toya, Tomohiko Matsuyama, Satoshi Ninomura, Natsuo Oya;  pp 261-267 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

SHORT COMMUNICATION

First application of hemi-body electron beam irradiation for Kaposi sarcoma at the lower extremities

Kalliopi Platoni, Stefanos Diamantopoulos, Maria Dilvoi, Panagiotis Delinikolas, Efrosyni Kypraiou, Efstathios Efstathopoulos, Vassilis Kouloulias;  pp 268-272 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Uncertainties in the management of pleomorphic lobular carcinoma in situ of the breast still remain
Kadri Altundag;  p 273 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Preserved lenalidomide efficacy in a recurrent isolated subcutaneous mantle cell lymphoma relapse

Cristina Bagacean, Alexandra Neaga, Mihnea Zdrenghea, Adrian Tempescul;  pp 273-274 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

CA 15-3 elevation during post-metastasectomy period may occur in breast cancer patients with oligometastatic liver metastases

Kadri Altundag;  pp 274-275 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio above 2 – advocate for lymph node dissection in prostate cancer

Radu-Tudor Coman, Nicolae Crisan, Pierre-Adrien Kadula, Ioan-Stelian Bocsan, Ioan Coman, Iulia Andras;  pp 275-276 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Chemotherapy dose adjustment in obese locally advanced or early breast cancer patients might affect survival outcome

Kadri Altundag;  p 276 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Endocrine therapy in early-stage breast cancer care: defining the appropriate regimen and time frame

Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Ioannis Ntanasis-Stathopoulos, Eleftherios Spartalis, Michael Kontos, Demetrios Moris;  pp 276-277 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

Should androgen suppression be used in salvage radiotherapy of biochemical recurrence after prostatectomy?

Yasemin Benderli Cihan;  p 278 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)

HISTORY OF ONCOLOGY

Cervical cancer in the work of the unconventional Samuel Pozzi (1846-1918), pioneer of modern gynaecology

Marianna Karamanou, Achilleas Drogosis, Nikolaos Salakos, Kostas Markatos, Efthimios Deligeoroglou, George Androutsos;  pp 279-285 (Pubmed Abstract, PDF)