REVIEW ARTICLE 

Evolution of treatment and high-risk features in resectable locally advanced Head and Neck squamous cell carcinoma with special reference to extracapsular extension of nodal disease
Valentina Krstevska; pp 943-953 (Pubmed Abstr, PDF)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

BREAST CANCER

The effect of obesity on recurrence pattern in early breast cancer patients
Ozan Yazici, Sercan Aksoy, Mehmet AN Sendur, Taner Babacan, Nuriye Ozdemir, Yavuz Ozisik, Nurullah Zengin, Kadri Altundag; pp 954-962 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Hepatic steatosis is associated with higher incidence of liver metastasis in patients with metastatic breast cancer; an observational clinical study
Ayse Ocak Duran, Afra Yildirim, Mevlude Inanc, Halit Karaca, Veli Berk, Oktay Bozkurt, Ersin Ozaslan, Mahmut Ucar, Metin Ozkan; pp 963-969 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Lack of association between +405G/C polymorphism in VEGF and breast cancer risk: A meta-analysis
Meng Zhang, Xun Wu, Xiang Wang, Duo Zhang, Yongqiang Wang, Wei Lu, Zhiming Cai, Song Wu; pp 970-977 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Epidemiological and clinicopathological characteristics of BRCA-positive and BRCA-negative breast cancer patients in Greece
Olga Triantafyllidou, Ioannis S Vlachos, Paraskevi Apostolou, Irene Konstantopoulou, Anastasios Grivas, Christos Panopoulos, Constantine Dimitrakakis, Dimitrios Kassanos, Constantine Loghis, Ioannis Bramis, Nikolaos Vlahos, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Florentia Fostira; pp 978-984 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Genetic polymorphisms in cell cycle regulatory genes CCND1 and CDK4 are associated with susceptibility to breast cancer
Abid Ullah Shah, Ishrat Mahjabeen, Mahmood Akhtar Kayani; pp 985-993 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Prognostic impact of tumor lymphocytic infiltrates in patients with breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Nilufer Avci, Adem Deligonul, Sahsine Tolunay, Erdem Cubukcu, Omer Fatih Olmez, Ozgur Altmisdortoglu, Ozgur Tanriverdi, Asude Aksoy, Ender Kurt, Turkkan Evrensel; pp 994-1000 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Ipsilateral in-breast tumor recurrence after breast conserving therapy: true recurrence versus new primary tumor
Elena Alexandrova, Sonya Sergieva, Petia Kostova, Iglika Mihaylova, Dimitar Katzarov, Angel Milev; pp 1001-1008 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCERS

Clinical presentation and management of gastro-intestinal and pancreatic secondary metastatic tumors
Georgios P. Fragulidis, Αntonios Vezakis, Konstantinos Chondrogiannis, Argyro Mellou, Aikaterini Melemeni, Andreas Polydorou; pp 1009-1014 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Quality of life in colorectal cancer patients: an Izmir Oncology Group (IZOG) study
Murat Akyol, Eda Ulger, Ahmet Alacacioglu, Yuksel Kucukzeybek, Vedat Bayoglu, Yasar Yildiz, Ibrahim Yildiz, Tarik Salman, Umut Varol, Lutfiye Demir, Ahmet Dirican, Zehra Gumus, Mustafa Oktay Tarhan; pp 1015-1022 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Factors influencing cost, length of hospital stay and mortality in colorectal cancer
Bulent Caglar Bilgin, Sahin Kahramanca, Tezen Akin, Ismail Emre Gokce, Merve Akin, Tevfik Kucukpinar;pp 1023-1029 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Significance of serum and bile tumor markers in the diagnostic approach of patients with malignant pancreatobiliary disease
Athanasios Natsios, Antonios Vezakis, Georgios Kaparos, Georgios Fragulidis, Nikolaos Karakostas, Evangelia Kouskouni, Emmanouil Logothetis, Andreas Polydorou; pp 1030-1036 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization combined with microwave coagulation therapy and the perioperative care for patients with hepatocellural carcinoma
Xin-Huan Li, Yu-Fang Wang, Gui-Ming Sun; pp 1037-1041 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

In vivo study of the effect of combining endostatin gene therapy with 32P-colloid on hepatocarcinoma and its functioning mechanism
Gao Huiqi, Zhu Jing, Fu Peng, Li Yong, Shen Baozhong;pp 1042-1047 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Laparoscopic left lateral hepatectomy for colorectal metastasis is the standard of care
Samir J. Sahay, Federico Fazio, Francesco Cetta, Hende Chouial, Panagis M. Lykoudis, Giuseppe Fusai; pp 1048-1053 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

UROGENITAL CANCER

Evaluation of c-kit (CD 117) expression as a prognostic factor in testicular germ cell tumors: an Izmir Oncology Group (IZOG) study
Tarik Salman, Elif Yildiz, Ibrahim Yildiz, Dilek Yavuzer, Mehtat Unlu, Umut Varol, Murat Akyol, Yasar Yildiz, Vedat Bayoglu, Yksel Kucukzeybek, Ahmet Alacacioglu; pp 1054-1060 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Combination of adjuvant radiotherapy and androgen deprivation therapy after radical prostatectomy in high risk prostate cancer patients – results from retrospective analysis
Tomislav Omrcen, Dario Hrepic, Tihana Boraska Jelavic, Eduard Vrdoljak ; pp 1061-1067 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Association of p16 gene methylation with prostate cancer risk: a meta-analysis
Wen Feng, Zhi Han, Ruixia Zhu, Peiyue Liu, Sihai Liu; pp 1074-1080 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Interfraction variation in prostate cancer – analysis of 11726 cone-beam CT
Martin Dolezel, Peter Slezak, Karel Odrazka, Jaroslav Vanasek, Ales Hlavka, Vit Ulrych, Jan Stuk, Iveta Waczulikova, Igor Hartmann; pp 1081-1087 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

LUNG CANCER

Clinical significance of nucleostemin and proliferating cell nuclear antigen protein expression in non-small cell lung cancer
Xiangyang Li, Xiaohui Liu, Dong Cui, Xiao Wu, Rulin Qian; pp 1088-1093 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in lung cancer stem cells is a potential target for the development of novel anticancer drugs
Han-Liang Jiang, Li-Ming Jiang, Wei-Dong Han; pp 1094-1100 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Expression and clinical contribution of MRGD mRNA in non- small cell lung cancers
Zuyun Li, You Xie, Tengfei Zhong, Xiuling Zhang, Yiwu Dang, Tingqing Gan, Gang Chen; pp 1101-1106 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

HEAD & NECK CANCER

Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor alpha using RNA interference in oral squamous cell carcinoma
Alexandra Iulia Irimie, Cornelia Braicu, Oana Zanoaga, Valentina Pileczki, Olga Soritau, Ioana Berindan-Neagoe, Radu Septimiu Campian; pp 1107-1114 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

MISCELLANEOUS

Cardiac tumors: a retrospective multicenter institutional study
Nikolaos G. Baikoussis, Nikolaos A. Papakonstantinou, Panagiotis Dedeilias, Michalis Argiriou, Efstratios Apostolakis, Efstratios Koletsis, Dimitrios Dougenis, Christos Charitos; p 1115-1123 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Evaluation of mycosis fungoides management by total skin electron beam therapy with “translational technique”
Hakan Gamsiz, Murat Beyzadeoglu, Omer Sager, Ferrat Dincoglan, Bora Uysal, Selcuk Demiral, Esin Gündem, Bahar Dirican; pp 1124-1131 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

Splenic irradiation as palliative treatment for symptomatic splenomegaly due to secondary myelofibrosis: a multi- institutional experience
Kiki Pistevou-Gombaki, Anna Zygogianni, Ioanna Kantzou, George Kyrgias, Kyriaki Mystakidou, John Kouvaris, Ioannis Klonizakis, Panagiotis Tsirigotis, Vassiliki Pappa, Marina Siakantari, Nikos Eleftheriadis, John Georgakopoulos, George Sarris, Nikolaos Kelekis, Vassilios Kouloulias; pp 1132-1136 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

MELANOMA

Cutaneous melanoma in Turkey: analysis of 1157 patients in the Melanoma Turkish Study
Huseyin Abali, Ismail Celik, Burcak Karaca, Hande Turna, Esra Kaytan Saglam, Tülay Akman, Ilhan Oztop, Hasan Senol Coskun, Nazim Serdar Turhal, Ahmet Sezer, Erdinc Nayir, Ali Arican, Metin Ozkan, Alper Sevinc, Gokhan Demir, Burcin Budakoglu, Abdurrahman Issikdogan, Huseyin Engin, Saadettin Kilickap, Ugur Coskun, Basak Oyan, Hakan Harputluoglu, Ozlem Er, Halil Kavgaci, Tamer Elkıran (Melanoma Study Group of Turkish Oncology Group); pp 1137-1141 (Pubmed Abstr,PDF)

POLYMORPHISMS

Association of heme oxygenase-1 polymorphisms with cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis