Acta Oncologica, Volume 47, Issue 6 (2008)

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Acta Oncologica, Volume 47, Issue 6 (2008)

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Editorial

Editorial
The dream of a philologist
Bengt Glimelius
Pages: 991-993
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
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Review Article

Review Article
Bowel dysfunction after treatment for rectal cancer
Katrine J. Emmertsen & Søren Laurberg
Pages: 994-1003
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforBowel dysfunction after treatment for rectal cancer | Full Text | References | PDF (115.8 KB)
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Original Article

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Validation of smoking history in cancer patients
Michaela Prochazka, Per Hall, Fredrik Granath & Kamila Czene
Pages: 1004-1008
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
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The cost-effectiveness of treatment with erythropoietin compared to red blood cell transfusions for patients with chemotherapy induced anaemia: A Markov model
Sixten Borg, Anna H. Glenngård, Anders Österborg & Ulf Persson
Pages: 1009-1017
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforThe cost-effectiveness of treatment with erythropoietin compared to red blood cell transfusions for patients with chemotherapy induced anaemia: A Markov model | Full Text | References | PDF (107.6 KB)
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Cost-effectiveness of HER2 testing and trastuzumab therapy for metastatic breast cancer
Mathias Lidgren, Nils Wilking, Bengt Jönsson & Clas Rehnberg
Pages: 1018-1028
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforCost-effectiveness of HER2 testing and trastuzumab therapy for metastatic breast cancer | Full Text | References | PDF (102.5 KB)
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Cost-effectiveness of maintenance rituximab treatment after second line therapy in patients with follicular lymphoma in Sweden
Frida Kasteng, Martin Erlanson, Hans Hagberg, Eva Kimby, Thomas Relander & Jonas Lundkvist
Pages: 1029-1036
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforCost-effectiveness of maintenance rituximab treatment after second line therapy in patients with follicular lymphoma in Sweden | Full Text | References | PDF (232.3 KB)
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Unsuccessful preoperative biopsies, fine needle aspiration cytology or core needle biopsy, lead to increased costs in the diagnostic workup in breast cancer
Katja Hukkinen, Lena Kivisaari, Päivi. S. Heikkilä, Karl Von Smitten & Marjut Leidenius
Pages: 1037-1045
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforUnsuccessful preoperative biopsies, fine needle aspiration cytology or core needle biopsy, lead to increased costs in the diagnostic workup in breast cancer | Full Text | References | PDF (83.2 KB)
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Thymidylate synthase and microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer: Implications for disease free survival, treatment response and survival with metastases
R. Bendardaf, H. Lamlum, R. Ristamäki, E. Korkeila, K. Syrjänen & S. Pyrhönen
Pages: 1046-1053
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforThymidylate synthase and microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer: Implications for disease free survival, treatment response and survival with metastases | Full Text | References | PDF (216.7 KB)
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Prognostic significance of numeric aberrations of genes for thymidylate synthase, thymidine phosphorylase and dihydrofolate reductase in colorectal cancer
Søren Astrup Jensen, Ben Vainer, Caroline Janet Witton, Jan Trøst Jørgensen & Jens Benn Sørensen
Pages: 1054-1061
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforPrognostic significance of numeric aberrations of genes for thymidylate synthase, thymidine phosphorylase and dihydrofolate reductase in colorectal cancer | Full Text | References | PDF (171.6 KB)
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Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol inhibits cell cycle progression by downregulation of E2F1 in human glioblastoma multiforme cells
Gil Galanti, Tamar Fisher, Iris Kventsel, Jacob Shoham, Ruth Gallily, Raphael Mechoulam, Gad Lavie, Ninette Amariglio, Gideon Rechavi & Amos Toren
Pages: 1062-1070
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforΔ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol inhibits cell cycle progression by downregulation of E2F1 in human glioblastoma multiforme cells | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB)
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The effect of combretastatin A4 disodium phosphate and 5,6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid on water diffusion and blood perfusion in tumours
Gang Chen, Michael R. Horsman, Michael Pedersen, Qi Pang & Hans Stødkilde-jørgensen
Pages: 1071-1076
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforThe effect of combretastatin A4 disodium phosphate and 5,6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid on water diffusion and blood perfusion in tumours | Full Text | References | PDF (176.6 KB)
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In-beam PET measurements of biological half-lives of 12C irradiation induced β+-activity
Fine Fiedler, Marlen Priegnitz, Robert Jülich, Jörg Pawelke, Paulo Crespo, Katia Parodi, Falk Pönisch & Wolfgang Enghardt
Pages: 1077-1086
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforIn-beam PET measurements of biological half-lives of 12C irradiation induced β+-activity | Full Text | References | PDF (820.3 KB)
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The radiosensitivity of total and quiescent cell populations in solid tumors to 290 MeV/u carbon ion beam irradiation in vivo
Shin-Ichiro Masunaga, Koichi Ando, Akiko Uzawa, Ryoichi Hirayama, Yoshiya Furusawa, Sachiko Koike & Koji Ono
Pages: 1087-1093
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforThe radiosensitivity of total and quiescent cell populations in solid tumors to 290 MeV/u carbon ion beam irradiation in vivo | Full Text | References | PDF (103.5 KB)
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Prevention of malignant seeding at drain sites after invasive procedures (surgery and/or thoracoscopy) by hypofractionated radiotherapy in patients with pleural mesothelioma
Maurizio Di Salvo, Giuseppina Gambaro, Simonetta Pagella, Irene Manfredda, Caterina Casadio & Marco Krengli
Pages: 1094-1098
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforPrevention of malignant seeding at drain sites after invasive procedures (surgery and/or thoracoscopy) by hypofractionated radiotherapy in patients with pleural mesothelioma | Full Text | References | PDF (72.5 KB)
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Liquid ionization chamber calibrated gel dosimetry in conformal stereotactic radiotherapy of brain lesions
Anders Björeland, Peter Lindvall, Anna Karlsson, Helen Gustavsson, Sven Åj Bäck, Mikael Karlsson & Tommy A. Bergenheim
Pages: 1099-1109
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforLiquid ionization chamber calibrated gel dosimetry in conformal stereotactic radiotherapy of brain lesions | Full Text | References | PDF (5.4 MB)
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Radiotherapy for Peyronie's Disease: A European survey
Luca Incrocci, Wim C. J. Hop & Heinrich M. Seegenschmiedt
Pages: 1110-1112
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforRadiotherapy for Peyronie's Disease: A European survey | Full Text | References | PDF (44.4 KB)
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Predicting distant dissemination in patients with early breast cancer
Rodrigo Arriagada, Lars-erik Rutqvist, Hemming Johansson, Andrew Kramar & Sam Rotstein
Pages: 1113-1121
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforPredicting distant dissemination in patients with early breast cancer | Full Text | References | PDF (111.7 KB)
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Long-term mortality in a cohort study of 6 800 French breast cancer patients treated between 1954 and 1983
Houda Boukheris, Carole Rubino, Rodrigo Arriagada, Suzette Delaloge, Serge Koscielny, Mathieu Giardini, Monique G. Lê & Florent De Vathaire
Pages: 1122-1132
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforLong-term mortality in a cohort study of 6 800 French breast cancer patients treated between 1954 and 1983 | Full Text | References | PDF (100.8 KB)
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Survival in ovarian cancer patients by histology and family history
Jianguang Ji, Asta Försti, Jan Sundquist, Per Lenner & Kari Hemminki
Pages: 1133-1139
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforSurvival in ovarian cancer patients by histology and family history | Full Text | References | PDF (62.8 KB)
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Local excision for more advanced rectal tumors
Thomas Borschitz, Werner Kneist, Ines Gockel & Theodor Junginger
Pages: 1140-1147
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforLocal excision for more advanced rectal tumors | Full Text | References | PDF (83.3 KB)
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Docetaxel and carboplatin combination chemotherapy as outpatient palliative therapy in carcinoma of unknown primary: A multicentre Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group phase II study
George Pentheroudakis, Evangelos Briasoulis, Haralambos P. Kalofonos, Georgios Fountzilas, Theofanis Economopoulos, George Samelis, Aris Koutras, Maria Karina, Nikolaos Xiros, Epameinondas Samantas, Aristotelis Bamias & Nikolaos Pavlidis
Pages: 1148-1155
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
AbstractforDocetaxel and carboplatin combination chemotherapy as outpatient palliative therapy in carcinoma of unknown primary: A multicentre Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group phase II study | Full Text | References | PDF (79.5 KB)
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Letters to the Editor

Letter
Radiofrequency ablation offers new treatment options in the elderly breast cancer patient
Bob G. Looij, Gerrit J. Jager & Matthieu J. C. M. Rutten
Page: 1156
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
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In reply
Daniele Bernardi & Domenico Errante
Page: 1157
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
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Sporadic desmoid tumor in an Ashkenazi patient homozygous for the APC*I1307K gene mutation
Peter Zauber, Marlene Sabbath-Solitare, P. Marotta Stephen, Ronald Chamberlain, George Chong, William D. Foulkes & Timothy Bishop
Pages: 1158-1161
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
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Capecitabine-induced oromandibular dystonia: A case report and literature review
Joanne Y. Y. Ngeow, Kumar M. Prakash, Balram Chowbay, Swee Tian Quek & Su-Pin Choo
Pages: 1161-1165
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
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FDG-PET for a thyroid MALT lymphoma
Chao-jen Lee, Chung-huei Hsu, Cheng-jeng Tai & Sey-en Lin
Pages: 1165-1167
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
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Letter
Exacerbation of diabetes related to exemestane treatment
Elżbieta Senkus-konefka, Elżbieta Orłowska-kunikowska, Rafał Dziadziuszko & Jacek Jassem
Pages: 1167-1169
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
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Selective internal radiation therapy in patients with carcinoid liver metastases
Dan Granberg, Ulrike Garske, Staffan Welin, Henrik Kindmark, Kjell Öberg, Barbro Eriksson & Rickard Nyman
Pages: 1169-1171
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
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Irreversible ototoxicity associated with the use of erlotinib in a patient with pancreatic cancer
Angelos K. Koutras, Nicholas S. Mastronikolis, Tr Jeffry Evans, Evangelos S. Papadeas, Thomas Makatsoris & Haralabos P. Kalofonos
Pages: 1171-1173
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
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Abstracts

Performance of the Finnish prostate cancer screening trial based on process indicators
Liisa Määttänen
Page: 1174
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
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Doctoral Dissertation: Atul Budukh: Cervical cancer control in rural India: Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 1262, Tampere 2007
Atul Budukh
Page: 1175
Published online: 08 Jul 2009
CitationforDoctoral Dissertation: Atul Budukh: Cervical cancer control in rural India: Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 1262, Tampere 2007 | Full Text | PDF (25.7 KB)
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