Cancer Biology & Therapy, Volume 8, Issue 6 (2009)

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Cancer Biology & Therapy, Volume 8, Issue 6 (2009)

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Georgetown researcher: Two or more drinks a day may increase pancreatic cancer risk
Pages: 480-484
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Blood type study sheds light on biology of pancreatic cancer
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Synthetic gene circuit allows precise dosing of gene expression
Pages: 480-484
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UCLA launches urologic oncology institute to develop leading-edge therapies
Pages: 480-484
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Researcher wins $4 million award to study breast cancer cell growth
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U-M researchers ID gene involved in pancreatic cancer
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Thomas J. Lynch, Jr., named director of Yale Cancer Center and Physician-in-Chief of Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven
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Review

Review Article
The silent estrogen receptor--can we make it speak?
Madhavi Billam, Abigail E. Witt & Nancy E. Davidson
Pages: 485-496
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Second-line treatment of non small cell lung cancer by biweekly gemcitabine and docetaxel +/- granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor and low dose aldesleukine
Pierpaolo Correale, Salvatora Tindara Miano, Cinzia Remondo, Cristina Migali, Maria Saveria Rotundo, Paolo Macrì, Pierosandro Tagliaferri, Michele Caraglia, Giuseppe Gotti & Guido Francini
Pages: 497-502
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Chemo-immunotherapy: a new option for non-small cell lung cancer
Giovanni Vitale, Alberto Abbruzzese, Giuseppe Tonini & Daniele Santini
Pages: 503-504
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Research Paper

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Effects of Streptococcus thermophilus TH-4 on intestinal mucositis induced by the chemotherapeutic agent, 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU)
Eleanor J. Whitford, Adrian G. Cummins, Ross N. Butler, Luca D. Prisciandaro, Jane K. Fauser, Roger Yazbeck, Andrew Lawrence, Ker Y. Cheah, Tessa H. Wright, Kerry A. Lymn & Gordon S. Howarth
Pages: 505-511
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Gut microbiome and intestinal mucositis: A new challenge for researchers
Rachel J. Gibson
Pages: 512-513
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Oral administration of Pyrrolidine Dithiocarbamate (PDTC) inhibits VEGF expression, tumor angiogenesis, and growth of breast cancer in female mice
Jian-Wei Gu, Emily Young, Brandi Busby, Jordan Covington & James W. Johnson
Pages: 514-521
Published online: 15 Mar 2009
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MEK and EGFR inhibition demonstrate synergistic activity in EGFR-dependent NSCLC
Justin M Balko, Brett R Jones, Virginia L Coakley & Esther P Black
Pages: 522-530
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Combination of EGFR signalling pathway inhibitors and prevention of resistance
Bart Cornelissen
Pages: 531-532
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Research Paper

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Pheophorbide a based photodynamic therapy induces apoptosis via mitochondrial-mediated pathway in human uterine carcinosarcoma
Patrick Ming-Kuen Tang, Xiao-Zhuo Liu, Dong-Mei Zhang, Wing-Ping Fong & Kwok-Pui Fung
Pages: 533-539
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Pheophorbide a as a photosensitizer in photodynamic therapy: In vivo considerations
Theresa Busch, Keith A. Cengel & Jarod Finlay
Pages: 540-542
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Characterization of stem cell attributes in human osteosarcoma cell lines
Lin Wang, Paul Park & Chia-Ying Lin
Pages: 543-552
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Cancer stem cells: Seeds of growth in osteosarcoma
Jennifer Gillette & Sheila Nielsen-Preiss
Pages: 553-554
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Downregulation of Wip-1 phosphatase expression in MCF-7 breast cancer cells enhances doxorubicin-induced apoptosis through p53-mediated transcriptional activation of Bax
Weihong Kong, Xiaoshan Jiang & W. Edward Mercer
Pages: 555-563
Published online: 15 Mar 2009
AbstractforDownregulation of Wip-1 phosphatase expression in MCF-7 breast cancer cells enhances doxorubicin-induced apoptosis through p53-mediated transcriptional activation of Bax | PDF (1.1 MB)
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