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Cancer Incidence - Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Registries Limited-Use
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
SEER Limited-Use cancer incidence data with associated population data. Geographic areas available are county and SEER registry. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and... -
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Carcinogenic Potency Database (CPDB)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Carcinogenic Potency Database (CPDB) is a single standardized resource of the results of 45 years of chronic, long-term carcinogenesis bioassays. The experiments vary... -
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Bone mineral density and the subsequent risk of cancer in the NHANES I follow-up cohort
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Backgroud Bone mineral density (BMD) is a marker of long-term estrogen exposure. BMD measurement has been used in this context to investigate the association of... -
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Expression of nm23-H1 gene product in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and its association with vessel invasion and survival
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background We assessed the nm23-H1 gene product expression and its relationship with lymphatic and blood vessel invasion in patients with esophageal squamous cell... -
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MCM2 - a promising marker for premalignant lesions of the lung: a cohort study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Because cells progressing to cancer must proliferate, marker proteins specific to proliferating cells may permit detection of premalignant lesions. Here we... -
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Expression of LRP and MDR1 in locally advanced breast cancer predicts axillary node invasion at the time of rescue mastectomy after induction chemotherapy
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: Axillary node status after induction chemotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer has been shown on multivariate analysis to be an independent... -
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Jejunum free flap in hypopharynx reconstruction: Case series
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Surgical treatment of hypopharyngeal cancers with extension to the retrocricoid region generally requires a circumferential pharyngolaryngectomy followed... -
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Pooling data for Number Needed to Treat: no problems for apples
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Objective To consider the problem of the calculation of number needed to treat (NNT) derived from risk difference, odds ratio, and raw pooled events shown to give... -
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Decreased expression of the mannose 6- phosphate/insulin-like growth factor-II receptor promotes growth of human breast cancer cells
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Loss or mutation of the mannose 6-phosphate/insulin-like growth factor-II receptor (M6P/IGF2R) has been found in breast cancer. However, whether or not... -
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Novel mutations in the
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Breast cancer is the most common female malignancy and a major cause of death in middle-aged women. So far, germline mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes... -
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Impact of false-positive mammography on subsequent screening attendance and risk of cancer
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background One area of concern within the largely successful UK National Health Service breast screening programme is the relatively high proportion of women showing... -
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Long-term cultivation of colorectal carcinoma cells with anti-cancer drugs induces drug resistance and telomere elongation: an
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The role of telomerase activation in the expression and/or maintenance of drug resistance is not clearly understood. Therefore, we investigated the... -
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Markers for early detection of cancer: Statistical guidelines for nested case-control studies
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Recently many long-term prospective studies have involved serial collection and storage of blood or tissue specimens. This has spurred nested case-control... -
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Antitumor effect of lysine-isopeptides
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Isopeptides (ε-peptides) of lysine, with a given Mw and low polydispersity (10–400 units), were synthesized to study the relationship between their chemical structure... -
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Local and distant recurrences in rectal cancer patients are predicted by the nonspecific immune response; specific immune response has only a systemic effect - a histopathological and immunohistochemical study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Invasion and metastasis is a complex process governed by the interaction of genetically altered tumor cells and the immunological and inflammatory host... -
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Expression of p53, inducible nitric oxide synthase and vascular endothelial growth factor in gastric precancerous and cancerous lesions: correlation with clinical features
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The growth and metastasis of tumors depend on the development of an adequate blood supply via angiogenesis. Recent studies indicate that the inducible... -
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Worldwide trends in mortality from biliary tract malignancies
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas are malignant tumors arising from the intrahepatic biliary tract. The pathogenesis of these tumors remains unknown.... -
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Verbal autopsy of 48 000 adult deaths attributable to medical causes in Chennai (formerly Madras), India
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background In the city of Chennai, India, registration of the fact of death is almost complete but the cause of death is often inadequately recorded on the death... -
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Clinical and immunohistochemical study of eight cases with thymic carcinoma
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Thymic carcinoma is a rare neoplasm with extremely poor prognosis. To evaluate the biological characteristics of thymic carcinoma, we reviewed 8 patients.... -
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Breast cancer mortality among Ashkenazi Jewish women in São Paulo and Porto Alegre, Brazil
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Increased BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutation rates have been reported in Ashkenazi Jewish women in North America, Europe and Israel, and have been mentioned...