This case control study aims to investigate the role of MMP-2 −1306C > T polymorphism as a potential risk factor and possible prognostic marker for breast cancer in a South European population. 113… (More)
Measurements of blood flow on either sides of abdominal incisions and of uninjured control skin in 63 patients with three kinds of suturing techniques (clips in 21 patients, mattress in 21 patients,… (More)
HYPOTHESIS
The use of the electrothermal bipolar vessel sealing system is feasible, safe, and effective in modified radical mastectomy with axillary dissection in terms of lymph vessel sealing,… (More)
BACKGROUND
To our knowledge, the predictive value of procalcitonin for bowel strangulation has been evaluated in only 2 experimental studies that had conflicting results. The objective of this study… (More)
PROBLEM
Fifty-three patients (30 men, 23 women) with histologically proven adrenal carcinoma were reviewed. Nineteen (36%) had endocrine manifestations from functioning tumors. Arteriography was… (More)
This case control study aims to investigate the role of HSP90 Gln488His (C > G), HSP70-2 P1/P2, HIF-1 alpha C1772T and HSPA8 intronic 1541–1542delGT polymorphisms as potential risk factors and/or… (More)
Breast cancer is prone to metastasis even in early stage disease. Stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) is a chemokine that has been associated with the egress of cancer cells from the primary focus… (More)
J Thorac Dis 2014;6(6):589-590 www.jthoracdis.com In this issue of the Journal of thoracic diseases, Zeng et al. (1) present an extremely interesting synthesis of 145 population-based cancer… (More)
Stromal cell derived factor-1 (SDF-1), a CXC chemokine that plays an important role in the tumor growth, angiogenesis and metastasis of tumor cells, has a polymorphism at position 801 of its… (More)
PURPOSE
Laparoscopic colectomy has been reported as a safe and oncologically similar operation to open colectomy. A number of expensive surgical instruments are necessary for the procedure which… (More)