Current Issue December 2011, Vol. 23, No. 4

Issue Highlights

Predictive value of immunohistochemical expression of claudin-1 in colonic carcinoma
December 2011(Vol. 23 | No. 4 | Pages 123-131)
Eman Abdelzaher, Azza Mohamed Rizk, Samer Saad Bessa, Khalafalla Mustafa Omer

Orthotopic neobladder reconstruction after radical cystectomy in patients with a solitary functioning kidney: Clinical outcome and evaluation
December 2011(Vol. 23 | No. 4 | Pages 133-140)
Ahmed Helmy Aly, Abdelhamid Ezzat, Ashraf Hamed

Laparoscopy with laparoscopic ultrasound for pretreatment staging of hepatic focal lesions: A prospective study
December 2011(Vol. 23 | No. 4 | Pages 141-145)
Hussein Osama Soliman, Zeiad Samir Gad, Ahmed Mostafa Mahmoud, Ahmed Mohamed Farahat, Naglaa Mohamed Abdelrazek, Waheed Yosry Gareer

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), 10-year experience: Patterns of failure and prognostic factors for survival of 127 patients
10 February 2012
M. Al-Kalaawy, Mohamed A. El-Zohairy, Ahmed Mostafa, A. Al-Kalaawy, H. El-Sebae
Abstract: Background: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and are believed to originate from the interstitial cell of Caj...
Predictors of non-sentinel lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients with positive sentinel lymph node (Pilot study)
25 January 2012
Hany Eldweny, Khaled Alkhaldy, Noha Alsaleh, Majda Abdulsamad, Ahmed Abbas, Ahmad Hamad, Sherif Mounib, Tarek Essam, Pawel Kukawski, Jean-Yves Bobin, Medhat Oteifa, Henney Amanguono, Fawaz Abulhoda, Sharjeel Usmani, Amany Elbasmy
Abstract: Background: Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB) procedure was found to be an accurate method of staging the axilla in patients with early stage breast cancer. The standard of care for breast c...
Importance of serum levels of angiopoietin-2 and survivin biomarkers in non-small cell lung cancer
19 January 2012
Amal Fawzy, Rabab Gaafar, Fatma Kasem, Shawkey S. Ali, Mostafa Elshafei, Mahmoud Eldeib
Abstract: Background: Angiogenesis is an essential process in cancer growth maintenance, and metastasis. Angiopoietin-2 promotes tumor angiogenesis by priming the vasculature and potentiating the effe...
Metronomic chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer: Impact on VEGF
19 January 2012
Lobna R. Ezz El-Arab, Menha Swellam, Manal M. El Mahdy
Abstract: Background: Anticancer chemotherapy is thought to be effective by means of direct cytotoxicity on tumor cells. Alternative mechanisms of efficacy have been ascribed to several common antican...
Prognostic significance of ploidy and S-phase fraction in primary intraoral squamous cell carcinoma and their corresponding metastatic lymph nodes
11 January 2012
M.F. El-Deftar, S.M. El Gerzawi, A.A. Abdel-Azim, S.M. Tohamy
Abstract: Background: Despite improvements in diagnosis and therapy of oral and oro-pharyngeal carcinomas during the past 30years the 5-year disease-free survival is still poor. Patient’s prognosis is...