Published in Am J Surg on September 01, 2002
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Mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor gene in lung cancer: biological and clinical implications. Cancer Res (2004) 7.76
Analysis of epidermal growth factor receptor gene mutation in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and acquired resistance to gefitinib. Clin Cancer Res (2006) 4.62
The diagnosis and treatment of adult intussusception. J Clin Gastroenterol (2003) 3.06
Irinotecan plus S-1 (IRIS) versus fluorouracil and folinic acid plus irinotecan (FOLFIRI) as second-line chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer: a randomised phase 2/3 non-inferiority study (FIRIS study). Lancet Oncol (2010) 2.73
Inhibition of autophagy by 3-MA enhances the effect of 5-FU-induced apoptosis in colon cancer cells. Ann Surg Oncol (2008) 2.56
Usefulness of fasting 18F-FDG PET in identification of cardiac sarcoidosis. J Nucl Med (2004) 2.55
Laparoscopic assisted distal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer: Five years' experience. Surgery (2005) 2.06
Inhibition of autophagy augments 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy in human colon cancer in vitro and in vivo model. Eur J Cancer (2010) 1.93
Elevated levels of interleukin-18 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in serum of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: relationship with diabetic nephropathy. Metabolism (2003) 1.90
Prognostic model of pulmonary adenocarcinoma by expression profiling of eight genes as determined by quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. J Clin Oncol (2004) 1.89
IL-15 regulates CD8+ T cell contraction during primary infection. J Immunol (2006) 1.88
Evaluation of 18F-2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography for gastric cancer. World J Surg (2004) 1.87
Prognostic implication of EGFR, KRAS, and TP53 gene mutations in a large cohort of Japanese patients with surgically treated lung adenocarcinoma. J Thorac Oncol (2009) 1.85
Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2011: Annual report by The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2013) 1.84
Laparoscopically assisted total gastrectomy with lymph node dissection for upper and middle gastric cancer. Surg Endosc (2008) 1.82
Activation of MET by gene amplification or by splice mutations deleting the juxtamembrane domain in primary resected lung cancers. J Thorac Oncol (2009) 1.81
Gum chewing enhances early recovery from postoperative ileus after laparoscopic colectomy. J Am Coll Surg (2002) 1.77
c-myc is a downstream target of the Smad pathway. J Biol Chem (2001) 1.74
EphA2 overexpression correlates with poor prognosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Int J Cancer (2003) 1.68
Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2012 : annual report by The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2014) 1.65
Tonsillar tuberculosis associated with pulmonary and laryngeal foci. Intern Med (2002) 1.65
Laparoscopy-assisted proximal gastrectomy with gastric tube reconstruction for early gastric cancer. Surg Endosc (2010) 1.65
The incremental effect of positron emission tomography on diagnostic accuracy in the initial staging of esophageal carcinoma. Cancer (2005) 1.64
MR imaging in the evaluation of chronic or recurrent headache. Radiology (2005) 1.64
Biological and genetic characteristics of tumor-initiating cells in colon cancer. Ann Surg Oncol (2007) 1.62
Smurf1 regulates the inhibitory activity of Smad7 by targeting Smad7 to the plasma membrane. J Biol Chem (2002) 1.61
Should patients over 85 years old be operated on for colorectal cancer? J Clin Gastroenterol (2004) 1.52
Overexpression of IL-15 in vivo increases antigen-driven memory CD8+ T cells following a microbe exposure. J Immunol (2002) 1.51
PTEN and PIK3CA expression is associated with prolonged survival after gefitinib treatment in EGFR-mutated lung cancer patients. J Thorac Oncol (2006) 1.50
TP53 mutations in nonsmall cell lung cancer. J Biomed Biotechnol (2011) 1.46
Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of the activin betaC subunit accelerates liver regeneration in partially hepatectomized rats. J Hepatol (2005) 1.45
Mechanisms of resistance to EGFR TKIs and development of a new generation of drugs in non-small-cell lung cancer. J Biomed Biotechnol (2011) 1.42
Impact of gastropyloric motor activity on the genesis of reflux esophagitis after an esophagectomy with gastric tube reconstruction. Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 1.42
Diagnostic usefulness of fluorine-18-alpha-methyltyrosine positron emission tomography in combination with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose in sarcoidosis patients. Chest (2007) 1.41
Gastrointestinal recovery and outcome after laparoscopy-assisted versus conventional open distal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer. World J Surg (2002) 1.41
Is an elderly recipient a risk for living donor adult liver transplantation? Hepatogastroenterology (2008) 1.38
p53-Altered FBXW7 expression determines poor prognosis in gastric cancer cases. Cancer Res (2009) 1.37
l-type amino acid transporter 1 and CD98 expression in primary and metastatic sites of human neoplasms. Cancer Sci (2008) 1.37
Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2009: annual report by the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 1.35
MicroRNA miR-125b is a prognostic marker in human colorectal cancer. Int J Oncol (2011) 1.34
Effect of calcium and magnesium on neurotoxicity and blood platinum concentrations in patients receiving mFOLFOX6 therapy: a prospective randomized study. Int J Clin Oncol (2010) 1.31
Expression of cancer/testis (CT) antigens in lung cancer. Lung Cancer (2003) 1.31
High-level expression of the Smad ubiquitin ligase Smurf2 correlates with poor prognosis in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Res (2002) 1.30
Plastin3 is a novel marker for circulating tumor cells undergoing the epithelial-mesenchymal transition and is associated with colorectal cancer prognosis. Cancer Res (2013) 1.29
Thoracoscopic treatment of Bochdalek hernia in the adult: report of a case. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2002) 1.29
Comparison between positron emission tomography and computed tomography in the use of the assessment of esophageal carcinoma. Cancer (2002) 1.28
Biologic correlation of 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose uptake on positron emission tomography in thymic epithelial tumors. J Clin Oncol (2010) 1.27
MiR-150 is associated with poor prognosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma via targeting the EMT inducer ZEB1. Cancer Sci (2012) 1.27
Distal pancreatectomy: is staple closure beneficial? ANZ J Surg (2003) 1.25
Quantitative perfusion map of malignant liver tumors, created from dynamic computed tomography data. Acad Radiol (2004) 1.25
Laparoscopic appendectomy for appendiceal endometriosis presenting as acute appendicitis: report of a case. Surg Today (2007) 1.25
Selenium enrichment of broccoli sprout extract increases chemosensitivity and apoptosis of LNCaP prostate cancer cells. BMC Cancer (2009) 1.25
Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2008: annual report by The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 1.24
Usefulness of FDG-PET for early prediction of the response to gefitinib in non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer (2007) 1.23
Prognostic and predictive implications of HER2/ERBB2/neu gene mutations in lung cancers. Lung Cancer (2011) 1.23
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography: useful technique for predicting malignant potential of gastrointestinal stromal tumors. World J Surg (2005) 1.22
Evaluation of hemangioma by positron emission tomography: role in a multimodality approach. J Comput Assist Tomogr (2003) 1.21
Transient gene silencing of galectin-3 suppresses pancreatic cancer cell migration and invasion through degradation of β-catenin. Int J Cancer (2011) 1.21
Inhibition of L-type amino acid transporter 1 has antitumor activity in non-small cell lung cancer. Anticancer Res (2010) 1.20
Genetic alterations in esophageal cancer. Surg Today (2005) 1.20
Preoperative diagnosis of lymph node metastases of colorectal cancer by FDG-PET/CT. Jpn J Clin Oncol (2008) 1.18
Effect of contrast-enhanced computed tomography on diagnosis and management of acute abdomen in adults. Clin Radiol (2002) 1.18
Reduced expression of transforming growth factor-beta receptors is an unfavorable prognostic factor in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Int J Cancer (2003) 1.17