Vol 4, No 4 (February 29, 2016): Annals of Translational Medicine

Editorial

Glypican-1 in exosomes as biomarker for early detection of pancreatic cancer
Marta Herreros-Villanueva, Luis Bujanda
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Visnagin—a new protectant against doxorubicin cardiotoxicity? Inhibition of mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase 2 (MDH2) and beyond
Lei Xi
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Significance of IASLC/ATS/ERS classification for early-stage lung adenocarcinoma patients in predicting benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy
Yusuke Takahashi, Takashi Eguchi, Sarina Bains, Prasad S. Adusumilli
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Getting familiar with the forthcoming eighth edition of TNM classification of lung cancer: from the T to N and M descriptors
Jad El Masri, Shengxiang Ren, Jun Zhang
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Intraoperative brain cancer detection with Raman spectroscopy in humans
Hiren Banerjee, Mukesh Verma
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Original Article

In silico analysis of polymorphisms in microRNAs that target genes affecting aerobic glycolysis
Padmanaban S. Suresh, Thejaswini Venkatesh, Rie Tsutsumi
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Comparison of bone marrow sparing intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) in carcinoma of anal canal: a prospective study
Rajit Rattan, Rakesh Kapoor, Amit Bahl, Rajesh Gupta, Arun S. Oinam, Satinder Kaur
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Comparative study of tumor markers in patients with colorectal carcinoma before and after chemotherapy
Atreyee Basu, Shashi Seth, Ashok K. Chauhan, Nupur Bansal, Kanchan Arora, Anuradha Mahaur
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:71
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Mental health issues amongst medical students in Asia: a systematic review [2000–2015]
Amit Nirmal Cuttilan, Andrew Arjun Sayampanathan, Roger Chun-Man Ho
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:72
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Diagnosis, disease stage, and distress of Chinese cancer patients
Boyan Huang, Huiping Chen, Yaotiao Deng, Tingwu Yi, Yuqing Wang, Yu Jiang
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2016;
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:73
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Toxicity and early outcomes of regorafenib in multiply pre-treated metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma-experience from a tertiary cancer centre in India
Saurabh Zanwar, Vikas Ostwal, Sudeep Gupta, Bhawna Sirohi, Anup Toshniwal, Nitin Shetty, Shripad Banavali
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:74
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Review Article

Determining the frequency of sporadic cases of rare X-linked disorders
Alan Edmund Stark
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New horizons of non-emergent use of extracorporeal membranous oxygenator support
George Makdisi, Peter B. Makdisi, I-Wen Wang
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:76
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Rethinking autonomy: decision making between patient and surgeon in advanced illnesses
Lauren M. Wancata, Daniel B. Hinshaw
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:77
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Big-data Clinical Trial Column1

Reshaping and aggregating data: an introduction to reshape package
Zhongheng Zhang
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Perspective

How to improve assessment of balance in baseline characteristics of clinical trial participants—example from PROSEVA trial data
Emir Festic, Bhupendra Rawal, Ognjen Gajic
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Targeting epidermal growth factor receptor for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: still lost in translation?
Christopher H. Chapman, Nabil F. Saba, Sue S. Yom
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Commentary

Forget skin scrubbing and other antiseptics: prevent catheter related infections using chlorhexidine plus alcohol
Adrián Camacho-Ortiz, Alma Lucía Román-Mancha
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Fractionated radiotherapy combined with PD-1 pathway blockade promotes CD8 T cell-mediated tumor clearance for the treatment of advanced malignancies
Tijana Martinov, Brian T. Fife
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The evolving role of renal mass biopsy
Michael L. Blute Jr, E. Jason Abel
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Case Report

Postmenopausal vaginal bleeding as initial presentation of gastric cancer: a case report with literature review of prognostic factors and treatment of krukenberg tumor
Mehandar Kumar, Abhishek Kumar, Michael Maroules, Vanessa Abrina, Vinod Kumar
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Letter to the Editor

STARD 2015: updated reporting guidelines for all diagnostic accuracy studies
Patrick M. Bossuyt, Jérémie F. Cohen, Constantine A. Gatsonis, Daniël A. Korevaar, for the STARD group
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2016;
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Disclosure:

1. The series “Big-data Clinical Trial Column” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Translational Medicine without any sponsorship or funding.