Vol 1, No 1 (April 22, 2012): Translational Gastrointestinal Cancer

Editorial

Non-coding RNAs in human liver malignancies: Critical regulators for cancer stemness?
Fanyin Meng, Heather Francis, Gianfranco Alpini
PDF Pages: 1-4 Full Text (3888) Open Access
Cholangiocarcinoma: Challenges and future needs
Laura Tariciotti, Ilaria Lenci, Leonardo Baiocchi
PDF Pages: 7-9 Full Text (3848) Open Access
N-WASP, a colorectal cancer suppressor?
Shijun Wang, Cai Huang
PDF Pages: 5-6 Full Text (4552) Open Access

Original Article

The clinical and biological implications of N-WASP expression in human colorectal cancer
Tracey A. Martin, Ann-Marie Toms, Leigh Mansel Davies, Shan Cheng, Wen G. Jiang
PDF Pages: 10-20 Full Text (10720) Open Access

Review Article

Targeted therapy of obesity-associated colon cancer
Jiezhong Chen
PDF Pages: 44-57 Full Text (18325) Open Access
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of hepatic fibrogenesis leading to liver cancer
Samuele De Minicis, Marco Marzioni, Stefania Saccomanno, Chiara Rychlicki, Laura Agostinelli, Luciano Trozzi, Antonio Benedetti, Gianluca Svegliati-Baroni
PDF Pages: 88-94 Full Text (21736) Open Access
Cholangiocarcinoma: Epidemiology and risk factors
Maria Consiglia Bragazzi, Vincenzo Cardinale, Guido Carpino, Rosanna Venere, Rossella Semeraro, Raffaele Gentile, Eugenio Gaudio, Domenico Alvaro
PDF Pages: 21-32 Full Text (36160) Open Access
Cells of origin and cancer stem cells in cholangiocarcinoma
Guido Carpino, Vincenzo Cardinale, Lola Reid, Domenico Alvaro, Eugenio Gaudio
PDF Pages: 33-43 Full Text (21365) Open Access
Cholangiocarcinoma pathogenesis: Role of the tumor microenvironment
Dinorah Leyva-Illades, Matthew McMillin, Matthew Quinn, Sharon DeMorrow
PDF Pages: 71-80 Full Text (27861) Open Access
Mechanisms for nicotine in the development and progression of gastrointestinal cancers
Kendal Jensen, Syeda Afroze, Md Kamruzzaman Munshi, Micheleine Guerrier, Shannon S. Glaser
PDF Pages: 81-87 Full Text (13494) Open Access
Interleukin-6 and its receptor, key players in hepatobiliary inflammation and cancer
Christopher Johnson, Yuyan Han, Nathan Hughart, Jennifer McCarra, Gianfranco Alpini, Fanyin Meng
PDF Pages: 58-70 Full Text (21461) Open Access
VEGF and cholangiocarcinoma: Feeding the tumor
Jennifer Cherry-Bohannan, Kimberly Baker, Heather Francis
PDF Pages: 95-102 Full Text (15158) Open Access

Guidelines

Chinese guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer (2011 edition)
Jiafu Ji
PDF Pages: 103-114 Full Text (5717) Open Access

Research Highlight

The first step on earth: A small step for a trial, a giant leap for mankind
Gun Min Kim, Hyun Cheol Chung
PDF Pages: 115-116 Full Text (3019) Open Access
Can the ARTISTs complete the Schubert Unfinished (Sinfonie Nr. 7 in h moll D. 759 "Die Unvollendete")?
Taroh Satoh, Hideshi Ishii, Daisuke Sakai, Yuichiro Doki, Masaki Mori
PDF Pages: 117-118 Full Text (2894) Open Access
Targeting angiogenesis in advanced gastric cancer: Is this end of the road?
Vikram K Jain, David Cunningham
PDF Pages: 119-121 Full Text (5857) Open Access