… Mutations of c-kit JM domain are found in a minority of human gastrointestinal … Mutations
in exon 11 of c-kit occur preferentially in malignant versus benign … Swallow MD, PhD …

Colorectal cancer is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in Western populations.
This cancer develops as a result of the pathologic transformation of normal colonic epithelium …

To evaluate histologic subtype and grade, which in turn guide the decision making for
multimodality therapy, the workup of suspected sarcoma requires more material than can be …

Objective: To measure sexual function and quality of life (QOL) after rectal cancer treatment.
Summary Background Data: Previous studies on sexual function after rectal cancer …

Background Unlike for extremity sarcomas, the efficacy of radiotherapy for retroperitoneal
sarcoma is not established. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of preoperative …

Background: Retroperitoneal sarcomas (RPS) are rare tumors composed of several well
defined histologic subtypes. The aim of this study was to analyze patterns of recurrence and …

Objective To determine perioperative morbidity, survival, and local failure rates in a large
group of consecutive patients with rectal cancer undergoing low anterior resection by multiple …

Background The reported data on surgery plus radiotherapy for retroperitoneal soft tissue
sarcomas (RPS) have been mostly from retrospective studies. We evaluated the long-term …

Soluble transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β)/bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-binding
proteins are widely distributed in mammalian tissues and control cytokine access to membrane …

… We carried out PCR with 40 cycles of denaturing (94 C) and annealing (56 C) using 10
ng of DNA and 5 pmol of each primer pair. We used a base pack-20 Polyacrylamide Mix to …