The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery has conducted annual surveys of thoracic
surgery throughout Japan since 1987 to determine the statistics regarding the number of …

Most secretory and membrane‐bound proteins produced by mammalian cells contain
covalently linked sugar chains. Alterations of the sugar chain structures of glycoproteins have …

Primary tumors of the heart are rare, however, among them cardiac myxoma is the most
common tumor accounting for half of the primary cardiac neoplasms. 1, 2) About 75% of cardiac …

… density (J) and the dielectric breakdown behavior for x 0.35. For x 0.20, the films show similar
J vs … a Leakage current density (J) vs time at a 100 kV/cm applied electric field for epitaxial …

A fundamental obstacle in gene therapy for cancer is the specific delivery of an anticancer
gene product to a solid tumor, and yet no systemic delivery system that specifically targets …

Background: Although hepatic resection is one of the most effective treatments for hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC), the longterm results of hepatic resection of this malignancy are far …

Despite the importance of stromal cells in tumor progression, our overall understanding of
the molecular signals that regulate the complex cellular interactions within tumor stroma is …

The growth of AlGaN using organometallic vapor phase epitaxy has been studied as a
function of reactor pressure in a horizontal reactor. At atmospheric pressure, GaN with growth …

A fundamental obstacle in cancer gene therapy is the specific targeting of therapy directly to
a solid tumor, and no systemic delivery system yet exists. A strain of domestic bacteria, …

Elevated concentrations of hyaluronan are often associated with human breast cancer
malignancy. Here, we investigated the roles of hyaluronan in carcinogenesis and cancer …