New growth in the vascular network is important since the proliferation, as well as metastatic
spread, of cancer cells depends on an adequate supply of oxygen and nutrients and the …

Background The risk of recurrence of gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) after surgery
needs to be estimated when considering adjuvant systemic therapy. We assessed prognostic …

The objective of this study was to test Ting‐Toomey's (1988a) theory on conflict face‐negotiation.
More specifically, the study examined the relationship between face maintenance …

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors in the
human digestive tract, but their molecular etiology and cellular origin are unknown. …

… Toshirou Nishida … DNA was extracted from paraffin-embedded specimens (T) or whole
blood (L). Arrows indicate mutant bands. … Toshirou Nishida …

As an increasing number of field studies of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) have achieved
long-term status across Africa, differences in the behavioural repertoires described have …

Individualism-collectivism has a direct effect on communication styles and an indirect effect
that is mediated through self construals and values. It was hypothesized that cultural …

Background Until now, only imatinib and sunitinib have proven clinical benefit in patients with
gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST), but almost all metastatic GIST eventually develop …

… Then we show that the solution of the initial value problem (1.1)(1.3) with (1.11) exists
uniquely globally in time and th at it is a classical solution for t>0 and decays: … T he first …

Background— Prognosis of ischemic cardiomyopathy still remains poor because of the lack
of effective treatments. To develop a noninvasive therapy for the disorder, we examined the …