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ANTICANCER RESEARCH International Journal of Cancer Research and Treatment ISSN: 0250-7005 Volume 35, Number 1, January 2015 Contents Reviews Management of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia in Pregnancy. A. BHANDARI, K. ROLEN, B.K. SHAH (Lewiston, ID, USA) ....................................................................................................................... 1 Female Genital Tract Chronic Graft- versus -Host Disease: Review of the Literature. A. CIAVATTINI, N. CLEMENTE (Ancona, Italy) ............................................................................................................ 13 Cytokine Networks in Animal Models of Colitis-associated Cancer. E. ANTONIOU, G.A. MARGONIS, A. ANGELOU, G.C. ZOGRAFOS, E. PIKOULIS (Athens, Greece) .......................................................... 19 Experimental Studies Class II Transactivator Expression in Melanoma Cells Facilitates T-cell Engulfment. M.C. LLOYD, K. SZEKERES, J.S. BROWN, G. BLANCK (Tampa, FL; Chicago, IL, USA) ........................................... 25 The Anti-hypertensive Drug Prazosin Induces Apoptosis in the Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Cell Line TT. R. FUCHS, G. SCHWACH, A. STRACKE, N. MEIER-ALLARD, M. ABSENGER, E. INGOLIC, H.S. HAAS, R. PFRAGNER, A. SADJAK (Graz, Austria) ........................................................................ 31 Curcumin and Epigallocatechin Gallate Inhibit the Cancer Stem Cell Phenotype via Down-regulation of STAT3–NFĸB Signaling. S.S. CHUNG, J.V. VADGAMA (Los Angeles, CA, USA) ............................... 47 Oncolytic Potential of a Novel KGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Using a KGFR-selective Breast Cancer Xenograft Model. J.W. KESINGER, M. MEHTA, M.R. LERNER, D.J. BRACKETT, R.W. BRUEGGEMEIER, P.-K. LI, J.T. 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