Abstracts of the Seventh International Conference of Anticancer Research

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ABSTRACTS OF THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ANTICANCER RESEARCH

October 25-30, 2004 Corfu, Greece

Under the Auspices of

The European Society of Pathology, The International Clinical Hyperthermia Society, The Italian Society of Urological Oncology (SIURO), The Italian Society of Cytology, The International Society of Cryosurgery, The North-East Society of Gynecologic Oncology (NOGGO), The WHO Melanoma Programme, The International Society for Regional Cancer Therapy, The Hungarian Society of Molecular and Predictive Medicine, The Hellenic Society of Sarcoma, The International Society for the Study of Comparative Oncology, and the International Institute of Anticancer Research.

Supported by The International Institute of Anticancer Research

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Organizing Committee

P.A. Abrahamsson, Malmö, Sweden T.H.M. Huang, Columbus, OH, USA F.J. Rauscher, Philadelphia, PA, USA P.M. Anderson, Rochester, MN, USA C.G. Ioannides, Houston, TX, USA G. Rebel, Strasbourg, France V. Avramis, Los Angeles, CA, USA Yoshiaki Ito, Singapore, Singapore I. Rebel, Strasbourg, France G. Bauer, Freiburg, Germany S.C. Jhanwar, New York, NY, USA G. Rechavi, Tel-Hashomer, Israel Y. Becker, Jerusalem, Israel B. Kaina, Mainz, Germany T. Ried, Bethesda, MD, USA S. Ben-Efraim, Tel-Aviv Israel H.E. Kaiser, Silver Spring, MD, USA M. Rigaud, Limoges, France G. Broich, Lodi, Italy K. Khalili, Philadelphia, PA, USA C. Riva, Grenoble, France Ø. Bruland, Oslo, Norway D.G. Kieback, Maastricht, Netherlands M. Rosselli, Rome, Italy J. Carlsson, Uppsala, Sweden R. Klapdor, Hamburg, Germany C. Rubio, Stockholm, Sweden N. Cascinelli, Milano, Italy U.R. Kleeberg, Hamburg, Germany G.R. Rutteman, Utrecht, Netherlands J.G. Chung, Taichung, Taiwan E. Klein, Stockholm, Sweden R. Salgia, Chicago, IL, USA P. Chandra, Frankfurt, Germany G.R.F. Krueger, Cologne, Germany R. Sangueldolce, Palermo, Italy B.F.C. Clark, Aarhus, Denmark Shant Kumar, Manchester, UK C. Sansom, London, UK R. Clarke, Washington, DC, USA S. Lamprecht, Beer Sheva, Israel G.F. Saunders, Houston, TX, USA Ph. Collery, Bastia, France W. Lichtenegger, Berlin, Germany N.A. Saunders, Queensland, Australia A. Constantinou, Nicosia, Cyprus D. Lincoln, Kuwait, Kuwait K.J. Scanlon, Claremont, CA, USA H.S. Cross, Vienna, Austria K. H. Link, Wisbaden, Germany J. Schneider, Madrid, Spain J.D. De Certaines, Rennes, France H. Maeda, Kumamoto, Japan M.P. Schneider, Wuppertal, Germany W. De Loecker, Leuven, Belgium O. Maiwand, London, UK J. Sehouli, Berlin, Germany E.P. Diamandis, Toronto, ON, L.H. Malkas, Indianapolis, IN, USA A. Seth, Toronto, ON, Canada Canada M. Mareel, Ghent, Belgium A.K.M. Shamsuddin, Baltimore, MD, W. Ebert, Heidelberg, Germany J. Mark, Skövde, Sweden USA M. Edgren, Sundsvall, Sweden G. Martorana, Bologna, Italy S. Shany, Beer Sheva, Israel I. Ember, Pécs, Hungary J. Mattern, Heidelberg, Germany D. Sharples, Manchester, UK W. Engström, Uppsala, Sweden J.D. Minna, Dallas, TX, USA G. Sica, Rome, Italy M. Eskelinen, Kuopio, Finland S. Mitra, Galveston, TX, USA S.S. Smith, Duarte, CA, USA J.A. Fernandez-Pol, St. Louis, MO, J. Molna’r, Szeged, Hungary R.M. Snapka, Columbus, OH, USA USA N. Motohashi, Tokyo, Japan D.R. Sorensen, Oslo, Norway C.V. Forst, Los Alamos, NM, USA R.M. Nagler, Haifa, Israel T. Stigbrand, Uppsala, Sweden I. Freitas, Pavia, Italy R. Nano, Pavia, Italy M. Tarle, Zagreb, Croatia R.E. Friedrich, Hamburg, Germany L. O’ Driscoll, Dublin, Ireland J. Tímár, Budapest, Hungary R. Ganapathi, Cleveland, OH, USA E. Özcelik, Berlin, Germany G.C. Torre, Albenga, Italy A.F. Gazdar, Dallas, TX, USA M. Pagé, Laval, QC, Canada B. Toth, Omaha, NE, USA N. Getoff, Vienna, Austria P. Pantazis, Coral Gables, FL, USA J. Vadgama, Los Angeles, CA, USA D.H. Gilden, Denver, CO, USA S. Pathak, Houston, TX, USA S. von Kleist, Freiburg, Germany F. Guadagni, Rome, Italy S. Pestka, Piscataway, NJ, USA D.J. Waters, West Lafayette, IN, USA D. Hager, Bad Bergzabern, Germany G.J. Pilkington, London, UK D.K. Watson, Charleston, SC, USA K.A. Hahn, Houston, TX, USA C.D. Platsoucas, Philadelphia, PA, G. Weber, Indianapolis, IN, USA A. Harlozinska-Szmyrka, Wroclaw, USA Walter Weber, Basel, Switzerland Poland A. Polliack, Jerusalem, Israel J.A. Werner, Marburg, Germany J.D. Hoheisel, Heidelberg, Germany P. Pontiggia, Pavia, Italy M.R. Zalutsky, Durham, NC, USA R.P. Huang, Atlanta, GA, USA M.F. Poupon, Paris, France S.G. Zimmer, Lexington, KY, USA

The Local Organizing Committee N. Agnantis, Ioannina S.D. Kottaridis, Athens G. Nasioulas, Athens G. Deliconstantinos, Athens M.I. Koukourakis, Heraklion, Crete T.M. Theophanides, Athens G. Delides, Heraklion, Crete D. Kouretas, Larissa G.Th. Tsangaris, Athens C. Demetzos, Athens M. Koutsilieris, Athens O. Zoras, Heraklion, Crete

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This conference is dedicated to the memory of

E. Eigenbrodt and G.N. Than

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List of Participants

ABDELHALEEM M., Div. Haematopathology, Hosp. Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ABONYI M., 1st Dept. Medicine, Semmelweis Univ., Budapest, Hungary ABRAHAMSSON P.A., Dept. Urology, Malmo Univ. Hosp., Lund Univ., Malmo, Sweden AGARWAL R., Health Sci. Ctr., Univ. Colorado, Denver, USA AGNANTIS N.J., Dept. Pathology, Univ. Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece AHMED M.M., Dept. Radiation Medicine, Univ. Kentucky, Lexington, USA AIGNER K.R., Medias Clinic, Ransbach / Baumbach , Germany AJAYI D., Almadu Bello Univ. Teaching Hosp., Kaduna, Nigeria AKI SENER E., Ankara Univ., Fac. Pharmacy, Pharm. Chem. Dept., Ankara, Turkey ALIEV G., Microscopy Res. Ctr. & Inst. Pathology, Case West. Reserve Univ., Cleveland, Ohio, USA ALISON M., Imperial College, Dept. Histopathology, Hammersmith Hosp., London, UK ALVAREZ AGUILA N.P., Dept. Radiotherapy, Nat. Inst. Cancerology, Tlalpan, Mexico ALVAREZ-MILLAN J.J. , Fac. Ciencias Experimentales Salud, Univ. San Pablo-CEU, Madrid, Spain AL-YATAMA F., Dept. Med. Lab. Sci., Univ. Kuwait, Sulaibekhat, Kuwait AMARAL L., Ctr. Parasitology & Med. Microbiology, Univ.Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal AMBERGER-MURPHY V., Nat. Inst. for Cellular BioTech., Dublin City Univ., Dublin, Ireland ANASTASSOPOULOU J.D., Chemical Engineering Dept., Natl. Tech. Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece ANDERSON D.E., , M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr., Houston, TX, USA ANDRATSCHKE M., Dept. Otorhinolaryngology, Grosshadern Med. Ctr. - Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ., Munich, Germany ANDRIQUE L., Laboratoire d'Oncologie Moleculaire, Poitiers , France ANSORGE W., EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany ARAVANTINOS G., Dept. Int. Med. & Clin. Oncology, Agii Anargiri Cancer Hosp., Athens, Greece ARKOUMANI E., Dept. Pathology, Univ. Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece ASCIONE R., Aphton Lab Molecular Medicine, Miami, FL, USA AUST S., Inst. Pathophysiology, Med. Univ. Vienna, Vienna, Austria AVRAMIS V., Childrens Hosp. L.A., Keck Sch. Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA AYRAURT O., Laboratoire d'Oncologie Moleculaire, Poitiers, France AZIMAHTOL H.L.P., Sch. Bioscience & BioTech., Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia AZZALIN A., Dept. Genetics & Microbiology, Univ. Pavia, Pavia, Italy BADER Y., Med. Univ. Vienna, Vienna, Austria BAKHANASHVILI M., Infections Diseases Unit, Chaim Sheba Med. Ctr., Tel-Hashomer, Israel BALBI C., Experimental Oncology Lab., Natl. Inst. Cancer Res., Genoa, Italy BALIUS F., UPCI Res. Pavillion, Hillman Cancer Ctr., Pittsburgh, PA, USA BANERJI P., PBH Res. Foundation, Calcutta, India BATISTATOU A., Dept. Pathology, Univ. Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece BATOR J., Dept. Med. Biology, Sch. Medicine, Pecs Univ., Pecs, Hungary BAUER G., Abteilung Virologie, Univ. Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany BECKER Y., Dept. Molecular Virology, Hebrew Univ. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel BEKAERT S., FLTBW, Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium BENEDUCI A., Dept. Chemistry, Univ. Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy BEN-EFRAIM S., Dept. Human Microbiology, Sackler Faculty Medicine, Tel-Aviv Univ., Tel-Aviv, Israel BENERICETTI E., Dept. NeuroSurg. , Univ. Parma, Parma, Italy BERGGREN P.O., Dept. Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Univ. Hosp., Stockholm, Sweden BERGOC R.M., Sch. Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Buenos Aires Univ., Buenos Aires, Argentina BERGQVIST M., Dept. Oncology, Uppsala Univ. Hosp., Uppsala, Sweden BERTACCINI A., Dept. Urology, Univ. Bologna, Bologna, Italy BEUTH J., Inst. Scientific Evaluation Naturopathology, Univ. Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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BIGNARDI M., Dept. Radiotherapy, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy BIGNOLD L., Inst. Med. and Vet. Science, Rundle Mall, Australia BJERKVIG R., Dept. Biomedicine, Univ. Bergen, Bergen, Norway BLOHMER J.U., St. Gertrauden Krankenhaus, Leiter des Brustzentrums, Berlin, Germany BOISSON-VIDAL C., Fac. Sci. Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Paris, France BOLLITO E., Div. Pathological Anatomy, Univ. Turin, Orbassano (TO), Turin, Italy BONCZ I., Dept. Public Health, Faculty Medicine, Univ. Pecs, Pecs, Hungary BORRAS N., Inst. Hematology & Oncology, Hosp. Clinic, Barcelona, Spain BOTTIROLI G., Dept. Histochemestryand Cytometry, IGM-CNR, Pavia, Italy BOUDA J., Dept. Obstetrics & Gynecology, Charles Univ., Plzen, Czech Republic BOUZIOTI P., Radioisotopes & Radiodiagnostic Products, Demokritos, Athens, Greece BRACARDA S., Div. Med. Oncology, Monteluce Hosp., Perugia, Italy BRASOVEANU L.I., Ctr. Immunology, Inst. Virology "St. S. Nicolau", Bucharest, Romania BRENNER W., Urologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Mainz, Germany BREWER G., Dept. Molecular Genetics, Microbiology & Immunol., UMDNJ-R.W.Johnson Med. Sch., Piscataway, NJ, USA BROICH G., Clin. Otorinolaringoiatrica, Univ. Milano, Italy BROWAEYS-POLY E., Univ. Sci. & Tech. Lille, Lab. Biologie Developpement, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France BROZEK W., Dept. Pathophysiology, Med. Univ. Vienna, Vienna, Austria BRULAND Ø., Norwegian Radium Hosp., Oslo, Norway BUONOMO O., Dept. Surg., Policlinico Universitario Tor Vergata, Univ. Rome , Rome, Italy BUSSING A., Univ. Witten-Herdecke, Herdecke, Germany BUTRUM R., USA CAILLIAU K., Univ. Sci. & Tech. Lille, Lab. Biologie du Developpement, Villeneuve D' Ascq, France CALDERON P.B., Universite Catholique de Louvais, Bruxelles, Belgium CAMARA, Jena, Germany CANTORE M., Florence, Italy CARLSSON J., Uppsala Univ., BioMed. Radiation Sci., Ludbeck Lab., Uppsala, Sweden CARMIGNANI G., Italy CARUSO M.G., Nat. Insitute for Digestive Disease, Lab. Biochemistry, Castellana Grotte, Italy CAVALLINI A., Laboratorio di Biochimica, I.R.C.C.S "Saverio de Bellis", Castellana Grotte, Italy CERONI M., Dept. Neurological Sci., Univ. Pavia, Pavia, Italy CHANG S., U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr, Dept. Molecular Genetics, Houston, Texas, USA CHANINE A., Hosp. Mantes-La Jolie, Mantes-La Jolie, France CHATSIPROIOS D., Inst. Gynaecologic Oncology, CGG-Clinic, Mannheim, Germany CHEN H.M., Inst. BioAgricultural Sci., Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan CHEN M., Dept. Clin. Microbiology, RigsHosp., Copenhagen, Denmark CHEN Y.S., China Med. Univ., Taichung, Taiwan CHIDICHIMO G., Dept. Chemistry, Univ. Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy CHIECO P., Ctr. Applied BioMed. Res. (CRBA), Bologna, Italy CHITI A., Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Italy CHOU F.I., Nuclear Sci. & Tech. Development Ctr., Natl. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan CHUKHLOVIN , Cancer Res.Inst.Roentegnology&Radiology, St.Petersburg State Med.Univ., Russia CHUNG J.G., China Med. Univ., Dept. Microbiology, Taichung, Taiwan CIARCIA R., Dipartimento di Strutture, Funzioni e Tecnologie Biologiche, Napoli, Italy CILLO U., Dip. di Sciente Chirurgiche & Gastroenterologiche, P.G. Cevese, Padova, Italy CISSE A., Association Malienne Contre le Cancer , A.M.L.C., Bamako, Republic of Mali CLARK B., Inst. Molecular Biology, Univ. Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark CLARKE R., Dept. Oncology, Georgetown Univ. Med. Ctr., Washington, DC, USA COCCO L., Cellular Signalling Lab., Dept. Anatomical Sci., Univ. Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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COLLERY P., Service de Cancerologie, Polyclinique Maymard, Bastia, France COLOMBO M.L., Dept. Plant Biology, Univ. Turin, Turin, Italy COMINCINI S., Dip. di Biologia Animale & IGM-CNR, Univ. Pavia, Pavia, Italy CONSTANTINOU A., Univ. Cyprus, Dept. Biological Sci., Faculty Pure & Applied Sci., Nicosia, Cyprus CONTI C., St. Anna Hosp., Como, Italy COOKE H., Bristol Cancer Help Ctr., Bristol, UK COOLEY D., Dep. Vet. Clin. Sci. & Pathobiology, G.P.Murphy Cancer Foundation, W.Lafayette, USA CORDONE I., Lab. Clin. Pathology & Haematology, Regina Elena Cancer Inst., Rome, Italy CREPIN M., Universite de Paris 13, U553, ERITM 0224, SMBH, Bobigny, France CRISTALI M., Inst. Chemical Tech., CNR, Rome, Italy CROSS H., Dept. Pathophysiology, Med. Univ. Vienna, Vienna, Austria CZAKO G., Dept. Preventive Med. Univ. Pecs, Pecs, Hungary D' ALESSANDRO R., Lab. Clin. Pathology, Regina Elena Cancer Inst., Rome, Italy D' AMATO M., Microbiology & Tumor Biology Ctr. - MTC, Karolinska Inst., Stockholm, Sweden D’ AMBROSIO S.M., Depts Radiology and Pharmacology, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, USA DANLADI A., Nigeria DAS K., Dept. Urology, Singapore General Hosp., Singapore DAVIDSON B., Dept. Physiology, Univ. Witwatersrand Med. Sch., Johannesburg, S. Africa DE BRAEKELEER M., Lab. Cytogenetic, Fac. Medecine & Sci. Sante & CHU Morvan, Brest, France DE CERTAINES J., Centre Eugene Marquis, Universite de Rennes I, Rennex, France DE FABRITIIS P., Dept. Haematology, Univ. Rome , Rome, Italy DELBELLO A., Dept. General Surg., Univ. Trieste, Trieste, Italy DELICONSTANTINOS G., Dept. of Exp. Physiology, Univ. Athens Med. Sch, Athens, Greece DELLIAN M., Dept. Otorhinolaryngology , Univ. Munich, Munich, Germany DEL MAESTRO R., Brain Tumour Res.Ctr., Montreal Neurological Inst.& Hosp., Montreal, Quebec, Canada DE LOECKER W., Winksele, Belgium DEGAN P., S.C. Mutagenesi, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, IST, IRCCS, Genova, Italy DEGLI ESPOSTI ELISI S., Univ. Bologna, Dept. Sci. Education, Bologna, Italy DEL VECCHIO, I. Dept. Genetics & Mircobiology, Univ. Pavia, Pavia, Italy DEMERTZIS N., Dept. Orthopaedic Surg., Metaxa Cancer Hosp., Pireus , Greece DEMETZOS K., Sch. Pharmacy, Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece DENNERT G., AGBKT, Med. Klinik 5, Nuernberg, Germany DE POL A., Dip. di Anatomia e Istologia, Univ. Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy DE RIDDER L., Dept. Anatomy, Embryology, Histology & Med. Physics, Ghent Univ., Gent, Belgium DE WEVER O., Lab. Experimental Cancerology, UZ-Gent, 1P7, Gent, Belgium D' HONT C., Dept. Urology, Military Hosp. Queen Astrid-Brussels, Gravenwezel, Belgium DI BENEDETTO M., Lab. Pharmacologie, Univ. Paris, Bobigny, France DIMAS K., Lab.Pharmacology-PharmacoTech., Foundation for Biomedicinal Res., Univ.Athens, Greece DI SILVERIO F. Dept. Urology, Univ. Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy DJANG A.H.K., Sante InterNat., Inc., Jamestown, NY, USA DOBRA K., Dept. Lab. Medicine, Karolinska Univ. Hosp., Stockholm, Sweden DONG Z., Hormel Inst., Univ. Minnesota, Austin, USA DREILICH M., Dept. Oncology, Univ. Hosp. Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden DRUZIJANIC N., Clin. Hosp. Split "Krizine", Split, Croatia DUAN R.D., Gastroenterology Lab, BioMed. Ctr., B11, Univ. Lund, Lund, Sweden DUBNER D., Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear, Buenos Aires, Argentina DUBOVETSKAYA O., Moscow Hertzen Res. Oncol. Inst., Moscow, Russia DUDHIA A., Harefield Hosp., Harefield, Middlesex, UK DUDHIA J., Harefield Hosp., Harefield, Middlesex, UK

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EBERT W., Thoraxclinic-Heidelberg gGmbH, Heidelberg, Germany ECKE T., Dept. Urology, Humaine Hosp., Bad Saarow, Germany EDGREN M., Radiumhemmet, Karolinska Hosp., Stockholm, Sweden EGGLETON P., Dept. Pathology, Univ. Exeter, , UK EINARSSON R., CanAg Diagnostics AB, Gothenburg, Sweden EISEMAN J.L., Univ. Pittsburg Cancer Inst., Res. Pavilion, Hillman Cancer Ctr., Pittsburgh, PA, USA EISENBACH L., Dept. Immunology, Weizmann Inst. Sci., Rehovot, Israel ELLING D., Dept. Gynecology & Obstetrics, Oskar-Ziethen-Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany ELSASSER-BEILE U., Dept. Urology, Univ.Freiburg, Freiburg Germany EMBER A., Dept. Surg., Policlinico Universitario Tor Vergata, Univ. Pecs, Pecs, Hungary EMBER I., Dept. Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Univ. Pecs, Pecs, Hungary ENGSTROM W., Dept. Pathology, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden ENSINGER C., Inst. Pathology, Med. Univ. Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria ERNBERG I., Microbiology & Tumor Biology Ctr. MTC, Karolinska Inst., Stockholm, Sweden ESKELINEN M., Dept. Surg., Univ. Hosp. Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland ESPOSITO V., 3rd Div. Infective Diseases, D. Cotugno Hosp., Naples, Italy EVERAUS H., Clinic Hematology and Oncology, Univ. Tartu, Tartu Univ. Clinics, Tartu, Estonia FACOETTI A., Dipt. di Biologia Animale, Univ. Pavia & IGM-CNR, Pavia, Italy FALASCA M., The Sackler Inst., Dept. Medicine, Univ. College London, London, UK FALUAHELYI Z., Inst. Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Univ. Pecs, Pecs, Hungary FANI M., Radiopharmacological Studies Lab., NCSR "Demokritos", Athens, Greece FAROUK A., Dept. Molecular BioTech., Intl. Islamic Univ. Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia FERNANDEZ-POL A., Metalloproteomics LLC, Chesterfield, USA FERREIRA M.J.U., Faculty Pharmacy, Univ. Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal FILIPPELLI L., Dept. Chemistry, Univ. Calabria, Italy FILIPPINI F., Dept. Biology, Univ. Padua, Padova, Italy FILLMORE H.L., Dept. NeuroSurg. , Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmont, Virginia, USA FIMOGNARI C., Dept. Pharmacology, Univ. Bologna, Bologna, Italy FIORENTINI G., Dept. Oncology, "S. Giuseppe" Gen. Hosp., Empoli, Florence, Italy FISHMAN P., Can-Fite BioPharma, Petach Tikva, Israel FIURASKOVA M., Inst. Pathology , Palacky Univ., Olomouc, Czech Republic FLIS S., Nat. Inst. Public Health, Warsaw, Poland FØNNEBØ V., Natl. Res. Ctr. Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Univ. Tromso, Tromso, Norway FOREST V., Equipe "Survie et Adherence dans les Cancers et les Greffes", St.-Etienne, France FORNARI D., 54L5, Inst. Pathology, Herlev Univ. Hosp. Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark FORSBERG-NILSSON K., Dept. Med. Biochem. & Microb., Uppsala Univ., Uppsala, Sweden FRANKFATER A., Div. Biochemistry, Loyola Med. Sch., Maywood, IL, USA FREIREICH E.J., Univ. Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Cengter, Houston, Texas, USA FREITAS I., Dept. Animal Biology, Univ. Pavia, Pavia, Italy FRIEDRICH M., Dept. Gynecology & Obstetrics, Univ. Schleswig-Holstein, Lubeck, Germany FRITZ G., Inst. Toxicology, Univ. Mainz, Mainz, Germany FROHLICH R., Dept. Molecular Biology, Univ. Aarhus, C.F., Aarhus, Denmark FRYDECKA I., Dept. Hematology, Wroclaw Med. Univ., Wroclaw, Poland FUKUSHIMA T., Dept. NeuroSurg. , Fukuoka Univ. Sch. Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan FURBERT-HARRIS P., Natl. Human Genome Ctr., Howard Univ. Cancer Ctr., Washington, DC, USA GALLHOFER S. Ransbach, Germany GALOSI A., Inst. Urology, Polytechnic Univ. Marche Region, Ancona, Italy GARBERO C., Faculty Medicine & Surg., Dept. Int. Medicine, Genova, Italy GAVRILOV V., Dept. Clin. Biochemistry, Soroka Univ. Med. Ctr., Beer Sheva, Israel

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GEBAUER G., Dept. Cell & Molecular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Ctr., San Diego, CA, USA GELDOF A.A., VU Univ. Med. Ctr., Amsterdam , Netherlands GERVASONI, JR. J.E., Fox Chase Cancer Ctr. at St. Francis Med. Ctr., Trento, NJ, USA GETOFF N., Ludwig Boltzmann Inst. for Radiation, Universitat Wien, Vienna, Austria GHADIMI M., Dept. General Surg., Univ. Med. Ctr. Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany GILLANDERS W.E. , Dept. Surg., MUSC, Charleston, SC, USA GILROY K.L., The Univ. Newcastle upon Tyne, The Med. Sch., Newcastle upon Tyne, UK GIOVAGNOLI M.R., II Sch. Medicine , "La Sapienza" Univ., Rome, Italy GLASSETT V., Univ. Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK GONIOTAKI M., Dept. Pharmacognosy and Nat. Product Chemistry, Sch. Pharmacy, Athens, Greece GOREZIS S., Dept. Ophthalmology, Univ. Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece GOSMAR M., Dept. Int. Medicine, Univ. Genova, Genova, Italy GRAFF J.R., Lilly Res. Labs, Eli Lilly and Company, Indpls, USA GRASES F., Univ. Balearic Islands, IUNICS, Lab. Renal Lithiasis Res., Palma de Mallorca, Spain GROEGER A., Dept. Cardiothoracic Surgery, Univ. Vienna, Vienna, Austria GUETTIER C., Dept. Pathology, Hosp. "Paul Brousse", Univ. Paris XI, Villejuif, France HABEEB F., Dept. Med. Lab. Sci., Kuwait Univ., Sulaibekhat, Kuwait HACKMAN R.M., Dept. Nurtition, Univ. California, Davis, USA HADJIMICHAEL C., Dept. Med. Representatives, KES College, Nicosia, Cyprus HAGEDORN H., Dept. Otorhinolaryngology, Grosshadern Med. Ctr. - Luduig-Maximilians-Univ. Munich, Munich, Germany HAGER E.D., Bad Bergzabern, Germany HAJOS G., Inst. Chemistry, Chemical Res. Ctr., Hungarian Academy Sci., Budapest, Hungary HARLOZINSKA A., Dept. Clin. Immunology, Wroclaw Med. Univ., Wroclaw, Poland HARREUS U., Dept. Otorhinolaryngology, Grosshadern Med. Ctr. - Luduig-Maximilians-Univ. Munich, Munich, Germany HARTMANN J., Vienna, Austria HATZIANTONIOU S., Sch. Pharmacy, Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece HAUPTMANN S., Inst. Pathology, MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany HAUSCHILD M., Dept. Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Charite - Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany HEDE M.S., Dept. Molecular Biology, Univ. Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark HELDIN P., Dept.Med.Biochemistry & Microbiology BioMed.Ctr., Ludwig Inst. Cancer Res., Uppsala, Sweden HELLBERG C., Ludwig Inst. for Cancer Res., Uppsala, Sweden HELLBERG D., Centre for Clin. Res., Falun, Sweden HENDRICH A., Dept. Biophysics, Wroclaw Med. Univ., Wroclaw, Poland HERR I., Dept. Molecular Oncology/Pediatrics, German Cancer Res. Ctr., Heidelberg, Germany HILAKIVI-CLARKE L., Dept. Oncology, Georgetown Univ. Med. Ctr., Washington, DC, USA HILTBRAND E.M., Dept. Radiology, Univ. Hosp. Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland HIRATA M., Faculty Dental Science, Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan HITORA T., Dept. Orthopaedic Surg., Kobe Univ. Graduate Sch. Medicine, Kobe, Japan HLOBILKOVA A., Lab. Molecular Pathology & Inst. Pathology, Palacky Univ., Olomouc, Czech Republic HO C.C., Chungtai Inst. Health, Sci. and Tech., Ta Kun, Taichung, Taiwan HOFFMAN R.T., Radiologiche Universitatsklinik, Klinikum Grosshadern, Munchen, Germany HOLUBEC L., Univ. Hosp. Pilsen, Czech Republic HORNEBECK W., CNRS UMR 6198, Universite de Reims, Faculte de Medecine, Reims, France HORNEBER M.A., Einheit fuer Knochen-marktransplantation, Klinikum Nord, Nuernberg, Germany HOSTANSKA K., Dept. Int. Medicine, F Gel 102, Univ. Hosp. Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland HSIEH W.T., Dept. Pharmacology, China Med. Univ., , Taichung, Taiwan HUANG Y.T., Inst. Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan HUGHES L., Sch. BioTech., Dublin City Univ., Dublin, Ireland HUMAR R., Depr. Res., Vascular Biology, Univ. Hosp. Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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HUNG S.W., Dept. Radiology, Taichung Veterans General Hosp., Taichung City, Taiwan HUSSAIN S., Faculty Allied Health, Kuwait Univ., Bayan, Kuwait IACOPINO F., Univ. Catholica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy IAKOVIDOU-KRITSI Z., Lab. Biology & Genetics, Med. Sch., Aristotle Univ., Thessaloniki, Greece ILEKUBA A., Univ. Ibadan, , Kuti hall, Ibadan INGVARSSON S., Inst. for Experimental Pathology, Univ. Iceland at Keldur, Reykjavik, Iceland IOACHIM E., Dept. Pathology, Med. Sch., Univ. Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece IOANNIDES C., Dept. Gynecologic Oncology, Univ. Texas - M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr., Houston, Texas, USA IOANNIDES P., Dept. Genetics, "G.Papanikolaou" Res. Ctr. - "St.Savvas" Oncological Hosp., Athens, Greece IOANNOU M., Dept. Orthopaedic Surg., Metaxa Cancer Hosp., Pireus , Greece ISBIR T., Dept. Molecular Medicine, Inst. Experimental Med. Res. - Istanbul Univ., Istanbul, Turkey IZBICKI J., Chirurgische Universitatsklinik, Universitatskrankenhaus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany IZUMCHENKO E., Ben-Gurion Univ., Dept. Clin. Biochemistry, Faculty Health Sci., Beer-Sheva, Israel JACKSON A., Danecroft, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, UK JACKSON K.M., Dept. Chemistry, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, USA JEONG K.S., Dept. Pathology, College Vet. Medicine, Kyungpook Nat. Univ., Daegu, Korea Sout JHANWAR S.C., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr., NY, USA JHANWAR-UNIYAL M., Dept. NeuroSurg. & Pathology, New York Med. College, Valhalla, NY, USA JONASDOTTIR T.J., Dept. Companion Animal Clin. Sci., Norwegian Sch. Vet. Sci., Oslo, Norway JORDAN A., Clinc Radiation Medicine, Ctr. BioMed. NanoTech. (CBN), Berlin, Germany KAHN H.J., Dept. Anatomic Pathology, Univ. Toronto, Toronto, Canada KAINA B., Inst. Toxicology, Univ. Mainz, Mainz, Germany KAISER H.E., ISSCO, Silver Spring, MD, USA KAKAGIANNE T., Hematology Div., Patras Univ. Med. Sch., Patras, Greece KALLINTERIS N.L. , Antigen Express Inc., Worcester, USA KANAKIS I.G., Lab. Biochemistry, Univ. Patras , Patras, Greece KAPPAS A.M., Dept. Surg., Ioannina Univ. Sch. Medicine, Ioannina, Greece KARAMANOS N., Dept. Chemistry, Univ. Patras , Patras, Greece KAROLAK-WOJCIECHOWSKA J., Inst. Clenic Ogolnej, Politechnika Lodzka, Lodz, Poland KATSARES I., Dept. Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Charite Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany KATSAROU M., NCSR "Demokritos", Athens, Greece KAWADA M., Numazu Bio-Med. Res. Inst., Microbial Chemistry Res. Ctr., Shizuoka, Japan KAWAMOTO T., Dept. Orthopaedic Surg., Kobe Univ., Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan KERI. G., Dept. Med. Chemistry & Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis Univ., Budapest, Hungary KIKUCHI Y., Nat. Defense Med. College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan KIM K.H., Dept. Physiology, Faculty Medicine, Univ. Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia KIRAN B., I.U. DETAE, Capa-Istanbul, Turkey KISS I., Dept. Public Health, Med. Faculty, Pecs Univ. Sci., Pecs, Hungary KLAPDOR R., Med. Clinic, Univ., Hamburg, Germany KLEEBERG U.R., Haematolog. Onkol. Praxis, Altona, Hamburg, Germany KLEIN E., Microbiology & Tumorbiology Ctr., Karolinska Inst., Stockholm, Sweden KLETSAS D., Lab. Cell Proliferation and Ageing, Inst. Biology, NCSR "Demokritos", Athens, Greece KNECHT R., Dept. Head & Neck Cancer, ORL-Univ-Clinic, Frankfurt, Germany KOHLER G., Dept. Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Univ. Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany KOHLER U., Dept. Gynaecology & Obstetrics, St. Georg Kliniken, Leipzig, Germany KOLIALEXI A., Dept. Med. Genetics, Univ. Athens Med. Sch, Athens, Greece KONE M., Association Malienne Contre le Cancer, A.M.L.C., Bamako, Republic of Mali KONGSTEN D., Dept. Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Charite Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany KORKMAZ S., Anadolu Univ., Faculty Pharmacy, Dept. Pharmacology, Eskisehir, Turkey

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KORPAN N., Vienna InterNat. Inst. for CryoSurg., Vienna, Austria KOSMA V.M., Dept. Pathology & Forensic Med., Univ. Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland KOTTARIDIS S., St. Savvas Hosp., Athens, Greece KOURELIS T., Dept. Oncology, Univ. Patras , Patras, Greece KOURETAS D., Dept. Biochemistry-BioTech., Univ. Thessaly, Larisa, Athens KOUSIDOU O.C., Lab. Biochemistry, Univ. Patras , Patras, Greece KOUTSILIERIS M., Dept. Experimental Physiology, Med. Sch., Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece KROUPIS C., Dept. Chemistry, Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece KRYSTOF V., Lab. Growth Regulators, Palacky Univ., Olomouc, Czech Republic KUMAR P., Manchester Metropolitan Univ., Manchester, UK KUMAR S., Dept. Pathology, Med. Sch., Univ. Manchester, Manchester, UK KUO H.M., China Med. Univ., Taichung, Taiwan KUROPKAT C., Dept. Otoryngology, Head & Neck Surg., Philipps-Univ. Marburg, Marburg, Germany KUSIC Z., Zagreb, Croatia KWAAN H.C., Dept. Medicine, Northwestern Univ. Feinberg Sch. Medicine, Chicago, USA KYZAS P., Dept. Pathology, Med. Sch., Univ. Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece LABROPOULOU V., Div. Oncology, Sch. Medicine, Univ. Patras, Patras, Greece LAGE H., Inst. Pathology, Charite Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany LAH T., Dept. Genetic Toxicology & Cancer Biology, Natl. Inst. Biology, Maribor, Slovenia LEE M.T., Inst. Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan LEHMANN W.D. , Central Spectroscopy, German Cancer Res. Ctr. (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany LELONG-REBEL I., IRCAD-Hospital, Strasbourg, France LENNARTSSON J., Ludwig Inst. for Cancer Res., BioMed. Ctr., Uppsala, Sweden LEONARD B.J.N., Canadian College Naturopathic Medicine, East Toronto, Ontario, Canada LESS D.B., Biol. Cancer Therapy, Nuernberg Clinic, Nuernberg, Germany LI J.J., Molecular Radiobiolgoy Div., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA LI W., Dept. Res. Vascular Biology, Univ. Hosp. Basel, Basel, Switzerland LIAKAKOS Th., Dept. Surg., Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece LIANIDOU E., Dept. Chemistry, Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece LICHTENEGGER W., Dept. Gynecologic Oncology, Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany LIN J.P., China Med. Univ., Taichung, Taiwan LIN S.S., Chungtai Inst. Health, Sci. and Tech., Ta Kun, Taichung, Taiwan LINCOLN D., Independent Res. Foundation, Chapel Hill, Qld, Australia LISLE R., Sch. Pharmacy & Biomed. Sci., Univ. Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK LUDVIKOVA M., Dept. Pathology, Charles Univ., Plzen, Czech Republic LUEFTNER D., Dept. Haematology & Oncology, Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany LUGNANI F., Cryoforum, Trieste, Italy LYONS-WEILER J., Dept. Pathology, Univ. Pittsburg, Pittsburg, PA, USA MACIAS R.I.R., Univ. Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain MAGIATIS P., Dept. Pharmacology, Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece MAIER J.A.M., Univ. Milan, Milan, Italy MAIWAND O., Harefield Hosp., Harefield, Middlesex, UK MAJUMDAR A.P.N., Dept. Int. Medicine, VA Med. Ctr., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, USA MALAFA M.P., Dept. Oncology & Surg., H.Lee Moffitt Cancer Ctr., Tampa, FL, USA MALBOHAN I.M., Dept. Med. Biochemistry, Charles Univ., Praha, Czech Republic MANDIC R., Dept. Otolaryngology, Univ. Marburg, Marburg, Germany MANENTI G., Diagnostic Imaging &Interventional Dept., Univ. Rome, Rome, Italy MAOUNIS N., Sismanoglion General Hosp., Athens, Greece MARAGOUDAKIS M., Dept. Pharmacology, Univ. Patras, Patras, Greece

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MARIN J. J.G., Dept. Physiology & Pharmacology, Univ. Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain MARIOTTI S., Dept. Med. Oncology, Univ. Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy MARTORANA G., Clinica Urologica, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy MARUYAMA M., Dept. Surg., Chiba East Nat. Hosp., Chuo-ku, Chiba, Japan MASALA S., Diagnostic Imaging &Interventional Dept., Univ. Rome, Rome, Italy MASCOLO M., Dept. Biomorphology & Funcitonal Studies, Federico II Univ., Naples, Italy MASUDA T., Numazu Bio-Med. Res. Inst., Microbial Chemistry Res. Ctr., Numazu-shi, Shizuoka, Japan MATSINGOU C., Dept. Pharmaceutical Tech., Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece MATTERN J., German Cancer Res. Ctr., Heidelberg, Germany MAUBEC E., Dept. Dermatology, Inst. Gustave Roussy, Villejuif , France MAZUREK S., Inst. for Biochemistry & Endocrinology, Vet. Faculty, Univ. Giessen, Giessen, Germany MENEGAZZO M., Chirurgia Generale, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Padova, Italy MEYERS C., Dept. Microbiology & Immunology, Penn State College of Med., Hershey, PA, USA MICHALAK K., Dept. Biophysics, Wrocalw Med. Univ., Wroclaw, Poland MILITSOPOULOU M., Biochemistry Dept., Univ. Patras, Patras, Greece MILLER M.J., Dept. pathology & Lab. Med., European Inst. Oncology, Milan, Italy MINEV B., Univ. California-San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA MITROPOULOS D., Dept. Urology, Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece MIURA M., Dept. Surg. II, Yokohama City Univ., Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa, Japan MOHAMMAD F.M.A., Dept. Med. & Lab. Sci, Kuwait Univ., Sulaibekhat, Kuwait MOLINARO A. M., U.O. Radioterapia e Radiobiologia, Catanzaro , Italy MOLNAR J., Dept. Med. Microbiology, Univ. Szeged, Szeged , Hungary MOMOSE I., Numazu Bio-Med. Res. Inst., Shizuoka, Japan MOSCA D., IP-6 Research Inc., USA MOTOHASHI N., Meiji Univ. MUCSI I., Dept. Med. Microbiology, Univ. Szeged, Szeged , Hungary MUELLER M.M., German Cancer Res. Ctr. (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany MULEY Th., Dept. Surg., Thoraxklinik-Heidelberg GmgH, Heidelberg, Germany MULLER-BRAND J., Dept. Nuclear Med., Univ. Basel, Basel , Switzerland MULTANI A.S., Dept. Molecular Genetics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr., Houston, TX, USA MUMFORD J., US EPA, Res. Triangle Park, NC , USA MUNOZ J.P., Millennium Inst., Nunoa, Santiago, Chile MURAKAMI M., Dept. Surg. & Oncology, Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan MUSTEA A., Dept. Gynecology &Obstetrics, Charite-Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany NADASI E., Dept. Public Health & Preventive Med., Univ. Pecs, Pecs, Hungary NAGLER R., Dept. Oral & Maxillofacial Surg., Rambam Med. Ctr., Haifa, Israel NAGY B., Dept. Oncotherapy, Szeged Med. Univ., Szeged, Hungary NAGYERI G., Univ. Szeged, Szeged, Hungary NAIDOO S., Dept. Pharmacology, Univ. KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa NAKAMURA K., Dept. Pharmacology, Mukogawa Women's Univ., Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan NAKASHIMA H., Dept. Cancer Therapy and Res., Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan NANO R., Dept. Animal Biology, Univ. Pavia, Pavia, Italy NASIOULAS G., Dept. Molecular Biology, HYGEIA Res. Ctr., Athens, Greece NASIR A., Univ. South Florida, College Medicine, H. LeeMoffitt Cancer Ctr., Tampa, USA NAUJOKS K., Munich Biotech AG, Munich, Germany NEMETH A., Dept. Public Health & Preventive Med., Univ. Pecs, Pecs, Hungary NESSELHUT T., Inst. for Tumourtherapy, Duderstadt, Germany NICOLAU C., Tufts Univ., Boston, MA, USA NIKITOVIC D., Dept. Histology, Univ. Crete, Crete, Greece

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NILGES K., Dept. Gynecology & Obstetrics, Univ. Mainz, Mainz, Germany NISATO R. , Dept. Morphology, Univ. Med. Ctr. Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland NOHL H., , Vet. Univ. Vienna, Vienna, Austria NOVAK J., Dept. Biology, Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, USA NOWRASTEH G., Univ. Pecs, Pecs, Hungary NTOULIA M., Dept. Chemistry, Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece O'DRISCOLL L., Nat. Insitute for Cellular BioTech., Dublin City Univ., Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland OESTERGAARD V.H., Dept. Molecular Biology, Univ. Aarhus, C.F., Aarhus, Denmark OHKOSHI M., Dept. Healthcare, Showa Gakun Univ., Abiko-shi, Japan OLA M.B., Green Cross Clinic, Sunnyside, Pretoria, South Africa OLAH E. , Dept. Molecular Genetics, Natl. Inst. Oncology, Budapest, Hungary OLLONEN P., Dept. Social & Health Affairs, State Office Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland OPOLSKI A., Dept. Experimental Oncology, Inst. Polish Academy Sci., Wroclaw, Poland ORLOVA A., BioMed. Radiation Dept., Rudbeck Lab., Uppsala , Sweden ORSOS Z., Dept. Public Health & Preventive Med., Univ. Pecs, Pecs, Hungary ORTIZ-GONZALEZ J., Nat. Inst. Cancerology, Tlalpan, Mexico OSKAY-OZCELIK G., NOGGO, Berlin, Germany OSTBY P.-A., CanAg Diagnostics AB, Sweden OZAWA T., Dept. Neurological Surg., Univ. California, San Francisco, USA OZAWA T., Dept. Neurological Surg., Univ. California, San Francisco, USA OZCELIC E., NOGGO, Berlin, Germany PACE-ASCIAK C., Hosp. for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada PAGE M., Dept. de Biologie Med.e, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada PALMIROTA R., Regina Elena Cancer Inst., Rome, Italy PANANI A.D., Critical Care Dept., Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece PANDI E., Nat. Institute Oncology, Budapest, Hungary PANOTOPOULOU E., G. Papanikolaou Res. Ctr., "St. Savvas" Hosp., Athens, Greece PANOUTSOPOULOS G., Dept. Pharmacology, Med. Sch., Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece PAPADIOTIS E., Dept. Pathology, Univ. Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece PAPADOPOULOU M.V., Radiation Medicine Dept., Evanston NE Healthcare /NWU, Evanston, USA PAPAEFTHYMIOU O.A., Dept. Pathology, Sch. Medicine, Univ. Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece PAPAGIANNAROS A., Dept. Pharm. Technol., Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece PAPASPYROY I., "St. Savvas" Hosp., Athens, Greece PARK T.W., Dept. Obstetrics & Gynecology, Univ. Bonn, Bonn, Germany PARKER K., Cellular & Molecular Neuro-oncology Group, Univ. Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK PASCU M., Medicine & Health; Biomaterials, ESF-Cost Office, Brussels, Belgium PASQUALINI J.R., Hormones & Cancer Res. Unit, Institut Puericulture & Perinatalogie, Paris, France PATHAK S., Dept. Molecular Genetics, Univ.Texas, M.D.Anderson Cancer Ctr., Houston, Texas, USA PATRIARCA C., U.O. Anatomia Patologica, Azienda Ospedaliera di Melegnano, Milan, Italy PAVLAKIS K., Dept. Pathology, Med. Sch. , Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece PAVLIDIS N., Med. Sch., Univ. Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece PAVONE M., Italy PAZSIT E.I., Miskolc Diosgyor Hosp., Miskolc, Hungary PENNING L.C., Dept. Clin. Sci. Companion Animals, Utrecht Univ., Utrecht, Netherlands PERRET G., Univ. Paris, 13 Med. Faculty, Montmorency, France PERSIANI R., Dept. Surg., Med. Sch., Catholic Univ. Rome, Rome, Italy PETERLIK M., Dept. Pathophysiology, Med. Sch., Univ. Vienna, Vienna, Austria PETINELLIS E., Univ. Hosp. Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece PFRAGNER R., Dept. Pathophysiology, Med. Univ. Graz, Graz, Austria

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PHILIPP T., Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft, Frankfurt, Germany PILKINGTON G.J., Cellular & Molecular Neuro-oncology Group, Univ. Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK PINTZAS A., Inst. Biological Res. & BioTech., Natl. Hellenic Res. Foundation, Athens, Greece PLATSOUCAS C.D., Dept. Microbiology & Immunology, Temple Univ. Sch. Medicine, Philadelphia, USA PODHORSKA-OKOLOW M., Dept. Histology/Embryology, Wroclaw Univ., Wroclaw, Poland POMPELLA A., Dept. Experimental Pathology & BMIE, Univ. Pisa Med. Sch., Pisa, Italy PONTIGGIA P., Centro Ipertermia, San Genesio (PV), Italy POPIOLKIEWICZ J., Nat. Inst. Public Health, Flow Cytometry Lab., Warsaw, Poland PORICI O., "St. Savvas" Hosp., Athens, Greece PRAJDA N., MEDITEST Ltd., Budapest, Hungary PRATS H., INSERM, Toulouse, France PREZIOSO D., Clinica Urologica, Univ. Napoli "Federico II", Napoli, Italy PRIETO R., Univ. Balearic Islands, IUNICS, Lab. Renal Lithiasis Res., Palma de Mallorca, Spain PROKHOROV D., Central Rese. Inst. Radiology & Radiation Therapy, Russia PUIU L., Inst. Oncology "Prof. Dr. Alex Trestioreanu", Bucharest, Romania PUSTYNSKIY I.N., Russian Cancer Res. Ctr., Russian Acad. Med. Sci., Moscow, Russia RADACS M., Univ. Szeged, Szeged, Hungary RALLIS M., Dept. Pharm. Technol., Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece RAMAPRASAD S., Fox-Chase Cancer Ctr., St. Francis Med. Ctr., Trenton, NY, USA RAUSCHER, Gene Empression & Regulation Program, Wistar Inst., Philadelphia, USA REBEL G., IRCAD, Strasbourg, France RECCHIA F., Oncology Div., Univ. L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy REDMONT A., Dept. Cellular & Molecular Biology, Dublin City Univ., Inchicore, Dublin, Ireland RENNER M., Dept. Molecular Genome Analysis, German Cancer Res.Ctr.(DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany RIED T., Nat. Cancer Inst., Bethesda, USA RIEDL S., Inst. Chemistry, Chemical Res. Ctr., Hungarian Academy Sci., Budapest, Hungary RIGAUD M., Dept. Molecular Genetics, CHU Dupuytren, Limoge, France RIHUETE I., Oncology Univ., Hosp. Univ. de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain ROBERTSON F.M., The Ohio State Univ., College Medicine, Columbus, USA ROCCO D., Dept. Dermatology, Pagani's Hosp., Napoli, Italy RODE W., Neucki Inst. Biology, Waiszawa, Poland ROGOVIN J.L., Jarrow Formulas, Inc., Los Angeles, USA RONQUIST G., Dept. Med. Sci., Clin. Chemistry, The Univ. Hosp., Uppsala, Sweden ROOPRAI H.K., Sch. Pharmacy & BioMed. Sci., Univ. Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK ROSSI T., Dept. Pharmaceutical Sci., Univ. Modena & Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy ROSSION I., Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft e.V., Frankfurt, Germany ROUKOS D.H., Dept. Surg., Sch. Medicine, Ioannina Univ., Ioannina, Greece ROUSSI S., UMRS392 - IRCAD, 1, pl. de l' Hopital, Strasbourg, France ROUSSIDIS A.E., Lab. Biochemistry, Univ. Patras, Patras, Greece RUBINSTEIN N., Lab. Immunogenetica, Hosp. Clinicas UBA, , RUBIO C.A. , Dept. Pathology, Karolinska Insitute & Univ. Hosp., Stockholm, Sweden RUSIECKA M., Dept. Oncology & Gynecol. Oncology Clinic, Wroclaw Med. Univ., Wroclaw, Poland RUTTEMAN G.R. , Dept. Clin. Sci. Companion Animals, Utrecht Univ., Utrecht, Netherlands SAHMOUN A.E. , Univ. North Dakota Sch. Medicine, Fargo, ND, USA SAIKO P., Clin. Inst. Med. & Chem. Lab. Diagnostics, General Hosp. Vienna, Vienna, Austria SAKAMOTO, Sakamot Clinic Gastroenterology, Ota City, Gunma, Japan SALGIA R., Univ. Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA SANGUEDOLCE R., Dip. Sci. Farmacol., Univ. Palermo, Palermo, Italy SANSOM C., Sch. Crystallography, Birbeck College, London, UK

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SANTARELLI A., Inst. Dental Sci., Univ. Ancona, Ancona, Italy SAUNDERS G.F., Dept. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, M.D.Anderson Cancer Ctr.,Univ.Texas, Houston, Texas, USA SAUNDERS N., Dept. Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hosp., Brisbane, Australia SCHAMBERGER C., Inst. Cancer Res., Med. Univ. Vienna, Vienna, Austria SCHIERHOLZ J.M., Inst. Sci. Evaluation, Univ. Cologne, Cologne, Germany SCHIFFER D., Dept. Neuroscience, Univ. Turin, Turin, Italy SCHLEMMER U., Fed. Res. Ctr. Nutrition & Food Location, Inst. Nutritional Physiology, Karlsruhe, Germany SCHNABEL R., II Dept. Medicine, Nyrio Gyula Hosp., Hungary SCHNEIDER J., Fundacion Tejerina, Madrid, Spain SCHNEIDER M.P., Dept. Organic. Chem.,Wuppertal, Germany SCHNEIDERHAN-MARRA N., Nat. and Med. Sci. Inst. (NMI), Dept. Biochemistry, Reutlingen, Germany SCHUELLER P., Dept. Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Univ. Muenster, Muenster, Germany SCOPINARO F., Dept. Nuclear Med., Univ. "La Sipienza", Rome, Italy SCORSETTI M., Dept. Radioterapia & Radiochirurgia, Inst. Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, MI, Italy SEBESTYEN A., Dept. Public Health, Faculty Medicine, Univ. Pecs, Pecs, Hungary SEHOULI J., Dept. Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Charite - Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany SETH A., Lab. Molecular Pathology, Health Sci. Ctr., Toronto, Canada SHAMSUDDIN A.K.M., Univ. Maryland Sch. Medicine, Baltimore, USA SHANY S., Dept. Clin. Biochem, Ben Gurion Univ., Beer Sheva, Israel SHARPLES D., Sch. Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sci., Univ. Manchester, Manchester, UK SHAW T.J. , Dept. Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Univ. Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada SHEN X., Dept. Carcinogenesis, Univ. Texas - M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr., Smithville, TX, SHOPOVA M., Photomed Ltd., Sofia, Bulgaria SHUCKLA S.K., Dip. Ambiente Connessa Prevenzione Primaria, Inst. Superiore Sanita, Rome, Italy SICA G., Universita Cattolica del S. Cuore, Roma, Italy SIDI Y., Dept. Medicine C, Lab Molecular Cell Biology, Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Hashomer, Israel SINGH-RANGER G., London, UK SIRACUSANO S., Dept. Urology, Trieste Univ., Trieste, Italy SITAR G., Dept. Medicine, Univ. Pavia, Pavia, Italy SKORSKI T., Ctr. for BioTech., Temple Univ., Philadelphia, USA SLAVK I., Dept. Pediatrics, Univ. Vienna, Vienna, Austria SLESAK B., Dept. Clin. Immunology, Wroclaw Med. Univ., Wroclaw, Poland SMETANA K., Inst. Hematology & Blood Transfusion, Praque, Czech Republic SMITH K., Med. Res. Lab., Univ. Hull, Hull, UK SNAPKA R.M. , Dept. Radiology, The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, USA SOINOV L., Microarray Informatics Group, European Bioinformatics Inst., Hinxton, Cambridge, UK SOKOLOFF T., IP-6 InterNatl., Melbourne, USA SORENSEN D.R. , Ctr. for Comparative Medicine - Rm A3, U001B, et, Univ. Oslo, Oslo, Norway SOUCHELNYTSKYI S., Ludwig. Inst. Cancer Res., BioMed. Ctr., Uppsala , Sweden SPACKOVA K., Lab. Experimental Medicine, Dept. Pediatrics, Palacky Univ., Olomouc, Czech Republic SPILA A., Lab. Clin. Pathology, Regina Elena Cancer Inst., Rome, Italy STAIBANO S., Dipt. Anatomia Patologica & Citopatologia, Universita di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli, Italy STATHOPOULOU A., Dept. Med. Oncology, Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece STEFANOU D., Med. School, Univ. Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece STENDAHL U., Dept. Oncology, Univ. Umea, Umea, Sweden STENDEL R., Dept. NeuroSurg., Charite - Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany STIGBRAND T., Dept. Immunology, Univ. Umea, Umea, Sweden STROJNIK T., Dept. NeuroSurg., Maribor Teaching Hosp., Maribor, Slovenia STRUTYNKSA-KARPINSKA M., Dept. Gastrointestinal Surg., Med. Univ. Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland

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STURTZ F.G., CHU Limoges, Limoges, France SURESH M., Faculty Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sci., Univ. Alberta, Edmonton, Canada SUROWIAK P., Dept. Histology and Embryology, Univ. Sch. Medicine, Wroclaw, Poland SZEKERES T., Med. Univ. Vienna, Vienna, Austria TALLBERG T., The Inst. Bio-Immunotherapy, Helsinki, Finland TAN G.K., Dept. Physiology, Univ. Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia TANASESCU M.P., "Andrei Saguna" Natl. College, Brasov, Romania TAPER H.S., Unite Pharm., Metab., Nutr. & Toxic., Univ. Catholique Louvain, Brussels, Belgium TARASIUK J., Dept. Biochemistry, Faculty Nat. Sci., Univ. Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland TARLE M., Univ. Hosp. Sestre Milosodnice, Zagreb, Croatia THALHAMMER T., Inst. Pathophysiology, General Hosp. Vienna, Med. Hosp. Vienna, Vienna, Austria THANK N.G., Dept. Biochemistry & Med. Chemistry, Univ. Pecs, Pecs, Hungary THEOCHARIS A.D., Lab. Biochemistry, Univ. Patras, Patras, Greece THEOPHANIDES T., Dept. Radiation Chemistry & Biospectroscopy, Technical Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece TIAN J., Sch. Pharmacy, Yantai Univ., Yantai, China TIBOLD A., Dept. Public Health, Med. Sch. Univ. Pecs, Pecs, Hungary TIMAR J., Dept. Tumor Progression, National Inst. of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary TOBIN A., Univ. Leicester, Dept. Cell Physiology & Pharmacology, Leicester, UK TOMLIN A., Minervation Ltd., 7200 The Quorum, Oxford, UK TOPOLCAN O., Med. Faculty, Charles Univ., Pilsen, Czech Republic TOUMBIS E., Dept. Physiology, Univ. Athens Med. Sch, Athens, Greece TOVARI J., Dept. Tumor Progression, Budapest, Hungary TRIBUKAIT B., Dept. Oncology - Pathology, Karolinska Univ. Hosp. & Inst., Stockholm, Sweden TRICARICO M., CNR Inst. Neurobiology & Molecular Medicine, Rome, Italy TRNKA F., Vcelna, Czech Republic TROJANEC R., Lab. Experimental Medicine, Dept. Pediatrics, Palacky Univ., Olomouc, Czech Republic TRUSOLINO L., Div. Molecular Oncology, IRCC-Inst.Cancer Res. & Treatment, Univ. Turin, Turin, Italy TSAKALOF A., Dept. Medicine, Lab. Chemistry & Biochemistry, Univ. Thessaly, Larissa, Greece TSANOU E., Dept. Pathology, Univ. Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece TSIANOS, Dept. Int. Medicine & Gastroenterology, Univ. Ioannina Med. Sch., Ioannina, Greece UEBERALL F., Med. Chemistry & Biochemistry, Med. Univ. Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria VADGAMA J., Div. Cancer Res. & Training, Dept. Medicine, UCLA Sch. Medicine, LA, California VALDAGNI R., Natl. Cancer Inst., Milan, Italy VANDERLINDEN K., Ocean Walk Med. Ctr., West Vancouver, Canada VANHOECKE B., Dept. Gynecological Oncol., Univ. Gent, Gent, Belgium VAN TRAPPEN P., Bartholomew's Hosp., London, UK VARGA A., Inst. Biology, Hamboldt Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany VARGA T., Univ. Pecs, Pecs, Hungary VARJAS T., Dept. of Public Health & Preventive Med. VARVARIGOU A., NCSR "Demokritos", Athens, Greece VILLANI F., U.O. Pneumologia & Fisiopatologia Respiratoria, Inst. Nazionale Studio &Cura Tumori, Milan, Italy VILLIOTOU V., Dept. Clin. Chemistry, Piraeus Cancer Hosp. "Metaxa", Pireus , Greece VIVEIROS M., Unit Mycovacteriology, Inst. Higiene Med. Tropical, Lisbon, Portugal VOICU L., Bucharest, Romania VOTRUBA M., Mi-Vo-La, , Praha, Czech Republic VUCENIK I., Dept. Med. & Res. Tech., Univ. Maryland Sch. Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA WANG Z., Shandong Engineering Res. Ctr. Nat. Drugs, Pharmacy Sch. Yantai Univ., Yantai, China WASOWSKA M., Inst. BioTech. and Antibiotics, Warsaw, Poland WATERS D., Dept.Vet. Clin.Sci., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN , USA

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WATSON D., Dept. Pathology, Univ. South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA WATSON P., Dept. Med. , Univ. South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA WEBB M. , Hadleywood Health Care, Barnet Herts, UK WEBER G., Dept. Experimental Oncol., Indiana Univ., Indianapolis, IN, USA WEBER W., Dept. Med. Oncology, Clin. Cancer Etiology Unit, Basel, Switzerland WEISSMAN B.E., Dept. Pathology and Lab. Medicine, Univ. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA WENNER C.E., Roswell Park Cancer Inst., Cancer Cell Ctr., Dept. Immunology, Buffalo, USA WERNER A., Munich Biotech AG, Neuried, Germany WERNER J., Dept. Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surg., Univ. Marburg, Marburg, Germany WESOLOWSKA O., Dept. Biophysics, Wroclaw Med. Univ., Wroclaw, Poland WOLPERT E., Microbiology and Tumorb. Ctr., Karolinska Inst.t, Stockholm, Sweden WRULICH O.A., Div. Med. Biochemistry, Med. Univ. Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria WU L.T., China Med. Univ., Taichung, Taiwan YALCIN I., Dept. Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Ankara Univ., Ankara, Turkey YAMAMOTO T., Kobe Univ., Kobe, Japan YAMANAKA N., Dept. Cancer Therapy, Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka , Japan YAMASAKI E., The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA YANG G.-Y., Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA YOSHIDA J., Dept. NeuroSurg., Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan YOSHIOKA Y., Dept. Multidisciplinary Radiotherapy, Osaka Univ., Osaka, Japan YU C.S., China Med. Univ., Taichung, Taiwan YU F.S., China Med. Univ., Taichung, Taiwan ZABAROVSKY E.R., Microbiology and Tumor Biology Ctr., Karolinska Inst., Stockholm, Sweden ZANALETTI F., Italy ZANKPE K., Association Pont Togo, Lome, Togo ZEIDLER R., Univ. Munich, Munich , Germany ZELINI P., Dept. Animal Biology, Univ. Pavia, Pavia, Italy ZHAI L., Dept. Clin. Microbiology, RigsHosp.et, Copenhagen, Denmark ZHAN S., Dept. Pathology, Univ. Maryland, Rockville, MD, USA ZHENG Q., Dept. Biochemistry, Yantai Univ., Yantai, China ZHIRNOVOI V., Russia ZIMMER S.G., Dept. Microbiology & Immunology, Univ. Kentucky, Lexington, USA ZIPORI D., Weizmann Inst. Science, Rehovot, Israel ZIRGANOS N., Dept. Pathology, Agios Savvas Hosp., Athens, Greece ZORAS O., Univ. Crete, Crete, Greece ZOU W., Liaoning Normal Univ., Dalian, China ZUPANSKA A. , Dept. Cell Biology, Nencki Inst.of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland ZUSMAN I., Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel ZYGALAKI E., Dept. Chemistry, Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece

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List of Speakers – Presenters

Name Abstract Session Name Abstract Session Name Abstract Session Number Number Number Number Number Number

Abdelhaleem M 1 35 Blohmer JU 51 48 D’Alessandro 599 20P Abonyi M 2 38 Boisson – Vidal C 52 54 D’ Amato M 101 16 Abrahamsson P-A 3 20 Bollito ER 53 17 D’ Ambrosio SM 102 58 Agarwal R 4 38 Boncz I 54 50P Das K 103 44P Agnantis NJ 5 49 55 50P Davidson B 104 33 Ahmed MM 6 27 Borras N 56 22 De Braekeleer M 105 36 Aigner KR 580 5 Bottiroli G 57 31 De Certaines J 106 10 Aliev G 7 36 Bouda J 58 9 Degan P 107 37P Alison M 8 41 Bracarda S 59 17 Degli Esposti Elisi S 108 10 Alvarez-Aguila NP 9 7P Bracke M 60 40 Delbello A 109 19 Alvarez - Milan I 10 44P Brasoveanu LI 61 24P Deliconstantinos G 111 56 Al –Yatama F 11 16P Brenner W 62 26 Dellian M 110 53 Amaral L 12 60 Brewer G 63 15 Del Maestro R 112 57 Amberger – Murphy V 13 57 Brozek W 64 21P De Pol A 113 37P Anastassopoulou JD 14 4P Bruland Ø 65 6 De Ridder L 114 57 Anderson D 15 36 Buonomo O 598 20P De Wever O 115 40 Andratschke M 16 11P Bussing A 66 47 D’ Hont C 116 19 Andrique L 17 16P 67 47 Di Benedetto M 117 52 Ansorge W 18 42 Dimas K 118 4P Aravantinos G 592 2 Cailliau K 68 36 119 4P Arkoumani E 19 50P Calderon PB 69 37 Djang AHK 120 4P Ascione R 594 26 Carlsson J 70 6 121 4P Aszalos A 20 60 Carmignani G 17 Dobra K 122 4P Aust S 21 37P Caruso MG 71 36 Dong Z 123 38 Avramis VI 22 46 Cavallini A 72 37P Dreilich M 124 54 Ayrault O 23 37P Ceroni M 73 31 Druzijanic N 125 38 Azimahtol HLP 24 27 Chang S 74 18 126 38P Chatsiproios D 75 48 Duan R-D 127 37 Bader Y 25 60P Chen HM 76 59 Dubner D 128 18 Bakhanashvili M 26 37P Chen M 77 4P Balbi C 27 17 Chen Y-S 78 56P Ecke T 129 20 Banerji P 28 39 Chidichimo G 79 7 Edgren M 130 20 Batistatou A 29 20P Chieco P 80 16 Eggleton P 131 38 30 49 81 35 Einarsson R 132 8 Bator J 31 33P Chiti A 82 31 Eiseman J 133 38 Bauer G 32 27 Chou F-I 83 32 Eisenbach L 587 36 Becker Y 33 60 Chukhlovin Ab 84 7 Elling D 134 48 Bekaert S 584 18 Chung J-G 85 27 Elsasser – Beile U 135 24 Beneduci A 34 4P Ciarcia R 86 4P Ember A 136 50P 35 7P Clark BFC 583 44 Ember I 137 56P Ben-Efraim S 36 24 Clarke R 87 60P 138 50P Benericetti E 37 31 88 42 Engström W 139 30 Berggren P-O 38 38 89 16P Ensinger C 140 24 Bergoc RM 39 7P Cocco L 90 38 Eskelinen M 141 5 40 7P Collery P 91 32 Esposito V 142 4 41 33P Colombo ML 92 58 42 33P Comincini S 93 31 Facoetti A 143 31 43 33P Constantinou A 94 50 144 31P Bergqvist M 44 46 Conti G 95 17 Falasca M 145 38 Bertaccini A 45 17 Cooke H 96 11P Faluhelyi Z 146 50P Beuth J 46 47 Cooley DM 97 45 Fani M 147 54 Bignardi M 47 31 Cordone I 600 20P Farouk A 148 38P Bignold L 48 55 Crepin M 98 4 Fernandez – Pol A 149 43 49 56 Cross H 99 21 Ferreira MJU 150 60P Bjerkvig R 50 57 Czako G 100 50P 151 60P

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Filippelli L 152 7 Hellberg D 205 50 Kiran B 258 39 Filippini F 153 28 Hendrich A 206 60 Kiss I 259 50P Fillmore HL 154 57 Herr I 207 46 Klapdor R 260 5 Fimognari C 155 4P Hilakivi – Clarke L 208 56P Kleeberg UR 261 47 Fiorentini G 579 5 209 55 Klein E 262 16 Fishman P 156 39 10 56P Kletsas D 263 45 Fiuraskova M 157 16P Hiltbrand EM 211 4 Knecht R 264 46 Flis S 158 28P Hirata M 212 38 Köhler G 265 48 Fønnebø V 159 22 Hitora T 213 37P Kolialexi A 585 36 Forest V 160 19 Hlobilkova A 214 16P Köngsten D 266 48 161 37P Ho C-C 215 56P Korkmaz S 267 32 Fornari D 162 10 Hoffman RT 581 5 Korpan N 268 19 Forsberg – Nilsson K 163 15 Holubec L 216 9 Kosma Y-M 588 25 Frankfater A 164 15 Hornebeck W 217 40 Kourelis T 269 20P 165 25 Horneber MA 218 22 270 20P Freireich EJ 166 45 Hostanska K 219 58 Kouretas D 271 59 Freitas I 167 41 Hsieh W-T 220 28P Kousidou OC 272 26P 168 41 Huang Y-T 221 59 Kroupis C 273 20P Friedrich M 169 21 Hughes L 222 26P Krystof V 274 33P Fritz G 170 32 Humar R 223 54 Kumar P 275 35 Frohlich R 171 37P Hung S-W 224 47P Kumar S 276 52 Frydecka I 172 24 Hussain S 225 20P Kuo H-M 277 28P Fukushima T 173 24 Kuropkat C 278 33 Iakovidou-Kritsi Z 226 33P Kwaan HC 279 41 Galosi A 174 19 Ingvarsson S 227 40 Kyzas P 280 54P Gavrilov V 175 21P Ioachim E 228 11 Gebauer G 176 42 Ioannides CG 229 24P Lambropoulou V 281 26P Geldof AA 177 10 Ioannidis P 230 20P Lage H 282 60 Gervasoni JE 178 3 Ioannou M 231 20P Lah T 283 57 Getoff N 179 33 Isbir T 232 50 Lehmann 284 44 Ghadimi BM 180 43 Izbicki J 233 5 Lejeune S 285 22 Gillanders WE 181 55 Izumchenko E 234 21P Lelong-Rebel I 286 35 182 23 Lennartsson J 287 15 Gilroy KL 183 37 Jackson KM 235 4P Leonard B 288 59P Giovagnoli MR 184 11 Jeong K-S 236 4P 289 59P 185 11 237 29 Liakakos T 290 49 Glassett V 186 57P Jhanwar SC 238 14 Lichtenegger W 291 48 Goniotaki M 187 4P Jhanwar – Uniyal M 239 26 Lin J-P 292 59P Gorezis S 188 20P Jonasdottir TJ 240 6 Lin S-S 293 56P Gosmar M 189 47P Jordan A 590 46 Lincoln D 294 30 Graff JR 190 3 Lisle R 295 57P Grases F 191 38 Kahn HJ 242 29 Ludvikova M 296 9 Kaina B 243 28 Lüftner D 297 48 Habeeb FM 192 20P Kakagianni T 244 28P Lugnani F 298 19 Hackman RM 193 58 Kallinteris NL 245 23 Lyons-Weiler J 604 55 Hadjimichael C 194 7P Kanakis IG 246 20P 195 7P Kappas AM 247 49 Macias RIR 299 33 Hagedorn H 196 55 248 49 Magiatis P 578 58 Hager ED 591 54 Karamanos N 249 26 Maier JAM 300 54 Hajos G 197 60 Katsares I 250 48 Maiwand O 301 19 Harlozinska A 198 25 Katsarou M 251 4P 302 19 Harreus U 199 56P Kawada M 252 4P Majumdar APN 303 3 Hauptmann S 200 40 Kawamoto T 253 4P Malafa M 304 2 Hauschild M 201 48 Keri G 254 32 Mandic R 305 16P Hede MS 202 16 Khalili K 255 13 306 16P Heldin P 203 34 Kikucki Y 256 46 Manenti G 307 20 Hellberg C 204 15 Kim KH 257 28 Maounis N 308 20P

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Name Abstract Session Name Abstract Session Name Abstract Session Number Number Number Number Number Number

Maragoudakis ME 309 37 Nowrasteh G 361 50P Prohkorov D 414 19 Marin JJG 310 2 Ntoulia M 362 20P Puiu L 415 60P Mariotti S 602 47P Pustynskyi IN 416 19 Martorana G 311 17 O’ Driscoll L 363 10 417 19 Maruyama M 312 7P Oestergaard VH 364 30 Masala S 313 46 Ohkoshi M 365 2 Radacs M 418 4P Mascolo M 314 20P Olah E 366 38 Rallis M 419 60P Matsingou C 315 4P Ollonen P 367 8 Recchia F 420 23 Maubec E 597 54 Opolski A 368 4P Redmond A 421 4P Mazurek S 316 41 369 58 Renner M 422 29 317 9 370 21P Ried T 423 42 Menegazzo M 318 41 Orlova A 582 6 Rigaud M 424 52 Meyers C 319 55 Orsos Z 371 50P Robertson FM 425 52 Michalak K 320 60 Ortiz – Gonzalez J 372 5 Rocco D 426 11P Militsopoulou M 321 37P Oskay-Ozcelik G 373 48 Rode W 427 29 Miller MJ 322 20P Ozawa T 374 4P Ronquist G 428 35 Minev B 323 23 Rooprai HK 429 57P Mitropoulos D 324 24 Pace-Asciak C 375 3 Rossi T 430 4 Miura M 325 11P Pagé M 376 32 Roukos DH 431 49 Mohammad FMA 326 20P Palmirotta R 601 20P Roussi S 432 28P Molinaro AM 327 7 Palumbo C 377 28P Roussidis AE 433 33 Molnar J 328 60 Panani AD 378 9 Rubio CA 434 25 329 60P 379 37P Rusiecka M 435 20 330 60P Pandi E 380 50P Rutteman G 436 40 595 60P Panoutsopoulos GI 381 50P Momose I 331 4P Papadiotis E 382 20P Sahmoun AE 437 25 Motohashi N 332 58 Papadopoulou MV 383 2 Sakamoto K 438 38P Mucsi I 333 60P 384 4P 439 38P Mueller M 334 57 Papaefthymiou OA 385 37P Salgia R 440 13 Muley T 335 9 Papagiannaros A 386 33P Sanguedolce R 441 20 336 9 Papaspyrou I 387 50P Sansom C 442 44 Müller-Brand J 337 5 Parker K 388 57P Santarelli A 443 20 Multani AS 338 18 Pasqualini JR 389 3 Saunders N 444 34 Mumford J 339 18 Pathak S 390 18 Schamberger C 445 27 Munoz JP 340 29 Patriarka C 391 17 Schierholz JM 446 47 Murakami M 341 4P Pavlakis K 392 16P Schiffer D 447 34 Mustea A 342 48 Pazsit EI 393 50 Schlemmer U 448 38P Penning LC 394 40 Schnabel R 449 50P Nadasi E 343 16P Persiani R 395 50P Schneider J 450 11P Nagler R 344 56 Peterlik M 396 29 451 50P Nagy B 345 60 Petinellis EG 397 50P 452 26P Nakamura K 346 4P Pfragner R 398 23 453 11P Nakashima H 347 24P Philipp T 399 22 Schneider MP 454 3 Nano R 348 31P Pilkington GJ 400 57 Schneiderhan-Marra N 455 44 Nasioulas G 349 50 Pintzas A 401 28 Schüller P 456 32 Nasir A 350 10 Platsoucas CD 402 23 Scopinaro F 457 6 351 10 Podhorska-Okolow M 403 28P Scorsetti M 458 31P Naujoks K 352 53 404 11P Sebestyen A 459 50P Nemeth A 353 33P Pompella A 405 41 460 50P Nesselhut T 354 24 Pontiggia P 406 46 Sehouli J 461 48 Nicolaou C 355 38 Popiolkiewicz J 407 59P Sergeeva NS 462 11 Nikitovic D 356 16P 408 59 Shany S 463 21 357 16P Porichi O 409 50P 464 21P Nilges K 358 24P Prajda N 410 38P Shaw TJ 465 4 Nisato RE 359 52 Prats H 411 54 Shen X 466 38 Nohl H 596 13 Prezioso D 412 17 Shopova M 467 33P Novak JF 360 2 Prieto RM 413 38P Shukla SK 468 32

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Sica G 469 36 Than NG 506 28 Wasowska M 541 4P 470 29 Theocharis AD 507 30 Waters D 542 45 471 2 Theophanides T 508 4 Watson DK 543 20 472 17 Tian J 509 59P 544 34 Sidi Y 473 4 510 59P 545 44 Singh-Rauger G 589 36 511 59P Watson P 546 13 Siracusano S 474 47 Tibold A 512 50P Weber G 547 38 Sitar G 475 20 Timar J 513 25 Weber W 548 12, 22 Skorski T 476 34 Tobin A 514 38 Weissman BE 549 14 Slavc I 477 44P Tomlin A 515 22 Wenner CE 550 14 Slesak B 478 55 Topolcan O 516 20 Werner A 551 53 Smetana K 479 41 517 20P Wesolowska O 552 60 Smith K 480 24 Toumbis E 586 56P Worpert E 553 23 Snapka RM 481 2 Tovari J 518 26P Wrulich O 554 37P Soinov L 482 43 Tribukait B 519 8 Wu L-T 555 56P Sorensen DR 483 53 Tricarico M 520 4P Souchelnytskyi S 484 44 Trojanec R 521 20P Yalcin I 556 60 Spackova K 485 33P 522 20P Yamamoto T 557 11P Spila A 603 20P Trusolino L 523 40 Yamanaka N 558 26P Stathopoulou A 486 20P Tsakalof A 524 59 Yang G-Y 559 38 Stigbrand T 487 6 Tsanou E 525 20P Yoshida J 560 31 Strojnick T 488 31 526 37P Yoshioka Y 561 7 Strutynsha-Karpinska M 489 11 Tsianos EV 527 49 Yu C-S 562 24P 490 18 Yu F-S 563 24P Sturtz F 491 46 Unak T 528 10 Suresh MR 492 6 Zabarovsky E 564 29 Surowiak P 493 10 Vadgama J 529 25 Zanaletti F 565 7 494 10 Valdagni R 531 17 Zeidler R 566 40 Szekeres T 495 32 Vanderlinden K 532 38 Zelini P 567 31P Van Trappen P 0 40 Zhan S 568 25 Tallberg T 496 56 Varga A 533 60P Zheng Q 569 33P 497 56 Varga T 534 50P 570 59P Tan G-K 498 28 Varjas T 535 56P Zimmer SG 571 13 Taper HS 499 32 Varvarigou A 536 6 Zipori S 572 41 Tarasiuk J 500 33 Villani F 537 11P Zoras O 573 19 Tarle M 501 20 Villiotou V 593 4P Zou W 574 29 502 20P Viveiros M 538 60 Zupanska A 575 16P 503 20 Vucenik I 539 38 Zusman I 576 39 504 20P Zygalaki E 577 54P Thalhammer T 505 29 Wang Z 540 59

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