ANTICANCER RESEARCH 24: 3393-3698 (2004) 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 3393 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 3395 This conference is dedicated to the memory of E. Eigenbrodt and G.N. Than 3397 ANTICANCER RESEARCH 24: 3393-3698 (2004) 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 3398 Abstracts of the 7th International Conference of Anticancer Research, 25-30 October 2004, Corfu, Greece 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.