Annual Congress Berlin 2008

Saturday, 04.10.2008
Sunday, 05.10.2008
Monday, 06.10.2008
Tuesday, 07.10.2008
Wednesday, 08.10.2008

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, abstract number.


Material from 2008:
  • 3952 Abstracts
  • 658 Slide presentations
  • 316 Webcasts
  • 96 Handouts
  • 1824 e-posters
  • 316 Multimedia files
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Biology and diagnosis of thoracic tumours

E-Communication Session
Chairs: E. Jassem (Gdansk, Poland), R. Yung (Baltimore Md, United States of America)
Telomerase vs CD34 and MIB1 in non small cell lung cancer
B. Cattaneo, O. Alabiso, D. Colangelo, S. Della Patrona, P. Tarsia, L. Allegra (Milan, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Akt induced cytoplasmic mislocalization of p27kip1 protein and correlated with poor prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma
Y. Guo, Y. Xie, X. Wang, H. Yang, M. H. Lee (Guangzhou, China; Texas, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The effects of dalteparin, a kind of low molecular weight heparin, on lung adenocarcinoma A549 cell line in vitro
X. Chen, W. Xiao (Ji Nan, China)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Identification of tumor-associate proteins in stage-I lung squamous cancer by proteomics
X. Zhan, H. Dai, S. Zhang (Beijing, China)
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Small cell lung cancer Xenografts can be successfully grafted from bronchoscopy derived samples: model for lung cancer translational research
R. Yung, J. Brandes, K. Romans, C. Rudin, M. Brock (Baltimore, MD, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Low doses of silver nitrate induce pleurodesis with a limited systemic response in rabbits
E. Marchi, F. Vargas, M. Acencio, L. Antonangelo, L. Teixeira, E. Genofre, R. Light (Sao Paulo, Brazil; Nashville, TN, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Diagnostic accuracy of CT-guided coaxial cutting needle lung biopsy of lung nodules
E. Kindt, J. C. Moeller, H. Hansen, F. Lander (Skive, Denmark)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Could 18F-FDG PET repeated within cycle 1 predicts objective response to chemotherapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)? A pilot study results
S. Novello, E. Pelosi, M. Giaj Levra, A. Douroukas, M. Longo, E. Capelletto, S. Rapetti, B. Crida, G. Scagliotti (Orbassano, Torino, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Evaluation of pleural fluid clot histology in the diagnosis of pleural malignancy
S. Direkze, K. Archer, R. Bourkiza, A. Bowzyk, D. Mukherjee, N. Alsanjari (Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The role of PET-CT in mediastinal lymph node staging in NSCLC
S. Erturan, A. Demirkaya, M. Halac, E. Sengul, C. Akman, B. Oz, K. Sonmezoglu, K. Kaynak, G. Aydin, M. Yaman (Istanbul, Turkey)
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PET-CT, NSCLC staging and surgery: an audit of current experience
K. Adeniji, A. Banerjee (Hampshire, United Kingdom)
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Usefulness of various diagnostic techniques during fiberoptic bronchoscopy for endoscopically visible lung lesions
N. Maounis, A. Lekakou, E. Ellina, D. Melemeni, N. Trakas, M. Chorti, A. Blana, A. Emmanouilidou (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Is invasive staging necessary for NSCLC cases with no mediastinal N2 in PET/CT and thorax CT imaging?
P. Yildiz, M. Bayraktaroglu, U. Aydogmus, F. Sahin, F. Secik, D. Gorgun, G. Karapinar, M. A. Bedirhan (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Two-pore domain K+ channel TASK-1 maintains the membrane potential in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells
K. Leithner, C. Wohlkoenig, Y. Li, B. Tang, C. Nagaraj, A. Olschewski, H. Olschewski (Graz, Austria)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Videothoracoscopy in diagnosis and palliative treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma
O. Chayka, V. Klimenko, A. Barchuk, V. Semiglazov, A. Barchuk (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Combined radiation therapy in treatment of tracheal cancers
S. Vucicevic, N. Jovanovic, B. Lukac, D. Grzetic, M. Vidojevic, E. Sudjic (Belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
How do lung cancer patients die?
A. Narayanaswamy, M. Thirumaran, K. Lilley, D. Saralaya, B. Jacob (Bradford, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Detection of lung malignancy using 99mTc/Tektrotyd
T. Adzic, S. Pavlovic, D. Sobic-Saranovic, V. Artiko, V. Obradovic, V. Todorovic-Tirnanic, G. Radosavljevic-Asic, D. Jovanovic, S. Damjanovic (Belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The inhibitory effect of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ ligands on malignant pleural mesothelioma cell growth
N. Hamaguchi, H. Hamada, M. Okamura, S. Miyoshi, T. Kadowaki, R. Ito, J. Higaki (Ehime, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster