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Volume 79, Issue 11-12
Published online 12 March 1999 (1633-1946)

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Reviews

Making the most of rodent tumour systems in cancer drug discovery FREE

M C Bibby

Br J Cancer 79: 1633-1640; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690261

In pursuit of excellence for patients with cancer: the Scottish Cancer Therapy Network model FREE

P L Stroner, D H Brewster, J A Dewar, O Eremin, A Gould, G C Howard and S B Kaye

Br J Cancer 79: 1641-1645; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690262

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Short communication

Determination of an optimal dosing regimen for aspirin chemoprevention of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-induced colon tumours in rats FREE

C J Barnes and M Lee

Br J Cancer 79: 1646-1650; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690263

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Regular Articles

Overexpression of Bcl-2 enhances metastatic potential of human bladder cancer cells FREE

H Miyake, I Hara, K Yamanaka, K Gohji, S Arakawa and S Kamidono

Br J Cancer 79: 1651-1656; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690264

Radiation-induced G1 arrest is not defective in fibroblasts from Li-Fraumeni families without TP53 mutations FREE

J M Boyle, M J Greaves, R S Camplejohn, J M Birch, S A Roberts and J M Varley

Br J Cancer 79: 1657-1664; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690265

In vitro assessment of Lipiodol-targeted radiotherapy for liver and colorectal cancer cell lines FREE

R A M Al-Mufti, R B Pedley, D Marshall, R H J Begent, A Hilson, M C Winslet and K E F Hobbs

Br J Cancer 79: 1665-1671; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690266

In vivo efficacy of XR9051, a potent modulator of P-glycoprotein mediated multidrug resistance FREE

P Mistry, J Plumb, S Eccles, S Watson, I Dale, H Ryder, G Box, P Charlton, D Templeton and P B Bevan

Br J Cancer 79: 1672-1678; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690267

DT-diaphorase activity in NSCLC and SCLC cell lines: a role for fos/jun regulation FREE

J K Kepa and D Ross

Br J Cancer 79: 1679-1684; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690268

Caspase I-related protease inhibition retards the execution of okadaic acid- and camptothecin-induced apoptosis and PAI-2 cleavage, but not commitment to cell death in HL-60 cells FREE

P H Jensen, K E Fladmark, B T Gjertsen and O K Vintermyr

Br J Cancer 79: 1685-1691; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690269

A novel class of lipophilic quinazoline-based folic acid analogues: cytotoxic agents with a folate-independent locus FREE

L A Skelton, M G Ormerod, J Titley, R Kimbell, L A Brunton and A L Jackman

Br J Cancer 79: 1692-1701; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690270

Analysis of acute vascular damage after photodynamic therapy using benzoporphyrin derivative (BPD) FREE

V H Fingar, P K Kik, P S Haydon, P B Cerrito, M Tseng, E Abang and T J Wieman

Br J Cancer 79: 1702-1708; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690271

Carbogen-induced changes in rat mammary tumour oxygenation reported by near infrared spectroscopy FREE

E L Hull, D L Conover and T H Foster

Br J Cancer 79: 1709-1716; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690272

Quantification of longitudinal tissue pO2 gradients in window chamber tumours: impact on tumour hypoxia FREE

M W Dewhirst, E T Ong, R D Braun, B Smith, B Klitzman, S M Evans and D Wilson

Br J Cancer 79: 1717-1722; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690273

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Short communication

Overexpression of metastasis-associated MTA1 mRNA in invasive oesophageal carcinomas FREE

Y Toh, H Kuwano, M Mori, G L Nicolson and K Sugimachi

Br J Cancer 79: 1723-1726; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690274

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Regular Articles

Prognostic value of DNA flow cytometry in stomach cancer: a 5-year prospective study FREE

K H Lee, J S Lee, J H Lee, S W Kim, C Suh, W K Kim, S-H Kim, Y I Min, B S Kim, K C Park, M S Lee and H S Sun

Br J Cancer 79: 1727-1735; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690275

Prognostic value of nuclear morphometry in patients with TNM stage T1 ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma FREE

C Q Liu, H Sasaki, M T Fahey, A Sakamoto, S Sato and T Tanaka

Br J Cancer 79: 1736-1741; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690276

Prognostic impact of in vivo soluble cell adhesion molecules in metastatic renal cell carcinoma FREE

R Hoffmann, A Franzke, J Buer, S Sel, K Oevermann, A Duensing, M Probst, S Duensing, H Kirchner, A Ganser and J Atzpodien

Br J Cancer 79: 1742-1745; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690277

Prognostic significance of urokinase (uPA) and its inhibitor PAI-1 for survival in advanced ovarian carcinoma stage FIGO IIIc FREE

W Kuhn, B Schmalfeldt, U Reuning, L Pache, U Berger, K Ulm, N Harbeck, K Späthe, P Dettmar, H Höfler, F Jänicke, M Schmitt and H Graeff

Br J Cancer 79: 1746-1751; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690278

Modelling the effects of standard prognostic factors in node-positive breast cancer FREE

W Sauerbrei, P Royston, H Bojar, C Schmoor and M Schumacher the German Breast Cancer Study Group (GBSG)

Br J Cancer 79: 1752-1760; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690279

Ovarian cysts in women receiving tamoxifen for breast cancer FREE

M J E Mourits, E G E de Vries, P H B Willemse, K A ten Hoor, H Hollema, W J Sluiter, H W A de Bruijn and A G J van der Zee

Br J Cancer 79: 1761-1764; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690280

Cytotoxic drugs efficacy correlates with adipose tissue docosahexaenoic acid level in locally advanced breast carcinoma FREE

P Bougnoux, E Germain, V Chajès, B Hubert, C Lhuillery, O Le Floch, G Body and G Calais

Br J Cancer 79: 1765-1769; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690281

Diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas: the clinical relevance of histological subclassification FREE

J W Baars, D de Jong, E M Willemse, L Gras, O Dalesio, P v Heerde, P C Huygens, H v d Lelie and A E G Kr v.d. Borne

Br J Cancer 79: 1770-1776; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690282

The IgG1/G2 subclass shift – a sensitive, tissue non-specific marker for malignancy. Diagnostic performance with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck FREE

W Anderhuber, W Steinschifter, E Schauenstein, A Gotschuli, W Habermann, M Fischer, P Felsner and K Schauenstein

Br J Cancer 79: 1777-1781; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690283

Audiotapes and letters to patients: the practice and views of oncologists, surgeons and general practitioners FREE

D McConnell, P N Butow and M H N Tattersall

Br J Cancer 79: 1782-1788; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690284

Total gastrectomy with simultaneous pancreaticosplenectomy or splenectomy in patients with advanced gastric carcinoma FREE

E Otsuji, T Yamaguchi, K Sawai, K Okamoto and T Takahashi

Br J Cancer 79: 1789-1793; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690285

A novel immunoscintigraphy technique using metabolizable linker with angiotensin II treatment FREE

Y Nakamoto, H Sakahara, T Saga, N Sato, S Zhao, Y Arano, Y Fujioka, H Saji and J Konishi

Br J Cancer 79: 1794-1799; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6990286

Influence of metastatic site as an additional predictor for response and outcome in advanced colorectal carcinoma FREE

L Assersohn, A Norman, D Cunningham, T Benepal, P J Ross and J Oates

Br J Cancer 79: 1800-1805; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6990287

Specificity analysis of sera from breast cancer patients vaccinated with MUC1-KLH plus QS-21 FREE

S Adluri, T Gilewski, S Zhang, V Ramnath, G Ragupathi and P Livingston

Br J Cancer 79: 1806-1812; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6990288

Detection of cytokeratins 19/20 and guanylyl cyclase C in peripheral blood of colorectal cancer patients FREE

S A Bustin, V G Gyselman, N S Williams and S Dorudi

Br J Cancer 79: 1813-1820; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6990289

The prognostic significance of allelic imbalance at key chromosomal loci in oral cancer FREE

M Partridge, G Emilion, S Pateromichelakis, R A'Hern, G Lee, E Phillips and J Langdon

Br J Cancer 79: 1821-1827; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6990290

Gelatinase-A (MMP-2), gelatinase-B (MMP-9) and membrane type matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MT1-MMP) are involved in different aspects of the pathophysiology of malignant gliomas FREE

P A Forsyth, H Wong, T D Laing, N B Rewcastle, D G Morris, H Muzik, K J Leco, R N Johnston, P M A Brasher, G Sutherland and D R Edwards

Br J Cancer 79: 1828-1835; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6990291

Cytochrome P450 CYP3A in human renal cell cancer FREE

G I Murray, M C E McFadyen, R T Mitchell, Y-L Cheung, A C Kerr and W T Melvin

Br J Cancer 79: 1836-1842; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690292

Comparative genomic hybridization detects many recurrent imbalances in central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal tumours in children FREE

H Avet-Loiseau, A-M Vénuat, M-J Terrier-Lacombe, A Lellouch-Tubiana, M Zerah and G Vassal

Br J Cancer 79: 1843-1847; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690293

Expression of the thymidine phosphorylase gene in epithelial ovarian cancer FREE

K Hata, T Kamikawa, S Arao, H Tashiro, H Katabuchi, H Okamura, R Fujiwaki, K Miyazaki and M Fukumoto

Br J Cancer 79: 1848-1854; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690294

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Short communication

Restriction fragment length polymorphism of the L-myc gene is not a prognostic factor in bladder cancer patients FREE

M J Ejarque, M Vicente, M Bernués, A Oliver, J Vicente, G Capellá, F Lluís and G Chéchile

Br J Cancer 79: 1855-1858; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690295

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Regular Articles

Reduced bone mineral density in young adults following cure of acute lympblastic leukaemia in childhood FREE

B M D Brennan, A Rahim, J A Adams, O B Eden and S M Shalet

Br J Cancer 79: 1859-1863; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690296

A multifactorial approach including tumoural epidermal growth factor receptor, p53, thymidylate synthase and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase to predict treatment outcome in head and neck cancer patients receiving 5-fluorouracil FREE

M C Etienne, X Pivot, J L Formento, R J Bensadoun, P Formento, O Dassonville, M Francoual, G Poissonnet, X Fontana, M Schneider, F Demard and G Milano

Br J Cancer 79: 1864-1869; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690297

p21/WAF1 expression as related to p53, cell proliferation and prognosis in epithelial ovarian cancer FREE

M A Anttila, V-M Kosma, J Hongxiu, J Puolakka, M Juhola, S Saarikoski and K Syrjänen

Br J Cancer 79: 1870-1878; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690298

E-cadherin and alpha-, beta- and bold gamma-catenin expression in prostate cancers: correlation with tumour invasion FREE

N Morita, H Uemura, K Tsumatani, M Cho, Y Hirao, E Okajima, N Konishi and Y Hiasa

Br J Cancer 79: 1879-1883; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690299

Second malignant neoplasms after a first cancer in childhood: temporal pattern of risk according to type of treatment FREE

F de Vathaire, M Hawkins, S Campbell, O Oberlin, M-A Raquin, J-Y Schlienger, A Shamsaldin, I Diallo, J Bell, E Grimaud, C Hardiman, J-L Lagrange, N Daly-Schveitzer, X Panis, J-M Zucker, H Sancho-Garnier, F Eschwège, J Chavaudra and J Lemerle

Br J Cancer 79: 1884-1893; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690300

Evaluation of screening for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: trial design using Markov chain models FREE

H H Chen, T C Prevost and S W Duffy

Br J Cancer 79: 1894-1900; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690301

Reproductive factors related to the risk of colorectal cancer by subsite: a case-control analysis FREE

K-Y Yoo, K Tajima, M Inoue, T Takezaki, K Hirose, N Hamajima, S K Park, D H Kang, T Kato and T Hirai

Br J Cancer 79: 1901-1906; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690302

Diet, body size and menarche in a multiethnic cohort FREE

C Koprowski, R K Ross, W J Mack, B E Henderson and L Bernstein

Br J Cancer 79: 1907-1911; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690303

Physical activity and risk of cancers of the colon and rectum: an Italian case-control study FREE

A Tavani, C Braga, C La Vecchia, E Conti, R Filiberti, M Montella, D Amadori, A Russo and S Franceschi

Br J Cancer 79: 1912-1916; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690304

Serum folate, homocysteine and colorectal cancer risk in women: a nested case–control study FREE

I Kato, A M Dnistrian, M Schwartz, P Toniolo, K Koenig, R E Shore, A Akhmedkhanov, A Zeleniuch-Jacquotte and E Riboli

Br J Cancer 79: 1917-1921; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690305

Risk factors for breast cancer in nulliparous women FREE

F Fioretti, A Tavani, C Bosetti, C La Vecchia, E Negri, F Barbone, R Talamini and S Franceschi

Br J Cancer 79: 1923-1928; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690306

Descriptive epidemiology of gastrointestinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a population-based registry FREE

K A Gurney, R A Cartwright and E A Gilman

Br J Cancer 79: 1929-1934; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690307

Low frequency of germline E-cadherin mutations in familial and nonfamilial gastric cancer FREE

J Stone, S Bevan, D Cunningham, A Hill, N Rahman, J Peto, A Marossy and R S Houlston

Br J Cancer 79: 1935-1937; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690308

Epidemiology of Kaposi's sarcoma in Scotland, 1976–1996 FREE

D H Brewster, V Harris, R J Black and D J Goldberg

Br J Cancer 79: 1938-1942; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690309

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Letter to the Editor

Anthracycline dose and liver dysfunction FREE

R Cannizzaro, D Crivellari, I Robieux, R Sorio and A Buonadonna

Br J Cancer 79: 1943; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690310

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Book Reviews

Book Reviews FREE

John Yarnold

Br J Cancer 79: 1944-1945; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690311

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Calendar

CALENDAR FREE

Br J Cancer 79: 1946; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690504

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