Table of contents
Volume 80, Issue 3-4
Published online 9 April 1999 (315-628)
Regular Articles
MMP-2 release and activation in ovarian carcinoma: the role of fibroblasts FREE
R S Boyd and F R Balkwill
Br J Cancer 80: 315-321; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690357
Abnormal expression and function of the E-cadherin–catenin complex in gastric carcinoma cell lines FREE
A U Jawhari, M Noda, M J G Farthing and M Pignatelli
Br J Cancer 80: 322-330; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690358
FMLP- and TNF-stimulated monoclonal Lym-1 antibody-dependent lysis of B lymphoblastoid tumour targets by neutrophils FREE
L Ottonello, P Morone, M Mancini, M Amelotti, P Dapino and F Dallegri
Br J Cancer 80: 331-337; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690359
Mismatch repair deficiency is associated with resistance to DNA minor groove alkylating agents FREE
G Colella, S Marchini, M D'Incalci, R Brown and M Broggini
Br J Cancer 80: 338-343; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690360
Transient absorption changes in vivo during photodynamic therapy with pulsed-laser light FREE
B W Pogue, T Momma, H C Wu and T Hasan
Br J Cancer 80: 344-351; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690361
Anti-gonadotrophin releasing hormone antibodies inhibit the growth of MCF7 human breast cancer xenografts FREE
E Jacobs, S A Watson, D Michaeli, I O Ellis and J F R Robertson
Br J Cancer 80: 352-359; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690362
Photo-oxidative killing of human colonic cancer cells using indocyanine green and infrared light FREE
W Bäumler, C Abels, S Karrer, T Wei
, H Messmann, M Landthaler and R-M Szeimies
Br J Cancer 80: 360-363; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690363
CPT-11 converting carboxylesterase and topoisomerase I activities in tumour and normal colon and liver tissues FREE
S Guichard, C Terret, I Hennebelle, I Lochon, P Chevreau, E Frétigny, J Selves, E Chatelut, R Bugat and P Canal
Br J Cancer 80: 364-370; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690364
Camptothecin sensitizes androgen-independent prostate cancer cells to anti-Fas-induced apoptosis FREE
A P Costa-Pereira and T G Cotter
Br J Cancer 80: 371-378; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690365
Altered expression of exon 6 deleted progesterone receptor variant mRNA between normal human breast and breast tumour tissues FREE
E Leygue, H Dotzlaw, P H Watson and L C Murphy
Br J Cancer 80: 379-382; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690366
Mutation and deletion analysis of GFR
-1, encoding the co-receptor for the GDNF/RET complex, in human brain tumours FREE
O Gimm, A Gössling, D J Marsh, P L M Dahia, L M Mulligan, A von Deimling and C Eng
Br J Cancer 80: 383-386; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690367
Prognostic values of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and Ki-67 for radiotherapy of oesophageal squamous cell carcinomas FREE
Y Okuno, Y Nishimura, I Kashu, K Ono and M Hiraoka
Br J Cancer 80: 387-395; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690368
Epoetin alpha prevents anaemia and reduces transfusion requirements in patients undergoing primarily platinum-based chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer FREE
N Thatcher, E S De Campos, D R Bell, W P Steward, G Varghese, R Morant, J F Vansteenkiste, R Rosso, S-B Ewers, E Sundal, E Schatzmann and H Stocker
Br J Cancer 80: 396-402; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690369
Conservative treatment followed by chemotherapy with doxorubicin and ifosfamide for cervical sarcoma botryoides in young females FREE
G Zanetta, S M Rota, A Lissoni, G Bratina and C Mangioni
Br J Cancer 80: 403-406; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690370
Pretreatment serum markers and lymphocyte response to interleukin-2 therapy FREE
L Fumagalli, P Lissoni, G Di Felice, S Meregalli, G Valsuani, S Mengo and F Rovelli
Br J Cancer 80: 407-411; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690371
Granisetron compared with prednisolone plus metopimazine as anti-emetic prophylaxis during multiple cycles of moderately emetogenic chemotherapy FREE
T Sigsgaard, J Herrstedt, L J Andersen, H Havsteen, S W Langer, A-G Kjærbøl, H Lund, M Kjær and P Dombernowsky
Br J Cancer 80: 412-418; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690372
Risk-group discrimination in node-negative breast cancer using invasion and proliferation markers: 6-year median follow-up FREE
N Harbeck, P Dettmar, C Thomssen, U Berger, K Ulm, R Kates, H Höfler, F Jänicke, H Graeff and M Schmitt
Br J Cancer 80: 419-426; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690373
Improving the letters we write: an exploration of doctor–doctor communication in cancer care FREE
D McConnell, P N Butow and M H N Tattersall
Br J Cancer 80: 427-437; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690374
Phase II study of docetaxel in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer: a Japanese cooperative study FREE
S Okada, Y Sakata, S Matsuno, M Kurihara, Y Sasaki, Y Ohashi and T Taguchi for the Cooperative Group of Docetaxel for Pancreatic Cancer in Japan
Br J Cancer 80: 438-443; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690375
An audit of primary surgical treatment for women with ovarian cancer referred to a cancer centre FREE
P S Sengupta, G C Jayson, R J Slade, A Eardley and J A Radford
Br J Cancer 80: 444-447; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690376
Short Communication
Haematogenous cytokeratin 20 mRNA as a predictive marker for recurrence in oral cancer patients FREE
H Kawamata, D Uchida, K Nakashiro, S Hino, F Omotehara, H Yoshida and M Sato
Br J Cancer 80: 448-452; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690377
Regular Articles
Associations among telomerase activity, p53 protein overexpression, and genetic instability in lung cancer FREE
X Wu, B Kemp, C I Amos, S E Honn, W Zhang, G L Walsh and M R Spitz
Br J Cancer 80: 453-457; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690378
Alteration of p16 and p15 genes in human uterine tumours FREE
R Nakashima, M Fujita, T Enomoto, T Haba, K Yoshino, H Wada, H Kurachi, M Sasaki, K Wakasa, M Inoue, G Buzard and Y Murata
Br J Cancer 80: 458-467; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690379
Loss of heterozygosity and microsatellite instability in hepatocellular carcinoma in Taiwan FREE
J-C Sheu, Y-W Lin, H-C Chou, G-T Huang, H-S Lee, Y-H Lin, S-Y Huang, C-H Chen, J-T Wang, P-H Lee, J-T Lin, F-J Lu and D-S Chen
Br J Cancer 80: 468-476; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690380
-Catenin expression has prognostic value in local and locally advanced prostate cancer FREE
S Aaltomaa, P Lipponen, M Ala-Opas, M Eskelinen and V-M Kosma
Br J Cancer 80: 477-482; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690381
Serum anti-p53 antibodies in gastric adenocarcinoma patients are associated with poor prognosis, lymph node metastasis and poorly differentiated nuclear grade FREE
C-W Wu, Y-Y Lin, G-D Chen, C-W Chi, D P Carbone and J-Y Chen
Br J Cancer 80: 483-488; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690382
Evidence for two candidate tumour suppressor loci on chromosome 9q in transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder but no homozygous deletions in bladder tumour cell lines FREE
A A G van Tilborg, L E Groenfeld, T H van der Kwast and E C Zwarthoff
Br J Cancer 80: 489-494; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690383
Quantitation of TIMP-1 in plasma of healthy blood donors and patients with advanced cancer FREE
M N Holten-Andersen, G Murphy, H J Nielsen, A N Pedersen, I J Christensen, G Høyer-Hansen, N Brünner and R W Stephens
Br J Cancer 80: 495-503; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690384
'Proteolytic switching': opposite patterns of regulation of gelatinase B and its inhibitor TIMP-1 during human melanoma progression and consequences of gelatinase B overexpression FREE
J R MacDougall, M R Bani, Y Lin, R J Muschel and R S Kerbel
Br J Cancer 80: 504-512; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690385
Uncoupling of fatty acid and glucose metabolism in malignant lymphoma: a PET study FREE
J Nuutinen, H Minn, J Bergman, M Haaparanta, U Ruotsalainen, H Laine and J Knuuti
Br J Cancer 80: 513-518; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690386
c-erbB2/neu gene and chromosome 17 analysis in breast cancer by FISH on archival cytological fine-needle aspirates FREE
A Mezzelani, L Alasio, C Bartoli, M G Bonora, M A Pierotti, F Rilke and S Pilotti
Br J Cancer 80: 519-525; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690387
Chromosomal gains and losses in primary colorectal carcinomas detected by CGH and their associations with tumour DNA ploidy, genotypes and phenotypes FREE
P M De Angelis, O P F Clausen, A Schjølberg and T Stokke
Br J Cancer 80: 526-535; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690388
Prognostic value of uPA and p53 accumulation measured by quantitative biochemical assays in 1245 primary breast cancer patients: a multicentre study FREE
P Broët, F Spyratos, S Romain, V Quillien, A Daver, G Ricolleau, A Rallet, C Toulas and B Asselain
Br J Cancer 80: 536-545; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690389
Proliferation- and apoptosis-associated factors in advanced prostatic carcinomas before and after androgen deprivation therapy: prognostic significance of p21/WAF1/CIP1 expression FREE
G B Baretton, U Klenk, J Diebold, N Schmeller and U Löhrs
Br J Cancer 80: 546-555; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690390
Chromosome band 16q24 is frequently deleted in human gastric cancer FREE
Y Mori, M Matsunaga, T Abe, S Fukushige, K Miura, M Sunamura, K Shiiba, M Sato, T Nukiwa and A Horii
Br J Cancer 80: 556-562; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690391
An audit of breast cancer pathology reporting in Australia in 1995 FREE
A Kricker, B Armstrong, C Smith, M Bilous, C Camaris, A Mayer and T Psarianos
Br J Cancer 80: 563-568; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690392
Characterization and distribution of an oncofetal antigen (M2A antigen) expressed on testicular germ cell tumours FREE
A Marks, D R Sutherland, D Bailey, J Iglesias, J Law, M Lei, H Yeger, D Banerjee and R Baumal
Br J Cancer 80: 569-578; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690393
Expression of interleukin 6 (IL-6) correlates with oestrogen receptor in human breast carcinoma FREE
G Fontanini, D Campani, M Roncella, D Cecchetti, S Calvo, A Toniolo and F Basolo
Br J Cancer 80: 579-584; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690394
Association of childhood leukaemia with factors related to the immune system FREE
J Schüz, U Kaletsch, R Meinert, P Kaatsch and J Michaelis
Br J Cancer 80: 585-590; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690395
Foods, nutrients and prostate cancer: a case–control study in Uruguay FREE
H Deneo-Pellegrini, E De Stefani, A Ronco and M Mendilaharsu
Br J Cancer 80: 591-597; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690396
Cytochrome P450 1A1 genetic polymorphisms and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma among chronic hepatitis B carriers FREE
M-W Yu, Y-H Chiu, S-Y Yang, R M Santella, H-D Chern, Y-F Liaw and C-J Chen
Br J Cancer 80: 598-603; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690397
Effect of material deprivation on Epstein–Barr virus infection in Hodgkin's disease in the West Midlands FREE
K Flavell, C Constandinou, D Lowe, K Scott, C Newey, D Evans, A Dutton, S Simmons, R Smith, J Crocker, L S Young and P Murray
Br J Cancer 80: 604-608; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690398
Preterm delivery and risk of breast cancer FREE
M Melbye, J Wohlfahrt, A-M N Andersen, T Westergaard and P K Andersen
Br J Cancer 80: 609-613; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690399
Food groups, oils and butter, and cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx FREE
S Franceschi, A Favero, E Conti, R Talamini, R Volpe, E Negri, L Barzan and C La Vecchia
Br J Cancer 80: 614-620; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690400
Human papillomavirus infection and other risk factors for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in Japan FREE
H Yoshikawa, C Nagata, K Noda, S Nozawa, A Yajima, S Sekiya, H Sugimori, Y Hirai, K Kanazawa, M Sugase, H Shimizu and T Kawana
Br J Cancer 80: 621-624; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690401
Book reviews
Top of pageLetter to the Editor
Tumour induction by methyl-nitroso-urea following preconceptional paternal contamination with plutonium-239 FREE
Br J Cancer 80: 627-628; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690403
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