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Volume 87, Issue 12
Published online 26 November 2002 (1341-1491)

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Clinical

Multivariate regression analyses of data from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study confirm quality of life benefit of epoetin alfa in patients receiving non-platinum chemotherapy FREE

L Fallowfield, D Gagnon, M Zagari, D Cella, B Bresnahan, T J Littlewood, P McNulty, G Gorzegno and M Freund for the Epoetin Alfa Study Group

Br J Cancer 87: 1341-1353; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600657

A phase I trial to assess the pharmacology of the new oestrogen receptor antagonist fulvestrant on the endometrium in healthy postmenopausal volunteers FREE

S Addo, R A Yates and A Laight

Br J Cancer 87: 1354-1359; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600644

Triplet chemotherapy with vinorelbine, gemcitabine, and cisplatin for advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a phase II study FREE

S Niho, K Kubota, K Goto, H Ohmatsu, T Matsumoto, R Kakinuma and Yutaka Nishiwaki

Br J Cancer 87: 1360-1364; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600658

Block sequential adriamycin CMF – optimal non-myeloablative chemotherapy for high risk adjuvant breast cancer? FREE

D A Cameron, A Anderson, E Toy, T R J Evans, J H Le Vay, I C S Kennedy, R J Grieve, T J Perren, A Jones, J Mansi, J Crown and R C F Leonard

Br J Cancer 87: 1365-1369; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600660

Plasma and neutrophil fatty acid composition in advanced cancer patients and response to fish oil supplementation FREE

V C Pratt, S Watanabe, E Bruera, J Mackey, M T Clandinin, V E Baracos and C J Field

Br J Cancer 87: 1370-1378; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600659

Chromosomal radiosensitivity in breast cancer patients with a known or putative genetic predisposition FREE

A Baeyens, H Thierens, K Claes, B Poppe, L Messiaen, L De Ridder and A Vral

Br J Cancer 87: 1379-1385; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600628

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans treated by micrographic surgery FREE

A Ah-Weng, J R Marsden, D S A Sanders and R Waters

Br J Cancer 87: 1386-1389; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600643

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Molecular and Cellular Pathology

Tumour stage, node stage, p53 gene status, and bcl-2 protein expression as predictors of tumour response to platin-fluorouracil chemotherapy in patients with squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck FREE

P Fouret, S Temam, F Charlotte and J Lacau-St-Guily

Br J Cancer 87: 1390-1395; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600648

15-PGJ2, but not thiazolidinediones, inhibits cell growth, induces apoptosis, and causes downregulation of Stat3 in human oral SCCa cells FREE

N G Nikitakis, H Siavash, C Hebert, M A Reynolds, A W Hamburger and J J Sauk

Br J Cancer 87: 1396-1403; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600618

Prediction of outcome in locally advanced breast cancer by post-chemotherapy nodal status and baseline serum tumour markers FREE

B Brenner, N Siris, E Rakowsky, E Fenig, A Sulkes and H Lurie

Br J Cancer 87: 1404-1410; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600616

Relationship of coregulator and oestrogen receptor isoform expression to de novo tamoxifen resistance in human breast cancer FREE

L C Murphy, E Leygue, Y Niu, L Snell, S-M Ho and P H Watson

Br J Cancer 87: 1411-1416; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600654

Low grade squamous intra-epithelial lesions and human papillomavirus infection in Colombian women FREE

M Molano, A J C van den Brule, H Posso, E Weiderpass, M Ronderos, S Franceschi, C J L M Meijer, A Arslan and N Munoz and HPV Study Group Group

Br J Cancer 87: 1417-1421; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600650

Intense inflammation in bladder carcinoma is associated with angiogenesis and indicates good prognosis FREE

B V Offersen, M M Knap, N Marcussen, M R Horsman, S Hamilton-Dutoit and J Overgaard

Br J Cancer 87: 1422-1430; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600615

PTEN/MMAC1 expression in melanoma resection specimens FREE

M Deichmann, M Thome, A Benner, U Egner, W Hartschuh and H Näher

Br J Cancer 87: 1431-1436; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600653

Arterio-venous gradients of IL-6, plasma and serum VEGF and D-dimers in human cancer FREE

R Salgado, I Benoy, R Weytjens, D Van Bockstaele, E Van Marck, Ph Huget, M Hoylaerts, P Vermeulen and L Y Dirix

Br J Cancer 87: 1437-1444; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600655

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Genetics and Genomics

CHEK2 variants in susceptibility to breast cancer and evidence of retention of the wild type allele in tumours FREE

N Sodha, S Bullock, R Taylor, G Mitchell, B Guertl-Lackner, R D Williams, S Bevan, K Bishop, S McGuire, R S Houlston and R A Eeles

Br J Cancer 87: 1445-1448; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600637

Molecular diagnosis of primary liver cancer by microsatellite DNA analysis in the serum FREE

Y-C Chang, C-L Ho, Helen H-W Chen, T-T Chang, W-W Lai, Y-C Dai, W-Y Lee and N-H Chow

Br J Cancer 87: 1449-1453; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600649

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Experimental Therapeutics

Induction of vasculogenesis in breast cancer models FREE

K Shirakawa, S Furuhata, I Watanabe, H Hayase, A Shimizu, Y Ikarashi, T Yoshida, M Terada, D Hashimoto and H Wakasugi

Br J Cancer 87: 1454-1461; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600610

Nifedipine improves blood flow and oxygen supply, but not steady-state oxygenation of tumours in perfusion pressure-controlled isolated limb perfusion FREE

O Thews, M Hummel, D K Kelleher, B Lecher and P Vaupel

Br J Cancer 87: 1462-1469; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600611

Uptake and localisation of mTHPC (Foscan®) and its14C-labelled form in normal and tumour tissues of the hamster squamous cell carcinoma model: a comparative study FREE

S Andrejevic Blant, T M Glanzmann, J-P Ballini, G Wagnières, H van den Bergh and P Monnier

Br J Cancer 87: 1470-1478; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600651

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Letter to the Editor

'SIRT8' expressed in thyroid cancer is actually SIRT7 FREE

R Frye

Br J Cancer 87: 1479; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600635

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Corrigendum

Isolation of a SIR-like gene, SIR-T8, that is overexpressed in thyroid carcinoma cell lines and tissues FREE

F de Nigris, J Cerutti, C Morelli, D Califano, L Chiariotti, G Viglietto, G Santelli and A Fusco

Br J Cancer 87: 1479; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600636

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Erratum

Goserelin (Zoladex) – its role in early breast cancer in pre- and perimenopausal women FREE

W Jonat

Br J Cancer 87: 1480; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600652

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Book Review

Improving Palliative Care for Cancer FREE

Adrian Tookman

Br J Cancer 87: 1481; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600646

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Author Index for Volume 87

Author Index FREE

Br J Cancer 87: 1482-1487; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600720

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Keyword Index for Volume 87

Keyword Index FREE

Br J Cancer 87: 1488-1491; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600721

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