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Volume 90, Issue 12
Published online 8 June 2004 (2249-2441)

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Editorial

Editorial FREE

R A Weiss, Editor-in-Chief

Br J Cancer 90: 2249; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601940

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Minireview

Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors FREE

M Ranson

Br J Cancer 90: 2250-2255; advance online publication, May 11, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601873

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Clinical

Evaluation of the response to treatment of solid tumours – a consensus statement of the International Cancer Imaging Society FREE

J E Husband, L H Schwartz, J Spencer, L Ollivier, D M King, R Johnson and R Reznek on behalf of the Membership of the International Cancer Imaging Society

Br J Cancer 90: 2256-2260; advance online publication, May 11, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601843

A phase I study with MAG-camptothecin intravenously administered weekly for 3 weeks in a 4-week cycle in adult patients with solid tumours FREE

F M Wachters, H J M Groen, J G Maring, J A Gietema, M Porro, H Dumez, E G E de Vries and A T van Oosterom

Br J Cancer 90: 2261-2267; advance online publication, May 18, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601811

Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of the combination of topotecan and ifosfamide administered intravenously every 3 weeks FREE

T Kerbusch, G Groenewegen, R A A Mathôt, V M M Herben, W W ten Bokkel Huinink, M Swart, B Ambaum, H Rosing, S Jansen, E E Voest, J H Beijnen and J H M Schellens

Br J Cancer 90: 2268-2277; advance online publication, May 11, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601861

Role of nutritional intervention in patients treated with radiotherapy for pelvic malignancy FREE

C McGough, C Baldwin, G Frost and H J N Andreyev

Br J Cancer 90: 2278-2287; advance online publication, May 25, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601868

Prevalence and management of pain in Italian patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer FREE

M Di Maio, C Gridelli, C Gallo, L Manzione, L Brancaccio, S Barbera, S F Robbiati, G P Ianniello, F Ferraù, E Piazza, L Frontini, F Rosetti, F Carrozza, A Bearz, M Spatafora, V Adamo, L Isa, R V Iaffaioli, E Di Salvo and F Perrone

Br J Cancer 90: 2288-2296; advance online publication, May 25, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601810

High levels of untreated distress and fatigue in cancer patients FREE

L E Carlson, M Angen, J Cullum, E Goodey, J Koopmans, L Lamont, J H MacRae, M Martin, G Pelletier, J Robinson, J S A Simpson, M Speca, L Tillotson and B D Bultz

Br J Cancer 90: 2297-2304; advance online publication, May 25, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601887

Para-aortic irradiation for stage I testicular seminoma: results of a prospective study in 675 patients. A trial of the German testicular cancer study group (GTCSG) FREE

J Classen, H Schmidberger, C Meisner, C Winkler, J Dunst, R Souchon, L Weissbach, V Budach, W Alberti and M Bamberg

Br J Cancer 90: 2305-2311; advance online publication, May 11, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601867

Serum levels of IL-6 and TNF-alpha correlate with clinicopathological features and patient survival in patients with prostate cancer FREE

V Michalaki, K Syrigos, P Charles and J Waxman

Br J Cancer 90: 2312-2316; advance online publication, May 18, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601814

Hormonal impact of the 17alpha-hydroxylase/C17,20-lyase inhibitor abiraterone acetate (CB7630) in patients with prostate cancer FREE

A O'Donnell, I Judson, M Dowsett, F Raynaud, D Dearnaley, M Mason, S Harland, A Robbins, G Halbert, B Nutley and M Jarman

Br J Cancer 90: 2317-2325; advance online publication, May 18, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601879

Use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to radical hysterectomy in cervical cancer: monitoring tumour shrinkage and molecular profile on magnetic resonance and assessment of 3-year outcome FREE

N M deSouza, W P Soutter, G Rustin, M M Mahon, B Jones, R Dina and G A McIndoe

Br J Cancer 90: 2326-2331; advance online publication, May 25, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601870

Comorbidity has negligible impact on treatment and complications but influences survival in breast cancer patients FREE

S Houterman, M L G Janssen-Heijnen, C D G W Verheij, W J Louwman, G Vreugdenhil, M J C van der Sangen and J W W Coebergh

Br J Cancer 90: 2332-2337; advance online publication, May 25, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601844

Modulation of thymidine phosphorylase by neoadjuvant chemotherapy in primary breast cancer FREE

M Toi, H Bando, S Horiguchi, M Takada, A Kataoka, T Ueno, S Saji, M Muta, N Funata and S Ohno

Br J Cancer 90: 2338-2343; advance online publication, May 4, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601845

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Molecular and Cellular Pathology

HER2 expression in breast cancer primary tumours and corresponding metastases. Original data and literature review FREE

J Carlsson, H Nordgren, J Sjöström, K Wester, K Villman, N O Bengtsson, B Ostenstad, H Lundqvist and C Blomqvist

Br J Cancer 90: 2344-2348; advance online publication, May 18, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601881

Genomic analysis reveals RhoC as a potential marker in hepatocellular carcinoma with poor prognosis FREE

W Wang, L-Y Yang, G-W Huang, W-Q Lu, Z-L Yang, J-Q Yang and H-L Liu

Br J Cancer 90: 2349-2355; advance online publication, May 11, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601749

Normal expression of DNA repair proteins, hMre11, Rad50 and Rad51 but protracted formation of Rad50 containing foci in X-irradiated skin fibroblasts from radiosensitive cancer patients FREE

C Djuzenova, B Mühl, R Schakowski, U Oppitz and M Flentje

Br J Cancer 90: 2356-2363; advance online publication, May 11, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601878

Loss of NOS1 expression in high-grade renal cell carcinoma associated with a shift of NO signalling FREE

K Renaudin, M G Denis, G Karam, G Vallette, F Buzelin, C L Laboisse and A Jarry

Br J Cancer 90: 2364-2369; advance online publication, May 11, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601809

Molecular alterations in apoptotic pathways after PKB/Akt-mediated chemoresistance in NCI H460 cells FREE

S Hövelmann, T L Beckers and M Schmidt

Br J Cancer 90: 2370-2377; advance online publication, May 11, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601876

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Genetics and Genomics

Frequent allelic deletion at the FHIT locus associated with p53 overexpression in squamous cell carcinoma subtype of Taiwanese non-small-cell lung cancers FREE

Y-C Lee, C-T Wu, J-Y Shih, Y-S Jou and Y-L Chang

Br J Cancer 90: 2378-2383; advance online publication, May 4, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601778

Candidate target genes for loss of heterozygosity on human chromosome 17q21 FREE

L DeMarchis, C Cropp, Z M Sheng, S Bargo and R Callahan

Br J Cancer 90: 2384-2389; advance online publication, May 25, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601848

Alteration of the copy number and deletion of mitochondrial DNA in human hepatocellular carcinoma FREE

P H Yin, H C Lee, G Y Chau, Y T Wu, S H Li, W Y Lui, Y H Wei, T Y Liu and C W Chi

Br J Cancer 90: 2390-2396; advance online publication, May 4, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601838

Somatic mutations of KIT in familial testicular germ cell tumours FREE

E A Rapley, S Hockley, W Warren, L Johnson, R Huddart, G Crockford, D Forman, M G Leahy, D T Oliver, K Tucker, M Friedlander, K-A Phillips, D Hogg, M A S Jewett, R Lohynska, G Daugaard, S Richard, A Heidenreich, L Geczi, I Bodrogi, E Olah, W J Ormiston, P A Daly, L H J Looijenga, P Guilford, N Aass, S D Fosså, K Heimdal, S A Tjulandin, L Liubchenko, H Stoll, W Weber, L Einhorn, B L Weber, M McMaster, M H Greene, D T Bishop, D Easton and M R Stratton

Br J Cancer 90: 2397-2401; advance online publication, May 18, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601880

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Experimental Therapeutics

Modifying an immunogenic epitope on a therapeutic protein: a step towards an improved system for antibody-directed enzyme prodrug therapy (ADEPT) FREE

A Mayer, S K Sharma, B Tolner, N P Minton, D Purdy, P Amlot, G Tharakan, R H J Begent and K A Chester

Br J Cancer 90: 2402-2410; advance online publication, May 25, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601888

Mitoxantrone resistance in a small cell lung cancer cell line is associated with ABCA2 upregulation FREE

R Boonstra, H Timmer-Bosscha, J van Echten-Arends, D M van der Kolk, A van den Berg, B de Jong, K D Tew, S Poppema and E G E de Vries

Br J Cancer 90: 2411-2417; advance online publication, May 18, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601863

Antiangiogenic activity of aplidine, a new agent of marine origin FREE

G Taraboletti, M Poli, R Dossi, L Manenti, P Borsotti, G T Faircloth, M Broggini, M D'Incalci, D Ribatti and R Giavazzi

Br J Cancer 90: 2418-2424; advance online publication, June 1, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601864

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Erratum

LRIG1 and epidermal growth factor receptor in renal cell carcinoma: a quantitative RT–RCR and immunohistochemical analysis FREE

M Thomasson, H Hedman, D Guo, B Ljungberg and R Henriksson

Br J Cancer 90: 2425; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601773

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Author Index

Author Index for Volume 90 FREE

Br J Cancer 90: 2426-2433; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601977

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Keyword Index

Keyword Index for Volume 90 FREE

Br J Cancer 90: 2436-2441; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601978

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